Chapter 145
After one year of rebirth, Qin Xiang is still very satisfied with her results.
Divorce, starting a business, taking the college entrance exam, things I never dared to think about in my previous life, I have achieved in this life.
Now when I think about my life in my previous life, it feels like a dream.
She looked at the young faces in the living room, and inexplicable emotions surged in her heart. This was their era, and she could do better.
Qin Xiang took a deep breath and began, "You followed me from Shandong Province to the capital, and some of you are already from the capital. Regardless of where you're from, you're all my good partners. I'm grateful for your companionship for so long. In the future, I hope to continue working with you to make 'Xiang Lian' even better. I won't hide it from you either: in the future, I will establish my own brand. When that happens, you will all be contributors to 'Xiang Lian'."
Upon hearing this, everyone in the room became excited. Although they were just salespeople, they understood the difference between purchasing goods wholesale and running their own factory.
Mi Hongjun looked at Qin Xiang with admiration and said, "Sister, I will definitely follow you closely."
The others echoed, and Qin Xiang laughed. "I do believe in you. Being together is fate. If I didn't trust you, I wouldn't be saying this to you. Buying and selling goods is worry-free, but it also puts us under control. Our goal is to grow bigger and stronger. One day, I'll build you all residential housing."
This promise was a big one, especially for the girls in the capital. They all lived in large, sparsely populated areas, their entire families squeezed into two rooms, making it virtually impossible to move around. If they could get a house, they would have more confidence when getting married.
This goal is Qin Xiang’s goal and everyone’s goal.
After Qin Xiang finished speaking, she continued to look at the notebook and said, "Now we will award the outstanding employees."
Without a doubt, the Outstanding Employee Awards went to the two store managers, Tan Xiu and Mi Hongjun. Qin Xiang's reward was also substantial: a bicycle for each employee, a mere piece of paper now, to be paid after the New Year.
In addition, someone was asked to count the sales of the two teams at the night market over the past week, which made everyone even more excited.
Tan Xiucai was even happier after receiving a bicycle as a reward. He looked at Mi Hongjun and said, "I can definitely beat you."
Mi Hongjun was not to be outdone, "That's not necessarily true. It's useless to just say it. Let's do the statistics now."
The people who were doing the counting were Qin Dong and Mao Yuxiang from the storefront. Each team sent one person to supervise. Qin Xiang took advantage of the salary to go downstairs and saw her father counting the goods with a notebook.
After living here for several months, Qin Baotian has mastered everything in the warehouse and knows exactly what to do.
Seeing Qin Xiang coming down, Qin Baotian said, "Isn't it a meeting? It sounds quite lively."
Qin Xiang smiled and said, "Dad, why don't you go up? You are also one of us."
Because her father is here to look after the warehouse and the shipment is done carefully, Qin Xiang doesn't have to worry about anything.
Qin Baotian shook his head. "Why should I go up there? I'm fine staying down there."
Qin Xiang was helpless. "Dad, it's not right for you to say that. You can't just think that you should work for me because you are my dad. That's not okay."
Then she took out a red envelope from her pocket and stuffed it into her father's pocket. "This is your bonus."
"I still have a bonus, I don't want it." Qin Baotian knew it was a lot of bonus just by the thickness of it, and quickly pushed it back, muttering, "Others envy you for making money, but Dad knows the trouble and hard work involved. Dad has no other skills, he can only watch over the warehouse, this is nothing. Your salary is already quite high, so there's no need to give you a bonus. You can keep it for yourself and it will also be enough for you."
Qin Baotian couldn't help but sigh at the thought. Since his daughter had no plans to remarry and have children, money was very important. He would rather not keep it for himself and leave it to his daughter so that she would have someone to rely on in the future. If all else failed, he could have his third son secretly give birth to another child and adopt it as Qin Xiang's child, so that she would have someone to rely on in her old age.
So Qin Baotian refused to take the money.
Qin Xiang stuffed it directly into his pocket and said, "Take it, or I won't dare let you work in the future."
The father and son sat together on chairs in the warehouse, looking at the already somewhat empty warehouse and feeling inexplicably happy. The lack of goods in the warehouse meant that a lot of goods had been sold. This was her ability.
Qin Baotian had no choice but to take it, "Then Dad will save it for you."
