While eating the grilled sea snails, Duoxi echoed his second brother's words: "The dishes we have are all cooked in large pots. The stir-fried vegetables that Duole makes at home taste much better than that."
These two mischievous kids in the family complained that the food at school was bad, but they never thought about dropping out.
As someone who raised her own child, Yu Rujia comforted them, saying, "If you like to eat, we'll prepare more food these next few days. You can come back whenever you have a holiday. There will always be plenty of delicious food waiting for you at home."
The children developed a love for seafood and went out to sea with Xia Jingxing every day.
Yu Rujia didn't want to go after two days. She wandered through the streets and alleys of Shenzhen with Xia Jingshu, learning about the local specialties and the dazzling array of goods. She bought anything that interested her.
Xia Jingshu also took her to see her land of over 10,000 square meters, which has now been transformed into a six-story factory and rented to outside businessmen.
Yu Rujia had already recouped the cost of the land with the first rent payment. With another year or two of rent, she could recoup the cost of building the factory, and after that, it would be pure profit.
Real estate is really profitable these days.
I also visited several of Xia Jingshu's plots of land, which, like the others, had been used to build factories or warehouses that were rented out.
Yu Rujia: "Didn't you want to build a factory here? Why don't you keep a factory building for yourself?"
Xia Jingshu: "This place is too close to the dock. More and more merchant ships will come here in the future. When there are more merchants, we will convert all these factory buildings into warehouses and rent them out to people for loading and unloading. It is much more cost-effective than using them as factory buildings."
"If I want to build a factory, I can buy a plot of land a little further in. The land there is cheaper. This time I came here a bit suddenly and didn't have the money ready. I will come back in a few months."
As they talked, the two strolled around casually and ended up walking into a commercial street.
A gentle voice caught Yu Rujia's attention. Looking in the direction of the voice, two familiar faces came into view. They were none other than Song Liyun and Qi Tianxin, the missing persons Zhang Zhaodi had mentioned two months ago.
The speaker was Qi Tianxin, who was standing next to a slightly chubby man. The two were selecting gold jewelry, and Song Liyun stood next to Qi Tianxin like a handbag carrier.
As she looked over, Song Liyun, who was looking around aimlessly, also saw them. Her expression changed, and she gently pulled Qi Tianxin, who was wholeheartedly following the man to pick out jewelry.
Qi Tianxin turned her head in confusion and, at her prompting, saw Yu Rujia and Xia Jingshu standing not far away. A hint of unease flashed across her face.
Qi Tianxin was kicked out by Guan Daya, and in order to make a living, she took on several new lovers.
Having learned from her previous failures, she became much more cautious in her actions afterward, and while she avoided causing any trouble, she did attract some gossip.
Qi Tianxin has a strong mental fortitude. She knows clearly what she wants, doesn't care about gossip, and lives a more comfortable life than she did at the Huang family's house.
But that only means you can make a living while being lazy; it's impossible for you to become rich and powerful.
After the free trade was launched, she knew that the opportunity she had been waiting for had arrived, and just then, Song Liyun, who shared the same attributes as her, came to find her.
The two hit it off immediately and quietly left Shangfen Village, heading to the golden city of Shenzhen.
In the past two years, she and Song Liyun have hooked up with several men and swindled a lot of money from them. The two of them are doing very well in Shenzhen.
Unexpectedly, Qi Tianxin encountered Yu Rujia and her husband, who had gone to the capital, here. She was worried that they would expose them and wanted to leave as soon as possible.
Qi Tianxin turned her head and pulled the slightly chubby man, saying softly, "Let's go look around somewhere else, maybe we'll find something more suitable."
The slightly overweight man exchanged a few jokes with her, and then the three of them left.
Yu Rujia paused for a moment, then said, "Are you worried that we'll expose them?"
The two had some disagreements in the first two years of their time in Shangfen Brigade, but after the reform and opening up, they actually got together.
Judging from Qi Tianxin and Song Liyun's appearance, they're probably playing the roles of wealthy young ladies going out, basically female con artists. They've got some nerve.
With such courage and shrewdness, why not be bolder and start your own business?
They all come from the future and know the way forward. As long as they follow the direction, it won't be difficult to achieve a moderately prosperous life. Why do they insist on using some low-class tricks?
They wasted the chance that God gave them to live a second life.
As a well-known figure in the former Shangfen Brigade, Xia Jingshu naturally recognized them: "They're overthinking it. Let them be. Let's go for a walk ahead and see if there's anything we want to buy."
Neither of them are people with an overwhelming sense of justice, so they won't hold a grudge against Qi Tianxin and Song Liyun.
They were just two weak women. If they did too many bad things, they would always leave a trace, and they would suffer a lot in the future.
As for the men who were deceived by them, they can only blame themselves for being blinded by lust and not understanding such a simple trick.
After spending more than a week in Shenzhen, the children spent their days either going out to collect seafood or tinkering in the kitchen.
That day, a few people brought up a bowl of spicy squid.
Duole looked at his mother expectantly: "Mom, why don't you try it and see how it tastes?"
Yu Rujia: "Why did you bring it over specifically for me to try?"
Xia Jingshu raised an eyebrow and chuckled, "I guess they're thinking of opening a shop. The color looks good, it has a very appealing appearance."
Du Le grinned and said, "Right? We think so too. Just by looking at it, you can tell it'll make you want to eat it."
"We need Mom's opinion on the taste. She's the most discerning eater in our family. If you think it's delicious, we can can it and sell it all over the country."
Yu Rujia tasted it and found it to be spicy: "The taste is good, but it's a bit monotonous. Everyone's taste is different. Perhaps you could add more flavors, such as pickled pepper, spicy, or five-spice."
The meat jerky and meat sauce that the children used to make were for their own family, and the flavor was all the spicy flavor that their family loved the most.
Now that we want to sell canned goods outside, we naturally need to prepare several different flavors.
Duolu slapped his forehead: "That's right, how could I forget about that? I have a classmate who can't eat spicy food, and another classmate who really likes spicy food. We really need to offer more flavors for people to choose from."
Duo Shou: "This is something we overlooked. We like spicy flavor, but others may not. We need to make some changes."
Duo Xi: "Let's go, let's go back and think about it some more."
Seeing the children walking out, Xia Jingxing, who had just taken a bite, quickly called out to them, "Hey, I haven't even said anything yet, why are you leaving already?"
The children stopped and turned to look at him.
On behalf of his brothers, Dorje asked what was on their minds: "Fifth Uncle, is there anything you would like to advise us on?"
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