Entertainment Era: Starting with Teaching Sister Meng to Sing

The phrase "Mom is saving it for you" is a childhood nightmare for many.

My mom has been saving my New Year's money since I can remember, but in most families, this money just disappears as my mom saves it up.

For example, when Wang Xiaozhou was ten years old, he wanted to buy a toy car, but his mother wouldn't buy it for him. So he generously said that he would pay for it from his New Year's money.

Then Ma Xiaoping replied angrily: "What lucky money? Haven't all your eating, drinking, and toileting expenses cost money? Did your father and I pay for your schooling? Doesn't paying for your schooling cost money? What lucky money do you have?"

So from that year onwards, Wang Xiaozhou's saved New Year's money became his living expenses.

So the money my mom helped me save is definitely unreliable.

But so what? As long as Wang Xiaozhou is willing and his mother is happy, that's all that matters.

In the afternoon, I went to the bank with my mom and transferred one million yuan into her account. My mom immediately deposited it into a three-year fixed deposit account.

He then spoke sternly to the teller: "I only want large deposit certificates, no insurance, no investment products. If you make a mistake, I will definitely sue you until you're fired."

The counter staff in the county town hadn't encountered such a big customer in a long time. With a reluctant look on his face, he completed the transaction for Ma Xiaoping and handed her the voucher.

Ma Xiaoping checked the amount on the paper deposit slip several times. Only after confirming that it was correct did she happily wave to Wang Xiaozhou.

"Let's go to the market and buy a pork knuckle. I'll treat you to a good meal today."

"Let's also make sweet and sour pork and braised pork slices tonight."

"These are both deep-fried dishes, why are you making things so complicated? And these two dishes clash, they're in the same category, you can't eat them on two separate days."

The mother and son bickered all the way to the market. After buying the groceries, on the way home, Wang Xiaozhou gave them a serious reminder.

"Mom, I'm still young and don't know how long I can earn money. I always take money out and mess around. This million you have is my way out. Whether our family will eventually fall back into poverty depends on this money you have."

So this money will always be in a fixed deposit, and I won't tell anyone. If anyone comes to borrow money from us, even if someone in their family is about to die, you have to notify me first. You can't touch this money from me. Can you promise me that?

If I leave the money in my mom's hands, she'll definitely be happy. Women need the numbers lying in their bank accounts to give them a sense of security.

But there's another thing that worries Wang Xiaozhou about keeping the money in his mother's hands.

Her relatives on her mother's side were really awful, but her mother was kind-hearted. If anyone in the family ever encountered a major problem and came to her for help, she would definitely lend a hand.

Wang Xiaozhou didn't take the 30,000 or 20,000 yuan at home seriously and let his mother borrow it.

But now that such a large sum of money is in her hands, if those scoundrel uncles really take advantage of it, Wang Xiaozhou will be furious. So he needs his mother to give him a guarantee that this money will not be lent to anyone else.

Ma Xiaoping gave Wang Xiaozhou a strange look: "Of course, why would we tell others if we have money? A fixed loan is a fixed loan, and I won't lend it to anyone who comes to borrow it."

Wang Xiaozhou looked at his mother seriously: "Whether it's your relatives or my dad's relatives, we can't lend them money, and we can't let it slip."

"Of course."

Ma Xiaoping's statement was certain.

Wang Xiaozhou nodded: "Then you have to go home and reassure my dad again, and also remind him not to tell anyone else."

It's not that I don't trust my mom, it's just that she's too easily swayed. If someone asks her for something, she won't agree. I have to make sure it's absolutely certain before she'll agree.

Ma Xiaoping muttered, "What's wrong with him?" but still nodded in agreement. She was afraid that if her husband suddenly became rich, he would show off everywhere and end up with a large amount of uncollectible debts.

After arriving home, Ma Xiaoping began preparing dinner.

When Huang Mao and his gang heard that Wang Xiaozhou had returned, they all rushed over to his house early in the morning to freeload a meal.

Ma Xiaoping let them play in the living room. When Wang Jianguo returned, she pulled him into the kitchen and began to tell him what Wang Xiaozhou had told her.

No one knows a son better than his father. Wang Jianguo knew immediately that his son was afraid that she would lend the family's money to her brothers. He suppressed a laugh and nodded in agreement.

I, Old Wang, have been cheated by your family too many times in my life. Now that my son has become successful, it's time for our family to get revenge.

After the dishes were prepared, the couple came to the dining table together. As their son's friends greeted them with auspicious New Year wishes, they couldn't help but smile and nod frequently.

Huang Mao may seem unorthodox and eccentric, but he is actually the best at making adults happy. After a couple of drinks with Wang Jianguo, he has already warmed up the atmosphere.

After a few rounds of drinks, Wang Xiaozhou brought up the idea of ​​his family opening a supermarket. Huang Mao and the others all expressed their support and said they would start looking for a shop with Wang Xiaozhou starting tomorrow.

Among the group, only the third brother looked troubled. When Wang Xiaozhou asked him what was wrong, he hesitated and refused to answer.

Finally, the blond-haired guy slapped him on the back of the head, and only then did he realize that the man was feeling guilty for not being able to go shopping with everyone the next day.

"My parents hired a tutor for me, and it costs quite a bit of money per lesson. I'm afraid they'll be sad if I just waste it like this."

We must try to persuade them in a positive light.

Wang Xiaozhou patted his third brother on the shoulder: "Didn't you also want to do well in liberal arts? What's there to feel guilty about? There's less than half a year until the college entrance exam. After these six months, we'll be together every day."

After finishing their meal, Huang Mao and Liu Weiguang drank too much and fell asleep on the sofa.

The third brother also refused to leave, insisting on staying with the others until class tomorrow.

There was no other way; the brothers slept on the sofa in the living room, and Wang Xiaozhou couldn't go back to his room to sleep by himself, so he had to sleep on the floor with the third brother.

It's tough, but it feels pretty good.

The next day, Huang Mao, now sober, wasn't embarrassed at all. After having breakfast at Wang Xiaozhou's house, he even asked Wang Jianguo to play again that night before leaving.

Liu Weiguang was also eager to try, saying he hadn't performed well yesterday.

Wang Jianguo nodded repeatedly in agreement, saying that he would roast a whole leg of lamb for them when they returned in the evening.

In the dead of winter, the young men first helped the third brother into a taxi, then walked on the snow with their hands in their pockets and their necks hunched.

Less than ten minutes later, the blond-haired man couldn't stand the cold anymore and, panting heavily, began to speak:

"Brother, if you're opening a supermarket, don't you have a target location in mind? If we keep walking like this, forget about finding a shop, we might not even make it home alive tonight—we'll freeze solid!"

Liu Weiguang laughed at him from the side, "Your reaction is quite unique, it even froze solid."

The blond-haired man punched Liu Weiguang on the shoulder: "Get lost, you filthy bastard!"

Watching them playfully bicker, Wang Xiaozhou also felt that continuing like this wasn't a solution, so he slowly spoke:

"I don't really have a target location yet, but the county is only so big. Wherever my supermarket opens in the future, that will be the central location. Right now, I just need to find a factory that is big enough."

Upon hearing this, Huang Mao's expression shifted: "Factory? I know, there's a pretty big factory for rent at the east end of the county, but the owner and you don't get along very well."

"We don't get along very well? Whose family is this?"

Upon hearing Wang Xiaozhou's question, the blond-haired man smiled mysteriously and slowly uttered a single word.

"Wei!"