Chapter 338: Long and sparse eyelashes, pure woman
Seven years in Wuxiang, and one year and eight months from Wuxiang to Shangzhou. This time, I'm moving to Boten. How long I'll stay is still unknown.
I'm still using the "location era" method to record my life. Since arriving in Boten, it can be called the second year of Shangzhou, or the first year of Boten.
Let’s call it the first year of Boten.
In early June of the first year of Boten, the four of us, including Lao Xiao, Ning Jing, and Liu Chunfen (Chun Yazi’s official name, there is a special description of his name in Chapter 260), finally arrived in Boten.
Before arriving, we commissioned Murong Feng to clean the room and purchase office and accommodation equipment.
That night, we stayed at Murong Feng's villa. Murong had invited a group of friends to stay with us, and they were very welcoming. After all, they were going to be living here permanently.
Among them, Li Quande, whom I know, was the happiest. He said, "Finally, we've been waiting for you to come."
The next day, Murong Feng took us to see the office and dormitory.
This is a three-story villa with a 300-square-meter floor area and a 500-square-meter courtyard. The owner lives in the United States, so the rent is not expensive.
The owner was very open-minded. He said that if no one lived in the house, it would only deteriorate day by day. This is what they say: "Running water does not rot, and the door hinge does not rot."
I insisted on bringing three incense sticks with me, lit them upon entering, and then inspected each room. It's fair to say that a considerable amount of money was spent on the decoration. From the texture of the faucets to the inlaid wood floors, you can tell that a great deal of care was put into the construction.
After reading it, Lao Xiao looked at me.
I said to Murong Feng, "The trees in the yard are in disarray. I want to make some changes."
Murong Feng said: "I'll communicate with him."
After the call, he said, "The owner said that as long as the structure of the house is not altered, the rest is up to you."
I said, "The so-called courtyard is the courtyard in front of the house and the yard in the back. Don't plant poplars in the front and willows in the back. Cut down the two poplars in the front and plant some fruit trees in the backyard."
Chun Yazi wrote it down. He asked, "Anything else?"
I said, "Forget about the rest. The feng shui isn't particularly good, but it's not bad either. It's just okay."
Murong made a phone call, and a car arrived a short while later. Murong introduced it as Li Quande's construction team. Chun Yazi talked with the visitor for a while, and then the car left.
In the afternoon, the courtyard was renovated according to my requirements.
Chun Yazi, accompanied by Chen Xiaozhen, ordered several more billboards. They were quick, and within an hour, several people arrived and hung a sign at the door that read "Rising Sun Development Working Group in Boten."
The first floor is used as an office and restaurant. The doorway has a sign that reads "General Manager's Office," where Lao Xiao is in charge. Ning Jing is in charge of the general office, and Chun Yazi is in charge of the logistics office.
They only built a tea room for me, with nothing hung in it.
The next day, Murong Feng found a Chinese chef for us, named Amin. Amin was in his thirties and could make both Chinese tea and Laotian cuisine.
In the afternoon, Murong Feng said that he had hired a female teacher for us, named Mailanon, to serve as our translator.
"To be honest, in this small place full of Chinese people, we hardly need an interpreter," Murong Feng said. "There are two advantages to hiring her. One is the low salary, and the other is that after all, you have to deal with the locals, understand their customs and etiquette, and communicate with all parties. Mylanon has an advantage."
Lao Xiao was still a little hesitant.
I said, "Please buy one. Even if it doesn't take much, it's still worth buying one. Besides, it will definitely be of some use."
Lao Xiao said: "I think we can hire someone temporarily when needed."
I shook my head and said, "Lao Xiao, when we come to a place, if we want to make money, we must bring hope to the locals and give them something to look forward to.
Hiring someone doesn't cost much, and the locals will think it's great that the Chinese have come. We can find jobs. Even if she can't do anything, hiring a cleaner will be fine. This is called nurturing hope.
Isn't the purpose of life to hope for something? Mr. Chen didn't ask you to save money on this. You still have to spend what you need."
Ning Jing said: "It's better to hire one. Finding one on short notice will cost a lot."
Lao Xiao said, "Okay."
After that, he patted my shoulder and we walked a few steps. Then Lao Xiao expressed his concerns: "I'm worried that these six months of work will be in vain. There are so many people in the company who say there's no need for a dedicated translator, but they're assigning one..."
I smiled and said, "We must focus on success. If we think about failure every day, we will never succeed. Have you ever seen someone who sighs after saying three sentences? Has he ever succeeded?"
Lao Xiao said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
He walked over to Murong Feng and said, "Then bring her to meet you tomorrow."
Amin immediately went out to buy food and cooked a meal in the villa that night. After dinner, Lao Xiao said, "We need to come up with a name for this place. We've always introduced it as the Boten Working Group, but that's too long. Shanhong, think about it."
I thought for a while and said, "Let's call it Ginkgo House. Ginkgo is a tree with the deepest roots in the world."
Everyone applauded.
The next day, Murong Feng brought Mylanon to meet him.
She has fair skin, long hair, big eyes, a straight nose and a round chin. If you don't say she is a Laotian girl, she looks just like any other Chinese girl.
She has a rather skinny build and isn't very tall. She's estimated to be around 1.60 meters tall, about 22 or 23 years old. She has a sweet appearance.
Her spoken Chinese is pretty good and there is no problem communicating.
Since the average monthly salary for a white-collar worker in Laos is only 600-800 RMB, Xiao offered her a monthly salary of 1,000 RMB. Her duties included cleaning, receiving guests, and acting as a translator.
Mylanon didn't have any scheming in his heart. He clasped his hands together excitedly and bowed: "Thank you, boss. Thank you, boss."
Lao Xiao asked me if I had any other suggestions. I said, "Change it to a Chinese name, it will be more familiar to you."
Ning Jing said, "Then Teacher Wan, you can give her one."
I thought about it and said, "Jasper."
"Jasper? That's great. Jade is produced in Laos. I like this name very much. Thank you, boss." In her eyes, all Chinese people are rich and are called boss.
After Lao Xiao made the decision, the girl whose Chinese name was "Biyu" was taken away by Murong Feng.
"Why call her Biyu?" Ning Jing asked.
I said, "Her appearance reminds me of the idiom 'little jade from a small family'."
Ning Jing said, "Teacher Wan, everything you say has a source. I thought you thought she was as pure as jade."
"She is basically pure, with clear eyes and distinctive eyelashes, which are sparse and relatively long."
Lao Xiao said: "What is the basis for this?"
I laughed and said, "Do you need a basis? Don't you judge a person by first impression? The physiognomy book says, 'How can you know if a person has no moral order?' Just look at their sparse and long eyelashes."
"Women with long, sparse, and not dense eyelashes are simple and innocent, not picky about details."
Ning Jing said: "It's great to follow Teacher Wan. I learned another trick."
By mid-June, we officially settled down in "Ginkgo House". Lao Xiao took us to inspect the market every day and understand the market conditions.
On June 18, Murong Feng called me and said that Beth would arrive in Boten in three days.
Master Shi Yanfeng, who I hadn't contacted for about half a year, also called and said: Mr. Dong asked me to meet him in Mohan Town, opposite Boten, on July 2nd.
My life started to get busy.
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