"Ouch, why did you come back with a jar?" The Yan Chen brothers returned home and took a jar from the car. His grandmother couldn't help but ask when she saw it.
Zeng Haoze glanced at Yan Chen with a smile and said, "This is the mutton soup that girl Xiang Jin packed for you."
"Mutton soup?! You said it was filled with mutton soup?" Grandma Mo was surprised.
Yan Chen took out the packed mutton buns, mutton kebabs and braised mutton bags in the car and nodded, "Well, there is a better mutton soup pot in the county. Xiang Jin thinks the taste is pretty good.
So I packed a portion for everyone."
"Ouch, that girl spent money again," Grandma Mo said and started to help move it.
Yan Chen said, "Grandma, what's in that small jar is for Aunt Liao."
"Then I'll deliver it to her," Grandma Mo said after hearing this, and Yan Chen handed her a few smaller bags in his hand, "and this one too, be careful on the road and be careful of slippery roads.
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"Oh, I know, don't worry," her grandmother hooked the bag with her fingers, then carried the small jar and went to Aunt Liao's house.
The Yan Chen brothers were moving their things home, and Grandpa Zeng happened to come back from the field carrying a vegetable basket, "You're back? Have you picked up everything?"
"Yes, here it is," Zeng Haoze walked over and took the vegetable basket from his hand, "Grandpa, what do you think of the mutton soup pot tonight?"
"Have you bought mutton?" Grandpa Zeng was startled, and then he smiled.
Zeng Haoze shook his head, "We didn't buy it, that girl Xiang Jin bought it for you. Hey, it's all ready. You can heat it up later and you can eat it."
Grandpa Zeng followed his gaze and saw that there was not only a clay pot with a lid on the table, but also several plastic bags, one of which contained steamed buns.
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He sniffed hard and said, "Yeah, kebabs!"
Zeng Haoze laughed, "Yes, there are not only grilled lamb skewers, but also grilled lamb chops, braised lamb, and mutton buns."
After hearing this, the old man's eyes suddenly lit up, "Oh, old man, I'm in for a treat tonight! Why did I pack so many things and come back? Didn't this cost that girl a lot of money?"
Zeng Haoze nodded, "Well, it cost a lot of money." When he paid for the meal he had at noon, it was more than eighty. The boss wiped out the zero, and later it was eighty. This girl packed four bags today.
Food for the family does cost hundreds. He immediately changed the subject, "But that girl is rich. She won a scholarship today. She and Xiaochen each received three thousand and five thousand."
Grandpa Zeng was startled, then nodded, and then asked Yan Chen, "You two got the same score again?"
Yan Chen said, "This time I am a few points higher than her. Their class gave a scholarship of 500 yuan, and then the school gave another 3,000 yuan. Mine was given directly by the school."
Grandpa Zeng nodded again, "Well, okay, great!" His two grandsons never let them worry about their academic performance. The younger one won prizes more often than the younger one.
Very rare and ordinary things.
Zeng Haoze then teased Yan Chen, "That girl Xiang Jin and her class were given 500 yuan, why didn't your class get paid? Is your class teacher too stingy?"
Yan Chen said, "Our class's class fees are basically used to print question books for each subject." Their class has to do several test papers almost every day. As long as the school does not set the questions uniformly, they have to do it individually.
Ben paid for it out of his own pocket.
Zeng Haoze then said, "Then the second and third place in your class are at a disadvantage? I heard your friend named Yan Fei say that the first, second and third place in his class all won prizes."
Yan Chen said, "Second place is not a loss. Second place is the third place in our grade. He still won the award today."
"Oh, that's really the only loss I've received for being third in your class."
"Strictly speaking, he is not at a disadvantage. The biggest disadvantage is the first place in class two. He is only 0.5 points behind the second place in our class, and then he becomes the fourth place in the whole grade.
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Zeng Haoze was startled, and then said, "Oh, it's really true. This difference of 0.5 points is only 2,000 yuan in scholarships."
After hearing this, Grandpa Zeng said, "Oh, that's such a pity!"
The corners of Yan Chen's lips raised slightly, "Well, that's a bit of a pity!"
Mr. Zeng then brought the topic back up, "Is this mutton soup packed back from the county town?"
Yan Chen nodded, "Well, we ate here at noon. Xiang Jin thought it tasted good, so he packed some for you to try."
Grandpa Zeng followed and said, "Oh, this girl is really thoughtful. No matter what delicious food she has, she will always think of us. So do you two brothers. If you go out with her again in the future, try not to let her
For money, although their family opened a braised pork shop and made some money, we can't let people spend money all the time!"
