Chapter 96 096 Making another fortune & the "big shot" in the previous life...
Shu Wenming’s many trips to and fro with Xu Duan were not in vain. He didn’t find Xu Duan when he called him, but he found someone from their company. When he told them the situation, they immediately agreed and went to the market to help him check samples.
The person he was looking for was a young man named Pan Wei, whom he had met before. He was a high school graduate with a lot of ideas. He didn't get into college, but he was very capable and had good aesthetic taste.
Pan Wei acted quickly. He went to the market in the morning to show him several styles of bell-bottom pants and described them to him on the phone. After Shu Wenming agreed, he immediately went to bargain. That afternoon, all the clothes were packed and sent on the train to Book City.
Shu Wenming can't go anywhere these days. He has to stay under the Jianshe Bridge. He and his two elder parents are the only ones at home who don't go to work. Although Aunt Zhao doesn't go to work, she has other important things to do. If he leaves the bookstore, there will only be a skinny old man left.
What kind of clothes can Shulinong sell? Don't scare people away!
This old man is in charge of logistics work every day. He is busy buying groceries, cooking, delivering meals, and answering phone calls. Even the thrush under the eaves is busy chirping. If there was a dog, the dog would be exhausted.
Yes, in just half a month, the entire Shu family was exhausted!
Seeing the weather getting colder day by day, Xu Wenli simply took a few days off to help sell clothes. Even Shu Jinyue came to help after school, and sometimes he would bring in another laborer.
Lin Zhen looked at the neatly arranged rows of brightly colored down jackets on their stall and opened her mouth, "So many? How come they are all prettier than the one I'm wearing!"
She had already bought a yellow one, and now seeing the red and white ones, she bought one each. Jin Yue said he would give her a ride early, but she insisted on paying.
"Really? You don't have to pay me. Can you help us sell clothes for two days?"
Lin Zhen nodded quickly, "Sure, tomorrow is Sunday, and the teachers for Monday and Tuesday have all asked for leave, so there will be no classes."
As for Shu Jinyue, Zhu Daqiang told her that there were many old patients waiting for her and she had to go back to the street office to work.
Lin Zhen is from a neighboring province and her accent is slightly different, but it doesn't matter. She is smart, a top student, and not only is she good at calculating quickly, she is also good at "adding extras". That is, if someone buys two down jackets, she will suggest that bell-bottom pants can be sold to the customer at a 10% discount, and if they buy three down jackets, the pants can be sold at 15% off, with an 80% discount being the maximum discount.
As a result, not only did the sales of down jackets increase, but even more bell-bottom pants were sold. She stayed under the Jianshe Bridge for half a day and actually sold as much as the Shu family usually sold in a day.
After Shu Wenming learned this, he followed suit. After another half a month, all the down jackets were sold out!
There were still some bell-bottom pants that had not been sold out, but he had nothing to do anyway. And since all the old customers knew his stall, he would go there every day to look after it. He also asked Pan Wei to send him some jeans, sweaters, trousers and the like. The profit was not as great as from the down jackets, but he could still make a few dollars every day, which was much more profitable than working.
"I have to keep that spot. Many old customers remember our stall. If I move away now, won't it be cheaper for others?"
Shu Wenming was lying on the kang. He had been working hard to sell clothes during this period, and his face was tanned. "Even Song Yingying's cousin was jealous. He kept asking us where we got the down jackets and why there was no news from his brother."
"Hmph, it would be strange if there was any news. This is our Mingyue brand." Cousin Song has not harmed his interests yet, but Shu Wenming has to be on guard. "I don't plan to buy down jackets from his brother next year. This guy even raised the price for me this year. It's not fair."
If it was just a normal price increase, he could accept it, but he asked Song Yingying and several other vendors selling down quilts, and he did not raise their prices.
"This guy saw that I can make money, so he wants to grab it from me. No way!" This is what is called taking advantage of the familiar.
Through the sales during this period, Mingyue brand down jackets have become famous in a small circle. Next year he will definitely expand production and invest all the money he can. The demand for duck down will be huge, and he can no longer be sucked by Song Xiaodi.
At this point, he suddenly sat up and threw an account book over to me, "Look, all the down jackets are sold out."
Shu Jinyue actually wanted to ask him how much he sold it for a long time, but she was too busy. Xu Duan was often on business trips, and she felt uncomfortable, so she didn't think of asking.
She took a quick look through the account book, which was very detailed. She remembered exactly how many were sold in the morning and evening, how many down jackets and bell-bottom pants were of different colors, and recorded the general ledger every day. She then added them up at the end, and the final number was clear at a glance.
