This is not He Yan’s first time starting a business.

As early as last summer vacation, he took the 5,000 yuan given by Su Ting and made his first fortune by reselling boxed mooncakes and crabs with his classmates. Later, he and his group even started a company.

However, this business did not last long, and conflicts were likely to arise when there were too many partners. At the end of the semester, He Yan quit the company to prepare for exams.

After the new semester started, He Yan did nothing but wait for assignment in school.

In the past ten years since the resumption of the college entrance examination, the cost of college students has increased. In the past two years, it has become more difficult to find jobs for college students. However, He Yan attended Capital University and had excellent grades throughout his studies.

Anyone could wait for an assignment but he could not. So after waiting for a short while, he was assigned to his ideal unit, where he drank tea, read newspapers and worked for a while.

However, the saying "Gold will always shine" does make sense. Although He Yan himself does not want to shine and be valued, on the one hand, he has a reputation as a top student at Capital University, and on the other hand, after entering the unit, he is not only adept at interpersonal relationships, but also handles everything assigned by the leader properly.

After a while, his leader noticed him and thought he was a talented person who should be cultivated.

So what happened next happened.

After escaping from the capital, He Yan bought a ticket and went to the south. The official reason was to look for business opportunities, but Su Ting suspected that he was going there to relax and have fun.

After half a month in the south, every time he called, he would either tell me where he went during the day or what delicious food he had eaten. When I asked him if he had any thoughts, he would say he wanted to take a look again.

Since he wants to wait and see, then let him wait and see. Anyway, the money he earned last year is enough for him to use for a while.

…

After her period slowly ended, Su Ting took some time to settle the account with her.

In fact, Su Ting really didn't know how to settle this matter. It had been a week since the incident. No matter how angry she was at that time, she had calmed down now.

In addition, Man Man has performed well this week, so to be honest, she finds it difficult to bring herself to hit someone now.

But Su Ting felt that it was not a good idea to just lightly reveal this matter. Children are very good at pushing their feet. If she is not cared about now, she will make trouble sooner or later.

After careful consideration, Su Ting said to Man Man: "Since you have performed well this week, I have decided not to hit you."

He slowly let out a sigh of relief and smiled widely: "Thank you, Mom! I will be a good kid in the future!"

But Su Ting didn't buy it and said, "You can escape the death penalty, but you can't escape the punishment of life. Although you don't have to be beaten, you must receive other punishments, so that you won't forget your lesson in the future."

"What punishment?" I gradually felt that as long as I didn't get beaten, any punishment was fine.

Su Ting smiled slightly: "Your father and I have discussed and decided to stop your pocket money for one month. In addition, you have to hand over your savings. I will confiscate it."

Slowly he was dumbfounded: "Ah?"

"Didn't you understand? Want me to repeat it again?" Su Ting asked. Without waiting for a slow answer, she repeated what she had just said and raised her chin and said, "Go and get your piggy bank out."

Tears were about to come out. It would be worse than being beaten if my pocket money was cut off and my savings were confiscated!

She turned to look at her father and coquettishly called out, "Dad..."

"It's no use calling me dad. This is a joint decision between your dad and I. Also," Su Ting glanced at He Dongchuan warningly, "In the next month, you are not allowed to buy food for Man Man, or I will stop giving you pocket money."

He Dongchuan spread out his arms and gave the girl a helpless look.

She gradually became desperate. If she had known that the result of performing well would be the confiscation of her pocket money and savings, she would rather perform worse and get beaten.

Su Ting seemed to see what she was thinking and asked, "What? You don't want to hand in your piggy bank, but want to be beaten? Sure." As she said that, she swung the branch in her hand vigorously.

The branches were very thin, and they made a sharp sound when they cut through the air. I was so scared that I trembled and stood up to go back to my room to get my piggy bank.

Manman found the piggy bank to be a ceramic pig, round and plump, with a pink face, very cute. She held the piggy bank, carefully placed it on the coffee table, pursed her lips and asked: "Mom, will you return the piggy bank to me in the future?"

"I will return it to you."

"Really?"

"What do I need your piggy bank for?"

He slowly breathed a sigh of relief and asked again, "You've returned the piggy bank to me. Do you want to return the money inside?"

Su Ting said: "It depends on your performance. If you perform well, I will return you both the money and the can. If you perform poorly, I will only give you the can."

"What is considered a good performance?"

"If you rank in the top five in your grade, that's a good performance for me."

Slowly: "...Okay."

Because she lost her pocket money and piggy bank, she felt energetic just after her period ended, but then slowly became listless again for several days until He Yan came home.

