Li Haitao, Shi Zihao's best friend sitting next to him, nudged him gently with his elbow. "Ah Hao, you're too modest. Your family is so rich, and I've never heard you mention it."
Somewhat embarrassed, Shi Zihao explained to him, as well as to his teacher and classmates at the same table, "It's not that my family is rich, it's that my maternal grandmother's family is rich. My parents also work for my maternal grandmother. All the good wine and food at today's banquet were sponsored by my maternal grandmother. I'm just a child from an ordinary family, just like you."
After hearing his explanation, Li Haitao and his classmates calmed down from their initial shock, but they still envied him for having such a wealthy wife.
Li Haitao also said there, "Even if your mother's family is rich, your family is still quite good. Your parents are managers in this tea restaurant, so their salaries must be very high, at least much better than ours."
Although his parents were both workers, their combined wages were only a little over sixty yuan.
He had heard from others that even the ordinary employees at this tea restaurant earn more than a hundred yuan a month.
Shi Zihao's parents are managers here, so their salaries are definitely higher than those of ordinary employees. They must each earn at least two hundred yuan or more.
In fact, Shi Sen received 585 yuan in wages this month, and Su Chunhong also received 266 yuan. Together, the couple received more than 800 yuan.
The couple were very happy when they received such a large sum of money and even showed it off to their family.
But Shi Zihao humbly said, "My parents only earn one salary, not much more than enough for the family to live on."
Regardless of what Shi Zihao says, today's lavish graduation banquet is enough for the teachers and students to brag about for a long time.
The next day was August 26, 1980.
This is a day that shocked the whole country and has great historical significance: Shenzhen officially established itself as a special economic zone!
The eyes of the entire nation instantly turned to this place, and countless people with dreams began to flock to the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.
On this same day, the Nanshan Bay Shopping Center, a 10,000-square-meter, one-story building jointly constructed by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Qiao Group, was finally completed.
Yan Pengfei happily approached Shen Yu to discuss hiring, purchasing goods, and the opening date.
After discussions between the two, they decided to open on September 6th, giving them ten days to prepare for the opening.
The main management of this transitional Nanshan Bay Shopping Center was handled by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which also took care of recruiting and training employees.
Shen Yu is mainly responsible for supplying goods to Nanshan Bay Shopping Center.
Gangcheng Qiao's Company already has a very mature working system for supply channels and processes.
Shen Yu simply notified the convenience store company under the Gangcheng Group, and they were responsible for transferring the goods to Pengcheng for sale.
Preparations for the Nanshan Bay Shopping Center are also proceeding smoothly.
On the last day of August, Shen Yu took her three children and two nephews to Nanshan Bay Primary School.
Her tasks today were to pay tuition for her eldest son, Chenchen, who was in second grade, and to enroll her second son, Kangkang, who had turned six, in preschool.
Their rules state that children must be at least six years old to attend preschool and at least seven years old to start first grade.
There are two public kindergartens in the urban area of Pengcheng, but there aren't any in Nanshan Bay. Students there go directly to the preschool class of the primary school.
Some families with financial difficulties don't even send their children to preschool; they send them directly to first grade when they turn seven.
As for whether their children can keep up with their grades if they skip a year of preschool, many parents don't even consider that.
After all, in their view, preschool doesn't teach much; it's just about laying a foundation. It doesn't matter whether they attend or not. Their family is poor, so they try to save as much as possible. They can let their child catch up when they start first grade.
She also enrolled her two nephews and paid their tuition fees, which her older brother had given her in advance.
Shen Yu originally said she didn't want it, but she was willing to pay this small amount of tuition for her nephews.
But her older brother insisted on giving it to her, saying he didn't want to always take advantage of her, so Shenyu had no choice but to accept it.
Currently, schools do not offer nine years of free compulsory education; children who want to study must pay tuition fees to attend school.
Shen Yu had previously considered building a bilingual (Chinese and English) international school in Nanshan Bay.
It now appears that she is planning to build this school to facilitate the children's learning and education.
After registering the children, Shen Yu took them to a tea restaurant and treated them to delicious treats such as milk tea, fried chicken legs, roasted chicken wings, and egg tarts.
With Shen Yu around, the children could eat as much as they wanted, and they were very happy, laughing heartily from time to time.
Shi Sen and Su Chunhong were also infected by their happy smiles and laughter, and they laughed along with them.
Shi Sen laughed and teased them, "These rascals are overjoyed as long as there's something good to eat."
Su Chunhong laughed and said, "Of course! I'd be very happy if someone treated me to food and drinks..."
Shi Sen shook his head and chuckled, "Xiao Yu just spoils them too much. Every time they say they want something, she buys it for them. She's not afraid of spoiling them."
Su Chunhong rolled her eyes at him, "Our sons are so well-behaved, how could we possibly spoil them? I think our sons are getting better and better."
Shi Sen glanced at her helplessly and stopped talking to her. Anyway, he was bad at talking and could never win an argument with her.
After enjoying the delicious food with the children, Shen Yu took them home.
She also told Cheng Lin, her English teacher, that the English classes would be held from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm every evening, as well as Saturday mornings and afternoons.
The rest of the time, she is free to move around.
Everyone rests on Sunday.
Cheng Lin felt that she hadn't taken enough classes, yet she was getting paid the same amount, and she felt a little embarrassed.
Shen Yu told her to just focus on her studies and not worry about anything else.
School starts on September 1st.
Shen Yu drove her two nephews and two sons to elementary school and even personally escorted them to their new classes.
Seeing that they were all seated in the classroom, Shen Yu got on the bus and returned to the factory.
Time flies like an arrow, and September 6th arrived in no time.
At 9:00 a.m. sharp, amidst the loud sound of firecrackers and the clamor of gongs and drums, Nanshan Bay Shopping Center finally opened for business.
The hundreds of people waiting outside rushed inside as soon as the shopping mall doors opened.
When they saw the fashionable clothes, electronic products, and rows of gleaming televisions, refrigerators, washing machines, and other products available without tickets, they all excitedly began to snap them up...
Shen Yu had read reports about the development of Nanshan Bay in her previous life and knew about the crazy scene when the shopping mall opened.
But seeing the people frantically buying things still shocked her.
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