Chapter 266: Chapter 266: Persuasion
After discussing the two results, the activities of this Feng Jiachong-like entrepreneurship forum or club officially came to an end on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month.
'Have you been talking about building a house all this time?' Feng Yiping almost fell onto the brazier again. In winter, when there is no fire to keep you warm, you can just bear it, but once you sit by the brazier, it's really hard to leave.
'Not really. The other day, we were talking about opening a shop. There were some arguments between a few people, so they asked me to mediate.'
In addition to the provincial capital, there are two sub-provincial cities in the province. Both are inferior to the provincial capital in terms of urban area size, permanent population, and economy, but are much better than the average prefecture-level city. Although they cannot open as many as ten stores as in the provincial capital, they can open five to eight. Considering everyone's financial situation, Feng Zhenchang let the two families open stores in such cities. Now there is some conflict because you are opening one store and I am opening a few.
'In fact, they can consider opening another cabinet store in the same place as the shop. The company can help train some people to do sales.'
'I don't think that's going to work,' said Uncle Si. 'They don't even know how well cabinets sell right now. It's hard to ask them to open a store, unless you guys make a success of it first, then they'll probably be eager to open one.'
If they hadn't seen how much money their family was making from the noodle shop, how many other families in the village would have dared to borrow money to open a noodle shop? Definitely not. They were acting in a way that sought stability.
'Right,' Feng Yiping also felt that he had been thinking too simply. Not everyone was as confident in themselves as his brother-in-law and his family. He estimated that only his cousins would support his proposal, and Feng Mingzhi would probably be able to listen to it.
Just like the matter of building a house, he had wanted to say that they didn't need to build a house right away, now that they had a little money, and they could consider opening another store in the county below, or saving up a bit more to buy the current storefront or buy a house in the province. However, after seeing the enthusiastic scene yesterday, he suppressed those words.
Compared to those who do reckless things after getting a little money, the first thing they want to do after getting a little money is to build a house, which should be considered not bad.
'People nowadays,' said Uncle Si with a sigh, 'life is better than before, but the human heart is really not as good as it used to be.'
Not to mention anything else, nowadays most people in the village are related within five degrees of consanguinity, but when they think about others, to put it bluntly, they are selfish. They often only consider their own interests and disregard everything else.
For example, some people have built pigsties directly in front of other people's front doors. Although the land where the pigsties are is his family's land and it is his freedom to do what he wants, this is really not considerate.
'Take your time. When everyone becomes rich, they will see things differently. As the old saying goes, when the granary is full, one knows propriety.'
As more and more people go out and their horizons broaden, they will probably find things that they used to care about laughable.
For example, when building a house in the village, people often fight with their neighbours over an extra foot or two of land. Feng Yiping thinks that when their horizons have broadened, they will probably find more and more things like the 'seven-foot lane' from the Qing Dynasty.
On the evening of the 30th, as soon as the New Year's bell had rung, Feng Yiping received a call from Huang Jingping: 'Happy New Year!'
'You're still awake?' Feng Yiping asked her.
'Mum and Dad went to bed early, so it's just me and my sister watching the New Year's Eve party. What are you doing?'
'I'm watching TV too,' he said. It was the same at their house: he and Feng Yuxuan were the only ones watching the New Year's Eve party, while their sister couldn't get her ears far enough away. Feng Yiping simply went back to his room.
'Our family still won't go to town until the fifth day of the Chinese New Year. Our family's shop is preparing to open on the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, and I can't go back to the city with you.'
'It's fine. You stay home and have fun for a few more days. I'll send a car to pick you up on the sixth or eighth day of the Chinese New Year.'
'But there's nothing fun at home,'
'Be careful. If your father hears you say that, I'm afraid he'll beat you during the Chinese New Year.'
'No way,' Huang Jingping giggled, "I'm under the covers too, they can't hear what I'm saying.'
