boyutpedia Chapter 261
Chapter 261
Why didn’t I realize that Xu Ting’s personality was so annoying when I was in school?
"We are all classmates and good friends. Stop arguing, it's all my fault. If I hadn't been careless, this mistake wouldn't have happened." Jiang Meimei said, pulling Xu Ting's sleeve. "Don't say it, Chunyu is doing this for our own good. After all, we work in her aunt's store. If we don't do well, we will implicate her. It's always right to listen to her more often."
Xu Ting snorted unconvincedly, "Chunyu, although we work in your aunt's shop, don't take advantage of this and think that we will obey you in everything. We are classmates and we get along equally. Don't let us work in your shop and we have to obey you in everything."
Gu Chunyu was so angry that his chest heaved, "When did I ever tell you to obey me in everything?"
Jiang Meimei gently tugged at Xu Ting and said helplessly, "Okay, don't get angry at once. Chunyu is doing this for our own good, otherwise where would we go to earn these few dozen dollars for the entire summer vacation? Don't underestimate these few dozen dollars, they are two or three months' living expenses."
Xu Ting glanced at the clothing store and said arrogantly, "If I have to swallow my anger and obey her just for a few dozen dollars, I would rather not earn the money than suffer this bullying!"
Jiang Meimei noticed that Gu Chunyu had tears in her eyes, so she quickly pulled Xu Ting and advised, "Tingting, stop talking. A few dozen yuan may not be much, but think about it. You can buy whatever you want with your own money. Didn't you fancy a skirt in the department store?"
These words successfully shut Xu Ting up, and her initial attitude of not bowing to the temptation of money suddenly died down.
Lin Shu entered the store.
The shop assistants who were originally standing together dispersed instantly when they saw Lin Shu coming in.
Looking at Gu Chunyu standing at the cashier counter with red eyes, he asked with a smile: "What's wrong?"
Gu Chunyu shook her head vigorously, but when she looked up and met Lin Shu's gaze, tears suddenly fell.
When Jiang Meimei and Xu Ting saw this, they looked at each other and became nervous, fearing that if there was a quarrel over this matter, Lin Shu would fire them.
Lin Shu asked her to go to the warehouse in the back to sort out the goods. "You are not in the right mood to stay in the store to receive customers. Go to the warehouse in the back to relax first."
Gu Chunyu wiped her tears and obediently went to the warehouse at the back.
Lin Shu did not ask about the dispute between the little girls. She asked at the cashier about the sales in the past few days, and looked at the report for this month. When she found no problems, she went to the warehouse at the back.
"Do you feel particularly wronged?"
As soon as Lin Shu asked, Gu Chunyu began to cry again out of grievance.
Lin Shu found it funny: "Do you usually feel like best friends when you interact with each other?"
Gu Chunyu nodded: "Yes, we used to get along best in the class, but I didn't expect that after graduation Xu Ting would completely favor Jiang Meimei."
Lin Shu rubbed her hair and comforted her: "This is normal. Under normal circumstances, people like to sympathize with the weak. During your confrontation, Jiang Meimei is very good at showing weakness."
"It doesn't mean that whoever is weaker is right." Gu Chunyu muttered unconvinced.
Lin Shu didn't argue with her, but said: "Pure friendship is pure, but once interests are involved, many feelings are vulnerable. Of course, when interests are involved, you can quickly see the true nature of a person. Interests are like a magic mirror. Sometimes, whether a person is a human or a demon is revealed in front of interests."
Previously, their interests were favorable to them, so everyone was willing to support her. Today, due to a mistake, their interests might be damaged. Gu Chunyu still wanted to lecture them, which immediately led to a conflict.
The little girl probably couldn't bear a few words from her friend and cried very sadly.
But in one’s lifetime, relatives and friends come and go, and no one is more important than anyone else. In fact, the most important person is yourself.
Only if you love yourself and care about yourself can you live more freely in this bustling world.
She was young before, and when she was young, she was moved when she saw a girl dying for love, or when she saw lovers swearing to each other forever.
When you reach a certain age and look back on the past, you will feel that love, family, and friendship in this world are just the spice of life.
Yes, life is more colorful.
No, life goes on.
"Are you saying that the reason they targeted me today is because they were afraid that their interests would be damaged?" Gu Chunyu looked at her with red eyes.
Lin Shu nodded: "If today's matter had nothing to do with interests, maybe they could just coax you and let it go. When making friends, you have to make yourself feel comfortable. If the friends you make can't bring you happiness, and the interaction can't make you feel comfortable, then don't make friends, it's not worth your effort and worry."
Gu Chunyu lowered her head and thought for a long time, feeling a little depressed: "Aunt, don't worry about me, I'm fine."
Lin Shu reached out and ruffled her hair again, without saying anything else to comfort her.
