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Yes, who doesn’t want to do a profitable business?
Zhong Guilan said the same thing to Wu Yun.
Jiang Che had just delivered the electronic watches to Wu at noon. Wu Yun gave each of his subordinates 20 yuan and earned 2,600 yuan in less than half an hour.
This was still not enough to go around, and several people complained that their share was too little. It was only after Wu Yun had some persuasion that they were persuaded to leave.
Seeing the man sitting in the room looking both happy and worried, and very conflicted, Zhong Guilan went up to him and asked him what was wrong.
Wu Yun hesitated and told the story. Compared with Wu Yun, Zhong Guilan was more shocked when she heard the money. She asked puzzledly: "Then what are you waiting for? Go find Jiang Che and ask him if he has any more goods?"
Wu Yun frowned. This woman didn't know anything. Although he didn't want to admit it, his relationship with Jiang Che had indeed become more distant. He already felt it was incredible that the other party would think of him for this business. Moreover, he also understood the meaning behind Jiang Che's words today. This seemed to be a one-time deal. The other party had made it so clear. What was the point of him shamelessly trying to get involved?
Thinking of this, he glanced at his wife. It was all the fault of his sister-in-law Zhong Yulan. If she hadn't been making trouble, if his relationship with Xiao Che was still as good as before, what would be wrong to say?
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It wouldn't be so passive now.
Zhong Guilan was frightened by the way the man looked at her. She took two steps back and said vaguely, "Why are you looking at me like that? Did you hear what I just said to you?"
Wu Yun came back to his senses and realized that he couldn't blame his wife for this. Forget it. Anyway, his family no longer had any contact with his sister-in-law Zhong Yulan. It was useless to think about the past. He should quickly think about how to discuss this matter with Xiao Che.
After a while, he frowned and sighed, "Alas, in the past I wouldn't have thought so much and would have just gone to his house to find him. Now I don't even know which direction his door faces."
Zhong Guilan didn't care: "Why don't you go to the store to find him? I don't understand why you want to make money with him. You're not asking him to do something for you. What are you worried about?"
It seems to be right when you put it this way, but it’s not right...why did I get confused by my wife?
"I see that Jiang Che doesn't seem to want to continue doing this business anymore. Maybe he doesn't want to continue doing it with me?" Yes, he was not sure what Jiang Che was thinking now.
However, Zhong Yulan felt that her husband had lost his mind after what happened to Jiang Che.
She reminded him, "Who doesn't want to do a profitable business? Besides, if he doesn't want to do it with you, why would he come to you this time? Are you thinking too much?"
Yes, could it be true that it was just like what my wife said, that he was thinking too much?
Wu Yun turned his head and looked at his wife: "How about I go back to ask him in a few days?"
Zhong Guilan nodded at him and said, "That's right. In my opinion, we don't even need to wait two days. We can ask now. We should strike while the iron is hot."
It’s not good now. Wu Yun shook his head: "Let’s wait and see. Although I am confident that this watch will sell well, in reality, we have to wait for this group of people to come back." Whether something is easy to sell or not is not something that can be said with words. It depends on whether the market is willing to buy it.
"You are the one who thinks things through, unlike me, who stops thinking when I see money."
Wu Yun raised his head complacently in response to his wife's flattery. He had been doing business for so many years, and if he couldn't even think of this, then it would have been all in vain.
Jiang Che didn't expect that Wu Yun was still planning to do this with him. After giving the watch to Wu Yun, he never thought about continuing this business, so Wu Yun's plan was doomed to fail.
After talking with his wife in the afternoon, Jiang Che was ready to start looking for a house.
Of course, this is not a difficult thing. It is just a matter of going to two more street offices. Now the street office knows what every household has, and asking the street office which family has a house to sell is definitely the fastest way.
If he were really asked to look for it in every street and alley, not only might he not be as fast as others, he also wouldn't have that much time.
In addition to finding a house, before Jiang Che left the house the next day, Wei Xuan handed him a package: "You go to the nearby post office and mail the watch to your hometown. The package also contains the payment for the recent delivery of goods to the second and third brothers. I have calculated it all, so you can mail it as well. Oh, by the way, remember to call them and let them know."
"Okay, I got it. Anything else?"
Wei Xuan thought about it and realized that there was nothing wrong, so she shook her head: "It's okay. Don't drink too much with Brother Xue at noon. We still have things to do in the afternoon."
