Chapter 33 Chapter 33 The mind is opened.
The effect was visible to the naked eye, and Lin Nanjiang became more and more fond of dressing himself up. He took a shower, took care of his skin, and shaved diligently every day. Although he spent most of his time stir-frying pots at the stove and had no need and indeed did not take care of his hair, he stocked up his home with many different brands of styling water, mousse and hairspray.
A few days ago, he even shyly asked her about men's perfume brands.
Liu Suqin thought that she hadn't even put on perfume yet, and he almost got there first.
Wow, this is so exquisite.
She felt a little unbalanced, but she told Lin Nanjiang calmly that they could go to the mall together to look at perfumes when they had time. She also wanted to try them, and maybe even use couple perfumes.
Lin Nanjiang happily agreed.
However, no matter what Lin Nanjiang did, Liu Suqin could keep smiling. The only thing she couldn't tolerate was that he stopped pretending and started using her face cream with a clear conscience.
He had a large face to begin with, and he was reckless with his use. He'd scrape off a huge chunk of it each time, enough to last her several days. Liu Suqin watched with such pity. A face cream costing a hundred or two hundred yuan wouldn't last a month at the rate he used. Did he have a mine at home to make this kind of cream?
Finally, she decided to go all out and bought him a large, cheap jar of vanishing cream.
Anyway, when it comes to skin care, the important thing is persistence, and the products are secondary. As long as Lin Nanjiang maintains this momentum, it will not affect his ability to be a delicate pig boy.
Of course, Liu Suqin's words were nice, and Lin Nanjiang was not angry at all. He was very happy to hear it. His wife bought him cold cream specially, and she had him in her heart!
Every time he started to apply makeup on his face after washing, Lin Nanjiang felt happy when he thought that it was her thoughtful gesture.
Seeing that Liu Suqin used his vanishing cream as body lotion without any regret, Lin Nanjiang didn't mind and smiled nonchalantly beside her.
It's just that his wife's pajamas are too beautiful. The smooth black satin texture makes the exposed large areas of skin look so white that it glows. Under the indoor lights, it looks even more like emitting a lustrous luster. Lin Nanjiang just looked at it twice and couldn't help but stick to it, as if a dog saw a bone and his hands gradually became dishonest.
Until there was a crisp "snap" sound, and the back of his hand was slapped neither lightly nor hard. When Lin Nanjiang withdrew his hand awkwardly, his gradually heating brain cleared up and he finally remembered that they were still talking about business. "Oh, yes, I've heard of bonuses. What about commissions? Can you tell me more about them?"
Liu Suqin had never worked a single day in her previous life after getting married, and had only heard about bonuses and commissions from hearsay. She briefly introduced the commission rewards she had learned about.
Later, when Lin Nanjiang asked how much commission he should give his good brother, she didn't interfere. "I'm not sure about that. Give him whatever you think is appropriate. Or you can discuss it directly with Quansheng. It's not a formal company, so there aren't so many rules. As long as both parties are satisfied, it's fine."
Lin Nanjiang stroked his chin thoughtfully, "Okay, I'll think about it myself first."
He pondered over this for several days, and Liu Suqin had no time to ask him what he thought. She was also very busy these days.
What makes her so willing, or what makes her so busy and happy, is naturally buying a house.
While Lin Nanjiang was busy running the store, he was also preparing to start a side business. He said that he could still squeeze out time to accompany his wife to look at houses and still wanted to go with her, but Liu Suqin felt that it was unnecessary.
They now live in the city and don’t have to travel far to look at houses. It’s not their first time buying a house and they are very familiar with the process. Plus, they have Brother Li as the middleman, with whom they have cooperated many times and their cooperation has always been pleasant. What else is there to worry about?
Liu Suqin was full of confidence and said that she could handle it alone and there was no need to mobilize a large force. They just had to wait for her good news.
In this way, Liu Suqin made an appointment with the landlord through Brother Li to meet at a time and place for a detailed discussion. She didn't even ask Brother Li to pick her up. She rode her tricycle alone to the courtyard.
Yes, Liu Suqin also learned to drive the family tricycle.
Although this thing is very simple and can be mastered by anyone, she took advantage of the fact that there were fewer cars on the road when she lived outside the customs and practiced on the road many times. Combined with her rich experience in riding electric bikes in her previous life, she is now an old driver.
