Chen Xingling flattened the invoice and put it in the drawer.
"We'll also be next week, about the same as you guys."
Ma Dali asked: "How many courses do you have?"
Chen Xingling replied: "Eight subjects, four days of examination, both in the morning and afternoon."
Ma Dali chuckled, "Then I'll have it easier than you. I'll only take five subjects. I've already reviewed them, so there shouldn't be any problems. How about you? Try to get above 90 in each subject?"
"I'm fine." Chen Xingling shrugged: "I'll just try to pass, I don't expect a high score."
Now she relies on self-study at night. She has learned most of the knowledge in the class. Even without reviewing, it is easy for her to pass the test. 80 points should be no problem, but above 90 points is a bit difficult.
After all, there are too many courses, and the exams are all taken at the same time, so there is not enough time to review, otherwise I could still try to get a score.
Points are like money, no one can have too much, and she is no exception.
Ma Dali was not worried about her at all, and whispered: "You can get high scores in any test, but Xiaohua might be in trouble..."
Chen Xingling couldn't help but feel sorry for her friend when she heard this, and explained: "She is not good at English, but she still wants to study English. I tried to persuade her, but she didn't dare to listen, saying that her cousin insisted on English. Now she is in trouble. Her cousin has broken up, the marriage is not going to happen, but all the major courses are still waiting for her."
Jia Shuanghua’s foundation was not very solid. If she had not applied for the teacher training major with the lowest score in the college entrance examination, she probably would not have been admitted to Chongqing University.
Her worst subject was English, but her cousin heard from somewhere that being an English teacher was the easiest thing and that one only had to teach a few words and sentences to get by for the rest of their lives, so he insisted that she apply for the English major.
Later we broke up and couldn't get married, but as an English major I had to bite the bullet and continue studying.
During this period, she would come to the construction site from time to time to ask Chen Xingling and Ma Dali about some grammar questions that she couldn't solve. Every time she came, she had a sad face and a cloud of worry all over her body.
Ma Dali smiled bitterly: "She studies very hard and seriously. It's almost a semester, and I don't know if she can make it through. I hope she can pass every subject, otherwise she will have to take make-up exams in the future. I heard... too many make-up exams may affect future graduation and job placement."
Chen Xingling suggested: "If she passes the exam this time, we will support her to study. If she needs to take a make-up exam, we will persuade her to switch to a liberal arts major that she is good at next semester."
"She wanted to transfer a long time ago," Ma Dali explained, "but the counselor refused, saying that there was no system for transferring in the middle of a semester, and asked her to think it over carefully and come back to discuss it next semester."
Chen Xingling whispered distressedly: "To handle the field that I am least good at, I have to work several times harder than others."
Ma Dali also felt sorry for Jia Shuanghua and whispered, "She said that she had really had a hard time in her life. Except for being admitted to Chongqing University, nothing went well for her."
"There are at least two big things." Chen Xingling has always been optimistic and thinks about things in a positive way: "Being able to get into university will make a completely different fate in the future. Her cousin may not have a good fate, the bad ones are not good, and the good ones will not come. These are all major events in life! I feel very lucky."
She used to work in a grain store. If she didn't challenge herself, she would have to stay there selling rice and cooking oil for the rest of her life.
Such a department will be abolished soon, and she will most likely be laid off.
But now she has been admitted to university, and will be working as a teacher with a guaranteed job in the future. She will enjoy a stable life with a permanent job.
As for that foolishly filial cousin who has no opinion of his own, not to mention the blood relationship, just his self-righteous attitude of wanting to control everything is enough to make it impossible to be happy if you get involved with him.
In her opinion, Jia Shuanghua was obviously very lucky in her youth!
Ma Dali was amused by her and poured a large bowl of water and drank it down.
"Okay, I'm busy."
"Wait!" Chen Xingling stopped him and asked, "It's the end of the year, do you need an advance on some money?"
Ma Dali shook his head and explained, "You took 200 yuan at the beginning, and there is still some left. My second brother will not come over during the Chinese New Year, so it is enough for the three of us. When the construction site is completed, we will settle it all together."
