Xia Baozhu admired the gemstone necklace for a while before handing it to Sun Xingyan: "It's quite beautiful, keep it as a keepsake."

If the timing hadn't been so inconvenient, she would definitely have paid Nicola to buy it.

If she wore this, Sun Xingyan would definitely be unhappy, but beautiful things don't necessarily have to be worn.

Sun Xingyan understood the meaning behind her words and became happy. He pretended to be generous and said, "Wife, you can wear it if you like. I will buy you a few more necklaces of this style in the future, and you can wear them in rotation."

Everyone else was busy with their own things and ignored the couple's public display of affection as they walked.

Upon returning to the capital, they each went home.

Xia Baozhu and Sun Xingyan rested at home for a day to relieve the fatigue of their journey before arriving at the shop.

Zheng Zhenhao has always been a very ambitious person. The two shops he manages are both very good and well-known in the neighborhood, mainly because the food is delicious and fresh.

Zheng Zhenhao believes that business is stable now, and he wants to add more food stalls, just like in his shop in Taicheng. He would bring the food carts from Taicheng to make the business more uniform and enhance the brand's influence.

Xia Baozhu told him to do it his way. She split the store's profits 40/60, with the store taking the larger share, because the store and the expenses all belonged to the store.

"This is too much, Sister Xia. How about 28? I feel unworthy of so much from you."

Zheng Zhenhao firmly disagreed with Xia Baozhu's assignment. Although he had achieved everything through his own hard work, without Xia Baozhu's guidance and instruction, he would not have grown so quickly no matter how hard he tried. He admired Xia Baozhu from the bottom of his heart and wanted to work for her forever.

Sometimes men admire strength more than women, and Zheng Zhenhao is a typical example.

Finally, Xia Baozhu settled on a 30/70 split, which ended this dispute over profits.

"Xiao Hao is a really good kid. He can endure hardship, is hardworking, and is humble. He's going to be successful."

Sun Xingyan admired Zheng Zhenhao's humility and sincerity. He hoped there would be more employees like him, so that his wife could have less to worry about.

With the arrival of Ma Zhaoshi and others, the fried chicken shop's business improved even more.

"Sister-in-law, your cooking skills are impeccable." Du Guofeng brought his wife and children over for dinner, and he especially liked the glistening, fatty yet not greasy, fragrant yet not dry braised pork rice.

“I like to eat this too.” Sun Xingyan used to eat braised pork rice often, but he was getting a little tired of it.

He took a sip of milk tea and told his friends about Xia Baozhu's early days of starting her business.

Upon hearing that Sun Xingyan was Xia Baozhu's landlord, Du Guofeng's young and beautiful wife covered her mouth and laughed, "I never expected that Sun Xingyan and my sister-in-law would have such a connection."

After finishing his meal, Ma Zhaoshi wiped his mouth. He had many friends from all walks of life, and whenever he promoted his shop, long queues would form all day long.

Through Ma Zhaoshi's introduction, Zheng Zhenhao also made several good local friends.

Some scoundrels who liked to take advantage of others have toned down their behavior.

Xia Baozhu spent one million to buy two small courtyard houses of 150 square meters each and two shops of 60 square meters each. The courtyard houses were used as staff dormitories, and the shops were used to open branch stores.

After doing all this, she and Sun Xingyan took a train to Mingcheng, the provincial capital, where she directly bought a small factory.

Chen Wenbin was in charge of adding staff dormitories, a catering truck parking area, and a food processing workshop.

She wants to use this place to set up an employment support base to help impoverished families escape poverty, which will of course be done through profit sharing.