In a few months, they will all graduate.
Yang Yajing knew that even if she helped Zhou Pengfei improve his grades, he could only get into a key district school, and it would be impossible for him to go to the same school as her.
This is also a good thing. In his previous life, a famous person emerged from Zhou Pengfei's school, who was a classmate of theirs.
At that time, Zhou Pengfei was oblivious to everything else and focused solely on drawing his illustrations, without making any friends or acquaintances.
In this life, Yang Yajing wants to rely on this connection to befriend the person who will become a pioneer in e-commerce in the future.
As for Chen Jiaoyun, no matter which school she gets into, her future path will remain the same.
Four years later, Zhou Pengfei, who was average in academics, will enter the Academy of Fine Arts, while Chen Jiaoyun will remain in high school.
Many things are predetermined; Yang Yajing simply made their path smoother.
With Yang Yajing's guidance, Chen Jiaoyun in this life wants to try her best to get into a top municipal high school.
In any case, her choice of university wouldn't change in the end, and Yang Yajing felt that if she could keep Chen Jiaoyun by her side, perhaps her future would be smoother.
But the most important thing now is to persuade my parents to sell the small shop and find a new place to move.
Although the business of gift boxes for weddings and funerals now relies mainly on the store's signboard for promotion, its popularity has already spread quite far. Even without a physical store, it can still be promoted through newspaper ads or flyers.
So selling the shop isn't a big deal; the key is to make them not feel nostalgic and reluctant to sell the shop.
Yang Yajing has saved up about 300,000 yuan, which is enough to buy a three-bedroom apartment on the ground floor near the junior high school.
She wanted a three-bedroom house so that she could have one room as a studio.
Moreover, the key municipal high school I attended in my previous life was a seven-year integrated junior and senior high school. It was also very close to Zhou Pengfei's home, making it convenient to visit him there.
If you find a ground-floor apartment facing the street, and your parents still want to open a shop, the courtyard can still be used as a restaurant.
However, Yang Yajing didn't want to open a restaurant. She wanted to turn her customized gift business into a store, selling coffee and snacks on a regular basis, which would also give them something to do.
People who have worked hard all their lives probably can't sit still. This pastry shop can serve as a showroom, with a few tables and chairs where customers can chat and have coffee to relieve their boredom.
Back in 1993, such places were still rare, but in a few years, they would be everywhere. Yang Yajing knew that such places would be profitable, so she wanted to get on the trend early and attract a group of regular customers, which would put her ahead of the curve.
After finally convincing her father, Yang Yajing took Zhang Aijia to look at houses everywhere.
Back then, there was no internet, so if you wanted to see a house, you had to go to one real estate agency after another.
As graduation approached, Yang's Restaurant was finally sold, with the handover scheduled for a month later.
But Yang Guohua was getting anxious because he hadn't found a new house for the Yang family yet. What would he do if he still hadn't bought a house by then?
The main reason she didn't like it was because Sylvia Chang was reluctant to spend money.
The current public housing is allocated by the state and there is no rent, but Yang Yajing doesn't know why she refuses to sell it.
With over 300,000 yuan in savings, if Yang Yajing doesn't sell it, all of her savings from the past three years will be gone!
Although Yang Yajing didn't feel bad, it seemed that Sylvia Chang just didn't want to spend her daughter's hard-earned money.
Left with no other choice, Yang Yajing had to act first and inform him later!
After her final exams, she took Zhou Pengfei to look at houses.
The real estate agent wasn't initially happy when they saw the two young children wanting to look at apartments, thinking it was a prank.
Fortunately, Yang Yajing and Zhang Aijia had already visited this house before, so they made an excuse that "Mom is busy, so let her come and confirm again."
Upon hearing that it was the same adult who had sent her last time, the agent agreed.
She was actually very satisfied with the house and knew that the area would be very lively in the future. Although the subway would not open until after the new millennium, she was not in a hurry.
To convince the agent that she had genuinely come to see the house with her parents' consent, and also to get her mother to make a decision sooner, she paid the deposit as soon as she returned to the agent's office.
When Sylvia Chang heard that Yang Ya-ching had paid a deposit of over 30,000 yuan on her own initiative, and that it was non-refundable, she didn't know whether to be angry or amused!
That kid is really something, now she has no choice but to spend her hard-earned money!
The shop was sold, and the rent was only a thousand or so yuan a month. Now, it would cost more than 300,000 yuan. Without Yang Yajing's savings, it would be impossible to do it!
In the blink of an eye, Yang Yajing went from a hidden little rich woman to a penniless grassroots.
Zhou Pengfei was also puzzled: "Aren't you heartbroken? Three years' worth of savings, gone in an instant!"
"We still have the studio, right? We can earn more. Once we graduate from junior high, all this money will come back, right? Maybe we can even earn more!" Yang Yajing didn't care at all.
“Since it’s our studio, I’ll contribute to the renovation too. I’ve saved up nearly 200,000 yuan!” Zhou Pengfei suggested.
"Of course you have to contribute!" Yang Yajing said without any hesitation. "Don't be stingy with the initial investment for the equipment!"
Besides the existing equipment, the studio furniture and decoration, screen printing, and new framing equipment all cost money.
She really didn't have much left. If Zhou Pengfei held onto his savings and wouldn't let go, it would be difficult for them to get started immediately.
However, Yang Yajing already knew that Zhou Pengfei was a person who would repay kindness. Although he didn't have much of a concept of investment, his family education prevented him from refusing to repay debts.
When the idea of opening a store was proposed, Sylvia Chang was the first to support it! Just like Yang Yajing said, she really can't stay idle.
Over the years, with the help of Yang Yajing's quick wit, her parents have accumulated a considerable amount of savings. With the monthly income of one thousand from the shop, they have no worries about making a living; opening the shop will only increase their income.
Although Yang Yajing said they could do whatever they wanted as long as they didn't lose money, how could these two open a shop just to avoid losing money?
During the two months of summer vacation, Zhou Pengfei encouraged Zhou Youcheng, who was also at home with nothing to do during the summer vacation, to work with him on interior decoration.
The two elders of the Yang family hired a construction team to turn the courtyard into a shop.
Yang Yajing is someone who lived past 2016, and she knows what kind of interior design will remain fashionable for at least ten years.
From equipment to style, she does everything herself and would never choose a solution that cannot last just to save money.
Large floor-to-ceiling windows on all four sides, frosted texture, lightbox signs instead of simple, easily damaged neon lights.
The indoor chandelier was made into a lantern shape by Zhou Pengfei using seamless paper, creating a unique blend of Chinese and Western styles.
The small coffee tables inside are all made of solid wood, making them durable. And surprisingly, these solid wood tables and chairs cost absolutely nothing, except for the raw materials.
That was all thanks to connections! Remember Zhang Li? His late grandfather's students were all master carpenters!
Yang Yajing just mentioned it, and these people all took time out of their busy schedules to make these unique and beautiful pieces of furniture and chairs. It can be said that the connections they had built up earlier came in handy.
And so, Yang Yajing started school, and her small shop opened smoothly.
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