"Okay, got it." Jiang Che put on his coat and walked to the door, but he still said with concern: "I'll come back at noon to pick you up to go to the store. Don't ride your bike alone."
"Yeah, okay."
Jiang Che went out and headed straight for the state-owned hotel. On the way, he passed by the post office, parked the car, and called the Wei family at the door.
The person who answered the phone was Wei's mother. Needless to say, the person who could call her home must be either her daughter or her son-in-law.
Therefore, when she received the call, she asked directly: "Is it Ni'er or Xiao Che?"
"Mom, it's me."
"Oh, Xiao Che, are you looking for your second brother? He's not at home. He went out with your third brother. Just tell me if you have anything to say. I'll tell him when he comes back."
Jiang Che didn't actually have anything serious to do. It's just that they were not in Beijing before, and the payment to the Wei family was a few days late. Now that they are back, they have to say something.
When Wei's mother heard about this, she quickly said, "It's not worth you making a special call for such a small matter. Don't worry, your two brothers won't worry about it."
"Hey, Mom, can you please tell my second and third brothers that I have transferred the money to them and ask them to check it carefully."
"Well, I know about this. But even if you don't call me today, Xiao Che, I'm going to write to you. On the 16th, your younger brother will bring his girlfriend home. Do you and Ni'er have time to come back?"
Wei Xiaolong has a girlfriend? So sudden. Since he returned to the county to work, he and Wei Xuan have often contacted each other through letters, but I have never heard him mention this in his letters!
But this was not the time to dwell on these things. He quickly and happily said to Wei's mother on the other end of the phone, "We must have time. Wei Xuan only has this one brother. He must go back for such a big event as getting married. The 16th, right? We must go back early that day."
"Okay, that's it. You must have something else to do, so I won't disturb you from working." After hanging up the phone, Wei's mother smiled happily. She was glad that her daughter and son-in-law were back.
The daughter-in-law her youngest son found came from a well-off family, and Wei's mother was worried that she would be looked down upon by the other party. With the help of her daughter and son-in-law, she instantly felt at ease.
Jiang Che hung up the phone and looked at the package in his hand. It seemed that he had forgotten to tell his mother-in-law about this. Never mind. He had to go back in two days anyway, so he could just take the package with him. He went in to transfer the money and didn't send the package for the time being.
After wasting a little time at the post office, when Jiang Che arrived at the hotel, Xue Bin was already waiting there.
Jiang Che hurried over and said apologetically, "Sorry, Brother Xue, I'm late."
"It's okay. I just got here not long ago." Xue Bin was not the kind of person who cared about such trivial matters. He pointed to the small blackboard at the door and said, "How about we order food first, or do you want to talk about business first?"
"Order, order, and eat first." The dishes served every day in the state-owned restaurant are clearly written on the blackboard, making it easy to see at a glance.
The two of them didn't bother to exchange pleasantries and directly ordered two meat dishes, one vegetable dish and a soup.
After ordering the dishes, the two returned to their seats and sat down. Jiang Che poured Xue Bin a glass of water: "The dishes will probably take a while, drink some water first."
Xue Bin nodded, picked up the water cup and took a sip, then asked Jiang Che: "Are you looking for me to buy our transport team's second-hand trucks?"
"It's true that nothing can be hidden from you, Brother Xue." Since others have guessed it, Jiang Che can no longer hide it.
He said bluntly: "Brother Xue, I remember that your transport team seemed to have some discarded second-hand cars to sell before, right? I wonder if you still have them now?"
Xue Bin recalled that he and Jiang Che met because he wanted to buy a second-hand truck a few years ago, and his cousin introduced him to him. But he didn't know why Jiang Che changed his mind and didn't buy it. But it did happen, so it wasn't surprising that he knew the transport team had second-hand trucks for sale.
It's strange why he is thinking about this again now.
I asked what I was thinking.
Fortunately, Jiang Che did not intend to hide anything in this matter, and it was not something shameful. He told Xue Bin frankly the reason why he wanted to buy a car.
Unexpectedly, Xue Bin frowned after hearing this. He didn't think this was a good idea.
First of all, the second-hand cars that are eliminated by the transport team must have serious problems. If they are in good condition, they will not be eliminated. Even if they can be repaired and can still be driven, their safety cannot be guaranteed. It would be even worse if they break down on the road while transporting goods.