The two brothers nodded, and then Yan Chen said, "Actually, Grandpa, Xiang Jin doesn't care about this."
The old man nodded, "I know, I know, that child has always been honest and loyal. If you treat her well, she will treat you well. That's how people are. Only relationships will last long.
If you give or take blindly, no matter how good the relationship is, it will become distant, and no matter how good the friendship is, it will be erased."
"Okay, I understand!" Yan Chen said.
After washing up in the evening, the brothers went upstairs to sleep. Zeng Haoze said to Yan Chen, "Shall I go to your room to stay for a while?"
Yan Chen nodded, then opened the door, and the two brothers walked in one after another.
"What do you want to say to me?" Yan Chen sat on the desk with his hands folded on his chest.
Zeng Haoze pulled up the chair next to him and sat down, "Tell me, the boss Huang and manager Xiao that I met this afternoon, you and Xiang Jin, what is your relationship with them? It seems that you are quite familiar with them?"
Yan Chen said, "Actually, it doesn't matter. It's just a simple cooperative relationship. We give them clothing design drawings and they buy the design drafts from us."
"Okay, you two made money while studying. Well, how did you get to know them? And how did you get them to take a fancy to your design draft?" This was what he was most interested in.
Yan Chen said, "Actually, it's not that special. Boss Huang and Manager Xiao have been in the school uniform business before. More than 80% of our primary and secondary schools in Nanlong County have customized their uniforms from them."
The school where we went to junior high school also asked them to customize their uniforms. Later, they made samples and showed them to the teachers and students at the school. After everyone saw them, they all disliked them and thought the uniforms did not look good. Many people were not willing to do it.
Buy one set for fifty yuan, two sets for one hundred yuan.
Xiang Jin also disliked it. The style and color matching of the school uniforms were really not good-looking. They were ugly in my eyes. Later, she expressed her opinion to the school and said that she would draw a picture and show it to her classmates.
, if the students think the school uniform she drew looks good, then they will make the school uniform according to the design drawing she provided."
"The leaders of your school agreed?"
"Well, I agreed, but I can't agree if I don't agree. After all, they have to collect money from students, and there were also many students who objected before.
Later, Xiang Jin drew a picture according to the idea in her mind, but her painting skills were really poor, so she came to me, and then she said that I would draw it according to her wishes.
Later, the painting was circulated among the three classes in the third grade of junior high school. Everyone thought that the school uniforms in the picture drawn by Xiang Jin looked good, so we later showed it to several school leaders, and they were also very satisfied.
Satisfied with Xiang Jin's masterpiece, he asked the man from the clothing factory to take the artwork for proofing again. The final sample came back and indeed the students in each class were very satisfied.
The boss of the clothing factory, that is, Boss Huang, after seeing our pictures, wanted us to authorize the design draft for them, and then they could use the design draft to recommend that school uniform to other schools.
But we didn't agree at the time, because if they authorized it, they would only pay two to three thousand yuan for the design fee, so we said at that time that we should either buy it or not authorize it. Boss Huang is a smart man, so he later took it from us directly.
Go buy that manuscript."
"How much did you sell that manuscript for?" He was more interested in this.
Yan Chen said, "Thirty thousand, I will divide fifteen thousand between Xiang Jin and me."
"Thirty thousand? Well, it's fair."
Yan Chen said, "But they didn't suffer a loss, and they also made a lot of money."
"So, after that beginning, you slowly started to cooperate?"
"Um!"
"Then how many manuscripts have you sold to them in total?"
"I don't care about the specifics. There should be dozens of them, right?" Yan Chen frowned slightly, paused and said again.
Zeng Haoze nodded, "Well, that's okay!"
Yan Chen followed and said, "Brother, I didn't tell my grandparents about this, and Xiang Jin didn't tell her family, so you have to keep it a secret for us!"
Zeng Haoze reached out and patted his shoulder, "I know, don't worry, I won't tell anyone!"
"Thanks!"
"Why are you thanking me?! You are my brother, and Xiang Jin is treated as my sister. Why should I tell you what I am going to do? Let others covet the money in your hands? And then bring you trouble? Brother is not like that
stupid!"
Yan Chen smiled slightly at him.
Zeng Haoze suddenly joked again, "I really didn't expect that little girl Xiang Jin is actually a rich little woman?!"
Yan Chen also laughed, "Indeed! But all her money was invested in the land. She and I jointly bought a piece of land in the provincial capital."
