Chen Chunhua felt slightly relieved. "Oh, okay, let's go then!"
The Chen sisters returned to the bank where they had withdrawn money a few days earlier. As they approached the window, they saw the same bank teller as before.
"Hello, what service do you need?"
"Hello, we'd like to deposit money!" Chen Chunhua handed over the passbook first, then turned to look at Chen Xihua and noticed that her fifth sister was hesitating. "Fifth sister, please take out the money!"
"Okay!" Chen Xihua stopped worrying about the explanation and took out stacks of money from the bag. There were seven stacks in total. One stack had some change on it, which should be more than 1,400 yuan extra. She counted it and took it out, keeping only 70,000 yuan and putting the 1,400 yuan into her small cloth bag!
"Hello, please deposit this 70,000 yuan for me!" Chen Xihua pushed seven stacks of money into the window and handed them to the clerk!
"Okay, please wait a moment!" The bank teller politely took the money and began counting and registering it.
"Fifth...Fifth Sister! How come there are so many seventy thousand?" Chen Chunhua was dumbfounded from the moment she saw her fifth sister take out two stacks of money, to the moment she saw seven stacks of money. Her expression went from happy to shocked, and finally her mouth was wide open and her voice was trembling!
"Big sister, it's alright, it's our money, we'll talk to you about it later!" Chen Xihua reassured Chen Chunhua.
About ten minutes later, the bank teller had completed the deposit procedure. "Hello, I've deposited the money for you. It's exactly 70,000 yuan. Here's your passbook, please keep it safe!"
"Okay, thank you!" Chen Xihua took the passbook and pulled Chen Chunhua out of the bank.
"Big sister, didn't I go into the reception room alone with Manager Zhang that day? I borrowed money from him, 60,000 yuan, and bought a total of 70,000 yuan worth of goods. After deducting the agency fee and the money we paid back to Manager Zhang, we ended up with a little over 71,400 yuan!"
"You, Fifth Sister, how could you do this? That's 60,000 yuan! What are we going to do if we can't pay it back? What are we going to do? And how dare you ask someone for so much money so easily? What if something happens?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Chunhua burst into tears, her voice trembling, her heart pounding with fear, and she gripped Chen Xihua's arm tightly with her hand!
She wasn't happy about earning 70,000 yuan; instead, she was filled with lingering fear! The previous 10,000 yuan was gone, but that was earned thanks to her fifth sister. But what about the 60,000 yuan she borrowed? Where was she going to find 60,000 yuan to repay it?
"I'm sorry, big sister, I won't do it again! Manager Zhang said he wanted to thank me, so I said I wanted to borrow some money!"
Chen Xihua felt the pain in her arm, felt the force of her older sister's grip, and could see her fear. She was also touched by her older sister's concern and care for her, and felt a lump in her throat.
"Don't do it again next time, you have to promise me, you promise!" Chen Chunhua's voice trembled, her expression serious and earnest!
Chen Xihua readily agreed: "I promise, I won't do it again. From now on, I'll always talk to my older sister first!"
"Remember what you said, or I won't listen to you anymore. I won't let you use my bankbook anymore, and I won't take you out anymore. You can't go anywhere without an ID card!"
When the gentle and good-tempered Chen Chunhua gets angry, this fifth sister is incredibly bold. Look at the terrible things she has done!
"Okay, I'll do whatever you say, big sister! I miss home, let's go back, get our luggage, check out, and go home!"
Helpless, Chen Xihua had no choice but to resort to coquettishness. Oh dear, even an honest person can be terrifying when they lose their temper, and this older sister is not someone to be trifled with.
She's awakened her older sister's temper. Next time, she can't keep everything from her older sister. Many of her future plans need her older sister's help to proceed, since she's only twelve years old!
"Okay, let's go home. It's a promise, don't do it again next time!" Chen Chunhua's emotions gradually calmed down, but she still didn't forget to remind him again!
The two held hands as they hailed a taxi, and an hour later they returned to the hotel. They went up to room 302 to get their luggage, then went downstairs to the front desk to pay and check out.
It was already noon. The Chen sisters ate some biscuits. They had bought some biscuits and snacks to eat on the train. They were in a hurry to take a taxi to the train station to buy tickets. They hadn't eaten lunch yet, thinking they would eat on the train!
After about two hours, around 2:30 pm, Chen Xihua and her sister arrived at Haishi Railway Station and bought tickets for the last train back to Jiangshi at 3:30 pm that day!
They bought sleeper tickets, which cost sixty-six yuan each. When they finally boarded the train and lay down on the bunk beds, Chen Xihua breathed a sigh of relief. Chen Chunhua was also relieved. It was her first time buying train tickets, and she was worried about what to do if she couldn't get them!
After a day and a night, the train arrived at Jiangshi Railway Station at 2 p.m. on the second day!
