Chapter 880: Chapter 882: Arrangements
"Ji Ying, about yesterday, I’m really sorry." Chen He looked at Ji Ying with an apologetic expression, unsure of how to start.
"Second sister-in-law, it’s nothing. It’s just that I truly can’t lend you the ten thousand yuan." Ji Ying explained.
Chen He hurriedly replied, "No, no, I wasn’t thinking of borrowing ten thousand yuan." She paused, feeling the need to clarify further, said, "Yesterday, when I came with Deng Juan, I really did want to borrow money from you, but I only intended to borrow one thousand yuan, not more. You know, Shuting and Shuyan have both gotten married, but Shuhong is still studying and will need money for a wedding later."
"The textile factory isn’t doing well either, and Ji Feng doesn’t know how much longer he can keep working there."
Chen He sighed, the family was truly short of money.
"Does Second Brother have any plans about quitting the factory? Maybe finding another job?" Ji Ying suggested, knowing firsthand the struggles of being short of money. Now that she was earning money herself, she naturally hoped her family could have better days.
"Finding another job?" Chen He’s eyes instantly brightened, and she looked at Ji Ying with hopeful eyes, asking, "Do you have any good suggestions?"
"Well..."
Ji Ying hadn’t thought it through, and with Chen He looking at her eagerly, she wasn’t sure how to reply. She said, "Second sister-in-law, how about I go back and discuss it with Qinghe and Nian’an? Nian’an has a quick mind; maybe he will come up with something suitable for Second Brother."
"That sounds great, Ji Ying, thank you." Chen He looked at Ji Ying happily. Who would have thought that the once insignificant younger sister-in-law, who couldn’t even afford a meal, would be living such a good life now?
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In the evening, Ji Ying told them about what Chen He had said. She said, "When the family was poor, Second Brother and Third Brother helped us a lot. Do you have any good ideas to help them?"
"Dad, aren’t we selling our furniture to the city? Isn’t there a suitable candidate for it?" Xu Nian’an looked at Xu Qinghe. During the summer vacation, besides learning medicine from Du Chang, he spent his free time at the furniture factory.
He found that the furniture factory was doing well, but its scale wasn’t big enough.
If we could expand to the city, we’d surely make money!
"My car can transport goods to the city," Xu Nianji immediately said. He hadn’t decided yet what to transport from the county to the city, but now this was an opportunity to transport furniture.
"Your Second Brother can sell furniture?" Xu Qinghe looked at Ji Ying. He wouldn’t mind helping out Ji Family brothers, but could Ji Feng handle this job?
"I can ask my Second Brother to get stock from the furniture factory and sell it." Ji Ying replied, seriously thinking about it: "Second Brother is meticulous and hardworking; Third Brother is more diplomatic. I think if they team up, it could work out."
"Second Aunt can sell clothes, what about Little Aunt?" Xu Nianhua asked.
Second Uncle and Little Uncle were okay, but Little Aunt was more particular than Second Aunt. If the two uncles worked together, could it succeed?
"If Little Uncle is willing to work and earn money, Little Aunt wouldn’t care who he worked with. Besides, Little Uncle can manage Little Aunt." Ji Ying was quite sure about this.
Actually, it was Second Brother who was more afraid of his wife. Though Third Brother was usually quiet, in big matters, he was the one in charge. Otherwise, Dad wouldn’t have followed Third Brother all these years.