marriage is natural

Chapter 422 Becoming a Capitalist

After He Xidong parked the car, he went around to the fruit shop at the gate of the community to buy two boxes of cherries.

Parents have bought other fruits and are going to take them to Hejiabu to eat.He has the impression that his sister likes to eat these cherries, and now he is also a person with a small coffers, waving two boxes of cherries without blinking his eyelashes.

"I guessed that you brothers and sisters might come to buy this when they come back. Aunt Fu specially left two boxes of good ones." The proprietress of the fruit shop smiled and moved out two boxes of the latest arrival of cherries from the warehouse, opened the lid of the box and gave it to He Xidong looked, "Here, look, the same price, the best quality, how about it? Aunt Fu is kind?"

He Xidong gave her a thumbs up and paid the bill with a smile.Before leaving, I stuffed a lucky bag for Aunt Fu's grandson: "Not much, just for good luck."

"The high-achieving students in Beijing University are different." Aunt Fu joked, hugging her grandson and asking him to say thank you.

Xiao Pang Dun narrowed his eyes, showing two deciduous teeth, and shouted crisply: "Thank you uncle."

He Xidong shuddered, and corrected: "Why are you calling me uncle? Just call me brother, how old you are, brother is still young!" After finishing speaking, he squeezed the little fat man's face, and picked up two boxes of cherries Zi flash people.

The proprietress of the fruit shop laughs heartily with her bewildered grandson in her arms.As for the gift bag for the grandson, it will be opened after the next year, and it will be the same for Lao He's family to make a good start.They are both neighbors and friends, so they come and go.

After such a delay, when I got home, I happened to hear his father talking about how Lin Shuigen's daughter would cooperate (hook up) with the person in charge of the wooden crafts counter. One word to describe: 囧.

"Pfft..."

He Xidong couldn't help laughing.

"Brother, are you back?" He Wei saw her elder brother standing at the entrance, and hurriedly stepped forward to take the two boxes in his hand so that he could change his shoes, "What did you buy?"

"Cherries. Don't you like to eat them? Yuanyuan definitely likes them too. During the Chinese New Year period, the fruit shop over there in Hejiabu didn't know if they would be open, so I bought them and took them with me."

At this time, Hemu poked her head out of the kitchen and waved at her son with a spatula: "What kind of cherries should you buy? They are extremely expensive and taste just the same. You might as well eat apples. You can buy them in this box." Going to change apples, you can eat dozens of catties. Oh, my frying pan..."

He Mu interjected, and hurriedly returned to the stove to cook.

The brother and sister exchanged glances with suppressed smiles, and quietly put the two boxes into the pile of New Year's goods that they were going to take to Hejiabu tomorrow.Anyway, my mother is nagging, so it won't force them to go back.

"Dad, keep talking." He Wei helped her brother put away the fruit, sat back on the sofa and wanted to continue listening.

Father He was drinking tea when he was urged by his daughter and almost choked.It was quite smooth at first, even he himself didn't expect that he still has the potential of a storyteller, but he was interrupted by his son and daughter-in-law one after another, so, the train of thought was interrupted, and he didn't know how to continue.

It was He Xidong who stroked his high sleeves, came out from the storage room with a large mango in his hands, took four small bowls and four fruit forks from the kitchen, sat in front of the tea table, peeled the skin and divided the flesh into small pieces into the small bowl, and at the same time took up the quarrel and said: "Later, those two people worked together and used our shop as a raft to develop their own business. Zhu Jitao's contracted counter was short of funds, and the Lin family tightened their belts and took out their savings Paid on..."

"The Lin family is not afraid of meat buns beating dogs. They never come back." Yuanyuan was called out by He Wei to eat fruit, listened to a few words, and interrupted to ask.

He Xidong snorted and said, "They're smart. Of course it's risky to lend money to irrelevant people, but wouldn't it be fine if you lend it to someone of your own? Before you borrow money, you should get Lin Jing's marriage settled, and you're only a year away. Holding a wedding. Zhu Jitao also promised that the counter's orders will only be taken from Lin Kee in the future, so he said that he was in trouble." He Xidong despised the Lin family's behavior to the extreme.

Although Lin Jing misunderstood her parents, since she had doubts, why didn't she come and ask?Don't you feel shameless stealing people's business behind their backs?

Of course, the most shameless is the big cousin Zhang Yan.In this matter, she really "contributed a lot".

