Shulan was a little confused. Her father was the owner of Xibao Furniture City? She had heard her colleagues talking about Xibao Furniture City. Now, wealthy people in Rongtai would buy furniture from Xibao when they got married. Everyone said that although Xibao's furniture was expensive, it was indeed stylish, practical, and very well-designed. Many of the items were things she had never seen before, no wonder it was so popular.
Shulan knew that Xibao had made a lot of money, but she never imagined that Xibao was actually owned by her father.
Shulan couldn't believe it until the family sat down at a state-run restaurant, and Shu Aiguo ordered a table full of food and paid for it with exceptional ease. Thinking of the Moutai liquor and the dishes at the New Year's Eve dinner, Shulan finally accepted the fact that her parents had become successful.
"Dad, is Xibao really owned by you?"
Shu Aiguo did not deny it. No matter how immature Shulan was, she was still his own daughter. Rural people could tolerate their sons being irresponsible, so he could tolerate his daughter being irresponsible. It was okay if she was a little irresponsible, as long as she realized her mistakes.
No matter how many mistakes Shulan made, protecting her family today is enough.
"It was Chu Yu's idea. She invested more money in this furniture store than I did, but it's inconvenient for her to study, so outsiders think I'm the owner of the furniture store."
Shulan's eyes widened in shock. She was even more astonished than before. How old was Chu Yu? And he was already a furniture store owner?
"Chu Yu is amazing. She not only opened Xibao Furniture City, but also Mandarin Clothing Store. Oh, and she also went to study at Dezhong High School, where she always ranked first in her grade."
Shulan almost choked on her saliva. Everything else was fine, but Chu Yu was actually Mandarin's boss? Shulan worked in the clothing industry and knew Mandarin's status in Deyang.
To put it simply, people in Rongtai County love to shop at Mandarin. When new styles are released, they're afraid they won't be able to buy them, so they'll ask their relatives in Deyang to buy them for them.
Business is booming to this extent.
Shulan's salary was not enough to buy Mandarin, but that did not stop her from making Mandarin her goal. When she decided to break up with Zhao Gan, Shulan thought about opening a tailor shop, making clothes for people on the one hand, and making some of her own designs on the other.
Who knows, if she makes it big, she might become a sensation in Deyang like Mandarin.
Shulan felt that she was being shallow. Her younger sister opened two shops and made money while still studying, but she was only focused on dating and even chose a man like Zhao Gan.
"Sister, Second Uncle might stay home after the New Year to find someone to build a house. There's no one to look after Xibao. Could you go over and help out? Your salary will be calculated according to the store manager's standards."
"Why should I ask for a salary? She's filling in for me and doing all the work for me, isn't that what she should do? Don't be too polite with her," Shu Aiguo said.
"Dad's right. Letting me run the shop is giving me a learning opportunity, and I don't need to pay him a salary. Dad, are we really going to build a house?"
Shu Aiguo had wanted to build a house for a long time.
This is nothing unusual; when rural people get rich, the first thing they do is build a house. Shu Aiguo's house is old, the walls are soaked with water, and after a snowfall before the New Year, the house became damp, leaked when it rained, and the quilts and clothes easily got moldy. It was indeed uninhabitable.
Shu Aiguo wanted to build a house. His family's land was big enough to build four large rooms, two upstairs and two downstairs, with tiles on the outside and railings on the roof for drying clothes and grain.
A building of this size can be built for just a few thousand dollars.
Chu Yu, however, advised him to reconsider.
Building a house is expensive and laborious. I don't live in my old house often, I only come back once or twice a year. It's really not worth spending so much money to build a new house.
After buying a nice house in Deyang, the house in the old village is just for show. You can just spend a little money to build a tiled house. Half of the families in the village have tiled houses. Red brick and tile houses are impressive but not flashy. You can even buy bricks on credit.
As long as Shu Aiguo wasn't foolish enough to show his savings book to the villagers, no one would have guessed that they had made a fortune in Deyang.
One should be low-key. Showing off wealth invites hatred. Building a house is like using a megaphone to tell the whole village that they've made a fortune in Deyang and become rich!
It's fine for the villagers to say a few sarcastic things, but they're afraid that the gambling operation will target Shu Aiguo, and that jealous people will report him.
Don't underestimate the power of the people.
After Chu Yu made the suggestion, Deng Fangping agreed. They used to be obsessed with houses because they were poor, but now that they are rich, they don't need to prove themselves with houses.
No one in Shanguan Village had built a house yet, and Deng Fangping didn't want to be the first to do so, so she agreed to Chu Yu's suggestion.
This morning, Shu Aiguo went to see the brigade leader and mentioned that his family was repairing their house. When the brigade leader heard that the money for repairing the tiled house was borrowed, he readily promised to get the villagers to help.
“It will be completed in half a month. Your mother is busy at the shop and can only come back to visit occasionally. I found a few aunties to help with cooking and entertaining the workers.”
Shulan was a little confused. "What kind of shop does my mom run? Isn't it a roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) stand?"
Shu Aiguo laughed, "You underestimate your mother too much. Your mother and your aunt opened a roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) shop together, which was of course your sister's idea. The shop was very popular from the start, and it's now the most profitable snack shop in Deyang, making one or two hundred yuan a day! Newspapers even want to interview them and promote them as role models for women entrepreneurs!"
Deng Fangping raised an eyebrow, a faint smile appearing on her lips. She felt quite pleased with herself for being able to hold her head high in front of her children.
Shulan fawned over Deng Fangping and poured her a glass of water.
"Mom, drink slowly, don't choke."
"Dad, have a drink too."
"Sister, my sister, here, let me pour you a glass of water. Drink carefully, don't choke..."
Xiao Jiang rolled her eyes. "Sis, where's my water?"
Shulan glared at him, "What are you drinking water for at such a young age? Go away."
The waiter brought over a plate of roasted chicken. Xiao Jiang picked up a chicken leg and sighed, "Is this a chicken leg? No, this is my sister's dog leg."
Shulan took off her shoe sole, intending to beat him up.
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