Zeng Haoze nodded again, "Well, that's good! The country will speed up the pace of economic construction in the next five to ten years. If you have some spare money now, you can still make some investments.
of."
"How about it? Are you interested in joining us? You don't need to manage it, you just need to invest and get dividends!" Yan Chen asked jokingly.
"Okay, take it," Zeng Haoze took out a bank card from his pocket and put it in front of him.
Yan Chen picked up the bank card and took a look at it, then asked, "Why did you suddenly change your mind?"
Zeng Haoze said, "My mother gave this to me. She said there are 800,000 yuan in it. You can use this to invest. When the time comes, her name will be written on the equity book. Anyway, the money is of no use to me, but I
I don’t think I can invest this little money in anything, so I just want to earn some interest.”
Yan Chen said, "It depends on what you invest in. If you invest in land, you really can't buy much land with the money. It's probably only about two acres of land. But you can invest in something else. After the year, it will be about four or five acres."
In March, Xiang Jin and I plan to open a fried chicken restaurant, and we will give you a stake when the time comes."
"Okay! You can make up your own mind," Zeng Haoze then took out a pen from the pen holder on his desk and wrote a string of numbers on the back of the bank card, "Password! Put it away!"
Yan Chen said, "Actually, you don't have to tell me this. You can just go to the bank and transfer the money to me another day." As he said that, he handed the bank card back to him.
Zeng Haoze stretched out his hand to take it, and then nodded, "That's okay! Okay, I'm going back to the house, you should go to bed early." After that, he patted his shoulder twice more.
"Yeah!" Yan Chen stood up and walked towards his bed.
At about ten o'clock the next morning, Xiang Jin was in the vegetable field with her brothers Yang Zhao and Yang Hui helping her grandfather to plow the ground and sow new vegetables. Yang Xin suddenly ran in and called her, "Sister Jin, sister Jin,
Someone came looking for you and brought a TV and a refrigerator. My second cousin asked me to come and call you back quickly."
"Did it arrive?" Xiang Jin put down the water ladle he was watering.
The little guy nodded, "Well, several people came, and one person brought other things."
Brothers Yang Hui and Yang Zhao were surprised at first, and then looked interested. Yang Zhao said, "Sister, did you buy a TV and a refrigerator?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, I bought it in the city yesterday, but because it was getting late, the other party said it would be delivered today. I didn't expect it to be delivered so soon. Grandpa, can I go back?"
Then Xiang Jin greeted her grandfather.
Her grandfather waved his hand, "Go, go!"
Brothers Yang Hui and Yang Zhao also looked as if they were in a hurry and wanted to go back to see it. Xiang Jin and her grandfather waved to them again, "Go, go, you all go back too!"
The two brothers quickly put down their hoes, and Yang Hui said, "Master, we will be back soon!"
The old man did not respond to them, but waved at them again as if to shoo away flies, and the two brothers hurriedly ran outside.
When Xiang Jin returned, she saw three people standing in their yard with their backs to her. Two of them were wearing work clothes and the other was wearing a down jacket. They seemed to be looking at the appearance of their house.
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She walked over, and Xiang Lan immediately ran towards her happily, "Sister?!"
Everyone turned around, and then Xiang Jin saw that the man in the down jacket was none other than Manager Xiao, "Manager Xiao, why are you here?"
Manager Xiao said with a smile on his face, "Classmate Xiang, are you sorry for bothering me?"
Xiang Jin waved his hand, "No, no, it's just a bit unexpected!"
Manager Xiao nodded, and then explained to her, "It's like this. I originally said yesterday that our manager Huang and I would come to your town in a few days. Then we would treat you to a meal and give you some money by the way.
He brought over those New Year gifts brought by classmate He Yan.
But because yesterday our boss received an urgent call from the factory in his hometown, saying that an employee was secretly cooking noodles in the hot pot, and then a fire broke out. Our boss was in a hurry to go back and deal with it, so he just arrived yesterday afternoon.
I hope you are not surprised that you would call me back to deal with things in such a hurry?"
Xiang Jin waved his hand, "Oh, no, no, understand, understand. Is the accident on your side serious?"
Then Manager Xiao sighed and said, "Oh, the damage was a bit big this time. Not only did most of the warehouse burn down, but two people were also burned. The loss this time is estimated to be several million."
"So many?" Xiang Jin was a little surprised.
Manager Xiao nodded, "Well, the main reason is that the warehouse is full of finished clothes, which will be on the market soon after the Chinese New Year, and the two of them are said to have suffered serious burns, so they probably have to pay some compensation."
money."