After hanging up, Feng Yiping noticed that there was an additional text message on his phone, sent by Zhang Yan. Judging by the time, it was exactly midnight. It said "Happy New Year!' Zhang Yan hadn't called after receiving Feng Yiping's phone, but she did send a text message every day.
Early on the morning of the third day of the Chinese New Year, Xiao Jianping waited with Xiao Zhijie by the roadside, as Feng Yiping and Wang Changning had promised to come to his house that day. Xiao Jianping is a very determined person. He already opened two stores last year, and his net income is more than 50,000 yuan.
Seeing them walking along the road, Xiao Jianping smiled from afar. His spirit was better than before, and his voice was louder than before. After looking at the two of them for a while, he said a few words to Xiao Zhijie, 'I give you a lot of living expenses every month, but why are they growing up so fast?' Of the three of them, the shortest is Xiao Zhijie.
'Dad, this is mainly a genetic problem.'
'Genetic problem?' Xiao Jianping pondered for a while before he understood, 'Are you blaming me?'
'No, I wouldn't dare,' Xiao Zhijie said, laughing as he hid behind the two of them.
'Where's your car? Where is it?'
'At my aunt's house.'
'Yiping, the village is also preparing to build a road, so next Chinese New Year you can drive straight up there,' Xiao Jianping interjected.
'Is someone in the village building a building?' Feng Yiping asked, glancing at Wang Changning.
'Yes, apart from our family, there are three other families. You see, it's actually quite simple to build a road here. There are no fields on either side, so all we need to do is tell the excavator to widen it and compact the soil,' Xiao Jianping said, stopping in the middle of the road and crossing his arms.
It was indeed simple for them to build a road. It was steep, but it was also straight, so they just needed to widen the existing path.
When they arrived home, the meal was already ready. Xiao Jianping turned down the other guests and shut the door, entertaining just the two of them.
'Uncle, aunt,' Feng Yiping repeated what he had said at Wang Changning's house that morning after a few mouthfuls of food. 'I don't think there's any rush to build a new house. I'm going to university next year, and you'll be away doing business all the time, so the house will just be empty. At most, you'll come back for a few days at Chinese New Year. It's better to open another shop or save up and buy a house in the city than to leave the tens of thousands of yuan sitting at home.'
'But once the road is open, several families in the village will want to build,' Xiao Zhijie's mother said.
It's still a matter of face. The neighbours have all built houses, and they don't feel good about themselves if they don't.
'Let me do some sums with you. According to the current trend, Zhi Jie will definitely want to settle down outside. He won't stay in this house for long, no matter how well it's built. I think it's better to use this money to save up for a house in the province for him. You know how house prices are rising every year, so it's cheaper to buy sooner rather than later.'
'We know that house prices in the city are rising, but to be honest, we really hadn't thought about buying a house.'
Many people don't even think about buying a house. Although they have made money in the city, they never feel like city people. They still think in the old way, and very few people want to settle down in the city.
By the time they do think about it, house prices will have become prohibitively high. Feng Yiping, who has subsequent experience, feels obliged to help them avoid these pitfalls.
'Dad, Yiping is right, it's still more cost-effective to buy a house in the city. Spending money now to buy a house in the city is an increase in value, but building a house in the old hometown is a relative depreciation.' Whenever these issues were mentioned, Xiao Zhijie responded faster than anyone else.
'Yes, uncle, my parents have also decided to save up some money this year and buy a house in the province. They will renovate the house at home later.'
'We really need to think about this,' Xiao Jianping said.
That's enough, if you don't think about it, it's fine, but if you do, you'll understand.
'Wow,' Xiao Zhijie exclaimed as soon as they left the house after dinner, 'we're going to have our own house soon, too. Do you think we'll be able to do the same as Yiping?'
'What are you thinking about? Zhang Qiuling is in the town, how can she not work and go with you to the province?'
Xiao Zhijie's face immediately fell. Zhang Qiuling's job was still okay, but it was really, really difficult to get Vice Principal Zhang to agree that his daughter should not follow his plan!