After having lunch on the third day of the Lunar New Year, He Wenlin and her family packed up and set off for Shaoxing.
I arrived at my home in Shaocheng at five o'clock the next morning.
After a long car ride of more than ten hours, I was exhausted. As soon as I got home, I ate something, washed up, and went to sleep.
After sleeping all morning, Mr. He got up to prepare lunch, while Mrs. He and Mrs. He carefully arranged the things they brought from their hometown.
After dinner, He's father drove He Wenlin to the cake shop.
"Boss, Mr. He, Happy New Year."
"Happy New Year, Mr. He."
Upon entering the store, He Wenlin and her father received New Year's greetings from the employees.
"Linlin, you're finally here! I haven't had a good night's sleep since you left!" He Shan felt a huge weight lifted off her shoulders when she saw He Wenlin arrive.
These days, He Wenlin has been having He Shan keep the sales revenue from both stores.
We live in a cash-driven world; when business is good, the store will have plenty of cash on hand.
He Shan carries two metal boxes containing cash with her to and from get off work every day. She can't sleep soundly at night, fearing that thieves will break into her house or that she will be robbed on the street.
The two stores each have a daily turnover of around 5,000 yuan. Not counting today, the money in the two metal boxes is guaranteed to be at least 25,000 yuan!
If it were to be lost in her hands, she would have nowhere to turn to cry.
“These past few days, I’ve had my sister stay with me. I was scared to be carrying so much money under my pillow all day by myself,” He Shan said. “Now that you’re here, I’m finally free.”
He Shan let out a heavy sigh.
"Thank you for your hard work." He Wenlin then said to the others in the store, "Everyone has worked hard. I've prepared a small red envelope for everyone, wishing you all good health and all the best in the new year."
He Wenlin handed out the red envelopes. For those who weren't there, He Shan held onto the envelopes first, and they would be handed over later.
The red envelope contained only twenty yuan, but it was equivalent to an employee's daily wage.
He Wenlin didn't stay there long. She took the data reports from the past few days and the iron box containing the money.
Later, He Wenlin went to the second store with her father, gave each employee a New Year's red envelope, and then took away the data reports and the money box.
The banks are currently closed, so they cannot deposit the money; they can only take it back with them.
Back home, the family started counting money and doing the accounts.
The total sales revenue of one store over five days was [amount] yuan.
The second store performed relatively better, with a total amount of [amount] yuan.
Business is relatively slow on the first and second days of the Lunar New Year, but better on the 29th and 30th of the twelfth lunar month.
Overall, this performance is acceptable.
He Wenlin plans to open at least three more cake shops in Shaoxing this year!
I'll consider developing my career outside of Shaoxing after I go to university.
These days, He Shan and He Ling are really on edge. With tens of thousands of yuan by their bedside, it's hard for an ordinary person to sleep, especially since it's not their own money.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, He Wenlin told He Shan to rest for a day and then invited the two sisters over for lunch.
The surrounding factories haven't started operations yet, so the fast food restaurants are all closed.
With some free time, He's father cooked lunch for He Ling and her sister when they came over. He personally prepared a table of dishes with the flavors of their hometown.
Cured pork, sausage, egg dumplings stewed with sweet potato vermicelli, cured fish, and other delicacies are all brought from my hometown.
"Linlin, do you think it's better for me to buy a shop or buy a plot of land to build a house and rent it out?" He Ling asked He Wenlin during dinner.
Hearing this, Mr. He laughed and said, "Oh, that's great! You're even buying shops now. It seems like business is pretty good."
“You can’t compare to your uncles,” He Ling said. “If I were to buy a shop, I would definitely need a loan, and I wouldn’t be able to buy it anytime soon. The down payment would be quite a lot. Even if all my sisters and I combined our money, it wouldn’t be enough. I just have this idea.”
“Whether you buy shops, land, or houses, their value will definitely increase in the future,” He Wenlin said. “Are you two sisters planning to buy a shop together as an investment?”
“Yes, we bought a shop and now we can just sit back and collect rent,” He Shan said. “Actually, we also thought about buying an old house like you and building our own, but it felt like such a huge investment, and we didn’t know when we could even finish building it.”
“The value of homestead land will also increase in the future. What does it matter if you don’t have the money to build now? You can earn it slowly,” He Wenlin said. “Buying shops is not necessarily less of an investment than buying land and building houses, nor is it necessarily more profitable. If you trust me, buy homestead land, build houses to rent out. Build as high as the policy allows, and make them all small one-bedroom or two-bedroom apartments. You can become a landlady in the future.”
He Wenlin then told them, "I won't hide it from you. Before I went back to my hometown, I accompanied my older brother to look at old houses. The plan was to buy one first, then build a six-story building. We would live on the second floor ourselves and rent out the other floors. If we found one by the roadside, we would buy it and use the first floor as a storefront."
"Shall we buy a plot of land for building construction?" He Shan asked He Ling in a consultative tone.
“Okay, I’ll do as Linlin says.” He Ling readily agreed. “Linlin, could you keep an eye out for us?”
"Okay, if I find a suitable one, I'll contact you. Don't waste money; building a house costs a lot of money."
He Wenlin believed that she and her sister could afford to buy the land for their homestead. He Ling's business was so successful that her monthly income must be quite substantial.
He Shan now works at a cake shop, which costs her a bit more, but overall she's still quite frugal, saving at least 60% of her salary each month. Plus, this year the three of them partnered up to sell socks and base layers at a stall during the Spring Festival, so she'll get at least 3,000 yuan.
He Wenlin stopped keeping He Shan's salary after her family bought a house last year.
Now she only takes care of Lin Fei and He Wenjun.
However, neither He Wenjun nor Lin Fei had much money. Every month after receiving his salary, Lin Fei had to transfer 1,000 yuan to his mother, He Lanying, to pay off her mortgage. He Wenjun owed money to He Wenlin, and every month He Wenlin would deduct 1,000 yuan from his account to pay off the debt.
Apart from He Wenlin, these sisters are the most financially well-off among them.
If you want to buy an old house or a homestead, you still have to rely on locals. How can outsiders like He Wenlin know such information?
Fortunately, He Wenlin has many local employees, as well as Zheng Juan, a local who sells houses, so they can keep an eye out for her.
...
Time flies, and it's already the tenth day of the first lunar month.
The factories gradually resumed operations.
Based on past experience, business is not good for a month after the Lunar New Year.
Because the friends who came here to work after the Lunar New Year brought a lot of vegetables from their hometowns, they definitely won't be buying fast food for the next month, and will definitely be eating breakfast more often.
However, there was an unexpected situation this year, as a new factory was under construction next to He Wenlin's house.
There are twenty or thirty workers, and they need to eat.
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