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Chapter 829 Hefang Street

Four-wheel drive cars were the most popular toys around the millennium, so Jing Yu naturally wanted to win one from Suning. However, when he came to Suning's class the next day to ask, he looked at Suning with a resentful look on his face, because he knew he had lost again for the first time.

The life of the three generations of grandfather and grandson can be described as very ordinary and happy. At first, Jing Lu also fulfilled his promise to Suning and did not leave here, but how could his grandfather compare to his own biological mother? In the end, Jing Lu was taken away directly by his mother. Jing Kangshan looked at his grandson in front of him with an expression of reluctance, but he could not express the pain in his heart.

"A-Zhuan, this is the four-wheel drive car I gave you. I promise it didn't cost your grandfather a penny." At this time, Suning directly took out a high-end four-wheel drive car and handed it to Jing Zhuan in front of him. He really liked this somewhat arrogant "brother" in front of him.

"I'm sorry! I broke my promise." Jing Lu took over the four-wheel drive car and lowered his head with shame, because the four-wheel drive car reminded him of his original promise again.

"Ah, then you have to promise to come back to see grandpa often, otherwise grandpa will always miss you."

"Yes, I will." The thirteen-year-old Jing Yu looked at Su Ning and nodded heavily, then turned to look at the sad Jing Kangshan beside him and said, "Grandpa, I will definitely come back to see you often."

"Okay! Grandpa will be waiting for you at home. When you get to your new home, you must listen to your mother and uncle."

"I know, Grandpa."

Seeing his grandson Jing Yu being taken away by his mother, Jing Kangshan was extremely distressed. However, his mind told him that it was best for Jing Yu to stay with his mother. Then, with red eyes, he looked at the little adult-like Su Ning and said, "Su Ning, from now on, it will be just the two of us together."

"Grandpa, A'lu will come back when he grows up." At this time, Suning smiled and comforted him.

"Yes! You're right! When I grow up and can leave my mother, I will come back to find my grandfather."

Because Suning was by Jingkangshan's side, the lonely old man did not feel too lonely. In addition, Suning was really talented in traditional culture. Soon Jingkangshan taught Suning wholeheartedly. The traditional craftsmen who often worked with Jingkangshan also liked Suning, this smart child, very much.

As we all know, traditional culture attaches great importance to the issue of inheritance. Seeing that Su Ning is so smart and studious, everyone feels envious. "Uncle Jing, you are so lucky to have met such a good successor like Su Ning."

"Yes! Everything is God's will! I think Suning must have been given to me by Buddha." Jing Kangshan was surprised and fortunate at this moment. If he had thought about it more at the beginning, he might have missed this genius.

"Uncle Jing, I see that you often buy old wood from outside. Do you have any ideas of your own?" Then a craftsman who was weaving lanterns looked at Jing Kangshan in confusion and asked.

"Yes! I heard that our neighborhood will be demolished soon. I want to rebuild an old house like this in another place. So I need a lot of old wood. It would be a pity to throw away these woods during the demolition." Jing Kangshan did not hide his plan at this time, but explained it to everyone openly.

"Uncle Jing, you are absolutely right! Nowadays, people like to build high-rise buildings everywhere, and old buildings like this are rare. But it is too expensive for you to purchase a large amount of old wood now." Everyone looked at each other with agreement, and couldn't help but express their frustration about the lack of traditional culture today, and then told Jing Kangshan about their concerns.

"It's okay! I still have some coffin books in my hand. When this house is demolished, I will get some demolition money. It will be no problem to purchase enough old wood." Jing Kangshan smiled indifferently. His mentality of restoring and rebuilding old buildings will not change.

Suning, who was concentrating on carving a wood sculpture, couldn't help but feel moved when he heard the conversation between Jing Kangshan and the others. He also knew that traditional crafts had begun to decline, so it would be better to think of a good way to take care of himself. It was meaningless to always complain about everything.

After Jing Kangshan's companions left, Suning suddenly looked up at Jing Kangshan seriously and said, "Grandpa, why don't we open a shop of our own to sell our handicrafts? This will not only promote our traditional culture, but also allow our craft to be passed down."