Shu Jinyue was shocked, "The gross income is actually over 70,000?!"
Their down jackets are actually more expensive than those in department stores, but they have bright colors, unique fabrics, and chic embroidery patterns. They can also be tried on at will, and as long as they are not dirty and do not affect secondary sales, they can even be returned or exchanged within three days.
For such services, the higher price difference should be considered as paying for the higher quality service.
"I did a preliminary calculation and the net profit is about 30,000 yuan. After the bell-bottom pants are sold out, there should be a few thousand yuan left." He also paid for the bell-bottom pants with the gross income from the down jackets, so he must give Jin Yue a share.
Shu Jinyue swallowed his saliva, "This is how we fired our first shot?!"
"Yes, I'm going to take a few days off and then go to the Jianshe Bridge to look after the stall. When you're free, we can split the money."
"Why don't we just not divide it up for now? Let's expand our small workshop. It just so happens that Mrs. Zhao and Fan Qiuyue haven't gone to work elsewhere yet, so let's recruit them in."
The fundamental reason for the success of this down jacket lies in its quality. From cleaning the duck down to final shaping of the garment, it is inseparable from the efforts of these workers. It can be said that all of them were sewn stitch by stitch.
"I think so too. Let's just pay them wages and support them for a long time." Shu Wenming did not admit that he had even a little sympathy. He just didn't want the mature workers he had trained with great effort to flow into the market and make money for others.
He won't do anything to help others.
***
Fan Qiuyue has been feeling uneasy these past two days, as she is worried that she will lose her job.
Ever since the down jackets were made, there was nothing much she could do at Shu Wenming's place, and she didn't know what to do. She went there every day to help clean up, mop the floor, wipe the windows, and sort out the inventory to see if the quantities matched. The Shu family didn't ask her to sell the clothes, so she thought they didn't want her to touch the money.
This is normal. She has only been doing housework at home since she was a child and has never touched money. She is used to it. When she was a child, she once picked up a penny of her younger brother's. She just looked at it out of curiosity, but he reported it to his parents and she was beaten.
"What qualifications does a little girl have to touch money?" She will probably remember this sentence for the rest of her life.
But when Shu Wenming told her to rest at home and not have to clean the house anymore, her heart skipped a beat. It was over. She could no longer keep this temporary job.
The Shu family's down workshop no longer needed her. She had shamelessly gone to do the cleaning in the past few days, thinking that she would not take any money but would gain favor, hoping to keep this temporary job.
Only after working outside did she realize how happy Shu Wenming's small workshop was. The working hours here are fixed at eight hours a day. If you come in late in the morning because of something at home, he won't say anything. You can just delay leaving get off work or work a little longer in the evening.
If the Shu family cooked a lot of food at noon, the female workers would also be able to get a share. It was always large white steamed buns, white rice, and three or four dishes. There might not be meat, but it was guaranteed to make everyone full and eat their fill.
One of her good friends was so hungry on the first day that she lost control of her intake and ate too much. As a result, she was trembling with fear all day, fearing that Shu Wenming would ask her to pack up and leave. But the next day, Shu Wenming said that he wanted every one of them to eat like her and to be full.
"Only when you are full can you have the energy to work. If you are not full, you are just being lazy." This was said by Shu Wenming. She felt that it seemed different from what her family members had said since she was a child.
Not to mention the daily wages. Occasionally, when there is an emergency at home and money is needed urgently, he will allow them to receive a week's salary in advance... Where can they find such good jobs? Not to mention that their salaries are higher than those of men in the family, and their say in their husband’s family has suddenly increased!
But now, this job is over. Even if they want to do it, they have to wait until next summer. What if the Shu family finds someone more suitable than them during this half year? They were completely out of work.
She was feeling melancholy when she suddenly heard Shu Wenming calling her from outside the door.
She rubbed her hands nervously. Was he here to tell her bad news?
"Sister Fan, I'm here to tell you that you should gather all the workers tomorrow so that we can have a meeting to discuss the work."
"Discuss... discuss and let us..." She swallowed nervously. That sentence was coming, and she didn't know whether she was looking forward to it or afraid.
Shu Wenming nodded. "Well, I don't want to hire any more temporary workers unless we are really too busy."
He had decided that in order to retain these skilled workers, he had to offer them favorable conditions. No technology was more important than talent, and they were his talent. "If you have any requests, you can raise them and we can negotiate, and I will also make requests to you."
