Chapter 85

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During the meal, Old Cai kept using the communal chopsticks to serve Feng Yiping this and that. The older and younger Cai brothers both felt it was inappropriate, thinking their father was being too polite to Yiliang's nephew!

After lunch, Feng Yiping was about to leave, and Old Cai said, "It's time to go back, so your parents won't worry. Dali, ride your bike to send Yiping back."

"No need, I can take the bus, it's very convenient."

"It's fine, my motorcycle is fast," Cai Lei quickly finished the rice in his bowl, came over, and patted him on the shoulder, "Let's go."

Old Cai saw Feng Yiping to the door, "Come over when you have time, treat it like your own home. The matter you mentioned, I'll take it to heart and ask someone to look into it right away."

"Thank you in advance!"

Xiao Jiu and Feng Yiping also exchanged a few words. At this moment, Cai Lei proudly rode a red motorcycle to the door, handed Feng Yiping a helmet with a visor, and after he got on the back, revved the engine and sped off with a roar.

Feng Yiping really didn't understand motorcycles. By the time he started earning a salary, most cities had already banned them, so he had no particular feelings about motorcycles.

So, he only knew that Cai Lei's motorcycle was a Honda, a brand he recognized. Later, he bought quite a few Honda generators.

He didn't know that at that time, this Honda 90 cost over ten thousand yuan, and riding it on the road was quite a "luxury" thing.

Cai Lei was also waiting for him to ask about it all the way. At the traffic lights, he deliberately asked Feng Yiping, "Do you have motorcycles where you are?"

Feng Yiping couldn't appreciate his desire to show off and simply said, "Yes," and that was it.

Well, Cai Lei didn't feel right about showing off himself, but he was a bit frustrated. So, after dropping Feng Yiping off at the university town, he said goodbye and roared back to the furniture factory.

During the lunch break, Old Cai called Cai Hong to the office. He wanted to give Feng Yiping something to show his gratitude but didn't know what today's young people liked or what Feng Yiping needed, so he asked Cai Hong for advice.

Cai Hong didn't ask the reason, first asking Old Cai how much he wanted to spend, "A few hundred yuan, more is fine too."

This made even Cai Hong a bit envious. A few hundred yuan could buy her two good outfits.

"Then a bicycle. According to Yiliang, Feng Yiping will live outside after school starts and not stay in the dormitory. He needs a bicycle. The ones sold in the county are mostly 28-inch frames. Buy him one of those mountain bikes that many students ride, four or five hundred yuan should be enough."

"Alright, buy a mountain bike and deliver it to him."

"Dad, there's another thing I want to discuss with you. Yiliang said he doesn't want to work in the factory anymore and wants to go into construction. Do you think it's a good idea?"

"Construction?" Old Cai lit a cigarette, "Why did he think of doing this?"

Regarding Cai Hong and Mei Yiliang's relationship, he didn't oppose it, but he wasn't quite satisfied with Mei Yiliang's current situation. However, in the factory, that's all he could do, and he had two sons, so he couldn't do much.

Cai Hong repeated what Mei Yiliang had said, which was pretty much what Feng Yiping had told him.

Old Cai listened and pondered for a moment, "That sounds good, it's a promising field. What do you think?"

Cai Hong was a bit hesitant, "I think Yiliang is right, we need to find a way to earn some money." As for what to do with the money after earning it, she naturally wouldn't say.

"Ha, yes, with Yiliang's current situation, he wouldn't feel right asking me. I support you, I'll ask someone to find him a construction team to join."

"Thank you, Dad!"

"Hehe, I feel like this matter also has something to do with his nephew, doesn't it?" Old Cai asked Cai Hong with a smile.

Cai Hong didn't know the specifics. Mei Yiliang wouldn't feel right saying in front of her, "This idea is from my nephew."

"Maybe, Yiping was here yesterday, and this morning Yiliang came to talk to me about it," Cai Hong said.

In the hot weather, fewer people were buying chestnuts. To sell more, they had to go to more places.

Feng Yiping walked along the tree-lined path outside the university, saw Feng Zhenchang riding a bike with a straw hat, and Mei Qiuping pushing from behind. He quickly ran over.

"You're back." Feng Zhenchang stopped, wiped his sweat with a towel, and took a few big gulps of water from Mei Qiuping.

"Have you eaten lunch?" Mei Qiuping asked him.

"Yes, the boss's eldest son rode his motorcycle to send me back. What about you two, did you eat lunch?" Feng Yiping went to the other side to help push the cart.

"Yes, we had the leftover buns from this morning."

Feng Yiping looked at the sweat stains on his parents' clothes and their sunburned faces under their straw hats, and became even more determined to rent a shop.

After going back, he decided to put aside his pride and start making some money.

Feng Yiping had many ideas that could turn into money, but what held him back was himself.

Not to mention intellectual property, he considered himself a principled person. Even if he plagiarized some future works, he didn't want to do it unless absolutely necessary.

This was one reason. More deeply, he was a proud person. He believed he could earn money with his own abilities, and he had done it before, so he felt somewhat disdainful about doing those things.

But time waits for no one. Due to his age, many ideas couldn't be used now. Originally, he could have waited, but after experiencing his parents' hard work, he put aside his hesitation.

He even criticized himself, "Am I being a bit pretentious?"

They stopped in the shade at the entrance of the university, "I asked Boss Cai to help us find a shop."

Feng Yiping originally wanted to wait to mention it, worried that his parents, especially Mei Qiuping, would worry about the rent all day.

Unexpectedly, after hearing his words, the situation didn't go as he had imagined. Mei Qiuping just said, "You, such a big matter, you didn't discuss it with us first? If you need help, we should go to your uncle's master, not you asking him. Will he take it seriously?"

"Oh," Feng Yiping was a bit surprised, it seemed his parents had already considered renting a shop, "This morning, I talked to Boss Cai, and I mentioned it to him. I didn't expect him to agree and even said he would help us find a place with a shop downstairs and living space upstairs."

"That's really good, but no matter what, we should go to him and mention it again, so he doesn't think we don't know how to behave," Mei Qiuping said.

"Yes, yes, you two should find time to go over there in a couple of days!"

Feng Zhenchang then said, "I discussed this with your mother. We should save some money and rent a shop. Then our income will be more stable."

Mei Qiuping said, "With a shop, we can still do the current business. This stall, on average, earns us dozens of yuan a day. We never thought we'd have such good luck."

"Yes, we can do that. We can look for a suitable place in the university town first. If we find one, we can bring your sister over. When she's not busy, she can watch the shop, and you two can still push the cart around here. That way, we earn from both sides," Feng Yiping said, following his mother's thoughts.

Renting a shop also had his sister in mind. She was too young when she went out to work and had no one to manage her, so she didn't care much about the family's difficulties and focused on herself, always comparing herself to others. She should stay with her parents and be managed by them.

"Yes, yes, bring Yuxuan over, then we'll be more at ease," Mei Qiuping said, "But the money will definitely not be enough."

"That's fine, we'll find a way. This year is much better than last year. If it really doesn't work, we can take out a loan, it's fine," Feng Zhenchang said with more confidence now.

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