"Chenchen, how many branches do you think we should open?"
Ren Surong asked Du Chen again.
"Let's get three or four and grab some good locations..."
"There are still three or four more. I think we can just open one branch first!"
Before Du Chen could finish his words, Comrade Lao Du interrupted him.
"Dad, why?"
Du Chen asked Comrade Lao Du in confusion, and Ren Surong also looked at Comrade Lao Du, waiting for him to explain everything.
"If you open three or four stores, can you guarantee that all of them will make money? What if some lose money?"
Comrade Lao Du hadn't spoken yet, but the conspicuous Bao Lao Ding had already spoken.
"Your mindset is wrong. What if you make money? If you don't succeed, you're already thinking about failure?"
Listening to Lao Ding's words, Comrade Lao Du was about to nod in agreement when Jia Xiaomin began to question Lao Ding unhappily. She felt that Lao Ding looked down on them women.
"Lao Du, tell me what you think?"
Ren Surong asked Comrade Lao Du with a meaningful look in his eyes.
"I'm thinking, if you open three or four stores at once, you'll be exhausted. What if you're completely burned out? So I suggest you open one first and take it slow!"
"You can talk!"
Ren Surong nodded with satisfaction, and Comrade Lao Du breathed a sigh of relief.
Old Ding glared at Comrade Lao Du fiercely. How could he not know what Comrade Lao Du was thinking? He was simply taking the blame for Comrade Lao Du.
"Chenchen, ignore them both, just keep talking!"
Jia Xiaomin questioned Du Chen.
"Auntie, let's open an eyeglass store near those schools. There must be more students with myopia. We can open it wherever there is a vacancy. I don't believe we can't make money with this."
Du Chen expressed his own views. He felt that in this era, it was still relatively easy to make money, unlike the later internal competition that was so severe.
"Chenchen, if you have any other ideas, please continue."
Ren Surong asked Du Chen.
"Mom, for now, Third Aunt will open one, and Uncle Ding will open another. Then you can think of other options."
Du Chen put forward his own suggestions.
"Okay, then I'll ask your third aunt for her opinion."
Ren Surong nodded, thinking that Du Chen’s idea was good.
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The next morning, Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao got up early as usual and prepared to go to Li Dewen's office first, because Xiami also had to go to the office first, and then the three of them would meet up and get busy.
Du Chen lay lazily in bed and didn't want to move. He didn't have to go to the repair shop for the time being, and he didn't want to do anything else. It would be better to lie in bed and wait until he thought of something fun to do before getting up.
Just as Du Chen was staring at the ceiling in a daze, Ren Surong walked into Du Chen's room.
"Chenchen, get up quickly!"
"Mom, let me lie down for a while. I have nothing to do after getting up, and it's finally my day off, so I'll just lie down for a while!"
Du Chen turned over and said to Ren Surong with his back to her.
“Pah…”
Ren Surong was not polite and slapped Du Chen on the butt.
"Hurry up and get up! Your Third Aunt is going to bring Yueyue over later! It's been such a long time since you last saw each other, hurry up and get up!"
Ren Surong urged Du Chen to get up quickly.
"Is Sister Yueyue coming over? She's on vacation already?"
Du Chen changed from lying down to sitting up and asked Ren Surong curiously, "Shouldn't the elementary school be on holiday now? It should still be a while before the holiday starts, right?"
"What do you think?"
Ren Surong asked Du Chen back.
"That shouldn't be the case. It's not time yet, is it? Elementary school won't be closed for another twenty days, right?"
Du Chen asked Ren Surong the same question in return.
"Yueyue graduated from sixth grade this year, so her vacation is early!"
Ren Surong said to Du Chen with a smile.
Du Chen slapped his forehead and realized that, yes, Gu Yue was in the sixth grade this year and had already graduated.
"I forgot Sister Yueyue graduated this year!"
As he said that, Du Chen quickly got up from the bed and put on his shorts.
"Hey, Mom, now that I think about it, I'm only twelve years old this year, right?"
While getting dressed, Du Chen suddenly thought: Sister Yueyue graduated from elementary school, so she must have been twelve, right? So, he must have been twelve, too.
"Well, what do you think?"
Ren Surong asked Du Chen.
"Mom, I've been hanging around in junior high school all day, and I actually forgot I'm only twelve years old."
Du Chen suddenly felt a little emotional, wondering if he was a little anxious, anxious to skip grades, as if he had not yet enjoyed his childhood. He was thinking every day about how to help his family make money, and then thinking about how to make money himself. Suddenly, he was twelve years old. Suddenly, his childhood was gone. Suddenly, why did he roll up when he wanted to lie down?
"What's wrong? Do you regret skipping a grade?"
Watching Du Chen's ever-changing face, Ren Surong suddenly felt a surge of emotion. She recalled how her family had grown from a small grocery store to where it is today, and how Du Chen had contributed greatly to it. Such a small child, barely twelve years old, hadn't fallen behind in his studies, and he also took care of the family affairs. Suddenly, a surge of maternal love flooded over Ren Surong, and she gently asked Du Chen how he was doing.
"Chenchen, do you regret skipping a grade?"
"Well, a little bit. It seems like my childhood is gone even before I've done anything!"
Although Du Chen was a little uncomfortable with Ren Surong's gentle tone, he still felt pretty good about it.
"There's nothing we can do about it. Who told you to skip a grade and start middle school so early? You're going to high school soon, and then the college entrance exam. Everything has been arranged step by step, and there's nothing we can do about it."
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