Chapter 129

Xu Wen nodded, "Brother, sister-in-law, I think if you sell it outside, you can make two kinds. One is this kind of ice water. The other is ice cubes, which are then crushed. Put a bunch of bowls outside, put some candied beans, fruit pieces and other small ingredients in them, and let everyone add them to the bowl. Of course, the price can also be raised a little bit."

"That's right! Let me ask you how smart you are." Sang Xiaoqing looked eager to try it, and it looked like she couldn't wait to get it and try it out.

Xu Wen was more rational and persuaded him to stop: "That's enough! Trading is just like farming, you have to do it step by step. You can't plant wheat and then plant cotton as soon as the wheat seedlings emerge. In the end, you will get nothing.

We just bought this store, and we haven't figured out how to run our business yet. We'll add more when we get the hang of it."

Xu Wen praised Xu Wen generously: "Second brother, you are becoming more and more like a boss!"

She thinks a good businessman should be like this, he should be clear-headed and not just focus on money, he should know what he should and can do.

You can't break a stick like a bear, breaking it and throwing it away.

Of course, she, a military strategist who was only responsible for giving advice, was not included in this list.

"Why did you move out, brother?"

"Are you here to deliver goods to Uncle Er?"

The brother and sister spoke again at the same time.

Xu Wenxian answered: "Yes. The goods are now at the door of the house you used to live in. I asked the neighbors to keep an eye on them."

"It's a hot day and you are afraid of the heat. You sit down for a while. I'll go to the construction site to call my second uncle back."

After Xu Wen finished speaking, he stood up and left.

Xu Wen and Lu Yuanzheng were not stopped either, as they had a lot of stuff and it would not be appropriate to leave them outside alone. Besides, some of them were afraid of the sun.

After Xu Wen left, Sang Xiaoqing answered them, "We moved out mainly because of my arrival. My husband and I lived with my second uncle, which was inconvenient for him and me. It just so happened that when we were looking for a storefront, we saw this second-floor building and rented it. The location is good, but the rent is really expensive, a hundred yuan a year."

Sang Xiaoqing looked pained as she spoke.

For the Taoyuan Production Team, this rent is the annual net income for the whole family.

Xu Wen said nothing. This is a special economic zone. One hundred yuan is probably just the price this year. By next year, even five hundred yuan would be considered cheap, let alone one hundred.

Lu Yuanzheng suddenly interrupted: "Sister-in-law, can you find the landlord now? Ask if the house is for sale? Let's buy it."

Sang Xiaoqing was stunned for a moment, shaking her head like a rattle: "That won't do! This house will cost thousands of dollars. Your brother and I don't have that much money!"

Without waiting for Lu Yuanzheng to speak, Xu Wen added, "You can't pay! Your brother said that he already owes you a lot and can't ask you for more money! We are both leading the family and we are still brother and sister-in-law. How can we always let you take care of us?"

Xu Wen shook his head: "I won't take care of you. It's us who want to buy it."

The current house prices will not be the same in the future.

The place where Xu Wen rents will definitely be demolished in the future.

Xu Wen definitely can’t afford it now, and they don’t want the money if we lend it to them.

Xu Wen couldn't say, "You guys buy it! It will be worth many times more after it's demolished in two years!"

No one would believe such superstitious talk, or they would ask her how she knew it, and she would not be able to explain it.

Lu Yuanzheng knew this because Xu Wen told him.

Sang Xiaoqing looked at Xu suspiciously and asked, "Why did you buy this house? Let me make it clear, you can't sell it to give it to me and your brother."

"Of course not. I will pay rent if you insist."

Sang Xiaoqing was relieved and asked them to wait for a while while she went out to call the landlord.

The landlord lives not far from here.

I was a little surprised to hear Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Wen wanted to buy a house, so I gritted my teeth and asked for five thousand yuan.

