The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Chapter 1379 Resignation and Going into Business
The New Year’s Eve dinner ended in a weird atmosphere, and Wang Xin was kicked out of the house by Ma Kui.

In Ma Kui's opinion, Wang Xin not only wanted to kidnap his daughter, but also instigated Ma Yan to resign and start a business. If Ma Kui could tolerate this, he would be unworthy of being a father.

Ma Yan was pulled into the room by Wang Sufang to be persuaded, and when Wang Xin left, she couldn't come out to see him off.

Originally, Peng Mingjie and Peng Yongli were going to stay at the Ma family's house during the Chinese New Year, but now so many things have happened and the Ma family is in a mess, it is obviously inappropriate for them to stay.

"Old Ma, Xiaoli and I will not disturb your family anymore." Peng Mingjie said to Ma Kui.

"It's Chinese New Year, where can you go?"

Wang Gang said: "Uncle Peng, Xiaoli, why don't you just stay at my house for one night?"

"It's not appropriate to go to your house!" Peng Mingjie looked at his daughter and said with concern.

Wang Gang smiled and said, "My mother bought me a wedding house! It's empty now. I'll take you to see it."

Ma Kui also became interested and followed Wang Gang to the new house.

It is said to be a new house, but in fact it is just an old vacant house in the courtyard. At the beginning, Wang Gang’s grandfather’s hospital had a housing allocation quota, and Liu Shufang coordinated with the street office and asked for this house.

The house has two floors. The downstairs has a living room, a kitchen and a bedroom, and the upstairs is a loft. However, it is relatively neat and has good lighting, so it can be used as a bedroom.

A few years ago, Wang Jianguo and Liu Shufang hired someone to renovate their house and purchased all the furniture, waiting for their son to get married.

Peng Mingjie looked around the house and was very satisfied. He said to Xiaoli, "This house is even bigger than ours in Harbin. Xiaoli, you will be blessed in the future."

Peng Yongli's cheeks turned slightly red and she glanced at Wang Gang secretly.

Wang Gang said, "Uncle Peng, you can sleep in the downstairs room today, and Xiaoli can sleep upstairs. The beds are ready. I'll go home and get two sets of sheets and quilts later."

Ma Kui sighed: "Mingjie, since you have such a nice place to live, I won't let you sleep on the floor in my house."

After saying that, Ma Kui patted Wang Gang on the shoulder, then turned around and went back to his home, probably preparing to teach his daughter a lesson.

"Old Ma, don't scold the child during the New Year. If you have something to say, talk it over nicely." Peng Mingjie pulled Ma Kui and said, "I think Wang Xin is a good person. Some things should be let go if they can be let go."

Ma Kui sighed and said, "Mingjie, sometimes I really envy you. Look at Xiaoli, she has been well-behaved and sensible since she was a child, and she is also good at studying. She has saved you a lot of trouble. My Ma Yan was born to collect debts from me."

Peng Mingjie said disapprovingly: "Ma Yan is quite good, generous and independent. Although her academic performance is not good, who says she will not have a bright future? She is still young, so don't worry."

"How can I not be anxious?" Ma Kui sighed, "That Wang Xin actually urged Ma Yan to resign and go into business. I don't know what he is up to."

"Uncle Ma," Wang Gang advised, "Times are changing. You can't always look at things with old ideas. We have been to the south on business trips before. You can see the development there. This trend will sooner or later reach the northeast. If Ma Yan is the first to try it, she may make a fortune."

Ma Kui fell silent upon hearing this. Not long ago, he and Wang Gang went to Guangzhou to investigate a case and track down a group of drug dealers. The scene there opened his eyes.

He once saw a family of three with their children selling goods at a night market, and he also saw elderly people in their seventies or eighties doing small business along the street.

What's more, my colleagues in the police station work as policemen during the day and help their wives set up stalls at night. Although their lives are hard, they always have smiles on their faces.

In the words of a colleague, it doesn’t matter how much money you make, as long as there is hope in life, every day will be happy.

