When Mai Lao San said, "Mai Sui has been smart since he was young," the expressions of Mai Xiangdong and others were indescribable.

However, in front of Xu Jianzhong, they naturally would not say that Mai Sui was a fool when he was a child, but somehow he became fine when he grew up.

With Mai Sui’s current achievements, who the hell dares to call her a fool?

Even Shen Xingchen, who had originally planned to take Mai Sui to a large hospital in Beijing to have his brain checked, now there is no need to go at all.

His wife is not stupid at all, she is clearly a genius among geniuses!

Maybe it's because he is too smart that he is not understood by everyone and has been misunderstood as a fool for so many years.

After all, ordinary people cannot understand the world of geniuses!

Whenever Shen Xingchen thought of this, he couldn't help but feel sorry for his wife's childhood. It was so pitiful!

Xu Jianzhong had heard Shen Xingchen talk about this portable sewing machine, and he also knew that Mai Sui planned to start his own factory, but this was the first time he had seen it with his own eyes.

He fell in love with it at first sight, and touched it back and forth over and over again many times.

It’s amazing that such a palm-sized thing is actually a sewing machine!

Seeing this, Mai Lao San said generously: "Brother Xu, if you like it, this one is for you. It's new and I haven't used it yet."

Xu Jianzhong was not polite: "Thank you, Brother Xiangxi."

Afterwards, Xu Jianzhong talked to Mai Laosan about building a factory.

He also found out some information in the capital.

Just as Song Hewei had thought before, someone in Beijing had already done this, and the government not only did not suppress or stop it, but instead strongly supported it.

I guess I just want to do a pilot to see if it's feasible.

Therefore, there is a high probability that the Mai Sui factory can be built.

Xiangxi County is a bit far from the capital, and the specific policy details may not be communicated in a timely manner, but it is an undeniable fact that the overall environment has been quietly changing.

After listening to Xu Jianzhong's words, Mai Xiangdong went home and found his wife Tian Guifen again to discuss investing in the sewing machine factory.

They had discussed it several times before, but had not yet made up their minds.

It's not as easy to make money in the countryside as in the city. The savings they have saved over the years is only a little over a thousand yuan.

Although this thousand seems like a lot, they have been saving it for almost twenty years.

This is because Lianhua Village is relatively wealthy. If it were in those poor villages in the mountains, it would probably be impossible to save even a hundred yuan.

Mai Xiangdong took a puff of his pipe and said to his wife in a serious tone:

"The third brother just told me privately that he made a full 10,000 yuan from those 500 portable sewing machines he sold last time, after deducting the cost!"

"How much did you say?!" Tian Guifen was shocked.

Oh my god! Ten thousand yuan! She had never seen so much money in her life!

Mai Xiangdong continued: "Juncai and Liangcai are married and have children. Once there are more children, this house will not be able to accommodate them.

We will have to distribute the good materials sooner or later, and then we will have to build a house for him.

I was thinking, how about going crazy with the third brother?

You see, he has been idle since he was a child. He was originally the worst off among our brothers, but this year his luck suddenly turned around.

Moreover, he seemed to have never suffered any hardship since he was a child, except that his wife died early.

When I was a child, the village lady told me my fortune and said I was a very lucky person. I think it was pretty accurate!"

"So what do you mean by that...?"

"How about we just vote?"

"How much?"

"one thousand!"

"All in? No money left?"

"Since you've decided to go crazy, let's go all the way! Besides, Juncai and Liangcai are going to work in the factory, they have salaries, we can eat their food."

Mai Xiangdong thought that as long as he was still working as the team leader, he would not starve to death.

Even if there is an emergency and I need money, with his reputation over the years, it should be no problem to borrow a few hundred dollars.

Tian Guifen is a typical rural woman. She can give some suggestions on small matters, but she usually listens to Mai Xiangdong on big matters.

Since her husband had already made the decision, she stopped talking nonsense.

Anyway, those poor families in the village don’t have a penny in savings, but they still live well.

Tian Guifen thought, no matter how bad her family's life was, it couldn't be that bad, and that was enough!

.........

Mai Xiangnan's family was also discussing this matter.

However, his family’s situation is different from Mai Xiangdong’s.

Mai Xiangnan originally planned to use two hundred yuan to support his third brother's career, but his wife Yang Huizhen firmly disagreed.

The two even had a serious quarrel over this.

Although Yang Huizhen envied Mai Laosan for making money, it was absolutely impossible for her to take out money to invest first!

As I said before, it is not easy to save money in rural areas.

Mai Xiangnan's family only had about 300 yuan in savings, and Yang Huizhen was reluctant to take out 200 yuan at once!

What if I lose money?

Yang Huizhen might be so angry that she would vomit blood, and she would never be able to sleep peacefully again, thinking about the "huge sum" of two hundred yuan she lost every day.

To be honest, Mai Xiangnan didn't think much of Mai Lao San's plan, but the eldest brother and the fourth brother would definitely give money to support the third brother.

As the second elder brother, he has to show some appreciation.

So, the couple quarreled for two days, and finally Yang Huizhen agreed to invest fifty yuan.

This was her last concession, otherwise she would go back to her parents' home and refuse to live with it, forcing Mai Xiangnan to follow Mai Laosan from now on.

Mai Xiangnan had no choice but to compromise.

Fifty is fifty, it’s enough as the meaning is conveyed, it’s better than nothing.

........

Mai goes to the north.

Their whole family returned to the city in the second year of the Chinese New Year.

Because Lin Shuhua has many relatives to leave, it is impossible for her to stay in Lianhua Village forever.

The couple also discussed investing in a sewing machine factory.

At first, Mai Xiangbei was only prepared to take 500 yuan as a token of his appreciation, but later he could not resist Mai Laosan's eloquent lobbying and increased the amount to 1,500 yuan.

Mai Xiangbei started working at the age of 17 and is now 37 years old, having worked for 20 years.

Even though his salary was not as high as it is now at the beginning, he roughly calculated that there must be two to three thousand in savings at home.

However, when he asked Lin Shuhua, Lin Shuhua hesitated and did not dare to give a direct answer.

After being married for so many years, Mai Xiangbei knew at a glance that Lin Shuhua was hiding something from him.

After further questioning, I found out that they didn't even have 500, let alone 2,000 or 3,000!

Now, their total savings add up to just 172.5 yuan.

In other words, their house only looks good on the outside, but it's actually empty on the inside, just a display stand.

"Where did the money go?" Mai Xiangbei asked, controlling his temper, "When I first started working, I gave all the money to you.

Later, when my salary got higher, I took 10 yuan for myself and gave the rest to you. Now I don't keep a penny.

We don’t usually have lavish meals every day, and I haven’t seen us buy anything expensive. What we eat and wear is pretty much the same as other families.

Where did you spend all that money?"