Chapter 187 What to do

The mother and her two children went to see the shop they had bought. Seeing the cabinets in the house, Changan asked, "Was this a bookstore before?"

Su He responded, "Yes, I used to sell books. I heard from my former boss that many people came to buy books from him."

"It's a prosperous shop."

It’s just that after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, everything was state-owned, so he closed it down.

Chang Yi heard this and said, "Mom, why don't we open a bookstore and take advantage of the popularity of this old store?"

"Yes, and then let grandpa and grandma come over to look after it. There's no need to hire someone to look after it, and one person can look after the bookstore."

"The four old men and women can take turns watching it."

Su He shook his head. "No, the bookstore won't make much money. Besides, your grandpa can't read. How can we read it?"

Among these four old men and women, Su's mother knew the most words.

The two children said, "Yeah, that's good for business."

Su He, "Go home and discuss it with your father."

After the three of them got home, they started to prepare the ingredients and cook. Having many children does have its advantages. Cooking is not tiring and the four kids help.

Changyi picked vegetables, Changan chopped meat, and the two younger ones, Changjun and Changhuan, helped to peel garlic, cut peppers and prepare seasonings.

When Gu Jianhua came home from get off work, Su He had already prepared six dishes: deep-fried hairtail, braised prawns, lamb chops stewed with radish, shredded pork with Beijing sauce, and stir-fried hazel mushrooms.

This is a hot dish, and there is also a cold dish, which is mixed cabbage, onion, wood ear, and dried tofu shreds.

Chinese cabbage, black fungus, dried tofu and onion are shredded and delicious when eaten cold.

This is a new cold dish that Su He has discovered. It is her own creation.

In addition to these six dishes, Chang Huan also prepared some fruits. He cut oranges, pears and apples into pieces and placed them on a plate, then poured some honey on them.

She said it was a fruit salad, imitated from the fruit salad at Lao Mo Restaurant.

Gu Jianhua opened a can and said, "Let's get eight."

When everyone is present and the dishes are served, the family starts to eat.

"Come on, let's have a toast to celebrate buying our first shop in the capital." Su He raised his glass.

"Cheers."

There were six of them, five of them drank soda, and only Gu Jianhua was drinking beer.

"Mom and Dad, why don't we open a restaurant?" Chang'an suddenly had an idea while gnawing on a piece of hairtail.

His parents cook such delicious food, maybe they can open a restaurant?

Soho, "Open a Restaurant"

Changan, "Yes, open a restaurant. My parents' cooking skills are enough to open a restaurant."

"But your father and I both have to go to work." Su He regretted.

She graduated this year, but because of her excellent grades, her counselor applied to the school leaders to allow her to stay on as a teacher in the school, and her application was approved.

Work after the new year.

Chang Yi said, "You can ask your grandma and grandpa to take care of them."

Her grandmother and her grandmother are both good cooks.

Su He's first reaction was, "How old are your grandma and the others? They are already in their seventies."

Chang Yi said, "I think the four of them are in good health."

This summer she went fishing with her grandfather and grandmother. The two old men could sit there for a long time without moving, and their waists didn't hurt. She tried and couldn't sit still for half an hour.

Gu Jianhua looked at Su He and said, "To be honest, our father's cooking skills are really good." He was referring to Su's father.

Su He thought about it and said, "Let's go back and ask during the Chinese New Year."

"Well, just ask them. If they are willing to do it, then let them do it. We can discuss how to split the profit when the time comes," said Gu Jianhua.

Su He said, "Okay, if my parents don't agree, we can just open a bookstore first."

Changan, "Mom, I used to think our shop would be a good place to open a bookstore, but now I think it's best suited to open a restaurant."

Chang Yi said, "I think so too."

Su He: "Well, we'll see when the time comes and maximize the benefits."

If you open a restaurant and sell clothing business well, you can make a lot of money, much better than opening a bookstore.

But she felt that it was a bit of a waste to use a duplex shop to open a clothing store. If it was just for selling clothes, one store would be enough and there was no need for a second floor.

Let's ask about this when we get home.

night.

Su He discussed with Gu Jianhua, "Jianhua, we have to buy a yard. If we bring our parents over next year, we won't have anywhere to live."

Gu Jianhua, "Wife, I think we can rent one first. After we buy the yard, we won't have much savings left."

Su He thought for a moment and said, "You're right, let's rent one first."

"We'll buy a house after we make some money from this shop."

Gu Jianhua didn't know that she had any savings and thought that there were only 4,000 yuan left in the family.

