Let's get right to it.
The following evening, Xu Guiying and her husband took Xu Songyuan to see the shop.
Located at the entrance of an alley near the night market, this place is close to the market and has a large flow of people. Xu Songyuan's fried rice tastes great. I'll set up a stall at the night market these past two nights to talk to my regular customers about the new shop's location to attract customers. It should be up and running soon.
The location here isn't as good as in the city center, but the price is relatively cheaper; you can get it for just over two thousand.
Xu Songyuan is still short of money, so he plans to set up a night market stall for a few more days to raise the funds.
Xu Guiying gave Xu Songyuan three hundred yuan first, telling him to pay her back when he had the money.
Xu Songyuan refused to accept it, no matter what. Song Xinfu even talked to Xu Songyuan and told him not to be so stubborn.
Xu Songyuan: "No, sister and brother-in-law, you've already helped me so much. I'm only short a hundred or two yuan. I'll earn it back soon. No, no, please don't lend it to me."
Seeing this, Xu Guiying and her husband had no choice but to give up.
Back home, Xu Guiying counted the money in her savings account. She squinted and said, "Song Xinfu, when are we going to buy another house?"
I saved money from buying a house before, and I've also saved a lot from my salary in the past year or two, so I have more than 3,000 yuan in hand.
Song Xinfu: "Where do you want to buy it?"
Xu Guiying took a pen and paper and wrote down several places, then circled them.
They're all located near the city center, where roads, shopping malls, office buildings, and residential complexes are planned for the future...
Xu Guiying pointed to the urban village area in the south of the city.
"Here!" Even a house of 70 or 80 square meters will lose millions in the future.
Song Xinfu agreed with Xu Guiying, "Okay, let's go look at the house on the day we all have time off."
Now that life has stabilized and her family is around, Xu Guiying feels at ease. Not long after her previous life, the supply and marketing cooperative was restructured and merged with several cooperating factories and shops to become a large state-owned enterprise.
In her previous life, Xu Guiying sold her job and watched as her former colleagues became senior executives in state-owned enterprises. By the time she started selling dumplings at a stall, they were all traveling around with their retirement pensions. One wrong step changed her life drastically. This time, Xu Guiying is determined to seize the opportunity.
A few days later, Xu Songyuan raised enough money, bought the shop, and his old customers also learned the location of the shop.
On its first day of opening, the store was packed with people.
Song Xinfu was overjoyed. God was truly good to him, allowing him to find his eldest sister. His eldest sister's family was his family. Although Xu Songyuan said that his nephews were not good in this way or that way, he felt that the third and fifth brothers still had many merits.
He never imagined that one day he would be able to buy a house in the city and open a shop to do business.
Xu Songyuan's life was thriving, but Xu Xue's situation was shrouded in gloom.
Xu Xue's plan to instigate Song Guomin to cause trouble over the house failed. Since the end of the year, she has only sold one house. Her boss scolds her every day, and her colleagues are also opportunistic and bullying. Xu Xue is having a very hard time.
After coming to the city, Sun Xiumin has been unable to find a suitable job.
Xu Peng never even considered finding a job; he just wandered around aimlessly, taking money from Sun Xiumin.
Sun Xiumin had no money, so she could only turn to Xu Xue.
Xu Xue's meager salary was hardly enough for the three of them to live on like this.
Xu Peng asked for money again, demanding twenty yuan right off the bat. Sun Xiumin frowned deeply. "I have no money! He only asked for ten yuan yesterday, and today he wants twenty? Do you think I'm a money-printing machine?! I have no money!"
Xu Peng still had a face full of acne, and his relentless demand for money was unsettling.
"Mom, I'm going to set up a stall with someone to do business. They need to provide capital. It's impossible for me to do nothing. I also want to make money to ease my sister's burden."
Sun Xiumin: "Then what kind of stall are you setting up? You won't tell me, how am I supposed to ask your sister?"
Xu Peng's eyes flickered slightly, and he changed the subject.
"Mom, just leave it alone. I've already told you, but you wouldn't understand. I'm only doing this for the good of the family. Just talk to my sister for me."
"Then you go and say it yourself!"
"Mom!" Xu Peng said with a pitiful expression, "Mom, I'm afraid my sister will scold me."
Sun Xiumin outwardly refused Xu Peng, but that night she still told Xu Xue about it.
Xu Xue now has deep frown lines on her eyebrows, and her cheeks are thin. The difference in her appearance compared to six months ago is enormous.
"He wants money again? Does he know how hard I work outside? It's so hot now, and I still have to go out and show houses to people. Xu Peng just stays at home all day doing nothing, and he still asks me for ten or twenty yuan a day. Where am I supposed to get that much money? I haven't even been paid this month!"
"Absolutely impossible! I don't have any money!"
Xu Xue was determined not to give it to him.
Sun Xiumin looked slightly embarrassed. "Xiaoxue, your brother is only trying to do what's best for the family. He wants to set up a stall to ease your burden. He's not just wasting money."
Xu Xue didn't believe it and sneered, "Only you would believe such a thing. I don't believe it at all. It must be that his bunch of cronies went out and squandered money. I told you, I won't give it to them! You don't need to ask me anymore!"
Xu Xue simply refused to give it to her, and Sun Xiumin couldn't do anything about it.
Xu Peng was so angry that he didn't speak to Xu Xue for two or three days.
Xu Xuecai couldn't be bothered with him.
She learned about Xu Songyuan opening a shop and had previously tried to cause trouble for him several times, but all to no avail.
From a great distance, Xu Xue could see that Xu Songyuan's shop was full of people, and Xu Songyuan's newly bought bicycle was parked at the door.
Resentment and regret lingered in Xu Xue's heart.
She had to admit that if she were still Xu Songyuan's daughter, she wouldn't be living such a tiring life now.
Xu Songyuan earns so much money every day; if she asks for anything, Xu Songyuan will definitely buy it for her.
Xu Xue clenched her fists and stared for a long time before leaving.
Inside the shop, Xu Songyuan had already spotted Xu Xue.
He looked away and shook his head.
Besides young people, there were also a few students eating fried rice in the shop.
A little girl finished eating but wasn't full. She stood by the pot and asked, "Uncle boss, I'm not full. Can I have some more white rice?"
Xu Songyuan's eyes widened slightly. "Not full?"
He looked into the little girl's bowl; she had eaten all the white rice, but there was still a lot of food left.
Xu Songyuan's store offers small, medium, and large portions, as well as extra-small portions specifically for students.
The little girl in front of me looks like a primary school student.
Xu Songyuan smiled and said, "You don't like vegetables, do you? Here, Uncle will give you more rice!"
Since the food had already been eaten, it wasn't good to cook it again, so Xu Songyuan scooped another spoonful of rice for the little girl.
"Thank you, Uncle."
Xu Songyuan scratched his head, feeling that he had seen this girl somewhere before; her appearance was very familiar.
Meanwhile, Xu Guiying and her husband also finalized their house purchase and readily paid the money.
Two days later, Song Xinfu was also promoted to director of the budget section of the finance department.
Song Xinfu worked his way up from being a worker, and it hasn't been easy for him over the years.
That evening, the Song family celebrated with Song Xinfu, and everyone was all smiles.
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