Because he has influenced Li Fen's life trajectory, Li Mu has a strong sense of responsibility for her. Li Fen is only eighteen years old. Li Mu hopes that she can go out of the countryside to broaden her horizons and gain some knowledge. It is impossible for her to go out to work hard. So going to school is the best choice right now.
Although the significance of a private university is not very great, the key is that the threshold is low and it allows her to experience the fun of university life. Moreover, if she studies in a big city like Yanjing or Shanghai, it will also be an improvement for her.
Moreover, private universities are not without merit. They are universities after all. Although the country strictly does not recognize the so-called diplomas from private schools, when it comes to actually applying for jobs in companies, a private university graduate is much more useful than a high school graduate.
Based on Li Mu’s work experience in his previous life, students from private universities actually account for a large proportion of the workplace. After all, millions of private college students graduate and enter the society every year, and most of them can find jobs. Take Li Fen. She said that if she found a private university to study a relatively reliable major, her employment situation after graduation would be much better than going directly to work in a factory in the south.
Moreover, in highly professional fields such as hotel management and tourism, the requirements for academic qualifications are very vague. It is easy to find a job as long as you have the right major. What's more, Li Mu's current career can easily be estimated at more than 1 billion. It's worth it. I can't even imagine how far it will develop in three or four years. It will be too easy to arrange a decent job for Li Fen by then. It is better than letting her stay in the countryside and marry young.
In the company where Li Mu worked in his previous life, the employees are generally divided into three different factions. One is the high-diploma academic faction. These people are either masters or doctors from top domestic universities, or have returned from overseas MBA studies. This group People are the most valued by the company, and the general core positions and leadership and management positions are occupied by this group of people.
There is another kind of person like Li Mu, who graduated from an ordinary domestic undergraduate degree but did not go to graduate school. His academic qualifications are not very good, but he can basically get a foothold in his position, but if he wants to climb up, it is really difficult to climb up. Especially Li Mu's technical position, which is basically stable but not very promising for many years.
There is a type of people who have graduated from a junior college or a private university. Their academic qualifications are of low value, and their jobs tend to be more support or sales. Although this type of people have a slightly lower starting point than others, because the threshold for the position they are engaged in is not high, hard work can still make a difference. Opportunity to make some achievements.
For Li Fen, listening to Li Mu talk about going to school made her feel a little yearning. She knew that her cousin had extraordinary abilities and it shouldn't be difficult for him to support her going to school.
However, when she thought that it would cost at least 10,000 yuan to go to school for a year, Li Fen was a little discouraged. After all, this amount of money was an astronomical figure to her. Even if it was nothing to Li Mu, it was nothing to her. Said it is still a huge psychological burden.
Li Mu saw the longing and yearning deep in her eyes, patted her shoulder and said, "It's settled. I'll go tell your parents later that I don't want to get married. I'll spend some money to get you a baby first." With a high school diploma, you can choose a private university that interests you in July or August, and I will help you take care of other things. When September, you can go directly to the school to register."
Later, Li Mu added: "If I don't want to get married so early, going to school is the best solution."
Li Fen looked at Li Mu gratefully and nodded lightly. She really didn't want to get married so early. The advice her cousin gave her now was indeed the best choice she could think of. Go to school and experience it. For me, there is nothing better than what most of my peers have experienced.
But Li Fen also has her own worries. She said: "The Qi family is well-known in the town, and the family relationship is also tough. Qi Dayong is even more famous as a playboy in the town. I'm afraid they will cause trouble for the family if they go back on their word."
Li Mu gave her a comforting look and said, "Don't worry, they can't have fun with me."
They are just a township business family. Their wealth of several million may be really powerful in the town, but within the boundaries of Haizhou, they are nothing. Li Mu’s net worth is more than a hundred times that of theirs. If he really dares to cause trouble, Even throwing money at them can knock them down.
Taking Li Fen back to the dinner table, Li Mu expressed his solution in front of the whole family: negotiate with the Qi family, the engagement will be invalidated, the money that should be refunded will be returned, and those who should apologize must also apologize to others. , after all, it was the Li family who broke the agreement unilaterally. They settled the matter with the Qi family first, and then waited for the start of school in the next year to find a high school for Li Fen to study in the second half of her senior year. Now it is too late to sign up for this year's college entrance examination, so Simply don't participate. After getting a high school diploma, you can directly choose a private university to register and report there when the semester starts.
Li Mu's proposal stunned a large table of relatives. None of them thought about letting Li Fen, who had dropped out of school for more than a year, return to school, let alone send her out to go to college.
