Rebirth: She is Ready for a Counterattack!-Chapter 352 - 351: Ordinary Days

This New Year was the most boring one for Gu Xiaoqing, as the house was eerily quiet because Gu Xiaoying wasn’t home for the New Year for the first time.

There was also Mrs. Gu’s constant nagging and criticism.

Mrs. Gu still clung to her eternal frugality and love for money, constantly nagging in Gu Ruhai’s ear about how hard her life was and how money wasn’t enough.

Gu Ruhai mostly turned a deaf ear, and Li Xuemei acted as if she didn’t hear any of it, letting her say what she wanted while they went on with what they needed to do.

After all, it was just a New Year. Once it was over, Mrs. Gu would be sent back to the Gu Family Village, where her precious treasures awaited her.

Gu Xiaoqing had nowhere to hide, as there was nowhere to go during the New Year.

Aside from locking herself in her room, it seemed there was nothing else to look forward to.

Gu Xiaoqing couldn’t help but start looking forward to school reopening.

Fang Shaonan and Fang Shaohan hadn’t appeared, not even to visit during the New Year. It seemed the relationship between the Fang Family and the Gu Family had reached an absolute freezing point.

Gu Xiaoqing couldn’t shamelessly visit the Fang Family, even if He Cui didn’t react or show any displeasure. However, just thinking about it made her feel uncomfortable, as if she was scrambling to do something.

Less than ten days after the New Year, Gu Xiaoqing and Guo Donghua arranged to return to school.

Because the company and chain stores there were waiting for the two of them.

Even though there was phone contact, there was still a need for the bosses to be present.

This time they weren’t traveling with He Yan; He Yan took a train, while Gu Xiaoqing and Guo Donghua flew, making a joint trip impossible.

Upon arriving in Shanghai, both breathed a sigh of relief.

Gu Xiaoqing finally felt a sense of fulfillment, a feeling of being able to spread her wings, which was more exciting than the idle state at home.

Guo Donghua finally escaped from a sea of troubles. This New Year, her family was urging her to study abroad. Guo Donghua’s father, being a diplomat, was more inclined to have her pursue further education abroad and follow in the family’s professional footsteps.

Guo Donghua was quite troubled; she didn’t want to go abroad, but it was not something she could simply refuse.

The entire family mobilized to persuade her, and she believed that it wouldn’t take long before they would enlist Gu Xiaoqing to help persuade her.

So, avoiding it for a while was the best option.

The two parted ways, Gu Xiaoqing went to her own apartment, while Guo Donghua headed to the school dormitory.

Gu Xiaoqing had long asked Guo Donghua to move into her place, but Guo Donghua didn’t want to, and Xiaoqing didn’t want to disrupt her plans.

Besides, Guo Donghua’s plans were usually sudden.

In the afternoon, Gu Xiaoqing took a well-deserved rest.

After dinner, Gu Xiaoqing went to check on the main branch of the milk tea shop near the school. It was now officially a franchise headquarters, responsible for training and on-site evaluations for new franchises. The store was currently managed by the Li Sisters.

The Li Sisters managed most of the operations there.

Every day, they reported the daily business through the main computer to the financial manager at headquarters, who would then create a written report for Gu Xiaoqing to review, typically once a month.

Gu Xiaoqing had initiated the network-controlled business model in advance, with surveillance installed in every store. This allowed real-time monitoring of each store’s operations, saving a lot of manpower and resources.

It also ensured each store’s management could be overseen, prompting staff and managers to responsibly handle their duties.

In the Shanghai of 1992, this was considered cutting-edge technology.

The milk tea shop had already opened, and the entrance was clean and tidy, with the shop signs freshly washed. Many customers were already inside purchasing items while the Li Sisters busily tended the counter.

The two had become quite adept and efficient.

Gu Xiaoqing didn’t disturb them, merely looked around from outside before leaving.

The Li Sisters had performed remarkably over the past year. Despite lacking formal education, they were eager to learn and change, committing themselves diligently to learning and correcting what they didn’t know.

At the foundation of the milk tea shop, Gu Xiaoqing had introduced many of the latest drink projects from Hong Kong, requiring every staff member to learn diligently.

The Li Sisters excelled in their performance.

Gu Xiaoqing could even foresee their future development, seeing them as potential valuable contributors. Of course, the salary and benefits offered by Gu Xiaoqing were enviable to many.

This year, Gu Xiaoqing had raised their salary to five hundred per month, which in Shanghai was among the highest salaries many office workers could earn.

The Li Sisters were nearly overwhelmed with gratitude. This year, relying on their salary from Gu Xiaoqing, they were able to plan their brother’s education well, because many families in the village couldn’t afford to send their children to school, but their brother could continue his studies undisturbed.

They even renovated their family house. They hadn’t thought of building a new home because they hoped their brother would go to university and leave the village one day. If it were possible, they themselves might never return to the village, considering they could earn five hundred a month outside.

But that wouldn’t have been possible in the village.

Many people from the village could only bring back a thousand or two yuan after a year of working elsewhere, and that was if they lived frugally. Unlike the two sisters, who could earn nearly ten thousand in a year. The villagers would be envious if they knew.

The sisters thought as long as their boss kept them employed, they wouldn’t leave.

If their brother could study in Shanghai, that would be ideal, but even if he couldn’t, he should go somewhere else.

If their brother settled somewhere for work in the future, they planned to save up to buy him a house there, fulfilling their parents’ wishes.

Of course, they harbored a small ambition of their own, hoping that they could save enough money to open a milk tea shop like this themselves.

Opening a franchise milk tea shop like the boss’s was an excellent choice. They understood the profitability of the milk tea business well. Given the opportunity, they believed they could succeed.

But for now, they didn’t have enough capital to ensure their entrepreneurial pursuits could take off.

So, the sisters worked earnestly, fearing even slightly displeasing the boss would cost them their jobs.

Gu Xiaoqing, meanwhile, was content and reassured for the moment.