Secondly, Jiang Che wanted to do transportation, which was fine, but he was a layman and knew nothing. It was not easy for him to get familiar with the routes, not to mention how dangerous the roads were now. Without an experienced senior to lead him, it would be easy for him to get into trouble.
Xue Bin's words were truly considerate of Jiang Che. If it were an ordinary person with whom you didn't have a good relationship, no one would care about your life or death.
Jiang Che was very grateful, but he had thought about these questions.
He wanted to buy a new car, but nowadays you can't buy a car just because you want to. Apart from buying a used car from a transport team, he really couldn't think of any other way to get a truck.
Fortunately, he is not planning to drive long distances now, so it is still okay to drive the used car within Beijing. Even if there is a problem, he will not be in an embarrassing situation where no one can help him.
Besides, he was quite familiar with this area of Beijing. As long as he didn't go to too remote places, the possibility of encountering danger was low.
Seeing that he had considered it so carefully, Xue Bin stopped talking. Just then the dishes came up, and Jiang Che asked him to eat first: "We'll talk after you finish eating."
Two grown men eat very quickly when they are not drinking.
After the meal, Xue Bin had a general idea of the matter in his mind. He said to Jiang Che, "If you really want to buy a car, I will go back to the team and help you check it out. Try to pick one with fewer problems."
"Oh, thank you so much, Brother Xue." In terms of familiarity with cars, he was definitely far inferior to Xue Bin. If he were to choose, the quality of the car would really depend entirely on luck. With Xue Bin's help, Jiang Che felt much more at ease.
Seeing how happy he was, Xue Bin quickly interrupted his unrealistic fantasy: "Don't thank me yet. Even if I were to choose, the result wouldn't be much different."
The base is there, and every car is pretty much the same, so it's impossible to find a bargain. To prevent Jiang Che from being disappointed in the future, Xue Bin felt that he had an obligation to give him a heads-up in advance.
"I know, Brother Xue, no matter what, I am already very grateful that you are willing to help."
Jiang Che was speaking from his heart. Xue Bin had indeed helped him a lot. He just said thank you from the bottom of his heart. It was not a flattering remark made in the hope that Xue Bin could help him pick a good car.
There is no rush to buy a car, and it is not something that can be done right away.
After the discussion, both of them had other things to do, so after coming out of the restaurant, Jiang Che said goodbye to Xue Bin. He had to go home to pick up his wife first, and then go to the street office.
When he got home, Wei Xuan was taking a nap. Jiang Che didn't have the habit of taking a nap. Besides, it would be too troublesome to go to bed and take a shower and change clothes after going out. So he decided to sit in the living room and listen to the radio to pass the time.
Fortunately, Wei Xuan didn't sleep for long and woke up half an hour later. She heard a noise in the living room, so she got out of bed, opened the door and went out.
Seeing that it was Jiang Che playing the radio, she asked, "When did you come back?"
Jiang Che glanced at the time: "About half an hour ago, do you want to sleep a little longer?"
"I'm not going to sleep anymore." Wei Xuan shook her head. If she continued to sleep, she would not be able to fall asleep that night.
She glanced at the package on the table: "Why did you bring the things back again?"
Jiang Che turned off the radio, stood up and walked over to her, took her hand and asked her to sit down: "I called my hometown. Mom said that my younger brother's girlfriend will come to meet someone at home on the 16th. I thought that since we are going back anyway, wouldn't it be better to send her back in person when the time comes?"
"Is my little brother dating someone? Where is he from and what does he do?"
How could Jiang Che know this? This was the first time he heard his mother-in-law mention it today, and he didn't know much more than his wife.
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So he could only say, "I didn't ask too many questions. It's not clear over the phone. If you want to know, why don't you go ask Third Sister-in-law tonight? She should know."
Mrs. Wei San is still working in the supply and marketing cooperative. Now she can go back once or twice a month, and Brother Wei San can often come to the city with the trucks transporting goods, one to visit her, and the other to check the prices of grain and some agricultural and sideline products.
After all, this is what my family does, so I must keep up with the market. Only by buying low and selling high can I make money, otherwise I will lose money.
Wei Xuan thought about it and shook her head. Today is already the 11th, and it's only a few days until the 16th. She will know everything when she goes back then. There's no need to make an extra trip now.
