Chapter 43 Chapter 43 Taking stock of the annual income.
After getting their hair permed and having dinner outside, Lin Nanjiang and the others went home to help Aunt Zhang move things.
For the past two weeks, Aunt Zhang had been accompanying Liu Suqin on daily shopping trips to supermarkets and farmers' markets. Seeing something interesting, she couldn't help but take some with her. Little by little, they accumulated, and this time, their luggage for the trip back to the village was like a small-scale move. It contained everything from food to daily necessities, more than enough for Aunt Zhang and her son to eat and use for a month.
However, considering that we have to visit relatives and friends during the New Year and entertain guests at home, these things are not exaggerated. It is good to completely get rid of them and have a prosperous New Year.
But Aunt Zhang couldn't move it by herself now, and she had to ask Lin Nanjiang to drive her there.
Lin Nanjiang had no complaints about this. When he got home, he and Lin Quansheng carefully took off their beloved leather jackets, rolled up their sleeves and started carrying things up and down without letting Aunt Zhang do anything.
Aunt Zhang wanted to help move the luggage, but she couldn't persuade them. Then she thought about their separation and she wouldn't be able to see Fangfang for at least half a month.
This is the little kid she brought up single-handedly, starting from a red-skinned little monkey when he was not even a month old, and gradually growing into the cute little baby with big eyes and white skin. Aunt Zhang saw it all and loved him in her heart.
Because of this, Liu Suqin gave her two days off every month to go back to the village to handle things, but Aunt Zhang simply couldn't stay that long. She missed Xiaoguaiguai very much if she didn't see him for a day, tossed and turned at night, and then packed up and rushed back early the next morning.
If this was the case after not seeing her for just one day, Aunt Zhang couldn't even imagine how it would feel after being separated for more than half a month. At this moment, she didn't care about anything else and held Fangfang tightly, refusing to let go.
When Liu Suqin came out carrying a few gift boxes, she saw Aunt Zhang still holding the little one and chattering, repeatedly telling him not to cry or make a fuss when he returned to his hometown with his parents, and to listen to his parents obediently.
The little guy just looked up at Aunt Zhang quietly, blinking his big grape-like eyes from time to time, as if she understood everything.
The scene looked so warm and affectionate that Liu Suqin felt embarrassed to disturb them and just stood by for a while.
Seeing that Aunt Zhang seemed to be going on and on, she had no choice but to step forward and interrupt, "Aunt Zhang, these gift boxes are prepared for you, Uncle Chen, Aunt Jin and the others. When we get to the village, please remind Nanjiang for me so he doesn't forget."
Aunt Zhang finally took her eyes off the little guy's face and took a closer look at the beautifully wrapped gift box in Liu Suqin's hand. She quickly shook her head and said, "Just prepare some for A Ming's mother's family. My family doesn't need any gift boxes, so don't waste the money."
"It's nothing. There are just some dried seafood in it, nicely packaged. You can give it to others or eat it yourself. It won't be wasted." Liu Suqin put the gift box on the table without hesitation and reminded Aunt Zhang not to forget to take it with her to the car. Then she took out the red envelope she had prepared. "You are returning to the village today, and we have tickets to go back to our hometown the day after tomorrow. We won't see each other again until next year. I'd like to wish you a prosperous new year, Aunt Zhang. This is a little gift from us."
Liu Suqin had a happy life and basically got what she wanted. She gradually developed the habit of giving red envelopes and bonuses to people around her. When her family made money, bought a house, and opened a shop, and she took classes and trained and graduated successfully, she always liked to give out red envelopes after celebrating with everyone with delicious food.
The amount of the red envelopes varies depending on the size of the matter. Liu Suqin mainly feels that every time she shares her joy, not only will the people around her be happy, but their family's fortune also seems to be better.
Giving out a few red envelopes won’t make your family poor, so why not do it?
Aunt Zhang was with them and was no stranger to this kind of scene. She didn't even bother with the polite process of declining. She just said a few auspicious words, "Congratulations, boss lady, on your prosperity," and then reached out to take it with a smile.
When she felt the thickness was wrong, she was shocked and asked, "How much is this wrapped?"
Liu Suqin also smiled and acted like a boss lady, saying calmly, "It's not much, just two months' salary."
"That's not much." Aunt Zhang usually took a red envelope of 88 or 188 without even frowning, but now the boss's wife said it was two months' salary. According to her habit of liking auspicious numbers, it must be either 666 or 888.
Aunt Zhang didn't dare to open either the former or the latter, and hurriedly pushed it back. "Suqin, this is too heavy. I can't take it. Please take it back. I have already received my salary and bonus every month. Why do I need extra money?"
Liu Suqin pushed it back again, and said half-seriously and half-jokingly, "Take it. I also hope that you will be humble. After the New Year, you must come back to help me take care of Fangfang."
Aunt Zhang said firmly, "Even without this red envelope, I would still come back to work after the Chinese New Year. Not to mention how much our Fangfang is loved and how hard it is to let go, even bosses like you, Suqin, who are so generous and easy to get along with, are rare. As long as you two don't mind, I can stay here and take care of Fangfang until she grows up. If Fangfang has a brother or sister in the future, I can also take care of them for you."
"That's good." Liu Suqin put the red envelope into Aunt Zhang's pocket and took her daughter over. "You have to take this red envelope even more. It will make Fangfang's father and I feel at ease, okay?"
Aunt Zhang has always been soft-hearted and hard-headed. After hearing what she said, she didn't know what to do for a moment. She opened and closed her mouth several times, but no sound came out. Instead, she heard Lin Nanjiang's powerful voice coming from outside the door.
"Aunt Zhang, everything has been loaded into the car. Do you have any packages or luggage left behind?"
