Chapter 8 Chapter 8 New small goal.
Liu Suqin waited for Lin Nanjiang to finish the preparations for setting up the stall, and helped to clean up. Then she locked the door and went out to make a phone call.
Since there are thousands of migrant workers in the town, public telephones can be found everywhere. There is a small telephone supermarket near their residence, equipped with five or six landline phones, and an elderly grandmother sits at the door collecting money.
It looks inconspicuous, but when the factory is on holiday, the small telephone room is crowded and the queue can even reach the curb.
However, at this time, the telephone supermarket was still very quiet. Liu Suqin and Lin Nanjiang found an empty seat as soon as they entered. Lin Nanjiang first moved a stool for his wife to sit on, and then he stood in front of the phone, bent over and dialed the number.
The Lin family didn't have a phone, so they could only call the small shop at the entrance to the village. It would take time for the owner's wife to call Lin's parents, which could take anywhere from a few minutes to over ten minutes. And long-distance charges were over a dollar these days, a cost no one could afford. Naturally, they told the person on the other end to hang up first and call back later.
Lin Nanjiang made an appointment with the store owner in a few words. While waiting for his parents to answer the phone, he was busy calling his father-in-law in the village.
Seeing his actions, Liu Suqin was a little nervous. After decades, she had long forgotten the phone number of the village store. Unexpectedly, Lin Nanjiang called the number without asking her, and soon a familiar voice came.
The grocery store in Liu Suqin's village was run by her cousin, and it was her cousin himself who answered the phone, so they chatted for a few more minutes, but he also controlled the time and hung up the phone within a minute.
When I finally got through to my family, I also talked about business while watching the clock and hung up the phone after about fifty seconds.
Even though the couple is not short of money now, their parents are still worried about the phone bill and urge them to get down to business.
Lin Nanjiang's parents probably thought that they didn't need to help him take care of his wife and children, and that it would save them the trouble. They just gave him a few words of advice and said that after the New Year, they would ask their fellow villagers who returned to Shenzhen to work to bring some things to the couple, and that they didn't need to worry about home.
When they arrived at Liu Suqin's parents' home, her mother felt sorry for her daughter and scolded them anxiously, saying that they were making trouble.
But Liu Suqin's parents ultimately believed that a daughter who's married off is like spilled water. Seeing that the couple had made up their minds, Liu's mother could only curse, "You really don't know your place. It's hard for a woman to give birth without an elder to help her. Forget it, you're already married, and I can't control you. It's almost a minute. I'm hanging up."
Liu Suqin knew her mother had a sharp tongue, so she didn't take it to heart. After paying the bill and coming out, she saw Lin Nanjiang still looking a little depressed, as if he hadn't recovered from the blow his mother-in-law had dealt him. She deliberately joked, "What should we do? It seems your mother-in-law still doesn't believe in your ability."
"I'll behave well and make our mother trust me." Lin Nanjiang figured it out in an instant. He attentively supported Liu Suqin and slowly walked down the stairs, saying confidently, "As long as I take good care of you and the child, and raise you to be fair and tender, so that my mother-in-law can see at a glance that you two are doing well, that will naturally be more effective than any number of nice words I say to her."
Liu Suqin encouraged him, "You're right. The baby and I are counting on you. If we take good care of him, we'll be able to impress my mother and the others when we return. Then they'll have nothing but admiration for you."
"That's right!" Lin Nanjiang was full of energy. He didn't rest even after returning home. He took a rag and wiped here and there. As soon as it was past four o'clock, he couldn't wait to go next door to find the landlord to get the car keys.
The days of making money are busy and fulfilling. Today is another day when the goods are basically sold out and the wallets are bulging.
But on the way back from closing the stall that night, Lin Nanjiang pedaled his tricycle tirelessly and couldn't help but ask his wife sitting in the back, "Am I really not going back to the factory the day after tomorrow?"
"Let's not go." Liu Suqin pondered, "The five hundred or so salary that No. 1 earned was earned by you working overtime for twelve hours straight last month. You can earn that money back in less than a night now. Besides, if you go back to the factory to work, even if you don't work overtime, you still have to work a full eight hours in the workshop. After get off work, you have to prepare for the stall right away, and it's already midnight when you go home to pack up, wash up, and go to bed. There's no need to work so hard. Don't let your health collapse before you earn any money."
Lin Nanjiang smiled and said, "I'm young and strong, and I eat and sleep well every day, so I can handle this kind of work. But I also want to work eight hours a day in the workshop. Without overtime pay, I can only get 400 yuan a month at most. If I use this time to do business, I don't know how many 400 yuan I can earn."
"Isn't this already being done?" Liu Suqin said as an idea flashed through her mind. "Do you want to open the stall outside of the night snack market?"