"Whatever you want, so what are we going to do now, or what?"
"Let's go to the store. Take me there and then you can go about your business."
"Okay," Jiang Che pointed at Wei Xuan, "Then go wash your face and change your clothes."
By the time the two went out again, it was almost two o'clock.
Wei Xuan went to the store to settle accounts. Jiang Che dropped her off and left. He walked along the street, expanding his scope to run from one street office to another.
He did not let go of any street office. Thinking of what his wife said yesterday, in order to find a house as soon as possible and open the store before his wife got pregnant, Jiang Che also promised that no matter who it was, as long as they could help him find a house that met his requirements, he would be willing to pay a 2% commission.
This is a huge profit. A 2% commission for a house worth one thousand yuan is twenty yuan, which is enough for half a month's salary for them.
So from the next day, Jiang Che fell into an endless cycle of house hunting. The aunties and grandmas from the street office did everything they could to earn Jiang Che's money.
No one knew how they did it, but there were at least 20 houses waiting for Jiang Che to see every day. Some aunties even told Jiang Che secretly that if he saw a house he liked, he should just tell them and they would go find the owner and make him sell it to him.
In order to prevent the aunties from taking extreme actions to harass the homeowner, Jiang Che politely declined their kindness.
In the end, Jiang Che couldn't stand it anymore. He told Wei Xuan: "I'll pick a few that are similar and take you to see them tomorrow. If they work, let's decide quickly. I really can't run anymore. I don't understand where those aunties get such good physical strength from."
Wei Xuan laughed at him: "Your money power is at work!"
If it weren't for the 2% commission, who would be so idle as to take you out every day? With this time, it would be so comfortable to sit in the office with a cup of tea and chat.
Jiang Che was so angry that he snorted twice: "Don't you see who I'm doing this for, you ungrateful little bastard, and you're still making fun of me."
Wei Xuan quickly said, "Okay, okay, it's my fault. I'll go with you to book a house tomorrow, okay?"
"That's more like it."
The next day, Jiang Che took Wei Xuan to see three rooms that he thought were pretty good, two of which were larger and one was smaller.
After looking at them all, Wei Xuan decided to buy them all. It is not easy to find a suitable house, so she certainly cannot miss it now.
"Are you really going to buy them all?" Jiang Che felt that his family had too many houses.
Wei Xuan didn't care, and even had the leisure to tease him: "Just because you have worked so hard to look at houses these two days, you have to buy all of them. This is the only way to repay your efforts."
Jiang Che rolled his eyes at her and said nothing more. Well, if you want to buy it, just buy it!
Didn’t you see how happily the two aunts laughed when they heard what their daughter-in-law said? If he dared to say one more word now, he couldn’t guarantee that he could still leave the room safely.
After completing the formalities at the Housing Authority, Wei Xuan sent Jiang Che to contact the decorator while she herself prepared to go back to the store to write another job advertisement.
Jiang Che was worried about leaving her alone, and Wei Xuan thought he was making a fuss. She was still working for a few months when she was pregnant with Yuanyuan, and nothing happened, right?
She urged, "You should go quickly. It will be too late if you don't go now. This place is so close to the store. I won't be in the way if I walk."
Seeing his wife's insistence, Jiang Che hesitated for a moment before saying, "Okay, then walk slowly, don't be in a hurry."
Wei Xuan returned to the store and posted the newly written job advertisement on the door of the clothing store.
Tomorrow is the 16th, and she has to go back to her hometown. Just in case, she called Jiang Sanjie to her side and said, "If anyone comes looking for a job tomorrow, you decide and let those who are suitable stay first."
Third Sister Jiang nodded and asked her if she had something to do and couldn't come to the store tomorrow.
"Yes, my younger brother's girlfriend is coming home tomorrow, Jiang Che and I will take the child back to meet them."
This was a happy event, so Third Sister Jiang first congratulated her and then asked her, "Have you bought anything for your future sister-in-law?"
Oh, I really forgot about this. They have been busy looking for a house and taking care of the store these days, so they didn't even remember to buy gifts.
Now that Third Sister Jiang reminded her of this, Wei Xuan panicked, not knowing whether it was too late to go buy it now.
