"Oh, our Shu Gang is so lucky! He actually won one out of five prizes. Thank you for your patronage!" Xu Hu placed the radio in Lin Kang's hand, "Congratulations to our Lin Kang for winning the third prize!"
What Lin Kang wants most is a radio so that his mother and younger brothers and sisters can listen to programs at home!
"Thank you, Boss Su, thank you, Boss Xu." Lin Kang happily returned to his seat holding his radio.
Jiang Liang pointed at himself and Xu Hu continued, understandingly, "We have more than two bosses."
"Who else?"
"Could it be the young man sitting over there?"
“He’s the boss? I can’t tell!”
Xu Hu pulled Jiang Liang onto the stage and said, "This is our third boss!" Everyone looked at each other.
Xu Hu said, "What are you looking at? Come and look at me! Did you see that? Boss Jiang's pockets are bulging! Do you still want a red envelope?" Xu Hu pointed at Jiang Liang's pockets. Everyone looked over and applause suddenly filled the night sky.
"I want it!" they shouted in unison.
Jiang Liang's vanity was satisfied. He took out 34 red envelopes from two of his pockets, gave one to Xu Hu, and handed the rest to Li Xian from the props team. "It's normal that you don't recognize me since this is our first meeting. I hope we can get along well in the future!"
Li Xian distributed red envelopes to everyone. Some people eagerly opened the red envelopes and counted them carefully. There were ten big reunions.
"Boss Jiang is so handsome! He's also rich! Thank you, boss!"
“Thank you, boss!”
“The boss is generous!”
“There are actually ten happy endings!”
“This year has really been a good year!”
Xu Hu said, "Boss Su and Boss Xu have prepared lucky money for everyone! Happy New Year in advance!"
Li Xian held another box and distributed red envelopes one by one, not forgetting his own.
Xu Hu continued, "I know some of us are orphans and have no relatives. Boss Su and Boss Xu sincerely invite those who are not going home for the New Year to celebrate with us in the compound next door."
The orphans were instantly delighted and kept expressing their gratitude excitedly.
Xu Hu returned to his seat and continued eating.
Jiang Liang left early and returned to the Jiang family compound, where he met Old Man Jiang walking in the yard.
"Are you back? Are you done?" asked Mr. Jiang.
Jiang Liang nodded, "Grandpa, I have some questions for you."
Mr. Jiang sat on the recliner and said, "Ask."
Jiang Liang pulled up a bench and sat nearby. "They had their annual party today. It was a grand affair. They even prepared bicycles, watches, radios, and red envelopes. Before that, they distributed food, and Xu Jiaojiao even paid for two sets of clothes for each of them. Everyone got a red envelope. I can tell they spent all their surplus and gave them quite a bit of subsidies. They even invited those orphans to celebrate the New Year with them. What's their intention?"
Old Master Jiang patted his head and said, "How could I have such a stupid grandson like you?"
Jiang Liang said nothing and looked at the two old men.
Mr. Jiang took out a dollar from his pocket and said, "I'll give you one dollar, and you need to give me two dollars within one day. What will you do?"
Jiang Liang thought for a moment and said, "I'll buy the Gua Gua and take a gamble."
Mr. Jiang looked at him with a smile, "So you may not be able to give me two dollars. Guess what that little girl will do?"
Jiang Liang shook his head.
Mr. Jiang said, "She would spend one dollar, then make food or drinks, and then sell them for a few dollars."
Old Master Jiang continued, "With a rice plant, you only have one seed. After months of careful cultivation, it will grow and then give you many more seeds in return. Su Le is just like that. She is cultivating her own talents. It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him how to fish."
After saying this, Mr. Jiang patted him on the shoulder and said, "You should learn more and observe more." Then he went back to his room to rest.
Jiang Liang maintained the posture and sat for an hour or two until his body became stiff. Then he moved around and went back to his room to rest.
Su Le finally had Xu Changsheng pay everyone their wages. He announced a 20-day holiday. He also told the orphans that anyone working overtime would receive triple their daily wages, 10 yuan a day.
The crowd dispersed, some drunk, some vomiting profusely. There was a mix of everyone. Xu Hu and the others helped them back to the old courtyard to rest.
Those who woke up the next day took their luggage and said goodbye to Xu Changsheng and Xu Hu. They were going home to prepare for the New Year.
Li Xian and Zhang Jing also brought the orphans to the Su family compound.
Su Le distributed elementary school textbooks to them and said, "Start studying after get off work tonight. The salary is as we agreed last night: ten yuan a day. If you have any questions, just ask them."
"good!"
Xu Changsheng and the other two took them back to their respective stores.
Xu Jiaojiao munched on an apple and said, "Le Le, let's go check out the other stores later, shall we? Of these three stores, only the clothing store makes some money."
Su Le nodded and said, "We can find a store and open a supermarket. It's the same model as the supply and marketing cooperative. Let's go and take a look."
Su Le found a shoulder bag and wore a Chanel-style suit. Xu Jiaojiao had bought a lot of goods before and picked out a piece similar to Su Le's. "This is our best friend outfit. Let's go."
The two chatted and laughed as they came to the commercial street. They passed by the milk tea shop, which was crowded. They then looked at the clothing store, which was not as crowded as the milk tea shop, and was much better than the other stores which were deserted.
Su Le took out more than twenty land deeds, and Xu Jiaojiao pointed out three. "These are all on this street. Let's go take a look."
"Okay!" Su Le said.
The two of them headed towards the first shop, which was about five doors down from the clothing store. The shop was half the size. Xu Jiaojiao shook her head, "This is too small. It definitely won't work as a supermarket."
Su Le thought for a moment and said, "I can sell shoes."
Xu Jiaojiao shook her head. "It's a bit small. If a dozen people stand in it, it will be full."
Su Le said, "We can't just leave this shop lying around forever. Now that it's in our hands, we should put it to good use. Let's look at something else first."
Xu Jiaojiao nodded and walked towards another street. The first thing she saw was that the store was quite large, with ventilation on both sides.
Xu Jiaojiao asked, "Le Le, do you have any ideas?"
Su Le said, "This is very suitable for a supermarket, but I just took a look and the supply and marketing cooperative is not far away."
Xu Jiaojiao said thoughtfully, "The supply and marketing cooperative needs tickets, but we don't need them. It's purely for profit. Those who don't have tickets can come to us and buy them."
Su Le thought that there must be a black market. "Have you considered the black market?"
Xu Jiaojiao whispered, "Are you afraid they'll come and cause trouble?"
Su Le nodded, "Let's take a look at the location first, and then think about what to do when we get back."
After visiting the last one, I also took a look at the remaining dozen or so, and got some understanding of their general locations.
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