Chapter 300 I Want to Build a Vegetable Market
Jiang Baocheng ran to a telephone booth outside the community to buy a phone card, and then ran to a telephone booth next to the bus to call home.
"Hello, who is this?" A loud female voice came from the phone.
Jiang Baocheng quickly smiled and said, "Aunt Wu, it's me, Jiang Baocheng. Are my parents home? Could you please call them?"
"Oh, it's Baocheng. I just saw your parents go out. They said they were buying groceries. Oh, it's just in time that they're back. Lao Bai, Lao Qian, this is Baocheng calling. Come quickly. What a coincidence."
When Aunt Wu looked up, she saw Bai Gang and Qian Meifeng walking towards her.
When Qian Meifeng heard Aunt Wu's shout, she ran over and said with a smile, "Oh, it's my Baocheng, Old Wu, thank you!"
Aunt Wu waved her hand and smiled, "It's okay, you answer it! I'll go home and you can watch the store for a while."
"Oh, well, go ahead!"
After seeing Aunt Wu leave, Qian Meifeng picked up the phone, put it to her ear and asked softly, "Baocheng, is that you?"
Jiang Baocheng on the other end of the line was excited when he heard his mother-in-law's voice. He quickly replied, "Mom, it's me. I'm telling you, you and Dad should come earlier. We need your help!"
"What's going on? Qianqian and I just talked on the phone a few days ago, and she didn't say anything."
Qian Meifeng was confused. She looked up at her husband and shook her head gently, indicating that she didn't know what had happened.
"Mom, to make a long story short, we have two houses for rent here, so we've given the rent collection to Qianqian. You know, Qianqian is soft-hearted, and she believes everything people say. The rent has been in arrears day by day. Also, a few days ago, a tenant ran away after owing a month's rent, and before running away, he even took away the electric fan in the house, and Qianqian didn't know about this yet!"
Qian Meifeng clutched her chest tightly when she heard this, "Oh my, someone took this electric fan away for nothing? Did you call the police? You can't let him go."
"Alas, it's useless. There are a lot of migrant workers here, from all over the country. When I went to the police station, they couldn't find anyone. The police told me to just consider myself unlucky."
Jiang Baocheng went to the police station to report the case immediately, but it was useless. The factory said that this person had quit his job a long time ago and even his withheld wages were taken away.
Bai Gang motioned to his wife to give him the phone, and he took it and asked, "Baocheng, I probably heard what you just said. You mean Qianqian can't do the work of collecting houses, right?"
"Hey, Dad, that's it. I have other things to do. After the incident of the electric fan being dismantled, we have to manage the rental house more strictly, so I thought of letting you and mom take care of it, and then I will pay you three hundred each per month."
Although his father-in-law and mother-in-law were willing to help them with the work, Jiang Baocheng thought it would be more appropriate and more motivating to pay them a salary.
"Oh, where do we need wages? Three hundred per person. The house you rented may not even be enough to pay our wages. Okay, I understand what you mean. Your mother and I will pack up and come over."
Bai Gang said with satisfaction that it was one thing for him not to ask for salary, but it was another thing for his son-in-law to ask for salary himself.
"Okay, Mom and Dad, then please come as soon as possible. Tell me a time and I'll book the tickets." Jiang Baocheng was so happy when he heard that his husband was willing to come early.
"No, we'll buy it ourselves. I'll call you when we're about to leave, and you can pick us up later."
"That's fine, Mom and Dad. Thank you for your hard work."
"It's okay. If there's nothing else, I'll hang up. The phone bill is expensive."
"Yeah, okay, Dad. Bye."
At this time, Aunt Wu also came back. Seeing Bai Gang's smiling face, she smiled and joked, "Old Bai, what did your son-in-law buy you again? Why are you so happy?"
"Oh, there's nothing to buy. They said Xiaoguang and Rongrong missed us and were asking for grandpa and grandma. Now they're urging us to go to Shenzhen!"
Bai Gang made up an excuse and said that he knew the principle of not showing off one's wealth. If the old neighbors in his hometown knew that his son-in-law had two buildings for rent in Shenzhen, he could imagine what the situation would be like in the future. Apart from anything else, the relatives on both sides would definitely come to him to borrow money.
"Oh, that's right. Xiaoguang and Rongrong were raised by you two. How could they miss their grandparents?"
Aunt Wu understood very well when she thought about the granddaughter she raised who also stuck to her every day.
"Yes, so we have to go back and pack our things and go to Shenzhen to take care of them early. Old Wu, let's not talk to you for now. We also need to talk to Baocheng's parents to see if they have anything to bring over."
"Well, okay, then go get busy!"
On the other side, Jiang Baocheng felt relieved after finishing the phone call. He strolled to the delicatessen at the entrance of the community, bought some cooked food as his wife instructed, and came back.
"I have bought all the cooked food, so just stir-fry some vegetables!" Jiang Baocheng put the cooked food on the table and said with a smile.
"Okay, put it here. Go and chat with Xiaobai and the others. Didn't you say you have something to discuss? Go now!" Bai Qianqian pushed her husband out of the kitchen.
"Third sister-in-law, let me help you!" Jiang Xinbai and Jiang Xinlan stood up and prepared to go to the kitchen.
Bai Qianqian waved her hand and smiled, "No need, I'll just stir-fry two vegetables. The soup that's been cooking in the casserole since this morning should be ready. You guys have something to discuss, so go and do your thing."
"Okay then. Thank you for your hard work, Third Sister-in-law." Jiang Xinbai and the other man sat back down upon seeing this.
"It's okay, get busy!"
In the living room, Jiang Baocheng thought for a moment, took out a piece of paper from the drawer of the coffee table and handed it to them, "How is your place?"
"What? Third brother, are you going to build a house again?" Jiang Xinbai reached out and took the paper and took a look. The place seemed to be quite large.
Jiang Baocheng nodded and shook his head, and replied: "Yes and no."
"Is this place near the new village?" Yang Jinsheng said as he leaned over and took a closer look.
"Yes, it's over there. There's a piece of wasteland over there. I plan to buy it and build a vegetable market there."
Jiang Xinlan was the first to react and asked hesitantly, "Third brother, there is a vegetable market in the new village. We usually go there to buy vegetables, right, Xiaobai?"
Jiang Xinbai nodded and said, "Yes, but the management is very messy and the ground is very dirty. Every time I clean the soles of my shoes, I get a lot of mud on them."
"So I want to build a market with vegetables, seafood, meat, seasonings, and everything else. This will definitely cost a lot of money. Do you want to join us?"
Jiang Baocheng looked at them expectantly after he finished speaking.
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