Chapter 728 - 670: Ye Qing in Z City

"Hey, it’s not like every day. We’re not like you newlywed couples who stick together all the time. If they come back early from training, they might come and pick up. Usually, we go together. It’s pretty safe though... We’re right next to the military area; those people won’t dare do anything."

"After all, it’s a road of two or three kilometers. Sister-in-law and others should be careful."

"Haha, Xiao Wan, don’t worry, we’ve discussed it. Once it snows, we won’t go back. We’ll bunk up on the floor upstairs. There’s heating here, much warmer than home," Liu Erhong laughed.

"That’ll work, so Brother won’t worry about you, is the training still intense now?"

"It’s not intense, but there’s an assessment at the end of the year. They were talking about Feng Xiaoxian recently."

"Hey, what’s wrong with them?"

"Isn’t it because of their recent issues? In the end, Feng Xiaoxian took the child for an induced abortion. You wouldn’t believe it, after Wang Guihua had the abortion, she lost weight drastically post-confinement. Now she’s slim, no need to envy the people in the compound," one of the helper sisters said.

"Yeah, she just had surgery not long ago and now an abortion; Wang Guihua won’t avoid gynecological issues in the future," Sister-in-law Zhang shook her head.

"Maybe it’s because of these worrying things in their family. Feng Xiaoxian didn’t pass the assessment this year-end. Directly eliminated. We thought this would be the end for him, who knew after a few days it stabilized, neither going up nor down, didn’t leave, nor got eliminated."

"Sigh, this Feng Xiaoxian looks honest on the outside but is sneaky behind the scenes, should not be deeply involved," Liu Erhong shook her head again and said, "Sigh, but this year is particularly frugal. An unusual year, a big shake-up from above, started cutting down on troops. Quite a few soldiers who can’t read or haven’t made any progress were eliminated this year."

Speaking of it, the men in their lives have some skills, they weren’t eliminated. Going down is good. Things.

"Their couple is quite honest now, Wang Guihua doesn’t go out much."

Lin Wan just sighed at this, for someone like Feng Xiaoxian who looks honest but likes to plot, should’ve been eliminated long ago. Staying in position one more day is wasting the national grain. But even if they’re in the team, they probably won’t have a bright future later.

She doesn’t sympathize with Feng Xiaoxian and Wang Guihua.

"These days are for packing, guess they have to leave soon."

...

November came, and the workload in the factory only increased, with all the new batches rushing for the merchants down south.

Depending on the region, this year Lin Wan designed several military coats for the North, and two camouflage mid-length padded coats.

Sales were great. At their stall, it was crowded every day, the big space couldn’t accommodate.

Unable to manage, Lin Wan looked for Wei Jian Country to rent the place next door. At least three or four people needed at the store daily.

It’s too cold there in winter. The stove can’t be placed inside.

"Brother Wei, when will this place be redeveloped? These small houses are too small, can’t fit a stove except for storing goods."

"Sister-in-law, there’s no notice yet. I guess it’ll be a few years. Usually, those merchants for retail have little goods, enough. But you’re special, never mind," Wei Jian Country frowned a little, thought for a moment, and said, "Why not, let me check, see if anyone’s renting or selling a cottage behind the storefront. I’ll let you know then."

"That would be great, thank you Brother Wei."

"It’s no trouble."

Not to mention he’s good friends with Han Yi, just for helping his brother-in-law, his family is very grateful.

Now his brother-in-law is the captain at the police station, showing a little performance, there’s no problem moving up.

This month Lin Wan is busy with checking and reconciling accounts. Promotion activities at two restaurants plus a pile of factory matters. After a few days, she feels she’s lost a significant amount of weight herself. When Han Yi was around, over winter she’d typically gain a few pounds.

Sigh, she misses Han Yi. Lin Wan went home, checked the time on her wrist, felt it was just right. She quickly dialed Han Yi’s unit.

By luck, Han Yi happened to be in the broadcast room.

"I’ve called you several times, every time you’re busy. Luckily I called today or who knows when we’d catch up again."

