Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Kind-Hearted Wen Shu

  Lin He felt that she was lucky to have come into this world. At home, her family loved her dearly, and outside, she had met good people like Uncle Wen.

  It is undeniable that what she came up with has a certain appeal, but for someone like Wen Shu, not doing one business is no big deal.

  Lin He knew that Uncle Wen's Caodie Xuan was just a small shop for him, and he had many businesses in the county and even in the capital.

  Lin He thanked Wen Shu with gratitude, and Wen Shu waved his hand without saying much.

  Mr. Wen looked at the little girl in front of him and thought that his own son was about the same age, but being spoiled by the women at home, they treated him like a precious treasure, cultivating a savage and overbearing personality.

  This little girl is already starting to take on the heavy responsibility of taking care of her family at such a young age. Of course, I'm also interested in the plush toy business that she came up with, and I think it's worth doing. Plus, my intuition tells me that this little girl isn't simple-minded, and there are probably many strange ideas floating around in her head.

  Also, I really want to help her out. Doing business is tough, and as someone who has been through it, he knows that especially for a young kid with no money and no connections. So, he plans to open this store with the little girl.

  At his age and current status, money is just a number to him. Making money is merely based on doing things that interest him, and there's no big deal whether he closes one more or one less business deal.

  Lin He told Boss Wen, "Uncle Wen, I may not come out often in the future. My big brother will still rely on you to take care of him more. In the future, just call him Da Bao and he'll be fine. On days when he doesn't go to school, he can come to the store to learn some things. Let him start from the bottom up, no need to arrange a special position for him. He won't participate in any management within the store either. The management of the store is still as you and I discussed, we don't participate. If my brother comes over, just let him learn something."

  "Wait, I'll be honest with you, Uncle Wen. My family is just an ordinary farming household. My dad isn't a businessman and has no interest in it either. He spends his days tending to our few acres of land. My brother is the eldest son, and I don't want him to follow in my dad's footsteps and farm all his life. I want him to go out and broaden his horizons so that he can take care of the family in the future. Can you help me teach him?"

  Mr. Wen listened, nodded and agreed with Lin He's words "Don't worry, He'er, after Dabao finishes school, he'll come to the shop, I know what to do, I'll talk to the shopkeeper, if there's anything at home that needs my help, just say so, it can be done. Big favors may not be possible, but small ones should be no problem."

  Lin He nodded, thinking that if he wanted to do something big in the future, he should go to Wen Shu's place. After agreeing with Wen Shu, they decided to let Da Bao come alone tomorrow and then leave.

  Uncle Wen still kept them to finish their meal before going back, Lin He felt embarrassed, every time they had to let Uncle Wen treat them to dinner, last time was the same, Uncle Wen wouldn't let them refuse and took them to the "Yunlai Guest House" where they ate last time. Last time Lin He didn't take a close look at this restaurant because she was in a hurry to go back after eating.

  Lin He saw that Wen Shu came to this restaurant with an air, and it seemed that this inn was also one of Wen Shu's properties. Last time they came to eat, they went straight to the private room for dinner, and after finishing their meal, they didn't see Wen Shu pay the bill either.

  Today was the same private room as last time, and as soon as we entered, the waiter came over immediately, very respectfully asking Mr. Wen what he wanted to eat. After Mr. Wen ordered, Lin He stood up and looked out the window at the large lobby downstairs. This inn was huge, probably with hundreds of rooms across several floors, and it was decorated very luxuriously. The guests eating downstairs were also dressed in expensive clothing, not a single one of them looked like an ordinary person, and just one meal would cost at least several taels of silver.

  Lin He knew that ancient inns were like this, where restaurants and accommodations were together. You could just eat or you could eat and stay together. No matter what era it was, opening such a large hotel would be a lucrative business. Even in the previous life, having as much wealth as Wen Shu must have been an extraordinary person.

  After dinner, Uncle Wen still had his carriage send them back. In the carriage, Dabao asked Linhe in a low voice, "Sister, will I really not follow Father to farm in the future?"

  Lin He glanced at him and said, "What's good about following Dad to farm? You see, Dad has been farming for a lifetime, but he's always stuck in this small village. What's the point? You've gone out so many times, don't you think there's any difference between the outside world and our village?"

  Dabao thought for a moment and said, "Many things are different. People in the city speak louder than us, their clothes are more beautiful than ours, even the little second of Cai Die Xuan understands more things than us. It's just that everything outside feels completely different from our Linjia Village."

  "So what do you think is good and what kind of thing do you like?"

  Dabao thought that if he had never seen the outside world, it would be fine to spend his whole life in Linjia Village, as generations of villagers had done before him.

  But since he started working at the iron shop and then spent several months making money with his sister outside, building a house, opening a store and doing so many things, his thinking has undergone an earth-shaking change. In comparison, he likes the life of people living outside more, it's not that he doesn't care about himself, but his family will live very well.

  Lin He saw that Da Bao was silent, and she also guessed his thoughts. "Big brother, I know that our life in Linjia Village is not bad either. We work from dawn till dusk, the villagers are simple and honest, and there are no major conflicts. But outside, people's hearts are difficult to measure. Even if someone is smiling at you, they might stab you in the back afterwards. However, I don't want our future generations to live such a life, where even warmth and food are not guaranteed. Even if we end up living in Linjia Village in the end, at least we should earn some money outside and return home to live a life like that of a wealthy landlord."

  Dabao listened to his sister's words, his mouth wide open in surprise. He didn't have such a big idea before. The Xia family had over 1,000 mu of good land and their mansion had several courtyards. It was said that they also had many other estates elsewhere.

  It's probably very difficult for our family to reach that level now, but Da Bao's idea is quite simple: earn some money, buy a small house in the town where we can all live together, and open a shop that can make enough money each month.

  Lin He knew that this older brother was still young now, and his way of thinking must not be comparable to hers as a modern person. Let's take it slow, wait until he gets older and has more experience outside, then he will naturally understand her thoughts.