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Chapter 172

As soon as these words fell, the room suddenly became quiet.

Liang Qiurun had also noticed the problems Jiang Meishu mentioned, but he didn't dare dwell on them. Because these weren't just his problems, they were the problems of the era, the problems of countless state-owned factories.

Liang Qiurun's breathing quickened at the thought. "Are you saying there might be a wave of widespread business closures in the future?"

Jiang Meishu really didn't want to touch upon this question, but based on her experience in later life, she nodded and said, "Yes."

At 4:30 in the morning, the two of them slept side by side. "Lao Liang, when you have time, you must go to the south, especially to Guangzhou. If you go and see the development of the small factories there, you will understand why I say this."

"Can you imagine the electronic watches we're buying this time? Piles and piles of them, tens of thousands, even millions, just piled up in the warehouse. And the workers in the workshops work in three shifts. They don't get paid a fixed salary, but piecework. The more work they do, the more they earn."

"This is one aspect that state-owned factories cannot compare to."

"Also, the owner of the clothing factory I worked for learned fashion design in Hong Kong and returned to take over the family factory. She's very good at designing, pattern making, and piece-rate clothing, and then she ships it out to vendors for retail, Lao Liang."

Jiang Meishu's voice was gentle. "You said that state-owned factories are just doing their job. How can they compete with these private factories?"

"Now we have policy support and the backing of our employer, but what about the future?"

"Lao Liang." She looked at him. At five in the morning, the roosters were crowing outside, and the morning light shone through the curtains. Jiang Meishu could see the blue stubble on his chin. She raised her hand to touch it, feeling a little prickly. Her voice also lowered, "If this continues, what will happen in the future..."

"If the entire country were to follow Guangzhou's lead and gradually open up its economy, and state-owned factories don't address their problems, they'd be replaced by private companies."

"It's inevitable."

This is the progress of the times and the development of society.

In the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s, there was a large-scale layoff across the country. When it really reached that point, the situation was hopeless.

Liang Qiurun, who was always calm in the face of adversity, felt confused for the first time. His handsome face was not very clear in the darkness, and only a vague outline could be seen.

"what can I do?"

What can he do to turn the tide and prevent the building from collapsing?

Jiang Meishu leaned on his chest, her voice soft, "We need reforms, from the big pot system to piecework, and we need to link everyone's interests together."

"But it's difficult now."

She was also a little depressed. "The meat processing plant is different from other factories. Pork is still in short supply at this stage, and it is a special supply. Private factories can't get in, unless..."

"Unless what?"

Liang Qiurun sat up. He was not sleepy to begin with, but after chatting with Jiang Meishu, his sleepiness was completely gone.

Jiang Meishu said, "Unless pig farms are privatized in the future, the public meat processing plants will become a joke."

"If the pig farm is privatized, it can be integrated."

These words of Jiang Meishu were too unfamiliar to Liang Qiurun.

He had to struggle to understand. "Integration? You mean the pig farm and the meat processing plant?"

Jiang Meishu nodded, "Yes, at least this is the trend I see now." This was also the future she saw in her previous life.

The largest pork company at that time was Muyuan.

It integrates breeding and slaughtering.

It would be difficult for a simple meat processing plant to survive in later generations.

Liang Qiurun fell into deep thought, "Let me think about it."

Jiang Meishu nodded, and she didn't disturb the other person. Instead, she got up from the bed silently. She had slept for almost twenty hours and was almost falling apart.

She started moving around in the bedroom. The bedroom was too small, so she simply opened the door. It was five in the morning in the summer, and this was a scene she hadn't seen for a long time.

The sky was already turning pale. She stretched and took a deep breath. The fresh air made Jiang Meishu feel refreshed.

“So this is the charm of getting up early.”

Liang Qiurun couldn't sleep either, so after getting dressed, he replied, "Will you get up early with me for morning exercises?"

Jiang Meishu shook her head like a rattle, "No, I still want to sleep in."

She has always believed that sleeping until waking up naturally every day is the happiest thing for her, nothing else.

If she can't sleep in, her happiness will be cut in half.