When students work during the summer vacation, Lin Shu will not fire them for such a small matter. As long as they work hard in the following days, she will settle their wages and let them leave before school starts.
In the next few days, Lin Shu didn't see Liu Huimin come to see her. Maybe the two of them were having so much fun that they didn't want to leave, so Lin Shu went up the mountain for a few days.
There are also many medicinal herbs that can be harvested in summer, such as selfheal, honeysuckle, houttuynia cordata, burdock, nightshade, imperata root, rush, motherwort, viola yedoensis, podocarp, hellotongue, mint, elm tree, pinellia, etc.
Most of the medicinal herbs harvested in summer have the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat.
There is also a kind of herb called ground pearl, also known as underground pearl, because there is a white bead on the rhizome, hence the name. The harvest time in summer is generally only ten to twenty days. If you miss it, you will have to wait another year.
These are all relatively common medicinal herbs, among which the famous Dendrobium is also called Huanyangcao in some places. Wild Dendrobium is one of the precious wild medicinal materials. It is harvested in summer and made into tea to clear away heat and relieve summer heat, and it can also improve eyesight and promote bowel movements.
It can be said that when it comes to herb harvesting, there are herbs suitable for harvesting in every season of the year.
She had been slacking off on her herb collecting during this period.
Looking at the more than 150,000 points in the balance, one can imagine how long it will take to accumulate the one million points needed for the next upgrade.
"Why are you sighing? What happened?"
Lin Shu came down from the mountain, washed up and sat at the dressing table to dry her hair. Gu Jiu came in and heard her sigh.
"Nothing, just feeling a little tired after running in the mountains all day."
Gu Jiu put Dabao down. The little brat held on to the wall with his two little feet and soon moved to Lin Shu's side.
Lin Shu saw that he had short arms and legs but was very agile, so she happily picked him up and sat him on her lap.
"If you are tired, go to bed early after dinner." Gu Jiu wanted to reach out and hug Dabao, but Dabao pushed his hand away and threw himself into Lin Shu's arms.
"Erbao is still reluctant to go home?" Lin Shu heard Erbao shouting downstairs. It seemed that he was having a great time playing with his friends and didn't want to go home.
Gu Jiu stood by the window, looking at the noisy Erbao below, with a doting look in his eyes: "Mom stays with her, she won't go home until it's dark."
"You go down and get her back. She's only giving you face."
Gu Jiu looked at his precious daughter downstairs, smiled helplessly, waved to Lin Shu and Dabao, and went downstairs.
Lin Shu asked Dabao to sit on the dressing table, facing her: "You can see the system mall, you should know that the next upgrade requires one million points, how many years do you think it will take to save one million?"
Dabao shook his short legs a few times and said, "The system only asks you to collect herbs, but it doesn't say they must be wild. You can ask someone to grow them."
If the cultivation of Chinese medicinal herbs can reach a certain scale, it is possible to generate profits of hundreds of millions, so a mere one million should not be a big deal.
Lin Shu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said in surprise, "Why didn't I think of growing Chinese medicinal herbs?"
He hugged Dabao and gave him a kiss: "My son is really smart. But how can we make the villagers willing to grow Chinese medicinal herbs instead of growing food?"
"Just like doing business, you can sign a contract with the villagers and set a minimum purchase price so that the growers can see the profit. I believe some people are willing to try planting." As Dabao grows older, he speaks a little slower, but he can still express his ideas.
Lin Shu nodded in agreement and said, "This is a good idea. People who are not familiar with it will definitely not believe me. I want to start with Xiaohe Village and let the villagers in my village plant it first. After a year, they will benefit from it. I believe the surrounding villages will be willing to plant medicinal herbs."
Lin Shu was thinking about how to convince the village chief to organize everyone to grow medicinal herbs. With the village chief taking the lead, I believe many villagers are willing to try.
Dabao twisted his little butt and tried to get down from the dressing table. Lin Shu nudged his belly with his head and said regretfully, "I really hope you grow up quickly so that you don't have to worry about these things."
After hearing this, Dabao wanted to say that he really didn't want to earn such hard-earned money by growing herbs. When he grows up, he can make more money by doing anything else.
For example, the simplest and fastest way to make money is stock trading.
As someone who has been through this, and the villa you brought with you can be connected to the Internet, you can check the stock market information of that year and make a fortune.
However, he can also use the system mall, and he cannot just sit back and watch when it comes to upgrades.
Lin Shu carried Dabao downstairs and was slightly stunned when she saw Gu Youtao sitting on the sofa and chatting with Gu Jiu.
"You Tao is here."
Gu Youtao saw Lin Shu carrying Dabao down from upstairs, and he stood up and called out, "Aunt."
Lin Shu walked to the other side of the sofa and sat down, then asked with a smile, "Why did you come here alone? Xiaoqin and the child didn't come with you?"
