What Boss Liao said was very tempting, but Xue Ling didn't dare to accept it yet.
She is now more than five months pregnant, which can be considered a stable period, but she currently has no other income except translating and part-time jobs in newspapers.
Even if more than 20 houses are successfully rented, the amount collected is unlikely to be much.
This income is enough to live on, but it is far from enough to invest in big projects.
So far, the best business she has done is selling clothes, but selling on such a small scale would make it too difficult for her to carry a child. Secondly, it is a small-scale business, and she cannot make real big money.
For people in this era, having an income of more than 100 per month is quite good!
But she has lived in an era of economic boom and experienced the rapid and convenient development of the digital economy. Naturally, she will not be satisfied with the current status quo.
The principle of being a person and doing things is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat.
The mid-1980s to the late 1990s was a period of rapid economic growth. If she had stayed in Rongcheng to raise her children and live a comfortable life for ten years, by the time she wanted to continue making a lot of money, she might have missed it.
Furthermore, once a person becomes accustomed to being pampered, he will no longer be able to endure hardships, and will lose the original complacency and courage to work hard.
But she was really hesitant about which direction she should go next...
Cheng Tianyuan saw her sitting at the window in a daze, so he walked softly and slowly approached her.
"Daughter-in-law?" He hugged her from behind and hugged her pointed belly with his big hands, "What? The child is making trouble for you?"
When she was more than three months old, she said she could occasionally feel the little one moving in her belly, but it was not obvious enough.
At more than four months old, the little guy occasionally moves a lot.
Last night, while he was copying the final draft with her, she suddenly said "Ouch!" and said the little guy kicked her.
Cheng Tianyuan felt distressed and distressed, so he could only caress her belly gently, coaxing the little one not to torment his mother, but to stay well.
Xue Ling chuckled and nestled against his strong chest.
"No trouble, he was very good just now. Brother Yuan, I guess it may be a boy, because he is very naughty. The doctor said that it takes seven months to notice the feeling of being kicked. I am only more than five months old,
He started to make trouble."
Cheng Tianyuan smiled softly and kissed the top of her hair.
"Both boy and girl dolls are good. I prefer a girl doll, a little baby like you."
Xue Ling couldn't help but act coquettishly and muttered: "No! They say that a daughter is her father's lover in his previous life. If you have a little lover, you won't love me anymore."
Cheng Tianyuan couldn't even laugh or cry, he looked at her dotingly.
"How is that possible? I will always love you the most. Children are the continuation of our lives, and I will always feel pain."
Xue Ling chuckled: "I haven't given birth yet, so I don't know yet. When I give birth in the future, maybe you will only have your daughter in your eyes and heart."
Cheng Tianyuan said angrily: "What? You want to be jealous of your daughter now? How can that be done!"
"No matter! I have decided that I will only have sons in the future! I only want sons!" Xue Ling stuck out her tongue at him mischievously.
Cheng Tianyuan leaned down and pecked her forehead hard.
"Okay! It's very hot outside, and you and your son have to take a nap."
Now that her belly is getting bigger and the weather is hot and muggy, she always wakes up from time to time at night and doesn't sleep well enough. She has nothing to do at noon anyway, so it's better to sleep more.
Xue Ling nodded and asked, "Did you get the scarlet letter?"
"Bring it here." Cheng Tianyuan replied: "When you wake up, write it down and we'll post it at the door of the store."
He helped her stand up and half hugged her to the bed.
"Have a good sleep."
She felt sweet in her heart and slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Cheng Tianyuan turned down the electric fan on the ceiling, opened the door ajar, and walked out.
It was past lunch break, and there were no customers in the store, so it was deserted.
Chen Min and Chen Lan were sitting in front of the door taking a nap, and the three old people were taking a nap behind them.
Cheng Tianyuan was not sleepy and slowly packed the things on the shelves.
He wiped the beer bottle clean and put it on the shelf, his eyes unconsciously glanced out the window.
Suddenly, a woman not far away who was looking here was startled, turned around, and ran away in a hurry.
Cheng Tianyuan squinted his eyes and felt that the outline of the man's face was somewhat familiar.
It actually looks a bit like - A Fang?!
He quickly stared carefully, but quickly denied the idea.
That woman is more than half a head taller than A Fang, has long legs and long arms, is tall and thin, and looks smart and capable - how could she be her own girl!
"Alas..." He couldn't help but sigh softly.
There has been no news from the Imperial Capital, and I don’t know what happened to my sister.
Suddenly he remembered that it had been more than a month since he went to Lin Cong's house to inquire about news, and he planned to go there one more time in the evening.
Lin Cong's old house has been mortgaged by creditors, and his mother has been forced to live in the countryside. Lin Cong has just disappeared from the world, and no news has been sent to Rongchang.
Although he would probably be disappointed again, he still had to go.
Halfway through his work, he suddenly heard someone shouting outside: "From the clothing store! Is anyone busy? I have something to ask for!"
Cheng Tianyuan quickly threw away the rag and ran out, fearing that the visitor would wake up his precious wife.
I saw a man and a woman, both in their thirties, wearing bright clothes, bell-bottom pants, and permed hair. To use the word used on the radio nowadays, they looked very fashionable.
The summer afternoon was very hot. The two of them must have walked here, their faces were sunburned and they were sweating profusely.
The two of them were dressed very similarly, even their hair was similar. If the woman's physical features were not very obvious, he would have thought they were two men.
"Who are you looking for?" Cheng Tianyuan stopped in front of them.
The man grinned and pointed toward the clothing store.
"We're looking for the boss here."
Cheng Tianyuan was too hot under the sun. Seeing that they seemed to have come from a long distance, and the shoes on their feet were covered in dust, he pointed towards the store.
"The boss is taking a nap. What are you doing with her? Go over there to avoid the sun first."
The woman smiled cheerfully and happily.
"Laoshan, I finally found it! They are taking a nap, so we don't want to disturb them. I'm very thirsty, so I went inside to buy a bottle of beer."
The man called "Laoshan" also smiled and patted the woman on the shoulder.
"Listen to my wife!"
Then he looked up at Cheng Tianyuan and asked, "Brother, are you from that store? Do you sell beer here?"
"Yes." Cheng Tianyuan replied: "Go and choose among them, and I will help you drive."
The two followed Cheng Tianyuan into the store while talking.
“I didn’t expect they sell beer here! It’s pretty good!”
"Throughout this journey, the economy here has been quite good, not as backward as we initially thought!"
"Hey! That's what you think, but I don't! Except for the super big city in the northern imperial capital, aren't the rest of the country pretty much the same?"
Cheng Tianyuan opened two bottles of beer and handed them to them.
The man took out two dollars and put them on the cashier.
Cheng Tianyuan asked him for fifty cents.
"Our clothing store is temporarily closed. Do you want to buy clothes?"
The woman stared excitedly: "Why don't you open it? We came all the way here to buy goods from you!"