Liang Qiurun was originally under a lot of pressure, but seeing her like this, he inexplicably relaxed as well, "Then you can sleep in, I'll get up early."

He and Jiang Meishu never interfered with each other, and they supported each other's habits.

"That's more like it." Jiang Meishu muttered.

Liang Qiurun touched her face and said, "I may have to work overtime these few days. I'll think carefully about what you said and how I can solve and prevent it."

"You won't wait for me at home these days."

Originally, he didn't have such a strong sense of crisis, but after Jiang Meishu's words, he felt even more threatened.

He wants to solve these problems one by one.

He is responsible for the livelihoods of more than a thousand workers, and he has to find a way out for them.

I am also looking for a way out for myself.

Jiang Meishu hummed, "I have to be busy too. I have to check the accounts. Also, Liang Rui is about to start school, so I need to prepare things for him."

6:30 in the morning.

Liang Qiurun sets out for work.

This was the first time Jiang Meishu was so awake in the morning. She even went to look at Liang Rui, but Liang's mother stopped her, "He's not awake yet. He just fell into bed like you, and there's been no movement until now."

Jiang Meishu, "Don't call him anymore."

She checked the time and said, "Mom, I have to go out this morning. Please help me look after her at home."

Liang's mother naturally did as she was told.

At half past nine, she arrived at the Shen family's house. The first place she came to was her sister's house. Jiang Meishu originally thought that her sister was still asleep, but she didn't expect that when she arrived, Jiang Meilan ran away with the two-and-a-half-year-old Shen Xiaoju.

At Shen Xiaoju's age, she was in the stage of being very active. Her short legs allowed her to run very fast. Jiang Meilan, who was behind her, was running breathlessly and couldn't catch up with her.

It was Jiang Meishu's luck that she arrived and happened to block Shen Xiaoju's way in front, so she was finally caught.

"Aunt, please let me go."

Shen Xiaoju kicked his legs in the air, “You’re cheating, don’t do this.”

"You're helping my mom."

Jiang Meishu raised her hand and flicked her head, "Your mother and I are sisters. If I don't help your mother, who should I help?"

After hearing this, Shen Xiaoju suddenly became unhappy, pouting aggrievedly, "I'm not the one you love most?"

This little drama queen.

This made Jiang Meishu purse her lips and smile, until she handed Shen Xiaoju to Jiang Meilan, she slowly said, "Sister, have you rested well?"

She looked at the other person's eyelids, which were still dark blue.

Jiang Meilan waved her hands. "Don't mention it. As soon as we came back, Xiaoju hugged my legs and cried, insisting on sleeping with me. You know that children always wake up when they sleep. Don't even mention whether I slept well or not. I was just taking care of her all night."

Jiang Meishu suddenly felt distressed and slapped Shen Xiaoju on the butt, "You are not obedient!"

Shen Xiaoju, "I want to sleep with my mother."

A convincing argument.

This made Jiang Meishu laugh and cry. Jiang Meilan grabbed Shen Xiaoju and threw her to the children in the yard, letting them play together.

She then led Jiang Meishu into the house and said, "If you don't come to find me, I will go to find you."

"The money for the goods from the day before yesterday has been paid." Jiang Meishu walked over and saw a pile of account books and cargo lists on the table.

Jiang Meilan picked up a list and handed it to Jiang Meishu, "This is the total cost of our purchase this time, take a look."

Jiang Meishu took the order and looked at it carefully. She found that the purchase price was still the same, but the selling price surprised her.

She looked up and asked, "Did you and Second Sister-in-law negotiate a good price?"

Jiang Meilan hummed, a hint of joy on her brow. "Of course, I spent a lot of time and effort to negotiate the price. Besides, the goods we bought this time are all in high demand, so we can definitely sell them for a good price."

Jiang Meishu nodded, her admiration for her sister growing even stronger. She picked up another list and asked, "How much did we sell this time? What's the profit?"

Jiang Meilan opened the account book, pointed at the numbers on it and said, "We bought a total of ten boxes of goods this time. I originally said I would keep two boxes for myself, but you refused, so I gave all ten boxes to the department store."

