This New Year, Ji Huai's family celebrated the New Year in the city.
The family is making arrangements and pasting up cheerful Spring Festival couplets. Yin Cai also bought a lot of "Fu" characters online, and Ji Ziqing was directing Ji Huai to post them everywhere.
"Dad, here."
"Post another one."
"Post it higher and move it to the left."
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The TV in the living room was playing, and the corridor outside was hung with red lanterns. Her slightly childish voice sounded from time to time. The father and daughter were busy in the living room, and Yin Cai was busy in the kitchen. The air was filled with a warm smell.
The meal on New Year's Eve is sumptuous, including fish and crab. Ji Huai was in a good mood, opened a bottle of wine, and poured a glass for Yin Cai.
He hadn't drank for a long time, and even Ji Ziqing didn't say much.
Ji Huai raised his drink and said, "Here, cheers!"
Ji Ziqing was the first to agree with her father and raised the drink with her little hand. Yin Cai also raised the wine in front of him and clinked glasses with them.
When the cups collided, the sound of firecrackers was heard outside, and the family was talking and laughing while watching the Spring Festival Gala in the living room.
After meal.
Ji Huai went back to his room to prepare a red envelope. In the past, he just gave Ji Ziqing a hundred yuan as a token token, but today he prepared 600 yuan.
He came to the door of Ji Ziqing's room, raised his hand and knocked gently on the door, waiting for a while before opening it.
Ji Ziqing was sitting on the desk putting together small building blocks. He bought her a New Year's set, which was a set of traditional Chinese-style buildings. There were nearly two thousand small blocks in total. She spent three days putting it together. to half way.
Her room was set up with pink and blue as the main background, and the large bed was placed by the bay window. Ji Huai also found someone to build a somewhat dreamy arch to separate the bed from the activity area.
The remaining half of the room has cabinets and desks on one side, and a painting area on the other side. There is a table for painting, as well as a place to store tools and paints.
Ji Ziqing likes this room very much. Now she no longer lives in a boarding house. What she likes most is to stay in her room, read and draw.
"Quick, give Dad a New Year's greeting." Ji Huai took out the red envelope and tempted Ji Ziqing.
She was also very obedient and smiled sweetly, "I wish Dad a happy New Year, good health, and drink less!"
"Dad doesn't drink much now!" Ji Huai handed over the red envelope and emphasized.
When he returned to the room, Yin Cai was looking at his cell phone, holding a piece of news on his cell phone and saying to him, "You will never drink and drive in the future. Look, if you are caught drunk driving, you will have a criminal record, and it will affect your child's political review in the future. What if Xiaoqing wants to take the exam for some unit?"
"I rarely drink anymore!" Ji Huai defended himself again. Hearing that it would affect his daughter, he was still concerned and even leaned over to take a look, "Is it so serious?"
Yin Cai: "Isn't that right? Being caught drinking and driving is not a big deal, but I am afraid of getting into a car accident and harming others and myself."
Ji Huaimin tightened his lips.
Seeing that he had listened, she didn't say much and continued to look at her phone silently.
Ji Huai walked to the cabinet and seemed to be counting money. Although Yin Cai heard the sound, she didn't pay attention.
After a while, he came over with a red envelope and handed it to her.
"Didn't you just give it to me? Take it yourself." Yin Cai thought it was a red envelope for Ji Ziqing.
"It's for you," he said.
Yin Cai was stunned, his head was a little dizzy for a moment, and he really didn't react.
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She didn't recover until Ji Huai climbed into bed, "Why did you suddenly give me a red envelope?"
"Give it if you want. Do you need a reason?" Ji Huai adjusted his sleeping position and said lazily, "Don't you think you're a little dizzy? Go to sleep quickly."
This was the first time Yin Cai received a red envelope from him, and she had forgotten the feeling of receiving a red envelope. As the eldest child in the family, she didn't read much. After she went out to make money, she paid living expenses to the family for her younger siblings to go to school.
She worked early and had to give money to her parents during the Chinese New Year. After marrying into the Ji family, the family conditions were not good, and she was always thinking about saving money, raising children, and supporting the family. Her parents' home was close, but she didn't dare to go back frequently. She had to save money every time she went back, and she had to buy more things before she dared to go back. After all, her parents' life was not easy either.
Yin Cai pushed the red envelope under the bed and fell asleep.
As soon as she fell asleep, Ji Huai's hand came over her. In the past, a family of three shared a room, but now they have a room of their own and are relatively free.
Yin Cai was a little dizzy because she had drunk some wine, but she was not sleepy. She turned slightly sideways and looked at the person on the pillow with her eyebrows closed.
Recently, there was a dispute over decoration, and the two had several quarrels. However, the couple lives harmoniously, and their relationship is probably better than when they were newly married.
At that time, it was necessary to get along, and Ji's mother was helping her son, so there were a lot of conflicts. Now that the children have grown up, the economic conditions are relatively relaxed, and there are a lot less worries.
"Didn't you just pay off the car loan? Why do you want to take out a loan to buy a car again?" Yin Cai asked him, remembering what he said today.
"Huh?" Ji Huai opened his eyes and continued, "Two more supermarkets have opened on North Street, and there is so much goods to carry. I'm thinking about buying another car and hiring a driver to transport the goods."
"Is that possible?" Yin Cai doesn't like to take risks, and their family still has a lot of loans. There might be some money left on the house renovation loan, and he decided to use this money to play around.
"Okay, I plan to buy a small truck this time. The driver's salary is two hundred and fifty a day. Excluding the gas fee, we can probably earn two to three hundred. How can we make a lot of money by ourselves? Of course, let others help us earn it. Money." He said plausibly.
Yin Cai always felt that it was too risky, "How about taking it slow? Let's wait for two years..."
