The first family dinner of the winter vacation was held two days after the closing ceremony at my uncle's house in the Transportation Bureau. It was the time when the Lunar New Year was approaching. My uncle's house was on the first floor, and there was a small courtyard facing the Transportation Bureau's courtyard, which was built in a rather ancient style.
The small courtyard is surrounded by a fence, where my aunt often plants some flowers and plants. There is a stone path in the courtyard, which leads to the courtyard of the family compound through the opening of the fence. There is a rockery pond and a pavilion. When I was a child, I had a family gathering at my uncle's house. Cheng Ran and his brothers often ran in and out of here. They fell into the pond when they were catching shrimps. Fireworks and firecrackers in the yard also set the dry grass in the yard on fire. It was only after each of the brothers urinated in the wind that they could barely put out the flames, but they only hurt the enemy a thousand times and lost eight hundred of their own.
The door is not closed during family gatherings, and neighbors often come to visit. Normally, neighbors even know each other's relatives and friends, and have a good relationship. When they remember each other during festivals, they will give each other some delicious food.
In later generations, commercial buildings prospered and rose from the ground, but the human touch between people was enclosed by concrete grids, becoming increasingly desolate.
The flavor of the New Year is the human touch. When the human touch is scarce, the flavor of the New Year becomes even more bland.
The whole family was having a great time eating the best dried whitebait from the Daqiao Reservoir sent by Aunt Zhang next door, and drinking with the crispy peanuts sent by Uncle Chen upstairs.
Cheng Ran got the first place in the grade this time, which was a big deal at home. Cheng Bin talked about his feelings before and after the closing ceremony of No. 1 High School with great enthusiasm, "Even I, as an uncle, felt proud when facing the principals and leaders of your school!" He pointed at Cheng Ran and said, "Don't you think so? I will tell everyone you are my nephew!"
Cheng Feiyang's face was flushed with wine. In the past six months, he has worked day and night, and has been working in the county all the time. When it comes to business start-up, a device often needs to run continuously for a period of time to see its stability. He and the technicians took a camp bed and stayed in the computer room all night. Is it hard? It is hard.
Whether it is worth it or not, every time he thinks of Cheng Ran's ambition and understanding, he feels that this is the motivation to keep going.
worth.
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Cheng Qi still has a series of exams in college. After the exams, he said that he still had some work to deal with, which was also related to board games. He would not be back until the end of January or the beginning of February. Because of the help of Second Aunt's store, he could not hide this from his family. When everyone discussed this, they mainly praised Cheng Ran for his creativity and his ability to make money. However, Cheng Ran knew that if his grades were not good, he would have stopped doing this long ago.
The protective umbrella of academic performance gave him the impression in the family that he was sensible, a little adult, wise, and even that his actions and words carried weight.
This theory that only academic performance is paramount is an irrefutable truth in Chinese families.
Uncle expressed his attitude that he would not object to what Cheng Qi did as long as it did not affect Cheng Qi's college diploma. Cheng Ran knew that in fact, Uncle was still very dissatisfied at first. The reason why he changed his tone was that he promised to buy Cheng Qi a computer in his sophomore year, but at the end of this semester, Cheng Qi bought the computer himself.
By this time, the entire Three Kingdoms Killing industry had sold more than 2,000 copies, and after deducting the costs, the net profit was more than 78,000 yuan. Considering the initial capital of 8,000 yuan for four people, the profit was nearly ten times.
After summarizing the calculation, Cheng Xiang and Li Yu were both shocked and bewildered. It was no wonder they were bewildered, as a house these days was worth about this much. Thinking about how they had started this since they saw the cards made by Cheng Ran from him, it only took them one semester. The initial capital that the four brothers had contributed with their New Year's money had already been earned back.
While the adults were still chatting and drinking at the table, the three brothers who had finished eating early left the table and came to Cheng Qi's room... It was time to divide the money!
Cheng Ran took his bag, unzipped it, took out a stack of money and placed it in front of Cheng Xiang, "This is yours. According to the agreement, you get 15%, which should give you more than 11,700. Here is 12,000 to make it an even number."
Then he said to Li Yu, "This is yours, make it an even number, eight thousand."