She paused and continued, "Based on the current sales situation, we can at least make this much this time." She stretched out a hand and gestured with a number.

Jiang Meishu's eyes lit up, "So many?"

"fifty thousand?"

Jiang Meilan smiled and nodded, "This is still a conservative estimate. If we sell all the goods we have left, the profit can be increased even more."

Jiang Meishu was so excited that she couldn't help but say, "Sister, we really made a lot of money this time!"

Jiang Meilan patted her shoulder and said, "This is just the beginning. Once we have enough capital, we can start a bigger business in the future."

This is the truth.

Jiang Meishu was already calculating, "This shouldn't be the case. Our purchase cost this time was less than 10,000 yuan, so how can we make a profit of almost 50,000 yuan?"

Jiang Meilan, "You don't know how much an electronic watch costs in the capital."

"How many?"

"Twelve."

Jiang Meishu murmured, "This is a robbery."

"Yes, our purchase price is only 85 cents, and we sell it to the department store at 3 yuan, so we can make more than three times the profit."

"What's more, there are mirrors and harmonicas. Which of these wouldn't double the profit?" Jiang Meilan sighed. "If we don't go through the department store and sell them ourselves, perhaps the profit can be more than tenfold."

As soon as these words fell, Jiang Meishu poured cold water on them, "Sister, don't think about it."

"Without the department store as a channel, how long will it take for us to sell the products ourselves? Furthermore, the capital is not like Guangzhou. The regulations here are very strict. If there is any problem, we will be finished. This is not about money, but about risk."

"Only by selling all our goods to department stores can we minimize our risks."

Jiang Meilan knew it very well, but even though she knew it, people are always greedy.

Seeing her sister finish reading the bill, she handed her the payment for the purchase. "Your 40%."

This time, she and Jiang Meishu each contributed 40% to the trip to Guangzhou, and the remaining 20% ​​was Liang Rui's. Liang Rui not only paid for it but also contributed his labor, so they didn't treat her badly.

Jiang Meishu didn't order, she just asked, "How much?"

Jiang Meilan, "Yours is 21,200, Liang Rui's is 10,600."

"We get the same as you, both are 21,200."

"The total profit this time is fifty-three thousand."

It only took them twelve days.

In this way, he earned money that others would never be able to earn in their entire lives.

Jiang Meishu was a little panicked when she held the money, "I don't dare to take it back."

When she came here, she was alone.

Jiang Meilan thought for a moment and said, "You wait here. Shen Zhanlie is on the early shift and will be back from get off work at ten o'clock. I'll ask him to take you home."

Jiang Meishu hesitated for a moment, "Forget it, I'll go see if Nanfang is home. If not, I can ask Mom to take me back."

She was really scared to be alone with Shen Zhanlie.

Jiang Meishu didn't take the money and ran back home. She watched her mother Wang Limei washing and cleaning at home and taking out the winter quilts to hang out to dry.

Jiang Meishu ran over and hugged Wang Limei's arm, "Mom, please accompany me back to the Liang family."

Wang Limei was confused by this. "No, you are already in your twenties. You still need your mother's protection when you go back to your husband's house."

Jiang Meishu said coquettishly, "Are you going or not? If you go, I'll give you a big gift."

"Don't." Wang Limei hung up the quilt cover. "We are mother and daughter, and you still want to give us such a big gift." She finished her work quickly and went into the house to change into a decent dress.

It was also a coincidence that when they came in, Lin Qiaoling and the child were there. This was because Lin Qiaoling was a teacher and she had time to take care of the children during the summer vacation.

Lin Qiaoling was braiding her daughter's hair. When she heard the noise, she immediately looked over. When she saw the radiant, fashionable and stylish Jiang Meishu.

Her expression suddenly became complicated. "Meishu, you're back?"

She is looking down.

After seeing Jiang Meishu getting married, her life became better and better. When she looked at Jiang's father and mother, who had no worries about food and drink because of Jiang Meishu's care, she was envious.