"My wife is just smart." Perhaps because he had been encouraged a lot by Liu Suqin during this period, Lin Nanjiang not only benefited from it, but also slowly learned to praise his wife. He subconsciously praised her first before telling her his thoughts. "I have only been thinking about it these two days. There is a small square in the middle of the road where we go to the vegetable market. There are people selling breakfast there from seven to nine o'clock. Uncle Chen talked about it when we were chatting, saying that many people going to work and school pass by that road, and the flow of people is quite good. I thought that since I have nothing to do during the day, I might as well give it a try. The roadside is not as busy as the night snack street, and I can handle it by myself. You can just rest at home. Even if the business is not good, I can make a hundred or eighty yuan in the morning, which means two or three thousand a month. It is better than going back to the factory, right?"
Liu Suqin didn't expect that she had just started a business, but Lin Nanjiang was out of control. In just a few days, he even wanted to get involved in the breakfast business.
But they were essentially the same kind of people. Even if they were rich, even if they could earn an extra two or three thousand yuan a month, it would still be very attractive to Liu Suqin. They hit it off immediately, "I think it's a good idea. The problem now is that the tricycle we rent can only be used at night. What if we don't have a tricycle to set up the stall in the morning?"
"I've already agreed on this with Uncle Chen. He doesn't use this bike much, and he wouldn't make much money just riding it around the streets to pick up passengers. It might as well continue renting it to us, and just double the rent." At this point, Lin Nanjiang couldn't help but turn around and smile at her. "Increasing the price isn't a problem. It's mainly because Uncle Chen is willing to do it. And this is all thanks to your reminder, my wife. Spend more time with the landlord couple, and give them some food and drinks. They'll see we're sincere and down-to-earth, and then they'll feel comfortable letting us use such an expensive bike long-term."
The sedan chair was carried by people, and Liu Suqin was not stingy with praise. "It's mainly because you do a good job. Every time you move things, you are very careful and cautious, and you have never bumped the car. Whenever you have time, you always use a rag to wipe it until it shines. Uncle Chen sees it all, so he is naturally very relieved."
After the business talk ended, she immediately made a decision, "Don't waste time if you have an idea. Let's go to the small square tomorrow morning and try it out."
"You want to go too? No, no, I can do it alone. You can just rest at home..." Lin Nanjiang wanted to persuade his wife, but she had already started another topic. "Don't even think about making a hundred or eighty yuan in the morning. In fact, as long as it's more than what you make at the factory, it's not a loss. Even the smallest bit of money is still meat. If we keep doing this until the end of the year, maybe we can buy ourselves a car."
Lin Nanjiang instantly shifted his attention, "Buying a car? Is it also a tricycle?"
"Yes, but we don't want a three-wheeled vehicle like Uncle Chen's. It's too tiring to carry such heavy things back and forth every day. Let's buy a gasoline-powered tricycle."
"That's a three-wheeled motorcycle," Lin Nanjiang blurted out excitedly, then hesitated, "But these motorcycles are very expensive. The cheapest one costs several thousand."
"So we have to buy it during the Chinese New Year, so that people know we squeezed out the money and it doesn't look conspicuous."
There is no man who doesn't love cars. A tricycle is also a car. Lin Nanjiang really couldn't resist this temptation. Moreover, his wife had found a reason for him. They needed it for business and the car was a necessity, so he couldn't refuse it even more.
Lin Nanjiang nodded happily, "Then buy it. I'll ask around and see if I can find it secondhand."
Liu Suqin also curled her lips, "It doesn't matter if you don't have it. We've worked so hard, it's worth buying a brand new one."
"good."
They acted right away. With the small goal of buying a car by the end of the year, the couple went back home overnight to arrange for the landlord to renew the car lease. The next day, they got up an hour earlier and went to the vegetable market to buy groceries before dawn.
Standing in front of the familiar pork stall, Lin Nanjiang was undecided for a moment. He turned around and asked his wife, "How much meat should we take today? Is 35 kilograms a bit too much?"
"Boss, you've got a new way to make money! Business is booming," said Lao Qin, the butcher stall owner, pushing hard. "Thirty-five kilograms isn't a lot. You usually order over twenty, and this is just an extra ten. With your skills, they'll definitely sell out in minutes."
The proprietress Liu Suqin nodded with a smile, "Then we'll have to buy 35 kilograms. The meat is so fresh today, it would be great if we can keep some for ourselves if we can't sell it all."
"Okay." As if afraid that Lin Nanjiang would change his mind, Lao Qin quickly weighed and bagged the goods. "We'll definitely sell them all. Business is booming, Madam."
"Boss Qin is also making a lot of money."
Maybe there are many people doing business here, and the locals especially like to ask for good luck. Liu Suqin has not been in business for long, but she has quickly learned to talk about making money and has integrated very smoothly.
In comparison, Lin Nanjiang's reaction was a beat slower. By this time, his wife had finished paying the bill with Lao Qin, chatting and laughing, and he went up to give them a cigarette, said goodbye in a friendly manner, and then picked up his things to go to the next house.
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