For middle-aged people in rural areas, university is an extremely sacred and difficult-to-reach place. It is great to be able to pass two or three college entrance examinations in a village in a year. Those are all earned by studying hard. Li Fen stopped during this period. In one or two years, can you go directly to college without taking the college entrance examination? Is it so easy to get into college
Li Mu briefly explained the situation of private universities to his family members. He made the private universities somewhat idealistic in order to make them more aware of his proposal. Moreover, Li Mu also clearly told his second uncle and second aunt that Li Fen went to school. All expenses are paid by yourself.
The second uncle and second aunt refused to agree to anything. The second aunt said: "Xiao Mu, Fenfen is not good at school. It is a waste of money for you to let her go to school. Besides, I can't let you pay for this money. Your second uncle and I will Our life has improved so much now, and it’s all because of your family’s help. How can I ask you to pay again... "
Li Mu said: "Second aunt, it was my dad's idea to open this wholesale department for my second uncle. If it hadn't been for my dad to have this idea, Fenfen wouldn't have come home to help. Now she's because of my dad's idea. I returned home to help in the wholesale department, and that’s why I got married to the Qi family. If Fenfen’s life is not happy in the future, my dad and even our whole family will not be able to get over this hurdle."
After Li Mu said this, Father Li's expression changed a little instantly.
He had never considered the issue of Li Fen's marriage from this perspective. Although he had stayed in the city for many years, his thoughts were still relatively feudal. He did not feel there was anything wrong with Li Fen's early marriage. On the contrary, he also felt that she had arrived. She was of marriageable age, and her future husband's family was well off, so he thought this would be a good thing for her. However, Li Mu's words woke him up. Li Fen originally worked outside to support the family. Her parents didn't make much money, and her younger brother was still in a technical school. Studying is when you need money. If you don't come up with the idea to open this wholesale department for your brother, Li Fen will definitely keep working outside, and it is impossible for the Qi family to look down on his brother's family background. Now this marriage is very likely to happen. Eighty-nine is the result of being influenced by oneself.
Thinking about the problem this way, Dad Li also feels that he has a heavy responsibility. What if Li Fen will not be happy in the future? Can you feel good about yourself
The answer is of course no.
Now, Li Fen's attitude is very clear. She doesn't want to get married, so she can't be forced to do so, because that would be irresponsible for her life.
Thinking carefully about Li Mu's proposal, Dad Li thought it was very good. He knew that his son could make money. Although he didn't know how much money he could make, he would definitely have no problem paying tens of thousands of yuan for Li Fen to study. Besides, he now The two stores earn hundreds of thousands a month, and the son has no money to support her in school. This amount of money is just drizzle. However, if Li Fen can be allowed to go out to see, feel and experience, maybe it will be beneficial to her. It will have a very important impact in the future.
It is much better to send her to a big city than to get her married in the country.
So, Dad Li also said: "I think this method is good. Fenfen should go out and exercise. This will be better for her."
When the second uncle heard this, even Dad Li agreed. He put down his chopsticks, frowned and thought for a long time, looked at Li Fen, and asked her: "Fenfen, tell yourself, what do you want to do now?"
Li Fen said: "Dad, I want to go to school and experience the kind of college life on TV. Even if I can't go to school, I still want to go out to work. In short, I want to go out and see the world. I don't want to stay here, and I don't want to be so early. marry."
The second uncle sighed, patted the table, and said, "Okay, if you want to go to school, I'll provide for you. If we don't get married, I'll go to the Qi family tomorrow to return the bride price and apologize to them."
When Li Fen heard this, she burst into tears with relief. Dad Li said at this time: "Since Xiao Mu has said it, he will be responsible for Fenfen's schooling expenses. We should not interfere."
The second uncle said: "How can that work? Brother, I can earn several thousand yuan a month now. I earn more in one month than I did in two years of farming. There is no problem in supporting Fenfen in school."
Dad Li waved his hand: "You listen to me, let Xiaomu help Fenfen organize these things, he knows better than us."
Li Mu also interjected at this time: "Yes, second uncle, you don't have to worry about this matter. I will help Fenfen solve it. Now we have to settle the Qi family's affairs first. Our Li family broke their promise first, so this matter We have to negotiate with them to solve the problem. If the other party is not satisfied, we also have to bear a certain amount of financial compensation. Haven't they already started planning the wedding? Tomorrow you go to communicate with them. How much money they spent, we will compensate them all. They can even give us some more mental compensation. Money is not an issue, but the key is not to let outsiders think that we surnamed Li can't do things."
The second uncle nodded: "Okay, I will buy some things and go to their house tomorrow to have a good talk with them."
Dad Li said: "Tomorrow we will drive back to the city with my parents. This New Year you will all go to the city and celebrate the New Year at our house."
(End of chapter)