"Oh dear!" He Wenlin exclaimed, "I forgot to ask Peng Wei for tomorrow's orders!"
“He gave me the orders and the money,” said Aunt He. “The orders for glutinous rice tomorrow morning are 69, lunch boxes are 40, fried rice is 23, and fried noodles are 19, totaling 278.5 yuan.” Aunt He added, “The money is in my hands, and I will keep it for you.”
"Mom, here's over two hundred yuan for you. Take the flowers and use them to buy yourself a nice dress when you're not working overtime. Don't buy those cheap twenty-yuan items at the night market. After all, you're Mr. He's mother, so buy yourself something good."
Upon hearing this, Aunt He's mouth stretched from ear to ear.
Mr. He was unhappy: "If your mother takes the money, you let her buy herself a nice outfit. If I take it, you should find a way to get it back."
"Dad, that's not how it works. Besides, I gave you 500 yuan to buy the tricycle. It shouldn't cost 500 yuan to buy a tricycle. You took more than 500 yuan this morning, but I only let you pay 460 yuan for rent and deposit. There's still some left. I won't say more, but you should have at least 200 yuan left."
As soon as He Wenlin finished speaking, He's mother said, slightly agitated, "What are you going to do with the money? You're provided with food and lodging here, what are you going to do with the money? Gamble?"
Mr. He said with dissatisfaction, "The card game is all in the past, why do you always like to bring up old grievances?"
"If you don't do it, then I won't have to bring up old grievances?"
"Alright, stop arguing." He Wenlin said hastily, afraid that they would start fighting. "Mom, the card game is over, let's not mention it again. But Dad, you were wrong about this. I won't bring it up again, but if you do it again next time, I will exercise my dual power as your boss and your daughter."
Mr. He: "What right do you have?"
“As your boss, I have the right to fire you, and I also have the right to promote you and give you a raise, all depending on your performance. As your daughter, I have the right to urge you to improve and prevent you from making mistakes,” He Wenlin said. “As you said, the past is the past, and Mom and I will not bring it up again. But if there is a next time, I will not only exercise my dual rights, but I will also overturn your table. When you are embarrassed, don’t blame me.”
Mrs. He: "If there's a next time, I'll flip the table myself without Linlin having to do it!"
"Grandma is coming soon," He Wenlin said. "Grandma didn't want to come at first, but she changed her mind and came here because of you, Dad. So Dad, please don't upset Grandma."
"Alright, you two are never going to stop. You're making me sound like some heinous criminal." Mr. He was getting angry and embarrassed.
"Alright, let's stop here and shut up."
He Wenlin then said to her mother, "Mom, I'll handle the money myself. You haven't quit your job at the factory, and it's inconvenient to carry money with you. The security situation isn't good these days, so it's not advisable to keep too much cash at home or in the shop, as it's easy to attract thieves. Just keep 400 yuan in change in the shop every day. After deducting their wages and the money for groceries, I'll go to the bank to deposit the money every other day or two. It's not good for you to take leave from work every few days."
I know you're unhappy about not letting me manage the money, but I want to say that you should have confidence in me. I won't spend money recklessly, much less waste it. Even if I wanted to, I'm so busy every day that I don't have the chance to go out and spend it. Have you seen me go shopping?
He's parents then recalled that He Shan had gone to the night market twice during the time she had been there, but He Wenlin had not gone with her.
Aunt He: "But you're still too young, and we won't take you."
“Mom, I’m still young, but I’ve already opened a shop, so don’t doubt me because of my age. Gan Luo became prime minister at the age of twelve. My goal is not just a small fast food restaurant. In the future, I will open more shops and more factories, so don’t think about keeping my money safe for me.”
He Wenlin is not afraid that her parents will keep the money for themselves, but her parents lack vision and perspective, for example, when it comes to buying a house.
In her past life, when He Wenlin was twenty years old, she was already a supervisor at a Taiwanese-owned department store. At that time, housing prices had not yet skyrocketed. He Wenlin suggested that they not go back home to build a house, but buy one locally so that the three of them could pay off the loan together. However, they were unwilling and insisted on going back to their hometown to build a house.
Later, He Wenlin was promoted to supervisor at the age of 24 and transferred to Ningcheng. At that time, Ningcheng was a second-tier city. He Wenlin borrowed money from them to make a down payment. When they heard that she wanted to buy a house, they refused to agree. They felt that having more houses was useless and that it was unnecessary to take on debt to buy a house and earn several thousand yuan in rent every month.
A year later, when He Wenlin finally managed to save up enough for a down payment to buy a house, the prices had gone up. The same apartment complex was now 1,500 yuan more expensive per square meter than when she first looked at it, and a 70-square-meter apartment was 100,000 yuan more expensive!
This isn't even a good neighborhood or a good location.
Later on, Ningcheng went from being a second-tier city to a new first-tier city, and housing prices rose to the point where ordinary people simply couldn't afford to buy a house.
No matter what, housing prices in big cities will never drop to a level that most people can afford.
In order to buy a house and pay off debts, He Wenlin, who was a manager, went to work part-time in the kitchen of a ramen restaurant, washing vegetables and peeling eggs.
Children in rural areas lack education and parental support, and if they want to change their fate, they have to put in more effort than the average person.
Therefore, He Wenlin will buy more houses and land in her life and expand her business, and she will never hand over her money to her parents for safekeeping.
Of course, she also wanted to change her parents' minds, but the most difficult thing in the world is to put one's own thoughts into someone else's head.
So let's take it one step at a time...
"It's getting late, and there won't be any more guests coming. Let's pack up and go home."
After saying that, He Wenlin put the two bowls of rice that had cooled down into the freezer, took stock of the raw materials she had at home, and planned what to buy first thing tomorrow morning.
After tidying up, turning off the lights, locking the door, and the group went back to their newly rented apartment.
When He Ma saw the house, she was extremely satisfied.
Aunt He is a clean person. When she lived in the factory dormitory, the conditions for showering and using the toilet were terrible, but there was nothing she could do about it. After all, she was a migrant worker who only earned so little money, and she had children and elderly people to support. She had to make do with and overcome some of the problems.
Now that we have a private bathroom, it's much cleaner.
He Wenlin: "Mom and Dad, you go take a shower first. Dad, get up at four o'clock tomorrow and come with me to buy groceries."
"Okay, remember to set your alarm so you don't oversleep."
The bathroom is quite spacious, enough for two people to shower together.
Otherwise, with so many people needing to take a shower, how long would it take? We have to get up early tomorrow.
By the time He Wenlin lay down in bed, it was almost midnight.
She and He Shan fell asleep almost as soon as their heads hit the pillow.
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