Xiao Yuanyuan suddenly appeared at this time, which made the aunt's face somewhat embarrassed.
"You said you spent too much money, do you still have objections?" The eldest aunt looked at her, and while inviting her to sit down in the empty seat next to her, she said to the other relatives at the table: "Her father and I wanted her to learn from Finance, she is not happy, she insists on learning some kind of design, good guys, even if I want a camera because it is for study, I was not scared to death when I heard the price, how much do you think it will cost?"
Everyone looked curious.
"Twenty thousand!" My aunt said in shock: "Do you think this is because you are full?"
Xiao Yuanyuan hurriedly explained: "Mom, please don't talk nonsense. The 20,000 yuan is the price of the machine plus three lenses."
With that said, Xiao Yuanyuan said with a bit of pleading: "Mom, actually you can give me 13,000 yuan first, and I will slowly save up the money to buy the remaining lenses."
"You save money? The money you save is also the hard-earned money of me and your father!" My aunt curled her lips and shook her head while waving her hands: "Don't even think about it. I'll give you five thousand yuan at most and you can do it yourself. "
Everyone present was still surprised. Spending five thousand yuan to buy a camera is like a dream for ordinary families today.
Xiao Yuanyuan looked very dissatisfied, pouting her lips and looking angry.
Li Mu knew that his cousin had been pampered since he was a child and was a standard literary young man. He became obsessed with photography before he graduated. After graduation, he stopped working and asked his parents for money to go out as a backpacker. In the next many years, This gave the now-satisfied uncle and aunt a headache, but everyone had their own way of living, and Xiao Yuanyuan herself was at least very happy.
At this time, the eldest aunt said to everyone again: "Look, who spends as much money raising a daughter as ours? A few months ago, I insisted on asking for a mobile phone, which cost more than two thousand yuan. I haven't had enough of this mobile phone, and I have to buy it again." camera… "
Li Mu didn't want to hear her eldest aunt continue, so he said to her: "Auntie, my parents have already said that they will not ask relatives and friends to borrow a penny for opening a clothing store and my going to college. In fact, they We have already started making preparations for this, so don’t worry.”
The eldest aunt hurriedly covered it up: "We are not worried. If you have any difficulties, just ask. We are all a family, so we naturally have to help each other, right?"
Li Mu was too lazy to tell her more, but his uncle keenly captured the information inside.
A meal costs several thousand, and the tuition and living expenses for a child's college education totals more than 10,000 a year. You also need to open a clothing store. No matter how small a clothing store is, you need to invest 20,000 to 30,000, right? This worked out to 40,000 to 50,000 yuan. He couldn't understand how the three members of the Li family could afford so much money.
Thinking carefully about the specifications of this meal, the uncle couldn't help but ask: "Daoping, have you been doing anything recently? You can't afford tens of thousands of dollars for what you've planned, right?"
Li Daoping didn't know how to answer. Today, he was too passive by his son. His son forced a lot of things on his head that he had never heard of, and he was also confused.
It was Li Mu who said lightly at this time: "The father of a high school classmate of mine took a line to deliver coal to thermal power plants in other places last year. My father helped him get some thermal coal..."
"Xiao Mu, don't say such nonsense!" As soon as Li Mu said these words, Li Daoping couldn't sit still.
Last winter, there was a shortage of thermal coal across the country, and coal prices soared. Although the Xiling coal mine was almost exhausted, it still made a lot of profits with this spring breeze. However, the price difference was basically pocketed by the leaders through various methods. , even if he, Li Daoping, wanted to get some electric coal out, he didn't have the ability at all. How could he sit still if Li Mu arranged such a thing on his head.
However, Li Daoping's anxious and even angry look looked completely different to others.
Everyone felt that Li Mu must have revealed Li Daoping's secret, which is why Li Daoping was so anxious. Everyone knows how to keep wealth secret. Since last winter, the TV station has been saying all day long that coal is tight, electricity coal is tight, and northern heating coal is also tight. , even the price of briquettes burned at home has increased a lot. Many people have made a lot of money in the skyrocketing market. Li Daoping is a person in the coal mine. Maybe a chance hits him on the head and he can make it. Some sought-after electric coal came out.
The uncle's tone was a bit unpleasant: "Daoping, you have the ability to make money by dumping coal, but you are still thinking about opening a clothing store."
"Brother, don't believe Xiaomu's nonsense. When the power coal was in short supply, every ton of coal had to be approved by the director of the Xiling Mine before it could be shipped out. The director of the coal washing plant didn't even count. How could I have that? If you can..."
The more you explain it, the more suspicious it becomes.
At this time, Li Mu raised his hands with a scared look on his face: "I'm just talking nonsense, Dad, please don't be angry..."
