Transmigrating to Book 50, others hoard rice, I hoard money

Zhou Rong and Zhou Jifan took the train directly back to the county and did not return to Zhoujiawan.

After the opening ceremony, Zhou Jiaxing invited them to return to Zhoujiawan for two days to experience the new changes in the village.

Zhou's father and mother came back from the city after the Chinese New Year. Zhou Rong wanted to visit them, so he agreed.

"Shengli Vegetable Store" has been expanding over the years and currently has hundreds of stores. In addition to Qingping County and Jiangcheng, it also has branches in surrounding cities.

In order to deliver the goods to the destination in time, the number of delivery trucks increased from two to 15.

The food factory's profits increased every year, and Zhou Jiaxing, as the factory director and shareholder, was also equipped with a car and a telephone.

He drove Zhou Rong and Zhou Jifan back to Zhoujiawan, and along the way explained to them the development of the food factory over the years and its future plans.

Zhou Jiaxing said that they strive to open 30 new branches every year and expand the "Victory Vegetable Store" across the country so that everyone can eat fresh and delicious fruits and vegetables.

Zhou Rong: "Our current store opening model is self-operated, which requires a large investment in personnel, decoration, distribution, and daily operations. If the management of large-scale stores cannot keep up, problems are likely to occur and the capital chain will be strained.

It would be better to contract out some shops to the shop assistants, let them be responsible for their own profits and losses, and the factory will be responsible for supplying goods and earn a certain amount of profit. "

Zhou Jiaxing: "This is a good idea. We will try it out later. If it works well, we will promote it vigorously."

Zhou Rong: "Well, we must not rush for quick success when expanding. We should act according to the money we have and not blindly pursue scale. We can still make money by managing the existing stores well."

Zhou Jiaxing: “Understood!”

The people of Zhoujiawan invested money in Zhou Rong. In the past two years, Zhou Jiaxing took out part of the profits and distributed them to everyone, so that the investors would know that they had made a profit, not a loss.

With the investment income, dividends from the food factory, and the output from their own fields or small businesses, almost every family in Zhoujiawan has built a house, and the village roads have been built into cement roads with funds raised by everyone.

Zhou Jiaxing also followed the example of the people in the city and raised funds to build a pavilion and square at the entrance of the village so that the old men and women would have a place to entertain themselves.

Zhou's father would go to the pavilion to play chess with others every day, while Zhou's mother would go to the square to do exercises.

This was taught by Luo Xiaofen. She noticed that some elderly people in the village became less active and often fell ill after their lives improved, so she made some changes to the school's radio gymnastics and used her break time to teach them to everyone.

Zhou's mother and her friends were embarrassed to learn at first, but after Luo Xiaofang's constant encouragement, they followed suit and did it a few times. They found that their joints were more flexible than before, and they gradually began to like doing the exercises.

Everyone would gather in the square to practice every day, and when they got tired they would go to the pavilion nearby to rest and chat.

Zhou Jiaxing knew his father and mother’s habits, so he parked the car directly at the entrance of the village.

As soon as Zhou Rong got off the car, he spotted her and said to his mother, "Aunt Ying, your Darong is back!"

Mother Zhou followed the direction the man pointed and saw Zhou Rong. She walked over quickly and asked happily, "Did you go to the opening ceremony?"

Zhou Rong: "Well, I'll come back to see you and dad after I'm done."

Zhou's mother: "We are fine. Let's go home and make some stew for you and Ji Fan."

Zhou Rong: "Okay."

Father Zhou was playing chess with Zhou Chuanjing and was about to lose when he saw Zhou Rong and Zhou Jifan coming back. He messed up the chessboard and said, "My daughter and great-grandson are back. I have to go back to help with the cooking. I will beat you guys next time without leaving a single piece of armor."

Zhou Chuanjing joked, "Just brag! You've already lost two games to me in a row. If it weren't for Darong saving your life, you would have lost again this time!"

Father Zhou: "You are lucky today. Why didn't you say anything when I beat you yesterday?"