It was because he had seen with his own eyes how steadily his wife rode a bike that Lin Nanjiang felt comfortable letting her go house hunting alone.
What he didn't know was that Liu Suqin had a big appetite. Not long after she got on the tricycle, she started thinking about getting a car driver's license when she had time.
This is what Liu Suqin thought. After the big promise she had made to Lin Nanjiang about commercial housing came true, their next small goal would be to buy a car, and it would be best to complete it before the child officially started school, so that Fangfang would also be a little princess who would be picked up and dropped off from school by her parents.
So it is impossible to lie down flat, it is impossible to lie down flat in this life.
Life goes on, and making money never stops.
The process of Liu Suqin acquiring this house was indeed not as smooth as the previous two. Just as the agent had guessed, the two parties first agreed to meet in the yard where the transaction was to take place. After a period of trial and error, the landlord finally insisted on a price of 75,000 and said there was no room for negotiation.
But Liu Suqin had the time and patience to slowly negotiate. The landlord was more anxious, so she immediately chopped down the price with her 1.80-meter-long sword and bargained for 70,000 yuan. The landlord was so angry that his face turned black, and the negotiation ended in a bad mood.
However, with Brother Li as a smart man, he worked on the minds of both sides and quickly facilitated the second and third talks. The deal was settled at 73,000 at the third meeting.
The landlord was only willing to reduce the price by another thousand, and the price would not be any lower than 74,000. However, Liu Suqin used the excuse that their family's business and everything they did had to be profitable, and she persuaded them with both soft and hard methods, and succeeded in getting another piece of the pie.
Liu Suqin was very satisfied, but the previous owner was still worried. His family all had formal jobs and lived in company-owned houses, which looked very respectable inside and out. But only they knew that their annual income was only a few thousand yuan. The price of this house was reduced from the expected 80,000 yuan to 73,000 yuan before it was sold. This meant that the whole family had worked for nothing for nearly one or two years.
The landlord suffered a great loss and wanted to get some compensation from other places. Before the formal signing of the contract, he said that the initial statement that the furniture could be left intact to the buyer was based on the premise of 80,000 yuan. Now that the house was sold at such a low price, he definitely could not give away the furniture. The other party made a temporary request that they would deal with the furniture in the house themselves.
Liu Suqin hesitated for only a moment.
This request came unexpectedly, but it wasn't the first time he'd experienced it. When he'd bought a street-facing apartment, the previous owner had taken away all the furniture from the second floor, leaving the house completely bare when he took over. Later, when Lin Nanjiang was renovating the house and shop, he hired someone to make some furniture for the second floor as well. For just over three figures, he'd made it look presentable and quickly rented it out.
So it’s fine if the seller wants to sell some furniture to make up for the losses this time. She won’t lose money anyway, so Liu Suqin readily agreed.
But just in case, she added a clause allowing the seller to move the furniture as long as it did not damage the house.
The other party had no objection and signed the contract and put his fingerprints on it smoothly.
Because the seller still needed time to deal with the furniture, the transfer procedures were postponed for two days. After about a week, Liu Suqin successfully brought the freshly issued property certificate home.
Lin Nanjiang and Lin Quansheng, who had been surprised that she wanted to buy a house again, were very curious about this little green book. Lin Nanjiang read it over and over again, and Lin Quansheng couldn't wait to grab it to take a look. Every word on it had a magic that made people never tired of reading it.
When he finally returned the property ownership certificate to Liu Suqin, Lin Quansheng sighed from the bottom of his heart, "You guys are really rich now, even more powerful than a rocket. This time last year, you were still screwing screws in a factory, and now you can buy a house whenever you want. It seems easier than buying a chicken for others."
Lin Nanjiang's smile was harder to suppress than AK, yet he pretended to be modest, "You're exaggerating, huh? If it's really easier than buying chickens, then I must have stockpiled a hundred or eighty sets, right?"
Lin Quansheng sighed, "You're quite arrogant! You even want to buy a hundred or eighty apartments. Can you even afford them?"
Joking aside, the envy and yearning in Lin Quansheng's eyes were real.
Come to think of it, everyone was at the same starting line before, but they didn't follow the rules of martial arts and just ran away with the locomotive, leaving him there to herd cattle. Who wouldn't be defeated by this?