Back then at the Lin family, Lin Jing pointed her nose at her mother and scolded her viciously, accusing her of breaking up other people's marriages in order to fulfill her niece's happiness. .

Fortunately, he was carrying his mobile phone, and while comforting his parents who were pale with anger, he made a call to his aunt's house in Meilongqiao.

It happened to be Zhang Yan who answered the phone, yawning like he just woke up.He turned on the speakerphone so that everyone in the Lin family could hear him.Sure enough, after asking a few words, Zhang Yan scolded angrily: "She dares to slap my husband, so what if I lie to her a few words? If she is capable, she will come to me to settle accounts! And your mother and my second aunt , I keep telling my mother all kinds of bad things about my husband, I really hate her! She is your mother and not my mother, why do you care so much! What my husband has done before, he told me, and I forgive him Well, anyway, I just like him! I like him! I’m not as superficial as you. If you love someone, shouldn't you be tolerant?..."

have to!Now there is no need to explain, the Lin family knows the truth.

Lin Jing covered her mouth and cried in surprise and anger, but in the end she made sense and apologized to her parents for this matter.But the business that was robbed could not come back. As for the counter, Zhu Jitao flew to the headquarters to sign the contract because he had raised all the funds.

"This matter is so serious, it's really..." Lin Shuigen's daughter-in-law Yao Meifang stood up with a smile and said, "Originally, if Xiao Zhu was here, the three of us could sit down and discuss it, but Xiao Zhu flew to the capital. His hometown In the north, after signing the agreement, I went straight home to decorate the wedding room. I have to wait until the Lantern Festival when I come back. During this period, the supply from the counter can’t be stopped.

Lin Jing was almost crying, and said, "I'm sorry, Uncle and Aunt He, it's all my fault that I didn't figure out the truth, but now that the contract is in effect, the ostentation of my family has also spread out, and the masters and apprentices below have started their new year. I’m coming to work, can I just forget it? Oh, I’m referring to the counter business. I’ll ask someone to change the page of the online store when I go back. It’s exactly the same as your store’s design before, and it’s because I’m angry... Now that I have made it clear, I am not such an unreasonable person, our two families will go together in the future, and we will have to mention things to each other in the future, please don't take it to heart, Uncle He and Aunt He."

As expected of being a salesman, what he said made sense even if it didn't make sense.

He Xidong raised his eyebrows lightly, trying not to let the contempt leak out.

"Then you came back? That's too cheap for them!" After hearing this, Yuanyuan hopped and shouted in his special developmental voice: "Is it reasonable to snatch people's business? Just say sorry and everything will be fine? They Isn’t it the head that grows above the neck, but the wax gourd? What a weird idea! According to them, everyone should run to be a robber, and if they grab it, it’s theirs. If you get caught, just say sorry, no need You will be punished, let alone return what you have stolen..."

He Wei handed him a tissue and motioned him to wipe his mouth.A handsome young man, with yellow mango stains on the corners of his mouth and fried hair, this image, tsk!
"Sister, aren't you angry?" Yuanyuan was suppressed by a tissue, and she died down.

"Angry, but what's the use of being angry? There are many injustices in this world." He Weila sat down on the sofa, rubbed the boy's head with a smile, and explained: "And the business of the counter, even if they come back , we don't want it anymore. Let's remember, we will change to the high-end route in the future, and we will stop taking jobs with small profits and quick sales, so as to save Dad from being busy all day long, which is too bad for his health. And whoever says less business will definitely The profit is low? Didn’t the uncle call and say that some big bosses in Hejiabu want to order a full set of handmade imitation furniture from the previous dynasty? It’s a full set of furniture in a big villa. We can take over a job like this every year. A few orders are enough, so there is no time to deal with counter orders.”

"But how did I hear that your uncle asked you to get the goods at the guaranteed price? After taking into account the cost and wages, there is not much left, right? Maybe it is less than the order from the counter..." Yuanyuan muttered halfway, and glanced cautiously. Glancing at Father He, he quickly retracted his neck and stuck out his tongue towards He Wei.

When I said it, I didn't think too much about it, but after I finished speaking, I realized: Isn't his sister's uncle the same as his sister's father's brother, and it's not that he said his brother in front of his younger brother... Hiss!I made a second mistake!
He Wei chuckled and said, "Did you hear it when my mother and godmother talked about it last time? You didn't listen to everything."

"What do you mean?" Yuanyuan was at a loss, what did he miss?

