Chapter 91
Wang Mengmei tore off the last page of September on her calendar and asked Jian Feng, who had just returned home, "Boss Kong is out, but he didn't say what to do?"
According to Wang Mengmei, since Kong Guorong was the one who was wronged, shouldn't he make amends? Women are naturally able to understand women, and Wang Mengmei felt bad just thinking about Lin Hui. The couple who once worked side by side, the two of them built this huge family business together, should have lived a happy life with the money, instead of the mess they are in now.
Jian Feng took off his coat. He has been very busy recently. In the past half month since Kong Guorong came in, he and a few workers have been responsible for everything in the store. Naturally, they were not familiar with the work at first and made a few small mistakes. But after getting used to it, everything went smoothly.
After being busy for the past half month, Jian Feng has lost 7 or 8 kilograms. His originally gentle face now has a bit more sharpness.
"……have no idea."
Jian Feng maintained a very proper attitude towards Kong Guorong's family affairs. He was just an employee, and given the relationship between the boss and the boss's wife, it would not be appropriate for him to help anyone.
Besides, after Kong Guorong came out, maybe he felt ashamed or uncomfortable. In any case, he came out but didn't come to the store many times.
Jian Feng confessed: "He hasn't come in the last few days."
Jian Feng originally wanted to report to him what had happened in the past half month, but Kong Guorong just glanced at the delivery note hastily, patted Jian Feng on the shoulder and told him to get on with his work.
"I'm sure I'll be busy these few months, so you can take care of it first. As for your salary, I'll increase it by 1,000 yuan, to 2,500 yuan a month."
After Kong Guorong finished speaking, he left in a hurry.
It was the end of the month, and Jian Feng handed his new salary to Wang Mengmei.
When Wang Mengmei saw how thick the money was, she realized that Jian Feng had increased his salary.
Wang Mengmei: …
"Tell me, you are a good person, why don't you just live a good life?"
Wang Mengmei put away the money with mixed feelings. Jian Feng rested his head on her shoulders and watched her put the money one by one into a thick black leather bag: "...Wife, I want to buy a car."
Jian Feng said aggrievedly: "Xiao Shi and Xiao Meng are both planning to save up money to buy a car at the end of the year."
It was obviously a big deal, but Jian Feng made it sound like someone else had a new toy and he wanted one too.
Wang Mengmei zipped up her purse, turned around, took a deep breath, and said in a gentle voice, "Didn't we agree on this before? If we have money, we can buy another house for Xiaoli to use when she is in her senior year of high school."
The family's savings have increased very rapidly this year. Wang Mengmei earns at least three to five thousand yuan a month, and Jian Feng also earns about the same amount from his job as well as a side job.
After deducting expenses, the family’s savings have now exceeded 50,000.
"I've been looking at the houses around the Provincial Experimental School this year. Sister Lin is right. The prices of houses are indeed rising."
The two-story house I went to see for 62,000 two months ago was priced at 68,000 this month.
Wang Mengmei was very anxious and wanted to save money quickly to buy a house.
There are so many places to spend money at home. Not only buying a house, but also looking at a shop. Even after the shop is renovated, you still don’t know how the business will be.
Wang Mengmei held the money in her hand and planned to wait until next spring when her business was stable before talking about the house.
But by the time we buy a house, our family savings will be depleted again.
Jian Feng: "How about we wait another year? I'll get a car. It will definitely be more convenient to have my own car. By the end of next year, I will definitely buy a house for Xiaoli."
Wang Mengmei shook her head: "This money is half of what you earned. If you want to buy it, of course you can. But... have you decided what you want to do?"
Jian Feng was speechless.
This is also his problem now.
In the past few years, he has obtained a driver's license, set up a stall, and also done a lot of private work by using the grain and oil store business.
But when it comes down to it, he hasn't decided what he wants to do.
There seemed to be a raging fire in his chest, but he couldn't find a way out.
Wang Mengmei: "If you have made up your mind, let's do it. Not to mention buying a car, even mortgaging your house is fine."
During this period, Wang Mengmei became close to Lin Hui, and naturally learned from Lin Hui where Kong Guorong made his first fortune.
Lin Hui is still beaming with joy when she talks about it, and Wang Mengmei is also very excited when she hears it.
"At that time, Lao Kong and I had just been married for a short time. I was pregnant with Kong Fei and had just completed the household contract responsibility system. Our hometown is in the south. Lao Kong heard from someone that there was a kind of herbal medicine in the mountains that could make money. At that time, no one would think of selling it. No one knew that it was valuable. Later, my father told us to give it a try. It didn't matter if it didn't work, we could just go back and live a poor life. My father is an old Chinese medicine doctor, and he taught us how to prepare it. Later, we bought a batch, and Lao Kong carried a big box to the city to sell it."
"I didn't even have money for the trip, so I borrowed from relatives to get enough money. I said I would be gone for half a month, but who knew that Lao Kong hadn't come back for 20 days. Others were afraid that I would not pay back my debts, so when they got up in the morning, the women from various families would sit in my house, and I, with a big belly, would serve them tea and water."
"After a month, Lao Kong came back. He said he went to the city to sell some of the medicine, and seeing that he made a lot of money, he thought he could make more money somewhere farther away. So he went to Guangzhou again with the medicine. He was lucky in Guangzhou because he met a medicine dealer who said he was from Hong Kong Island. Lao Kong sold all the medicine in one go."