"Yes." Chen Xingling reminded: "If you don't have enough, come to me for an advance."
Ma Dali raised his chin slightly and gestured outside.
"In a few days, most of the workers will be able to retire, and then we will have to pay them a large sum of money. Lingling, you and Mr. Liao later raised more than 2,000 yuan... How much can we earn?"
Mr. Liao later asked to buy better slate and wood, but Chen Xingling said that this was impossible because the materials would be at least two thousand yuan more expensive.
Mr. Liao knew that he had violated the original contract, but he was still trustworthy. Later, he paid them 2,500 yuan in return, hoping that they would do their job and ensure the quality.
Chen Xingling thought for a moment and answered, "The labor cost is about the same as I estimated. Although there are many workers, they work very quickly. Most of them leave after finishing the work in about half a month. The carpenters' work came later, and the bricklayers came later. After all, the labor cost is cheaper than the materials. It's mainly because Old Man Liao always wants to buy more materials, which leads to the continuous increase in the cost. However, the 2,500 yuan that was asked for later should not be spent. It is our guaranteed money. We don't need to buy anything now. We can earn as much as we save. What we save on the guaranteed money is our profit."
Ma Dali stared in surprise and asked excitedly: "...There are so many? Really? I...I thought it was only a few hundred yuan at most. But, if I can get a hundred yuan a month, I will be happy enough."
Chen Xingling shook his head: "This is a big project, so it's reasonable to make more money. We could make more in the future, but we only bought materials and hired the highest-paid workers, so the expenses were a bit higher. But this was built for publicity. The beginning of a new project is more important than anything else. So, it's okay to make less money, the key is to make our team famous."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Ma Dali said happily: "Anyway, you make the arrangements, and I - we will be responsible for the work!"
Chen Xingling laughed softly, "I recently took over a small house, which is the new home of my wife's boss, Director Guo. But his daughter-in-law is still pregnant, and according to the old tradition, the family cannot start construction. We can only wait until March next year when the daughter-in-law is in confinement before we can start construction."
"It doesn't matter!" Ma Dali smiled and said, "Then just wait. Anyway, we will specialize in this business in the future and make a lot of money!"
Chen Xingling is also full of confidence, thinking that although this business is hard, there is considerable room for profit.
When the three gardens were built, my brothers did not receive any wages, and there were few stone slabs, most of which were ordinary wooden boards, so the raw materials there were not so expensive.
Uncle Liao's garden is large, and he pursues the best materials, so his profit margin is forced to be reduced.
But once in a lifetime, she has roughly grasped the trick to make more money.
"Lingling! Lingling!" Zhu Siya's voice came from outside.
Chen Xingling ran out in surprise and saw Fourth Brother riding on a motorcycle. Fourth Sister-in-law, wearing a long windbreaker and a purple silk scarf, was leaning on Fourth Brother's back with a beautiful smile on her face. They were visibly sweet.
Chen Jixing waved at her and asked with a smile, "Are you going to class? Are you free this afternoon?"
"There will be no classes this afternoon." Chen Xingling walked up to the fourth sister-in-law and greeted her warmly. He asked, "I heard that you went to the city to buy wedding gifts. Have you bought everything?"
"They are all on the tractor." Chen Jixing raised his chin slightly: "I saw my third brother just now, and I told him to take us with him when they go out in the evening. Have you eaten yet? Come on, we'll take you to eat."
Chen Xingling smiled and shook his head: "You two can have dinner together, I won't bother you. The aroma of meat and vegetables is always wafting from my kitchen, so you won't have to worry about having nothing to eat at noon."
Zhu Siya smiled sweetly: "It's not just about eating! We also have something to discuss with you."
"What's the matter?" Chen Xingling asked curiously.
Chen Jixing shook her arm lightly and said with a smile: "Stop talking nonsense! Get in the car!"
Seeing that they were acting mysteriously, Chen Xingling thought that they had something very important to tell him, so he just told Ma Dali, went to the kitchen to tell Zhao Xiaoxing, and then set off with them.
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