
Her words were surprising.
Li Aizhen and Xia Aijun were shocked. They stopped and looked at each other with confusion.
"When you grow up, then you can go to do business."
"I'll earn the money for our family right now. What you need to do is nothing but learning and you don't have to worry about anything."
Xia Wan shook her head.
She wanted to start a business.
The business of selling dried noodles was very good. The cost was little but the profit was good. In addition to the problems of getting up early and working hard, this business was very promising because the county hospital was nearby. If dozens of pounds of noodles were sold every day, they would earn nearly 100 pounds, which was more lucrative than making salary in the factory. It was very suitable for Xia Aijun, who was industrious and worked hard. Afterwards, they could serve fried vegetables and some other dishes to make more money. If the plan could go without a hitch, at the end of the year, they would earn nearly 10,000 pounds.
Xia Wan was not surprised at the reactions of Xia Aijun and Li Aizhen. On the one hand, the money they earned now was enough for them. On the other hand, the most important thing for Chinese parents was their children's learning.
Xia Wan thought for a moment and revealed all her thoughts.
"You don't have to worry about my studying. I'll take care of both business and study. During work days, I go to school and only set up a stall on Saturday. Dad, you can continue to work on the dried noodles business. I want to do the clothing business now."
Xia Wan explained to them with what she had seen today and the blueprint design in her mind in detail.
She had always had this idea, coupled with today's observation, so she could explain in so many details and answer all kinds of tricky questions put forward by Li Aizhen and Xia Aijun clearly and logically.
Xia Aijun always knew that Xia Wan was smart and reliable. It was Xia Wan who asked Li Ping for help with the business of dried noodles and the connection with the hospital. Although Xia Aijun presented Li Ping cigarettes as gifts later and Li Ping accepted them politely, it could be clearly seen that Li Ping was only befriending Xia Wan instead of her father.
If children were not smart, parents would be worried.
But if children were too smart, parents would also be worried.
Xia Aijun was worried that if he interfered too much, things would backfire. But he couldn't rest assured, he made an agreement with Xia Wan.
"First, you can only do your business on Saturday. Second, you can't leave behind your studies. The last thing, if you want to take a taxi to Hangcheng City to set up a stall to sell clothes, your mother will go accompany you."
Xia Wan nodded happily.
After all, she was only 14 years old. Her family had given consent to her plan, which was her first step towards success in her career.
After calculating her private savings, she found that there were still 100 pounds left, plus 50 pounds sponsored by Xia Aijun. It was a total of 150 pounds. Li Aizhen sewed a few secret pockets on the underwear of Xia Wan and put the money in different pockets.
Xia Wan was surprised at this for a while.
The next Saturday, it was still dark. Under the worried gaze of Xia Aijun, who had not yet set up his stall, Xia Wan was accompanied by Li Aizhen who carried a woven polypropylene bag, and they took the train, and went straight to the largest wholesale market in Hangcheng City.
At this time, even though there were cars, trains, planes and other means of transportation, it was not easy for such a long-distance trip.
Any facilities or advanced experience would be of little use to address the transportation problem of Huaxia, a large country with a large population.
Sure enough, after getting on the train, they found that the seats, aisles, and suitcase shelves were full of people and luggage, and it was impossible to elbow their way.
Xia Wan didn't want to waste her time to elbow their way among the crowded passengers. Holding the seat-less ticket, she directly pulled Li Aizhen to pick up an open space near the seat and put the woven polypropylene bag on the ground to sit on.
Outside the train window, the sky was still dark. It was three o'clock in the morning. In the dark night, there were only sounds of the train's running and people snoring in the carriages.
Li Aizhen was curious about everything about the train and also felt very lucky. After looking around for a long time, she whispered to Xia Wan,
"Fortunately, your father asked us to buy seat-less tickets directly. Not to mention saving money, even if we have seat tickets, we can't find any seat to sit."
Xia Wan couldn't help but feel that her father was far-sighted. She didn't have as much experience as her father did. She nodded and said with a smile,
"Fortunately, Hangcheng City is not far. It will take us only two hours to get there by train. We can just sit on the ground and make do with it."
If taking a bus, they would have comfortable seats and it would take their less time, but bus tickets were expensive. Li Aizhen didn't want to spend that much money on transportation, so Xia Wan had to get up so early.
"Go to sleep first. It's my first time taking the train. I'm so excited that I can't sleep. I'll wake you up when we get to the destination."
Xia Wan saw that her mother looked really radiant and very excited. Xia Wan didn't refuse her mother and leaned against the train wall and, in the shaking of the train, fell asleep slowly...
"Here we are, Xiao Wan!"
Xia Wan was gently nudged and woke up from her dreams. It was already five o'clock. There was a faint beam of sunshine piercing through the window. The carriage was particularly quiet. People were still sleeping. A few people who were about to get off were already waiting at the door.
The train was slowing down. Li Aizhen stood up quickly, picked up the woven polypropylene bag, took Xia Wan by the hand, and moved to the door to wait for getting off.
The train attendant approached slowly. When the train stopped at the station, everyone got out of the train by the open door.
Li Aizhen held the hand of Xia Wan tightly. Ignoring the noise around them, Li Aizhen directly walked out of the station.
There were a lot of vans and taxi cars parked next to the train station. When many drivers saw the two coming out, they immediately swarmed over and shouted.
"One dollar, one dollar, pay me one dollar, I can drive you everywhere."
"Get in the car and we can go now."
Li Aizhen was still holding Xia Wan, so she walked relatively slow. After a few steps, Li Aizhen fell behind the crowd and was soon surrounded by the car drivers.


