Chapter 168 Selling Jiulixiang, Xia Family's Controversy
Zhang Wanwan drove to a villa area on the outskirts of the city according to the address the aunt gave her. Looking at the majestic buildings nestled in the mountains and beside the water, she really wanted to swear. It turns out that the saying "don't judge a book by its cover" is not just a saying.
According to the aunt's instructions, Zhang Wanwan drove the car to the entrance of the villa area. Security in such places has always been very strict. Zhang Wanwan was not stupid enough to rush in directly. Instead, she consciously parked the car next to the gate and called the aunt. Not long after, the security guard answered the call and motioned Zhang Wanwan to go in.
Looking at the security guard's arrogant attitude, Zhang Wanwan sighed inwardly that it turns out that security guards are also divided into different levels.
Along the way, she drove very slowly and finally found the address given by the aunt. She got out of the car, pulled her clothes and quickly rang the doorbell. Soon a nanny came out and motioned Zhang Wanwan to move her things in.
Zhang Wanwan sighed softly, looked at the exterior of the villa, and resigned herself to moving the things in with all her might. As soon as she entered the door, she heard the aunt's voice, "Dad, I'm sure you like the osmanthus I bought for you this time. It's well taken care of!"
"Ahem, ahem, just keep talking about what you want to say and don't talk about anything else!" A hoarse voice with shortness of breath came out.
Zhang Wanwan followed the nanny into the reception hall.
Auntie smiled and said, "Dad, don't you think it's beautiful?"
The old woman didn't care much at first, but when she saw Zhang Wanwan's half-human-high osmanthus, her eyes finally changed. She interpreted it as love.
Zhang Wanwan wanted to just put the things down and leave, but she didn’t expect the old man to stop her and say, “Little girl, did you raise this osmanthus?”
Zhang Wanwan nodded.
The old man obviously found it a little unbelievable, "How old are you?"
"I'm going to college!" Zhang Wanwan said honestly.
"He's still a child! He's so good at growing flowers and trees!" The old man stood up and looked at the sweet olive, walked around it twice, nodded affirmatively and said, "It's a genuine old tree, it's still quite old, it's not easy to cultivate it!"
Zhang Wanwan kept nodding her head. If it wasn’t so difficult to cultivate, she wouldn’t have asked for such a high price.
"By the way, little girl, do you have any old flowers and trees?" the old man asked with interest.
Zhang Wanwan's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she quickly took out her phone, "Yes, I have some old flowers and trees in my store. Here are the pictures. In two or three months, another batch of orchids will be on the market."
The old man came to her side, squinted his eyes and took a look, then said in amazement, "This picture is too small, Grandpa can't see it clearly. How about this, you write down the address of the flower shop for me, and I will go to take a look in two months."
The nanny was considerate and brought paper and pen. Zhang Wanwan wrote down the address stroke by stroke, and even wrote it in large letters for fear that the old man’s presbyopia might not be able to see clearly.
The old lady was getting a little impatient waiting on the side, and she felt that Zhang Wanwan was annoying. She said with a fake smile, "Now that the things have been delivered, you can leave now."
"Oh!" Zhang Wanwan said goodbye to the old man tactfully and turned around and left.
The old man was still staring at Jiulixiang and ignored the old lady.
The aunt prepared her speech again and said in a flattering tone, "Dad, Jiajun is already grown up. It's not a good idea for him to just hang around like this. Can you let him join the company and give him a position?"
"This Osmanthus fragrans is really well taken care of, haha," the old man said, motioning the nanny to move the things to another place. Then he sat down and said to the aunt seriously, "Xia Huazhen! I told you at the beginning that it was you who gave up your good life and insisted on marrying that man. You have to figure out how to live your life in the future, right? You can't blame others for this kind of thing.
A child's character can be seen from his childhood. I reminded you when Jiajun was little that you must be disciplined and educated! You didn't listen, and those people in the Zhao family thought I was overreaching. In that case, I won't do anything that would be offensive. Isn't Jiajun their lifeblood? Let them manage him to the end! They didn't let me manage him before, and I won't manage him now. Oh~ you should go back and ask your parents-in-law to think of a solution! As for this Jiulixiang, I will regard it as a gift from your daughter to me. Of course, if you feel uncomfortable and want to move back, I have no objection. At worst, I can buy it myself!"
The old man suddenly spoke in a childish tone.
Xia Huazhen's face changed drastically. She forced an ugly smile and said humbly, "Dad, look at what you said! I bought this especially for you. Who else would I give it to? It's just that I really can't do anything about Jiajun. You know that the Zhao family is not as good as it used to be. I have no choice but to come to you for help. Dad, if you don't care, what will happen to Jiajun in the future?"
Upon hearing this, the old man suddenly slammed the table, scaring Xia Huazhen so much that her face turned pale.
"I still say the same thing! You didn't let me take care of him before, and don't expect me to do it now! If you really want me to take care of him, I will hand him over to your eldest brother and teach him how to be a good man again! Humph!" The old man turned and left angrily.
Xia Huazhen slid off the chair in despair, looked in the direction where the old man disappeared, and shouted twice at the top of her lungs.
The nanny came in silently and advised carefully: "Miss, you'd better go back. The old man is very angry. You see, it's almost time for dinner. If the eldest and second masters know that you have made the old man angry, I'm afraid things will get worse."
Xia Huazhen wiped her tears, looked at the clock on the wall, and with the help of the nanny, she straightened her clothes. When she left the villa, she still looked dignified, with no sign of her embarrassment just now.
Zhang Wanwan was humming excitedly as she left the villa, and went all the way back to the flower shop to reopen it and make a sales record.
There were not many people in the afternoon, and Zhang Wanwan didn't care. She only started to get busy in the evening when a group of aunties from the community came to choose flowers.
Things are gradually getting back on track. The flower shop can now sell an average of five to six hundred yuan worth of flowers a day. Of course, this is because the flower shop has expanded its business and has taken on some flowers for store openings and weddings. These businesses have to be booked in advance, and as long as she takes one or two orders a month, her income will go up.
In this way, the monthly profit is about 10,000 yuan. After deducting the rent, labor costs, water and electricity bills, there will be more than 3,000 yuan left. Although it is not much, it is enough for her tuition and living expenses, and she has completely achieved financial freedom.
In addition, by selling some flowers and trees from time to time, she had saved some money.
Now that the flower shop was stable, Zhang Wanwan could spare more time to study. Through opening the shop, she found that she still had a lot of knowledge to learn. She had not had time to process the seeds she had asked from Luo Guanjing before. Of course, what was more serious was that she could not recognize the varieties of these seeds at all. She had no choice but to go to the office to ask the professor of botany for advice.
(End of this chapter)
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