Chen Qi'an, born in the 1980s, became a famous female entrepreneur in the millennium.

Her nickname is An An, her father is Chen Hejun and her mother is Gu Chun.

"Well, if you remember it, you won't lose it." When she was a child, her mother always asked her to memorize the names and phone numbers of her family members.

So she knew her parents' names since she was a child.

When he saw the words "Chen Hejun and Gu Chun donated 2 million to the disaster-stricken areas" on the TV news, he pointed happily and said:

"Mom and Dad, is this your name?"

Of course, she didn't understand what this meant at that time.

When she was a child, she always thought her family was poor because her mother only gave her fifty cents pocket money every week.

Whatever she wanted to buy, she had to exchange it for the red flowers she had accumulated by doing housework and being obedient.

"Ten little red flowers, Mom, I want a new pencil case."

That kind of tin pencil case with cartoon characters on it. When you open the lid, you can see a class schedule stuck on it.

There are single-layer, two-layer and three-layer ones.

An An told her mother that she wanted it, and her mother said she had to exchange it for a little red flower.

She saved for a week, sweeping the yard, massaging her great-grandfather's legs, and massaging her parents' shoulders every day, and finally she collected ten little red flowers.

Great Grandpa thought that Mom and Dad were too mean and said he would buy it for An An. Of course, in the end, Great Grandpa was suppressed by the big devil Dad.

When holding the pencil case she had exchanged for the little red flower, Chen Qi'an said that it was the first time in her life that she felt a sense of accomplishment.

She never threw away the pencil case and kept it, but she could never find it again after moving.

When I was a child, I had no concept of money and always thought that I could exchange everything for little red flowers.

But she never thought that her Barbie doll was imported and cost several hundred dollars each.

Later, she started attending the upper grades of elementary school and gradually understood the meaning of money.

She no longer has to save up red flowers. Her mother gives her ten dollars every week and she can save the rest.

Dad and great-grandfather would always give her some change from time to time.

After saving a lot of money, An An finally had a huge sum of money - 300 yuan.

Her mother asked her, "How do you want to spend the money?"

An An replied: "Mom, I want to treat my good friend to KFC."

Children always like to eat junk food, and Gu Chun is only willing to take her to eat it once in a while.

Afraid that her mother would disagree, An An added, "My good friend Xiaomi has never eaten KFC."

An An now attends a public elementary school near her home, and all the children in the school live nearby.

Gu Chun knew Xiaomi. Her family lived in a large courtyard with only her grandparents.

She and Chen Qi'an are best friends.

Since An An did it for her friend, Gu Chun agreed.

"Do you want mom to eat with you?"

An An shook her head: "No, we'll go by ourselves."

The KFC store was on their way home from school. The child was ten years old, so Gu Chun agreed to let them go by themselves.

"But you have to tell Xiaomi's grandparents, otherwise they will be worried."

An An wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand: "Yeah, I understand."

"Mom, I want to eat popsicles. It's so hot." The child asked coquettishly.

The child was very hot-tempered and sweated all day long. His mother felt sorry for him, so she agreed.

There was a refrigerator at home, so An An not only went to get a mung bean popsicle, but also ran to ask his great-grandfather if he wanted to eat it.

Of course, the great grandfather refused, but he was very happy and praised An An as a filial and good child.

An An felt that he had been filial again today, so he accepted the praise and went to eat his popsicle happily.

The next day after school, An An took Xiaomi to eat KFC.

Patting his chest, he said, "You can eat whatever you want. I have money."

Xiaomi's face flushed red, and she said embarrassedly: "An An, let's not eat it. It's too expensive."

She was shocked when she saw the price just now. A set meal cost more than ten yuan! It was enough for her and her grandparents to spend a week.

But An An really wanted her to try the taste of KFC: "It's okay, just try it, okay?"

The child was not out of sympathy, he just wanted his good friend to have a taste of what he liked.

"I've been saving this money for a long time, just to treat you to a meal."

She said pitifully.

As her deskmate, Xiaomi knew that she had been saving money and no longer bought snacks. Was it for herself?

Xiaomi was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes: "An An, you are so kind."

Finally Xiaomi agreed to let her buy KFC.

Xiaomi, who later became a well-known host, said that the first time she had KFC in her life came from her best friend of decades, Chen Qi'an.

The two kids were greedy and shrewd. They ate until their stomachs were about to explode, and they only spent less than a few dozen yuan.

Of course, Xiaomi thought that this amount of money was too much for him to pay back.

Xiaomi had a sad face and held An An's hand: "I, I only saved ten yuan, not enough to pay you back."

Her grandparents taught her that no matter how poor she was, she should not eat and drink for free or get something for nothing.

This was the first time Chen Qianan realized that he was different from others.

An An was shocked to hear that Xiaomi only saved ten yuan by picking up paper boxes, making matchboxes at home, and doing small handicrafts.

It turned out that her pocket money of ten dollars every week was enough for the three of them to eat and live.

In the evening, looking at the two hundred yuan left in her hand, she ran to ask her great-grandfather.

"Grandpa, how can I make money?"

Great-grandfather thought she wanted pocket money, so he took out five dollars from the drawer and gave it to her.

An An shook her head and didn't answer: "I don't want it. I want to know, if I don't ask adults for money, how can I make money? Where does my great-grandfather get his money from?"

Great-grandfather asked An An to sit next to him and told her stories while looking at the starry sky on a summer night.

"My great-grandfather's family was very wealthy when he was a child, but his father made his living by walking around the streets selling needlework."

"Needle and thread?" An An scratched his head, not quite understanding.

“Nowadays we all use sewing machines, but in the past people had to sew their clothes by hand.

Later, my great-grandfather’s father saved money by selling needles and thread and started a weaving business.”

An An felt inspired after listening to his great-grandfather's story.

The next day after school, An An took Xiaomi in the opposite direction of home.

"An An, where are we going?"

An An waved his hand and said, "Let's go make some money."

Then she told Xiaomi the story of her great-grandfather and said, "You are saving money too slowly. We need to find a faster way."

Through Xiaomi, she knew that money is hard-earned.

Through her great-grandfather, she also knew that she had to accumulate enough wealth through business.

An An still remembers the wholesale market she went to with her mother.

"Here it is, hello, Auntie."

Zhao Xia, who runs the shop, saw the two children and asked curiously, "What do you want to see Auntie?"

An An raised her head and said, "Auntie, we want to buy some popsicles."