…

The day He Yan came back was a Saturday, and the military primary school only had half-day classes. However, in order to get good grades in the quizzes to protect her savings, and to have the opportunity to watch four hours of TV every day during the summer vacation, she did not go out to play like many other children in the compound on Saturday afternoon, but stayed at home reading and doing homework.

Just after waking up from a nap, I hadn't finished writing a test paper when I slowly heard voices coming from outside. One of the voices sounded very much like my brother, so I got up and walked to the door of the study, opened it and secretly looked outside.

As soon as he saw it, he met He Yan's eyes, who had just walked into the living room. A smile instantly spread across his face and he shouted, "Brother!"

He opened the door and ran to He Yan and asked, "Brother, you are back? When did you come back? Did you have lunch?"

The series of questions made He Yan laugh: "Which question should I answer first?"

Slowly and without hesitation, he repeated, "Have you eaten lunch?"

"have eaten."

"Where did you eat? Was it delicious?"

"The food we ate at the restaurant outside the train station was not as good as the food in our compound cafeteria." He Yan sat on the sofa, thought for a moment and said, "It's not as good as the food in our compound cafeteria."

Su Ting turned on the air conditioner and said with a smile: "Okay, we'll go to the canteen in the compound to eat tonight."

"No," He Yan said hurriedly after hearing this, "Compared to the cooking skills of the canteen chef, I miss my dad's cooking skills, and also the dishes cooked by mom."

"Why did it sound like I was mentioned in passing?" Su Ting asked as she stood under the air conditioner, feeling the cool breeze blowing in from the vents.

He Yan said seriously: "I usually talk about important people later."

Su Ting: “Haha.”

Although she didn't believe it, Su Ting didn't continue joking and said, "We'll have braised shrimps in the evening."

He Yan touched his stomach and said, "That's right, I didn't eat enough at noon, so I'll eat more at night."

"I'm not full either. I need to eat more tonight." She imitated her brother's words and sniffed again, "Why does it smell bad?"

He Yan slapped his forehead upon hearing this, stood up and walked to the living room, picked up the bag he had placed on the dining table when he came in just now, opened it and said, "Didn't I say I would bring you durian when I called you before? This is it."

The dining room is quite far from the living room, so it just smelled a little bit smelly at first. But after He Yan brought the durian to the living room, the slightly smelly smell instantly turned into a very smelly smell.

He quickly stood up, walked back to the door of the study and asked, "Is this really edible?"

"Of course you can. It just smells bad, but tastes delicious. I'll go find a knife and cut it open for you to try." He Yan said as he stood up, went into the kitchen to find a kitchen knife, and cut open the durian according to the method the boss taught him when he bought it.

Because he was unsure whether his family could accept it, the durian He Yan bought was not very big. However, this durian variety was okay. After cutting it open, it had four cells. The flesh looked quite large and golden in color, making people drool just by looking at it.

He Yan looked up and asked his sister: "Do you want to eat?"

Slowly covering her nose and shaking her head: "No."

"You really don't want to eat it? It's very sweet." He Yan took out the flesh and saw that he was slowly backing away. He turned to look at Su Ting, "Mom, do you want to eat it?"

"eat."

Before Su Ting traveled through time in her previous life, durian had already become a popular fruit on the internet, with many people who liked it and as many who disliked it. She happened to be the former.

But after it became famous, the price of durian has been rising, from a few yuan per pound with the shell to thirty or forty yuan with the shell.

She was alone, so it was too expensive to buy a whole box. Moreover, if she put the unfinished durian in the freezer, the whole freezer would be filled with the smell of durian. Supermarkets did not often have repackaging, so she rarely bought it. The pen name she used in her previous life was chosen when she was eating durian.

Su Ting hasn't seen durian since her rebirth, so it has been more than ten years since she last ate it.

As soon as she took a bite of the durian, Su Ting couldn't help but squint her eyes: "It's delicious."

"Yeah, when I first saw durian I also thought it smelled bad, but it tasted very fragrant," He Yan took two bites and asked, "Man Man, you really don't want to eat it?"

At first, Man Man didn't want to eat it, because she thought it must be bad if it smelled so bad. But when she saw her mother and brother eating it so happily, she became unsure.

Maybe durian is really like what my brother said, it just smells bad but is actually delicious?

Seeing that his sister's attitude was softening, He Yan urged her, "How about this, I'll give you a bite of this durian flesh. If you think it doesn't taste good, spit it out immediately, okay?"

After hearing this, Man Man hesitated for a long time, but finally couldn't resist the temptation. She walked closer to He Yan, covering her nose, and bit off a piece of the durian flesh he was holding up.