Seeing her like this, Third Sister Jiang had nothing to understand. This sister-in-law was usually very smart in business, but she was so careless in such an important matter. So she gave an idea: "How about you choose a piece of clothing from the store?"
Well, this is not a bad idea, but she hasn’t even met my boyfriend’s girlfriend yet, so how would she know what size clothes she wears?
"Oh, everyone is pretty skinny these days, just pick a smaller jacket and you'll definitely be able to wear it."
That's right. Wei Xuan listened to Third Sister Jiang and started to choose in the store. In addition to picking out one piece for her younger brother's girlfriend, she also picked out clothes for the other three sisters-in-law. She ran a clothing store, so it would be fine if she didn't go back, but it would be inappropriate to go back without any clothes. Of course, it was the first time for her younger brother's girlfriend to come to her house, so Wei Xuan picked out an extra cashmere scarf for her as a gift to show her respect.
This scarf is not cheap. The purchase price of one is dozens of yuan. Wei Xuan bought it to match the coats in the store. So far, only a few have been sold. Now is the perfect time to give it as a gift.
Wei Xiaolong's girlfriend is Liu Qiao, a colleague of his at school. After graduating from university, Wei Xiaolong was assigned to the No. 1 Middle School in the county.
It was also at this time that he met Liu Qiao, but Liu Qiao did not get into college. She only graduated from high school and was able to work as a librarian at No. 1 Middle School thanks to her family connections.
Not only she but also her family members are very satisfied to find Wei Xiaolong as her partner. After all, college students are still very precious in this day and age.
Unfortunately, Liu Qiao didn't like Wei Xiaolong's family very much. In Liu Qiao's memory, rural people were not very presentable.
But in order to maintain a good image in front of Wei Xiaolong, Liu Qiao could only nod and agree when he proposed to take her back to meet his parents.
The night before she left, Liu Qiao's mother told her: "Just be polite. You won't be living with them in the future anyway, so don't put yourself in a difficult position."
It just so happened that Liu Qiao thought the same, and her mother's words just confirmed her thoughts.
So on the morning of the 16th, after she dressed up and followed Wei Xiaolong who came to pick her up back to the Wei family, she acted condescending and ignored anyone who spoke to her except Wei's mother.
Mrs. Wei was fine, but Mrs. Wei II almost couldn't hold back and exploded on the spot.
She thought to herself, who do you think you are? Even Jiang Che, her brother-in-law from Beijing, has never given her a cold shoulder. Whenever they meet, he calls her "Second Sister-in-law" affectionately. Yet you, a girl from a county town, are acting so arrogantly.
Third Sister Wei had worked in the supply and marketing cooperative for several years. Although she had not made any progress in other aspects, her ability to read people's expressions had become increasingly sophisticated. When she saw Liu Qiao's expression, she pulled Second Sister-in-law aside and whispered, "Don't worry, wait until the sister-in-law comes back."
After spending a long time with Wei Xuan, she knows that she only looks gentle on the surface, but if anyone wants to cross her bottom line, she will not be polite to you.
Wei Ersao listened to what Wei Sansao said. Okay, she wanted to see if this girl would still look down on others in front of her sister-in-law.
Wei Xuan didn't expect that there was a lawsuit waiting for her to judge at home. Today, the three of them drove back. She didn't know who Jiang Che borrowed the car from. Anyway, driving by themselves was much more convenient than taking a bus.
They set out at 7:30 and arrived at the village before 9:00.
As soon as the car entered the village, it attracted many children to run after the car. The sound spread to the Wei family, and everyone guessed that it might be Wei Xuan who came back. So the family who had just been chatting stood up and walked out. Liu Qiao looked puzzled and immediately stopped Wei Xiaolong who was about to walk out and asked, "What happened?"
Wei Xiaolong could see that Liu Qiao's attitude towards his family members was not right today, but he didn't think much about it because he thought she might not be familiar with them. Now that she pulled him like this, he said happily, "My sister is back. Let's go and see her together."
Liu Qiao was pulled outside to the yard by her. She was very unhappy. Today was her first day visiting the Wei family, and she had not seen the Wei family welcome her so grandly. She was just a married sister-in-law. Was it necessary for the whole family to go out to welcome her?
But when she walked to the door and saw Wei Xuan getting out of the car, she was startled and stood there in a daze. She had never heard Xiaolong mention that his sister was very powerful, so why was she riding in a car to go home?
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