Although he took the initiative to take responsibility for his mistake, his face was full of innocence, as if he was afraid that his father would be angry.
Now, the fact that Li Daoping made money by dumping coal was basically confirmed in the eyes of the family. Now, there is only one question lingering in everyone's mind.
Seeing that his goal was achieved, Li Mu hurriedly greeted: "Let's eat quickly, Dad, uncle and uncle, you can have a drink..."
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"How much money does Li Daoping make?"
On the way home after eating and drinking, Li Mu's uncle Xiao Yunjian suddenly pulled over his motorcycle, lit a cigarette, and asked his wife Cai Yanhong who was sitting behind him.
"How did I know to go?" Cai Yanhong curled her lips, feeling a little unhappy: "You, the second sister, are really good at hiding! It happened last winter, and it has been hidden until now! If Li Mu hadn't said it, we still wouldn't know Woolen cloth."
Xiao Yunjian took a deep drag on his cigarette: "I think it shouldn't be much more. He, Li Daoping, is a technician. Is it his turn to earn this money?"
Cai Yanhong hummed and said, "That's true. I estimate that I earned 30,000 to 50,000 yuan, and my son did well in the college entrance examination. I don't know how to show off, so I invited him to such a meal."
As she said that, Cai Yanhong thought of something and said with a smile on her face: "Didn't Li Mu say that both of them are going to apply for layoff? I guess Li Daoping's path to electric coal is also cut off, otherwise only a fool would do it if he could still make money by dumping coal. Take the initiative to lay off your job, what do you think?"
"Just wait and see!" Xiao Yunjian smacked his lips: "Didn't that guy Li Mu say they are going to open a clothing store? We can guess what kind of clothing store they will open."
Li Mu's aunt Xiao Yunlan also murmured to her husband Zeng Jiwei on the way back: "You think, my second brother-in-law is really able to produce thermal coal from Xiling Coal Mine?"
Zeng Jiwei waved his hands and said in an unhappy tone: "Why is the second brother-in-law such a coward? I think the second brother-in-law is a very nice person. You and your brother are just trying to bully the second brother-in-law into being honest!"
"Oh!" Xiao Yunlan suddenly became angry: "Are you still talking to me for him? Let's not talk about him for now. Do you think you are going to be successful? Let me tell you, I am lucky to have my second brother-in-law here these years. It doesn’t show your incompetence!”
Zeng Jiwei's face turned red, and he said angrily after a long time: "Xiao Yunlan, what you said is too immoral. Did I ever dislike you in the years when you were laid off?"
"How dare you!" Xiao Yunlan stopped, pinched her waist and shouted, "Zeng Jiwei, it's enough for me to marry you, but you still dare to despise me?"
Zeng Jiwei felt a headache and said quickly: "Okay, okay, if there is any grievance or dislike between the couple, the child is still here, go home quickly."
Xiao Yunlan's anger subsided a little, and she said as she walked: "It's probably hard for my second sister to open a clothing store. She earns a decent salary working in the workplace, but she's not good enough for business."
…
Li Mu was not relaxed when he returned home.
His parents sat down on the sofa, and Li Mu stood in front of them, accepting the interrogation of the two chiefs.
"What do you think you think? You are bragging in front of so many people. If you don't blush, your father will be embarrassed..." Li Daoping was a little excited. He had been used to being honest all his life, and was suddenly put on such a stage by Li Mu. It's really unacceptable.
Li Ma also complained about Li Mu's recklessness: "You said you don't know what your father's temper is? Why do you have to arrange it in front of your uncle and the others?"
Li Mu smiled slightly: "Isn't this good? In my opinion, you two should stop worrying about this issue and just stop doing your work. Anyway, Xiling Coal Mine will not be able to last another one or two years like this. "
Father Li glared at Li Mu: "Your father has been working for more than 20 years, and you're going to stop if you don't want to do it? Besides, what will your mother and I do if we don't do it? Are you really going to open a clothing store? ?”
"That's right!" When Li Mu saw that his parents had been roped in, he immediately said, "Let's open a clothing store! I have been looking for it in the past few days. If we want to open it, we will open a big store, a chain store!"
The parents looked at each other and then at Li Mu, wondering what Li Mu was doing.
Li Mu continued: "At that time, all operations in the store will rely on computers and the Internet. If something is out of stock, just place an order directly on the computer, and the head office will distribute the goods to you immediately. Every new season, you don't have to worry about it. When purchasing goods from other places, the head office will allocate them uniformly, and you will make certain modifications based on the head office’s distribution list.”
"As for collecting money, you don't have to do it yourself. There is a store manager and a salesperson. If you sell a piece of clothing, you just scan the code and record it in the computer. Every day, you deposit the day's sales into your bank account. You two don't usually have to go there. In the store, just check it regularly!”
(End of chapter)