Spoiled By the Young Master After Reborn In the 80s
Chapter 564: Five hundred and sixty-two, not effective

Chapter 564: Five hundred and sixty-two, not effective

"It’s your goal," Luo Shu said as she picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Zhang Xiaoling. She had never thought about making ’Love to Eat Cake’ hers. If she wanted such a business, she could start one at any time.

"It’s ours! Luo Shu, whether you want it or not, from now on half of ’Love to Eat Cake’ will be yours," Zhang Xiaoling insisted. Even if Luo Shu didn’t want it, she would still give her the half that belonged to Luo Shu. It was her principle in life; she wasn’t the ungrateful type to kick Luo Shu to the curb after achieving success, not after all the help she had received from her.

Luo Shu took a sip of her tea, which was infused with Spiritual Energy and beneficial for the baby, "There’s still a lot that needs to be done. The trademark has to be registered with the Business Association, and packaging for the cakes must be uniformly made to create a brand effect. As for future developments, it’s too early to discuss that. To spread ’Love to Eat Cake’ across the entire market of Yan Country with our current scale is impossible."

"I will definitely take it step by step and won’t rush things," Zhang Xiaoling said, nodding.

"There’s another thing, if a business wants to develop well, it must not become a family enterprise," Luo Shu reminded her.

"Why is that?" asked Zhang Xiaoling, somewhat puzzled. In her view, family was the most trustworthy, and she had been considering having her relatives help out in the factory once things stabilized here.

With a teacup in hand, Luo Shu slowly rotated the white jade cup before speaking slowly, "Many businesses start off well, but as more and more family members join, internal conflicts begin to emerge. Everyone tries to gain as much as they can from the business, and eventually, it gets hollowed out from the inside. It’s like an apple; once the core is rotten, one day that rot will seep through to the skin, turning it into a truly rotten apple."

"I understand! Thank you! You really know a lot," Zhang Xiaoling said gratefully and admiringly. She would definitely not let her business turn out that way.

Luo Shu smiled. She had simply seen too much and didn’t want to see Zhang Xiaoling’s hard-earned achievements be ruined by these external factors. As for how ’Love to Eat Cake’ would develop in the future, that would depend on how Zhang Xiaoling, the helmswoman, steered the course.

Du Cuihua sat at her doorway, washing clothes and sighing from time to time. Without work, she felt uneasy all over today, and her eyes kept wandering unconsciously towards Zhang Xiaoling’s home.

"Sister-in-law Jiang, doing the laundry!" Zhou Mudan came over, cracking sunflower seeds. She couldn’t stand to stay home any longer, so she came out for a walk. Without any tasks at hand, she felt listless.

"Sister Mudan, don’t you feel uneasy all over today?" Du Cuihua reached for the soap on the ground, smeared it a few times on the clothes she was washing, and scrubbed vigorously.

"Isn’t that the truth! I’ve been lacking spirit all day, feeling empty and uncomfortable inside," Zhou Mudan complained as she cracked seeds.

"I really can’t get used to this all of a sudden," Wang Yuying, who lived next to Du Cuihua, said as she came out of her house, carrying a small stool in one hand and a half-knitted sweater in the other.

Wang Yuying placed the stool against the wall and sat down, her hands moving quickly and deftly to knit the yarn. With nothing else to do, she could only spend her time knitting.

"What do you say, should we go there too?" Zhou Mudan looked at the other two as she asked. She had been thinking about this question all of last night and hadn’t slept well.

"I was thinking the same, but I’m scared, you know the rumors," Wang Yuying stopped knitting, tugged on the yarn a bit, and then resumed her work.

"That kind of thing is quite eerie, it’s better to believe it exists rather than not. What if we go there and encounter some unclean things?" Du Cuihua sighed.

"Didn’t Zhou Yan and the others go there? Let’s wait for them to come back and ask about the situation," Zhou Mudan spat out a melon seed shell and popped another seed into her mouth.

"Even if we find out, what difference does it make? Sister-in-law Yang said that they were recruiting people in town, we wouldn’t have a chance even if we wanted to go," Du Cuihua placed the clothes she had finished rubbing into another clean basin and picked up another piece of clothing to scrub.

"I think it’s still better to ask, perhaps there’s still an opportunity," Zhou Mudan said. She had had a particularly hard day, and since Zhou Yan and the others had gone without any issues, what did she have to fear? She just didn’t know if the opportunity was still available.

"You want to go? Aren’t you afraid?" Wang Yuying looked at Zhou Mudan. Actually, she was somewhat interested in going too, but thinking about that matter, she still felt afraid.

"If you want to go, go ahead, but I definitely won’t," Du Cuihua stated. In her life, she wasn’t afraid of anything except those ghostly affairs.

Zhou Mudan spat out another seed shell and changed the topic, "I heard that Zhou Yan and the others went there today in Sister-in-law Lu’s car. That Sister-in-law Lu is really something, even able to drive a car."

"A car, I have given up on in this life. If I could manage to get a bicycle to ride, I would be completely satisfied!" Wang Yuying said enviously. How could there be such a difference between women?

Zhou Yan and the group got off the car, chatting and laughing as they headed towards the Guard’s Members Building. They were truly very happy today, particularly grateful for their earlier choice.

"Sister Zhou Yan, you are back!" Seeing Zhou Yan and the group, Zhou Mudan and several Guard’s Wives hurried to greet them. They all shared the same sentiments as Zhou Mudan; if it wasn’t as scary as others had made it out to be, they were still eager to try it out. They just didn’t know if the opportunity was still there.

"Are you sisters gathered here to chat?" Ding Chunni said with a smile. She knew, of course, that they were intentionally waiting here to block them.

"Sister Chunni, how was your visit today? Was that place really scary?" Wang Yuying asked cheerfully. Just now when Zhou Mudan mentioned asking Ding Chunni and the others for updates, she joined in. Other wives who were also interested in going, knowing their purpose, followed along.

"The place is beautiful, not scary at all," Ding Chunni said with a somewhat smug smile. Who asked you not to go initially? Regretting it now, right?

"If Sister-in-law Lu let me live there, I would definitely stay. The scenery is so nice, I’ve never seen such a beautiful place before," Zhou Yan said with admiration. She really wanted to live there.

"Exactly, it’s nothing like the rumors said. Even I want to live there," Sister-in-law Xianglan nodded and echoed.

Sister-in-law Wu nodded in agreement, "The place is bright and clear, where is it gloomy and scary? It’s just some nonsense spread by people who have nothing better to do after eating their fill."