The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead
Chapter 264 - 254: Demolition in Yangcheng City

Chapter 264: Chapter 254: Demolition in Yangcheng City

"Qiuqiu, what kind of compensation can you get."

"I haven’t thought about the compensation money, but for those three houses, I can get three buildings in return. By the pond, they can probably give a few houses as well. I plan to ask for houses."

Upon hearing this, Yang Mingchao slapped the table with a smack, "My goodness, that’s a lot! Qiuqiu, I’ve decided, from now on, when it comes to buying houses, I’m following your lead."

Lu Jingqiu burst into laughter at this, "Second cousin, I’m planning to buy a house in Shanghai recently. Do you have money now?"

As soon as the topic turned to money, Yang Mingchao’s face fell. He had made quite a bit of money recently, but he had reinvested it all in stock.

He currently had twenty thousand yuan on hand but didn’t dare to touch it. Seeing that his inventory was almost sold out, he was planning to stock up even more.

Lu Jingqiu knew he would react this way. His second cousin’s business was just getting started, and he needed money. Even if he had some cash, he probably couldn’t save it.

Lu Jingqiu felt that his way of operating was not right. Seeing Big Brother Yang attending to customers, she quickly advised, "Second cousin, your approach won’t work. You can’t reinvest all your profits. If you keep this up, you’ll never have money on hand."

"Yes, you’re right, Qiuqiu, but I want to stock more inventory, I can’t help it."

"I think you should hire a financial manager to handle your accounts for you."

Indeed, such a large amount of floating capital does require a professional to manage.

Yang Mingchao felt that Lu Jingqiu’s suggestion was very sound, although he misunderstood it somewhat. In the not too distant future, he really did hire a financial manager for himself, but this manager was for life, haha.

While chatting with her cousin, Lu Jingqiu discovered that their store also sold electrical wires and plugs, and upon inquiring, learned that these wires and plugs all came from Aunt Liu’s factory.

After all, their home had bought some big-ticket items, and some areas needed additional power outlets, which naturally required wires and such.

Most people who came to buy refrigerators and washing machines needed a lot of electrical wires. Since electrical wires had a high profit margin, they sold quite a few.

These small components alone made enough sales in a week to cover their rent.

Her cousin said that their monthly retail, whether it was watches, sewing machines, TVs or washing machines, totaled up to about a dozen or so.

Wholesale was much more, ranging up to fifty or sixty units a month.

So, making ten thousand yuan a month was quite easy.

They had savings, but since they wanted to procure inventory in large quantities, they couldn’t hold onto the capital.

Initially, such growth was fine, but continuing like this was a significant drawback.

Although Lu Jingqiu wasn’t knowledgeable about business, she had seen quite a lot in the future and had also heard Gao Shu talk about some business matters.

She didn’t know much, but had a general understanding of the ropes.

After returning from her second cousin’s place, Lu Jingqiu tidied up at home.

She used the fish she got from Xue Jianian to make a fish soup. Since she was going out, she cooked everything at home that couldn’t be left unattended.

When Jiang Nanzhou came back, he also brought their luggage.

Tomorrow, the couple would go to the station together.

When Jiang Nanzhou returned, he also brought several mousetraps to the backyard, and Lu Jingqiu prepared two basins of water for them, along with some dry food.

The dry food was chicken jerky dried by Lu Jingqiu. Although it required no chewing, it was still edible, not much, but enough for two days.

That night, the couple stood on the third-floor terrace, looking out at the silent vegetable garden. Lu Jingqiu said, "Do you think you can catch any mice with those two traps? Our house probably doesn’t have many mice left, Hua Hua has taken care of them all."

"There must be one or two left. If I catch them, I’ll tie them up and give them as a treat to the two kittens.

This grain should be enough for them for four or five days."

It was just four or five days, but they would be away for at least a dozen days. If they left them with their uncle, Lu Jingqiu was worried that it would take them several days to adapt to the new environment and they might end up stray cats if they couldn’t find their way home because of the unfamiliarity.

The next day, after ten in the morning, Lu Jingqiu went to find Luo Xinyue.

They were newlyweds after all, and she didn’t want to disturb them, but of those nearby who she knew, only she could help.

When she got there, Shang Ze just happened to be out.

"Jingqiu, when are you leaving?"

"This afternoon, I need to ask for a favor."

Luo Xinyue took her to the living room and poured her a glass of Malted Milk: "What’s up?"

"I’m going to Yangcheng City, and I have two cats at home. I was hoping you could check on them when you have time, just deliver some food every few days."

"Sure, no problem. If you don’t mind, you can leave them at my place."

"At your place? I’m afraid they might not adapt well."

"Your Hua Guoguo is quite adorable. I see you’re having a hard time taking care of two by yourself. Why not let me take care of Hua Guoguo for you?"

Lu Jingqiu was immediately stunned. She had come to ask for help, but before she could even fully explain, Luo Xinyue was already eyeing her Hua Guoguo.

"Oh, Jingqiu, let me take care of one of them. Your Hua Guoguo is too cute; I like her so much, I really want her."

"You’ve just got married; shouldn’t you be fond of your own Shang Ze?"

"Shang Ze went to work for the summer break. I’m not working at the company right now, and besides, I won’t be staying at school at night anymore, like you. I have time to take care of a kitten."

"Have you thought it through? Owning a cat isn’t just for a while; they can live for many years."

"I know, don’t worry, I will take good care of it."

Lu Jingqiu thought about it, after all, she’d grown too attached over time to let go: "I can send Hua Guoguo over to you for a while, but I can’t give her up. How about when she has kittens, I’ll give you one?"

"Right, Niannian is also going back. Has she asked you to take care of her cats?"

"No, she hasn’t stopped by. I guess she’s asked some neighbors to help out."

Oh, little did Lu Jingqiu know that Niannian’s little one was in the space, lacking nothing, with fish and shrimp, eating better than humans.

Regardless, getting her hands on Hua Guoguo made Luo Xinyue very happy, and she went with Lu Jingqiu to bring Hua Guoguo back to her place. Now only Hua Hua was left at home, probably not quite adjusting, occasionally meowing for a while.

Last night, Jiang Nanzhou caught two mice using a mousetrap and tied them under the table leg in the pavilion for Hua Hua.

At noon, Lu Jingqiu also boiled ten eggs and wrapped two portions of dumplings, the steamed kind.

Jiang Nanzhou had also bought two roast chickens outside; since the weather was hot, that was all they prepared.

It wasn’t until after one in the afternoon that they finally started for the train station.

Wei Jincheng rode his bicycle with Xue Jianian arriving too: "Jingqiu, over here."

Lu Jingqiu quickly ran over, and the two men greeted each other as Wei Jincheng said to Jiang Nanzhou, "Please take extra care of my Niannian on the way."

"Of course, aren’t you coming back?"

Wei Jincheng gave a smile, merely grunting in affirmation and not offering any further explanation.

Jiang Nanzhou didn’t press further, and seeing that the time was about right, they all boarded the train together.

However, Jiang Nanzhou had arranged his seat, and there were already other officers seated in his section.

So he purchased a sleeper compartment next to him for Lu Jingqiu and Xue Jianian.

Inside were four bunks, with Lu Jingqiu and Xue Jianian on the lower ones, and above them, a couple.

After sending them onto the train and watching them depart, Wei Jincheng turned and left.