Zhu Tian: The Fiery Years Begin with Taking Qin Huairu as a Concubine

Chapter 120 Let’s Climb the Tree
He knew that Chen Xueru was worried that the rain would fall too heavily and the water would not be able to drain out.

Although the construction of Beijing's sewer system began in the Yuan Dynasty, they were all relatively small drainage pipes.

Don't be afraid of light rain, heavy rain will flood the outer city, especially the Longxugou area.

If it rains too heavily, everything will be flooded!

However, in a place like Peking, it is unlikely to have heavy rain.

Zhang Kaiwu touched Lin Xiaoniang's head, and she started to get busy with her charming eyes.

If it rains and floods the shantytown, it has nothing to do with Chen Xueru.

He played with the two big walnuts and found that Lin Xiaoniang's skin had also improved a lot.

Because she often cheats! ?

Originally, Lin Xiaoniang was not very old, only twenty years old, a few years younger than Zhu Zhiyin.

Life has been going smoothly during this period and my face has become much softer.

Maybe it’s the high secretion of female hormones that speeds up metabolism! ?

Like Zhu Zhiyin, looks younger?
Looking at Chen Xueru who was still sighing: It's over, the water is already more than a foot deep.

He also pulled Chen Xueru along.

Let her get busy and massage with Lin Xiaoniang.

What's the use of feeling so many emotions! ?
A cat cries over a mouse, which is false compassion.

You, Chen Xueru, are just a tailor. Do you want to rebel?

These things are not something a commoner like him should worry about. He is not qualified!
Instead of spending time lamenting, you might as well practice the Su Nu Heart Sutra with all your heart.

Even if the city of Peking was flooded, the water was not more than a foot deep. How could it reach his house?
The drainage system is not strong. How heavy can the rain be in the north?

Zhang Kaiwu used to live in a thatched hut in the countryside and had never worried about these things.

Just fix wherever it's leaking.

If you can't step inside the house, just hide on the kang.

If the rain gets heavier, we will climb the tree.

If all else failed, he had a large wooden bathtub to put them in and take them out for a stroll.

It seems that Lin Xiaoniang is living a very painful life.

"Puchi Puchi" sound, I massage with great concentration, not afraid of any heavy rain.

From time to time, Lin Xiaoniang would stare at him with seductive eyes for a while.

Pay attention to Zhang Kaiwu's expression and see if he finds those massage techniques enjoyable.

Technology is advancing rapidly.

Zhang Kaiwu played with four walnuts and took the time to light a cigarette.

Holding a cigarette in his mouth, he said to Chen Xueru:
"Sister Xueru! You need to be more attentive. Your massage skills have declined."

"Don't even mention comparing yourself to Miss Lin. You can't even compare to Miss Xiaohua."

"You can't even compare with Sister Huairu and the young lady. Fortunately, there is still a fifth concubine who is better than her. If you continue to be so exhausted, how can you be a good wife of the Zhang family!?"

Chen Xueru panicked and said with a smile:

"Brother Kaiwu! I will pay attention and change it right away!"

Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:

"Even your friend Huizhen, although she has only done it a few times, has made rapid progress."

"Sister Xueru! If you continue like this, how can I be assured of your status in the family!?"

He was worried about the instability of his family's status, and even more worried that he would not be as good as Xu Huizhen.

Chen Xueru pushed Lin Xiaoniang aside and started to get busy with her eyes full of charm.

Lin Xiaoniang was not angry at Chen Xueru's rudeness and wiped the corner of her mouth.

Sitting next to Zhang Kaiwu and massaging his shoulders, he asked:
"Master! Between me and the young lady, who is more powerful?"

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:
"You can't beat her. Not only does she have her advantages, but she also works very hard. The key is that she has a younger sister!"

"Although my sister-in-law is still young, it's just a matter of time."

Lin Xiaoniang said with charming eyes:

"Then there is no way, sir! I have lost my relatives since I was a child, and I don't even know where my home is."

Seeing that she was a little sad, Zhang Kaiwu comforted her:

"Don't think too much. Isn't this your home? Don't you have a home now?"

"Looking at your body shape and small frame, you should be from the south, not the north."

