Su Yan closed the door and lay on the bed, her mind blank. They say hunger clears the mind, but it was hot! There was no fan in the room, let alone air conditioning. After only lying down for five or six minutes, she was already sweating all over.
She couldn't stand it anymore and went straight to her space to write a plan in the study. Even if she made a fuss, she still had to make money.
There was no reason for her to just watch from afar and not participate even though she knew that doing business in the next ten years would be like picking up money.
She remembered that the first person to buy a private car in 1985 was a chicken farmer who became a millionaire. He even spent 7,000 yuan to buy a second-hand car, which was reported in the newspaper.
Even chicken farmers have become millionaires, and those in other businesses are sure to make even more, but they don't report on the positive energy of ordinary people raising chickens and becoming rich through hard work. Those wealthy people have already ordered imported cars and won't buy used cars at all.
Su Yan gets a headache whenever she thinks about how many years it will take to buy a private car. Their fleet of cars was affiliated with a factory two years ago and they signed a three-year agreement with the factory. Su Yan invested money to buy the car in the name of the factory and the factory did not have to bear any risk and only had to pay the shipping fee.
After the New Year, the agreement expires, and Su Yan plans to go to Hong Kong to register a company first. The country has many preferential benefits for foreign businessmen, so of course she has to find a way to make friends with some Hong Kong businessmen.
Su Yan was writing plans for the coming year in her space, while Lu Ting was looking at his family without appreciating the food. After dinner, he sent his parents and his brother's family away. He put the untouched food on a tray and asked Lu Yian to knock on the door.
Lu Yining shook his head, took a washboard from the laundry room and placed it at the door of his parents' room, and said to Lu Yirou: "You made Mom angry, and now you have eaten dinner, so kneel at the door and wait for Mom to forgive you. Come up."
Lu Ting glanced at Lu Yining and said unhappily, "What do you want to do, kid?"
"Dad, it's my sister who's making Mom unhappy. A man's knees are made of gold. As brothers, we kneel down to protect our sisters. Why shouldn't I kneel? Is it because you're pretty, but you're clueless?"
Lu Yian looked at his father and then at his sister, and said calmly, "Dad, you can't indulge your sister just because you only have this one daughter. She should be punished for doing something wrong. Everyone else has left, so what's wrong with her kneeling? Maybe Mom will forgive her and come out for dinner."
Lu Ting was speechless after being scolded by his two sons. Lu Yiru felt wronged and her tears kept falling like scattered pearls.
"Sister, crying won't solve the problem. You have to admit your mistakes. I took you out to play because you have money. From now on, our New Year's money will be given to mom for safekeeping. You can ask mom for more when you need it."
Lu Ting felt sorry for his daughter kneeling, and was even more worried that Yanyan was still angry with them. He said to Lu Yirou, "If you do something wrong, you should admit your mistakes. If your mother tells you to kneel, then kneel!"
Lu Yiru turned the washboard over and knelt down obediently.
Lu Ting, holding a tray, winked at Lu Yining, asking him to knock on the door. Lu Yiru was worried that her mother was starving, so she had to knock on the door while shouting, "Mom, please come out quickly! The guests in the Lotus Room are drunk and are smashing their cups. Please come out and take a look!"
Lu Yian glanced at his brother who lied without thinking. The guests in the Lotus Room had all left, so who was drunk and making trouble?
Su Yan heard the noise outside the house in the space, put down her pen, left the space, and quickly opened the door.
It turned out that Lu Ting was standing in the middle of the door holding a tray like a door god, his two sons were like left and right protectors, with serious faces, and his daughter looked like a little maid who was punished for doing something wrong, kneeling on the washboard and looking at Su Yan nervously.
Su Yan asked Lu Yian, "How many minutes has your sister been kneeling?"
"Two minutes!"
"Supervise her and kneel for a full quarter of an hour before getting up again."
Little girl, why don't you kneel on the side where you rub clothes, but kneel on the back? Then kneel for five more minutes.
"Yan Yan, let's eat!"
Su Yan ignored Lu Ting and asked Lu Yining, "Ningning, did you just say that the guests in the Lotus Room were making a fuss?"
Lu Yining said flatteringly with a playful smile: "Mom, the guests in the Lotus Room have left. I lied to you, I'm sorry! You should eat first, I'll help you keep an eye on your sister."
"No need, go get your clothes and take a shower. I'll go to the front yard to see if the guests have left."
Just as Su Yan was about to leave, Lu Ting placed the tray in Lu Yining's hand, grabbed Su Yan's hand, and said sincerely, "Yan Yan, don't be angry. Eat first. If you have anything to say, we can talk about it later after dinner."
Su Yan didn't want to make a scene in front of the children. She let go of Lu Ting's hand and said slowly, "You watch the children. I'll go see if the customers have left and calculate today's sales."
Su Yan was busy until late every day. She had to reconcile the day's accounts with the cashier. She couldn't let the girl take the money home. Her second brother came to settle the bill every three days.
The clothing store and fruit store business are also closed once a month. At the end of each month, Su Yan goes to the bank to deposit money. Sometimes she takes some of the money from the space and deposits it separately in the bank.
Having money in Mingmu's account will make it easier for her to do business in the future, and it will also be more convenient for her to apply for a bank loan. To do business, one must learn to borrow chickens to lay eggs, and then return the chickens when the hens stop producing.
Lu Ting followed Su Yan closely, "Yan Yan, let me help you check the bill. It will be much faster if we are together."
Su Yan wanted to chase Lu Ting away, but he followed her like a naughty dog, so Su Yan let him do what he wanted.
It was almost nine o'clock when they finished. The children had taken a bath and were ready for bed. Su Yan went over to chat with them for a few minutes.
"Tomorrow morning, go to the Youth Palace and ask for three days' leave. During these days, come with me to the countryside to do farm work."
Rural children, in their teens, often follow their parents into the fields, working the double harvest of rice and rice planting. Although Su Yan didn't grow rice in Laosujiashanghe Village, she did grow watermelons, cantaloupes, strawberries, and dozens of acres of medicinal herbs, which was a good opportunity for the three of them to weed the herb fields.
While the children are not completely useless, we should try to save them. I hope they will change after returning to their hometown. If not, we will just leave them in the countryside for the entire summer vacation.
Lu Yining asked back: "Mom, does the teacher agree if we ask for leave like this?"
"I'll explain this to the teacher in person tomorrow morning. You guys should go to bed early."
Lu Yirou took the initiative to walk up to Su Yan and handed her the written apology letter. "I'm sorry, Mom. This is the 500-word apology letter I wrote."
"Rou Rou, you'll be twelve in eighteen days. To be frank, you're still older children. Mom hopes that when you make any decisions, you'll communicate with your guardian and get their consent before leaving.
As a girl, you must learn to respect yourself, love yourself, and be strong. No matter where you are, at any time, in any place, or with whomever you are with, you must first learn to protect yourself and not put yourself in danger."
"Mom, I understand."
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