Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 986 Becoming a rich woman
After Jing Rong was embarrassed, he hurriedly said, "Second Uncle, then I will treat you to roast lamb legs, okay?"

Xue Jianguo was stunned and looked at his watch. It was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

The state-owned restaurant had closed long ago.

As for private restaurants, there have always been some furtive stalls in the capital, but they were just small-time operations.

I didn’t even dare to sell roasted lamb, as this business would definitely attract attention.

Chu Jingrong smiled and took Xue Jianguo to Qianmen Dashilan.

Only then did Xue Jianguo realize that this must be the canteen run by He Yuzhu, Aiguo and Aimin.

It’s called a canteen, but it’s actually just a cooperative.

The hotel pays a certain amount of money to the forest farm every year and is responsible for its own profits and losses. Whether it makes a profit or a loss has nothing to do with the forest farm.

Several of Sha Zhu's apprentices had to work hard because of housing shortage at home and the restaurant could only accommodate four tables of guests every day.

When we chose a larger store and yard, we suddenly had several vacant houses.

Why not just let a few disciples who are willing live here?

At nine o'clock in the evening, the restaurant had already sent away the two tables of guests.

But I still need to clean up and prepare some materials for tomorrow.

However, Aiguo, Aimin and Second Aunt went back first.

When Sha Zhu saw that it was Jingrong and Jianguo, he smiled brightly.

When he heard Jingrong say that he wanted to eat roasted lamb leg, he agreed without hesitation.

Let the apprentice Ma Hua take a few fellow disciples to make preparations.

Sha Zhu took out a bottle of Maotai that he had brought back from the Qianmen courtyard.

Smiling, she took Jianguo and Jingrong and sat in the yard, eating vegetables, drinking wine and grilling lamb legs.

Halfway through eating and drinking, Sha Zhu asked with a smile, "Rongrong, I heard from your aunt Yushui that you seem to have a girlfriend?"

Jing Rong suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

I was thinking that my mother and aunt must have said it when they were chatting.

Xue Jinglan has lived in Hong Kong Island for many years, and her ideas have indeed been influenced by a lot of Western thinking.

And nowadays there are many young people getting married at the age of 16.

Seeing Jingrong embarrassed, Xue Jianguo, as an uncle, naturally had to help his nephew.

He laughed and said, "Brother Zhu, you are already a grown-up, and you still make fun of a child with this kind of thing."

Sha Zhu chuckled, "I'm just bored, so I'm just listening for fun!"

Jing Rong couldn't help but roll his eyes, but Xue Jianguo continued, "The boys in your family are almost of marriageable age.

Maybe I'll have to ask Jingrong's girlfriend to introduce me to some classmates or girls from the neighborhood."

Sha Zhu laughed. Now that he had money in his hands, why would he worry that his silly boy wouldn't be able to find a wife?

But since Xue Jianguo said so, we naturally have to give him face.

After taking a sip of wine, he turned the topic to Jingrong going to college to study directing.

It was not until after 11 o'clock in the evening that the three of them finally had their fill and went home.

The next morning, Chu Jingrong officially started his college life.
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When Chu Xiangqian returned to the capital, he naturally had to visit his relatives and friends.

Some old relationships from the past also need to be maintained and preserved.

During those special periods, when friends were exiled to the local areas, reinstated, and returned to the capital, it was even more necessary to visit them and ask about their well-being.

Several days passed before he had time to relax.

That day, my second uncle and second aunt called me to the courtyard for dinner.

As soon as I entered the yard, I was pulled by three uncles and sat in front of the third uncle's house to drink tea.

Before long, everyone who came back from get off work gathered together.

Qin Huairu, who is over 43 years old, stood in the outer circle with the aunts and daughters-in-law.

But looking at his expression, it was as if he wanted to eat him alive.

If you count carefully, it’s been several months since we last saw each other.

Chu Xiangqian glanced at Qin Huairu secretly a few times. This woman had a seductive look on her face, and people who saw her couldn't help but feel itchy in their hearts.

During those special ten years, Qin Huairu and Lou Xiao'e had no shortage of food and drink, understood the ways of the world, and knew how to win over people from all walks of life.

Not only did he not suffer, but if Chu Xiangqian hadn't reminded him, Qin Huairu might have become the leader of the soldiers.

However, although they were obedient and did not jump out to cause trouble, Qin Huairu really established relationships with some female generals.

After a few trips, one time several female generals brought people and transported a cart full of antiques.

They were casually treated as garbage and taken to the second-hand goods recycling station where Qin Huairu worked and sold as fat.

After finally selling it for just over 200 yuan, this woman became unstoppable.

Chu Xiangqian remembered that he once went to Maoer Hutong and had a secret meeting with Qin Huairu and Lou Xiaoe.

This woman has changed her previous impulse to play cards whenever she meets someone.

