“What are you two saying? Come in and eat!”
Jiang Qianqin looked at the table full of food with heartache,
and hurriedly took a spoon to the kitchen
to serve rice .
When she saw the rice cooker, she was surprised: “What is this new thing? How do you put rice in here!”
“My mom cooks rice in this pot!”
The three children hurriedly followed with bowls, grinning and holding them up to her:
“Grandma! Quick! Rice!”
The sound of “Grandma” made her blush. Jiang Qianqin scolded, “What are you calling me? Who is your grandma?”
But she happily served them rice,
a big spoonful of fragrant, hot white rice for each of them!
It looked so delicious. Jiang Qianqin
wondered what Huo Mingfeng’s family background was, that he was willing to use so much rice to cook! A whole pot full!
Jiang Qianqin felt sorry for him, and quickly stuffed a large bowl of rice into Jiang Mingzhi’s bowl before filling her own. Then she said to Huo Mingfeng, who had followed her in, “Ahem, son-in-law, you and Mingyu, serve yourselves!”
Huo Mingfeng had wanted to come in to help,
but upon hearing this, he paused, then smiled,
“Okay, Mom.”
Jiang Qianqin felt very uncomfortable being called “Mom .”
She had been so disdainful of him earlier, yet he wasn’t angry?
Feeling guilty, she hurriedly returned to the table and urged Jiang Mingzhi and Jiang Mingyu to come inside.
After the siblings returned to their room, they began to chat about the past.
Jiang Mingzhi said that she used to be timid and amiable to everyone, and would never have fought back like she did today when bullied.
To avoid arousing his suspicion, Jiang Mingyu listened quietly to his words. After learning about some of the original owner’s past habits from him, she solemnly looked directly at him and said,
“Brother, the moment I left the Qian family, I swore to turn over a new leaf. So, I will no longer be the Jiang Mingyu I used to be.”
Unexpectedly, Jiang Mingzhi didn’t understand the deeper meaning of her words at all. Instead, he nodded and smiled, “Alright! Sister, you make me feel more at ease.” *
Smack!*
Suddenly, Jiang Qianqin tapped her on the head from behind with chopsticks, glaring at her as before, “Then you have to listen to Mother! Hurry up and get the rice! Otherwise, this whole table of food will get cold, and eating cold food is bad for your stomach.”
Jiang Mingyu: “…”
“I’ll do it.”
Suddenly, Huo Mingfeng placed a bowl full of rice in front of her and
took away the empty bowl in front of her.
Jiang Mingyu paused slightly, then nodded, avoiding his gaze, and said, “You should eat early too.”
Strange, she had clearly enjoyed much more considerate care in her previous life,
so why was her heart beating so fast this time?
After the meal, Jiang Qianqin understood that Huo Mingfeng genuinely cared for Jiang Mingyu, and Jiang Mingyu truly loved him.
So, she put down her chopsticks, her face stern, and asked the couple, “Speaking of which, now that you two are married, don’t get divorced again,”
Jiang Qianqin looked at Jiang Mingyu, “Settle down and live a stable life with Mingfeng, understand?”
Spending so much rice on a meal—she was clearly generous!
Relying on the original owner’s memories, Jiang Mingyu understood her mother’s character somewhat, so she nodded, letting her speak without objection.
Seeing that she was obedient, Jiang Qianqin’s tone softened, and she asked the young couple sitting together, “Have you two thought about what to do? Raising three children isn’t easy; you need to earn more money!” Upon hearing
this, Jiang Mingyu’s eyes flickered, and an idea gradually formed. Just then,
Jiang Qianqin finished speaking, and she looked up at everyone, saying, “I plan to start a business, a company.”
Following the old path of making money from her previous life.
The air suddenly went still.
Jiang Qianqin looked at her suspiciously,
while Jiang Mingzhi burst out laughing: “Haha! Sis, you? You want to start a company? Don’t be ridiculous! I’m afraid before your company even gets off the ground, all the money you’ve saved will be swindled away!”
Huo Mingfeng’s eyes flickered, and he thoughtfully asked, “Mingyu, how exactly do you plan to start a business?”
The term “entrepreneurship” had only become popular in the last few years of the 1980s.
Opportunities and risks often go hand in hand,
but as the saying goes, if you’re standing in the right place at the right time, even a pig can fly!
He wanted to see what kind of business this young wife wanted to do.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Mingyu slowly stood up, placed her hands on the table, and looked at them with a few imposing glances, calmly uttering a few words:
“Future Department Store Investment Company.”
She controlled two billion worth of goods,
more than her entire family could ever spend in a lifetime.
Living in the 1980s required the currency of that era!
Since everything from food and clothing to housing and transportation required money,
why not convert all these goods into cash?
“Are you kidding me?! Start a company? Do you even have the money?”
Jiang Qianqin looked incredulous.
Jiang Mingzhi agreed wholeheartedly.
Only Huo Mingfeng looked up at her for a moment and asked, “What does ‘Future Department Store’ mean?”
“You know, a shopping mall, right?”
In the 1980s, Hong Kong and Shanghai had many shopping malls.
Huo Mingfeng had driven to many places and was naturally more knowledgeable than Jiang Qianqin and her son.
Jiang Mingyu looked at him and smiled confidently: “The company I’m going to open is like a super mall. Everything you can think of, and everything you can’t even imagine, my company has it.”
“How about that? Isn’t it amazing?”
Understanding dawned on Huo Mingfeng, who nodded without asking further questions, but a hint of realization crossed his eyes.
This company was probably the reason she could conjure up kitchen utensils at will.
It seemed his little wife had many secrets he didn’t know.
But if she had so many good things, why had she wasted her time on Qian Youde before?
Thinking of that cheating scumbag,
Huo Mingfeng frowned.
“You two must be out of your minds.”
Seeing that the couple, one daring to say it and the other believing it, Jiang Qianqin shook her head, stopped arguing, packed her things, and got up to leave.
“I have to go back to feed the pigs, and Mingzhi has to rush back to study, so we won’t stay long. I really can’t be bothered with
you!” She couldn’t help but turn back and remind them at the end, “But starting a business is no small matter.
Several people in our team who started businesses, older and more experienced than you, ended up losing everything, and their wives even ran off with other men! I advise you to think it over carefully. Maybe you should pool your money and open a small shop to make ends meet!”
Jiang Mingzhi nodded in agreement, “Sister, brother-in-law, Mom is right. You really shouldn’t have been so impulsive.”
Jiang Mingyu didn’t take their words to heart.
Seeing that the mother and son were dressed thinly and that the journey home was long, Jiang Mingyu said, “Mom, wait a minute. I bought some clothes recently. Take them back with your brother.”
The original owner’s father, Jiang Chuanxiang, hadn’t been home for five years. It was said that he worked away from home year-round, only sending money home once every six months.
Winter was approaching, and without decent warm clothes, how would they survive?
Before, with the original owner’s help, things were fine, but now that the original owner is gone, this responsibility has fallen on Jiang Mingyu’s shoulders.
She quickly went back into the house and took out two sets of down jackets, four sets of thermal underwear, thermal pants, and even six sets of underwear from her ring.
She also prepared four pairs of men’s and women’s snow boots, put them in several black bags, and handed them out.