Fan Qiuyue's legs went weak and she was almost in tears. She only heard the first half of the sentence and had only one thought in her mind - she was out of work and would not get paid.
Seeing her shaky appearance, Shu Wenming asked curiously, "What's wrong with you, Sister Fan? Are you feeling unwell? If not, forget it. I'll go tell them. You should rest first."
He took two steps and wondered if he didn't have money to see a doctor. After all, Du Aiguo is just a substitute teacher and he has a pair of children to support at home. The difficulties of this family of four are obvious to all.
"How about this, if it doesn't work out for you, I'll advance you half a month's salary, but if you take my salary, you have to agree to go through the employment procedures and stay in my factory."
"What?" Fan Qiuyue forgot to wipe her tears. She felt like she didn't understand what Shu Wenming said.
"No, Brother Wenming, what about the employment procedures? Aren't you going to fire us?"
Shu Wenming was amused. It turned out that he didn't explain it clearly and scared her. "You misunderstood. I came here today to discuss the issue of transferring you to formal employees in my factory. However, it is not mandatory. It still depends on your personal wishes. If you are willing, we will do it. If not, we can only..."
"Yes, I do, we do!" Fan Qiuyue's eyes lit up, afraid that if she spoke a second later, the opportunity would be gone. "I'll tell them right now. They'll definitely agree. Just wait."
As for Mrs. Zhao, because her cooking skills were better and she had a relationship with Jin Yue and Liu Huifang, Shu Wenming went to the Zhao family in person to talk to her.
***
The next day, things turned out pretty much as he expected. Eight women, including Mrs. Zhao, were willing to become formal employees of the Mingyue Down Jacket Factory, which was exactly within the maximum number of employees allowed by the policy. After negotiating the salary and benefits, Shu Wenming went to the Labor Bureau to go through the formalities.
Mingyue Garment Factory officially had eight workers of its own: Fan Qiuyue and her team were responsible for the production of raw materials and linings, while Zhao Dasao and a few others were responsible for fabrics and tailoring. They started making down jackets in the summer, and when the down jackets were sold out in winter, they did some simple tailoring work. Shu Wenming could always find Dacron materials, so they made some simple, elegant and classic ready-made clothes according to the drawings drawn by Shu Jinyue. The prices were a bit high, but because they had a fixed stall to sell them, the down jackets were a success and business was good. In addition to supporting eight workers, the two bosses could also make a little money.
When Shu Wenming's factory was on track, Xu Duan finally came back.
Shu Jinyue was reading a book when suddenly his eyes went dark. A figure stood in front of the table on the kang. Jinyue blinked hard, "You still remember to come back."
Xu Duan smiled and took out a newspaper from his arms.
The newspaper is Shilan Evening News. Today's headline is: "Belated Fairness and Justice", with the subtitle "Severely punish lawless lunatics in accordance with the law, and fairness and justice enter the grassroots of rural areas", and the first sentence explains the location is Shijiagou Production Brigade, Hongyuan Commune, Qingmu County, Yangcheng City, Shilan Province...
Shu Jinyue's heart skipped a beat and he quickly scanned the page. The whole process was narrated in the form of a story. It said that one morning a month ago, a thin young man walked into the gate of Yangcheng Public Security Bureau and said he wanted to report a case.
The police asked him his name and found out that he was a person who had been declared missing/dead, and the story begins with his disappearance.
In the summer of 1969, at the age of sixteen, he responded to the call and went to the Shijiagou Production Brigade of Hongyuan Commune, Qingmu County, Yangcheng City to work as a sent-down youth. He thought he would achieve great things in the vast countryside, but it turned out to be the beginning of a nightmare. The cadres of the Shijiagou Production Brigade, headed by the team leader, implemented inhuman oppression on these young educated youth. Not only did they have to perform daily production tasks that exceeded their physical limits, but they were also often not well fed or well clothed. He was beaten and his rations were withheld simply because he expressed his doubts... The seventeen-year-old boy, who had been hungry all year round, finally decided to walk back to the city on his own in the summer of the following year to find his parents.
It's right for children of this age to look for their parents as their first reaction when they feel wronged. The mistake is that the place where they were sent to work in the countryside is Shijiagou, and Shijiagou is a place where clan forces have absolute power.
Later, the four of them agreed to go home together, but one of them slipped and fell off a cliff, one was bitten by a poisonous snake, and another got lost and has not been seen since... A week later, only one person was rescued by a herdsman in the mountain.