When she saw Jiang Meishu subsidizing Jiang Nanfang's studies, she became even more envious. Especially now that Jiang Nanfang was going to the University of Science and Technology at such a young age, skipping two grades, she felt even more complicated.

Lin Qiaoling didn't understand why, after the separation, the entire Jiang family was on the decline, except for them.

She thought about it for a long time and finally came to the conclusion that perhaps they should not have separated in the first place.

With one more wealthy relative, a little bit of money would leak out from the other party's pockets, which would be enough for them to eat. So, this is why Lin Qiaoling showed her goodwill. Seeing that Jiang Meishu just nodded perfunctorily, Lin Qiaoling didn't get angry. She quickly pushed the girl in front of her and said, "Da Le, why don't you go say hello to your aunt?"

Dale is nine years old, ten years old in lunar age, and he has already become smart.

She was reluctant, but her mother pushed her. Not only did she not move forward, but she hid behind Lin Qiaoling and said, "I won't go."

"Aunt doesn't like us, and we don't like her either."

The comments and complaints between the parents finally involved the children.

Six-year-old Jiang Dale likes his younger sister Jiang Meishu the most.

Ten-year-old Jiang Dale no longer likes Jiang Meishu.

For a moment, the air was quiet.

Seeing the smile on Jiang Meishu's face gradually disappear, Lin Qiaoling suddenly panicked. She was afraid that her daughter had offended their family's current God of Wealth.

Then, he slapped Jiang Dale on the shoulder and said, "How can you talk like that, kid? Didn't you tell me before that you like your aunt the most?"

It would have been fine if she hadn't hit her, but this time, in front of Jiang Meishu, Jiang Dale couldn't hold back her tears any longer, and they fell one by one. She shouted angrily, "I don't like her, I just don't like her."

"It was my aunt who disliked me first, why should I like her?"

The eyes that had once been filled with joy when they saw Jiang Meishu were now filled with anger and resentment.

The conflict between them was caused by the dirty deeds between the elders, which involved the children.

Before the words were finished, Lin Qiaoling slapped Jiang Dale in the face, anxious and disappointed with him. "Why do you talk like that, kid?"

"Stupid as hell." She knew that if she could just appease her aunt Jiang Meishu, she could live a good life. But unfortunately, she just didn't know how to be smart, sweet-talk, and cooperate.

Jiang Dale was beaten. She covered her face, bit her lips, and looked at Jiang Meishu with resentment.

Jiang Meishu was very familiar with that look.

Because he was powerless against his parents' authority, he put all his resentment and anger on Jiang Meishu.

The last bit of softness in Jiang Meishu's heart also disappeared. She understood more clearly than ever before that the grudges between adults should not involve children.

But children live under the same roof with adults, and they will hear every word of their elders' complaints, chats, and complaints.

Then new complaints and estrangements arise.

Jiang Meishu was well aware that the relationship she and Jiang Dale had with each other would no longer exist. Although adults shouldn't argue with children, she couldn't be selfless with a child filled with resentment and anger.

Think of this.

Jiang Meishu said calmly to Lin Qiaoling, "If the child doesn't like it, then don't force her."

Lin Qiaoling knew things were going to go wrong when she heard this, so she immediately smiled and said, "This child hasn't come to her senses yet and doesn't know how good it is to be a blood aunt. I will definitely teach her to be close to you."

Jiang Meishu remained noncommittal.

Wang Limei, who was standing next to her, said calmly, "You're letting Dale get close to Auntie now? Back then, Dale and her aunt had the best relationship, but wasn't it you who beat her over and over again to stop her from getting along with her?"

Lin Qiaoling's face suddenly turned pale with embarrassment after hearing this. "Mom, that's all in the past."

"Mom, why don't you and Dad come with me and Dali? Nanfang's gone to school now, and it'd be lonely for you two to be home alone. Why don't we live together, with three generations living under one roof, so you can experience the joy of family life."

She regretted it.

Want to reconcile.

Unfortunately, Wang Limei was no fool. She refused outright, "No thanks. Your father and I finally have some free time now, and we don't want to serve a whole family." After that, she went to see Jiang Meishu, "Didn't you say you had something to talk to me about? Let's go."

