A life of success begins with being a landlord.

Erxia then realized what was happening, opened her mouth as if to speak, but then stopped herself.

Sister Li sighed, "Our hometown... is very feudal. People can drown in gossip. I don't care if people in my hometown find out about what happened between Li Hanwen and me, but my parents will definitely be too ashamed to face anyone."

Erxia smiled wryly, "That's not good. We don't have any reliable people under us, so it's hard to expand our business."

I had a sudden inspiration: "Sister Li, why don't we just invite your parents and your younger sister Xiaoduo over as well?"

Sister Li still has her parents at home, who are not too old, not even fifty years old.

There's also a younger sister named Xiaoduo, who is seventeen or eighteen years old. After graduating from junior high school, she went to her hometown to learn tailoring, but I don't know how well she's doing.

I'm also familiar with Xiao Duo; she's even prettier than Sister Li!

"Xiao Duo?" Sister Li rolled her eyes. "I'm afraid you'll make a move on my sister."

I chuckled: "What, wouldn't it be better if you were my sister-in-law?"

"See, they were definitely after my sister!"

Sister Li glared at me and shook her head, saying, "Girls shouldn't come to Dongguan. They'll go astray as soon as they arrive. That's why I don't let Xiao Duo come."

I beg to differ.

Xiao Duo is very pretty. Even if she stays in her hometown, many people will have designs on her. Over time, she will turn bad!

Sister Li looked at me and asked, "By the way, Yaozu, do you have any distant relatives? Some distant ones, but reliable ones?"

"no."

I shook my head and recommended someone to Sister Li: "The old squad leader is usable. If we start a materials recycling company, the old squad leader can manage the warehouse. That will ensure everything goes smoothly."

Erxia sighed, "The old squad leader is indeed very suitable to be the warehouse manager, and we trust him with that. But who will handle the sales work?"

The three of us sighed, at a loss for what to do.

Yue Qiaoyun had already prepared the food and invited us to eat in the small restaurant.

During dinner, Ding Zhili returned and asked about the recycling of supplies again.

To be frank, we have no one available right now; we lack trustworthy people.

Ding Zhili grinned and said, "I have connections. I'll call a few people from my hometown over."

"Can you guarantee that the people you call won't embezzle or steal?"

I cut to the chase: "In my hometown, there are also many people who run businesses in Shanghai, doing recycling. They're all swindlers, cheaters, and thieves. A piece of copper, worth hundreds or thousands of yuan, is easy to steal."

In my hometown, those who recycle materials in Shanghai are all master thieves.

They cheat when weighing goods, making someone's ten tons of goods weigh only three tons—this is the most common and civilized practice.

Even worse, some people forge contracts, pay a deposit, and then pull out the steel pipe scaffolding and sell it directly to a scrap yard.

Even more outrageous are those who, at night, send a few trucks directly into small factories, tie up the security guards, and brazenly sweep everything up!

Some people ask, isn't this robbery?

Sorry, we call it "running business," not "stealing"!

The goods loaded onto the truck are all business we've worked hard to secure.

Ding Zhili chuckled, "Don't worry, Brother Zu, the people I called are absolutely reliable."

"Reliable my ass."

I rolled my eyes: "I don't trust you to go out and do business every day. Because it's too easy for you to inflate prices or take a kickback."

Ding Zhili protested his innocence: "Brother Zu, I really didn't do it. If you say that, we can't cooperate."

"What Brother Zu said makes sense."

Erxia put down her chopsticks and pondered, "Since we're cooperating, we need a system to regulate this kind of behavior. I suggest we set up a clean account."

"It's very simple. Both parties each contribute tens of thousands of yuan and put them into a joint account."

Erxia looked at us and said, "Then we wrote down a contract that if anyone is found to have embezzled a certain amount, the money they brought out will be considered compensation or a fine and will belong to the other party."

Li Jie and I exchanged a glance and nodded together.

That's really a great idea!

At the very least, giving Ding Zhili a constraint and deterrent is a powerful supplement to credit!

Ding Zhili disagreed, shouting, "But I have no money right now. All the funds I can mobilize are invested in the business."

I saw right through this scoundrel and slammed my fist on the table, saying, "You have no money, yet you're rushing to start a materials recycling company? Once the company's open, we'll each have to invest at least a million. Where are you going to get that kind of money?"

"Well, I was planning to take out a loan from my hometown."

"Then let's wait and hold off on the material recycling for now."

I was full, so I pushed my bowl and chopsticks aside and got up.

Ding Zhili sighed.

Yue Qiaoyun chased after me and asked, "Brother Zu, can I ask for leave this afternoon to go to the movies with Dou Qiang?"

"Have you two really started talking now?" I asked.

"Yes, Dou Qiang said he wants to marry me." Yue Qiaoyun nodded.

"Okay, you two go see a movie. I'll arrange your wedding when I'm less busy!" I chuckled.

"marry?"

Yue Qiaoyun was taken aback and looked around: "Where are we getting married? We don't even have a new house."

This girl is still so adorable; she can't even tell when I'm joking!

I'm not the old squad leader's biological father, so why would I arrange for him to get married?

I suppressed a laugh and pointed to the houses outside the company: "I'll rent you a place, put up double happiness symbols, and you can get married! After you get married, work hard, earn money, and buy a house here!"

"Renting a house to get married is fine, but we won't buy one. Our old squad leader said that after we make money, we'll go back to our hometown and build a house."

"Then it's up to you."

I chuckled, then went to sleep.

Since I started working at Jin Sang Zi, I've been feeling sleep-deprived.

I go to bed at three or four in the morning every day, which has disrupted my biological clock, and I can't adjust to it in a while.

Today I have to negotiate with Li Hanwen, so Dao Zaixiong naturally gave me the day off.

After lunch, I can sleep soundly.

I didn't get up until 4:30 in the afternoon. After washing up, I had a cup of tea and took a stroll.

Sister Li is all ready; she's changed into a beautiful dress.

"Sister Li, you should wear jeans." I tried to scare her, "If you wear a skirt, you might accidentally expose yourself if you get into a fight with Yuan Guizhen."

I know there won't be a fight today, and if there is, it won't be Sister Li's turn to make a move.

But I had a selfish reason: I wanted to see Sister Li wear jeans.

Sister Li was indeed startled by me, and frowned, saying, "No way, there won't be a fight tonight, will there?"

"Even without tearing them, you still have to wear jeans."

I gestured casually: "Why is Yuan Guizhen targeting you? It's because she's old and ugly, and she envies and is jealous of you. So, Sister Li should add fuel to the fire by dressing up as alluring and stunning, a beauty that would make me feel sorry for her."

"Look at your figure, so good! Wearing jeans makes you look tall and slim, making that old woman Yuan Guizhen look like a piece of tofu." When Li Hanwen got home that night and saw Yuan Guizhen's pathetic state, he grew angrier and angrier. "We'll get divorced sooner or later!"

Sister Li was taken aback, then laughed and said, "You really know a lot. Okay, I'll change my clothes."

My wicked scheme succeeded, and I nodded and smiled.

A few minutes later, Sister Li came out wearing jeans.

Wow, that round and full peach-shaped buttock is simply like a perfect work of art.

"Does it look good?" Sister Li swayed and turned around in front of me.

I wiped my nose and then my mouth: "I'm bleeding from my nose and drooling, do you think I look good or not?"

"What's so good about it?" Sister Li rolled her eyes, a hint of smugness in her expression.