Although Sang Xiaoqing didn't quite understand what he said, the landlord raised his hand and said it couldn't be 500 yuan. She took a breath and said, "Is your house made of gold bricks? You want 5,000 yuan?"

Xu Wen didn't say anything.

Objectively speaking, five thousand dollars is not expensive. At least for her who knows the future house price, it is not too cheap.

But except for her, no one present could predict the future.

The landlord was a local who was born and raised there. This place was always poor, just a small border town, and the people nearby mainly made a living by fishing.

Even though it has become a special economic zone and living conditions are better than before, ordinary people cannot imagine how better things will be in the future just by looking at the present.

After all, there is not a single real commercial house in the entire Pengcheng.

After being squeezed by Sang Xiaoqing, he felt a little embarrassed and asked Sang Xiaoqing: "How much do you want to pay?"

Sang Xiaoqing raised her index finger.

This time the landlord refused to give in. "One thousand dollars? I can't even build it with one thousand dollars! No way!"

"Your house is not newly built! A newly built house is worth two thousand. Your house is already more than ten or twenty years old, so it should be cheaper, right?"

They didn't speak the same language, so Xu Wen acted as the translator.

After a long while, both sides compromised and the deal was settled at 2,000 yuan.

Xu Wen breathed a sigh of relief. She really was not good at bargaining, luckily she had Sang Xiaoqing.

She and Lu Yuanzheng didn't save much money, so if they really needed 5,000 yuan, she really couldn't come up with it.

We can scrape together two thousand, but we will still have a hard time in the future.

Because she also gave Xu Wen one thousand yuan to partner in business, Xu Wen distributed dividends to her several times.

Xu Wen was also given a part of the money for building the house before.

Lu Yuanzheng's salary was a fixed salary, so now he had to receive a part of the island subsidy in addition to the allowance, which was almost the same as the allowance. All of it was saved by Xu Wen.

Xu Wen’s university scholarship and military wife subsidy were enough for their daily pocket money.

After paying the money, I asked the village chief to sign as a witness, and then took it to the relevant department for notarization.

The house changed hands.

When they returned to the store, Xu Wen and his second uncle had also arrived.

Seeing that it was getting late, Xu Wen and Lu Yuanzheng decided to return to Rainbow Island. Sang Xiaoqing cooked a bowl of dumplings for each of them and let them eat while talking.

Actually, there is nothing much to say. We have already discussed everything that needs to be discussed. The main thing is to talk to my second uncle about the price of the goods.

Xu Wen took out a piece of paper and drew a small picture of the actual item next to the name of the product to make it easier for his uncle, who was not very literate, to understand.

Each product is marked with the cost price, suggested retail price and available price range.

The cost price is calculated by Xu Wen.

The sisters-in-law on the island made lists of raw materials for various woodworking crafts, and Xu Wen was responsible for purchasing them. Although the sisters-in-law paid for the materials themselves, Xu Wen knew the cost of purchasing the raw materials.

After calculating the cost and adding the gross profit, you get the selling price.

However, people like to bargain for small items. In order to make it easier for my uncle to give big customers a discount, he gave them an extra range.

The lowest number in the interval is a very small profit, which ensures that the work of my sister-in-law, Xu Wen, and my second uncle is not in vain.

The highest number in the interval is the highest selling price. Anything higher would be considered an arbitrary price.

Although Xu Wen's table was hand-drawn, the words were clearly written, the drawings were vivid, and most of the characters were Arabic numerals, so his second uncle could understand them.

Xu Wen told his second uncle, "Second uncle, if you don't sell at a uniform price, you'd better keep a record. When Xu Wen comes, he can explain it to his sisters-in-law."

The second uncle looked miserable: "How can I write?"

"Then take some time to come to me after you finish selling every day. Tell me and I will write it down for you." Xu Wen said.

"That's fine!" the second uncle agreed.

After dinner, Xu Wen and Lu Yuanzheng had to go back to Rainbow Island, asking Xu Wen to help his uncle sort out the goods when he was not busy. They also agreed to deliver the goods once a week in the future.

