Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 346 Excitement and Calm

In the end, only 27 chef trainees remained. Half of them had left. Most of the trainees in the chef class were from within the province and wanted to go home to find places to intern. One reason was that they could go home, and the other was that they could earn some wages by finding places on their own, since the internships at the school were unpaid.

Internships are all arranged, and new student registration has begun. Those who made appointments by phone will be notified soon, and the start date for the second term is also available on GG. Running a three-month course doesn't mean we can run four courses a year; in fact, a course can be held every month and a half, meaning we can run seven to eight courses a year, roughly doubling the number.

If the teachers wait until this class finishes before starting the next class, they'll definitely be happy. Xiaowei and Xia Maosheng are really missing out.

On May 15th, the second training course at the Longcheng Labor Bureau Vocational and Technical Training Center commenced, with a total of 316 students enrolled, more than double the number from the first course. Fortunately, one floor of the dormitory was reserved, which should be sufficient. The chef training course had 55 students, similar to the first course. The pastry course saw an increase, with 59 students in the first course compared to 26 in the first. The remaining students were all enrolled in Western-style pastry courses; the novelty was incredibly appealing.

With just the second phase of the pastry class, Xiaowei and Xia Maosheng earned over a million yuan. The two were once again amazed by the profits of running an education business, which was truly incredibly exciting.

That night, Xiaowei was too excited to sleep and didn't dare tell his parents. In this day and age, a million dollars could give someone a heart attack. Xiaowei himself was so nervous that he felt his heart was in his throat and he was sweating profusely. He guessed that Xia Maosheng was probably also unable to sleep.

I couldn't concentrate on playing games, nor could I suppress the urge to share. After struggling for a long time, I finally called Xiaohong.

"Ugh, calling so late. What's up? Missing me?" It was already 10 p.m., and Xiao Hong would have been asleep by now.

"Hehe, I can't sleep, so I just wanted to talk to you."

"What's wrong? Missing me? I missed you too. I even... you know... yesterday. Why don't you drive back? It's not like you have to keep an eye on me every day." Xiao Hong completely misunderstood, but Xiao Wei liked it.

"I've been busy these past few days. The second batch of trainees just finished, and the products for the food factory have only just been finalized. I also need to find a place to open a few more steamed bun shops. I'm thinking that maybe I should also find a place to open a new cake shop. I'll come back after I've finished these things. I'll look for a place in Fengtian, and the cake shop can be opened there after this batch of trainees graduates."

"So fast? Opening so many new stores must have cost a lot of money, right? Chen Hui hasn't paid us yet, where are we going to get that money?"

"Hehehe, honey, guess how much money we have now? Hehehehe."

Xiao Hong was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized: "How much? You made money again? You're not even missing me, are you? You're just too excited to sleep because you made money, aren't you? You little devil, wait for me to come back! How much did you make? What did you do to earn it?"

Xiao Wei took a breath and said, "Prepare yourself mentally first. Don't tell my parents about this yet, understand? Tell them slowly later."

Xiao Hong raised her voice: "Why? How much did you earn?"

Xiao Wei chuckled uncontrollably, saying, "The second class has started, and not counting the restaurant, cake shop, and billiards classes, we've already made over a million yuan from this training course alone, not counting Lao Xia's, just from ourselves."

Xiao Hong asked, "Isn't it supposed to be a three-month term? It's only been a month or so, right? How come the classes started so quickly? More than a million, huh? How much? Say it again, how much?" Xiao Hong's voice suddenly rose several octaves, making Xiao Wei's ears echo.

Xiao Wei said, "More than a million, about 1.1 million, I didn't calculate it in detail."

There was silence on the other end of the phone, only the sound of heavy breathing. After a long pause, Xiaowei said, "Wife? What's wrong, wife?"

Before he could finish speaking, a heart-wrenching scream came from the phone receiver, followed by Xiao Hong bursting into laughter. Xiao Wei, terrified, kept calling out for his wife, regretting that he had said those things to Xiao Hong on the phone in the middle of the night.

After laughing for a while, Xiao Hong stopped and gave Xiao Wei a quick kiss over the phone, saying, "Brother Gui, you're amazing! It really is over a million? Hahaha, I never thought I, Wang Xiao Hong, would be so lucky. I just randomly found an illiterate guy from the countryside and he's so capable. Hahahaha."

Xiao Wei was speechless, and black lines streamed down his face.

After about ten minutes, Xiaohong's excitement finally subsided a bit. She said, "With all this money, what else do we need? Let Dad quit his job and come to Fengtian with Mom to retire. Our whole family won't have to do anything. That would be great. Brother Guizi, I wish you were home right now. I'm thinking, 'I'll bite you!' Let's have a baby when you come over!"

Xiao Wei slapped his forehead and said, "Oh no, I was going to ask Uncle Chen about your dad's job, but I forgot. I told him my mom has been acting like something's wrong these past few days."

Xiao Hong said, "My dad's job? Ask Xiao Hui's dad to get it for him? Transfer him to Fengtian? We're not short of money, we might as well just make him quit."

Xiao Wei said, "That's not how it is. How old are your parents? How old are we? If we just stay at home doing nothing, won't we get sick? Why don't we start taking care of ourselves now?"

Xiao Hong thought for a moment and said, "That's true. Okay then, you can ask Uncle Chen. Wow, you're so amazing! Oh, I'm so happy."

Xiao Wei said, "What's so great about me? It's all thanks to Lao Xia and Uncle Chen. What do we have on our own?"

Xiao Hong said, "It's only because we have nothing that we say you're amazing. Look, we have nothing ourselves, but we've been in Fengtian for less than a year and we're already like this. Isn't that amazing? Hehe, I'm amazing, no doubt about it, hehehehehe."

Xiao Wei's excitement vanished instantly, and he calmed down. He lit a cigarette and said, "We don't have anything of our own, so everything we have now is thanks to others. Without them, we are nothing. That's why I have to keep working and do it well, so that it will truly be our own in the future."

Xiaohong calmed down and said, "Yes, I know. My husband can definitely do it, and we can definitely do it ourselves in the future. We'll have everything we need. I believe in you."

Xiao Wei's pager rang. He put his cigarette in the ashtray, took out his pager, glanced at it, and said, "Chen Hui called me. It seems the line is busy. Okay, hang up and go to sleep. I'll call him back. Something must have happened at this hour."

Xiao Hong hummed in agreement and said, "You should go to sleep early too." Xiao Wei agreed, and the two hung up the phone. Xiao Wei then called Chen Hui back.

"Beep—, beep—, beep—" After a few rings, the other end answered: "Xiaowei? Are you talking to Xiaohong on the phone? I've been trying to get through for ages. What are you two doing up so late at night?"

Xiao Wei picked up a cigarette, took a puff, and said, "Let's talk. You're always here, but we only see each other once every few days. What do you need?"

Chen Hui said, "The deal for the house in Anton has been finalized."

(End of this chapter)