In fact, their family is quite wealthy now.

But just listen to him, open the shop first, and take it one step at a time.

"Well, my wife's leader at my workplace said that I might be given an apartment next year," said Gu Jianhua.

Su He was surprised, "You've only been working for a year and a half and your leader is going to give you a house?"

Gu Jianhua, "He heard that I was renting a house with my wife and children, and he knew that there were six of us in the family, and I was the only one working."

Su He smiled and said, "Your leader doesn't think you're having a hard time, does he?"

Gu Jianhua also laughed, "Yes, not only our leaders but also my colleagues in the unit think so. After all, I am the only one with a job in my family of six."

"I have to support my family alone and pay the rent."

Although being a college student has a glamorous life, they cannot work right away. It will take several years before they can graduate and work.

At the beginning, his colleagues were really jealous of him because his wife and children were both college students, which is not common in ordinary families.

But then I thought about how the whole family depended on him for their income, so I felt jealous and sympathetic towards him.

What could Gu Jianhua do? He could only accept this sympathy.

He couldn't tell his colleagues, "Don't feel sorry for me, my family still has several thousand in savings."

Su He: "That's fine, let them feel that we are having a hard time."

"There are no downsides to this."

If people think you are poor, they won't worry about you.

"Yes, if the leader knew how many thousands of dollars my family had in savings, he would definitely not give the house to me first."

Su He: “That’s right.”

As the couple chatted, several children in the next room were also having a night talk.

Changan was a little worried. After buying this shop, there would not be much savings left.

He said to Changyi, "Sister, why don't we give the New Year's gift money to our parents? I don't think they have much left."

Although his parents both worked before he came to take the college entrance examination, he felt that all the money they earned every month was spent on their four children.

As far as they can remember, they never seemed to have worn clothes with patches, and they had never lacked candies, cakes, milk powder, etc.

He has always had it. Even now, when he is so old, his mother still buys him milk powder, saying that it is for him to supplement his nutrition because he has worked hard at school.

His parents are really willing to spend money to raise a child.

Since they are so good at spending money, they must not have much savings, just the money his father retired.

But now that money has been used to buy a shop, it's gone.

"Okay, let's take as much as we can." Changyi understood what his brother said.

I also feel that there is not much money left at home, and it is useless to keep this New Year's money with them. It is better to give it to my parents for emergency.

"Sister, I have over 1,200 here. I'll give 1,000 to my parents and keep over 200 for myself. What do you think?"

"Sister, how much New Year's gift money do you have?" Changan asked.

Chang Yi said, "I have a little more than 1,300 yuan than you, so I'll do as you say and take the 1,000 yuan."

"Then how much should we give?"

Changjun and Changhuan also want to give money to their parents.

Changan, "You two don't have to give it, just keep the money."

The two little ones have received several hundred yuan in New Year gifts.

Changjun Changhuan, "No, we will give it to you too."

Chang Yi said, "Then you two can each take 100."

Two kids, "If one hundred is not enough, take two hundred."

So the next day, during breakfast, Su He and Gu Jianhua received help from their children.

"Mom and Dad, this money is for you."

Changyi and Changan each held a stack of money in their hands. One thousand yuan was equivalent to a hundred big reunion notes, which the two kids also sealed with paper.

Su He was shocked, "Where did you get so much money?"

Changan, "The New Year's money we received over the years, my sister and I have saved more than a thousand New Year's money over the years."

Chang Yi said, "Yes, Mom and Dad, we thought you didn't have much money left after buying the shop, so we took out the New Year's gift money. We don't need it anyway."

Changjun and Changhuan also held a roll of money, "Mom and Dad, we have some too, here you go."

"You guys are pretty rich."

Gu Jianhua really didn't expect that his family of four would be so rich, especially the two older ones, who each received more than a thousand yuan in annual bonuses.

"Oh, my four kids are so sensible. But your parents appreciate your kindness. You can take the money back. We have more." Su He was very happy that the children could give them the New Year's money.

However, they still have several thousand dollars in savings and don't need to use it as New Year's Eve money for their children.

Gu Jianhua, an old father, was also very pleased with the four children's actions. "Yes, mom and dad appreciate the gift. You can take the money back and keep it."

"Mom and Dad, you really don't need it?"

Changyi and Changan did not expect this result.

Su He said to Gu Jianhua, "No, we still have some at home, take it back."

"All right."

I feel a little unhappy that I haven’t given money to a few kids yet, so I think I’ll give it to them next time they’re short of money.

