Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 822 - 812. Prepare in advance

Chapter 822: 812. Prepare in advance

Changleju’s bright future has little to do with Song Tan; she just knows that Wu Lan is busy until five in the morning and then hastily goes back to sleep for a bit.

This can’t go on, selling vegetables is a long-term job, how can she keep staying up late like this?

After thinking about everyone in the house, Song Tan turned her gaze to Zhang Yanping.

Zhang Yanping: ???!

"I’m not doing it, I’m not doing it!" He doesn’t rely on a salary to make money, so he has to be firm.

Song Tan didn’t say anything else: "Brother Yanping, the commission you get from selling medicine can only be earned once. Now, including the money you make from fishing and your salary, do you even make 8000 a month?"

"What about 8000?" Zhang Yanping is very content: "Nowadays, college graduates, excluding those in popular majors, how many of them don’t work overtime and still get 8000 with food and accommodation included?"

To be precise, except for when he’s selling products and working customer service, most of the day he’s idle.

Eh, now that I think about it, isn’t Tantan giving him 2500 a month quite generous?

Pah, pah, pah! He quickly shook his head to get rid of the thought, with one central idea in mind: "I’m content, I won’t do it!"

But just as his words fell, Xin Jun asked, "Can I do it?"

Seeing Song Tan look over, he analyzed slowly:

"Firstly, my family is in the catering business, and I’m familiar with stocking, inventory management, and checking vegetables."

"Secondly, my tutoring sessions with Qiaoqiao are all concentrated during the day; at night I only prepare lessons and have nothing else, so I can definitely go to bed early—like sleep at seven after dinner, wake up for a bit more sleep in the morning without worrying about health."

As for the possibility of not being able to sleep... not at all! At Lao Song’s family, as long as you put down your phone at night, you can fall asleep anytime, waking up naturally when rested!

He came back for the summer holiday and in less than two months, he’s already been nursed back to health with rosy lips and white teeth, and a great physique!

"Thirdly..." he blinked, a lively expression crossing his handsome face: "Just give me an increase of 2000, and I’m willing to do it."

Zhang Yanping: ...???!!

Why are you dragging me into this? Song Tan is the evil capitalist, we’re both workers, brother!

But then he thought about it, if there’s an additional 2000, that adds up to ten thousand a month... Working four or five hours every evening, it might not be too bad... Pah, pah, pah!

A salted fish worker shall never surrender!

However, Song Tan looked on with approval: "Teacher Xin, I knew I wasn’t wrong about you!"

"An extra 2000 is fine! You’re the one for the job!"

Just looking at Qiaoqiao now, you can see how truly exceptional Xin Jun is!

But Zhang Yanping was distressed: "Brother, are you out of your mind?"

"Your family is not short of money, why are you actively burdening yourself? I don’t have much to spend on anyway, so I won’t do it."

Faced with Zhang Yanping, Xin Jun showed a different demeanor, his brows lightly raised: "Because I am planning ahead!"

He sighed, "I don’t want to go back to my hometown to do business, so I have to secure this job. Before, when teaching Qiaoqiao, I only taught math and Chinese. Other subjects, like basic biology, historical humanities, introductory physics and the like, with his status, are optional."

"So, to make sure my job is not cut, I must strive to expand other business areas—ah, I forgot to tell you, I’ve taken on a part-time job, so I can’t help you with customer service work anymore."

Zhang Yanping was shocked: The boomerang hit me!

He said speechlessly, "You call this planning ahead? You’re clearly overthinking! Qiaoqiao is being taught so well now; looking at Tantan and her family, who would want to let you leave? They’re probably hoping you can teach for a few more years!"

Xin Jun was dead serious: "If the work content is too simplistic, the ability to handle risk is poor. As for a tutor, can you not find one as long as you’re willing to pay?"

Honestly, Zhang Yanping didn’t quite believe him, as it seemed like Xin Jun was just pulling him this way and that, trying to bamboozle him.

But since he’d already taken the job, he didn’t plan to say much about it.

However, Xin Jun went on to ask him: "What about you? Do you plan on quitting your job in the future?"

Zhang Yanping was shocked: "Who’s quitting? I’d never quit! Only a fool would leave a place where board and lodging are covered!"

"So why don’t you strive for a higher salary?" Xin Jun appeared curious: "Doesn’t your family also disapprove of you staying in your hometown? If you don’t fight for a higher salary, how will you combat their dream of you taking the civil service exam, getting permanent employment, and finding a wife?"

"Isn’t 8000 enough?" Zhang Yanping felt it was quite sufficient.

Xin Jun laughed: "Do you have some kind of misunderstanding about what parents think of a 985/211 university graduate?"

"In their eyes, you should become a leader in an organization right after graduation, earning a monthly salary of ten thousand, worry-free about anything, with a job that’s easy, pays well, and is close to home, something that sounds respectable when spoken of."

"If not that, then at least you should get into a big company in a first-tier city, like one of the Fortune 500, where you start with a monthly salary of twenty thousand..."

"But look at you now, holed up in a rural relative’s house, working customer service for a small family workshop as an online store, earning 2500 a month... okay, let’s say 8000, all thanks to relatives’ charity."

Xin Jun looked at him: "You can drag it out for half a year, but can you manage when it comes time to visit relatives during the New Year?"

Zhang Yanping: !!!

His heart pounded as if he could pre-empt the future, yet he still held onto hope: "I get board and lodging here, save 7500 from an 8000 monthly salary, what’s not to like? Savings are the most tangible thing."

Xin Jun cleared his throat, mimicking the relatives’ tone: "Yanping is a top talent; if he were to job search, a ton of places would fight over him. What future could he possibly have in the countryside?"

"There’s no healthcare when needed, nor education, and finding a partner, nobody’s keen on that!"

"Besides, how much can one spend on food and drink in a month? Now he saves 7500 out of 8000, but if he moved somewhere with a monthly salary of twenty thousand, even if he spent 5000, he could save 15,000!"

"You can’t let the countryside hold you back!"

Zhang Yanping’s scalp tingled.

Because he didn’t need to wait for holidays or festivals to hear these words, he’d heard neighbors saying them during his summer break at home. When the New Year came...

Shivers! He couldn’t bear to think about it!

But according to Xin Jun’s reasoning, if one day he earned ten to twenty thousand a month, his mother’s intentions for him to return, if not disappear, would surely fade, right?

When relatives asked again later, he could say, "Though it’s a bit inconvenient in the countryside, I can save ten to twenty thousand a month, which is quite good, mainly because it’s convenient to stay at home!"

He stared at Xin Jun: "Look at you, a role model of a teacher, stealing my job opportunities and then laying all this on me! I can earn 2000, and I can work the night shift too!"

Xin Jun laughed heartily: "It would definitely be tough for one person to take on the night shift alone... how about we talk to Song Tan and make a deal, 1000 for you, 1000 for me, you do one day, I do the next... or maybe we can just split the month?"

Zhang Yanping’s dark face suddenly squeezed out a hint of confusion:

"You... you weren’t just waiting for me to say this, were you?"

"Of course not," Xin Jun said indifferently, "I just thought your thinking had become a bit rigid from not using your brain for too long, so I had to give you a little stimulation."

"After all, if I took on 2000 by myself, it would undoubtedly be a heavy task, like leading a graduation class by myself as the head teacher... Under such circumstances, it would only be natural to go back home for just a few days during the New Year break, right?"

Zhang Yanping: ...you little rascal!

Who plans that far ahead?