My courtyard shelter

On the first night in their new home, when Xu Dong and his wife lay on the bed, it was almost early in the morning.

Yang Lina was about to turn off the lights and go to bed when Xu Dong took out a small gift box from nowhere and nervously stuffed it into her palm.

"What makes it so mysterious?"

Xu Dong didn't say anything, but gestured to the other party to open the gift box with his own hands.

Yang Lina carefully opened the wrapping paper, revealing a small square box as big as a fist, and she couldn't help but think about it.

"Open it quickly." Xu Dong urged.

"Click... snap..."

Lying in the box was a sparkling diamond ring. It was the pink diamond ring that Xu Dong had spent 3 million to buy.

Yang Lina covered her mouth in surprise and whispered, "Honey, is this a real diamond ring?"

"Of course it's true." Xu Dong stretched out three fingers, "It's worth this!"

"Thirty thousand yuan?"

Xu Dong shook his head and reminded: "This is a two-carat pink diamond. How can it be worth only 30,000 yuan?"

When Yang Lina heard this, she quickly took her mobile phone from the bedside and started searching quickly.

In less than a minute, she suddenly raised her head and asked tentatively with a trembling voice: "It can't be three million, right?"

"Congratulations, you guessed it right..." Xu Dong snapped his fingers.

"Husband, are you crazy? Why did you buy such expensive things?" Yang Lina couldn't understand Xu Dong's thinking for a while.

Xu Dong joked: "Honey, haven't I told you a long time ago that our family will never be short of money in the future, and you must adapt to the life of a rich person as soon as possible."

"Bullshit rich man, you just got lucky this time, but people don't stay lucky all their lives. At the rate you are spending money, our family will be ruined sooner or later." Yang Lina said coquettishly.

Xu Dong was speechless after being refuted. The reason was so reasonable, but he was a reborn person after all!

He has laid down the strongest foundation for this family, which is enough to cope with the major changes in the next few decades. Besides, he only loses the family once in a while, so it doesn't hurt at all.

Yang Lina saw that her husband seemed to be suppressed, so she struck while the iron was hot:

"You can take the diamond ring and return it. The money returned will be used to open a supermarket. Only when the supermarket is well run can our family gain a firm foothold in Yanjing."

Xu Dong couldn't resist his wife, so he had to settle for the next best thing and persuaded again: "Anyway, I bought everything back. Even if I want to return it, I won't be able to return it in a short while. Why don't you wear it first and wait until I find a good buyer... …”

Yang Lina quickly interrupted: "No, I can't get used to wearing such an expensive diamond ring. If it breaks, I will regret it to death. You'd better take it away!"

After saying that, he closed the diamond ring box and placed it gently on the bedside table.

As a woman, who doesn’t love jewelry?

However, as a mother of five children, Yang Lina had her own considerations. Her family had been lucky enough to achieve its current dignity, and she did not want to leave any hidden dangers to the family.

Xu Dong had no choice but to hug his wife and punish her severely.

As for the ownership of the diamond ring, it seems that he can't keep it. He just hopes that the value will not depreciate too quickly. After all, the water here is very deep. If he can recover 2.5 million, he will be extremely satisfied.

…

Early the next morning, the first thing Xu Dong had to do was to get his household registration. In a few days, school would start, so he couldn't delay his children's schooling.

The household registration matter was quite troublesome, but fortunately Xu Dong prepared the materials well and it only took one morning to get the matter done.

It will take about a week to get the new household registration book. It happens to be around the start of school, so there should be no big problem.

After settling the household registration matter, Xu Dong had to face a big trouble, which was opening a supermarket.

Originally, opening a supermarket was just a pretense, but I didn't expect that his family would take it so seriously, leaving Xu Dong no room for maneuver.

Since it can't be undone, we can only pretend to do it.

The next morning, Xu Dong drove his car and showed up at the entrance of the small supermarket with Xu's father.

The supermarket is almost one kilometer away from the courtyard house and can be reached in a few minutes.

Looking at the less than 80-square-meter store in front of him, Father Xu's disappointment was palpable.

"That's it?"

"Yes, online shopping is very common now, and large supermarkets are risky and not cost-effective." Xu Dong said plausibly.

Father Xu is not easy to fool, "Then why are you hoarding so many goods? You won't be able to sell them out for decades, and are you just waiting for them to expire?"

Generally, the turnover of a small supermarket is between a few thousand and 10,000 yuan per day.

There are 60 million worth of goods stored in the basement, which may be sold for thirty or forty years.

Xu Dong quickly used his brain and quickly found a new explanation.

"Well, this is just the first one, and there will be dozens more to open in the future. Otherwise, with just one supermarket, we won't even be able to earn back the tuition fees of Coco and Lele."

"With so many supermarkets opening at once, can you manage them?" Father Xu questioned again.

"I opened this store before the Chinese New Year mainly to train employees. After all, they are small supermarkets with low barriers to entry. Once I have experience, it will be much easier to expand later."

Xu Dong forcefully explained based on his many years of work experience in a logistics company.

Father Xu finally nodded with satisfaction. At least his son didn't get hard on him when his head was hot. After all, he could still clearly understand the difficulties.

Next, the father and son started cleaning. The supermarket had not been opened for more than two months, and the supermarket was filled with thick dust.

After cleaning, the father and son discussed purchasing goods again.

When I took over the supermarket, except for the lack of goods, everything else was ready-made. Now, as long as the goods are put on the shelves, they can be reopened immediately.

According to Xu Dong, the supermarket will focus on fresh food and food in the future, and the price of goods will be between that of large supermarkets and vegetable markets. The customers are mainly young office workers.

Doing this may result in a small loss before the Spring Festival, but after the Spring Festival, it will definitely make a lot of money.

Either don't do it, or do it to the best of your ability, this is Xu Dong's life creed.

Xu's father disagreed, thinking that the loss rate of fresh goods is difficult to control and is prone to losses. It is better to be safe and buy more daily necessities.

In the end, Xu Dong successfully persuaded his father. The reason was simple. There was a batch of food products hoarded in his warehouse, and the pressure to destock was a bit high.

Of course, these are all excuses. Most of the goods will be obtained from suppliers, and the warehouse will only be a token and pretend.

On the way home, Xu's father was still complaining that Xu Dong didn't know how to do business and had too many goods in stock.

Xu Dong said that risks and opportunities coexist. He took over the tail goods of a large supermarket at the beginning. The price was very low. As long as the operation was good, the profit prospect was very considerable.

Xu Dong became more and more excited, and he was full of nonsense because he had heard a lot of inside information in the logistics company before.

"I have vacuum-sealed all the goods. The shelf life is not a problem. At worst, I can split them up and sell them separately. When the time comes, I will give a discount, and everyone will rush to buy them."

This time, Xu's father saw the ugly face of the capitalists, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

In the end, he only replied dryly: "Doing business must be honest."