Lin Quansheng's mentality is still relatively stable. The gap between the two sides is almost as big as the difference between heaven and earth. He is just envious and has never said anything sour so far.
Putting herself in his shoes, Liu Suqin wasn't sure she could be like him, so she sincerely wished him well. "Brother Quansheng, you're making quite a bit of money now, and you barely spend any money. You'll be able to buy a house on your own soon, and maybe we can even be neighbors in the future."
She did this out of wishful thinking, but she was also certain that if the other party maintained this state, it would only be a matter of time before he bought a house and settled down in Shenzhen.
But when Liu Suqin said this, she didn't expect that this time would come so soon.
Liu Suqin added another house to her name with her own efforts, which also made Lin Nanjiang see her ability. He knew that his wife might not be like a fish in water, but she was indeed very comfortable in this small piece of land in the Special Administrative Region. This time, Lin Nanjiang had no objection to her idea of being fully responsible for the cleaning and decoration of the new house, as well as the subsequent renting out.
As long as his wife is happy.
Liu Suqin was of course happy to experience the life of a landlady for the first time. She was full of energy. Every morning after breakfast and feeding her baby, she would drive her three-wheeled motorcycle to various building materials stores and furniture stores while the sun was still high. She would take away small pieces of furniture such as curtains, tables, chairs, and cabinets, and have the large pieces delivered by the stores. Just like an ant moving house, she filled the empty house bit by bit.
Sometimes after finishing her work in the morning and returning home, she still has the energy to go out for another run around four or five in the afternoon, and she simply doesn't want to leave.
Despite going out early and coming back late, Liu Suqin not only doesn't feel tired, but she even has the energy to care about Lin Nanjiang and others' side businesses.
More than a week had passed since he came up with the idea of starting a side business. Lin Nanjiang's efficiency was actually quite good. He had already chosen the streets and time for setting up the stall, and had also reached a consensus with Lin Quansheng.
The reason why he hadn't taken formal action yet was that while he was looking for a night snack street, he discovered a blind spot, that is, their store did not have a business license!
Of course, Lin Nanjiang hadn't done it on purpose. Information wasn't readily available back then, and even those in the industry were already appreciating their own shortcomings. How could they, with no relatives or friends, proactively remind him of these things? Furthermore, when they had previously set up stalls outside the customs, not only had they never seen inspections, they hadn't even had to pay stall fees. They could come and go freely, so much so that Lin Nanjiang assumed opening a shop in the city would be just as easy: simply decorate a storefront and open it. He hadn't considered the paperwork involved.
When Liu Suqin realized this big mistake, she also wiped a cold sweat. Fortunately, they discovered it themselves. It is not too late to make amends, and the problem is not serious.
But this incident also reminded her that what people said on the Internet was right, rebirth really does not increase one's IQ. In the future, she should not be careless and think that she can do anything just because she has a golden finger.
In short, Lin Nanjiang was busy with this matter in the past few days. Of course, he took time to do it in the store before 11 a.m. and after 2 p.m., so it did not delay his business, but his efficiency was a bit slow. Fortunately, he only needed to apply for a license, and other relevant regulations such as food safety certificates, health certificates, and fire certificates had not yet been issued, which saved a lot of trouble.
Now that he has obtained the license, Lin Nanjiang hung it behind the cash register. He would look at it from time to time and felt a sense of accomplishment. They are operating a legitimate business, which would be very impressive if they could publicize it.
After resolving this major issue, they began to prepare for their side business without stopping, and they will set up their stall tonight.
However, there was another thing that caught Liu Suqin off guard. Lin Nanjiang and Lin Quansheng had discussed for several days, but they did not follow the direction she gave them, and did not calculate bonuses or commissions. Instead, they directly came up with a profit-sharing model - of course, it was only limited to the profit sharing of the night snack stall. The noodle shop belonged to the couple, and Lin Nanjiang even took the initiative to write his wife's name on the license to truly confirm her identity as the boss's wife. Therefore, without asking the boss's wife in advance, he only dared to be the owner of the night snack stall.
The two agreed to split the income from the night snack stall 40% to 60%, with Lin Nanjiang taking 60%.