The taste is... a little weird, but really sweet.

He Yan stared at his sister and asked, "Can you accept this?"

"It seems okay." He nodded slowly and gently.

"Can I get you one?"

He slowly looked at the two pieces of durian flesh left in the shell on the tea table and nodded hesitantly: "Okay."

He Yan put down the durian in his hand and took out a smaller piece of durian flesh that he had never eaten before and gave it to Man Man.

She slowly stretched out a hand to take the durian flesh, covered her nose and took one bite, then another. Seeing her eating the durian carefully for fear of smelling the stench, He Yan couldn't help laughing: "You've eaten so much durian, are you still afraid of smelling it?"

Slowly he said confidently, "The taste when you ask about it is different from the taste when you eat it."

"How is it different? People who think durian smells bad usually can't eat durian flesh. People who can eat durian flesh usually can accept the smell. Why don't you put your hand down and smell it?"

"real?"

He Yan nodded: "Of course, look at me and my mother, who is covering his nose?"

After thinking about it for a while, she slowly loosened her hand that was covering her nose and sniffed carefully. The smell of durian was still there, but it was not that smelly. At least she could accept it.

The durian had four lobes in total, yielding six pieces of flesh. As they slowly loosened their noses, the three men quickly ate two pieces of flesh, leaving the remaining one for He Dongchuan.

Although I'm not sure whether he can accept the taste of durian, I have to keep it.

After eating the durian, he slowly returned to the study to do his homework, while He Yan went back to his room to sleep.

He spent last night on the train, and unfortunately ran into two middle-aged men whose snoring in their sleep was as loud as thunder. He couldn't sleep much the whole night and didn't fall asleep until dawn. He urgently needed to catch up on his sleep.

After the brother and sister left the living room, Su Ting turned off the air conditioner and opened the window for fresh air.

It turned out that maybe the smell of durian was too strong or the downstairs resident had a very sensitive nose, but when Su Ting came back from throwing away the durian shell, she was stopped by her downstairs neighbor and asked, "What happened to your family? Why is there such a strange smell?"

Su Ting was confused for a moment and asked, "What's that smell?"

"I can't really describe it. It smells a bit bad, but it doesn't smell very good anyway."

Su Ting sweated and guessed, "It should be durian."

"What is durian?" At that time, durian was not that famous and the neighbors on the first floor had never even heard of it.

Su Ting explained, "It's a tropical fruit that our He Yan brought back from Shenzhen."

"Why does the fruit taste like this? Did it go bad?" The neighbor muttered and then responded, "Did your He Yan go to Shenzhen? Doesn't he work in the capital?"

After asking, without waiting for Su Ting to answer, she found an excuse for He Yan: "Did he get sent on a business trip by the company? Your He Yan is really amazing. He is so valued by the leaders just after joining the company."

In the Navy compound, He Yan has always been someone else's child, and his every move has attracted much attention.

Before the end of the first month of the Chinese New Year, someone came to Su Ting to ask where He Yan would be assigned. At that time, Su Ting said that it had not been decided yet, and no one believed it, because some universities had already started to assign.

When He Yan got a job, Su Ting told others about it, and within a day the news spread throughout the compound. Some people envied him for getting a job in a government agency, while others said that working in a state-owned unit was stable, but it certainly wouldn't make as much money as starting one's own business.

But no matter whether it is the former or the latter, neither would deny that He Yan is the most promising among his peers in the compound, nor would they think that the unit where he works is bad.

Therefore, when people learned that He Yan, who worked in the capital, suddenly went to Shenzhen during normal working hours, no one thought that he had resigned, but that he was sent on a business trip by his unit.

Su Ting didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but she was not sure what He Yan's future plans were, so she didn't explain immediately and just responded vaguely.

…

At eight minutes past six, He Dongchuan rode his Type 28 bicycle back to the Navy compound.

The bicycle he rides was bought by Su Ting when she first entered college. After buying the bicycle, she rode it from her freshman year until she graduated from graduate school.

After graduation, she did not go to work but returned to the compound to continue her freelance work. She no longer had any use for the bicycle, so its user became He Dongchuan.

After turning into a building, He Dongchuan locked the car and went upstairs.

As soon as he entered the door, he was choked by the smell. He covered his nose and walked in and asked, "What's that smell?"

Su Ting, who was busy in the kitchen, put down her work, walked out and said, "Xiao Yan brought back a durian. Don't you like the taste?"

"I can't quite accept it." He Dongchuan said with a frown.

"Ah? We left a piece of durian flesh for you." Su Ting walked through the restaurant, walked to the counter, picked up the plate and asked, "Do you want to eat it?"