After saying that, he pulled Jiang Meishu away.

Lin Qiaoling looked at their backs as they left in a hurry. She was so angry that her teeth were itching, but she couldn't vent her anger on Jiang Meishu and her mother-in-law, so she could only beat Jiang Dale.

"Are you stupid? Your aunt is rich now, why don't you try to get along with her? Do you just want to stay in this poor family of ours?"

Jiang Dale was beaten, but she didn't cry. She gritted her teeth and said, "My aunt doesn't like me anymore."

"I'll stay in this poor home of ours. I just want you and my dad."

As soon as she finished saying this, Lin Qiaoling looked at her daughter's red face and immediately regretted it. She blew the blow while holding her eldest daughter in her arms, and they both cried bitterly.

"It's my mother's fault."

"It's your fate to have such an incompetent mother like me."

Outside.

Even after they had all walked away, Wang Limei could still hear the crying in their house. There was Lin Qiaoling and the children crying, so loud that it hurt her ears.

She glanced back, then withdrew her gaze, "I thought you would soften your heart after your sister-in-law said that?"

After all, her little girl used to have the best relationship with Dale.

Jiang Meishu lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes covering her eyelids. "I used to, but not now."

Jiang Meishu thinks time is a really good thing.

It will make a person's heart harden little by little.

Like she is now.

As if he knew his mother's curiosity.

Jiang Meishu sighed, "Because I know Dale came to me with a purpose. I couldn't let go of my grudge against her. Similarly, under her mother's pressure, Dale couldn't let go of her grudge and come to me."

"Mom." She looked up at Wang Limei. "Do you know? These blood relatives, after experiencing the exchange of interests, may end up being worse than strangers."

Wang Limei was silent for a moment. "You're better than Mom. Your mom didn't understand the truth until she was almost fifty, but you understood it in your twenties."

"That's good." She said with a hint of regret, "This way I can suffer less in the future."

"Remember this: the people who can make you suffer in this world are not strangers, but your relatives, your brothers and sisters."

"They are the most ruthless when they trick you."

Jiang Meishu responded softly, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "Except my sister."

"Except in the South."

Not all brothers and sisters in this world are despicable people.

Wang Limei did not deny it, but she did not agree either.

"You haven't told me what you want me to do yet?"

Jiang Meishu's smile widened when she mentioned this. "I made some money, but I don't dare go back with it. I want you to escort me back."

"I'll give you a reward."

She paused, then added, "A big one."

Wang Limei was still a little skeptical, but when she arrived at the Shen family and looked at the money her two daughters had earned, she was stunned and asked, "How much money is this?"

Jiang Meishu, "Fifty-three thousand."

As soon as she finished speaking, Wang Limei ran out to close the door. Fortunately, there were not many people in the entire compound at this time in the morning.

She finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to cover Jiang Meishu's mouth, "Take it easy, don't say anything casually."

Is that money?

That's an astronomical figure.

Jiang Meishu and Jiang Meilan both smiled and said, "We know."

Then, both of them took out some money from the stack.

"Mom," Jiang Meishu spoke first. "Take these five hundred and save them as your own money." She said seriously, "If my dad treats you well in the future, you can live with him. If he treats you badly, you can leave him."

"I have money anyway. I'll give you food coupons and I guarantee you'll live comfortably."

When Wang Limei heard this, her eyes suddenly turned red. She looked at Jiang Meishu, then at Jiang Meilan, and went forward to hug them both, tears streaming down her face. "Even if Mom dies now, it's worth it."

It is a blessing for a mother to have a child to support her in her life.

This life is enough!

That’s enough!

*

Meat processing plant office.

After Liang Qiurun sat down, Secretary Chen brought over a thick stack of lists. "Leader, these are the lists that need to be reviewed and approved in the next few days. Please take a look."

For the first time, Liang Qiurun didn't rush to see it. Instead, he said to him, "All middle and senior management personnel must come to my office for a meeting at 10:30 am."