Chapter 288 Paying Money to Learn a Craft

The New Year is over soon and all the shops are open for business.

Changyi went to report to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and his more than ten years of study finally came to a successful conclusion.

There is still more than half a month left before I go back to work in Suhe. This is the advantage of being a teacher. Other jobs do not allow you to take breaks during the winter and summer vacations. There are 365 days in a year, and the only time you can take breaks is on statutory holidays. Teachers are the same as students. In addition to statutory holidays, they can also take breaks during winter and summer vacations.

She wrote letters to her relatives in her hometown, informing them of Changyi's wedding date, May 24, and invited them to attend.

They don't have many relatives in their hometown, including their second brother Su He's family, their third sister Gu's family, their eldest sister Gu's family, and their second uncle Gu's family. There are no others.

But before writing the invitation letter, she asked Gu's mother.

Mother Gu discussed with Father Gu, "Should we tell Qiangzi and the others?"

She was talking about the children of her two older brothers.

Father Gu thought for a moment and said, "Just tell him, but he may not come."

They are not direct relatives. My cousin's children are married and have been together for three generations. They don't have close contact on a daily basis, so Father Gu thought they should not come.

After all, who would be willing to come all the way here, spending money and effort just to have a banquet?

"When you write to your elder sister, please mention it and ask her to tell Qiangzi that she can come if she wants, and it doesn't matter if she doesn't." Gu's mother said to Su He.

Su He nodded, "Okay."

This letter came at the right time, and it was exactly what Sister Gu wanted. After the Chinese New Year, Sister Gu was thinking about finding a reason to take the whole family to Beijing.

This opportunity has never come.

This time, not only her second son's family will go, but her youngest daughter's family will also go.

Zhao Qinglin was a little worried. "Mom, what if my aunt doesn't need anyone? It's fine if we go there, but can you bring my little sister and her family there as well?"

Sister Gu, "What are you talking about? We are here to attend a wedding. Our main purpose is to attend Changyi's wedding. Work comes second."

"I'll also ask your aunt if she needs help. If she does, we can keep her here. If she doesn't, we can come back."

Sister Gu thought that it was impossible for her brother and sister-in-law to not be short of staff when they opened so many shops, and even the pancake shop was short of staff.

"Mom, it doesn't matter whether we need anything or not. It's enough for our family of three to stay in Beijing. We can talk about my aunt's family later." Chen Juan pouted.

After half a year of talking, Chen Juan also longed to go to Beijing.

"And when you told them about it during the Chinese New Year, Wu Yong was reluctant to do so."

I'm talking about Qingyu's husband.

Sister Gu said, "They know nothing. This county town is not as good as Beijing."

Zhao Qinglin said, "Mom, Chen Juan is right. Even if we want to go, we can't go with the whole family."

"Okay, okay, I got it. They own the store and can't leave for a while. The only reason they're going to Beijing this year is to attend your cousin's wedding."

Although Sister Gu really hopes that her family can develop in Beijing, she also knows that this cannot be rushed.

Although the eldest brother's family had fallen out with the couple, they had no conflict with Qinglin and Qingyu. They were biological brothers and sisters, and their bones were still connected.

Qinglin's family went to Beijing City, and Qingmu, as the older brother, would definitely help.

First send the second son's family to Beijing, let them settle down, and then send the third son over.

Sister Gu has a good idea.

Su He is thinking about the cake shop. Once a person has an idea in his mind, he will take action. At least that's how Su He is.

She had originally planned to talk about the cake shop next year, 1985, and open another store this year.

She is going to open another store this year, but she talked about this with Changyi and Changan.

Changyi Changan said there is a cake shop in Haishi.

Su He thought that his second brother Jia Xingran was studying in Haishi and should know Haishi better, so he called his second brother and told him about the situation.

Xingran asked her boyfriend Xu Jianian to find out the truth. She didn’t know until she asked. But she actually found out the truth.

Xu Jianian's sister's husband's family happens to know a Western pastry chef, whose master has made cakes for national leaders and foreign guests.

He himself is also very talented, and the decorated cakes he makes are lifelike.

Currently working in an old store in Haishi that has been open for more than 50 years.

You can go to that cake shop to be an apprentice and learn.

Su He was very excited when she received the news. If she didn't have this job at Peking University, she really wanted to study on her own.

She can't go, Gu Jianhua can't go either, neither of them can go.

Su He discussed it with Gu Jianhua and decided that they could only choose people from the store.

Gu Jianhua asked, "If you let them go to school, do they have to pay the tuition or not?"

Su He, "Yes, if you don't, you will learn slowly, maybe three to five years. If you don't, the master won't pay attention to you. You are still from another place, so you can only learn by yourself."

"If you pay the tuition, the teacher will take the initiative to remind you and teach you."

"My dear wife, you send them to study and pay their tuition. How many years do you plan to use them? What if they don't want to do this after a few years and start their own business?" Gu Jianhua asked the key question.

Su He, "I have thought about your question. What I think is, I send them to learn, and they work for my cake shop for ten years. After ten years, they can start their own business or do something else. It's up to them."

"I paid for them to learn pastry baking, which is also a skill that can make a living."

"I'll use them for ten years, no more, no less. I think it's reasonable. Most of our store employees are around 20 years old. After ten years, they will be 30 years old. It will be in time for them to do whatever they want to do."

Gu Jianhua nodded and said, "That's fine. Ten years, no more, no less."

"Have you decided who to choose?"

Su He shook his head. "No, I just decided. I have to ask them. It's good that I, as a boss, pay for my employees to learn a skill."

"But they may not be willing to go, because they have to leave home and go to Haishi, and it will take at least a year to come back. What's more, it will take them ten years."

"This is equivalent to signing a ten-year contract to sell one's body, which most people are not willing to do."

Gu Jianhua doesn't think so. "You can go and ask. I think there are still many people willing to go."

If he was young, before he joined the army, and someone was willing to pay for him to learn a craft, he would have agreed without hesitation.

"Well, I'll go to the store and ask tomorrow."