Zhou Xingbo is just an ordinary worker, earning only 6,000 to 7,000 yuan a month. His wife earns even less, around 3,000 yuan a month.
They also have a young daughter in junior high school and living expenses, so they can't save much money in a year.
My aunt-in-law wanted to make money, but she was old and couldn't earn much. Besides, there weren't many ways to make money in the countryside.
Zhou Xiuqin advised, "Why think so much? Xiaorui is still young, there is no need to get married so early."
Xiao Rui is Zhou Xingbo's son, Zhou Rui. His girlfriend is even younger, only 21.
In Zhou Xiuqin's opinion, since both of them are not mentally mature yet, getting married so early is not a good thing.
My aunt-in-law quite agreed. "I asked Xingbo some time ago, and he said that Xiaorui should work for a few more years and save more money. It won't be too late to get married in two or three years."
“Who’s going to get married in two or three years?”
The three were chatting when Zhou Xingbo's voice came from outside.
Then, Zhou Xingbo pushed the door open and came in. "Second Aunt, Yun Zhao, when did you come in?"
Zhou Xiuqin smiled, "We just arrived a short time ago! How come you have time to come in today? Aren't you supposed to be at work?"
"I came in today because I had nothing to do."
Yesterday, Zhou Xiuqin called Zhou Xingbo and told him that her family was going back to the village and would have dinner at Zhou Xingbo's house.
Zhou Xingbo took a stroll around the company today, and when he found nothing to do, he drove back to the village.
Zhou Xingbo looked around but didn't see Shen Fugui. "Second aunt, where's my uncle?"
"He and Mr. Geography are still at the old house."
"Are you really planning to build a house?"
"Well, Mr. Geography will start work immediately after he has looked at it."
"So suddenly?"
Zhou Xingbo found it a little unbelievable. Building a house in the countryside is not cheap nowadays. The building materials are expensive, and the labor is even more expensive. The frame alone costs at least 200,000 yuan.
After the frame is built, it needs to be renovated, which will cost even more.
Generally, a three-story or five-story house is built in rural areas. If it is a three-story house, the decoration will cost at least tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan, and this is the most common decoration.
If you want to decorate it more luxuriously, then spending five or six hundred thousand is not too much.
If it is five floors, the decoration cost will be even higher.
He knew the situation of the Shen family. Shen Fugui had no money and was in debt.
All of Zhou Xiuqin's money was used to pay off her mortgage, leaving her with even less money;
Shen Yundong is still a student, so there is no hope for him.
In other words, the Shen family has no money.
So when he heard Zhou Xiuqin say yesterday that she wanted to go home and build a house, he thought she was just joking, but he didn't expect her to be serious.
"Second Aunt, building a house is not a small amount of money. Even the most ordinary and simple three-story house would cost at least 400,000 yuan."
Zhou Xingbo said seriously that he was not so reserved when speaking to his own aunt.
"You still have a mortgage on one house that hasn't been paid off. If you really build it, won't the financial pressure be too great?"
"Do you and your uncle have that much money? Do you want to reconsider and build it later when you have more money?"
My aunt-in-law also advised, "Yes, it's too expensive to build a house in the countryside. You don't come back often, and the house will be useless even if built. There's really no need to waste that money."
Zhou Xiuqin knew that both of them were doing this for her own good, so she smiled and said, "Don't worry, the money for building the house is not from us, but from Yun Zhao and Shao Yuan."
"Ah?" My aunt-in-law and Zhou Xingbo were shocked. "Will Shaoyuan agree?"
"This was Shao Yuan's suggestion." Shen Yunzhao interrupted.
The two were even more shocked. Cheng Shaoyuan had not bought a house himself, but was willing to spend money to build a house in Daxing Village. This move was really puzzling.
"Hey, it's all for Yun Zhao," Zhou Xiuqin explained. "Yun Zhao plans to start a red mushroom business. He might have to go up the mountain more often in the summer. If he doesn't have a house in the village, he won't even have a place to stay."
This explanation does make sense.
However, "Yun Zhao, is your red mushroom so profitable?" Zhou Xingbo was very curious.
"I made a little money. Now I have a partnership with Brother Xingyu's restaurant. I deliver red mushrooms to Xingguang Restaurant every week."
"I see! Then we really do need to build a house."
Zhou Xingbo knew a little about the Xingguang Restaurant. He knew that every summer, the Xingguang Restaurant would launch a large number of mushroom dishes, attracting many diners.
Therefore, the demand for mushrooms at the Xingguang Restaurant is not low. If Shen Yunzhao cooperates with it, he will indeed make money.
"Xingyu, that kid, we were drinking together yesterday, but he didn't mention it at all!" Zhou Xingbo scolded with a smile.
But he also knew that this was someone else's business secret, so why would he shout it out?
Even if they are cousins, people won't tell others easily.
"Xingyu is a tight-lipped person. He never says anything he shouldn't." My aunt-in-law also laughed.
"Cousin, are you interested in working with me?" Shen Yunzhao suddenly asked.
"Ah? Cooperation? What cooperation?" Zhou Xingbo was curious.
"Every year, many people from our village go up the mountain to pick mushrooms. Please help me buy mushrooms. The more you buy, the better. Currently, a pound of red mushrooms sells for 180 yuan on the market, and I'll charge you 170 yuan. When the price of red mushrooms adjusts in the future, my purchase price will also adjust accordingly. Of course, in addition to red mushrooms, I also want green mushrooms, chicken mushrooms, and mixed mushrooms. How about it?"
Zhou Xiuqin also said, "Xingbo, Yun Zhao plans to open a dry goods store in the future and will need a large amount of mushrooms. She also needs to go around buying red mushrooms, and she doesn't have the time."
"Well...I need to think about this. I've never done this kind of work before and I'm worried I won't be able to do it well. Plus, I have work and I'm worried I won't have the time."
Zhou Xingbo hesitated. It was hard to say what his working hours were. Sometimes he was very busy and had to work even on his weekends. Sometimes he was so idle that he had nothing to do except making tea every day.
Moreover, purchasing mushrooms is not an easy task. There are hundreds of species of mushrooms in the mountains, and you have to be able to distinguish whether they are poisonous or not.
If you accept something poisonous, not only will you have to pay compensation, you may also go to jail.
He is timid and dares not do such a high-risk job.
Chen Yunzhao said, "Just buy the ones you're familiar with, and don't buy the ones you're not familiar with. We only sell a few types here, red mushrooms, green mushrooms, chicken mushrooms, milk mushrooms, etc. You can always tell the real ones from the fake ones among these, right?"
Zhou Xingbo nodded. "I can definitely tell these species apart. I've been picking mushrooms in the mountains since I was six years old, so I'm very familiar with these species."
"That's all, isn't it? As for the time issue you mentioned, I'm not asking you to go to work. I don't need you to be there eight hours a day. When you're free, come back to the village and have everyone deliver the mushrooms to your house. With my aunt's help, these things should be taken care of, right?"
Zhou Xingbo thought about it seriously and it really worked.
Purchasing mushrooms doesn't take up much of his time; he can do it in his spare time!
"Okay, then I'll give it a try. If I can't do it well, we can terminate this cooperation at any time."
Shen Yunzhao smiled brightly, "Sure!"
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