Zhou Chuanjing: "Didn't you lose to me the day before yesterday and the day before yesterday? You even regretted several moves. You just know how to cheat."

Father Zhou: "You didn't regret your moves? You just blame me! I won't argue with you anymore. Let's continue in the afternoon. Don't regret your moves. We will speak with strength."

Zhou Chuanjing: "Who's afraid of who? I'm waiting for you!"

Mother Zhou whispered to Zhou Rong, "These old men are so boring. They fight over a few chess pieces every day and sometimes even want to fight.

They are all bad chess players, the same kind of people, always regretting their moves, and often quarreling over regrets. We female comrades stay away from them to avoid being affected. "

Zhou Rong laughed and said, "We all have the same ancestors, so it's normal for us to have the same shortcomings."

There was a grocery store in the village, and Zhou's father went there specifically to buy a few bottles of soda and beer and took them home, telling Zhou Jifan to take whatever he liked.

Now that living conditions are better, Zhou's father and mother never skimp on food. They want to maintain good health, live more years, and see their children getting better and better.

Zhou's father would go to the food factory to buy fresh meat and vegetables every morning. The refrigerator at home was always full. He could just prepare a table of dishes with little effort.

Zhou Rong ate the home-cooked food and said with a smile: "My parents' cooking is still the best."

Zhou's mother picked up a piece of meat for Zhou Rong with chopsticks and said, "If you like it, eat more. Your company doesn't look like it's short of money right now. Don't work so hard. Your health is the most important thing."

Zhou Rong: "Ji Fan and others help with the company's affairs. I occasionally hold meetings, check accounts, and attend events. I'm not busy."

Mother Zhou: "That's good. How many days can you stay this time?"

Zhou Rong: "Two days ago, the communication facilities are too backward. The mobile phones we developed often have no signal. I plan to donate some money to the government to speed up the construction of base stations.

We have already communicated with the government and will hold a donation ceremony at the end of this month. Ji Fan and I will go back to prepare for it."

Zhou's mother: "I don't understand what base station you are talking about. As long as it is beneficial to the country and the people, I support it. Have a good rest at home these two days. I will make more delicious food for you."

Zhou Rong: "Okay, thank you, Mom."

When the villagers learned that Zhou Rong had returned, they gave her the fruits, vegetables and game they grew and caught.

Zhou Jiakang had previously made back the 1500 yuan he had invested in the food factory, and later invested some more money in Zhou Rong. The profits he earned not only allowed him to build a house, buy a color TV, a refrigerator, a laundry machine and a motorcycle, but also to buy a tractor and a harvester for farming.

He relies on these two machines to help the villagers and earns tens of thousands of yuan a year.

Luo Xiaofen was very glad that she married into Zhoujiawan and found a good man. Her family’s good life today was inseparable from Zhou Rong.

She gave Zhou Rong some eels caught by Zhou Jiakang, and asked if her mother had asked Zhou Rong for money.

When Luo Xiaofen was happy, she told Luo Qiuyue how much savings her family had.

Because Luo Zhiyuan was going abroad, Luo Qiuyue made a special trip to Zhoujiawan to borrow 10 yuan from Luo Xiaofen.

Luo Xiaofen was shocked when she heard the amount. 10 yuan was almost all of her family's savings, including the interest and principal placed with Zhou Rong.

She immediately realized that even as a parent, she should keep some things to herself, especially money, and not reveal everything.

Luo Xiaofen made an excuse, saying that Zhou Jiakang needed to buy a new machine and could only come up with 1 yuan, and there was no more.

Luo Qiuyue was a little unhappy at the time. She ignored her for a while and didn't reply to her letters. Now she doesn't even want the 1 yuan.

Luo Xiaofen was worried that her mother would bear a grudge against her, so she mortgaged or sold the house in Chang'anli in anger to pay for Luo Zhiyuan's trip abroad. She wanted to find Zhou Rong to find out the situation so that she could deal with what was going to happen next...