The father and son talked about the New Year again, and Qin Baotian asked her if she would go back to Qinjiatun.
Qin Xiang shook her head firmly, "If I don't go back, my fourth sister probably won't go back either."
Why go back?
Most people in Qinjiatun knew that the three brothers and sisters were making money as self-employed individuals, so they were eager to introduce them to potential partners.
Of course, the third brother may be dating Zhao Qian now, but she and the fourth sister are not yet.
Rather than going back and listening to people nagging and introducing them to potential partners, whether sincere or not, it would be better to stay in the provincial capital and have some peace and quiet. She looked at Qin Baotian and said, "If you want to go back, let Third Brother take you back. Fourth Sister and I will not go back."
Qin Baotian hesitated for a moment and shook his head. "Why should I go back if you don't? I'll just live wherever you live. On the 29th, just let your second and third brothers go back with me to visit the graves."
He knew his daughter's heart knot. He and Lian Fengying were divorced again. Instead of going back and listening to complaints, it would be better to stay in the provincial capital and have some peace and quiet.
Qin Xiang heaved a sigh of relief after hearing him say that. "Then let's invite my second brother and the others to come to the provincial capital to celebrate the New Year together. Also, Dad, what are your plans after the New Year? My idea is that you continue to come with me to the capital to look after the warehouse, or stay in the provincial capital to help my third brother. What do you think?"
Qin Baotian hadn't made up his mind yet. "Let me think about it."
Qin Xiang didn't force him to make a decision now. She nodded and stood up. "Let's go up and take a look. Everyone has been eating your food for so long, we should thank you."
The father and son went up and the statistical results were almost out.
As the boss and notary, Qin Xiang watched Qin Dong write the data on the blackboard. Qin Xiang looked at the results and said with a smile, "Who won?"
She deliberately kept everyone in suspense, and seeing everyone was very nervous, she laughed, "That is..."
"The Mihong Army team wins."
As soon as these words were spoken, the people in Mi Hongjun's team jumped up in excitement.
We got 500 yuan. There were five people in the team, including Ding Xiang and Zhao Wenna, so everyone could get a lot.
Mi Hongjun looked at Tan Xiu proudly, "I won."
Tan Xiu snorted, "We'll fight again next year."
"You can't beat me even if we fight again." Mi Hongjun was very proud.
Qin Xiang smiled and said, "Although Xiaomi's team won, it doesn't mean that Tan Xiu's team is not excellent. The total amount is only 98 yuan less."
As she spoke, she took out an envelope filled with 500 yuan and handed it to Mi Hongjun. She also took out a bag, each of which contained a sweater. "This is your encouragement award. Everyone gets one."
Qin Xiang didn't care how the Mi Hongjun army distributed the 500 yuan bonus. She asked Qin Dong to take out the New Year's goods prepared for everyone.
Everyone received a pair of jeans, a five-pound bucket of peanut oil, five pounds of pork, and two Quanjude roast ducks. The New Year's goods were sufficient and everyone was very excited.
After distributing the New Year’s goods, I also gave out New Year’s red envelopes. It wasn’t much, just ten yuan per person, which was a little token of my appreciation as a boss.
Qin Xiang clapped her hands and said, "Happy New Year! Let's pack up and go to Donglaishun for hot pot."
The crowd cheered again.
It was already past seven o'clock and there were quite a few people at Donglaishun. Fortunately, Qin Xiang had booked a large private room in advance. More than a dozen people gathered together to eat mutton and beef hot pot, chatting and laughing, and they were so happy.
Because she was so happy, Qin Xiang specially ordered two bottles of low-alcohol liquor, and asked everyone to drink a little and not drink too much.
Qin Xiang drank some wine and felt happy when thinking about the money he had earned in the past six months.
She had another idea in her mind and planned to go back and discuss it with her third brother.
After drinking and eating too much, Qin Xiang got up to go to the bathroom. When she came out, she saw He Chenghua leaning against the wall outside smoking.
Qin Xiang pretended not to see him and walked around him.
I really don't know what kind of fate this is. It's easy to run into him when I come to Donglaishun. It seems I should come less often in the future. Although the hot pot is delicious, she can't stand running into He Chenghua all the time. She would rather not come in the future.
"You really don't want to see me?"
