Chapter 118: No Long-term Planning
These manuscripts are not only part of personal memory, but will also become the cultural witness of an era.
Then Zhao Wenxing called over his old friend who was taking inventory of goods in the warehouse, and carefully reminded him to take good care of Zhao Chunhua, who might come to deliver manuscripts in the future.
Zhao Wenxing particularly emphasized that if his old friends encounter works that they are not sure whether to purchase when receiving manuscripts, they can ask for his opinion through letters to avoid missing out on opportunities or causing unnecessary losses.
He also told Zhao Chunhua that he would come here for an inspection every six months to ensure that everything was proceeding smoothly as planned.
By then, if Zhao Chunhua already has a particularly valuable design plan, please remember to show it to him.
That way they can discuss its value together and decide on the best way to use it.
In order to facilitate smoother communication with customers in the future, Zhao Chunhua gave herself a nickname called "Yun Yi".
She hopes that with the help of this new name, her future creative career will be smoother.
Whenever Zhao Chunhua imagines that her carefully conceived new work can be turned into a beautiful ornament and worn on the heads of more people to show their personal style, her heart is filled with indescribable joy.
She knows that this joy comes from being able to share the beauty in her heart with the world through her works.
Before leaving, Zhao Wenxing gave Zhao Chunhua a box of exquisite pearl jewelry, asking her to take it home and give it to the little girls at home for entertainment.
These pearls are not only dazzling, but also add warmth and happiness to the home.
Zhao Chunhua happily accepted the gift.
To ordinary people, jewelry may be priceless, but to someone like Zhao Wenxing who owns chain stores and has abundant resources, it is just a piece of cake.
But the meaning behind this is priceless to Zhao Chunhua.
At this moment, Zhao Chunhua felt that the joy in her heart was almost overflowing from her chest.
The family's savings increased a lot. The forty taels saved with great effort before plus the sixty-six taels left from selling the glass apples were spent two taels at a time on daily expenses during this period.
And today she unexpectedly earned 165 taels of silver, so she had a total of more than 300 taels of silver.
Zhao Chunhua planned to keep the three hundred taels of silver safely and use it as reserve funds for the family.
The remaining few taels of silver were kept for necessary daily expenses.
After this period of hard work, she did learn how to spend money more skillfully; but more importantly, she has now found a stable way to make money.
Although not every design can be sold successfully, through continuous attempts there will always be some works that are popular with the market and sell at a good price.
Once she had a relatively generous income, Zhao Chunhua became more relaxed about spending money.
Although the three hundred taels in hand now sounds like a considerable amount, if Xiao Shitou shows talent in study in the future, this amount of money will be far from enough.
In order to support him to study hard from the county examination and the prefectural examination until he becomes a formal student; after that, he has to pass the academy examination before he can finally get the title of scholar.
Every step requires corresponding material support, which is also an incentive for Zhao Chunhua.
Next is the provincial examination. If one succeeds, one can become a juren (a scholar). This is an important step for scholars towards a career in officialdom.
The Joint Examination is a national examination held in Beijing. Only after passing it can one have the opportunity to enter the Palace Examination.
In this process, those who finally stand out are called Jinshi, and the first one will be awarded the title of Zhuangyuan.
This not only represents extremely high honor, but also means that one can directly enter the court and become an official.
Even if one only obtains the title of Juren, it is possible to enter the officialdom and get the opportunity to hold an official position.
But if you want to have more possibilities for promotion in this system, you must at least pass the difficult hurdle of the imperial examination.
Even if Xiao Shitou does not show much special talent or interest in learning, she still hopes to do something within her ability to help him grow and develop.
It would be too hard for him to work hard on his own, which makes his mother feel distressed and hard to accept.
At this time, Zhao Chunhua realized that she actually doted on her child and perhaps was a little overprotective.
But if Xiao Shitou has his own ideas and decisions in the future, no matter what they are, as long as it is what he wants in his heart and is willing to work hard for it, she will unconditionally support him in pursuing it.
Whether you are trying new things in entrepreneurship or in any other field, funding is always one of the indispensable basic guarantees.
In addition, Zhao Chunhua also needs to consider her own future life security - pension plan.
The purpose of raising a son is not simply to wait for him to repay your kindness when he grows up.
Of course, it would be best if Xiao Shitou is willing to take care of his daily life in his old age.
But no matter what, as an independent woman, Zhao Chunhua has never thought of pinning all her hopes on others.
Therefore, it becomes a top priority to accumulate some wealth for the future while you are able to do so.
There are also issues such as maintaining relationships within the family and necessary financial dealings with relatives and friends that need to be properly handled.
If any of her relatives' children showed extraordinary talent or made outstanding achievements, she would naturally be happy to see it happen and would generously support them.
On the other hand, it doesn’t matter if she doesn’t have any outstanding qualities, at least she has a clear conscience and has not favored any one side.
To sum up, the small goal I set for myself is to save at least two thousand taels of silver as a living reserve.
Once you have this money, you can ensure that you can live a more relaxed and comfortable life in the future.
As for now, let’s not worry too much.
She specially went out of her way to buy two delicious braised pig's trotters, and then she and her brother Zhao Yunbai each got one, and sat in the yard behind the bookstore, eating the delicious food and chatting.
"Why do you look so happy this time? Did something good happen outside?"
Seeing my sister smiling so brightly, while enjoying the food in her hand with relish, she did not forget to ask the person next to her.
"I haven't had any particularly good luck, for example, I haven't picked up any unexpected money on the road. It's just that I recently found a part-time job that suits me."
When asked this question, I answered: "This income gives me the confidence that I no longer need to advance next month's living expenses, and I can gradually save some money."
"Oh? What kind of part-time job is it? Is it safe?"
Out of his sense of responsibility for his family's safety, he did not ask for specific details.
Asked with great concern.
"It's just to help people design various styles of novel and unique hairpin patterns."
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