"I know Ma Yan. If she does business, she will definitely lose everything. And then she will lose her job at the supply and marketing cooperative. She will regret it sooner or later." Ma Kui said stubbornly.

Wang Gang said sincerely: "Uncle Ma, I don't agree with you. No one is born knowing how to do business. They all learn and explore slowly. If you don't let Ma Yan take the first step, she will never succeed." Peng Mingjie felt that Wang Gang was using Ma Yan's matter to criticize him when he heard this.

"Uncle Ma, the supply and marketing cooperative is no longer a stable job. You should know that many large units in Ningyang can't even pay salaries, and workers may be laid off one day." Wang Gang glanced at Peng Mingjie meaningfully.

Peng Mingjie is now certain that Wang Gang is pointing fingers at him and forcing him to make a choice.

"Xiaogang, so you agree that Ma Yan should resign and follow Wang Xin into the business world?" Ma Kui asked.

"Yes." Wang Gang nodded.

Ma Kui lowered his head and thought. In fact, he believed in Wang Gang's vision very much. In the past few years of working with his colleagues on cases, no one understood Wang Gang's vision better than Ma Kui. Whatever he said was always accurate.

Peng Mingjie also realized at this time that he had to express his position. Wang Gang used Ma Yan's case to point at him in order to force him to make a choice: to resign and go into business or to continue to embezzle and accept bribes.

"Old Ma, I also plan to quit my job and start my own business." Peng Mingjie said to Ma Kui, "I plan to take a few days off after the Chinese New Year and go to the south for an inspection. You can let Ma Yan go with me."

"Ah, you are going to resign too." Ma Kui said in surprise: "You have worked so hard to get to this position. It would be a shame to resign."

Peng Mingjie said: "Old Ma, you know that in my current position, sometimes I have no choice but to do things against my will. I don't want to go along with the crowd, so I can only choose to retreat while the tide is flowing."

Ma Kui instantly remembered the day he visited the Peng family and saw the man giving money to Peng Mingjie.

"Xiaoli has grown up, and will graduate from college soon. She has found a good husband, so I don't have to worry about her anymore. I just want to try my luck before I get too old, and see if I can build a business for my children," said Peng Mingjie.

Ma Kui lowered his head in deep thought and did not speak for a long time. Finally, he raised his head and said to Peng Mingjie:
"Mingjie, after the Chinese New Year, take Ma Yan to the south for an inspection! It would be good for her to see the world."

After the matter was settled, Ma Kui returned home and told Ma Yan his decision.

When Ma Yan heard that she could go to the south for inspection, she was so happy that she almost jumped up.

"Dad, can I take Wang Xin with me?"

Ma Kui's face darkened again when he heard this, but he finally pinched his nose and nodded.

He realized that his daughter had set her eyes on Wang Xin, and if he continued to stop her, it would probably hurt the relationship between father and daughter.

The next day, Ma Yan couldn't wait to go out early in the morning to find Wang Xin and tell him the good news.

Knowing that Ma Kui agreed to let him and Ma Yan go south together, Wang Xin felt like the clouds had cleared and the moon was visible, so he contacted Niu Dali as soon as possible.

Ma Yan and Wang Xin decided to go to Guangzhou and Shenzhen as their first stop. They wanted Niu Dali to help them arrange food and accommodation, and to learn from him at the same time.

In Wang Xin's opinion, Niu Dali has been in business for several years and should have some experience worth learning.

What they didn't expect was that they were dumbfounded as soon as they arrived in Guangzhou, because they found out that Niu Dali's business was actually collecting泔水.

Niu Dali contracted the泔水 of a street full of restaurants and indeed made a lot of money, but it was far from the business that Wang Gang and Ma Yan wanted to do.

Peng Mingjie was a leader after all, and he couldn't collect slop no matter how poor he was. However, when he saw the streets of Guangzhou filled with trendy clothes, he saw a business opportunity and decided to quit his job and start his own business.

The next day after returning to Ningyang, Peng Mingjie submitted his resignation report, took out the money he had received in the past two years, purchased the first batch of clothing from the south, and cooperated with Ma Yan and Wang Xin to open a store to sell clothes.