In the Chen sisters' room, the four siblings, including Chen Chunhua, were all taken aback when they saw the money their fifth sister took out. They were overwhelmed with surprise, as the desk was covered with hundred-yuan bills.
Did they really earn that money themselves? It felt like a dream. Chen Chunhua and Chen Meihua even went up and picked up a bill to feel it in their hands to confirm whether it was real or fake!
"Sisters, each of you has two hundred yuan, and Xiao Liu has one hundred. Do you want to spend all the money now, or do you want to leave it with me first?" Chen Xihua divided the money into several portions and pushed them in front of the sisters one by one.
“Of course, now…” Chen Meihua didn’t finish her sentence.
"Fifth Sister, if we leave it with you, what kind of business are you planning to do?" Upon hearing this, Chen Xiuhua guessed that her fifth sister might have some kind of plan. Her fifth sister's words seemed to have a hidden meaning!
"Xiao Wu, here's my two hundred. Do whatever you want with it. I don't need to buy anything right now!"
When Chen Jinhua saw the two hundred yuan in front of her, her tense face before coming back turned into a happy grin. She picked it up, touched it, and then readily put it back!
Xiao Wu is smart and has lots of ideas; he must have other ways to make money!
"Fifth sister, mine too! Whatever your plans are, feel free to use them!" Although Chen Chunhua was the eldest sister, she hadn't yet come up with a way to make money!
"Third sister, fourth sister, what about you! Xiao Liu's will definitely go to me first!" Chen Xiao Liu has no say in Chen Xi Hua's affairs.
Chen Xihua had originally planned that if her sisters still wanted to take the money, she would borrow it from them first!
"Keep it, keep it with you, but if you make any money, count me in!" Chen Meihua wanted to use the money to buy that dress, which she had seen while shopping last week.
She then realized with distress that if she bought a new dress, her parents would definitely ask where she got it, so she decided to forget it and focus on making money first!
Chen Xiuhua nodded, indicating her agreement to leave the money with Chen Xihua first.
"Thank you, thank you for your trust, sisters. Well then, brothers should keep clear accounts! I'll make a note of it now, let's get this over with."
Let's start with the existing three thousand yuan. Your nine hundred yuan and Xiao Liu's nine hundred yuan will be counted as one thousand, and mine as two thousand. When we make money in the future, I will give sixty yuan out of every hundred yuan, and you will give forty yuan out of every hundred yuan, which is eight yuan each.
"No problem, right? I'll take a loss, but if I need anything, please help me out!"
Chen Xihua had initially wanted to make a fortune quietly, but after much consideration, she decided to bring her siblings along. She was alone, and her children were only around ten years old, so they were isolated and helpless. She would have to rely on her eldest sister for convenient travel.
"Losing money? Xiao Wu, how can you lose money? You get sixty yuan, and I only get eight yuan!" Chen Meihua was a little discouraged. She thought she could make a lot of money, but she couldn't calculate it all at once!
"Third sister and fifth sister contributed two thousand in capital, while the five of us contributed less than one thousand, which is only one-third."
"That means, normally, if we earn 100 yuan, the five of us would split 33 yuan, but Xiao Wu told us to get 40 yuan!" Chen Xiuhua explained to her.
"Ah, I understand!" Chen Jinhua, the second sister, suddenly exclaimed. She hadn't quite understood at first, but after the fourth sister explained, she instantly grasped the meaning!
"Okay, it's only eight yuan!" Chen Meihua said with a look of disgust.
“It didn’t say we’d only earn a hundred dollars. If we earn ten thousand dollars, we’ll have eight hundred dollars!” Chen Jinhua glanced at Chen Meihua. This San San is really not smart!
"When will I be able to earn 10,000 yuan?" Chen Meihua perked up again!
"School's about to start, so focus on your studies. Don't bother Xiao Wu. If the opportunity arises, Xiao Wu will naturally tell us!" The eldest sister, Chen Chunhua, gently instructed. Next semester, she will be studying in Jiang City!
"Fifth Sister, all my money is for you!" Chen Baohua belatedly realized that everyone had left him out, so he quickly interjected, earnestly expressing his loyalty!
"Okay, you're included, and Xiao Liu's too!" Chen Xihua smiled as if she had just thought of something: when she went to the market to buy vegetables and pork, the vendors would give her a little extra. Since all five sisters were together, she would include Chen Xiao Liu as well.
Five sisters and one brother, 5+1? Not bad, we can register this name as a trademark logo in the future!
"These crocheted bags won't sell for long. Once others copy them, the business will be difficult. However, since hand-knitting is difficult to mass-produce, it's still possible to make a little money. I'll buy more yarn during the summer or winter vacation!" Chen Xihua explained her initial plan.
