Chapter 21: Time to Do Business
Back in the village, in front of everyone, Jiang Ruzhen spent more than half of the compensation money she had just received.
I bought two barren mountains for over 1,500 yuan, and then bought two plots of land for over 400 yuan.
Jiang Ruzhen only had nine hundred yuan left, which was about enough to cover her costs for purchasing goods.
As she took out the money, she inadvertently glanced at the crowd and noticed many pairs of eyes staring intently at the money on the table, their eyes filled with envy.
This is the essence of human nature: to be envious of others' success and to laugh at others' failures.
Several older women spoke sarcastically, saying that she was squandering her husband's life-saving money and was not a good woman who knew how to manage a household.
Jiang Ruzhen ignored them completely, treating them as if they were talking nonsense.
When the government sends people over a month later to discuss relocation compensation, they'll be kicking themselves.
After returning home, Jiang Ruzhen called her children to the outer room to eat and hold a family meeting around the dining table.
"You've all experienced something big today. You've avenged yourselves, and we're rich now. What are your plans for the future?"
What plans could there be?
Just get back to work.
The eldest child didn't understand what his mother meant, so he took the initiative to speak.
"Mom, let's save our money. I'll learn accounting from Master Xu and try to take over as the brigade accountant as soon as possible. That temporary job for the second son isn't a long-term solution. We'll buy him a permanent job when the opportunity arises."
"My daughter and fourth child should just focus on their studies. They don't need to worry about earning money at home. I'll cover their living expenses while they're in school."
As soon as he finished speaking, his younger siblings objected.
"Brother, even if we're going to buy you a permanent job, I'll buy it for you first. I'm doing a good job with my temporary job, so I'm not in a hurry to change jobs."
Although the second brother, Shen Zhuoyi, is usually unpredictable and dislikes everyone, he has always shown great respect to his eldest brother.
After all, he had personally witnessed how his older brother had devoted everything to the family, working tirelessly to care for his younger siblings as they grew up.
Moreover, unlike Mom, who doted on an outsider, the eldest brother treated all his brothers and sisters equally without favoritism.
When my older brother went out to work before, sometimes he couldn't even get enough to eat.
But his older brother would still save the best food for them, preferring not to eat it himself, but to bring it home for his younger siblings to share equally.
"Big brother, I don't need you to earn my living expenses. I can earn my own tuition and living expenses," the fourth brother said anxiously.
Every winter and summer vacation, he would go out to work with his second brother after school. If he saved money during the week, he should be able to finish high school.
When he goes to university, he will follow his third sister's example and try to get a scholarship so that he won't be a burden on his family.
Shen Shuxin was eager to express her thoughts, but she was clumsy with words.
"Big brother, I...I don't need you. No, I mean, I...my scholarships are enough. Really!"
Watching her children being so considerate and considerate of each other, Jiang Ruzhen's eyes welled up with tears. How wonderful her own children were!
Which one isn't better than that heartless ingrate?
"Eldest brother, I'm very happy that you always think of your younger siblings. But your accounting job is only temporary. I want to tell you that you should talk to Accountant Xu tomorrow."
You can learn bookkeeping from him, but you won't take over his job; your mother has already arranged your work.
ah?
Not taking over Master Xu's job?
What does that mean? His mother got him this apprenticeship-like job by spending ten yuan.
At that time, he was doing five odd jobs and earning a lot of money. His mother heard that the village accountant, Old Xu, was going to train a successor and had selected several people from the village.
His mother secretly gave Old Xu the ten yuan that the family had painstakingly saved up, which is how he got the job.
Why are you saying you don't want him to take over now?
Then the money would have been wasted.
Seeing the children's puzzled looks, Jiang Ruzhen took out the remaining nine hundred yuan, plus the one hundred yuan left over from buying things, and placed a total of one thousand yuan in front of everyone.
"Now that we have money, we can start some small businesses. Haven't you heard that many people in the city have opened small shops, hardware stores, and snack shops and are making money?"
Mom never considered starting a business before because she didn't have the capital. Now that we have the capital, Mom wants to give it a try. What do you think?
The two younger ones looked at Jiang Ruzhen with blank expressions, while the eldest brother also looked disapproving. Only the second brother's eyes were wide open like copper bells.
"Mom, are you serious? You really want to go out and start a business?"
Shen Zhuoyi worked as a temporary kitchen helper in a state-run restaurant in the city. He had met many wealthy people and many bad friends, and he knew long ago that it was time to go out and do business to make money.
But he had been struggling because he didn't have the capital and hadn't mentioned it to his family. He never expected his mother to have such good judgment; once she had the money, she thought of starting a business.
"Of course it's true."
Jiang Ruzhen looked serious. In this great era, her gold shouldn't just sit in her spatial dimension gathering dust, right?
If she doesn't run a business, how can she openly and legitimately spend the money?
Besides, people hoard gold only in times of chaos; it's just a pile of dead things if left unused. Only by doing business can it be put to its full potential.
Only when money makes money grow can she ride the wave of the times and rise to great heights; perhaps in the future, she will become a leading female entrepreneur.
"What kind of business do you want to do? I know that opening a small shop and selling steamed buns, fried dough sticks and the like is very profitable right now."
Seeing the second son's excited expression, Jiang Ruzhen glanced at him.
"I want to start a clothing business."
What kind of small shop should I open? How much money can I make?
Selling steamed buns and fried dough sticks? She'd rather work herself to the bone earning that kind of hard-earned money than do that!
She was exhausted in her past life, and she will never touch those dirty and tiring things again in this life.
Selling clothes is great. As long as she has a good eye and knows how to match clothes, why worry about sales?
Once she's made enough money, she'll open a shop in the city. She'll then be in charge of managing the shop beautifully, and she doesn't want to sell greasy fried dough sticks and steamed buns.
"Sell clothes? Mom, you want to sell clothes? But I don't know how!"
The second son was a little worried. He was a grown man and had never cared about what he wore. His family was lucky to have clothes to wear, so who cared what they wore?
"It's okay, you don't know how but I do. After all, I'm your mom, and I still have good taste. From now on, you'll follow me, and I'll teach you everything."
She is a reincarnated person who has experienced the development trajectory of the clothing industry in the future. She knows when and what styles are popular. Who can have her sharp eye?
The second child was somewhat at a loss for words, and the other children all looked at Jiang Ruzhen with bewilderment.
Jiang Ruzhen waved her hand and said, "It's settled then. I'll go to Yangcheng tomorrow to buy some goods to sell."
"Mom, then I'll go with you." The eldest son was very worried.
"No need. I'm a grown man, who would dare to kidnap me? Eldest brother, you should learn accounting from your master and keep accounts for Mom in the future."
"Second brother and third brother, go tell your supervisor tomorrow that you're quitting. I'll let you know when I get back from picking up the goods and you can pick me up at the train station."
Jiang Ruzhen wanted to go alone. She had a spatial ability, and she could put the goods she bought into her spatial ability and bring them back. It would be inconvenient to do anything if she brought someone with her.
After arranging these things, she covered her mouth and yawned before heading back to her room to rest. The day had been full of things to do, tiring both physically and mentally.
"Sister Jiang, Sister Jiang..." someone called her from outside.
Jiang Ruzhen hurried out the door and saw Liu Guihua standing at the gate waving at her.
"What's wrong, Sister Guihua?"
"Someone from town just came to tell you that your older brother called you and said that something has happened to your parents and you need to send them more money right away."
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