Su Xiaotian returned home in the evening.
Shen Zizhen had called the Su family in advance, so Grandma Su and the others were not anxious.
Because he had to send Su Xiaotian home, Su Sangong also returned home unusually.
Not long after the siblings returned, Su Xiaosi came back.
However, he entered the door sighing continuously.
It turned out that the day's turnover had fallen again.
"Only two thousand nine, not even three thousand," Su Xiaosi said dejectedly. "If it keeps falling at this rate, won't our shop lose money in the future?"
Hearing Su Xiaosi's words, the younger Su children instantly felt their moods darken.
Only Su Sangong continued to drink his tea, not worried at all about the decrease in daily turnover.
"There's only this much purchasing power, how can we sell nearly six thousand a day?" Su Xiaotian said with a laugh. "Our shop will know its profitability once customers stabilize after some time."
In fact, Su Xiaotian thought that even if the daily turnover stabilized at two thousand yuan, which would be sixty thousand yuan a month, with a profit margin of forty percent, that would be twenty-four thousand yuan, which was not a small sum.
The few people felt a little relieved after hearing Su Xiaotian say this.
But Su Xiaosi couldn't help but worry again.
"Xiaotian, isn't our shop a bit too out of the way?"
Thinking about it now, although the shop was good, the location was not ideal, which was a real problem.
More people meant sufficient customer sources.
"When we open shops in the future, we'll find prime locations!" Su Xiaosi said ambitiously.
Su Xiaotian smiled. This fourth brother was already thinking about a second shop just after the first one had opened.
He was born to be a businessman!
Next was exam time.
They were all studying in highly competitive classes, and it was not easy to achieve good grades.
The Su children did not have much time to consider the shop's operations, but were fully preparing for the exams.
The few children were almost hanging their heads by their hair and pricking their thighs.
When Su Taohua visited occasionally, she smiled and said to Grandma Su, "Everyone only talks about how smart and good our children's grades are, but no one sees their hard work."
"The old saying goes, 'one minute on stage requires ten years of practice off stage.' I think studying is the same; exams are just for a moment, but the time spent studying beforehand cannot be short."
Su Taohua nodded in agreement, "You are right, Grandma."
While the Su siblings were studying diligently for their exams, those who had taken the college entrance examination were waiting for their results.
After the younger ones in middle school finished their exams, the older brothers and sisters in college also finished theirs.
Except for Su Xiaotian, everyone else looked like they had been stripped of their skin.
University also went on holiday, and the Su children all returned home to live. The spacious courtyard became lively.
The younger Su children pestered Li Yuniang to make jelly and cold noodles.
They were now fully focused on making money, and the children would not let go of anything that could earn money.
Li Yuniang, with Tan Zishi guarding her, was in a great mood, and her health also improved a lot.
Moreover, Tan Zishi also helped with the work, and the daily output of cold noodles and jelly increased significantly.
"I thought we wouldn't be able to sell so much, but it was all gone in just one morning!" Li Yuniang said with emotion.
Tan Zishi quickly replied, "That's because your cooking is good, Yuniang, and many people are willing to eat it!"
This statement was certainly a bit flattering.
Li Yuniang glared at him and said playfully, "When you were young, I never heard you say such pleasing words. How come you've learned to be so sentimental in your old age?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Yuniang remembered that when Tan Zishi was young, his heart was filled with that other person, and she felt unhappy again.
The smile on her face visibly disappeared.
"Yuniang, I really never said these words before," Tan Zishi quickly affirmed.
It was true that he had favored his concubine over his wife back then, but he would never try to please his concubine.
In his opinion, she was just a woman and not worth pleasing.
Therefore, it was only the concubine who would try to curry favor with him.
Li Yuniang believed Tan Zishi's words, and she truly did.
Tan Zishi's personality was not good when he was young, and it was hard to imagine him trying to please a woman.
"Yuniang, I know you still have some things on your mind. Just wait and see!"
He had come to the capital, and when he left, he hadn't told anyone. It was not easy for others to find him.
Moreover, given the long distance, even if they knew he was in the capital, they probably wouldn't come looking for him.
Li Yuniang nodded, "I believe you!"
Tan Zishi helped Li Yuniang knead dough. "Let's knead more dough today, so we can make more tomorrow."
The small portions of cold noodles and jelly, which they thought wouldn't earn much, unexpectedly started to improve their lives.
Now that they were cooperating with the Su children on this venture, they had saved a small sum of money in just a few months.
Although it was still a long way from buying their own house, they finally saw hope.
The couple had also discussed privately that in a year or two, they would sell some of the treasures Tan Zishi had brought with him, then buy a small courtyard in the capital and live there permanently.
The Su family members were all in favor of this idea.
There were family members between the couple, and if they couldn't distance themselves, it would be difficult for them to live a good life.
It would be better to spend the rest of their lives in the capital, living a peaceful and comfortable life.
The younger children went from street to street, earning a lot of money every day.
In a few days, they were tanned like charcoal balls.
But because they were making money, who cared about that!
They were even darker when they were in the countryside, and they still made it here, didn't they?
As for the older ones, they were discussing going to Rongcheng to procure goods. Recently, Su Laosan had gone to Rongcheng and brought back quite a bit of stock, but it was clearly still not enough.
It was only because Chi Yiyuan was waiting to fill out his college application form that they waited a few more days.
Finally, after filling out the applications, Chi Yiyuan, Su Xiaoliu, and Su Xiaoliu all had their preferred schools and majors.
They had all performed well and never considered the possibility of not being admitted.
Therefore, with a stroke of the pen, their applications were completed.
This left the teacher, who had planned to guide them, feeling a lack of accomplishment.
However, it was common knowledge at Seventh Middle School that the Su children studied well.
These Su children were not only good at studying but also at martial arts. In the talent-rich Seventh Middle School, the Su children were considered prominent figures.
What the teachers didn't know was that after completing their applications, several of them had rushed home, grabbed their pre-packed bags, and boarded the southbound train with the others.
They had planned it long ago; time could not be wasted. They were going to Rongcheng again.
If they had enough time, they even planned to go to Mocheng.
As the two most economically prosperous places, there were naturally many new goods.
Their shops needed to develop, and they definitely needed sufficient stock.
The large group set off, leaving only Su Xiaosi with a look of resentment.