Make a Fortune and Become Well-off [90] - Chapter 66
The ground in big cities was not yellow mud. When it rained, their feet would not sink into the mud ten centimeters deep. There was no need to ferry in big cities. There were buses just outside the door. They could take the bus to wherever they want to go in that city.
He heard that the Friendship Mall was as high as six floors. How high must it be? It sold many things that he had never seen or heard of.
Nowadays, all the educated youths who went to the countryside to join their team, except for the middle-aged teacher Xiaoan, have returned to the city. Only Grandpa Jiang, who had listened to the stories in the city, was left with his expectations and yearning for the city.
He knew that the city was a good place, a hundred times better than their county. He hoped that his granddaughter could take root and grow in such a good place in the future.
But he never thought about going himself. He was good at nothing and couldn’t survive in a place like that. There was no soil for him to take root. He yearned for the outside world but was afraid of the outside world. His only wish was to let his granddaughter step out of the small mountain village and see the vast world outside that he had never seen.
Grandpa Jiang was still patrolling the mountain, occasionally standing on the boulder on the top of the mountain and looking into the distance.
As far as he could see, the farthest point he could see was the long river in the distance and the Tanshan Mountain on the other side of the river. He couldn’t see anything further away.
He often went back to look at Tanshan Mountain on the other side of the river. Not only did he often look at it, but everyone on the other side of the river often looked at it. Whenever there was a power outage, everyone would go out to see if the lights on the other side of the river were still on. If the lights on the other side of the river were still on, then the power outage was a problem with their power station and they could call an electrician to repair it. If the lights on the other side of the river were also extinguished, then there would be a problem with the electricity in the whole town. There was no need to wait, there would definitely be no power that night.
The family’s debts had all been paid off, and there was no need to give his salary to them to pay off the debts. His money would be reserved for his granddaughter to attend high school. He brought the pheasants and rabbits he had shot down the mountain and asked Father Jiang to take them to the street to help him sell them when he went to the market.
He said, “I know that you and your wife love Jiang Song, and no one cares about Jiang Bai or Ning Ning. Jiang Bai is still living fine as he is a boy, and you are at least willing to pay for his tuition. I know your wife doesn’t want Ning Ning to go to school. I have no other ability, and your debts have been paid off. I have never kept the money I have to guard the forest. From now on, I will keep it myself and will not give it to you.”
“Ning Ning needs tuition fees, and I can’t pay it by picking up rags all the time.”
Grandpa Jiang’s annual salary was less than a thousand yuan, which was not enough to pay Jiang Ning’s tuition for two semesters. He had to find a solution elsewhere.
On the way back, he still held a snakeskin bag in his hand, as well as bottles and jars with wire and iron lids. He picked up everything he could see and put them in snakeskin bags. When he accumulated more, he would sell them together.
Jiang Ning didn’t know what Grandpa Jiang was really afraid of in big cities. She only wanted to buy a house in the city, take her grandpa over, let the hospital check his health, and take good care of his health.
But she vaguely knew that grandpa had no friends in the city. If he was told to do nothing and just stay at home, it would not be a good thing for the old man. It would be best to find something for him to do and give him more time. If he could make some money and have an income, he would feel at ease.
She wanted to rent a store near the school for her grandfather to sell dry goods such as melon seeds and peanuts, or go to the small commodity market to wholesale some snacks and sell them at the school gate.
Grandpa Jiang was not in good health and couldn’t do tiring work. With a store, it was best with little work.
Her first choice was the street where No. 1 High School was located.
There were two schools facing each other on this street, Wucheng No. 1 Middle School and Wucheng High School, both of which were the two most famous key schools in Wucheng.
Although there were two schools, that street was not lively and could even be called deserted, especially compared to the street next door with No. 2 High School and No. 4 High School, the contrast was particularly obvious.
The reason was that both the schools were too strict.
Because of the popularity of gangster movies in the 1990s, and the closure of many factories, countless workers were laid off, and young people could not find jobs. Many young people in their teens and 20s who had no jobs became street gangsters, working in groups all day long while wandering in the streets.
If there were too many people like that, it would be difficult for ordinary people.
Teachers from Wucheng No. 1 Middle School and High School were afraid that something might happen to their students. Except when they were allowed to go home on weekends, they kept the students in school and would not let them leave for a moment.
Even if it was a weekend and they needed to leave school, they had to fill out a form and write down the time they leave for, what they were going to do, where they were going, and when they were coming back.
Jiang Ning had previously promised to go shopping at the small commodity market and be back before seven o’clock. She still had time, so she strolled around the two nearby streets to see if there were any suitable stores to rent.
Different from the deserted street of No. 1 High School, the street next door was very lively, with many young boys and girls in school uniforms walking through various food stalls on this street.
There were also two high schools on that street, No. 2 High School and No. 4 High School. No. 2 High School was also considered a key high school.
For key high schools, it was not bad to be admitted to No. 2 High School. No. 2 High School always wanted to compete with No. 1 High School for the top spot, but it was always the younger brother. It had never been taken seriously by No. 1 High School. The only eyes of No. 1 High School were on the middle school, and vice versa, who would occasionally raise their eyelids to see the one that could threaten them.
No. 4 High School was a semi-arts high school. The school atmosphere was relatively relaxed, and students were not prohibited from entering and exiting the school. Therefore, the business on that street was much busier than the street with No. 1 Middle School and High School.
Jiang Ning wandered around the two streets casually to see if she could find a store to rent.
As a result, in a circle, not to mention the stores on both sides of the street, even the doors facing the alleys in the nearby alleys were all turned into fried skewers stores. The streets and alleys were all occupied by various people who could not find a job because they were laid off. They were occupied by the pancake sellers, spring roll sellers, wonton sellers, and fried skewers.
Yes, various small stalls were set up in a row, right to the entrance of the alley.
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