As for what kind of business to do next, it hasn't been completely decided yet. I'm considering opening a clothing factory and selling hand-woven bags as accessories as limited editions!
But thinking about all that now is pointless; the initial capital is still too little!
"By the way, second sister, what does your classmate Zhang Weibing's sister do for a living?"
Chen Xihua felt that it would be too slow for her and her sisters, who were still in school, to make money; they needed to find someone to help them.
As for why she didn't ask her family members, such as her parents, she never intended to let Chen Lao Er interfere in her affairs from the moment she transmigrated. She also thought about getting along peacefully with the Chen sisters, hoping that everyone could live in harmony.
As long as Mr. and Mrs. Chen can run the Chen family pastry shop well and make a little money, they will be happy to live a comfortable life with a modest income. They have already bought a house.
"Sister Xiaolan, you farm at home, and when you're not busy at home, you do odd jobs in the county. You also learn to make clothes from a tailor in Zhangjia Village."
She had worked as a saleswoman in a department store for a month before, but the manager disliked her for being bad at talking! Chen Jinhua only knew this much. She had always heard Zhang Weibing talk about how hard his sister had worked to support his studies!
"Have you ever been to school?" Chen Xihua asked, tapping the table.
"She did go to school, but she didn't finish junior high. Her father's subsidies weren't enough for the two siblings to go to school!" Chen Jinhua felt a little sorry for Xiaolan. After graduating from junior high, she had to go out to work and earn money, and work in the fields with her grandfather at home!
"Second sister, take twenty yuan and buy some things for your classmate Zhang Weibing tomorrow to thank his sister for helping us buy cotton yarn!"
Chen Xihua wanted to wait and see what kind of person Zhang Xiaolan was, and whether she was trustworthy enough to be brought into their group!
"Give it to his sister, okay, I got it!" Chen Jinhua then picked up a twenty-yuan note and put it away.
"Fifth Sister, are you looking for this Sister Xiaolan to help us?" Chen Xiuhua seemed to have guessed Fifth Sister's plan!
"It's not decided yet!" Chen Xihua realized that her fourth sister was really smart; she could guess her plans just by listening!
Before going to bed at night, Chen Baohua insisted on coming in to sleep with Chen Xihua. In fact, when he was in first grade, he had already been sleeping alone on the sofa bed in the dining room.
At first, she made a fuss a few times, crying so hard that her family was woken up at night. Li Yumei felt very sorry for her. Later, she pretended to cry twice more and was spanked twice by Chen Xihua. After being coaxed to sleep, she got used to it. However, she still wanted to stay in her sisters' room from time to time.
"Chen Xiaoliu, didn't I teach you that boys and girls shouldn't sit at the same table after the age of seven? Although we don't have that requirement now, and we still go to school and study together, and our families eat together, we still need to know the importance of maintaining proper boundaries between boys and girls!"
"Alright, alright, I'm going back to be my 'department head'!" Chen Baohua is over eight years old and will be in second grade when school starts. He's starting to be a bit naughty and isn't very patient with being lectured anymore!
"Wait a minute, Chen Xiaoliu, I'm warning you, at school you can't touch or pull at female classmates, you absolutely can't lift up their clothes, you can't just pull up or take off your own clothes, and you absolutely can't peep at female classmates when they go to the toilet. If I find out, I'll beat you so badly that even your parents won't recognize you!"
"Fifth sister, I know, I already told you. The time you saw it before, it wasn't me, it was some other older boys who were peeping and got caught by the teacher. I was just watching the fun from the sidelines!"
"You can't even watch the fun, you want to join in on every kind of fun. If I catch you again, I'll really beat you up!"
Chen Xihua had a bit of a headache. Are elementary school students these days so curious about everything? She was worried that Chen Xiaoliu would go astray! The other older sisters looked at each other. Anyway, they were used to their fifth sister disciplining her brother, and neither side could help.
"Nonsense!" Chen Baohua walked out of the room. His fifth sister was getting more and more nagging and violent, threatening to beat him up at the drop of a hat. All he wanted to hear his sisters talk about making money was to listen to them talk about it.
Hmph, fine, I'll forgive her. After all, she's the best fifth sister!
The day before school started in September, Chen Chunhua was to register at Jiangshi Middle School, and Chen Lao Er took her there again.
It takes two hours by car from the county, and then another bus to Jiang City. I'll be staying at school this time, so I've brought a lot of luggage: a lockable wooden box, a change of clothes, toiletries, bedding, a mat, etc.
At that time, the school dormitories did not have wardrobes or anything like that. Each dormitory had six bunk beds, housing twelve people. Students brought their own wooden boxes, which they placed at the foot of their beds to store clothes and personal belongings!
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