Now there is no census or big data, so finding relatives is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Lin Xiaoniang recalled:

"Master, you have a really sharp eye! I remember when I was a kid there was a big river near my home. It was a really big river."

"Then I was sold by my parents and came to Peking. I grew up in a tailor shop until now."

Zhang Kaiwu asked curiously:

"Don't be sad, little girl. Do you remember anything else?"

Lin Xiaoniang said with a smile:
"I don't remember. I was only seven or eight years old at that time. I only remember the big river, but I even forgot what my parents looked like. I don't remember my brothers and sisters, and I don't know how many there were."

"Why are you sad? I don't remember anything at that time! There are many things like this. It's better to sell it if you can't support it anymore."

"My face looks better and I can sell it for some money. The miserable ones are those who starved to death."

Zhang Kaiwu hugged her and played with two walnuts to comfort her.

Lin Xiaoniang stared at him with charming eyes and said:

"I am living a happy life now, sir! It would be nice if I could have a child."

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and comforted:

"It's okay! I'll have two children, a boy and a girl, to keep you busy."

"Don't forget that we have two great gynecologists in our family. There's nothing wrong with your body. It's only a matter of time before you have a baby."

Lin Xiaoniang said with charming eyes:

"Master! That's really exciting. Try harder tonight."

Chen Xueru was so anxious that she kept glancing at him. Zhang Kaiwu patted her and said comfortingly:

"Don't worry, you can have eight children!"

He just wanted to comfort them for a while, telling them to have another baby in two years, there was no rush.

Zhu Zhiyin is old, so having a baby is not a big deal. It would be more reassuring if she had one early.

Chen Xueru is just a little girl, why is she so anxious?

The right thing to do is to practice the Su Nu Heart Sutra more.

Now that she has given birth to a child, who will accompany her to practice?

...............

the next morning.

Zhang Kaiwu got a box and filled it with his own five hundred dollars.

Chen Xueru and Lin Xiaoniang fiddled around under the kang for a while and also moved out five hundred dollars.

Looking at the few dollars she had left, it was clear that she had emptied her family's savings.

Zhang Kaiwu discovered one thing: people nowadays like to hide money on the kang.

Nine out of ten times, the money of poor families is hidden on the kang, so that they can be closer to the money.

It’s hard to say for rich people!

Maybe there's a safe.

Zhang Kaiwu placed the box containing the dollars on the back seat and tied it up casually with a rope.

Lin Xiaoniang asked worriedly:

"Master, are you just going to leave it like this?"

He said with a smile:
"It's okay! Hurry up and sit in the front. Do you still want to hold me?"

Lin Xiaoniang climbed up with a smile and said:
"I don't have the strength to hold it. It must weigh more than 60 kilograms."

He rode his bicycle and soon arrived at Dayi Yang Department Store in Dongcheng District.

There are a lot of people here, so Zhang Kaiwu stored his bicycle.

Several people wearing cheongsams greeted the guests at the door, smiling and shouting:

"Sir, Madam! Welcome!"

The first floor here is retail, and only a few people are buying things there.

Don’t be fooled by the poor business downstairs, that’s because the store is too big and bullies the customers, and many people are unwilling to come here to buy things.

This business has its own way of doing business, and its retail prices are higher than those elsewhere.

Taking advantage of this price difference, we are doing wholesale trading and doing big business!

The means of doing business are always changing, just a new skin.

So when people in Beijing talk about this trading store, they are very proud of it. But in fact, it is not that the goods cannot be bought elsewhere, but few people come here to buy retail goods.

Zhang Kaiwu carried the box in one hand and held Lin Xiaoniang with the other and went upstairs.

There are special people to receive you here, and there is a group of girls wearing cheongsams here.

A girl shouted with a smile:

"Mr. and Mrs.! Welcome! What would you like to purchase? I will arrange samples for you."

Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:

"Clock, take us to see it."

The girl led them to a room with a smile and asked someone to bring up several Plum watch samples.

The girl made tea for them with a smile and served each of them a cup.

The girl then introduced the prices with a smile.

Zhang Kaiwu compared them and found that it was about 80% of the market price.

The current business model is really bleak, with gross profit margins at 20%. Or maybe it’s because the company has suppressed profits, so everyone likes to take risks?
With a mere 20% profit, it's no wonder that Peking's business is so bleak.