The whistleblower was the young educated youth who had disappeared that year. He is 29 years old now. He got lost because he fell into the river and was washed downstream by the current, injuring his head and causing temporary amnesia. Later, a kind hunter rescued him. He had been hiding in the mountains for so many years until the chaos was restored and he dared to step into the sun.
Unfortunately, he was still obstructed by Captain Shi's family in the first two years. Needless to say, the process was very difficult. It was not until this year that he mustered up the courage to walk into the Municipal Public Security Bureau. He wanted to report the rural clan evil forces headed by Captain Shi's family.
Seeing this, Jin Yue inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity. She had always known that this person was alive, but she couldn't find him. This was not surprising at all. If she were a survivor, she would also want to hide away, the farther away from these things, the better. What she found strange was -
The survivor went to the Municipal Public Security Bureau to report it himself, and then found out about the Shijiagou incident, and also found out that Captain Shi's family was all-powerful and that their entire clan had committed evil deeds. Every step in the whole process was exactly the same as in the previous life!
There were many ways he could have reported Captain Shi, but in both of his lives he chose to make a big deal out of it, picking one of the busiest mornings, Monday, and walking into the Public Security Bureau.
Even the various evidences took a long time to collect, which were enough to send Captain Shi and his family to jail... No, Jin Yue knew what was wrong!
It would be impossible for this man to collect so much evidence on his own. In addition to Captain Shi's suppression and forced labor of educated youth, his son's bullying of female educated youth, and his family's corruption, speculation, and reselling of strategic reserve grain and diesel, the amount was huge.
These evidences could not be obtained unless one had lived in Shijiagou for many years. It would be impossible for him, an educated youth who had been hiding outside for so many years, to obtain them.
The more Shu Jin looked at Xu Duan, the more haggard and thinner he looked. His lips were dry and chapped, and judging from his face, he had lost at least five or six pounds.
"You've been busy with this for the past few months?"
Xu Duan nodded. He didn't want to admit it at first, but she seemed angry that he kept postponing his return home. After thinking about it, he decided to tell the truth. "This person hid very deeply. I went to many places and checked several suspected targets before I found him."
"Finding him isn't the hardest thing. The hardest thing should be getting him to come forward and testify, right?"
Xu Duan nodded, because this man was already married with a wife and children, and was a timid person to begin with. Now that he had ties, he was even more cautious. He had tried coercion and inducement, and in the end he deliberately spread the news to Shijiagou, and the desperate people there came to deal with him first. In order to protect himself, he had no choice but to agree to Xu Duan's request.
However, Xu Duan would not let him work for nothing and gave him many benefits. At least, even if the Shi family was released from prison in the future, they would not be able to find him for revenge.
Shu Jinyue really wanted to ask: You were also the "big shot" who brought down Captain Shi in your previous life, right?
In the previous life, Teacher Shu and he met so many times in Yangcheng City, and each time happened to be around her death anniversary. Once she even happened to take his private plane. He was not actually going to that remote place to do business. He was simply going to visit her grave, right?
She became a ghost, and actually there was always a very strange thing - some food and drink would appear in front of her grave from time to time, but she couldn't see who that person was. It seemed that every time someone other than Teacher Shu went to visit her grave, she was always away from "home" for one reason or another, and when she came back, the things were still there.
She once tried to stay there, but failed. After a certain period of time, her soul floated away like a wisp of smoke, out of her control.
She couldn't think of how to describe such a mysterious thing, but it really happened to her. She now even suspected that her rebirth was related to him.
When her second sister-in-law fell ill a few years ago, she seriously searched for the reason for her rebirth. She did not have any profound merits, nor any opportunities or treasures, but so many people died, why was it only her, an inconspicuous and ordinary her?
Xu Duan felt his waist tighten and was hugged by Shu Jinyue.
"Okay, read your book now. I'm dirty, so I need to wash first...hiss."
Shu Jin tightened her grip on his waist, and then she heard him inhale, and she quickly lifted his clothes.
Sure enough, there was a circle of gauze wrapped around his waist, and blood was oozing from the left back. "When were you injured?"
"It's okay, it's over."
"I asked you when you were injured, why do you always change the subject? You are as bad as Sister Qiao, Shen Ping and Sister Wang. You also think I am stupid, easy to bully and perfunctory, right?"
Xu Duan smiled helplessly, hugged her and sighed, "No, you are just kind, you are not stupid."
If it weren't for her kindness, he would have died on that snowy night. If it weren't for her kindness, many people suffering from strange diseases would still be suffering, and perhaps some would have died.
"But why don't you answer my questions properly every time? Why do you always change the subject?" From the very beginning when they met, she asked him if they had met before, but he didn't say yes or no, but changed the subject.