Xu Wen, Sang Xiaoqing and his second uncle sent Xu Wen and Lu Yuanzheng to the port terminal.

Xu Wen kept asking Sang Xiaoqing and the others to go back first and not to delay the transaction.

Xu Wen scratched his head and said, "No delay. It's only been four days since the sign was put up, and it hasn't officially opened yet.

That means a few fellow villagers I met on the construction site came to take care of the business.”

"Then I'll bring some sisters-in-law from our place to show their support for you next week."

Lu Yuanzheng also spoke up, "I can take the initiative to grant leave to a few soldiers and let them come together."

He still has this authority.

It must be a great pleasure for those young guys to be able to eat the food from their hometown.

What's more, it's his treat.

Doing business requires accumulation over time. My sisters-in-law's business has not yet taken off so quickly, and they will not all become rich in just a week.

But, in the final analysis, the sisters-in-law all have their own things to do, more or less.

There is a more lively atmosphere on Rainbow Island.

Just like countless ordinary people's homes.

During the day, the man and woman of the house are busy with their own work. In the evening, after work, the couple or two have dinner together, take a walk on the beach, stroll around, and take care of the children.

Very comfortable.

Compared to the repression on the island last year, it can be considered harmonious now.

However, married people only account for a little over one-tenth of the officers and soldiers on the island, and the majority are unmarried young people of marriageable age.

You can imagine how these soldiers feel when they have to watch the veterans living a happy life every day in their boring lives.

It just so happens that Xu Wen is not very busy recently, so when the elementary school is short of a teacher, she will go and substitute for two classes.

Song Baoying arranged a job as a mobile teacher for her.

Because Xu Wen often travels around, if we let her take the normal shift, we are afraid that she will often take leave or we will restrict her.

It can be seen that Xu Wen is a person who likes freedom.

Xu Wen was really busy.

Dongsheng went to kindergarten.

The new kindergarten is temporarily located inside the primary school.

She had more free time, so she started to sort out the test points of the college entrance examinations in previous years according to the tips of the magic mirror.

It's just the test points, not the test questions.

She wants to help more people get into college, but she doesn't want to help them cheat.

Of course Xu Wen is not the Holy Mother, so it is impossible for the Buddha’s light to shine upon the earth.

She learned soft-text promotion from the media and wrote an article for several major newspapers.

The article describes her learning methods and experiences, and says that if people don't mind her low ability, they can come to Rainbow Island.

She teaches for free, with only one requirement: you must be female and between the ages of 18 and 25.

Of course Xu Wen had to reveal that he was a college student at Peking University.

Many newspapers felt that Xu Wen's spirit of selfless sharing and his fearlessness in taking root in difficult areas was particularly worthy of encouragement, so they published Xu Wen's articles.

Do you want tutoring for a college student at one of the top universities in the country?

Definitely.

Even teachers from all major high schools think that the outline and test points published in the newspaper are particularly good.

So letters from all over the country flew like snowflakes to this island at the southernmost tip of our country that could not even be found on the map.

But Xu Wen doesn’t know yet.

She was busy delivering the second batch of goods to her second uncle.

This time there are more types than last time, but slightly less in quantity.

Xu Wen knew that this kind of miscellaneous goods would easily become a bad account over time, so he planned to keep a clear account from the beginning.

So I brought two account books with me this time.

She has made up some basic accounting knowledge in the past few days, such as "debit", "loan", "accounts receivable" and "accounts payable".

It also has to be combined with the accounting habits of this era.

I managed to set up the account and bring it along.

An account like that of groceries is particularly trivial.

For example, for socks, cost, inventory, sales volume, and selling price basically change every day.

Not to mention that there are so many types, even Xu Wen, who uses cheats, has a headache.

She thought that what they lacked was not only a professional accountant, but also the improvement of the cultural knowledge of all employees.