"Opportunities wait for no one. If I give up, they will find someone else. Even if I have money to buy a car, they won't let me get away with it." Ji Huai comforted her, "Believe me, even if you don't make much money, you will be able to buy a car in a few days." We can pay off the car loan every year, so it’s like someone else helped us earn a car.”
She knew that he was smarter than her, willing to take risks, and a little smart, but she was still a little uneasy.
After moving out to live in the city, she also quit her job at the feed store. In order to keep her, the landlady offered her a salary increase of 500 yuan and four days off a month.
Yin Cai didn't stay any longer. The class she attended was not easy, and the other party never mentioned a salary increase or holidays in the past. Now that she said that, she felt a little uncomfortable.
She knew that her salary was low in the town, but she had no choice but to live under pressure. Thinking about the boss's wife's family being kind to her, I feel grateful from the bottom of my heart. Ji Huai also said that it would be bad to stay in such an environment for too long. She also wanted to save her life and grow up with her daughter.
Of course, I also want a family of three to stay together well. Such a life is hard-won.
Since Yin Cai lost her job, she was naturally more anxious. Even though Ji Huai paid her living expenses every month and she also had a savings, she was always worried that he would not be able to pay the money and that he would be too stressed.
He is obviously more open-minded, eats well, and sleeps well.
Business is better than he imagined, and now he sells melons and fruits in most supermarkets in the town. He likes to make friends and is sharp-tongued. He also won orders for melons and fruits from the newly opened supermarket in their neighborhood.
Gradually, he was no longer satisfied with hauling goods in small trucks and pickup trucks. He took the driving license for a large truck and took out a loan to buy a large truck to transport more goods.
This kind of truck can transport twenty tons of goods at a time. With just one trip, he can earn five to six hundred, excluding gas costs. With only two trips a day, his income is in the thousands.
He bought the first one, then the second one, hired a driver to transport it, and then bought the third and fourth cars even faster...
Not only does he contract for fruits and vegetables in supermarkets, but he also undertakes the transportation of various agricultural products. Because the town has developed aquaculture, he can also take on a lot of work.
Because of his contact with supermarkets, Ji Huai had a rough understanding of the business rules. As his claws grew longer and longer, he came up with other ideas and became a supplier to the supermarket.
When a supermarket opens, it is necessary to purchase goods, and it is impossible to purchase the same goods. Suppliers can help them complete the daily needs of goods, and there are even staff who often inspect and help them add goods.
His truck travels to and from the provincial capital, which is naturally very convenient. He only needs to rent a warehouse, recruit a few delivery people, and drive the truck to deliver.
Yin Cai couldn't stay idle at home. She took a good rest for a while and her health improved a lot. She seemed to have a lot of energy and was busy doing some things.
Ji Huai had resources, and she was good at making use of them. She silently worked as a shopping guide in a supermarket for half a year, and after understanding the supermarket's procedures, she rented shop space, renovated it, and hired people to open the supermarket.
Ji Huai brought the goods from the warehouse, so there was no cost. She only needed to manage people.
Although Yin Cai doesn't like taking risks, she can be regarded as a person with a relatively long-term vision. She only opened the supermarket for a year before she realized that there was money to be made, and she quickly invested the money she earned into a second branch.
Anyway, the goods are her own, so she doesn't need to advance money at all. Coupled with the advantage of low purchase price, the profit of a supermarket with less than 500 square meters can reach more than one million a year.
Ji Ziqing is studying hard. As she makes more and more friends after coming to the city, she becomes more and more knowledgeable when hanging out with friends. She becomes more confident and smiles more on her face.
Ji Huai would buy her all kinds of weird things from time to time, such as all kinds of clothes that were comfortable to touch but not good-looking at all. Some of them were so tacky that they would knock your teeth out. He kept telling her that they were the latest trends in the world. In contrast, she still likes the princess dress her mother bought for her.
When she was in sixth grade, Ji Huai bought the house downstairs from their home and opened it up. One room was used as a dance studio and the other room had a tripod piano.
The piano sounds very nice, and every weekend a teacher comes to teach Ji Ziqing how to play the piano. Ji Huai would also sit in front of the piano from time to time, put his hands on the piano, and play a piece of music intoxicatedly, and then handed the phone to Ji Ziqing, "Here, help dad record a piece."
Yin Cai leaned against the door, placed his hands on his chest, and looked at him speechlessly.
Ji Ziqing turned on the camera and looked at Ji Huai. He coughed slightly and started to press his fingers. A piece of messy music came out, which was almost ear-destroying. He also played it very vigorously.
After he finished playing, he took his mobile phone to find Yin Cai, "Quickly, help me upload the music to P. It will show that I have artistic qualities."
"Childish!" Yin Cai turned around and left.
"Hurry up, hurry up." Ji Huai kept pestering her, "Help, help, help."
She kept walking forward, the smile on her lips slowly rising.
Half an hour later.
A post appeared in Ji Huai's circle of friends: Hearing what he heard and seeing, he couldn't help but play a piece in front of his daughter's piano.
The picture below is accompanied by a video. He was playing in front of the piano, shaking his head and playing very hard. What came out was a very beautiful world-famous song.
I don’t know if people in the circle of friends have seen or heard it, but it’s a lot of compliments:
"Boss Ji plays so beautifully."
"Lao Ji, it's not bad."
"awesome."
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Yin Cai laughed softly when he saw him bragging, but he couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
After Ji Huai's career became successful, he almost always hired someone to take care of it, and he returned to his previous laziness. He also liked to drink tea and brag, but he had the ability to get business and make money by bragging over tea.
He only had this little hobby, and she was too embarrassed to correct him. Seeing him staring at his phone and replying shamelessly, she shook her head.
Forget it, he's a lot older, as long as he's happy.