When the two brothers took out money to support Cheng Ran, they were actually still hesitant. After all, a few thousand yuan was a lot of money. Every year, most of the money they earned as New Year's gifts was taken away by their parents, and some of the money that slipped through the net was saved bit by bit.
If you haven't experienced it, you don't know how hard it is... The reason why they were able to save it was also because they were reluctant to spend it. Sometimes, taking it out of the closet and looking at it was a great comfort. But later, under Cheng Ran's call, they still took out the money.
Now, the brother’s business in just a few months has surpassed their “savings” of the first half of their lives. Are you touched
To borrow a line from a Stephen Chow movie that was very popular during this era, the two people's admiration for Cheng Ran "is like the endless rushing of the river, or like the flooding of the Yellow River, which is out of control."
Cheng Ran was actually able to give the two sums of money directly to the two because his two brothers were actually quite good at managing money. Just looking at the fact that they were able to save such a large sum of New Year's money bit by bit over the years, it was clear that the money would not be abused by them.
Of course, Second Aunt tried to ask in a roundabout way about how much money they actually made, but no one told her. Also, Second Aunt was not often in the store and often played mahjong outside. She was not very concerned about their affairs and did not really ask about them. The whole family thought that at most 10,000 or 20,000 yuan was enough.
As a result, apart from the money given to these brothers, Cheng Ran now has 40,000 yuan in his hands.
Forty thousand...
Half a year ago, if Cheng Feiyang had accepted the resettlement money from Huatong Company, the value of all his work in the first half of his life would have been only 30,000 yuan.
Now that Cheng Qi has opened up the market in Chengdu, the game "Three Kingdoms Kill" is becoming increasingly popular and is in short supply. In fact, all this money is just a small income at present. Relying on Cheng Xiang's family shop, it is almost in the form of a handicraft workshop.
It’s pretty good to be able to earn so much.
The next step is to move to the assembly line. Cheng Ran knows that Qin Xizhen has submitted his resignation letter, so he can discuss the printing factory matters and expand production capacity. In the future, the income from the output of Three Kingdoms Kill will reach a higher level.
It's always good to have money in your pocket.
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Cheng Xiang and Li Yu had the money, so they had to celebrate, so they went out to buy firecrackers and treat some familiar people in the courtyard. Because they often came to Cheng Qi's house to play, the four brothers were familiar with most of the children in the courtyard of the Transportation Bureau. Just now, when they were having dinner at home, someone came in through the open door to invite them.
Not long after, Cheng Xiang and Li Yu, who were out playing, suddenly came back and stammered to Cheng Ran, "Fan Xin is back..." Li Yu added, "It's the Fan Xin who was studying outside!"
While Cheng Ran was stunned, a middle-aged man and woman carrying gifts, followed by a tall and slim girl, walked into his uncle's house.
"Mr. Cheng! Your Cheng Bin is here..."
When the uncle and aunt stood up to greet them, the girl who was following behind her parents called out crisply, "Uncle Cheng!"
The eldest aunt smiled, and it was obvious that she liked this girl very much. "Oh! It's Fan Xin... Oh, when did you come back... You just came back, you see, your parents sent you to Rongcheng to study, but they are so happy, and they are very relaxed here. Fortunately, you are sensible and have good grades... Hey, you have always been good... Hey, how could your mother bear to let you go!"
The girl named Fan Xin probably encountered this kind of praise more than once or twice no matter where she went after returning. She looked unperturbed and said calmly, "It's okay. I'm used to it."
Fan Xin's parents actually came for Cheng Bin. Her father is a leader in the Transportation Bureau, and having a good relationship with Cheng Bin can be considered a favor.
As she spoke, she looked around Cheng Ran's family. She didn't recognize most of them, but she was familiar with the three brothers of the Cheng family. These three guys used to be naughty and playful. Fan Xin was a well-known good girl in the Transportation Bureau, and she was very impressed by the three of them coming to the yard with a group of friends to make trouble.
Here, Fan Xin's parents sat down at the table and started another wave of socializing. Fan Xin's mother looked over and said, "Xin Xin... Aren't you going out for a party today..."
Fan Xin said, "Wait for Luo Youwei to find me, we'll go over later."
Then Fan Xin looked at Cheng Ran and the other two and said, "Can we go out and sit for a while?"