After Chen Xihua and Chen Chunhua got off the train and went outside the train station, they saw a familiar place. Chen Chunhua excitedly pulled Chen Xihua to the bus stop.
Finally back in Jiang City, back in a familiar place, she had nothing to worry about anymore. Chen Chunhua found that she seemed to have grown up all of a sudden and become much more confident!
"Big sister, you don't need to take me to the bus station. Just go back to school. The two places are in opposite directions, so you don't have to go through all that trouble!"
"Can you manage by yourself? Do you know which bus is going back to the county?"
"Big sister, I'm in the first year of junior high school now! I can take the bus! The last stop of this bus is the bus station, I won't miss it, I'm off."
Once Chen Xihua returned to Jiang City, getting around became much easier; students could buy bus tickets without needing their ID cards!
"Okay, then be careful!" Chen Chunhua stopped worrying. She had been on leave for too long and was eager to get back to school! Besides, her fifth sister knew more than she did; in Haishi, her fifth sister had basically been the one taking care of her!
After a long journey, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon when Chen Xihua finally got on the bus back to the county.
Chen Chunhua has also returned to Jiangshi Middle School. As soon as she put down her luggage in the dormitory, she rushed to the classroom for the last class of the afternoon!
At 6:30 p.m., Chen Xihua returned to the county bus station, and after another half-hour bus ride, finally arrived back at the textile factory residential area in the western district of the county.
With her backpack on and a basketball and other things she bought in Shanghai in her hand, Chen Xihua stood at the entrance of the family quarters and surprisingly felt a sense of familiarity!
They walked back to the four-story building on the west side, and when they reached the door of the house on the right side of the second floor, Chen Xihua suddenly felt as if she had returned to the scene when she first came to this house with Chen Lao Er and his wife.
"Chen Xiaoliu, open the door! I'm back! I'm exhausted!" Chen Xihua pounded on the door, she suddenly had to do this, so she shouted it out loud!
A moment later, the door opened from the inside. It was Chen Baohua who opened the door. The scene was somewhat familiar, but the chubby little boy who was a little over three years old back then was now eight or nine years old, peeking out with a very aggrieved expression.
"Fifth sister, you're finally back! I've missed you so much!"
Upon confirming that it was Fifth Sister who had returned, Chen Baohua rushed out and hugged Chen Xihua tightly, overjoyed!
"Fifth Sister, you've been gone for so long!"
Although Chen Xihua was a little tired, she still said affectionately, "Chen Xiaoliu, it's only been a week, but it feels like you haven't seen me for years!"
"Hmph, it's been a long time!" Chen Baohua let go of Chen Xihua and helped her take the backpack and the bag she was carrying into his arms!
Upon entering the house, only Chen Lao Er and his wife, along with Chen Baohua, were home. Chen Meihua, the third sister, and Chen Xiuhua, the fourth sister, must have just gone to evening self-study!
"Dad, Mom, I'm back!"
Chen Lao Er and his wife were chatting in the dining room. When they saw Chen Xihua return, Chen Lao Er, who had been a little worried, showed a happy expression and nodded.
Li Yumei then asked, "What place did you get in the competition?"
"Second place!" Chen Xihua thought to herself, "I knew they'd ask that!"
"Xiao Wu, you haven't eaten yet! Yu Mei, go get Xiao Wu something to eat!" Chen Lao Er saw that his wife was still sitting there, so he could only remind her that her daughter had come home from a long journey, and she should act like a mother!
"There's no food left for dinner, so I'll just make a bowl of noodles!" Li Yumei glanced at Chen Lao Er. She had only just seen the two siblings talking and hadn't had time to react. It was as if she were a stepmother who wasn't feeding her daughter!
"Thank you, Dad and Mom!" Watching Li Yumei get up and walk into the kitchen in her slippers, Chen Xihua suddenly felt that Li Yumei wasn't so bad after all. She just loved her youngest son. What bad intentions could she possibly have?
But little did she know that Li Yumei would soon cause her trouble!
"Xiao Liu, give me your schoolbag. Everything else is for you!" Chen Xihua took the schoolbag and went back to her room to tidy up and wash up.
"Oh, really? A basketball, I love it, it's red! And extracurricular books... and a fountain pen, Fifth Sister, are all these for me?" Chen Baohua opened the box in the dining room and took out the items one by one, laughing happily and shouting excitedly!
"Yes!" Chen Xihua poked her head out of the room and smiled happily!
After Chen Xihua ate a big bowl of noodles with an egg, she felt extremely comfortable!
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After returning from Shanghai, Chen Xihua went to tell Teacher Du that she had returned from leave the next day and gave him her return train ticket. Then she started frantically catching up on her homework.
I never thought she'd end up like this. It's not a matter of whether she can do it or not, but a matter of not being able to finish copying. Since junior high, her teachers have been keeping a close eye on her!