Since they decided to bring both sets of parents to the capital after the New Year, Su He started looking for a house. Her parents don't have to worry about transferring their household registration.

Her third brother will take care of it.

It might cost some money to take care of both the parents, but it shouldn't be too much, after all, Gu Jianhua works at the Public Security Bureau.

For a house for four elderly people to live in, we must have a yard. Living in a building is too crowded and there is no spaciousness like a yard.

Moreover, Gu's mother also needs to grow vegetables and raise chickens, so she needs a yard.

Su He and her third sister-in-law looked at several yards, and finally decided on a yard with a well. The house was probably a newly built brick house, very new, and the front yard from the gate to the entrance was also paved with bricks.

There are five rooms in total, and the front and back yards are spacious, enough for my mother to grow vegetables and raise chickens.

The most important thing is that it is near Peking University, close to their shop, and only takes ten minutes to walk.

The rent is twice as expensive as the rental house they lived in Suzhou. The house in Suzhou cost 11 yuan a month, and this yard cost 22 yuan a month.

But I understand that the house and yard together are so big that it must be a bit more expensive.

"Third sister-in-law, do you know the owner of this house?"

This yard looks nice. If the price is right, it's not impossible to buy it.

Feng Shuning said, "I don't know him, but my classmate does."

Su He asked, "Where is the owner of this house doing?"

Feng Shuning said, "I heard from my classmates that the son of this family went to Hai City to work, settled down there and got married, and brought his parents over last year."

"The yard is now vacant."

"Xiao He, you don't want to buy this yard, do you?"

Su He smiled and said, "Third sister-in-law, you really understand me. I'm thinking of bringing my parents here next year. I think our family will settle down in the capital and won't go back."

"I'll live here for the rest of my life anyway, so I can just buy it and save myself the trouble of moving around."

Feng Shuning understood, "Okay, I'll go back and ask my classmates to ask you."

Su He, "Excuse me, sister-in-law."

Feng Shuning smiled and said, "This trouble is not a small matter. It's you, Xiaohe, who has taken care of my parents for more than ten years."

"Thank you so much, sister-in-law."

Su Ho, "What kind of sister-in-law do we have? They are all relatives. If we can help, we will definitely help."

Last month, I re-checked the incident and found that many people were wrongly accused.... The life of Feng's father and mother in exile ended, and the Feng family's large villa and property were returned to the Feng family.

Feng Shuning said, "Alas, if it weren't for you, my parents would have suffered a lot."

Some of those who went to the countryside with her parents have died.

Su He, "After all the hard work, this matter has finally come to fruition. Our lives will be good from now on."

Feng Shuning nodded. This year she could finally celebrate the New Year with her parents.

The Chinese New Year of 1980 was on February 16th.

Gu Jianhua and his wife from Suhe plan to go back on the 10th. This year, Changyi and Changan and their two children will not go back for the Chinese New Year. Anyway, their grandparents will come over after the Chinese New Year.

This year Mingyue Xueer and her family will also go back to celebrate the New Year. They didn’t go back last year, so they have to go back this year.

After renting the yard, Su He spent several hours every day cleaning it with her four children. The yard had not been occupied for a year, and weeds had grown in the front and back yards. Now it was winter and the land was frozen and could not be cleaned, so they had to wait until next spring to do it.

There are five rooms in the house, one is the large living room, one is the kitchen, and the other three are bedrooms. It’s not dirty inside, just a little dusty.

After being cleaned by Suho for a few days, it is now very clean.

The house is fully equipped with wardrobes, tables and chairs. All you need to do is move in with your bedding.

On February 10th, they set out for home, and Mingyue and Xueer went with them.

"Aunt, have you found a good yard?"

Mingyue remembered that her aunt had said that she wanted to find a yard and bring her grandparents to live in the capital after the New Year.

"I've found it. It's not far from my shop." Su He said.

Mingyue: "That's great."

She had visited her aunt's shop, which was a nice duplex on the second floor. What she didn't say was that she and Tang Zexu also bought a shop.

I bought it during this summer vacation. I don’t know what business I’m going to do with it after I bought it, so I just left it there.

Xueer and her husband also bought a shop.

The country is reforming and opening up. Although there are no individual business owners in the capital yet, this kind of thing will develop very quickly once it is liberalized. She thinks it will be almost there next year.

There will definitely be a self-employed person emerging next year.

Then they will see what kind of business is good.

It is definitely not possible to open a restaurant as my aunt and the others suggested. Tang Zexu can see if he can open a clothing store or something like that.

Or a business like a stationery store that doesn't require too many people.