Chapter 225: Looks like our family is about to strike it rich!!

Lu Yuan's words echoed across the Qingbei Daxue campus.

Such remarks are still relatively rare.

Especially for the students of the Guozijian.

After everyone came to their senses, they burst into enthusiastic applause.

Moreover, some people shouted excitedly.

Whether they were Qingbei Daxue students or Guozijian students, most were young people.

Especially those in their twenties— their veins flowed not with blood, but with fire.

Frankly speaking, the Guozijian students were basically talented young men of promise.

Moreover, they were extremely capable and highly skilled.

On the contrary, one cannot simply say that, just because these people are disciples of the Cabinet, one would think of them in some way.

Take the notorious corrupt official Heshen of the past, for example— before the age of thirty-one, he too was a renowned capable minister.

Therefore, the Guozijian students remain highly capable; they have not yet entered the Imperial Court as officials, nor have they been tainted by any bad practices.

This is also why Lu Yuan is willing to let the Guozijian people come and listen to the lecture together.

Moreover, these scholars, when young, always carry a bit of arrogance; what they have in mind when they aspire to office is also to serve the country and the people.

At least for now it is this way; if they truly enter the court as officials later, that's another matter.

And what these people are thinking now coincides with what Lu Yuan has said.

Therefore, when Lu Yuan spoke those words, the Guozijian people were the most excited.

After everyone had risen, Lu Yuan then walked toward his office under the gazes of everyone filled with respect.

It's time to go home and eat.

……

On the way back, Lu Yuan leaned in the carriage, placing a small box on his lap.

These are some snacks that Gu Qingwan gave Lu Yuan in the afternoon to tide him over.

However, Lu Yuan was in the middle of an enthusiastic talk then, with no time to spare, so he didn't eat them.

Now there's no problem; let's have a bit first.

"Did you find that black, gooey liquid I mentioned?"

Lu Yuan glanced at the night scenery outside the window while asking casually.

Gu Qingwan, sitting beside Lu Yuan, gazed at him with affection and spoke softly:

"No, if any news comes up from below, I'll tell you right away, sis~"

The scene just now at the Qingbei campus truly made Gu Qingwan's heart flutter.

That feeling… made her want to immediately pull Lu Yuan into her embrace and meld him into her body.

He was simply too charming.

Originally, for Lu Yuan, Gu Qingwan was different from others; even a small thing he did casually would make her inexplicably like it.

And the way Lu Yuan spoke just now, generous and impassioned,

Gu Qingwan truly fell in love.

Before, Gu Qingwan could keep her fondness hidden in her heart, at least not showing it on the surface.

But now, Gu Qingwan can't even keep it from showing on her face.

At this moment, Lu Yuan nodded, but instead of looking at Gu Qingwan, he stared at the scenery outside the window.

He pondered where to go for fun over these five days.

Speaking of which, Lu Yuan pondered.

In the future, once we have petroleum and produce fuel turbines, we will certainly need to build roads.

As for expressways, they're definitely not needed now, but provincial roads will have to be built.

That's also good.

The Great Zhou Dynasty now lacks nothing but people; its large population can create many, many more jobs.

Having earned so much money in the first half of the year, the Great Zhou Dynasty allocating some of it to infrastructure is truly most appropriate.

That is, from now on, reform will be necessary.

Things like these factories and public institutions cannot remain solely under the control of the Imperial Court.

Some of these things need to be devolved.

Simply put, we need to allow private enterprises to exist.

If we want the economy to take off, we must do this.

For example, these factories under the Ministry of Works are iron rice bowls; without external pressure, they will quickly become complacent, even corrupt.

By then they'll only be living off past gains.

These have countless examples on Earth.

Only competition can bring better development.

However, we'll talk about these later; we've only just begun.

At the very least, we need to wait five years before discussing them.

At the very least, there's no problem for now.

After eating a bit, Lu Yuan struck a Ge You pose; the trip back would still take half an hour, so he dozed off a while.

Lu Yuan originally intended to nap this afternoon, but he kept shouting from the podium all day.

This really left Lu Yuan feeling a bit weary.

However, not long after Lu Yuan lay down, he suddenly felt a jade hand slip across his waist.

Afterwards, Lu Yuan felt someone hug him from behind, and a wave of extreme softness and comfort came from behind him.

Hmm?

Lu Yuan turned his head and saw Gu Qingwan blinking her beautiful eyes, looking at him extremely gently and saying:

"Leaning on your older sister's body, isn't it more comfortable?"

Lu Yuan was taken aback, then he hehe-laughed and said:

"This is quite embarrassing."