Distracted by this, Aunt Zhang forgot about the pushing and pulling just now, turned around and replied, "No, I moved all my things downstairs."
"Then we can set off."
As Lin Nanjiang spoke, he did not forget to pick up the leather jacket hanging on the stool and put it back on, carefully fixing the collar and cuffs.
Lin Quansheng followed suit, his movements as if copying and pasting.
Liu Suqin emphasized to Lin Nanjiang again, "Don't forget to bring the seafood gift box." Then she looked at Lin Quansheng in surprise, "Brother Quansheng, are you going back to the village with me?"
Lin Quansheng said calmly that it was boring to sit at home, so he went to the village to have some fun.
Liu Suqin wondered who was it that said yesterday that he wanted to sleep well at home for two days and two nights before returning home?
Lin Quan was afraid that he was not bored at home, but was too bored at home to show off the look he had just made.
Of course, Lin Nanjiang wasn't much better off. The two guys had been called handsome a few times in the barber shop and the restaurant, and they had already drifted off to who knows where. Liu Suqin, holding her daughter, waved her hand, saying, "All right, you two go early and come back early."
She didn't send them downstairs. Both mother and daughter changed into pajamas and had a nice nap.
After waking up, Liu Suqin lazily curled up on the sofa watching TV, while her daughter lay on the blanket-covered floor playing with toys. The days were so peaceful and quiet that it was indescribable.
On the second day after Aunt Zhang returned to the village, which was the day before they set off for their hometown, Liu Suqin took Lin Nanjiang and Lin Quansheng to hold a rather formal year-end meeting. The theme was to reconcile accounts and summarize the gains of the whole year.
Since Lin Nanjiang and Lin Quansheng started to set up a stall together in the second half of the year, in fact, no matter how much money Lin Nanjiang earned, it was all in his wife's pocket, so he didn't care about the accounts. But Lin Quansheng was different. Brothers should keep their accounts clearly. Liu Suqin has always carefully recorded their daily expenses and income.
For this meeting, she also sorted and copied the accounts in advance to make them as clear and easy to understand as possible.
Yet despite her careful preparation, Lin Quansheng merely glanced over it, scanning the entire text with only one key point in mind: "Did you make this much from running the stall for just a few months? Then wouldn't I be able to pay off the money I owe you this year?"
Lin Nanjiang became interested when he heard it and leaned forward, "Really? Let me see."
Seeing his good friend's dividends over the past few months, Lin Nanjiang quickly calculated them in his mind and nodded affirmatively, "Not bad, I've earned enough to buy a house in Shenzhen. Life is really getting more and more promising. But are you sure you want to pay me back now? If you pay me back immediately, you'll have very little money left in your pocket. What are you going to do during the New Year?"
Liu Suqin also advised, "Yes, there's no rush to pay back the money. Why don't you wait until after the New Year to talk about it?"
Lin Quansheng shook his head. "I can't sleep well going home for the New Year with tens of thousands of dollars in foreign debt. I'd better pay it back early and feel at ease."
It would be fine if he didn't have the money, but even if he had the money, he wouldn't pay it back. Besides, the Nanjiang couple had been very kind to him, helping him make money in business and lending him money to buy a house without asking for any interest, letting him take advantage of them. He really couldn't ask for more.
As for his friends' concerns about him not having enough money to go home for the Lunar New Year, Lin Quansheng said he wasn't worried. "I've already bought the round-trip tickets, and I have a few hundred yuan in pocket money. Adding this month's salary, I have almost 2,000 yuan, which is more than enough to go home for the Lunar New Year."
Liu Suqin thought it made sense. They had seen too many rich people in Shenzhen and felt embarrassed to go out without tens of thousands of yuan in their pockets. They almost forgot that for the folks in their hometown, two thousand yuan was already a huge sum of money, and those with tens of thousands of yuan were the "rich people" that everyone talked about. It was not shabby at all for Lin Quansheng to take two thousand yuan back.
She decisively chose to respect the other party's opinion, took back the passbook she was about to hand over, and went back to the room to find the IOU and returned it to Lin Quansheng. "This is good. I'm debt-free and I can earn money to buy a car after the New Year. You can deal with this IOU as you wish. You can even tear it up."
At the end, he added, "If you are short of money in the middle of the process, don't carry it alone, just ask for help when you should." This is called borrowing and repaying, and it will not be difficult to borrow again.
Lin Quansheng shook the IOU he had written himself and smiled with his big white teeth, "With this, there's nothing to lose."
Lin Nanjiang understood immediately and teased him bluntly, "Where did you learn all these bad ideas, kid?"
"Don't you always say that you are my mentor? I must have learned from you."
Liu Suqin also guessed Lin Quansheng's intention and just watched them play with a smile.
When they returned to the bedroom at night and closed the door, Liu Suqin excitedly told Lin Nanjiang, "Husband, our total income this year has exceeded 500,000 yuan. You are awesome!"
"Why is it half a million? Isn't there only a hundred thousand in our card?"
Adding the tens of thousands my good friend just paid back, it still doesn't reach 200,000, Lin Nanjiang thought dizzily.
"Have you forgotten? We bought three apartments and a small building with a shop this year." Liu Suqin ignored his silly reaction, still looking at him with starry eyes. "In the first half of the year outside the Great Wall, you set up stalls while renovating in the city, and still made nearly 200,000 yuan. In the five and a half months since moving into the city, you've worked tirelessly to make money, without a single day off. Your annual income has just exceeded 500,000 yuan."
Lin Nanjiang was so proud of his wife's look that he blurted out, "Don't worry, wife, I will make more next year. Seven hundred thousand, eight hundred thousand, one million, I will work hard to earn it back for you!"
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