Half a month after starting university, Xiaohua's first vacation arrived. This vacation was especially important for her, as she still hadn't found a suitable school and hoped to use the vacation to find one.
Ru Jiali knew that she wanted to start a business. Although she didn't know exactly what she wanted to do, she still sincerely admired her. She felt that she was really brave and inspiring. She was married and had children, and she got into a prestigious university as a social candidate. She also planned to start a business while she was in school. That's inspiring enough!
Ru Jiali said she wanted to learn from Xiaohua.
At school, she followed Xiaohua around all day, calling her "Sister Xiaohua" sweetly. Several times when Xiaohua went out to look for a school, Ru Jiali accompanied her, running around tirelessly with her.
She had already traveled to almost half of the city, but still hadn't found a suitable place to build a school. She was getting a little frustrated, thinking that things were really going badly for her, starting off so poorly.
Ru Jiali always encouraged her: "Sister Xiaohua, everything is difficult at the beginning. Once you get off to a good start, things will go much more smoothly. Don't be discouraged!"
When He Yan learned what she had been doing recently, he suddenly remembered that Lu Zhan's cousin-in-law used to run a transportation company. A few years ago, when Lu Zhan went into business, he came back to visit his relatives. Lu Zhan took him out to play and took the opportunity to visit his cousin-in-law's transportation company.
It has three floors, with four or five rooms on each floor. Each room is quite large, but it would be suitable as a classroom for dozens of students. There is a large courtyard in front, which could be renovated to make it suitable as a school.
Upon realizing this, He Yan immediately called Lu Zhan. Lu Zhan answered the phone and immediately thought He Yan was crazy.
She couldn't help but mock him: "What, so my brother-in-law's transportation company has to close down for your wife's career, just to make room for your wife to open that crappy school?"
He Yan quickly explained, "That's not what I meant. I was thinking that transportation companies aren't that particular about where they are. Besides, the location of your brother-in-law's transportation company is not suitable in the first place. There are many residential buildings and commercial streets around, and the transportation company is noisy and dirty. It would be more suitable to open it in the suburbs."
Lu Zhan immediately retorted after hearing this: "My brother-in-law has been running a transportation company in that place for several years. How come I've never heard you say it's inappropriate? But now you're saying it's inappropriate. I think you're just being selfish."
He Yan didn't try to deny it and admitted, "Yes, it was my selfishness. We've been good brothers for so many years, how could you bear not to help me?"
Lu Zhan chuckled twice: "Sorry, I'm too heartless. What can I do? I'll make you furious!" It's unbelievable that a man who's almost thirty is still so childish.
After he finished speaking, he hung up the phone immediately without listening to what He Yan was saying. He was deliberately trying to anger He Yan, a typical guy who values women over friends.
He Yan drove directly to Lu Zhan's cousin-in-law Li Tao's transportation company, relying on his memory.
Li Tao called Lu Zhan. When Lu Zhan arrived, he looked at his friend, shook his head, sighed helplessly, and said, "You're hopeless. You'll stop at nothing for a woman."
He Yan raised an eyebrow, displeased: "What do you mean by 'for a woman'? That woman is my wife. It's only right for me to do anything for my own wife."
He Yan pulled Lu Zhan aside and pleaded with him, "Zhan, just think of how you used to cry and come to me every time you couldn't finish your homework when you were little, and I always helped you finish it without hesitation. You have to help me with this too."
Lu Zhan gave him a look that said, "How dare you say that?"
"Heh... Now that I think about it, you were quite cunning even when you were a kid. You did double the homework, which made your knowledge so solid. That's why you always got first place and were praised by the elders, while you did all my homework, which made me always get second to last place and get scolded by the elders. And now you still think this is a favor you did for me and want to repay it. I say, He Yan, have some shame!"
Hearing his shameless remarks, He Yan wanted to spit in his face, but he managed to hold back.
"Just one question: will you help me or not?"
Seeing his wife's expression that said everything was more important than anything else, Lu Zhan could only nod helplessly: "I have to help you whether I want to or not, otherwise you'll hold me responsible for the fact that your wife will never live with you again."
Lu Zhan turned to Li Tao and said, "If you're willing to move, I can invest some money in your transportation company."
Li Tao stared wide-eyed in disbelief and asked, "Really?"
Lu Zhan glanced at He Yan and nodded.
Li Tao had wanted to move the transportation company for a long time. Not only did the rent increase every year, but he was also constantly being complained about by nearby residents because the trucks were always running around and kicking up dust.
Now that someone is willing to pay him to move things, he couldn't be happier.
"I just don't know where would be a suitable place for my transportation company to move to in the near future?"
Li Tao glanced at He Yan and Lu Zhan as he said this, as if to say, "You two are so kind-hearted people, why don't you go all the way and solve my company's new address while you're at it!"
He Yan thought of an old comrade-in-arms who had a large plot of land in the suburbs that was his family's homestead. He had been trying to rent it out but couldn't find anyone willing to do so.
"Since the ground forces are willing to invest money, why don't you find a vacant lot and build a few factory buildings to store trucks? It's much more cost-effective than renting this kind of building."
The place Li Tao is renting now has all his trucks gathered in this open courtyard. The three-story building with a dozen or so rooms is mostly unused except for offices and employee dormitories. It would be perfect for storing miscellaneous items and building a few large factory buildings, so that his trucks wouldn't be exposed to the wind and sun.
"That's what I think too, but if I build it myself, the lease term will be much longer, since my cost investment will be much higher."
Li Tao was afraid that if he built the factory, people would stop renting it after a few years, and he would have worked for nothing.
He Yan assured him that none of these things would ever happen, based on his friendship with his old comrade-in-arms. He could guarantee that such a small matter would not happen.
When He Yan took the child back, Xiao Hua was lying exhausted on the sofa, looking utterly pathetic.
"Mom, how's the search going at the school? Have you found anything?"
Kang An, like a little adult, nestled in his mother's arms and asked.
Xiao Hua patted Kang An's head and sighed, "Sigh, we still haven't found the right one. Let's take it slow!"
Whenever Kang An asked her what she had been up to lately, Xiao Hua would tell her. She never treated her like a little kid who didn't know anything and didn't think it was necessary to tell her.
"Is it hard to find?" He Yan asked casually.
Xiaohua rubbed her face vigorously with both hands, feeling very frustrated: "It's hard to find a suitable one. Since we've started, we should do it properly. We can't just settle for anything. If we just make do with this and that, we'll end up achieving nothing."
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