Fortunately, Zhang Kaiwu is not doing serious business, he is using tricks.

investment!

The wholesale price of a Plum watch is about eight dollars.

He thought about it and realized that he only had one thousand dollars in total. If he wanted to buy a bicycle, he would have to go to the bicycle dealership, which would be a bit troublesome.

Just buy a batch of watches. It’s easier to handle and doesn’t take up space.

It's definitely not about whether the girl has a good service attitude.

He said with a smile:
"Then I'll give you one hundred Plum Blossom watches for men, and two hundred dollars' worth of cotton cloth."

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"Girl! See what cotton cloth the store is short of. Pick out some worth 200 dollars and have them deliver it to the store."

Lin Xiaoniang went to pick out cotton cloth. Although she was a little shocked that Zhang Kaiwu bought a hundred watches, she knew that Zhang Kaiwu was not short of money.

Zhang Kaiwu must have his own intentions, just do as he says.

He handed the box to the person next to him for verification and asked curiously:

"Do you have Swiss A-11 watches here?"

The girl said with a smile:

"Of course, that one is cheaper. We are selling it now. It's five dollars a piece. The quantity is limited."

Hahahaha!

I didn't believe her nonsense, it was just some terminology to avoid trouble.

He believed that even if he wanted a hundred, they would have them in stock and could deliver that quantity right away.

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"Girl! Excuse me! Why is the A-11 cheaper even though it has better quality?"

The girl said with a smile:

"Sir! You are being joking. If you have something to say, just say it directly. This A-11 watch is of much better quality, but it is not as good-looking. It lacks some decorations, and there are too many of them."

"You are a big businessman. You know that rich people don't like A-11 watches because they are a bit contraband. They are afraid of losing face if they wear them outside and being accused of buying second-hand goods."

"I like its quality but I don't have the money, so its status is very awkward. And things are valuable because they are rare, and there are too many of them!"

Zhang Kaiwu asked curiously:
"Your company is so big, do you have any pharmaceutical business?"

The girl said with a smile:

"Of course we do! But at most we only have some sulfa drugs and the like, which come directly from the factory in Shanghai. We don't have any penicillin, and you still need to have a hospital connection procedure for the drugs."

Hehehe! Who are you guarding against?

He smiled and said:

"I'm just curious. My fourth wife and I both work at Union Hospital, and I'm a little curious about these medicines."

The girl said with a smile:

"So that's how it is! I didn't expect you're a doctor! Union Hospital also buys its products from us."

After chatting with her for a while, a hundred Plum watches were delivered to me.

The girl accompanied him to check the goods with a smile, and said with a smile:

"Sir! If you have any questions in the future, you can come to us directly."

Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"sure!"

It's almost over, where can I find them in the future! ?
He was able to expand his business to such a large scale and monopolize businesses in all walks of life across the country.

It can only be those four.

Compared with them, Father Lou is not even as good as a shrimp.

Chen Xueru actually wanted to jump!
Zhang Kaiwu dared to bet with his toes that what happened in the Yan Family Escort Agency was related to this trading company.

It's just a trick of killing the chicken to scare the monkey.

………………

After chatting for a while, Lin Xiaoniang came back after picking out the cotton cloth.

He said with a smile:

"Master! The things in the store are ready. They will send them back later."

Zhang Kaiwu completed the formalities, carried the box and went downstairs with her.

Just as Lin Xiaoniang was about to go back, Zhang Kaiwu hugged her and said:
"Girl! There's no business anyway. Since we're already in Dongcheng District, come with me to Zhiyin's place and play for a while."

Lin Xiaoniang said with a smile:
"That's right! Let's go visit your concubine's house, lest she gets angry and says I don't understand romance, and then ask the master to beat me, a servant."

Zhang Kaiwu rubbed her and said:
"You think beautiful!"

I brought Lin Xiaoniang to Zhu Zhiyin's house. Zhu Zhiyin had no classes today.

and!

It’s a magical thing that Lou Xiao’e didn’t come today.

Maybe I made her sad yesterday.

Zhu Zhiyin was teaching Xiaohua there, and she was very happy to see Lin Xiaoniang coming.

After chattering for a while, he took Lin Xiaoniang to visit his house.

