Free Web NovelChapter 107: Chapter 107: Loan
"I was thinking the same thing. Good thing I brought mine, too." Li Hongqin also took out her share of the profits from last time.
Yin Cuihua took hers out as well without a word.
Su Li smiled. "This is enough for the initial costs. Once we’re officially up and running, we won’t have to do this anymore. Profits will just be profits."
"We understand," Li Hongqin and Yin Cuihua said in unison.
"Alright, then let’s give it our all and keep pushing forward!" Su Li slapped the table.
"If only we could get a few more sewing machines." Li Hongqin dreamed of buying more.
"I’ll figure something out for the sewing machines." This was something Su Li had already considered. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
The next day, the three of them first went to the textile mill to order fabric. Li Hongqin and Yin Cuihua were responsible for hauling it, while Su Li went off on her own.
She went to a place Li Hongqin and Yin Cuihua would never have expected—the credit union.
That’s right, the credit union.
She was going to get a loan!
At this time, the state was supporting the people, and personal credit loans had been introduced. The interest rates were very low, practically nonexistent.
Unfortunately, no one dared to take out a loan.
At least in Fengcheng County, very few people had ever taken out a loan.
The mindset of the era was very restrictive. People were afraid that if they took out a loan, they wouldn’t be able to repay it and would burden their descendants—the idea of a son paying his father’s debts was something they greatly feared.
Taking out a loan was something only men of great courage and vision dared to do.
Such men were few and far between.
Men didn’t dare to get a loan, let alone women.
But Su Li dared.
Su Li was the first woman who dared to get a loan.
She could serve as a model for the entire country.
Everyone at the credit union, from the junior staff to the director, was stunned to hear that Su Li had come for a loan.
They listened to Su Li’s loan application in a daze. Afterwards, when they looked at her documents, they found that she was a substitute teacher with a fixed income.
Moreover, she had a clothing company under her that was profitable, and this loan was purely for business operational investment...
The jaws of the credit union staff, already wide open in surprise... opened even wider.
The documents Su Li brought were comprehensive—she even had copies of her contracts. Everything was impeccable.
As for her family situation, the Tang Family she had married into had a tile-roofed house and land, and her husband was a captain in the military. Loaning to her was low-risk and complied with regulations, so of course, the credit union didn’t refuse.
In the end, Su Li secured a three-thousand-yuan loan.
Two hours later, the three thousand yuan had been exchanged for ten sewing machines.
When the ten sewing machines were delivered to the temporary workspace, it wasn’t just the people from Li Hua Village—who had just rushed to the county town to help transport the fabric—who were shocked. Even Li Hongqin’s and Yin Cuihua’s hands were shaking.
"This... this..." Li Hongqin was so shaky she couldn’t speak.
"Ten sewing machines, Sister Hongqin. I’m leaving them in your hands." Su Li patted Li Hongqin’s shoulder.
"You were only gone for a little while and you pulled off something this huge... Su Li, you..." Li Hongqin was at a loss for words to describe her feelings.
Yin Cuihua, on the other hand, was more worried about something else. "Su Li, where did you get the money?"
She pulled Su Li aside and asked in a low voice.
"I’ll tell you later. Just consider it an additional investment I’m making in the company," Su Li replied.
Since she had class the next day, after completing the paperwork for the ten sewing machines, Su Li didn’t wait to leave with Li Hongqin and the others. She departed first, under the amazed gazes of the people from Li Family Village.
It took the people from Li Family Village two days, ten mules, and ten laborers to move everything back.
Li Hongqin made even bigger moves this time. She successfully opened a covert factory in Li Family Village, and in the process, half the village came to benefit from it.
Who wouldn’t want to be part of such a great opportunity to get rich? Not only were the people of Li Family Village fighting tooth and nail for a chance to work, but even people from other villages were green with envy.
Within a few days, word of what was happening in Li Family Village had spread, and all the nearby villages had heard about it.
Those with relatives in Li Family Village went to ask what was going on, and every last one of them came back filled with nothing but envy.
It was the same in Xinghua Village; they were incredibly envious and intrigued.