She asked him several more times later, but he always changed the subject.
Now thinking about it, it’s really abominable. “If you want to do good things without leaving a name, then do it and never let me know.”
Xu Duan rested his chin on her head and laughed muffledly.
Shu Jinyue opened the gauze and saw the wound on the left lower back. It had been sutured and was eight centimeters long. "How did you get hurt?"
"They tampered with the car I was in. It flipped into a ravine and I was pierced by a hard object."
He said it calmly, but Shu Jinyue was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, "What car are you taking?"
“I borrowed an old car from a friend, found a guy in their village, and drove out to the big bend you mentioned, and the car flipped over.”
Jin Yue still remembers that big bend. There was a cliff thousands of feet below. Normally, it could only allow one car to pass. Once it fell down, if there was no shelter, it would have fallen all the way to the bottom and he would have been dead for sure. Even if he was lucky enough to be blocked by rocks and trees and did not fall down, he would not be able to get out if the villagers of Shijiagou did not rescue him.
"Then how did you get up here?"
"Climb up by yourself." With bleeding wounds, he climbed up inch by inch.
Jin Yue thought, no wonder his palms and nails were severely injured. "If it had been a little more deviated, your left kidney would have been pierced. Do you know what that means?"
"Don't worry, no, I won't let you be a widow."
Shu Jinyue pinched him fiercely, "Aren't you usually very serious? Stop smiling in front of me. I'm telling you the truth. If a kidney is pierced and you don't get to the hospital in time, the kidney will become necrotic, causing a serious infection and sepsis, which is life-threatening." It's not as simple as losing a kidney.
"Well, I can't."
Shu Jinyue pushed him away and said, "Sit down first. I'll change the medicine for you."
The doctor who performed the operation had poor technique and even the sutures were crooked, like a centipede. But the wound had already been sutured and there was no way to do anything else, so they could only disinfect it carefully and put on some dressings.
"After I climbed up, I didn't dare to go back into the village. I took advantage of the darkness to walk along the path to the Shanwai Road. I was very lucky to get a ride on a tractor. Guess who was driving it?"
Shu Jinyue thought he was afraid that he would get angry and change the subject, so he said coldly: "I'm not interested, who do you meet?"
"Wang Lao Ba."
Jin Yue paused, "Who?"
"Wang Xiaohong's fifth brother. He happened to be going there to resell mountain products, driving a tractor. Later, people from Shijiagou set up a checkpoint at the next intersection to intercept him. It was he who hid me under the mountain products, and he also sent me to the home of a distant cousin of his, who was a barefoot doctor. He saved my life."
The more Shu Jin thought about it, the more he remembered that when he came to her to ask her to treat Wang Xiaohong that year, he and his brothers admired Xu Duan very much, but he didn't want to pay attention to them at that time... Who would have thought that it was Wang Laowu who saved his life now.
Is this an accidental achievement? It's probably fate.
"Let's go to the Wang family one day and thank them properly." She said calmly, as if she was talking about what to eat today, but only she knew how moved she was in her heart.
He had done so much for her, and she finally did something for him.
"Okay. On the way back, I kept thinking, if you hadn't gone to help Wang Xiaohong with her illness, I might have died there this time."
"What nonsense! Just lie down and don't take a shower." Jin Yue also learned to change the subject. She didn't want to hear anything about life and death.
"My body is dirty, so I won't lie on the kang."
"What's the matter? You want to sleep in a separate bed from me when you come back?" Jin Yue rolled her eyes at him, "Lie down, I'll wipe you."
At this time of year, she could only wipe it in the house, but usually when he was at home, he would boil hot water, mix it into warm water, and bring it into the house for her to wash. But today, he switched it up, and it was a rare opportunity for her to help him.
The warm towel pressed against his body, and his tense muscles relaxed. Looking at her meticulous appearance, he suddenly felt itchy.
"So what will happen to the company during your absence?"
In fact, there are only three people in the company including him. They rent an office and several warehouses. There is nothing in the warehouse yet. He works and sleeps in the office. The other two high school graduates just help him with odd jobs. He is the one who actually discusses the business, and he is also the one who inspects the goods and ships them.
Jin Yue was a little worried whether the two high school students could hold on while he was away.
"Don't worry, I hired them for a reason." He was not shy about sharing his work experience with her. "Pan Wei is the guy who answered the phone when you called him these days. Although he's young, he's smart. I asked him to answer the phone in the office, and he helped me get a few orders."
