Chapter 212: Contentment and Lasting Happiness
Chapter 212: Contentment and Lasting Happiness
Chapter 212: Contentment and Lasting Happiness
Get up, Ji Jianyun commanded with dissatisfaction. If someone is causing trouble, how will you handle it?
Don't worry, boss, if someone dares to cause trouble, then we will definitely fight them with our lives! Xu Heshan and Su Zhumao both gritted their teeth.
Ji Jianyun smiled when he heard these words. It's not enough. If something is stolen, it's stolen, it's not worth fighting with your life on the line, and your bodies are not really strong enough. You also don't know how to drive.
Xu Heshan and Su Zhumao knew what he meant: they were not wanted.
For a moment, both of them looked depressed.
I can pay for the two of you to take the driver's license test. I will cover all the expenses. Letting you learn how to drive is giving you a skill, but I want you to promise me that you will drive for me for five years. After five years, whether you want to continue working for me or not is up to you to decide. However, for these five years, you can't leave. Ji Jianyun said to them.
This made their eyes brighten up.
When they were about to say something, Ji Jianyun raised his hand to stop them. Don't rush to agree to this. Society is developing very fast now, so I will give you a day to go back and discuss it with your family. As for the salary, it will start out at 30 yuan a month, and it will increase in the future depending on how you do. I, Ji Jianyun, do not treat people under me badly. You will know this when you go and ask the other workers. If you agree to this, then come to my village and look for me. If you dont come, Ill take it as if you didnt agree. I dont like indecisiveness. The moment you are indecisive, there will be no more chances in the future.
Yes! They looked at each other and nodded.
Ji Jianyun drove back and gave them a ride along the way. They came to the village to look for him after thinking through it.
He needed young workers because at their age, they were full of energy. Once theyre ready for marriage, they would work even harder. After supporting a wife and raising children, they would work even more.
If Ji Jianyun used his money for them to take the driving test and let them learn a skill, then they had to pay it back somehow. So, they had to work for him for five years, and they could do whatever they wanted after five years. He wouldnt care by then.
How were they? Su Danhong asked after seeing him come back.
They were decent. Ji Jianyun nodded. He had seen them for who they were and what their personality was like. Looking at their eyes could tell a lot.
Then we have to buy another truck, Su Danhong said.
Don't buy it yet. Ji Jianyun shook his head. Although there was only one car, it was enough. When they come back after taking the test for the license, he would ask his second brother to take them so that they were familiar with things. Also, he gave money to Sun Dashan and Sister He to buy a house, and he wanted to set up another store in the college town. This all required money.
Su Danhong didnt worry about him. He could take care of these things, and so she didnt interfere.
Are the mung beans ready to dry? We will need to save some for our family later, Su Danhong said.
The mung beans grown had matured fast, and they were all drying now.
How can we have less food for our own family? Ji Jianyun smiled.
The mung beans had been sun-dried. An acre of mung beans were planted, and a lot were harvested. It was very productive, and the yield per acre was nearly 400 jin.
Their family kept three or four jin. They sent a few jin to his parents, and his mother-in-law to cook mung bean soup. Ji Jianye transported the rest. It was sold in the college town.
The mung bean soup made from his family's mung beans was very sweet. His wife cooked it for him. It was delicious, and it tasted better than the ones bought outside.
Ji Jianyun wasnt worried about clashing with other stores in the college town. There were not a lot of mung beans, so it was a limited buy. Customers were not allowed to buy too much. It was limited to five jin per person, and it naturally allowed more people to try his mung beans. Like this, business could last a long time, right?
Is the rice about to be harvested? Uncle Gao asked Ji Jianye after he bought five jin of mung beans.
It'll be ready next month, Ji Jianye said.
Good. Uncle Gao nodded.
Then he took the mung beans and went back.
Ji Jianye said to Sun Dashan and Sister He, Jianyun asked me to bring you a message. Are you two about to buy a house?
Ji Jianye had no idea about this. He didn't want to live in the college town. The cost of living here was so high. Everything costs money, especially now. A bowl of dumpling noodles was 60 cents, which was expensive. Both meat and noodles were more expensive!
The cost of the noodle restaurant in the town had increased, but for 40 cents he could still have a big bowl of noodles!
If it was made at home, then the whole family could eat for 70 cents. Since it was cheaper to eat at home, was it necessary to go to the college town to buy a house?
The housing prices here were astonishingly expensive.
Its in this community. There are still a few apartments at 80 square meters, Sun Dashan said hastily after hearing his words.
80 square meters, that would cost a lot of money, Ji Jianye said.
What he said was also the truth. The house Jianwen bought in Jiangshui City was also 80 square meters. There was a lot of trouble back then, and the house here must be more expensive.
That's right, it costs 45 yuan per square meter, which will be about 4,000 yuan, Sun Dashan said very painfully.
What I heard from Jianyun is that he wants you to buy a bigger one so that it won't be crowded, Ji Jianye said.
No, no, itll be fine buying an 80 square meter one, Sun Dashan said hastily.
Who wouldnt want a bigger house? But they would have to be rich. Even if they buy this 80 square meter home, they would have to borrow 3,000 yuan from the boss. This was not a small amount. If they borrowed more, they would be ashamed.
Sister He also nodded, and said, We did the math, and we might have to borrow 3,000 yuan from Jianyun.
Ji Jianye said, That's fine, I'll tell him when I get back.
When he drove back, Sun Dashan and Sister He were very happy. They would soon be able to buy a house in the college town.
The 80 square meter house was indeed a bit small. Three children and two elderly people would be there. Counting the husband and wife, there would be almost seven people living there.
They had made up their minds. During the day, the children go to school, and the couple had to watch the shop. Only her parents-in-law would be at home, and they would go back at night. The 80 square meter home had two bedrooms. The elders would be in the same room. The husband and wife would be in the same room with their daughter, and their daughter could sleep on the floor in their room. As for the two boys, they could sleep on the floor in the hallway.
Both Sun Dashan and Sister He were satisfied with being able to buy an 80 square meter place in the college town, and they didn't dare to ask for more.
The next day, Ji Jianyun asked Ji Jianye to bring them 3,000 yuan, and told them to go ahead and buy it. As for the future, their salaries would be paid as usual. They could just return the 3,000 yuan to him once they saved it.