When Chen Luo got home, it was just time for dinner. Her parents didn't have to work overtime on weekends, so they came back a little early.

Man is really a very strange animal. He only cherishes things when they are lost. But in this life, he is not alone. He still has parents who love him. Apart from working hard, he has no qualifications.

Get rid of the sadness of spring and autumn.

The parents at the dinner table had a hidden look of sadness on their faces, but they didn't show it to him. They probably thought he was still a child, so they sent him into his room to do his homework after dinner.

Chen Luo was flipping through the book in his room, but his attention was always focused on the conversation between his parents in the living room.

"Recently, the efficiency of the factory has been getting worse and worse. I heard from the superiors that there will be another layoff, this time 100 people will be laid off." Cao Dongmei sighed.

Chen Jiahua said quickly, "Aren't you the director of the factory? You shouldn't have anything to do with this layoff?" His tone was very uncertain.

Cao Dongmei shook her head, "I'm not sure yet, the policy from above hasn't been released yet, and it's not like you don't know that there are more directors in our factory, and the competition here is also huge."

"Have you heard anything?" Chen Jiahua asked her.

"This is not the case for the time being, but there is always a sense of crisis. As you know, the efficiency in the factory is low and things cannot be sold. The leaders above always have to find someone to take responsibility. They may be assigned to someone.

."

"Why is this like this?" Chen Jiahua was dissatisfied.

Cao Dongmei smiled bitterly and shook her head, "It doesn't matter that we are powerless like this. This is the only way we can be like this. How are you doing in the factory?"

"It's not bad." Chen Jiahua lit up a cigarette and took a puff, and said slowly, "The few apprentices I have are pretty good at it, and their skills are good. They should be able to work as workshop directors in a while, and their wages should increase.

a little."

"That's a good thing." Cao Dongmei said immediately, counting with her fingers, "My current salary is 600, and your salary is 550. If you become a workshop director, your salary should be 700."

Okay, it adds up to one thousand and three dollars a month. If you save a little, you can save five hundred a month. I still have a savings of ten thousand yuan at home, which should be enough for Xiaoluo to go to high school."

Chen Jiahua smiled bitterly, "It's still unknown whether I can be the one. I'm just talking casually. Don't tell the whole world about it, lest people laugh at it."

"How come I don't know this?" Cao Dongmei glared at him and continued, "But the tuition for high school is a lot more expensive. It costs more than three thousand yuan a semester. If I get laid off again, my family's life will be different.

It's better now, we should think of a way out as soon as possible."

"We still have to fight for it." Chen Jiahua suggested.

"Why don't you give some gifts and build a good relationship first?" Cao Dongmei said a little whimsically.

Chen Jiahua said, "What can we give as gifts? If things don't work out, we will lose the gift money."

Cao Dongmei pointed at his head with dissatisfaction and said, "You are just a wooden fish head. No wonder you are still standing still after all these years without any progress."

Chen Jiahua took a puff of cigarette depressedly and stopped talking.

In the room, Chen Luo listened clearly to the conversation between his parents and gave a silent, bitter smile.

Cao Dongmei works in a state-owned garment factory, and her position is a small director. In fact, this position is not linked to salary, it is just a false name, used to satisfy the vanity of Cao Dongmei and other women, but the work is actually better than ordinary people.

employees are much tired.

Moreover, the performance of the garment factory has been poor for several years, and it has suffered losses for six or seven years. Every year, a large number of employees are laid off and paid based on their seniority. Naturally, the money is actually very small.

Chen Jiahua, on the other hand, worked as a workshop master in a gear factory with three apprentices. Although he was able to pass the craftsmanship, he would not starve to death, but it was impossible for his family to become rich.

My parents are both honest people and have worked hard all their lives. They have never thought about playing any tricks. They have worked hard for decades and endured it without complaint. They just want to retire at the right time and get some pension to live their lives. However,

Obviously, the news that the garment factory was going to lay off employees disrupted the family's rhythm of life.

The sighs of his parents rang in his ears, making Chen Luo unable to sit still any longer. He threw away the book in his hand and pushed the door open and walked out. His footsteps were a little loud.

"Mom, just take the initiative to lay off your job this time." He suggested.

Cao Dongmei was unhappy when she heard this, "What do you know? If you are laid off, who will make the money to study for you? Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand."

Chen Luo knew that he had no authority whatever he said at his age, and he didn't care. He smiled and walked to the sofa to sit down and explain, "Didn't you say that the efficiency of the garment factory is not good? You have been working so hard every day for a month.

How much can I get?”

Cao Dongmei said, "Even if you get laid off and get paid with seniority, you don't have much money. It's not enough for you to go to high school. Do you have to sit back and have nothing?"

Chen Jiahua also said, "Children can just study peacefully. Why do they care about these things?"

Chen Luo pouted, still smiling, "I'm just saying, don't worry, you two. If it doesn't work, just think I'm joking."

As soon as these words came out, Chen Jiahua naturally couldn't say the next words, but Cao Dongmei still wanted to chase people away, "she will talk nonsense."