"How could something so great happen in Li Family Village instead of our Xinghua Village!"
"I know, right? Oh, I’m just sick with envy. If only something this good could happen in Xinghua Village!"
"The other day, someone from Li Family Village came to arrange a marriage for Shitou’s family, and they turned it down. But I hear that after this whole thing, they’ve suddenly agreed!"
"I’d agree too! That girl from Shitou’s family is really skilled—a whiz with a needle. If she marries over there, she’s guaranteed to start earning money!"
"I have a relative in Li Family Village, too. I’m asking her for a favor, to see if she can get me some work..."
When the news from Li Family Village reached them, the people of Xinghua Village grew restless and agitated. They were all tempted, trying to find any way to get a piece of the pie, but had no connections.
Su Li had heard about the villagers’ restlessness from Mrs. Tang.
Mrs. Tang was extremely envious, not noticing the scornful smirk on the lips of Su Li, who had her back to her.
While the people of Xinghua Village were trying every way they could to get in touch with their relatives in Li Family Village, the Tang Family also received a visit from a relative they hadn’t seen in a long time.
This relative was none other than Su Li’s own older sister, Su Xing.
When Su Xing was born, it happened to be when the apricot blossoms were in bloom, so Mr. Su named his eldest daughter Su Xing.
When his second daughter, Su Li, was born, it was the season when pear blossoms filled the sky, so Mr. Su named his second daughter Su Li.
When his third child, a son, was born, the peach blossoms were blooming. Mr. Su felt it wouldn’t be right to name his son Su Tao (peach), so because he was born in the morning, he named him Su Dan.
Reborn and seeing her older sister, Su Xing, again, Su Li was overcome with emotion.
When Su Xing saw Su Li, her eyes immediately reddened. "Little sister..."
Su Xing was three years older than Su Li, and as the eldest sister, she, like countless others, had shouldered the heavy responsibility of looking after her younger siblings.
Su Xing had raised Su Li, and she had raised Su Dan as well.
The saying "an eldest sister is like a mother" was a perfect fit for Su Xing.
Of all her flesh-and-blood relatives in the Su Family, the only one Su Li couldn’t bring herself to hate was Su Xing.
In her past life, the only reason Su Li had managed to survive after being thrown out of Su Family Village was because Su Xing had saved her.
Su Xing saved her but didn’t dare do anything more. As soon as Su Li could get out of bed, Su Xing had urged her to leave quickly and go far, far away.
Su Li knew her sister had wanted to help her but was powerless to do so.
Su Xing was just an ordinary woman; she had to listen to her husband and certainly didn’t dare defy the wishes of Miao Fenghua and Su Dan by doing anything more.
Later, after her situation improved, Su Li had secretly gone to find Su Xing. She just missed her sister and wanted to thank her, but to her sorrow, Su Xing refused to acknowledge her, disowning her as a sister.
Su Li’s feelings for Su Xing were too complicated, which was why she had never once thought of seeking her sister out after being reborn.
"...Sister." Watching Su Xing’s tears, Su Li finally uttered the address she hadn’t used in so long.
Su Xing wiped away her tears and calmed down. She asked after Su Li’s well-being for a good while but never mentioned the real reason for her visit.
"Sister, did you... come here for a reason?" Su Li finally asked directly.
"I... I came to see you," Su Xing said after a moment’s hesitation.
Su Li didn’t say anything, just watched Su Xing quietly.
Su Xing lowered her head and finally spoke in a halting voice. "Mom told me to come. I didn’t want to, but she just kept crying at home... I had no choice."
After this period of recuperation, Miao Fenghua and Su Dan had finally recovered their energy. Their vile nature was impossible to change, and in the end, they started scheming again.
They were still after the money Su Li had. They even wanted back what they had returned to her before, but they didn’t dare come themselves, afraid of being arrested by the police again.
In the end, Miao Fenghua went to her eldest daughter again. She went to her son-in-law’s house every day to eat, drink, cry, and cause a scene, severely disrupting the lives of Su Xing’s family.
After being pressured for days, Su Xing had no choice but to come and find Su Li.