He Dongchuan shook his head: "You guys eat it."

"Don't want to try?"

He Dongchuan continued to shake his head.

"You really don't want to eat it? It's very sweet." Su Ting held the durian and handed it to He Dongchuan, but every time she took a step forward, he took a step back and retreated all the way to the door. It was obvious that he really couldn't accept the taste of durian.

Su Ting said: "If you don't want to eat it, then I will share it with the two children?"

He Dongchuan was overjoyed: "Okay."

Su Ting brought the durian flesh into the study, and the brother and sister sat inside and slowly continued to do their homework. He Yan took a book and flipped through it casually, occasionally giving guidance to his sister on her homework.

Seeing Su Ting coming in, He Yan asked, "What's wrong?"

"Your father can't accept the taste of durian, so you guys can eat this one." Su Ting put the plate on the desk.

"Dad is back?"

"Yeah, I just came back," Su Ting couldn't help laughing, "I'm standing outside the door, you guys eat first." After saying that, she went out and closed the door.

When she went out, she saw that He Dongchuan was still standing at the door. Although the durian meat had been taken into the room, the smell in the living room was still quite strong. Su Ting saw it and said, "Why don't you stay in the kitchen? I've turned on the fan."

July is the hottest time of the year in Shanghai. One can sweat just by sitting still. Moreover, she was just busy in the kitchen and could not do without a fan.

The window in the kitchen was open and the fan was on all the time. Plus, she had just finished cooking a dish, so there shouldn't be much durian smell.

Su Ting thought so, but after He Dongchuan entered, he could still smell the scent coming from the living room. It was just that the distance was relatively far and the aroma was diluted by the food aroma, so compared with the smell in the living room, it was within an acceptable range.

He Dongchuan took off his hat and handed it to Su Ting together with his bag. Then he unbuttoned two buttons, put on an apron and started cooking.

Braised prawns are cooked with a lot of aniseed and a lot of chili peppers. The aroma is very overbearing and quickly replaces the taste of durian and drifts into the study.

For a moment, not to mention He Yan, even Man Man had no interest in doing the questions and wanted to eat lobster.

The fragrance lingered in the house for nearly half an hour before Su Ting went to the study, knocked on the door, and called the two to come out for dinner.

The dinner was very sumptuous. In addition to the braised shrimps, there were two side dishes, stir-fried beef with green peppers and stewed pork ribs, a plate of stir-fried seasonal vegetables, and cold vegetables and cucumber.

Except for the spare ribs and stir-fried seasonal vegetables which were made by Su Ting, the other three were all made by He Dongchuan. They were delicious and one could not help but drool just by looking at them.

He Yan picked up a lobster and peeled it while saying, "When I'm away from home, what I miss most is the food my parents cook."

He Dongchuan raised his eyebrows: "Aren't you having a good time eating out?"

Although He Yan did not talk to him about food and drinks, Su Ting told him a lot, so He Dongchuan knew that his son was having a hard time staying in Shenzhen and didn't want to leave.

"I'm just afraid that you'll worry about me. Besides, eating food outside is fine once or twice, but it's boring to eat it every day," He Yan said calmly, "It's nothing like the food you and mom cook. I never get tired of it."

He Dongchuan: “Haha.”

Regardless of whether he believed it or not, at least He Dongchuan did not tear down his son's stage and asked, "How do you think you have been watching recently? What do you plan to do in the future?"

In fact, He Dongchuan did not really agree with He Yan's decision to resign. He just knew that He Yan usually looked easy to talk to, but was actually very stubborn. Once he made up his mind, he would not change it no matter who persuaded him.

And just like Su Ting said, He Yan is still young, even if he fails in his business, he still has time to turn around.

Therefore, He Dongchuan did not object to He Yan's resignation.

But after He Yan went south, every time he called, he basically talked about eating and drinking. He Dongchuan couldn't help but suspect that he was traveling to Shenzhen under the pretext of starting a business.

In this regard, he and Su Ting had the same idea.

Therefore, He Dongchuan now really wants to know what He Yan has done during his time in the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and whether he has thought about what he will do in the future.

He could refrain from interfering too much in the child's life, but if He Yan wanted to just lie down and do nothing, he would definitely not agree.

He Yan knew his father's attitude, so he didn't try to make jokes at this time. He told him his experience during this period from beginning to end.

The content is very long because of his narration. The dinner which usually takes about 20 minutes was stretched to an hour, but it is very simple to summarize.

The Shenzhen Stock Exchange in this era can be said to be full of gold. As long as you dare to think and act, you will have the opportunity to make a fortune.