"The other one whose voice you haven't heard of is called Song Zhixin. Although he is not good at speaking, he is experienced and steady. I asked him to help me guard the warehouse to prevent anyone from entering." At that time, there were many "bosses" like him who rented venues in Shenzhen. Many local tyrants specifically caught people like them from other provinces to bully, steal things from the warehouse, and deliberately make trouble to ask for protection fees. Song Zhixin could solve these problems.
"It's really easy for you to be a boss." Jin Yue teased deliberately. In fact, she knew how hard he worked. She often called him at eleven or twelve o'clock and he hadn't even gone to wash up yet.
"Everything will be fine. Once the situation is resolved, I can come back often." After wiping his upper body with the towel, he came to the base of his legs, where the scar was left from that year. If the scar on his left lower back was ugly this time, the one on the base of his legs was completely hideous and ugly.
That year, he carried her down the mountain with such a big bloody wound.
Shu Jinyue didn’t know what to say. She really wanted to kiss the scar, so she did so.
Of course, she kissed him in other places too. He was reluctant at first, saying it was unhygienic and that her mouth was too small. He thought she was a second-rate guy flirting with a decent woman. But he soon realized how good it felt. He was half-hearted and in the end he even called her "Su Su" and wouldn't let her leave. He just... Well, Shu Jinyue brushed his teeth for ten minutes.
Even if he called her "Su Su" a hundred times, it would be useless, she would just hate him so much!
The man’s words were really unreliable. He was so firm in refusing at first, and so shameless when he pressed my head and refused to leave. He was simply a bandit, a liar and a bastard!
The next morning, Shu Jinyue bought some anti-inflammatory medicine from her workplace and gave him an injection. The operation was performed in Qingmu County. Thanking Wang Laowu was one thing, but to be fair, his cousin's skills were really worrying, and she was definitely worried.
Xu Duan, who had nothing to do for the time being, did not stay at home all the time. After Jin Yue went to school, he first went to Shu Wenming's small workshop, then went back to Jinyu Hutong, and finally went to find Jiang Weijun.
No one knew what the two of them talked about. In the afternoon, when Jin Yue got out of school, he drove his car to wait for her at the school gate, picked her up, and went to Jiang Weijun's house for dinner.
"The old man went to Hainan Island for recuperation with some old comrades, and he brought little tiger with him. So the four of us should keep it simple and have hotpot?" As soon as we entered the door, Jiang Weijun and Sun Aihong, both wearing aprons, were busy in the kitchen.
However, they were just busying themselves for no reason. Neither of them knew how to cook. They said they were having hotpot, but they ended up making a pot of soup with mutton. They didn't know how to choose the vegetables, and they cut the meat into pieces that were almost one centimeter thick. When it was put into the pot, it was bloody and there was no flavor at all. It was all old.
Shu Jinyue thought unkindly: It would be better to eat out.
Xu Duan took their knives and said, "Let me do it. Jin Yue, come and help me."
Shu Jinyue can't cook, but she can pick and wash vegetables. If her knife skills are not tested, she can even cut vegetables. She can do it in just a few strokes. He only needs to cut the meat.
Looking at the large slices of beef and mutton that were as thin as a cicada's wing, Jiang Weijun kept clicking his tongue, "Jin Yue, Jin Yue, I am really benefiting from you today. Old Xu has never cooked for me, not even once."
"Then you haven't done it for my sister Aihong either."
Sun Aihong laughed, "That's right, I've been married to you for so many years, and I've never had a meal cooked by you."
Jiang Weijun felt guilty and thought his wife really didn't give him face. "Look, everyone is protecting Old Xu now. I just made a few jokes and she shifted the blame to someone else. But you are following them to bully me."
Sun Aihong was arguing with him. The young couple were originally a pair of bickering lovers, and they were not merciful with their words. When things got serious, it was common for them to fight to "subdue the enemy with force". Shu Jinyue watched with great interest from the side.
Everyone ate and chatted while eating the steaming hot pot of fragrant mutton soup. Jin Yue was still wearing a white down jacket, and was afraid of being splashed by oil, so Xu Duan rinsed the soup before giving it to her, and she just listened.
"I heard recently that leasing has been liberalized. In some places, even military properties can be rented out. Have you heard about it?"
Xu Duan shook his head. He had been in Yangcheng recently and was very busy. However, Jin Yue was more concerned because she wanted her mother to open a clinic. She had been talking about it for a while, but hadn't found a suitable location. My mother was out looking every day and did find a few places, but the locations with acceptable rents were not good, the rents for those in good locations were high, and there were even some that were only for sale and not for rent.