"After paying off the debt, Lao Kong spread out the money on the bed at night. Do you know how much money he made that time?"
Lin Hui raised two fingers: "Twenty thousand."
What did 20,000 yuan mean in the early 1980s?
Facing the bed of banknotes, the couple cried and then smiled foolishly. Lin Hui's first words were "Lao Kong, we can buy milk powder for the child in the future."
Kong Guorong's first words were "I'm going to pay my respects to my father. I have finally made it big."
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Perhaps because of this experience, Lin Hui has always adhered to the philosophy of "working hard to the point of death and being hungry to the point of death", and the couple worked together to develop their business, which is how they gradually expanded it to such a large scale.
Wang Mengmei: "Let's not talk about others, just look at Sister Lin's family. As long as you have decided what to do, I will definitely support you."
Starting a business is not always successful. Although Lin Hui often advises Wang Mengmei to seize the opportunity, she also said that when doing business, you'd better know where your advantages are. If you don't think about anything and just jump in, it's only a matter of time before you lose money.
Jian Feng fell into deep thought.
He listened to his wife's words and began to think carefully about what he should do.
"Dad, Mom, I'm back!"
Jian Li came home from school and announced a big news as soon as she entered the door.
"This National Day, our school will hold the first Cultural Festival."
Jian Feng pulled his mind away from business: "Cultural Festival? What Cultural Festival?"
Jian Li: "We need to set up clubs, and the school also encourages everyone to form their own clubs!"
Wang Mengmei came out of the inner room and heard the last few words. She immediately tensed up: "Society? What society? Is it a Young and Dangerous kind of society?"
Jian Li: ...
The family bought a VCD player this year. When buying it, Wang Mengmei complained about why she bought this thing.
"Can't you watch TV at home? Why are you still spending money to buy DVDs?"
But after Jian Feng connected the line, Wang Mengmei enjoyed watching it every time she had free time.
"The Lucky Star", "Across the World", "Once Upon a Time in China"...
Because local TV stations introduced too few Cantonese films, these TV series that Wang Mengmei had never watched before quickly occupied the TV at home.
So Wang Mengmei naturally watched "Young and Dangerous" and learned who the "Brother Shanji" that the little yellow-haired kids on the street were imitating was.
After watching the video, Wang Mengmei was very wary of whether Jian Li would learn bad things from her, so she put away all the discs at home, for fear that Jian Li’s curiosity might get the better of her and she would “awaken” some strange consciousness after watching the video.
When she heard Jian Li mention the club, she subconsciously equated the club with the gangs in Young and Dangerous, and her hair stood on end.
Finally, Jian Li took out a flyer and explained it clearly.
"...You mean, the school encourages you to form such a club so that you can find your specialties?"
Wang Mengmei and Jian Feng couldn't understand it. Isn't high school hard? Why would you bother doing these things when you can save time on experiments?
Jian Li put away the flyer and said, "This is the first time the school has held this event. Apart from some Olympiads and academic subjects, we didn't have any of these before."
Jian Li happily said: "I want to start a comics club!"
She decided to gather a group of students who like comics so that they can learn from each other. By the way, Jian Li also wanted to understand how readers view her comics and find inspiration for her next comic book...
Wang Mengmei opened and closed her mouth, trying to figure out what use this thing would have on her studies. This was high school, not junior high school. In junior high school, you could still have some fun, but in high school, everything would be based on the college entrance exam.
This provincial experiment was something Wang Mengmei was very satisfied with when she first went there, but now she is not so satisfied anymore. She feels that after sending her child there, she will have to worry more about what to do...
Jian Feng: "...What do we need to start a club?"
Jian Li crossed her arms, her shoes tapping the ground: "No need... I'll make a promotional sign, and then I'll set up a stall to recruit people!"
Jian Feng felt relieved: "Okay, keep going."
Pulling away his wife who had a lot to say, Wang Mengmei shook off his arm and said, "Why are you pulling me? I want to talk to her!"
Jian Feng raised his chin: "Didn't you hear her say she was going to recruit someone?"
Wang Mengmei: "Yes, she is hiring people. She used to draw some comics for fun, but now she has a group of people to play with her. How can her grades be good?"
Jian Feng: "Look at you, you still can't change your impatience. I say, she will probably not be able to recruit anyone, so don't bother with it."
Wang Mengmei's body trembled, and she stared at her husband with burning eyes.
Jian Feng touched his nose and said, "There aren't many kids who read comics now anyway. Didn't she want to find a few people to play with in the compound before? There aren't many people who read comics in our compound. Even if she starts a club, it won't be as good as sports like table tennis. Let her play."
Wang Mengmei thought about it carefully, and it was true. In the past, there was a Xia Liu, and the two of them would often hang out in Jian Li's room to read comics. Later, Xia Liu left, and Jian Li never invited anyone to her house to read comics.
"I'm still worried. What kind of cultural festival is this? I want to go and take a look."
This province's experiments take so much time. Don't let your children play around for three years and then fail to get into college.
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Soon, the day of the Cultural Festival came.
Jian Li dressed up beautifully early in the morning. She was wearing a dress with a small bow neckline that Wang Mengmei bought for her. Jian Li also made a dozen Q-version figurines to distribute to the members.
She thought she was well prepared, but when the day finally came, she was shocked at the school gate.
I saw someone at the school gate with his face painted all over and wearing strange clothes.
"Everyone is welcome to join the Super Change Club!"
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