After Chen Xihua finished catching up on her missed homework, it was time to start reviewing and preparing for the final exams.
It wasn't until early July, after finishing her final exams, that Chen Xihua felt she had recovered.
Since returning from Shanghai, the eldest daughter, Chen Chunhua, didn't go home until after her final exams. She'll be a senior in high school next semester, and she only has a month of summer vacation before returning to school in August!
"Xiao Wu, what did you do with your older sister when you went to Haishi last time, besides participating in the competition? Did you go to make money? How much did you make?"
Second sister Chen Jinhua returned home from Jiangshi Degao. Upon seeing Chen Xihua, whom she hadn't seen for over two months, she excitedly asked her questions!
"Yeah, Xiao Wu, what did you guys do in Haishi? Was Haishi pretty? Was it fun?"
Because she was taking the high school entrance exam, Chen Meihua, who had already been on holiday at home for several days, couldn't wait to ask. Before, everyone was busy with exams, so she had held back because she was bored!
Chen Xiuhua and Chen Baohua also looked at Chen Xihua and Chen Chunhua with expectant expressions!
"Close the door! Mom and Dad must have already gone to the pastry shop!" Chen Xihua reminded Chen Jinhua, who was standing by the door.
"Big sister, show them your bankbook, dazzle them!"
Chen Xihua was also a little excited. This was money they had earned themselves. Although she had taken a shortcut, it was still money earned through legitimate channels!
"Big sister, let me see this quickly, seven..." Chen Jinhua was the first to get her hands on the passbook and look at the last ten thousand. She seemed not to make a sound, and her mouth remained open.
"Second brother, it's my turn, what are you spacing out for!" Chen Meihua could only lean over to look, and then she froze too. What was it again? She wasn't very good at math, so maybe she saw it wrong?
"Alright, it's a full 70,000 yuan. Don't be surprised, sisters. We'll earn even more money through our own efforts in the future!" Chen Xihua took the passbook and, without showing it to them one by one, told them the amount.
"Fifth sister, can you show me how much 70,000 yuan is? I don't even know what a bankbook looks like!"
Chen Baohua was surprised at first, but he didn't have a clear idea of how much 70,000 yuan was. However, when he saw the passbook in Chen Xihua's hands, he immediately moved closer to her and wanted to see it!
Chen Xiuhua also took a closer look and was equally astonished! Was it buying some kind of securities or stocks?
Chen Xiuhua had heard her fifth sister mention the Shanghai Stock Exchange before, and she had been looking for information about it on the radio and in the school newspaper. However, she could only catch a little bit of information because she hadn't studied it systematically like in textbooks, so she didn't really understand it! But she guessed that it might be a way to make money!
"Alright, we were lucky this time! There won't be a next time; that's not something we can afford to do. If we want to make money, we need to be down-to-earth and find some real, tangible things to do!"
When Chen Chunhua returned to school, she made a special effort to find out more about it. It seemed to be related to finance. Combined with what she had seen and heard at the Shanghai Stock Exchange, she realized how crazy her fifth sister had been.
If she had known beforehand that this would happen, she definitely wouldn't have agreed to her fifth sister buying it. Because she knew about the phrase "bankruptcy overnight"!
"Yes, yes, we were lucky this time. We should start our own business and work hard to earn money!"
Chen Xihua quickly chimed in, afraid that her eldest sister Chen Chunhua would reveal that she had borrowed money, which would set a bad example for her sisters and brother!
"So, sisters, I plan to start our own brand and store, focusing on clothing and accessories. The bags we knitted before are also a selling point, used as accessories for the clothes. It will start as a small workshop, and I've already thought of a name: 5+1 Clothing Store!"
"Big sister, this is the logo I designed. You can go and register our brand trademark first!"
Chen Xihua quickly changed the subject and handed a piece of paper to Chen Chunhua. It had the words "5+1" on it, but it was a creative design. The two numbers were put together to form a vertical oval shape, which looked a bit like a yin-yang symbol, but instead of black and white, it was red and black!
Chen Xihua had been thinking about this for a long time, but she only recently drew it. She plans to use this trademark logo in whatever business she does in the future, whether it's opening a shop or having the opportunity to build a company!
"Wow, Fifth Sister, this drawing is so beautiful! Is it 5+1? What does it mean?" Chen Jinhua exclaimed in surprise when she saw it!
"Does that mean we are five sisters plus one brother?" Chen Xiuhua seemed to have guessed!
"Fifth Sister, is that so? With me included, right?" Chen Baohua asked with anticipation and excitement, but also a little fear and caution!
"Yes, it's us six siblings. Originally, I thought it would just be the five of us sisters doing a small business together to make money, but... our little sixth brother has always been very well-behaved, so we added him!" Chen Xihua saw Chen Xiaoliu's expectant eyes and stopped teasing him!
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