Liu Suqin was stunned when she heard this. She thought that the child's father seemed very smart and reliable before, and he was a good brother who insisted on settling accounts clearly. How could he suddenly change his temperament and start doing charity? Could it be that he was also framed?
Seeing his wife's reaction, Lin Nanjiang continued to comfort her calmly, "Wife, don't worry. This 40% is certainly not given away for free. First of all, the noodle shop and the night snack stall are two different things. The shop is only busy for two or three hours in the morning, noon and evening respectively, and it will close a little earlier at night. That adds up to about nine hours a day, which makes this job very easy. Quansheng's salary will be adjusted accordingly. He will still be 1,000 yuan a month in the future. The night snack stall is our partnership. He only provides manpower and labor. The tools and car are all ours. This investment must be included. Of course, we should take the lion's share. 30% or 70% or 28% is reasonable..."
Liu Suqin couldn't help but nod. Even if it was 30% to 70%, she wouldn't be so shocked.
"But I think it's really hard work, cooking during the day and then running the night snack stall until midnight. Wife, you're always worried about my health. So since we're going to be partners, we can take turns cooking at the night snack stall. Quansheng can occasionally stir-fry noodles in the shop, and the taste is already pretty good, so a little more practice won't make a big difference. But he listened to my idea and took the initiative to ask to be the only one cooking at the night snack stall. From now on, I'll be responsible for collecting money and packing the food, which will make it easier. I thought it was great, it would increase my income and I wouldn't be tired... But since Quansheng does the most work, if we can't split it 50-50, shouldn't we at least give him 40% of the profits?"
After listening to such a long summary, Liu Suqin finally agreed with Lin Nanjiang's plan from the bottom of her heart.
The relationship between them as a couple did not have too many conflicts, even when they were treating each other with respect and looking at each other without saying a word in their previous life. In this life, they were still in the early stages of marriage. In Lin Quansheng's words, he had never seen a couple more sticky and disgusting than them.
So Liu Suqin always said that she felt sorry for Lin Nanjiang's body. She was providing emotional value and encouraging him, but she also really didn't want him to sacrifice his health for money.
There is no end to making money. Now the family has three houses and a shop. In fact, the monthly rent is enough to cover the daily expenses of a family of three. If Lin Nanjiang finds some more business to make a living, they can live a comfortable life.
Not to mention that she is also planning to go out to work after weaning.
If Lin Nanjiang wanted to take a break, Liu Suqin would have no objection. He could just work hard to run the noodle shop and retire, maintain the current business, and easily earn 200,000 to 300,000 yuan a year. Even if the business was not good, he could still make 100,000 to 200,000 yuan. The commercial housing and private cars they planned could still be realized. At most, the time to realize their dream would be extended by three to five years.
Life is so long, you won’t die tomorrow, you can afford to wait.
She never expected that she was no longer in a hurry, but Lin Nanjiang seemed to have developed a damn desire to win under her daily pep talk, and no longer looked down on the "small business" that earned a thousand yuan a day.
Oh, life is so unpredictable, and you have to rely on your own experience.
Liu Suqin encouraged Lin Nanjiang to develop both his main and side businesses, but in her heart she was thinking that he should work hard. He still had a lot of energy now, but after a while, when he couldn't work anymore, he would just be quiet.
Or she could hold on until next year, when she would also go out to work. When Lin Nanjiang saw how fast the couple was making money together, the pressure would be reduced and he would no longer be so anxious.
After all, she didn't think the night snack stall could last long at first.
But now, Liu Suqin suddenly felt that they might actually be able to make something of themselves. Lin Nanjiang's brain was much more flexible than she had imagined, even coming up with this method. Setting up a stall, after all, wasn't like opening a proper shop; the costs were negligible. They'd initially rented a place in Shenzhen with only a mere 5,000 yuan in savings, but Lin Quansheng's savings with her far exceeded that, allowing him to strike out on his own anytime he wanted. Lin Quansheng, however, was a man of great loyalty. During their most difficult period outside the Great Wall, he'd relied on this capable and trustworthy helper, and he'd never considered abandoning him.
It was a different time. They moved to the city and immediately had everything they needed: a house, a car, a shop, and a nanny who took care of the children, did the laundry, and cooked the meals. Who wouldn't say their life was a blessing? Meanwhile, Lin Quansheng himself still hadn't found a house, a car, or a wife.