Lu Yuan said that, but he had no intention of getting up; he simply lay in Gu Qingwan's arms, rubbing back and forth.

Gu Qingwan's body is soft, and the fabric of her clothing is fine and smooth; it's really comfortable.

Gu Qingwan's face turned rosy from being rubbed by Lu Yuan, but she didn't push him away; she merely raised her eyebrows and let out a soft hum, saying:

"You little thing, still embarrassed? Before, you used your older sister as a pillow every day, and now you're embarrassed? ~"

Lu Yuan grinned and hehe-laughed, then didn't say anything else.

……

Over the next three days, Lu Yuan's life returned to how it was before.

In the morning he was lovey-dovey with his wife; in the afternoon, he no longer went fishing with Gu Lie or anything like that.

Now that the clothes made at home shop are done, Lu Yuan rides his bicycle to deliver them.

Actually, the home shop does not offer delivery service; customers have to come pick them up themselves.

It's just that it's his own home shop.

Now the weather is also good; riding out is just for a leisurely ride.

So, in the afternoon Lu Yuan first took the finished clothes to the shop.

In the shop he stamped them with steel seals, finished packaging, and sent them out one by one.

This little life is really comfortable.

Not to mention, the feeling of participating in delivering clothes to his own shop is really refreshing.

He and his wife now feel like an ordinary young couple drifting in Beijing, sharing the feeling of working together for the future.

Fourth day.

This is the day his home shop reopens.

Yesterday's last batch of clothes was also delivered by Lu Yuan.

It was done pretty quickly.

At first Lu Yuan thought that his wife and Yulan little sister finishing these would take at least ten-odd days.

But he forgot to count Taohua little sister.

Taohua little sister, who is currently idle at home, also comes over to help.

Of course, there's also his mother-in-law.

Although his mother-in-law says she can't use a sewing machine, she can still cut fabric and such.

So, in just seven or eight days, everything was finished.

As for now, the first batch of officials' relatives who came to support the shop's reopening have already finished.

From now on, the shop's opening will be for genuine customers.

Lu Yuan's demands are really not high.

Selling two pieces a day would be enough.

The profit from two pieces is thirty to forty yuan.

Thirty to forty yuan a day, that's about a thousand yuan a month.

With this money, working a few years, could he earn that?!!

The key is, it's not tiring at all; if they sell just two pieces a day, then his wife wouldn't need to work—Yulan little sister could do it.

His wife is just there to entertain the ladies, having them drink tea and chat.

How wonderful that is.

Of course, Lu Yuan's family wouldn't bully Yulan little sister, after all Lu Yuan treats her as his own younger sister.

From now on, even if they don't make a thousand a month, even if they make eight hundred or six hundred, Lu Yuan's family will give Yulan little sister a wage of one hundred yuan.

Giving Yulan little sister some extra money, when the time comes to propose to Kou Yang, that'll be easier to say, right?

……

9:30 a. m.

Lu Yuan rode his bike with his wife, while Yulan little sister rode her own bike.

Lu Yuan also went to the shop today, guarding his wife~

When they arrived at the front courtyard, they saw Taohua little sister busy with her big belly.

The young wives in this courtyard are all diligent; they can't stay idle.

"You're busy, Taohua little sister."

Lu Yuan looked at Chen Taohua and grinned, saying:

Taohua little sister looked up and saw Lu Yuan and the three of them, and immediately also smiled and said:

"Brother Lu, Sister Su, you're going to open for business."

Upon seeing Taohua little sister, Su Liyan quickly grabbed a handful of sugar from the basket of her small cart.

She stuffed it into Taohua little sister's pocket, smiling as she greeted her.

These days, Taohua little sister comes every day to help, without asking for wages—who wouldn't like that?

Of course, Lu Yuan's family also hasn't shortchanged Taohua little sister.

During the grain‑control period, Lu Yuan's family always took Taohua Meizi out for a good noon meal.

That evening Taohua Meizi didn't eat at Lu Yuan's house, so Lu Yuan also had her bring back some meat, eggs, etc.

Well, these days it's not just Taohua Meizi who's been eating well—Gao Tingyu has been eating well too.

Before this, Gao Tingyu would curl his lip whenever he saw Lu Yuan.

Now he's improved—when he sees Lu Yuan he doesn't curl his lip anymore, and sometimes he even greets him first.

Look, there's no such thing as an ungrateful dog~

Lu Yuan was holding his bike, standing in place, just about to say something.

Just then he saw Gao Tingyu wheeling his bicycle out of the house.

