novelraw Chapter 650 - 652: Business Isn’t So Good
Chapter 650 - 652: Business Isn’t So Good
Chapter 650: Chapter 652: Business Isn’t So Good
"Hey, Sis, you’re awake." Taking advantage of the bathroom break, Gong Ruwen quickly ran out to see if his sister was awake.
Seeing that his sister was awake and had already eaten a big bowl of porridge and drank two cups of water, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Being able to eat and drink meant she was in good health.
However, seeing his sister’s red eyes, he blamed it all on Zhuge Mingshan. If it weren’t for that fool, would his sister be like this?
Gong Ruini made a sound of acknowledgment, "Brother, I’m fine."
Gong Ruini thought about it and realized she really shouldn’t care about what people said. What did it matter if Zhuge Mingshan ruined her reputation?
If Zhuge Mingshan knew the rumors she spread actually shielded her from many friends with ulterior motives, she wouldn’t know what to think. She should be very disappointed.
"It’s good you’re fine. Once you’re better, we’ll find a way to teach them a good lesson." Gong Ruwen wanted to cheer up his sister, and the best way might be to see Zhuge Mingshan get what she deserves.
"I received the compensation gift from Grandpa Zhuge." To some, it might seem quite stingy to receive just a book as compensation.
"Sis, I know you’ve been wronged. Don’t worry, I’ll definitely get justice for you." Hmph, Gong Ruwen vowed to help his sister get an apology.
Ah ah ah, seeing Gong Ruwen’s upset face, Gong Ruini knew he was definitely angry. She quickly grabbed his hand, "Brother, don’t go looking for trouble with her."
"Even if we look for trouble, let’s do it later."
"Actually, brother, we should do better academically and make more money. It will definitely upset her." Zhuge Mingshan grew up in a competitive environment, developing a combative nature.
"The more outstanding we are, the angrier she will be. She’ll feel like we’re stealing her luck." Gong Ruini would never let Zhuge Mingshan have a chance to complain about being bullied, so the best way was to let others see her as a little delicate flower.
"By the way, brother, how is our business?" Zhuge Mingshan had various breakdowns after seeing the notice posted by the door, right?
Gong Ruini didn’t believe that Zhuge Mingshan wasn’t tempted. She absolutely loved money, but she had no chance to earn it. Even if she did make money, would she really get to keep it?
Gong Ruini didn’t believe the elders of the Zhuge family, who favored boys over girls, would give her the money.
When business was mentioned, Gong Ruwen’s eyes lit up, "It’s good."
"We have plenty of books." Although the income per book doesn’t seem much, having more books means more income. "We’ve already made three yuan this morning."
Ah, just three yuan? Gong Ruini really didn’t think this income was much. They only made a yuan or so a day harvesting herbs in the Northeast, and that was per person, with four people working now.
Although books aren’t expensive to buy, they still require investment, whereas harvesting herbs has much lower input, just labor, and even that work was done by Zhao Gang and Gong Tao.
They were also using Zhuge Zhi’s house, without the need to pay for rent, water, or electricity. If these were factored in,
Gong Ruini was not satisfied with this number, and Gong Ruwen also thought it wasn’t great, "Once school starts, I wonder how the income will be."
It’s summer vacation now, so many people are visiting, but after school starts, Gong Ruwen worries about how business will be.
"We’ll open on weekends and not on weekdays." Gong Ruini said that although they wanted to make money, they couldn’t ignore the kids’ grades.
Unfortunately, tutoring for money isn’t popular now, otherwise it could be a source of income. Although it’s small money, as long as they tutored well, many parents would be interested.
Even without tutoring fees, Gong Ruini felt it wasn’t impossible to work around, just a matter of changing the approach, "Brother, what if we tutor some kids on their homework in the evenings?"
Tutoring area kids on homework? Gong Ruwen’s first thought was, "Not doing it."
They weren’t without work, but he had too much to do, "I’m very busy."
"Ni Zi, you’ll be very busy too." At this point, Gong Ruwen remembered he hadn’t told Gong Ruini something, reminding her not to overbook the weekends.
She would be busy? Gong Ruini didn’t know she’d be so busy. What was the situation?
"The house at home is in hand, you’ll need to renovate it a bit. Foreigners like to live in quadrangles now. Dad says the money to buy the house was borrowed, so we need to be frugal when renovating."
Ah, foreigners like quadrangles, of course, Gong Ruini knew. Although it wasn’t open yet, there were exchanges with some countries. Not to mention foreign-funded enterprises entering China, just the staff of embassies, for example, already entered, and with their salaries and allowances, renting a nice quadrangle should be affordable.
But it’s strange. Gong Ruini remembered it was previously said they’d grow fruit trees and raise chickens? How did it suddenly turn into a rental plan?
More importantly, if the house is rented to foreigners, does the family have contacts with them?
Could it be that some universities now have foreign exchange students? Gong Ruini was really puzzled. Based on her understanding, even if there were friendly relations with brotherly countries bringing students to China, these would probably be students from financially struggling countries. Would they have money?
Gong Jiaxin was startled by what Gong Ruwen said. Although she knew this uncle was not as useless as others claimed, she wouldn’t associate him with buying houses in Beijing.
Now that uncle had already bought a house in Beijing, it was terrifying. Even though the money for the house was borrowed, one must have confidence to repay it; otherwise, who would lend money to you? Is this the confidence of a college student?
Gong Jiaxin thought of her own little uncle, who went nearly crazy wanting to go to college.
If in the future, her silly brother throws a tantrum about not wanting to work hard for college, she’d make sure to tell him this story.
Hearing Gong Jiaxin’s exclamation reminded Gong Ruini that Jiaxin was still here. Would it be okay to reveal the family’s biggest secret just like that?
Gong Ruini uneasily looked at Gong Ruwen. Although Gong Zhuang was on the same side, it wouldn’t be wise to disclose everything. How could her silly brother do something so foolish?
"Dad’s idea." Gong Ruwen said as he smoothed Gong Ruini’s hair, revealing whose idea it was.
It turned out to be Dad’s idea. Gong Ruini responded with an "Oh," understanding a bit why Gong Tao said it, as it was preparation for the future.
"Then we should fix the garden every day, as it must be quite overgrown." Renting to foreigners is good; rental income would definitely be higher than growing vegetables or raising chickens and ducks.
More importantly, it allows for English exchange with those foreigners. Gong Ruini didn’t know if her brothers planned to go abroad in the future, but it was always good to be prepared.