"Does your military region also rent out military assets?" Jin Yue didn't know whether this policy had been implemented.
"We don't have it in our military region, but my father's unit does," said Sun Aihong.
The department store where Sun's father works has some vacant properties because of poor performance. They were just vacant before, but now that they are allowed to be rented out and there is money to be made, everyone is interested. "Someone came to my dad a few days ago and said he wanted to rent a house from his workplace to open a restaurant. My dad thought it was a waste of space to open a restaurant, so he didn't agree."
"Which seat?" Jiang Weijun asked as he rinsed a piece of mutton for her.
"It's not far from Jin Yue's home, and not far from her workplace. There's a very wide alley between Xinqiao Subdistrict Office and Liuye Hutong. At the entrance there's a two-story building made of blue bricks. It used to be a warehouse for the San Department Store, but it's been idle for the past two years because of poor performance."
Shu Jinyue walks past there every day, she knows this! Li Yulan mentioned that small building a few days ago, saying that Sister Qiao had a distant relative who wanted to rent it to open a restaurant. Could this be the same person?
I heard that Sister Qiao's relative has some connections in the district and the city, and she has boasted about it several times before.
At that time, she was still sighing in her heart that such a building, with its excellent transportation, area, and geographical location, would be a perfect place for her mother to open a clinic. Unfortunately, she knew it was a popular place and there would be many people competing for it, so she didn't dare to think about it.
"Is that building under the management of Uncle Sun?"
Sun Aihong smiled. Jin Yue still spoke in a naive and cute way. "My dad is retired, so he is not in charge of this business. But I fought for this building from the Second Department Store. When I fought for it, it was two dilapidated tile houses. It was my dad who insisted on demolishing them and turning them into brick houses, and adding another floor. So if anyone wants to rent it, everyone defaults to wanting to hear my dad's opinion."
Shu Jinyue's eyes lit up, "Then if I rent it as a clinic, would Uncle Sun agree?"
Her emotions were too straightforward. Sun Aihong laughed and said, "If you want to open it, then there is nothing to say. Submit the application today and it will be approved tomorrow."
“Wouldn’t that be bad?”
Sun Aihong laughed again, "What's the big deal? It's not a backdoor. This is fair competition. If other companies have the same idea as you, we will have to compete." But it's unlikely. No one would come here to open a clinic on the territory of Xinqiao Street.
As long as Shu Jinyue is around, anyone who opens a clinic will starve to death.
Shu Jinyue felt that he had come to the right place today, and asked some specific questions, mainly about the application process and what materials he needed to prepare for the application. When he got home in the evening, he called everyone together for a family meeting.
Speaking of the two-story building in Chunhua Hutong, everyone in the family knows it, because it happens to be a crossroads where people and vehicles coming from the south and the north meet. Opposite it are the No. 3 Department Store and the Red Star Cinema, on the left is the Xinqiao Street Office, and 400 meters to the right are Lihua Hutong, Xinghua Hutong and Liuye Hutong. How many people live in these places? No one has estimated it, but the population of Xinqiao Street is mainly concentrated in this area.
Going further to the right, there are three or four large factories headed by Shucheng Machinery Factory, each with more than 4,000 workers, and some even have 10,000 workers.
Such a location is comparable to the No. 3 City Department Store across the street, and no one can refuse it.
No. Person.
"Don't tell me, the guy who wants to open a restaurant has sharp eyes."
"There was also someone who wanted to open a clothing store, but Uncle Sun also rejected it because there was a department store across the street."
Everyone laughed. Only a fool would agree to this blatant challenge to Sanbaihuo.
Shu Jinyue felt that this news was an advantage. She copied what she had written down at dinner into her mother's notebook and handed it to her father. "My mother is busy. Dad, you just follow this catalog and prepare the materials as soon as possible. My mother and I will go to see Uncle Sun in two days."
Shu Linong quickly agreed, saying that this kind of clerical work was more suitable for him than cooking and delivering meals.
He spent half a day writing an eloquent, well-reasoned application, and another half a day preparing the other necessary materials. The next day, Shu Jinyue and Zhao Wanqiu went to Sun's house.
After hearing what Sun Aihong had said, Father Sun already had a plan in mind, but he still carefully read their application and materials, as well as their various qualifications. He pondered for a moment and said, "There's no problem on our side, but the Health Bureau..."
"The document just came down the day before yesterday, and the province's attitude is encouragement and support." Jin Yue handed over a document.