He Chenghua threw the cigarette on the ground and crushed it. He walked towards Qin Xiang with a ruthless pace, blocking Qin Xiang's way and staring at her intently. "Do I really disgust you so much?"
Qin Xiang looked up and said with a smile, "Captain He, you're joking. How could someone as outstanding as you be disliked?"
But after she finished speaking, she unconsciously looked away, not wanting to look at his half-smile, yet hurt expression.
He Chenghua narrowed his eyes, feeling very unhappy. "I went to school to look for you, but they said you were on vacation. You weren't there when I went to your store either."
Qin Xiang: "Oh."
Her attitude annoyed He Chenghua. He looked down at her and asked, "Are you so unwilling to see me? Can't you give us a chance?"
"Sorry, I'm afraid my partner will be unhappy if I'm with you for too long." Qin Xiang looked up at him and smiled, "Captain He, Meng Huaiqing and I are dating. As an upright person, you wouldn't steal someone else's partner, would you?"
If they were just friends, Qin Xiang had no objection, but He Chenghua clearly didn't think so. Since she and Meng Huaiqing had already tacitly walked together, it would be better to talk it out with He Chenghua. She didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble, and the drinking contest was enough once.
"Are you serious?" He Chenghua's breathing became rapid, and his tone was a little bad. He stared at the woman in front of him who was smiling and saying that she was already in a relationship. He wanted to grab her shoulders and ask her clearly, "You said that you are not suitable for me, but you are suitable for Meng Huaiqing? You would rather be with a man from Hong Kong City than give me a chance? Do I bore you so much?"
Qin Xiang looked at the exasperated He Chenghua and was actually a little worried that he might hit someone, but she knew He Chenghua wouldn't. She looked at him calmly and said, "Suitability doesn't depend on distance. On the contrary, it's precisely because his family is in Gangcheng that he's a better match for me."
He Chenghua pursed his lips, "I don't understand."
Since he didn't understand, Qin Xiang explained it clearly, "He can accept just dating me without getting married and having children. Can you accept that?"
He Chenghua widened his eyes when he heard this. Who in this era doesn't want to get married? Even he thought about it for a long time and decided to pursue Qin Xiang. He even considered what would happen after they got married. If his family didn't accept Qin Xiang, he would buy a house outside and live there with his wife.
But what did he hear?
Qin Xiang doesn't want to get married and have children?
He Chenghua found it hard to believe. He looked at Qin Xiang's serious eyes and wanted to say that he could do it, but obviously, he couldn't.
He had thought it through and wanted to marry Qin Xiang and start a family. Wouldn't it be nice for the two of them to fall in love, get married, and then have a child of their own?
He didn't understand why Qin Xiang had such an idea?
Just to make him back off?
He Chenghua suddenly found it a bit funny. He shifted his feet uneasily and looked at Qin Xiang and said, "You even gave such a reason to reject me. How can a family like Meng Huaiqing's allow him not to get married and have children? What will you do when he needs to get married and have children? You become his mistress? Is this what you can accept?"
"When the time comes for him to get married and have children, we'll naturally separate." Qin Xiang didn't think this was a problem. She knew Meng Huaiqing was a special person, and she understood the need for a large family to continue the family line. So they had reached a consensus that once Meng Huaiqing needed to get married, they would naturally separate, without delaying each other.
She thought it was for the best, but others didn't seem to understand.
But it doesn’t matter, Qin Xiang doesn’t need to explain to others.
No one can live for her, and no one knows what kind of betrayal she has experienced.
Having lived two lives, her biggest feeling is that men and children are unreliable, and only herself can be relied upon. Having a child not only means being responsible for eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, but also taking the trouble to raise the child for so many years and then end up with an ungrateful person. Why bother?
As for marriage, if the two of them only have each other, what difference does it make whether they get married or not? She doesn't want to put a shackle on herself.
Qin Xiang smiled and said, "He can still make his own decisions about his own life, can you?"
When she saw He Chenghua's face darken, she knew she had hit the nail on the head. Even though He Chenghua had four brothers, his parents also hoped that their son could get married, start a family, and have a child as soon as possible.
He Chenghua was unwilling to give up and said stubbornly, "What if I can do it too? You know, my parents have four sons. Even if I don't have children, there will be no shortage of children in the family. My second brother has been married for several years and his child is three years old."
