Free Web NovelChapter 1342: Chapter 1341: Regret
Chapter 1341: Regret
After Auntie Ding grew old, her nephew came to take her back to live with him, but she was unwilling to go with him. Later, when the waste recycling company was renamed an antique company and relocated, she moved along with it.
When the children grew up and started their own families, most of them worked at Mengyu’s antique company, and they still honored Auntie Ding as their mother.
This is a story for another time.
After arranging everything for Auntie Ding, Mengyu discussed with Ah Xin that the City North Courtyard had too few rooms and was short on space for many people. She suggested buying the surrounding land to build a larger courtyard or even demolishing the current one to rebuild, with three floors on the north and east-west sides, and two floors on the south side, forming a Siheyuan.
Ah Xin also felt it was time to build a house.
Just then, someone reported that Jing Cuizhu had arrived.
Mengyu slapped her forehead, thinking she had indeed forgotten about her. Previously, she had asked Jing Cuizhu to consider whether she wanted to pursue a career or charity, giving her two days to think about it before telling her.
Now she came to find her, she must have made a decision, right?
Sure enough, the first thing Jing Cuizhu said upon seeing Mengyu was: "Boss, I’ve decided, I want to run a company."
"Boss, look at the clothing company I started. In just six months, we expanded from fifteen sewing machines to fifty. The key is the clothes produced by our factory are very popular. I think if we expand production to include a complete service chain from design to sales, we can keep growing bigger."
Mengyu sighed to herself, acknowledging that Jing Cuizhu was talented. She had been previously suppressed, but now given a platform to showcase her abilities, she thrived quickly.
It’s just that finding someone capable of organizing cultivation, building bridges, and willing to do charity is even harder.
Xiao Tao reminded her in her mind: "Master, she doesn’t have much to do with you. Even if she uses your money for good deeds, half of the merit will still go to her. So, it’s better to find someone else to handle charity."
Mengyu was surprised. She spent so much money on charity, yet she needed to split it with Jing Cuizhu?
"Then what kind of person should I find to handle charity?"
"This person must have a close relationship with the master, such as a mentor-disciple relationship, master-servant relationship, or similar," Xiao Tao said.
"But isn’t Jing Cuizhu also my disciple?"
"A registered disciple doesn’t count," Xiao Tao said.
Mengyu was frustrated: "So, do disciples and servants not share merit?"
Xiao Tao quickly clarified: "They do share, but it’s very little, less than one-tenth."
With Xiao Tao’s explanation, Mengyu agreed to Jing Cuizhu’s request: "Alright, you can focus on running the business, I’ll find someone else to handle charity."
Jing Cuizhu was very happy: "Thank you, boss." She wanted to run a business mainly because she desperately wanted to realize her life’s value.
However, the 50 million charity fund Mengyu originally prepared for her needed to be dealt with, so she directly asked, "How much money do you think is enough for you to start a business?"
"Well, more money means more opportunities, less money means fewer. Of the 2 million you gave me before, since we had a planned road to build, 1.9 million was used for charity, and only one hundred thousand was used to set up the clothing factory."
"If I can meet your investment needs, how much do you want?"
Jing Cuizhu thought for a moment and said: "I want ten million!"
Mengyu silently praised her. Before, she only asked for one hundred thousand, but now when allowed to choose, she dared to ask for ten million.
Understand that in the early 1980s, ten million RMB was a huge super fortune.
Mengyu took out that 50 million passbook, went to the bank, and got another passbook, transferring forty million from Jing Cuizhu’s passbook.
Jing Cuizhu thought Mengyu was taking her to the bank to allocate funds, but only then realized Mengyu had prepared fifty million for her. Since she initially had not much courage, the forty million transfer made her full of regret.