Lin Wan, originally feeling a bit wronged, lightly complained, but felt better. Hearing Han Yi’s laughter on the other side, the negativity in her heart dissipated.

"Don’t worry, today even if you hadn’t called, I would’ve called you. I came here just to call you."

Lin Wan was a bit taken aback, smiled and asked, "Training finished?"

"Yeah, just finished the assessment, resting these two days. I plan to visit our daughter tomorrow."

"Alright, you go. Remember to call me at night when you arrive; I haven’t heard the child’s voice for days."

"Okay, when do you plan to return? The house is already allocated here. Come early and we can set it up together."

"It’s been allocated so soon, on which floor?"

"On the third floor, facing south, and it has heating."

"Great, hmm... I’ll return in half a month. Are you on duty this year?"

"Not settled yet, but I think I will be."

"Alright, then I’ll come back early. We need to move things over from here... How about this, when Brother Jianye and others deliver goods to Z City, I’ll ask them to first move our stuff over?"

"Alright. Just let me know when you’re coming. If you can’t reach me, let the transmission room inform me."

"Okay, understood, Ai Yi, I miss you."

"...Hmm."

At times like this, Han Yi always answered this way; Lin Wan knew he actually missed her too, wanting to say ’I miss you too’, but since he’s out, Han Yi is inherently reserved. At home he could say it, but outside he was more restrained.

"Ai Yi, shall we install a phone at home? How much does installing a phone cost there now?"

Han Yi tapped the table beside him, smiled and replied, "I don’t know, I’ll ask these days. Then we’ll install a phone."

"Okay."

After hanging up the call with Han Yi, Lin Wan returned to her bedroom and checked her bankbook.

The unexpected money she and Han Yi gained in Shanghai, after spending twelve thousand on starting the factory, buying a house, car, cost seven or eight thousand. There’s still thirty thousand in the account. Lin Wan hasn’t touched this card.

Besides, the profits from clothing this year amount to several thousand. Additionally, the two restaurants here gained a net profit of tens of thousands a year. She took a portion, with the rest going to Mom.

Lin Wan planned to use these thousands to buy a piece of land next to the factory.

Through Shi Lan and Tan Aixiang’s experiences, Lin Wan discovered a business opportunity. It’s with these small workshops or companies.

If they want further development, finding a good production environment is crucial. Looking across S City, there aren’t suitable spaces.

Lin Wan thought it over, using this money to buy land, and then build a comprehensive industrial park herself. Then she’d rent it to others, just collecting rent, could amount to quite a bit in a year.

These days Lin Wan was asking Yin Peibai about suitable locations; such places should definitely be near a major road. When people rent office space, they definitely look for a good location.

...

"With this batch of goods I have, if you help me sell them, I’ll give you thirty percent. How’s that?" Ye Qing pulled Yang Ting at Z City military compound.

"That’s quite a lot, I can’t sell that much alone," Yang Ting felt a bit embarrassed, but thinking of that thirty percent profit, she couldn’t help but feel some excitement.

"Aren’t you working at the Industrial and Commercial Bureau? You must have lots of addresses and phone numbers of those merchants. Call them when you check on them or familiar ones, promote these to them; within half a month, these goods will definitely sell out. This way, you can earn 300 yuan in half a month, isn’t it very worthwhile?"

Whoa, 300 yuan, Yang Ting was definitely tempted, she currently only earns thirty-something yuan a month.

"Alright, I’ll give it a try."

"Thank you, cousin. If I have good goods in the future, I won’t forget you."

Ye Qing had been at Z City with Mei Langchi for over two months now. To compensate her for giving the Mei Family a great-grandson, they arranged a job for her here, also a shoe factory, she was still a designer.

With the holiday season approaching, the factory pulled out some old inventory and held a big sale. She secretly took a batch out. Recently, she became close with Yang Ting next door, mainly because Yang Ting is Mei Langchi’s cousin.

Just got married this year and found someone from the compound, Wang Xiangyang, Company Commander Wang.

According to Mei Langchi, the two got together before the wedding, later caught by Wang Xiangyang’s sister. Unable to hide it, the families quickly arranged a wedding for them.