Qin Xiang shook her head, feeling that He Chenghua didn't understand what she meant. "Meng Huaiqing and I have reached a consensus. I feel very comfortable with him. I'm sorry, Captain He. I will always remember your help. If you need my help one day, I will do my best to repay you. When it comes to love, I can't give you the result you want."
After saying that, Qin Xiang walked around her and left. He Chenghua stood there with a painful look in his eyes.
They had only known each other for a few months, but such a woman had already lived in his heart.
Why, why can't he do it?
How is he worse than Meng Huaiqing?
Qin Xiang returned to the box and everyone was still eating happily.
Qin Xiang breathed a sigh of relief. Mi Hongjun beside him asked quietly, "Why are you so late?"
"Nothing, I just ran into someone I know and chatted with for a bit." Qin Xiang picked up her chopsticks and started eating again. Nothing could stop her from eating. Isn't the purpose of making money to eat and drink well?
After dinner, several local shop assistants from the capital went home together, while Qin Xiang and his group returned to the storefront. Since there was limited room, they bought two more bunk beds, and the dormitories were crowded.
Qin Xiang, Tan Xiu, and Mao Yuxiang lived in the same room. Lying on the bed, Qin Xiang sighed, "There's still not enough room."
After the New Year, you must hurry to find a house. It doesn’t matter whether it is a courtyard house or an apartment building, you must buy one.
Tan Xiu smiled and said, "Everything will get better slowly, Boss. When you mentioned building a residential building today, everyone got even more excited."
Qin Xiang smiled and looked at her, "Tan Xiu, I will probably transfer the two stores in the provincial capital to my third brother. What are your plans for the future? Are you going back to the provincial capital?"
It wouldn't be a bad idea to keep doing this, but she would be in the capital for at least four years, so she couldn't just push everything onto her third brother. Furthermore, the two stores were now stocked by her third brother, so all she had to do was get paid. Instead of that, it would be better to just sell her share to her third brother, so she could focus on the capital business.
She will tell her third brother about this when she gets back, but she wants Tan Xiu and He Liping to come over because she is really short of people, and things in the provincial capital are getting back on track.
When she said that, Tan Xiu was surprised and a little undecided, "Let me think about it."
The main reason is that Tan Xiu's parents don't want their daughter to be too far away from home, and Tan Xiu is already 20 years old this year, and a girl of this age is also at the age to get married.
In the past few months, Tan Xiu's parents did not ask Tan Xiu to go back because of her high salary and high subsidies.
But Tan Xiu has made a lot of money following Qin Xiang over the past year, and all the relatives around her are eyeing her and want to introduce her to a partner. The Chinese New Year is a good time for blind dates, and she will definitely not be able to escape when she goes back.
Tan Xiu herself, however, wanted to follow Qin Xiang. While life in the provincial capital was good and she could earn a good salary, her prospects were limited. Qin Xiang, on the other hand, was different. She had both ability and ambition. If she opened a factory in the future, she would be considered a veteran and could go far.
Tan Xiu had already made up her mind, so she said to Qin Xiang, "Boss, I want to work with you. I'll convince my parents when I get back."
Qin Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay."
As for He Liping, Qin Xiang wasn't worried. She had come all along for her, and had often called her over the past few months to say she missed her. She was already away from home, so she probably wouldn't have any problems in the provincial capital or the capital.
The only one I feel sorry for is my third brother, ahem, anyway, she is the one I want.
After a good night's sleep, everyone went their separate ways early the next morning. Those who could take a flight received a plane ticket, and those who couldn't get a flight received a train ticket.
Ding Xiang laughed and said, "I've never been on a plane in my life."
"I don't have one either." Zhao Wenna was very glad that there was an airport in their provincial capital, otherwise she would have to take the train back.
Only Ming Chuanxiu couldn't help but sigh, "Well, I'm the only one who's unlucky."
There is no airport where Mingchuanxiu lives, so she has to transfer several times to get to the train. She can only regretfully take the train by herself.
At the door, everyone said goodbye.
Li Zhiguo's home was relatively close to here, so he decided to stay and guard the gate.
Qin Xiang didn't say thank you, but directly promised to triple the salary.
Qin Xiang and others went straight to the airport and went home together to celebrate the New Year.
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