Father Sun read through it carefully and checked Jin Yue and the others' qualifications one by one. They all met the requirements for their years of practice, professions, and scopes. Then he closed the materials and said, "Okay, we'll have a meeting on Monday. You guys go back and wait for the news."
With these words, the mother and daughter felt relieved.
Mr. Sun was indeed acting from the collective interests of the unit. He felt that having such a reputable clinic would also be beneficial to the increasingly depressed San Department Store. After all, where there is a hospital there are people, and where there are people there is prosperity. In addition, Shu Jinyue is an excellent medical skill, and Zhao Wanqiu is well-versed in both Chinese and Western medicine. Opening a clinic like this at a transportation hub will make it convenient for tens of thousands of people nearby to seek medical treatment. Isn't this a social benefit that their state-owned unit needs to consider?
Not to mention, Shu Jinyue also saved Sun Ailan's life.
He will make this happen both for public and private reasons.
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Soon, Monday arrived, and the Shu family was in a state of anxiety, both expectant and nervous. Although Zhao Wanqiu's opening of a clinic seemed to be a matter between her and Jin Yue, it was indeed the biggest event for the Shu family, even bigger than when Shu Wenming opened a small workshop.
No one in the Shu family told anyone this time. The neighbors saw them busy but didn't know what they were busy with. Little did they know that they received a call from Sun Ailan at noon, saying that it was done!
The Shu family is about to give the neighbors in Yard No. 16 an explosive news!
Shu Jinyue didn't have time to care what everyone thought. After her application was approved, she would naturally have to apply to the Health Bureau for more practice. After all, she was still a public institution employee, and if she wanted to practice in a private clinic, there were still many procedures to go through.
She thought about it and felt that there would be no problem with her direct supervisor Zhu Daqiang, and it would be easy to talk to Ma Shuhui, but she didn't know what the district and city would say. However, given her diligence over the years and her reputation among patients, it should be feasible for her to use her spare time to practice in more places without affecting her work and studies.
So, after going to the Municipal Health Bureau, she found that the reputation she had accumulated in the past was really useful. Not to mention the leaders in the district, almost half of the leaders in the Municipal Bureau were her loyal patients. Some of them could not be cured in the Municipal Hospital and finally asked her, a non-staff expert, to save the situation. Some were introduced to her by word of mouth... As soon as she entered, everyone smiled at her and called her "Xiao Shu" affectionately.
Things went so smoothly that Shu Jinyue felt like she was about to have the aura of a heroine!
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During the entire Spring Festival, the Shu family was busy with the clinic. The women would just go and take a look. All the decoration matters were handled by Xu Duan and Shu Wenming, plus Shu Linong, who was just there to run errands. In just two months, the clinic was decorated and looked presentable, and the sign was hung up.
It was a difficult task to come up with a name. We couldn't use any exaggerated words, but we also wanted to promote the fact that Shu Jinyue was seeing patients there. After much choice, Shu Jinyue was at a loss and decided to just call the clinic "Jinyue Clinic".
Anyway, the great man’s poem has such a good meaning, and the characters are originally two good words.
Those who know Shu Jinyue will of course know why the clinic is called this name. Those who don’t know will know after coming in.
That day, Jin Yue was looking around in the clinic, thinking about what else to add, when he suddenly saw a figure flash several times at the door. It was a man in a police uniform. Jin Yue remembered that he had been lingering at the door for quite some time.
I thought, could it be that he is here on official business? She had no experience in handling these formalities and coordinating with various departments, so Xu Duan was the one who took care of it. She was not sure whether she had coordinated with them, but since they had come, there must be something going on. Jin Yue hurried to the door: "Hello comrade, what can I do for you?"
The police officer glanced at her and asked, "Are you a nurse? Is the doctor from your clinic here?"
"I am a doctor. My name is Shu Jinyue."
The man didn't pay attention to her name, his eyes were only focused on looking inside, "I heard that a very good doctor opened a clinic here, let me take a look, are you not open yet?"
"It hasn't officially opened for business yet, but if you need anything, I can help you check it out first." Jin Yue said sincerely.
The man was a little suspicious, as if he felt that he had come to the wrong place, but this was the location his colleague was talking about. There was only one clinic nearby, but the doctor in front of him... well, he was not even older than him.
Shu Jinyue was already immune to this kind of gaze, and said calmly: "I am the doctor here. If necessary, you can come with me to the clinic to check my work ID."
She could never have imagined that her calmness not only helped her welcome the first patient to her clinic, but also made a great contribution to the area and even the entire Shilan Province!
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