Blossoms of Rebirth

Hearing Li Qiule say "the four are bookstores", Sheng Tang was amused by her and immediately asked: "What is the extra 'for'?"

"For the bookstore owners to support their families in Hukou!"

After saying that, Li Qiule laughed twice and said, "I know, you are definitely not worried about the difficulty of opening up the market. When you went from a small bookstall to taking over Changqiu University Town, you were not afraid of difficulties at that time, right? I think you definitely don't want to let

Those bookstore owners insist on taking books from bookstores after losing their jobs? You are different from those businessmen who are only interested in profit."

"I'm embarrassed by what my senior sister said. I didn't know I was that noble."

Li Qiule curled his lips and said, "It's more modest. Although if you take books from the bookstore, the price will definitely be cheaper than if they sell them directly to students, it's much easier for them to sell them directly to you than before. You needed to hire people before, but now

There is no need for it anymore, and the energy and money saved invisibly are much more than before. Therefore, if Sanwei Bookstore can become popular, everyone will be a winner."

Sheng Tang smiled: "The one who knows me is Senior Sister! I want to recruit Senior Sister to my army!"

Li Qiule thought that Tang Dynasty was joking, so he didn't take it seriously.

"That's right. Excessive modesty is hypocrisy!"

After chatting about Sanwei Bookstore, Sheng Tang asked: "Sister, why did you choose marketing in the first place?"

"Because... you like it!"

When he said this, Li Qiule's eyes were a little wandering, with a hint of sadness.

Sheng Tang knew the reason, because he heard Tang Wenjuan tell him that Li Qiule's father was a businessman, and his father did quite well when he was in business. Li Qiule's family was also well off at the time, so Li Qiule's choice of marketing was influenced by his father.

Due to the influence of her father, Li Qiule has strong professional ability since she was a child. She ranked first in the department in professional courses in four years of university. This is why her teacher recommended her to enter the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.

However, when she was in her sophomore year, her father was suddenly diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. She and her mother spent all their family savings and traveled to hospitals in Yanjing and Shanghai, but in the end they could not save him, and her family

Because her father was no longer at the helm of the business, many dealers collectively came to ask for payment, and the company eventually went bankrupt.

Li Qiule's teacher also knew about her family's situation, so when she graduated, she strongly recommended her to work in the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.

"Sister, is your family engaged in business?"

Although he knew that Li Qiule's scars would be revealed, Sheng Tang still did it. On the one hand, he recruited Li Qiule, and on the other hand, he felt that Li Qiule was more suitable for business than politics.

Sure enough, when he heard this question, Li Qiule's face instantly turned bitter, and his eyes seemed to be covered with mist.

"Well...it was just before..."

"..."

Shengtang did not continue to pursue this topic, but said: "Senior sister, I think based on what you just analyzed with me, you are more suitable to enter the enterprise instead of politics. Didn't you choose marketing as a major?

Isn’t your ideal to be a successful entrepreneur?”

After hearing this, Li Qiule stood up, walked to the window and looked at the vehicles passing by on the opposite road, with a seemingly helpless wry smile on his face.

“Don’t today’s students all like to say that ideals are beautiful but reality is cruel?”

Li Qiule did not look back, his eyes were still on the busy traffic on the road, but his mind had already drifted to other places: "My dream was to go to a good company and then do my best. But later I discovered that good companies are everywhere.

In the south, or on the coast, apart from some state-owned enterprises, where are there any good private companies in Jinnan? And I particularly like Jinnan, at least Handong, right? I don’t want to go out because I’m afraid I won’t adapt to the climate, so this ideal was shattered.”

"Later I thought about taking a step back. Instead of going to the south, I could go to the island city. Although it is not close to Jinnan, it is still in Handong, and all the people speak Handong dialect. I can still adapt to it, but...

Later I discovered that I could not leave Jinnan, so Daocheng also gave up."

"When I stay in Jinnan, let alone the companies, I really haven't found any company that I like. It's better not to go to those companies that are full of rules and regulations. If you go, you will become a robot, repeating the same thing all day long. It is really boring.

It’s too unchallenging.”

"Later I was recommended to come here. After working for half a year, I realized that maybe life is like this. I once dreamed of traveling to the end of the world with a sword and seeing the prosperity of the world - but in the end, it ended up being mediocre and ordinary, and I lived a step-by-step life every day.

, I will sign up again during the national examination this year, and I will be completely fixed here. Actually, it’s good to think about it. Work, get married, and have children. This is life, right?”

"..."

Li Qiule said a lot in one breath, and Sheng Tang didn't interrupt. He listened to her the whole time. From her words, Sheng Tang could hear her original love for life, and the subsequent change in her mentality, until she returned to mediocrity.

Judging from Li Qiule's behavior and the tone of her previous words, Sheng Tang was certain that she must be eager to pursue the path of business, and her change of mentality must have come from the death of her father. She may have been disappointed with the future.

Or maybe the reality of life made her give up her pursuit, so she said this.

And what Sheng Tang had to do was to wake up the person she was before.

So he said again: "Sister, do your parents also want you to join the Industrial and Commercial Bureau? Or do they prefer you to go into business?"

"..."

Sure enough, after hearing these words, Li Qiule's depressed mood was even more obvious than before, and his face sank again.

The corners of her mouth moved, but in the end she said nothing.

When Sheng Tang saw this, he sighed in his heart, thinking that he could only be a bad person today. The tragedy that happened at home, Li Qiule had always buried in her heart and never told outsiders, so it became a knot in her heart. What Sheng Tang had to do

Just let her open up and face herself.

"Senior sister, I think you have the talent for business, and these talents come from your family. What I can see, your parents must also be able to see. Don't they want you to take this path?"

"..."

This time, Li Qiule was silent for a long time. Finally, he looked up at Sheng Tang, sighed, and started talking.

"My dad really wants me to go into business, otherwise he wouldn't have let me choose marketing as a major, but... even if I go into business, he can't see it anymore..."

At this point, Li Qiu Le burst into tears, as if the repression that had been suppressed for so long was finally released at this moment. Sheng Tang handed her the tissue, and Li Qiu Le said softly "Thank you."

When Li Qiule was done crying, he finally spoke out.

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