"Aning, why do you have such an idea?" Jing Kangshan's mind was immediately enlightened by Suning's words, and he couldn't help but look at Suning with a puzzled look on his face and asked.

"Grandpa, since you want to buy a large amount of old wood, why don't we just do it on a larger scale and rebuild a real ancient city. This way, we can also use it as a tourist attraction and sell tickets. We need a long-term and stable income to maintain it. Opening a shop to sell our own handicrafts is the most suitable."

"Well, Aning, you are right! I didn't expect that you have such a good business mind at such a young age." Jing Kangshan rubbed Suning's head in surprise, feeling that Suning had brought him too many surprises.

"Grandpa, do you agree with my proposal?" Suning asked Jing Kangshan with an impatient smile.

"I agree! But we don't know where the store will be opened yet, so we may need to think it over carefully." Noticing Suning's impatience at the moment, Jing Kangshan looked at Suning with amusement and explained.

"Grandpa, I recently heard from my classmates that an ancient street from the Ming and Qing Dynasties called Hefang Street will be opened next to the West Lake in Hangzhou. It will be a pedestrian street dedicated to commercial activities. I believe that the flow of people there will be very large. Why not open a store on Hefang Street in Hangzhou?" This fictional city of Nancheng is infinitely close to Jinhua, so the most ideal place to open a store is of course the famous Hefang Street.

"Hefang Street?" Jing Kangshan was a little surprised as he thought about this unfamiliar name. You know, it was only the year 2001, and there was still more than a year before Hefang Street opened.

"Yes! I also heard that the bronze sculpture master named Zhu Bingren also wants to open a bronze sculpture museum in Hefang Street. Our traditional handicrafts will definitely be popular with tourists then." Worried that Jing Kangshan would be hesitant about his proposal, Suning specifically mentioned another super god of traditional handicrafts, believing that this would definitely dispel Jing Kangshan's concerns.

"Suning, tell grandpa honestly, how do you know so many things?" Looking at Suning talking so eloquently at this time, Jing Kangshan was really shocked.

"Huh? Maybe I'm just really interested in this news. After all, I used to have to wander around to make a living, so I've seen some pretty interesting things." Jing Kangshan's sudden questioning look made Su Ning feel a little uneasy, but luckily he was smart enough to come up with a good excuse. "Suning, do you really enjoy business?" Jing Kangshan had long noticed something was amiss with Su Ning, as if a powerful soul was hidden within his frail body.

"Grandpa, I really like our traditional handicrafts, but I know that if I want to continue this "liking", I must have a lot of financial support. If I can't even earn enough money to eat, how can we pass on our culture?" Suning certainly didn't care that the old man would question him, but continued to persuade Jing Kangshan in front of him.

"Aning, don't worry about these things in the future. Grandpa will naturally take care of the business of opening a shop. You just need to study and research carving well." Looking at his precious grandson who was like a little adult, Jing Kangshan couldn't help but feel a little pity for him.

"Okay! Grandpa, I will never let you down." At this time, Suning could only try his best to be well-behaved and sensible, but he didn't want Jing Kangshan in front of him to be disappointed in him.

"Well! Aning, our carpentry mortise and tenon craft is very difficult to learn. You must study hard and research diligently."

"Yes! Grandpa."

The old man in the original drama purchased all the abandoned old wood from demolition on his own, but in the eyes of others, it was considered a waste of time and money. It was not until the male protagonist Jing Chen used these old woods to build an ancient cultural garden Jingyuan, which was rated as a 4A-level scenic spot by the superior unit and even charged admission fees that the villagers who benefited changed their bad views of Jingkang Mountain and the male protagonist and grandson.

Suning has never been a person who believes in the existence of a "savior", so no matter how difficult the situation is, he will first think about saving himself. Since he knows that traditional handicrafts are facing numerous hardships, he came up with a good solution early on, and he believes that it will definitely change the plight of these handicraft masters.