Zhang Kaiwu was studying a medical book and chatting with Xiaohua.

After a while, Zhu Zhiyin came over again and said with a smile:

"Kaiwu! You are doing business with Xueru and the others, why don't you invite me to join you!?"

"Do you look down on me, your fourth concubine?!"

Zhang Kaiwu rubbed her hard and asked:

"Xiao Yinyin! How much money do you have? Take it all out to invest. If you lose, just wait and cry!"

Zhu Zhiyin said with a smile:

"Don't worry! I'll still have a salary by then. At worst you can drop out of school and work a few jobs to pay off your debts."

Zhu Zhiyin dragged him into the next room with a smile, pointed at a box under the bed and said:
"My grandfather's and my salary are all in there. Go and search it."

Zhang Kaiwu looked around the room. Was this where Old Man Zhu used to live?
The layout inside is also very simple, with a bed, two wardrobes and a desk.

There is a rattan box on top of the cabinet and a rattan box under the bed.

He dragged out the heavy box from underneath, opened it and looked inside. It was a mess.

Many of them are still wrapped in paper and packed in brown paper bags.

There were actually seven small yellow croakers in it, and the rest were some big fish.

Zhang Kaiwu now has the skills to deal with large numbers of oceans. He can pile them up in a row, one hundred in a stack.

It will be sorted out in a moment.

Seven small yellow croakers, more than two thousand three hundred and ninety dollars. It turns out that intellectuals are really poor!

After so many years, let’s put aside those few small yellow croakers.

The two of them didn't even save up Zhu Zhiyin's annual salary! ?
This is impossible!
Zhang Kaiwu said with a smile:

"Xiao Yinyin! This is the money for Old Man Zhu's coffin. He has saved for so many years, and this is all he has. If he loses money in business, I will wrap him in a straw mat and bury him there."

It is a lot for ordinary people, but for a hospital director, it is really pitifully little.

It can be said to be almost nothing! ?
You should know that the minimum monthly salary standard for Old Man Zhu is 220 yuan, and the same standard applies to Zhu Zhiyin.

There are standards in the Republic of China: university teachers have a starting base salary of 220 yuan, middle school teachers have a starting base salary of 40 yuan, and elementary school teachers have a starting base salary of 20 yuan.

The county magistrate gets fifteen dollars.

Due to the environment in recent years, Zhu Zhiyin may get less, but old man Zhu will not lose a penny.

Old Man Zhu is the dean and the face of the school. Zhang Kaiwu estimates that his minimum monthly salary is more than 500 yuan.

Old man Zhu's food, clothing, housing and transportation are all free in the school. He only needs to save up his salary. Even if he does not abuse his power for personal gain, he will earn more than 100,000 yuan.

Where did the money go!?
Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"Talk to Old Man Zhu some other day. This little money is not enough to support him as a filial son. If he dies someday, please don't let us children go to his grave to mourn."

Zhu Zhiyin smiled and punched him, saying:

"You know him. He can't save much money. Sometimes when he meets students in need, he uses his own salary to help them.

Most of this money is my salary. He felt embarrassed to take it all, so he saved up this little bit.

Miss Lin is playing here, you should go and do your work."

That's it!

How can we not save any money?

This is the dowry money that Xiao Yinyin saved, but Old Man Zhu has wasted it all for her!
Zhang Kaiwu smiled and said:

"I see! From now on, our children must not call him his great-grandfather, but Old Man Zhu. He doesn't behave like an elder and is such a spendthrift. It's outrageous."

Zhu Zhiyin rolled her eyes at him.

Zhang Kaiwu patted her with a smile and said:

"Xiao Yinyin! Your dowry is not enough. Remember to hand it over when you get paid. If you keep acting like this, how can our family survive in the future?!"

"What will I do if I have a baby in the future? Should I borrow money from someone to buy milk powder?"

Zhu Zhiyin blushed and said:
"I know, Kaiwu!"

To prevent Old Man Zhu from coming to ask for money again in the future.

Zhang Kaiwu even took the box with him and ran away, and after he went out, he put the watch box away.

The small yellow croaker was collected.

He rode his bicycle to Dayi Yang Trading Company and spent all the money.

He wholesaled three hundred watches and was received by the same girl again.

(End of this chapter)