He pulled himself into the side room in the yard, and as soon as he entered, he was dazzled by the room full of porcelain, calligraphy and paintings.

He scanned the area several times and saw more than a dozen paintings by Bada Shanren and many precious porcelains from the three dynasties of the Qing Dynasty.

My breathing became heavy.

This must have been found in the home of a big collector.

Qin Huairu and Lou Xiao'e couldn't help feeling proud when they saw his eyes shining.

He smiled and said, "These are the best ones that Xiao'e and I carefully selected. If we add other antiques, the number will be several times more."

Chu Xiangqian turned around, hugged the woman and kissed her.

Afterwards, he didn't go to the bedroom, but went to the side room and pulled her and Lou Xiao'e to play cards together.

Perhaps I was shocked by these antiques and was a little too excited.

Chu Xiangqian was firing on all cylinders at the time, and he easily made the two women lose miserably.

Afterwards, feeling that Chu Xiangqian liked them more and more, Qin Huairu and Lou Xiao'e tried their best to win over those young generals.

During the entire ten years, especially the first three years when the capital was the most noisy, Chu Xiangqian collected at least seven or eight hundred good things.

This is because Chu Xiangqian specifically told Qin Huairu and Lou Xiao'e not to get themselves into trouble just for the sake of antiques.

So all the things they collected were antiques that were sold as scrap.

Although some large pieces of porcelain are good, it is difficult to find a reason to collect them.

Chu Xiangqian was not a good person, and Qin Huairu and Lou Xiao'e felt sorry for him for several years.

He collected at least two thousand pieces of what Chu Xiangqian considered to be second-rate antiques.

A few decades later, if it were put up for auction, it would still be worth millions, starting at three to five million.

Later, Chu Xiangqian simply gave the keys to the Qianmen courtyard to the two women.

The secret room that had been emptied by Chu Xiangqian was slowly filled up by these two women in less than half a year, like ants moving house.

So every time Chu Xiangqian returned to the Qianmen Courtyard, there were surprises waiting for him.

Because of this, Qin Huairu and Lou Xiao'e had more than 69 Celestial Empire coins, hundreds of gold bars, and more than 50 Hong Kong dollars in their hands by .

Because of this, the two women were nervous for a long time.

In the end, I couldn't stand the pressure anymore, and I didn't know where to safely hide so much money and gold bars.

After discussing it, the two decided to give it all to Chu Xiangqian for safekeeping.

By last year, Qin Huairu's little notebook had already recorded that he had 119 million Hong Kong dollars and 17 Chinese Yuan in his hands.

Lou Xiao'e saved 90 Hong Kong dollars and Chinese yuan.

But she owns a 25% stake in the fur company jointly established by the Lou family and Chu Xiangqian in Hong Kong Island.

After 10 years, let’s not talk about how much the company is worth. The annual dividends from fur alone have accumulated 350 million and are deposited in Standard Chartered Bank.

The two women had no shortage of money or food, and they never ran out of supplements such as bird's nests, deer glue, and fish glue.

The maintenance is naturally very good.

With the hundreds of millions of essences given by Chu Xiangqian, the two women don’t look like women in their 40s at all.

For a period of time, Qin Huairu and Lou Xiao'e deliberately smeared some dust on their faces to cover up their delicate and fair faces.

After dinner, Chu Xiangqian saw Qin Huairu going in and out of the courtyard twice, using the excuse of going to the toilet.

I knew that this woman was urging me to go to Maoer Hutong as soon as possible.

It was less than 9 o'clock in the evening when I arrived at the courtyard of Maoer Hutong. Through the telescope, I saw that Lou Xiao'e had already been sitting under the eaves in the courtyard, waiting for me to come.

He quickly put his bicycle away and hugged Lou Xiao'e who opened the door for him.

Because Shantiao and Huangdiao were there, Chu Xiangqian turned around, closed the door, and started to play around with the woman while hugging her.

Not long after, through the mountain sparrow, I saw Qin Huairu walking quickly into the alley.

As soon as I reached the door, I could faintly hear the sad and melodious sound of opera singing.

Qin Huairu felt hot in her heart and couldn't help but spit in her heart.

After more than an hour, the two women, whose voices were a little hoarse from singing, finally let go of Chu Xiangqian, who was dancing with them.

After taking a nice shower, Chu Xiangqian lay on the recliner under the eaves, eating lychees.

While talking to the two women who were fanning him, one on each side, he said, "Next year, someone should be able to take back the property rights of the courtyard house and want to sell it and buy a building.

You two have nothing to do recently, so spend more time asking around and walking around within the Second Ring Road.

If you come across a larger yard, as long as it is well preserved, buy one first no matter how much it costs.

In the future, a courtyard may be worth hundreds or even millions of dollars.”

If someone else said this, Qin Huairu and Lou Xiao'e would just sneer.

But after Chu Xiangqian said this, although the two still felt that it was impossible in their hearts, they agreed without hesitation.