He Yan is the man who dares to think and act, and he also has money.

Not long after settling in the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, He Yan encountered such an opportunity.

Someone bought a batch of defective products at a low price, but after paying the money and receiving the goods, he found out that he had been cheated. The problems were more serious than expected, and the cost of repairing them was even greater. In order to buy this batch of goods, he had invested all his assets. In order not to lose money, he began to think about selling the goods to a swindler.

And He Yan was the one he thought was being taken advantage of.

Unfortunately, he hit a wall. Although He Yan looked very young and had little social experience, he was actually very smart. He quickly discovered the problem and thought of a way to solve it at a low cost, so he bargained down the price and bought the batch of goods.

Before He Yan, the other party had already found several suckers and failed to sell the goods, so the two parties went back and forth and completed the transaction at a relatively suitable price.

After receiving the goods, He Yan found someone to buy the necessary parts and repaired two of the products. He then took the two products to the retailers, told them the repair methods, and listed the repair list and the cost required to negotiate cooperation with them.

In the end, He Yan sold the batch of problematic products at a price that was higher than the purchase price from the previous supplier, but much lower than the purchase price from the retailer.

Hearing this, Su Ting asked: "Since you know how to repair it, why don't you repair it and then sell it?" If He Yan repaired it and then sold it, he would definitely make more money than he does now.

"I definitely can't repair so many goods by myself. I have to hire someone to help, which will increase labor costs. During the repair period, I have to rent a place to store the goods, which will increase the venue cost."

He Yan explained, "And when I spent money to buy that batch of goods, I showed off my wealth. No one took action at that time because there were problems with the goods and I couldn't sell them at a high price. But there were many people watching me at that time. If I made a big move, it would definitely be troublesome to find someone to repair the products."

Although he was quite skilled, he was an outsider after all, and he was alone in Shenzhen, so he could be cheated no matter how careful he was. Rather than investing a large sum of money to repair the goods and then being robbed, it was better to take a loss and sell the goods quickly. It was always easier to run away with the money than with the goods.

After completing this business, He Yan did two more small businesses in succession. Although he didn't make much money, he was a newcomer and it was good to be able to make money, and he was personally very satisfied.

Although He Yan's expression was calm when he said this, his eyes and eyebrows were filled with unconcealable pride.

Su Ting found this funny and asked, "How much did you make this month?"

"It's not appropriate to say it directly."

In fact, He Yan was very happy to share the money he made with his parents, but he just wanted to keep it a secret to satisfy his vanity. But after he said that, Su Ting directly skipped the question: "So what are your plans for the future? Are you going to develop in the Shenzhen Stock Exchange? Have you decided what industry you want to work in?"

He Yan thought for a moment and said, "I have an idea, but I haven't thought it through yet. I plan to go to Hong Kong Island in a while."

"Going to Hong Kong Island?" Su Ting was surprised.

He Yan nodded: "The main reason I came back this time was to go through the procedures for going to Hong Kong Island." He is a military family member, and the procedures he has to go through to go to Hong Kong Island are more complicated than those for ordinary people.

Su Ting thought for a long time and said, "It's a good thing to go out more often. How long do you plan to be gone? When do you plan to leave?"

"It'll take a week, and we'll leave once the procedures are completed." He Yan was not sure when the procedures would be completed.

Slowly interrupted and asked, "Is my brother going out again?"

"Um."

"What should I do about my exam? Can you still send me off, brother?"

He Yan said affirmatively: "Yes, after finishing the exam slowly, brother will go out."

Slowly heaved a sigh of relief: "Then I feel relieved."

"What are you worried about? If I send you to the exam, will you perform exceptionally well, rank in the top five in your grade, and get your savings back?" Su Ting said as she thought, "By the way, don't take Man Man to the canteen during this period, and don't buy snacks for her."

He Yan didn't know that Manman had secretly eaten the ice cream, but after hearing what Su Ting said, he looked at Manman and saw that she looked guilty. He guessed that she must have done something wrong, and said after hesitating, "...Okay."

His answer was so blunt that Su Ting found it hard to believe whether he could do what she said, so she added: "You should be more self-aware during this period. If I catch you eating the snacks bought by Xiao Yan behind his back, you will lose your savings and your pocket money will be cut off until the end of the year."

After hearing this, He Yan, who was indeed planning to pretend to obey but secretly disobey, couldn't help swallowing and gave his sister a sympathetic look.

It seems that my sister really made my mother angry!

And after slowly receiving He Yan's gaze, she felt like crying even more, if she had known this would happen, she would have been better off getting beaten up...