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Chapter 215 - 208: Xia Lin’s Faltering
Chapter 215: Chapter 208: Xia Lin’s Faltering
Gao Da sorted out the money earned from selling clothes, totaling over thirty thousand yuan. After deducting three thousand yuan for the cost of the goods, he gave Xia Lin ten thousand yuan.
Although Xia Lin was somewhat reluctant, she thought about earning ten thousand yuan in two months and accepted it, thinking that she could no longer do business with Gao Da in the future.
Feeling mixed, she deliberately counted the thirteen thousand yuan on the bed that evening.
Gao Shu glanced at the money and was momentarily stunned before asking, "Did Fourth Brother give this to you?"
Xia Lin looked down and grunted in affirmation, "You won’t allow me to do business on my own. If the money just sits there, it will only dwindle. I thought that Fourth Brother could definitely use a good sum of money for his dealings with the transport team, so I might as well give the money to him and just take a share of the profits later.
Look, this isn’t just a small profit—three thousand yuan turned into ten thousand. With this ten thousand yuan, we could buy several houses. Aren’t you tempted?"
Seeing the money, Gao Shu felt a stir of temptation, but he also remembered his uncle’s words, "My uncle doesn’t want you to partner in business, so stop it. Now that you’ve got so much money, let’s study earnestly. After graduation, it will be our time to work hard. By then, we both will have formal jobs and with this money as a foundation, life won’t be so bad."
Xia Lin disagreed, "How much can a job pay? In the summer, I could make several yuan on a single piece of clothing. I earned over three thousand yuan in one summer, which is more than several years’ salary of a formal job. Ah Shu, times are changing, and I think our thoughts should change too. Don’t look down on those who do business. In the future, it might be a world ruled by merchants.
If you have one or two business friends, that’s pretty prestigious, and they can help you out on some matters.
After I graduate, I don’t plan to accept an assigned job, nor do I want to be a teacher. I want to do business on my own."
Upon hearing this, Gao Shu frowned, "What’s wrong with my thinking? I’m a university student, and my thoughts also follow those from above. Linlin, since you’ve come to West City, you have changed a lot, becoming somewhat unfamiliar to me.
Could you not be so overambitious? Do you have any idea how hard it is to get into a unit these days, and you’re thinking of giving up? If your parents knew you thought this way, they would be heartbroken.
It was not easy for you to come out of the countryside. For them, going to college and becoming a teacher in the city is a matter of great pride. If you go back and talk about it, it lights up their faces.
If you really go into business, think about how risky it is. There’s not a fixed salary every month. We’re different from Fourth Brother; he works in the transport team and has that convenience, but he also has to take risks. Such activities are not allowed in his team. I’ve always advised him against it, but he won’t listen.
I can’t control him, but Linlin, you must listen to me. Don’t just look at the immediate benefits. When we have formal jobs in the future and retire, there will still be a pension. Only those who can’t find work or were dismissed by their units resort to business to make ends meet."
At that moment, Xia Lin looked at him as if she were observing an unrecognizable creature.
A question suddenly arose in her heart—was her choice to marry him in this rebirth right or wrong?
She chose to spend a good life with him in this life because she foresaw his favorable future status as a provincial leader.
What an honorable position that was, and indeed, in her previous life, that status had brought her many benefits.
With that connection, she was able to move her factory back to the country from overseas and indeed got a nice piece of land. Later, as the factory grew, and with him in the picture, her status as the wife of a provincial leader was indeed glorious.
Although eventually, Gao Shu left her a few years earlier, and her son was not very filial, she still missed the few good years they had together.
Having been reborn, she wanted to make the most of her foresight and decades of experience running a factory to make a tidy sum by seizing current opportunities.
After graduation, she planned to use the money she earned to start her own clothing factory.
With Gao Shu working in the government and her striving for her own business outside,
both working hard, wouldn’t they quickly live an enviable life?
As for the child, the one Lu Jingqiu was about to ruin, it wouldn’t matter if they didn’t have one.
Who would have thought, she schemed so meticulously, but never anticipated the present Gao Shu to be so obstinate and conservative,
never realized how disdainful he was of those in business, so short-sighted.
She now doubted how he ever ascended to his position of Secretary in her previous life.
She had been understanding before, willing not to engage in business if he was against it, thinking it wouldn’t be too late to start after her graduation.
But now, seeing this money made her think differently. As someone who had been reborn, no matter how much she loved Gao Shu, she couldn’t lose her self-worth.
She was an independent and strong woman refined by the future world, and she couldn’t simply settle for being a housewife because of a man’s objections.
A housewife, haha, she wouldn’t be like those years in her past life, obediently following Gao Shu, attentively taking care of the family.
Nor would she be like the foolish Lu Jingqiu, who tirelessly spun in circles in that hundred-square-meter house without complaint or regret.
All of a sudden, Xia Lin put away the money. She neither wanted to think about it nor demean herself by engaging in a lengthy argument with him, having had no lack of debates before which always ended with his multitude of excuses.
"It’s getting late, let’s sleep," she said.
Gao Shu thought Xia Lin had been persuaded by him and swiftly showed a smile, his demeanor returning to one of gentle refinement, as he embraced Xia Lin, saying softly, "Good Linlin, let’s go see the Lantern Festival together tomorrow."
"Fine," Xia Lin replied coldly, not the least bit interested in the Lantern Festival.
Instead, she was thinking about how to set up a small clothing workshop.
This cotton clothing processing had allowed her to meet a leader of a textile factory; she had access to fabrics.
There were people to make clothes, as she knew the capabilities of the aunts and grandmas from before—whose skills were sharp and who worked fast.
She just needed a few sewing machines, and now that she had the money, that was within reach.
As for sales, she had forgotten that West City, unlike the north with its heavy snow and cold weather,
had cold weather and snow too, but the snow wasn’t as thick or as persistent as in the north.
Making clothes for the summer and spring-autumn seasons, she saw no problem with her sales.
She didn’t have time but could hire people. There was no need for a stall; she could rent a storefront on Fish Tail Street to focus on wholesale clothing.
Of course, she needed to find someone reliable to manage it. She could ask her cousin sister from her uncle’s family to come over and help watch the store.
With this plan in mind, Xia Lin began to look for a courtyard that could serve as a small processing factory, and even secretly bought five sewing machines—of course, that’s a story for another time.
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