Xiang Jin nodded, "That's right, that's right!"
Manager Xiao then said, "I originally said yesterday that our boss and I would come to your town in a few days and invite you and classmate Yan to have a meal together, but I didn't expect that this happened suddenly.
, My boss and I are afraid that we won’t be able to come by then. My boss won’t even be able to come back in time for the New Year this time, and if he doesn’t come back, he will be responsible for many things in the factory, so I won’t have time by then.
Come.
It just so happened that there weren't too many things going on today and they also delivered the goods, so I went with them to deliver the New Year's gift to you."
Xiang Jin said, "Manager Xiao, you are too polite. In fact, you don't have to do that at all. Do you think this is wasting your time again?"
Manager Xiao said, "Oh, yes, yes, I just put those New Year's gifts in the house for you. Classmate Xiang, can you take me to classmate Ziyan's house?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay, okay, let's go, I'll take you there!"
Just as they were about to turn around, one of the two delivery people said, "Hey, what should you do with this product? Who should I sign for? Do you need to install it?"
"Oh, that's right. Look, I forgot about this. Then, classmate Xiang, how about I go by myself and you can just point me in the direction?"
Xiang Jin said, "No, I'll ask my brother to take you there. Yang Zhao, take Manager Xiao to Xia Yanchen and the others?"
"Oh, okay!" Yang Zhao quickly stood up.
Xiang Jin pulled Manager Xiao aside and greeted him in a low voice, "Don't tell him that we are cooperating with you on the design draft. If he asks how you met us, just say you are me."
Parents of high school classmates, we did you a favor last time."
"Oh, good!"
"Shall we go back after lunch later?" After saying this, Xiang Jin told him again.
Manager Xiao declined and said, "Oh, no, no, after they install the air conditioner in Yan's house later, I will follow their car back. The Chinese New Year will be celebrated in a few days, and the factory
There are a lot of things going on here, so I can’t afford to delay.”
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay, then bring some fresh vegetables back later. I'll let them pick them for you later. You can bring them with you when you come back and walk this way."
Manager Xiao's mouth suddenly burst into laughter, "That's so embarrassing!"
"Oh, it's okay, our family grows it ourselves," Xiang Jin waved his hand nonchalantly, "Oh, by the way, then Manager Huang's family members also went back to their hometown together?"
"Oh, that's not true. His wife and children are all in the county."
"His sister is also in the county?"
"Oh, his sister lives with them. His sister is not married."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Oh, okay, fine, I'll prepare two copies, one for you, and one for Manager Huang's family. When the time comes, you can help me deliver it to them."
"Okay, thank you very much!"
"Oh, you're welcome! Okay, you can go to Yan Chen's house with your brother first, and I won't waste your time!"
"OK!"
Yang Zhao took Manager Xiao to Yan Chen's house. After Xiang Jin arranged for Yang Hui and a few children to pick vegetables in the vegetable field, he directly took the two delivery men to install the TV for them.
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The TV was installed, but the image on the TV was not very clear. There were a lot of pockmarks and a lot of noise. The installer asked them if they had bought a bracket or a pot cover for receiving signals. Xiang Jin was
I forgot about it, so I shook my head and said I didn’t buy it!
The other party said that if you want to have a good image, you have to install a signal receiver like that, but they are so far away from here, and I'm afraid it won't be so convenient when you come back. They also said that they can repair and deliver this household appliance.
The door was visited entirely because of Xiao
The manager said yesterday that this order must be delivered to your door, so they delivered it to your door. Xiang Jin heard the implication, that is, even if they bought the pot lid or the bracket later, they would probably have to ask for it.
If you install it yourself, they won't be able to come.
Xiang Jin waved her hand and said, "It's okay. We will install it ourselves when the time comes. As long as you make sure the TV is good!" Installing a pot cover or bracket is not a difficult task. She can do it herself.
So when she asked them to install it just now, it was entirely because she had the principle of not using free labor in order to reduce her own trouble. But now the trouble could not be reduced, so she had to do it herself.
The other party said that it must be good, as it had just left the factory not long ago.
Then Xiang Jin nodded to them, and then asked them to rearrange their refrigerator. Then the other party had nothing to do. The two asked Yan Chen how to get to their house, and they also went over to help install it.
This will also save some time.
Xiang Jin said, "Let's go, I'll take you there." Just in time, she also called her mother and asked her to bring back a pot lid with a signal receiver like that from the town.