Those brothers and sisters in Jingkangshan all supported Suning's proposal. They certainly wanted a stable income to support their hobbies, but it was unlikely that they would invest money because they could not afford the risks. In the end, the old man Jingkangshan took out all his savings and demolition compensation and spent a lot of money to buy a newly built shop on Hefang Street in Hangzhou.

"Aning, are we going to have to eat dirt from now on?" Jing Kangshan smiled bitterly with some depression after spending almost all his savings to buy a shop.

"Don't be afraid! As long as grandpa is by my side, no matter how much hardship I have to endure, it won't matter. And I believe we will have an income soon." At this time, Suning's little mouth was very sweet, and he had many magical operations in the future.

"Oh! I hope so!" Although Jing Kangshan had never done business before, he realized that the days ahead would be difficult.

In October 02, when Suning was already twelve years old, the traditional handicraft store in Jingkangshan was opened and named "Jing's Handicrafts". It not only has various expensive pure handicrafts, but also many cheap machine-carved and other mass-produced handicrafts.

On the first day of the opening of "Jing's Handicrafts", several wealthy people with "expressive expressions" came and bought up all the most expensive pure handicrafts in the store, which also made Jingkangshan and Suning recover a lot of money. They finally didn't have to continue eating rice with pickles every day. Of course, these wealthy people who appeared in turn were AI robots released by Suning, which immediately drove the popularity of "Jing's Handicrafts" to the highest point.

The passion of those craftsmen who had a stable income grew stronger and stronger. They made a variety of exquisite handicrafts every day, including wood carvings, clay sculptures, lanterns, mortise and tenon miniature buildings, handmade mats, and various bamboo and straw products, which were then immediately delivered to the "Jing's" store on Hefang Street in Hangzhou.

As the flow of people on Hangzhou's Hefang Street grows, the reputation of the "Jing's" handicraft store is also growing. There is no longer a need for Suning's AI robots to run out and pretend to be customers every day, because the threshold of Jing's store has long been trampled down by customers, and the ones who patronize it most are those arrogant Japanese and Korean tourists.

"Aning, you are really the lucky star of our Jing family. It's been less than half a year since the opening, and you have already earned back the money we spent on buying a house." Jing Kangshan, who secretly counted money at home every day, was surprised, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Suning in front of him became more and more relieved.

"Grandpa, let's continue to buy stores and open branches. I believe that the products will soon be sold all over the country." At this time, Suning continued to encourage Jing Kangshan with a smile, determined to make the kind-hearted Jing Kangshan a business tycoon.

"Aning, why don't we just rent a store? That way, we can open branches faster."

"Grandpa, our country's real estate market is going to get hotter and hotter. A shop that only costs one million now will be worth at least ten million in ten years. That's more profitable than selling handicrafts. At worst, we can just pay a 20% down payment and borrow the rest from the bank to buy the shop."

"Aning, is this still possible?" Jing Kangshan couldn't help but look at Suning with surprise and asked.

"Of course! Grandpa, our Jing's store is doing so well that we won't have any pressure at all to repay the bank's fixed mortgage every month. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"Well, Aning, where do you think we should open our next branch?" At this time, Jing Kangshan had chosen to believe Suning in front of him, and then looked at Suning in confusion and asked directly.

"Nanjing Road in Shanghai! Next are the most famous scenic spots in the country." Suning's ambition is very big, and the first thing it did was to target places where customers flocked in.

"Okay! Then grandpa will listen to you again this time." Jing Kangshan knew very well that the locations Suning mentioned were places with large customer flow, so he naturally accepted the suggestion of his precious grandson with great joy. He suddenly felt that it was quite interesting for the grandfather and grandson to start a business hand in hand.

"Grandpa, you also said that I am the lucky star of our Jing family, and I will definitely make our family profitable!" Suning still looked at Jing Kangshan with full confidence and said.

"Haha, then grandpa will enjoy the blessing of his grandson."

Suning had already decided to vigorously support the old man who adopted him. Naturally, he would not worry that his adopted brother Jing Yu would come back to compete with him for the family property. Anyway, what he wanted to do most was to repay the Jing family. You know, Suning is a person who will repay a favor.

(End of this chapter)