Anyway, a good one would only cost around 5,000 or 8,000 yuan.

For a better one, 1 or 2 would be enough.

In the mid-1980s, many houses with two courtyards in good locations only cost around 18,000 yuan.

It can be seen that the two women are now truly wealthy, otherwise, they would not be so casual about spending 1 or 2 yuan.

Then Chu Xiangqian said to Lou Xiao'e, "Call your father in Hong Kong Island and ask him to help you purchase a batch of autumn clothes from Hong Kong Island and ship them over.

You can then use the name of the company registered for you in Hong Kong to sell the autumn clothes to local department stores in Jinhai.

Don't worry about how much money you make, just build up this business first.

In the future, private business will be allowed, and you and Huairu should also understand the ins and outs of import and export."

Qin Huairu and Lou Xiao'e immediately became interested. They nodded quickly and started asking questions.

Chu Xiangqian naturally answered every question and finally mentioned the approximate profit time.

Chu Xiangqian thought about it and said with a smile, "10 white shirts for men and women, at least or yuan in net profit."

Since we sell in large quantities, it is normal to make less profit per unit price.

But China’s market is simply too big, let alone the entire country or North China.

In the city of Jinhai alone, it is easy to sell 100,000 shirts in a quarter.

If the department store in Jinhai sells the shirts you bought to the department store in Beijing.

Three or five hundred thousand a year shouldn't be difficult.

Of course, Beijing as a city may not have such great purchasing power.

But as long as we can get the department stores in Beijing and Tianjin under control, shopping malls in other cities in North China will naturally come to Tianjin and Beijing to purchase goods.

Chu Xiangqian also specifically reminded the two women that this business must not be too big.

It's just a minor incident, the higher-ups won't care.

But if the profits and stability of the textile industry are affected because of these two people, it will be stopped immediately.

Qin Huairu and Lou Xiao'e nodded quickly. People who had experienced the special ten years knew how painful it was when the big stick hit them.

Even tragic.

And the two women actually have little interest in doing business.

First of all, the two of them felt that they really had no shortage of money.

I even feel like I could never spend it all in my lifetime.

Secondly, most people in this era have little desire to do business.

If you think it’s enough to spend, then it’s enough.

So I heard that if you sell 10 shirts, you can make or .

The two women even thought that doing it once a year would be enough.

Chu Xiangqian was not in a hurry, as he did not really start his business until the mid-to-late 1980s.

But there is no problem for companies in Hong Kong Island to do business with state-owned shopping malls.

If this Hong Kong company used the money it earned in China to purchase products from China and export them to Hong Kong.

The department stores in Jinhai and the bigwigs in the securities industry will be more enthusiastic.

Finished talking about business.

Qin Huairu hesitated for a while, but couldn't help but said, "Xiang Qian, Bang Geng is old enough to get married. If you know any good girls, how about introducing a few to me?"

"Not so good," Chu Xiangqian said without giving any face, "Bang Geng is so ugly, if I were you, I would kick that guy out of the house.

Otherwise, he will become useless in the future, or even an ungrateful wolf that can never be tamed."

Qin Huairu suddenly became furious and felt very upset.

But Qin Huairu was just secretly sad but did not refute, let alone quarrel with Chu Xiangqian because of this.

This woman really treats Chu Xiangqian as her man, so even though Chu Xiangqian's words are so harsh, she is just complaining about herself in her heart.

He was even a little worried and afraid that Chu Xiangqian would be angry.

Chu Xiangqian and she are considered an old married couple, so they don't have to worry about this or that when talking to each other.

Moreover, as he got older, he inevitably developed a strong side towards his women.

Lou Xiao'e hurriedly hugged Chu Xiangqian's arm and said, "Sister Huairu has cried countless times because of Banggeng.

Although you are not Banggeng's father and are not willing to treat him as your son, you should do so for the sake of Sister Huairu who has been with you for so many years.

It's okay to be an uncle, right? "

Chu Xiangqian knew what Lou Xiao'e meant as soon as he heard it.

After thinking about it, he realized that even if he didn't help, he shouldn't say anything sarcastic just because Qin Huairu had served him for so many years.

Grabbing Qin Huairu's hand, he said helplessly, "Bang Geng has been spoiled by you and your mother-in-law.

My personality is already like this, it's impossible to change it.

I think you shouldn't expect anything great from this kid. You're not short of money anyway, and you don't need to make money from sticks.

I just want him to be more obedient, marry an honest and peaceful wife, and have more grandchildren.

If you really feel unwilling, you can place the Qin family's hope of success on your grandson.

As for your retirement, I'm here so you two don't have to worry about it."

Qin Huairu rolled her eyes after hearing this, but when she thought about it carefully, she thought, what if she really had three or five grandchildren.

There will definitely be one who has a promising future.

(End of this chapter)