Gu Youtao smiled and said, "Xiaoqin went back to her parents' home today with her child."
Lin Shu nodded and looked at Gu Jiu. What brought Gu Youtao here?
Gu Jiu scratched his nose and glanced at the kitchen. "Go tell Sister Chen that You Tao will be at home for dinner tonight."
There were guests at home, so Lin Shu did not offend him. He handed Dabao to Gu Jiu, smiled and told Youtao to stay for dinner, and went to the kitchen to ask Sister Chen to cook two more dishes.
Gu Jiu saw Lin Shu leave and frowned slightly: "This is not a long-term solution for you."
Gu Youtao nodded honestly and admitted his mistake.
Dabao looked at Gu Youtao curiously, wondering what this cousin came here for today?
"In the past, you two lived together, and your monthly salary was all gone. Now that you have a child, you still don't know how to save some money. Are you going to borrow money from others every time you encounter problems in the future?"
"I know, uncle, but I give all my monthly salary to Xiaoqin. Whenever something happens, she says she has no money..." Every family has its own difficulties. At this moment, Gu Youtao felt it was hard to put into words.
When Dabao heard this, he suddenly realized that the man came to borrow money because he had no money.
Gu Jiu is only the uncle, so it is not right for him to say bad things about his niece-in-law, but at this moment he has to remind him: "Borrowing money is not a long-term solution after all. You can't spend your whole life borrowing money or paying it back. If you want your family to live a prosperous life, you must be courageous and support the family."
I never got repaid the money I borrowed last time, but I’m here to borrow again this time.
Gu Jiu was too tired to complain. His eldest nephew and his wife really treated him like an ATM.
"Uncle, I will definitely change. But my mother-in-law's 50th birthday is in a few days, and the birthday gift is too shabby, which brings shame to our Gu family. Please help me this time, and I will definitely change in the future and take control of the family's financial power in my own hands." Gu Youtao begged, without mentioning when he would pay back the money.
Gu Jiu looked at the eldest grandson of the Gu family who was so humble, and felt sad in his heart. How could the first college student among his grandchildren end up in such a state?
We have to borrow money for weddings and funerals at home. How did our life become like this?
"How much difference this time?"
Gu Youtao originally wanted to say a few nice words, but he didn't expect Gu Jiu to ask him directly how much money he needed?
He wanted to say it was a big difference, but he was afraid that Gu Jiu would scold him for being a boaster, so he could only grit his teeth and raise a finger: "One hundred yuan."
Gu Jiu didn't say much. It was his own choice how to live his life.
While Lin Shu was still in the kitchen, Gu Jiu took out ten big unity notes and handed them to him, saying to him mercilessly: "Take it, a real man, your pockets are cleaner than your face, you are getting more and more successful!"
Gu Youtao glanced nervously towards the kitchen, and seeing that Lin Shu had not come out yet, he quickly took the money and put it in his pocket.
Lin Shu stayed in the kitchen, estimating the time. When he thought that the uncle and nephew had almost finished talking, he came out of the kitchen and sat in the living room to exchange a few words with Gu Youtao.
Finally, Gu Youtao handed it over to Gu Jiu to take care of things. After Liu Xiao'e came back with Erbao, she and Liu Xiao'e took the two children into the toy room.
After entering the toy room, Liu Xiao'e asked, "When did Youtao come?"
"Before you and Erbao come back." Lin Shu answered as he tied Dabao and Erbao to the rocking chair and gave it a gentle push, and the rocking chair started moving.
Dabao had a stern face with no expression, while Erbao was a brave one. He opened his mouth slightly with joy, and his saliva could not be controlled and flowed out from the corners of his mouth, forming long silver threads.
"Isn't he coming here to borrow money again?"
Tsk, even Liu Xiao'e knew that Gu Youtao had borrowed money from them several times, and it had almost become a conditioned reflex when she saw him coming home.
Lin Shu did not answer her immediately, but looked at Dabao with a questioning look.
After getting Dabao's response, she nodded: "That should be the case. If he is not short of money, he rarely comes home."
"He and Youhui are brothers, right? Why is there such a big gap between them?"
Liu Xiaoe couldn't understand why a college student and a high school student, one of whom had never caused any worries to his family since leaving school, and the other not only caused worries to his parents but also to his uncle.
If she were to say, her uncle is not her father and he cannot take care of what he eats, drinks, defecates and urinates.
But she couldn't say this out loud, for if she did, she was afraid that Gu Jiu would misunderstand that she was trying to alienate the relationship between them as uncle and niece.
Gu Jiu gently pushed the rocking chair and shook his head: "Maybe he is the eldest grandson, the first child of his eldest brother and his wife, so he has been spoiled since he was a child."
Sometimes the more spoiled a boy is, the less successful he becomes.