It is one thing for Lin Quansheng to be happy for their achievements, but that doesn't mean he won't be worried about himself. It's just that out of affection and morality, he hasn't thought about the possibility of going it alone for a while.
But once you go to the city to work for them, you still have to set up a stall in the end. So why don't people work on their own?
This is also the reason why Liu Suqin doesn't like their side jobs.
Lin Nanjiang's proposal for a partnership was a stroke of genius.
After spending more than half a year together, Liu Suqin could more or less see that Lin Quansheng was not a man of action and not very competitive. He was not like Lin Nanjiang, who would refuse to admit defeat and strive to be the best once he got the chance.
This "non-competitiveness" doesn't mean Lin Quansheng lacks the drive to endure hardships and strive for progress. In terms of endurance, he and Lin Nanjiang are on par. After all, they've all come from a life of poverty, so neither is inferior in that respect. But Lin Quansheng lacks a certain edge. Rather than shouldering the responsibility of overseeing everything, he prefers to be assigned tasks and simply lead the charge.
The partnership model that Lin Nanjiang came up with is not very suitable for this kind of physique.
Just imagine, you don't have to invest any capital and you can become the second boss. According to their previous experience of selling late-night snacks outside the city, 40% of the profit can get you two or three hundred yuan every night. Combined with your main salary, you can earn tens of thousands of yuan a month in minutes. There is also a big boss supporting you. You don't have to worry about purchasing, accounting, and dealing with all kinds of people. He just needs to concentrate on his work as usual. What's the difference between that and getting paid for nothing?
At this moment, Lin Quansheng must be determined to work with his good friend for the rest of his life.
Of course, from his perspective, he might have made money, but Lin Nanjiang would never lose money. Even Liu Suqin felt like he had gotten something for free. The night snack stall didn't need Lin Nanjiang to be the chef. Given his current age and physical condition, it was almost like he was resting. This way, he could earn an extra four or five hundred yuan. Why would he need a bicycle?
Liu Suqin supported him wholeheartedly and offered a suggestion, "Brother Quansheng is the only one in charge of the night snack stall, which is physically demanding. He's also busy serving dishes and washing dishes in the store during the day, and I'm worried he won't be able to handle it. Why don't we hire a dishwasher? That way, Brother Quansheng only needs to serve dishes and wipe the tables, and his workload won't be that heavy."
"Is this possible?" Lin Nanjiang didn't want to exploit his good brother, but his mind was not open and he didn't know there was such a thing.
Liu Suqin said in a relaxed tone, "Give it a try. Young people may not look down on the job of washing dishes, but grandpas and grandmas in their forties or fifties probably won't mind. There's no threshold anyway, anyone with hands can do it."
When Lin Nanjiang heard this, an idea suddenly struck him. "Since we're hiring elderly people, we don't need to offer too high a salary. Three to five hundred should be enough."
Liu Suqin agreed.
Lin Nanjiang had already discussed with her that once the side business was established, he and Lin Quansheng would have to start conserving their energy during the day. From nine to eleven in the morning, there would not be many customers, so they could take turns going back to rest, leaving only one person to guard the store. After two in the afternoon, they would close the store directly, and both would go back to take a nap, and then open the store around five.
They are so free now, and there is no need for dishwashers to stay in the store all the time. They can go home after completing their work, do housework, help their children pick up and drop off at school, etc. It is equivalent to the freedom of doing odd jobs, but they receive the salary of a regular employee. Even if the salary is lower, there will definitely be no shortage of applicants.
Lin Nanjiang said happily that he would post a job recruitment notice at the door when he returned to the store, and then asked his wife to help him write the notice.
Both husband and wife graduated from junior high school, but their cultural levels are very different. Lin Nanjiang had long since returned all that knowledge to his teacher, while Liu Suqin has maintained the habit of reading novels for two lifetimes, which can be considered as reading. Her personality and thoughts are more delicate, and her sensitivity to words remains. She is the one who handles anything that needs to be written at home, such as the previous rental notices and pre-store opening promotions.
This time it was no surprise. Liu Suqin quickly wrote the recruitment notice and asked Lin Nanjiang to take it back to the store and post it. He quickly and successfully recruited new employees, and at the same time, his side business that he had been thinking about was also in full swing.
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