Chapter 184 Think More About Yourself

Li Banxia did not reveal the Zheng family's affairs, only saying, "I have things I want to do, and I plan to apply for medical retirement in a while."

“At your age, what could possibly be wrong with you?” Liu Mingcui didn’t believe it.

Li Banxia smiled and said, "For starting a business, I plan to open a small shop and become a sole proprietor."

Are you drunk? Or are you delirious from a fever?

Liu Mingcui's eyes widened suddenly, and she looked Li Banxia up and down with a puzzled expression. She even reached out to touch Li Banxia's head. "Starting a business sounds good, but it's not as respectable as having a job. Even self-employed people are always gossiped about. You've been doing this job for decades, why do you want to retire now?"

Li Banxia smiled and nodded, "That's true, but I'm getting a little tired of this kind of predictable life. I want to see how much I can accomplish with my own abilities."

Liu Mingcui was very puzzled. "What do you plan to sell in your shop? With your skills in identifying medicinal herbs, you wouldn't be thinking of opening your own herbal medicine shop, would you?"

Li Banxia smiled and shook her head.

"No, I want to open my own medicinal cuisine restaurant, using medicinal herbs in my dishes to help people improve their health. Would you be interested in doing it with me?"

"A medicinal cuisine restaurant? Food... isn't that a restaurant?"

Liu Mingcui waved her hand in refusal, "I've had enough of cooking at home. I don't want to cook for others outside. I'm only suited to earning this meager, fixed salary. I can't stand the hardship of serving others. You tell me..."

She saw Li Banxia smiling, but her expression was resolute, reluctant yet helpless. "Your children are all grown up, and they're about to enjoy their retirement. Why do you insist on going out and causing trouble? Think more about yourself! What if you end up wasting your time..."

Enjoying life?

Li Banxia shook her head with a wry smile. In her past life, she had hoped to rely on men and children, but she hadn't been able to rely on anyone and had ended up with nothing.

In this life, she doesn't want to rely on anyone else; she'll rely on herself.

If you take good care of your health when you're young, focus on your career, and do what you want to do, then when you get old, at least you won't feel like you've lived in vain, and you won't die with such resentment as you did in your previous life.

In her past life, she wanted to expand her medicinal cuisine restaurant and benefit more people.

Because Chinese people didn't take good care of their spleen and stomach in their early years due to lack of food and drink, they developed many diseases. These diseases were not visible when they were young, but they would cause various discomforts as they got older.

She has been studying medicinal cuisine for decades and feels she has a great deal of experience in this field.

Since her rebirth, she has been hesitant. To be honest, she is reluctant to give up her stable job. As long as she stays put and works steadily until retirement age, she will have a considerable pension after retirement.

With the profit she made from reselling government bonds, and according to her previous plan, she could buy apartment buildings, courtyard houses, stocks, and so on, and she would never be short of money for the rest of her life.

But living a life in a daze is different from living the way you want to do what you want.

In her past life, she was trapped in a vortex of making money and couldn't break free. In this life, she no longer has to worry about money and wants to do what she wants to do!

She has great ambitions.

She wants to expand her medicinal cuisine restaurant and train a group of apprentices all over the country who can make medicinal cuisine to help people improve their health. She wants to leave a mark in the long river of history!

She also had her own selfish motives.

She longed for a large garden filled with flowers and plants, and a swing hanging under a wisteria tree, where the wind chime-shaped wisteria blossoms swayed in the breeze.

She also wants to protect the grandson she lost in her previous life, and give back to him the warmth and love she owed him, his parents, and his sister.

The little one will be born in a few months...

Li Banxia frowned, thinking that she would call her mother later to ask how the search was going.

"Banxia, ​​have you thought this through?"

Hearing Liu Mingcui's voice, Li Banxia snapped out of her reverie, looked at her friend, and smiled slightly, "I've made up my mind."

Liu Mingcui sighed.

"I have no idea what you're thinking. Medicinal cuisine is good, but it takes a long time to work. Who would eat it every day? You also want to consider individual constitutions. How can you do that? Are you planning to find a doctor with a clinic so that each customer can come in, take their pulse, and prescribe medicine?"

Li Banxia smiled as she looked at her, her eyes crinkling slightly.

Liu Mingcui closed her eyes, feeling a surge of exasperation and an urge to punch someone. "Li Banxia, ​​you're still laughing? Do you know you're daydreaming in broad daylight? This business doesn't look like it'll make any money. You should just give up on this idea!"

Li Banxia coughed lightly.

He told Liu Mingcui, "You need to invest in any business. It may be difficult at first, but once you accumulate customers, the income will be substantial."

As she spoke, she nodded affirmatively at Liu Mingcui.

"Mingcui, how about you invest a thousand or eight hundred? I'll calculate the initial public offering (IPO) shares for you. You don't have to worry about anything; you can just sit back and collect dividends. How about that? Doesn't it sound tempting?"

Liu Mingcui glared at her.

He said, "Keep joking. When you're so broke you don't even have your underwear left, you'll realize I'm just being honest..."

Yes, yes, yes.

Li Banxia put her arm around her shoulder. "You're being honest, but I'll give it a try and make sure I cut my losses before I lose everything, okay?"

"You really want to do it?" Liu Mingcui looked at her with a sullen face.

Li Banxia nodded in agreement.

He said, “My eldest daughter-in-law gave birth around New Year’s Day. I was on sick leave at that time, so I was able to help out at home. She was carrying twins, and I didn’t feel comfortable leaving her and the postpartum nanny alone at home.”

Liu Mingcui was surprised, "You're going to hire a postpartum nanny for your daughter-in-law?"

"Well, she's not exactly a postpartum nanny. My dad used to be a traveling doctor, and he knows a lot of people. Some of them have ancestors who specialized in taking care of women during their postpartum period. I plan to have my parents bring her over to help Yao Yao recover properly. Giving birth is too taxing on your health, especially since she had twins."

Liu Mingcui nodded, "Oh, that's really hard to find. Some people say it's incredibly expensive, only wealthy families can afford it. You... you're hiring a nanny and opening a small shop, throwing all that money into it. Aren't you saving up some money for your retirement?"

"I'm only in my early forties, it's too early to talk about retirement now. Let's talk about it in a few years," Li Banxia said with a smile.

Liu Mingcui glared at her and said, "I can't argue with you. If you really want to do this, I can support you a little bit. I don't have much, how about I give you a year's salary? You can pay it back if you can, but if you can't, forget it!"

"Wow, that's a big spender, a thousand or two."

Liu Mingcui raised her hand and punched her, "You still think it's not enough? I'm already starting to feel bad about this. Take it or leave it, I'm telling you!"

"Ha ha."

Li Banxia chuckled, grabbed her hand, and said repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes! You're investing even though you're willing to lose your shirt for me. What does that mean? It means our sisterly bond is stronger than gold..."

Liu Mingcui was taken aback by her words and started making "ouch, ouch" noises.

"Li Banxia, ​​your skin is getting thicker and thicker, you'll say anything..."

He was saying things he disliked, but his face was beaming with an incredibly bright smile.

A month passed, and because Su Laosan was willing to give kickbacks, his customer base expanded rapidly. Word spread quickly, and more and more people came to see him.

With the money in hand far exceeding one thousand, Li Banxia, ​​having received his words, invited a matchmaker to formally propose marriage.