Seeing Gao Tingyu, Lu Yuan said, a bit dazed:

"Eh? When did you buy your bike?"

After Gao Tingyu went out and saw Lu Yuan, he blinked, then said proudly:

"Just yesterday—I just bought it!"

Seeing Gao Tingyu's smug look, Lu Yuan couldn't help but chuckle.

But speaking of it, Gao Tingyu doesn't amount to much in my eyes.

But seriously speaking, Gao Tingyu is still a promising young talent.

Twenty‑one years old, a second‑rank forging worker—really not bad.

Immediately Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow and teased:

"Yo, you're that good—can you ride it?"

Hearing Lu Yuan's dismissive words, Gao Tingyu shot back with a disbelieving raised eyebrow:

"How could I not know how to ride?!"

"It's not like you're the only one in Huangcheng with a bike—I've been learning on other people's bikes at the factory for days!"

Lu Yuan chuckled, didn't add anything else, just looked at Gao Tingyu curiously and said:

"You're not going to work today?"

Gao Tingyu waved his hand and said:

"No, I'm taking my wife to the hospital for a prenatal check‑up today."

Hearing Gao Tingyu's words and then glancing at Chen Taohua's belly, Lu Yuan blinked curiously and said:

"Almost due?"

Taohua Meizi smiled happily and nodded, saying:

"About a month and a half left."

Hearing Taohua Meizi's words, Lu Yuan nodded seriously and said:

"Then you need to take it easy these days—don't overwork yourself; just sit and do light hand work."

"Don't keep lifting basins and doing all that like you're doing now."

"If it's within a week of your due date, come tell me."

"I have contacts at the Third Hospital; I can get you into a delivery room then, without much cost or waiting."

"We can't let Taohua Meizi work for our family for nothing, can we?"

"Besides, we're from the same courtyard; Lu Yuan likes Taohua Meizi's character, so helping her is no trouble—just a word from him."

Lu Yuan's words left Gao Tingyu at a loss.

He blinked beside them, then muttered somewhat unwillingly:

"Thanks."

Hearing Gao Tingyu's words, Lu Yuan found it a bit funny—"Yo, this guy can actually talk now."

"But just saying thanks isn't enough."

Lu Yuan thought, after Taohua Meizi gives birth, this guy also gets seven days of paternity leave—those seven days should be used to make him do some work for our family.

Of course, Lu Yuan didn't say anything just now.

Afterwards, everyone left the courtyard together, and when they reached the market gate, Lu Yuan and the two others went into the market to the shop.

Gao Tingyu, meanwhile, took Taohua Meizi to the hospital.

"Brother~ in the future, how many items do you think our shop can sell in a day?"

Having entered the market, Su Liyan got off the vehicle—there are more and more people in Huangcheng, the market is especially crowded, and it's no longer easy to ride a bike.

Su Liyan got down and linked arms with her man, chatting casually.

Lu Yuan blinked, then thought a moment and said:

"From now on, we should be able to sell at least one or two items a day—of course, business like this is hard to predict."

"Anyway, I think we can definitely sell forty or fifty items a month."

"Forty or fifty?"

Su Liyan blinked, did the math in her head, then excitedly clung to her man's arm and said in a sweet voice:

"If that's the case, we could earn eight or nine hundred yuan a month—far more than working a job!"

Hearing his wife's words, Lu Yuan gave a helpless laugh and said:

"I said that, but in reality it can't be the same every month."

"For example, sometimes a month we might only sell ten or eight items—business like this is unpredictable."

"His wife takes his words too seriously—who can guarantee anything in trade?"

"Just because Lu Yuan said forty items a month doesn't mean it'll really be forty."

"How could that be possible."

But anyway, our shop won't lose money; it'll definitely earn more than working as a craftsman.

So, first give my wife a heads‑up, otherwise if too few people show up later she'll be disappointed.

Soon, as Lu Yuan and his two companions arrived at the street of their shop and were about to open the door, they suddenly discovered.

Well……

How many people have come!!

Lu Yuan and his two companions had just appeared at the shop entrance before they could react.

The surrounding ladies adorned in gold and silver immediately swarmed over, surrounding Lu Yuan and his two companions.

Upon seeing the white fox ears on Su Liyan's head, they knew Lu Yuan and his two companions were the shop's owners.

Now these ladies were all complaining that the Lu family's shop opened too late.

Lu Yuan glanced at the at least forty or fifty people and blinked.

The corners of his mouth slowly curled up.

Hmm……

It looks like the market response is even better than I thought!!

Our shop is going to make a fortune!!

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