Father He smiled and said, "Before the imitation of the furniture from the previous dynasty was launched, I made an appointment with your uncle. Because of the long process, this kind of work will not be done at the guaranteed price, but your uncle will pay a commission. One piece, if the whole set is custom-made, after the full payment for the goods is recovered, 10% of the net profit will be added to him as a bonus on top of the commission."

"Swoosh!" Yuanyuan patted her forehead in a dazed way.

"This tone must be made, but there is no hurry, let's do our own things first. They took away three of the carving masters, and the remaining three masters, Master Liu and Master Cao, Master Liu and him The two sons follow us sincerely. Master Cao, I think he is probably too old to move. But it is good to settle down and stay at our house. But Dad, it’s better to wait until the new year. Let's find two, they should take over from Master Liu and Master Cao, after all, they are old, no matter how good their skills are, they won't be able to do it for a few years."

Father He nodded and said, "I've thought about this a long time ago, and Master Liu also gave me an idea, saying that it's the beginning of spring, in the name of recruiting apprentices, pick a few young and lively people to work in the factory, and find some young workers from them. A successor. I originally thought that those three were still young, so they wouldn't be out of gear now, how would I know..."

"Since he can be poached by the Lin family, there is no guarantee that he will not be poached by other colleagues in the future. Therefore, it is better for us to leave this kind of person earlier than later. This time it will be a test." He Xidong comforted his father , while distributing four small bowls of mango meat to the family, and the share for the mother, and asked Yuanyuan to send it to the kitchen.I held the mango core and gnawed it slowly, and continued:

"Lin Jing made a good plan. He not only snatched the business, but also caught his son-in-law, but he didn't think about it. If the business is won, the maintenance cost will be so high. Now it's not the same as three years ago, when labor and timber rose a bit every year. According to the samples and prices they supply to the counters, I think they may not even pay the full wages of the masters below. Even if they are mentally prepared to make no money or even lose money in the first few months, what will happen in the future? It is impossible to pay the counters for nothing every day Work? Either increase the price, or reduce the working hours and reduce the quality, but no matter which one, it will touch the interests of the counter. If you want to put it aside, Zhu Jitao may pass by with a blind eye, but now, he has contracted the counter, and the counter Damage to his interests is equivalent to damage to his interests, but anyone with a brain will not let the Lin family do this. In short, we will just pay for the show."

After finishing speaking, he was about to take out a paper towel to wipe his hands, when he saw the little pearl pot lying on the upper of his sister's warm slippers, looking up at the mango curiously with his neck up.He Xidong smiled mischievously, pulled off some of the flesh sticking to the core, and fed it to it.The little guy rolled his tongue and rolled the flesh into his mouth. The next second, the whole dog's face was sour, and everyone couldn't help but laugh.

He Wei carried it from the upper to her arms, tapped the tip of its nose, and said, "Have you been taught a lesson? Not everything can be eaten."

The little guy "woo hoo" twice, huddled in He Wei's arms and refused to come down.

"Sex dog! Let's go! Brother will take you to drink water." Yuanyuan laughed and picked it up.

The little guy showed reluctance, but was finally dragged by Yuanyuan to play in the study.

He Wei's family laughed again.

Compared with the relaxed and happy He family, the atmosphere of the Lin family at the moment is not at all as if there are still four days before the Chinese New Year.

Lin Shuigen squatted in the corner smoking a stuffy cigarette, and it took a long time before he spoke: "This matter, our family did not behave properly. Even if Jingjing misunderstood your Uncle He and Aunt He at first, an apology is not enough, the business of the counter ..."

"Dad!" Lin Jing was unhappy, and argued with a sharp voice: "Why do you say that? I didn't do this for the sake of my family. I wanted to make more money for the family so that I could change to a bigger house... Look at us Now, the family of three squeezes [-] square meters, which is not as big as the living room of Hewei's house. If someone comes to Jitao's house in the next year, he will not even be able to move out a decent room to entertain guests. It is also carpentry work, why do you and your mother Do you have to work for them? They take the fruits of your hard work to make a profit? This is capitalists exploiting the working people! Besides, didn’t Heji start their fortune from a small shop? I heard when they started Uncle He said it’s only tens of thousands of dollars, Dad, you have a bit of backbone, okay? Don’t always think that He Ji’s salary is too much for you. If they sell the work you do, they earn several times your hard-earned money. do you know?"

(End of this chapter)