For example, if her second uncle could do the inventory statistics while selling the goods, it would be much easier for her to calculate.

Unfortunately, my second uncle still can’t read, which is also a problem.

On Saturday, Lu Yuanzheng and Xu Wenzhen took a few sisters-in-law and warriors and boarded the Rainbow to Pengcheng.

This was the first time Rainbow had travelled alone.

Everyone was quite excited and gathered on the deck chattering.

Xu Wen, on the other hand, was rarely quiet. He stood by the railing at the side of the boat, gazing at the vast sea with a thoughtful look on his face.

Seeing Xu Wen frowning, Lu Yuanzheng was a little puzzled. He pulled a chair and sat next to her. "What are you thinking about?"

Xu Wen sighed lightly: "The accounting matters! It's very troublesome when it involves two parties. Cooperation is a long-term process, and I have to let my second uncle and sisters-in-law know clearly how much money I have earned!"

There was no way around this as the journey was long and the accounting was beyond his capabilities.

After a while, Lu Yuanzheng suddenly asked Xu Wen: "Wen Wen, are you happy doing this?"

"Hmm?" Xu Wen looked up at him, and seeing Lu Yuanzheng's serious expression, he thought for a moment and said, "Are you okay?!"

It's fun to do anything with him.

Lu Yuanzheng said nothing.

Xu Wen blinked and noticed that he was not in a good mood, so he asked him, "What's wrong?"

The road is long and the journey is long.

In fact, nothing concrete happened.

He is a warrior, and the gun in his hand should be used to protect the country and the people. This is the meaning of their efforts.

I have been on the island for more than a year, getting further and further away from the war and the shore.

However, as he got closer to government affairs, his work became more and more like that of a mayor or secretary.

Only during the recent training and this trip to the islands to clear the way, did I vaguely regain some of the feelings I had on the battlefield back then.

I don’t know what’s wrong, but he seems to be a little confused these days.

Xu Wen put his hand on the back of his hand on the railing, "Don't worry! Your existence will never be meaningless."

Lu Yuanzheng said nothing.

Xu Wen turned around, leaned against the railing, and looked at the man who suddenly became a little sentimental. For a moment he really didn't know how to comfort him.

He had been charging into battle on the front lines for nearly ten years. This time, he thought he was stationed on Rainbow Island for a short break, but he still had to face the enemy's artillery fire.

But I found that it is just as Xu Wen said, war is less and less necessary in this era.

It is reasonable and objective to know that this is a good thing, after all, war is for peace.

I'm used to it usually, but sometimes I feel a little lost when I think about it.

Xu Wen thought for a moment and said, "In fact, the war has always been going on."

Lu Yuanzheng turned his head to look at her.

Xu Wen tucked his hair behind his ears, saying, "The battles that were fought openly will be fought in secret. All countries are secretly improving their combat capabilities. You will gradually find that these large and small armed equipment or weapons that you are familiar with are constantly being updated. All countries, like you, are gathering strength.

Anyone who gives up first in this process will become passive when that day comes. "

Lu Yuanzheng lowered his eyes. "But you said there would be no war until forty or fifty years later."

He is twenty-six now, fifty years later, he will be seventy-six.

By then, even if there is a war, it will not be his turn as an old man to go to the battlefield.

"You can't say that. How should I put it? There are many minor frictions on the border in peacetime that ordinary people like me cannot know. The intelligence wars and border probing of various countries have never stopped. It's just that most of them are covered up with a seemingly reasonable reason to the outside world. You are not as idle as you think. If you don't work hard to learn the military management knowledge and weapons of the new era, you will really fall behind."

Xu Wen paused and looked at Lu Yuanzheng suspiciously: "What's wrong with you? It seems like you have been worried these past two days."

Lu Yuanzheng avoided Xu Wen's gaze and looked at the distant sea horizon. "I was thinking, if I have no use in the army, I will transfer to the local area."