Chen Luo said, "Mom, can you please listen to me first before drawing any conclusions?"

Cao Dongmei muttered and glared at him. Chen Luo continued, "Mom, I heard it just now. You said your salary is 600 a month, which is 7,200 a year. Based on your age, if you don't

If you are laid off, it will take at least twenty years before you can retire. Twenty times seven thousand two is equal to one hundred and forty-four thousand, right?"

"Of course."

Chen Luo added, "Including retirement salary, it's three hundred a month. If you live to be one hundred years old, it will be forty years. In total, it's the same amount."

Cao Dongmei was amused, "How can I live for such a long time? I can live up to eighty years old."

Chen Luo waved his hand to interrupt her and said, "Mom, listen to me. Calculated at the age of 100, you will only earn less than 300,000 yuan. In addition to family expenses and my high school tuition and college tuition,

, how much is left? Even if we advance in advance, there won’t be a penny left? Do you think we will still be living in this dilapidated tube building in ten or twenty years?"

When Cao Dongmei heard this, she fell silent. When Chen Jiahua wanted to speak, Chen Luo said, "Dad, your situation is similar to that of mom."

He deliberately said it a bit harshly, not taking into account the increase in wages caused by inflation due to the development of the times, and he also knew clearly that his parents would not consider that aspect. He wanted to hit the nail on the head and shock his parents.

Chen Jiahua took a long drag on the cigarette and said sarcastically, "That's what it sounds like. Are you really not going to do it? Then what are you going to do?"

"Doing business?" Chen Luo asked immediately.

"Business requires capital. Where do we get the money? And we don't even know what to sell. The risk is too great." This time, Chen Jiahua no longer treated Chen Luo as a child, but put down his posture and patiently talked to him.

He speaks.

Chen Luo smiled and said, "I have already thought about what I want to do. You don't have to worry about money. You can just do it with confidence when the time comes."

Cao Dongmei frowned, "How can you, a kid, get the money? You can talk nonsense."

Chen Luo said, "Mom, how about we make a bet? Isn't it going to take some time for your factory to lay off employees? Let's bet that within a month, I will make enough 200,000 yuan to open a store for you. If I don't make 200,000 yuan, I will open a store for you."

If it’s one hundred thousand, just pretend I didn’t say anything, what should you do?”

Cao Dongmei and Chen Jiahua felt that he was a bit whimsical, but they couldn't say anything to dampen his enthusiasm, so they nodded stiffly. It was unclear whether they took it to heart.

Chen Luo just wanted to wake up his parents first. It was a vaccination in advance. He didn't expect them to listen to him right away. He didn't care about his parents' strange looks and got up and went back to his room.

Chen Jiahua and Cao Dongmei sat on the sofa and looked at each other. They couldn't figure out what was going on. Their son who usually never farts, what happened today?

Chen Luo knew that he could not rush for success in this matter. He had to be patient and analyze the pros and cons with his parents step by step. This took time, and it also took time for him to make money.

The family was enjoying themselves at breakfast the next day. His parents deliberately didn't mention the content of last night's conversation, and Chen Luo didn't say anything about it. He knew his parents were playing a trick, so he didn't say anything.

After eating, I carried my schoolbag and went to school. All I could think about along the way was earning two hundred thousand yuan. Although I only had the theoretical advantage of being a reborn person, it was quite troublesome in practice.

What's depressing is that he never bought lottery tickets in his previous life. Otherwise, just jotting down a set of numbers would be enough to earn 200,000. Chen Luo wanted to change money instead of writing a book, but he rejected it after just thinking about it.

, he doesn’t have a computer now, so he writes books with paper and pen. Even if he copies books, he doesn’t know that he will have to write a book of hundreds of thousands of words until the end of the Year of the Monkey.

Depressing, Chen Luo was worried about something for the first time since his rebirth.

As soon as he sat down in the classroom, Gu Fei patted his shoulder mysteriously and said, "Chen Luo, did you know the results are out?"

"I don't know."

"You don't care at all?" Gu Fei asked him with a smile.

"What's there to be concerned about? I feel like I did pretty well in the exam this time and I'm very confident." Chen Luo said with a smile.

"Blow, you just keep on blowing. I didn't throw you a few blocks away every time. Besides, I see that you have always slept in class since the beginning of the school year and never listened carefully. Don't end up finishing last in the exam."

Gu Fei said with disdain.

Chen Luo stretched out his middle finger and said in contempt, "Don't worry, we might as well make a bet. I will definitely do better than you in the exam."

"A lunch." Gu Fei said immediately.

"Tentons." He's a bastard but doesn't take advantage of him. Chen Luo smiled sinisterly.

"Damn it, you kid took aphrodisiac, okay? Don't hit yourself in the face then." Gu Fei screamed.

"Just tell me whether to gamble or not, it's not up to my mother-in-law." Chen Luo was waiting to see his joke.

Gu Fei gritted his teeth and said, "I bet."

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