What are your plans for the future?
Upon hearing this, Chen Yi sighed, her expression somewhat somber: "Your parents have told you about your brother-in-law, haven't they? My life is what it is, what other thoughts could I possibly have?"
Chen Yi looked up at him and smiled sadly: "Now, I think my sister-in-law is amazing. She makes a lot of money running this fast food restaurant. I want to save some money so that I can open a small shop selling food like her in the future. I'll earn enough to cover my brother-in-law's medical expenses and support my family. That would be enough for me."
Opening a small shop? That shouldn't be a problem, Chen Jing thought to himself. Even if he bought a small shop and added other costs, he should be able to do it for around two thousand yuan.
He and Ji Xia had discussed what would be the most profitable thing after the policy was relaxed.
Ji Xia once said that in the first few years after the opening up, it was easy to make money in all aspects of life, including food, clothing, housing, and transportation.
Among the basic necessities of life—clothing, food, housing, and transportation—the food business has the lowest barrier to entry. It requires low investment, the skills are easy to master, and the returns are quick. Of course, it is also the most arduous business. It is easy to make a small amount of money, but it is not easy to grow a large and successful business.
However, given Chen Yi's current situation, making a little money by selling food is the easiest option.
With two children, no matter where she works, whether in a factory or elsewhere, she is bound to be disliked by her boss, even if that boss is her sister-in-law.
In addition, Chen Yi's sister-in-law is not well regarded by the workshop managers. She is not very bright, is clumsy and easily damages things. Most importantly, the workshop will be moved after the New Year, so it is impossible to take her to Huacheng.
So, we opened a small shop for Chen Yi, so that she and her sister-in-law could run it together, and her brother-in-law, who had a broken leg, could sit behind the counter and collect the cash.
Chen Jing had a plan in mind, and he smiled as he advised, "Come back to the brigade for dinner tonight. I brought back a roast duck from the city, and Mom also killed a chicken at home. Come home for dinner, don't eat leftovers here."
He gave instructions, and then specifically instructed Xu Yufen, who was tidying up the back of the shop, before handing his nephew over to Chen Yi and turning to leave.
He had just taken his nephew for a walk around the neighborhood when he noticed a house near the elementary school with a large sign that said "For Sale".
That location is between the primary and secondary schools, not outside the school gates, but closer to the primary school, but on the way to the secondary school.
Although it can't compare to the location of Da Sao Fast Food Restaurant, if it were to serve breakfast, it would attract students from middle and elementary schools, which is actually not bad.
Chen Jing doesn't expect to earn a thousand yuan a month like his sister-in-law, but with about two thousand students from the two schools, if one-tenth of them come to the store, and two or three hundred students buy breakfast every day, he should be able to earn ten or twenty yuan.
For Chen Yi now, earning three or four hundred yuan a month is enough to support her family, pay for her children's education, and cover her husband's medical expenses.
Chen Jing stepped forward and knocked on the door. Soon, an old man with a cane and unsteady movements opened the door.
"Sir, are you planning to sell this house? Can you show it to me?"
Chen Jing pointed to the large poster on the door. The old man squinted at him for a while, then slowly replied, "If you want to sell, come in and have a look!"
Chen Jing followed the old man into the house.
The house is not large, with an old-style octagonal roof. It is mainly made of adobe, and the load-bearing columns are mainly made of red bricks, but the red bricks have been blackened by smoke, so they are estimated to be at least twenty or thirty years old.
The entrance leads to a living room of about ten square meters, followed by two rooms, while on the other side is a passageway. Because of the height, there is also a second-floor attic, with a simple wooden staircase leading to the second-floor attic, like a duplex in the city.
A small kitchen was built in front of the eaves of the back door, and there was a small yard full of pumpkins, with vines of loofah and beans climbing the yard wall.
The house is about 70 or 80 square meters in total. However, with the attic, it has three rooms. If Mr. and Mrs. Chen come with their sister-in-law, the three rooms can accommodate them.
It has windows at the front and back, but the houses on both sides are other people's houses, so the lighting is rather dim.
If you're going to run a food business, you'll need to reinforce the house, then plaster the interior with cement and lime, and keep the lights on for extended periods.
Regardless, this house is still quite suitable for Chen Yi's family.
Chen Jing looked the house over from top to bottom and asked suspiciously, "Uncle, do you live alone in this house? If you sell the house, where will you live?"
The old man tapped his cane inside the house, expressionless, as he walked around with the old man: "My son built a big brick house near the supply and marketing cooperative, you don't need to worry about it."
"Hehe, congratulations! Does this house leak when it rains? Is the roof sturdy? It's quite dark here; you'll probably need to turn on the lights during the day, right?"
He asked a series of questions, but the old man just glanced at him expressionlessly and said, "If you don't want to buy it, then forget it and let's go."
"Sir, it's not that I don't want to buy it. I'm quite interested in this location. It's close to the school, which is convenient for my child's future schooling. However, I need to clarify things before I can decide whether or not to renovate it."
"It needs renovation; there are cracks in the roof and in that spot," the old man honestly pointed out the problems with the house, even pointing out where the water was leaking.
When asked about the price one last time, the old man gave a fairly reasonable price: seven hundred yuan.
Chen Jing compared the prices and found that the house was cheaper than his yard. However, his house had a yard, was more than twice the size of this one, and was in better condition. In terms of price, seven hundred yuan was not cheap.
However, Chen Jing did not haggle and agreed immediately. He also asked that the transfer of ownership be completed by tomorrow, and that the old man and his son should move their belongings out as soon as possible because he needed to find someone to renovate the house and make some modifications.
Seeing that he agreed so readily, the old man readily agreed as well.
After finalizing the house sale, Chen Jing took out his notebook and made a note of it.
After some consideration, he originally planned to transfer the house to Chen Yi's name as a gift to her.
However, remembering what Ji Xia had said, "A little kindness is appreciated, but too much kindness breeds resentment; it's better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish," he decided, after some consideration, to transfer the property to his own name.
He put the house in his own name, didn't charge rent, and let his older sister use it, as if he were helping his younger brother out.
If Chen Yi has any problems with her husband, she can't take the house; it's not too late to give it to her later.
If the two of them are doing well and make money, and then want the house, they can transfer it to her at the original price.
After the property transfer tomorrow, we'll immediately find someone to come and renovate. We'll repair and reinforce the leaking and problematic walls, plaster the interior walls with cement, then apply lime plaster, install lights, and set up breakfast in the living room and front of the house, while the family will live in the back.
Back at the fast food restaurant, Xu Yufen and Chen Yi finished packing up. Xu Yujuan left her younger sister to mind the shop while she took her two children and prepared to return to the brigade with Chen Yi and her two children.
Chen Jing said to Xu Yufen, "Sister-in-law, you take the child and go back first. I'll accompany my second sister slowly."
Xu Yufen rode away on her bicycle with her two children, while Chen Jing picked up his nephew and walked slowly behind Chen Yi and her daughter.
"Second sister, if I were to fund the opening of a food shop for you, what would you be planning to do?"
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