Rebirth in 1980: The Farm Wife Makes a Comeback
Chapter 390 - 391: Qin Xiangyang’s Decision

Chapter 390: Chapter 391: Qin Xiangyang’s Decision

She first had money at hand, and when there was more, she took it to invest. After all, the internet cafe business can still be viable for another decade. During these years, it will be enough for her to accumulate sufficient funds.

After school, Qin Xiangnuan put her schoolbag aside, entered the system, and embroidered the Qingming River Painting for the third time. She was becoming more proficient and faster. A year had passed, and she was close to finishing it—outside a year, inside ten years.

The internet cafe’s business was steadily improving, as these years were already known to be the golden era for making money from internet cafes.

However, as mentioned in history, the catastrophic flood of 1998 still happened.

The flood was horrifying on TV, and even more so for them witnessing it.

Although this wasn’t the first time she saw this, Qin Xiangnuan’s heart still ached for the ruthlessness of the flood and the compassion of people, feeling overwhelmed and emotional once again.

She withdrew 100,000 yuan from her bank account, not hesitating at this moment; in this world, one must give to gain. With the nation in trouble, it is every citizen’s duty to help. She decided to donate this money.

She placed the money in front of Jian Zhiqing.

"You want to donate?" Jian Zhiqing indeed grew up with Qin Xiangnuan. When she took out the money, he had guessed it was for donation. Last year, they each took 500,000 yuan; Qin Xiangnuan used her share to repay Granny Lu and Qin Xiangyang. With her remaining funds, she invested and bought some old properties along certain roads. Jian Zhiqing had invested in those properties with her. Qin Xiangnuan had thought about opening a new branch of the internet cafe, but finding a good location was difficult. So, she targeted properties that would soon be repossessed and turned into commercial areas. Fortunately, there was an opportunity, but the asking price was too high for her to afford alone, so Jian Zhiqing had to join in. Although she didn’t have much cash on hand, she still wanted to donate 100,000 yuan from it.

But this was just out of her own willingness.

In her previous life, she lacked the ability to even sustain herself, let alone donate any money.

But in this life, she had the means, so she didn’t hesitate to give.

"What name should we donate under?" Jian Zhiqing lightly furrowed his brows, as 100,000 yuan was not a small sum. By current market standards, it could buy a typical house; she was indeed generous to donate it.

But such was the girl’s nature. If she could give it, it meant she had thought it through.

Qin Xiangnuan paused for a moment, not having considered this question before. Yes, donating 100,000 yuan in a personal name wasn’t ideal.

"Let’s use the Red Forest Internet Cafe’s name."

Red Forest was the name Qin Xiangnuan had given to the internet cafe.

The name was chosen casually because it was easy to remember and pronounce.

"That’s fine," Jian Zhiqing also thought it suitable to donate under the internet cafe’s name. Qin Xiangnuan was taking out 100,000, and naturally, he wouldn’t fall behind; he also contributed 100,000. Actually, he was just like Qin Jinuan; both had similar financial capabilities. Thus, 100,000 was indeed the maximum they each could donate.

When Granny Lu heard that both Qin Xiangnuan and Qin Xiangyang had donated, her heart sank slightly, but she also contributed 5,000. Qin Xiangyang, being in school, naturally donated first; he gave 2,000, not typically having much money as a student—the money was earned from working at the internet cafe.

The division of labor at the internet cafe was very clear. Although Qin Xiangnuan wanted to give him money, Qin Xiangyang refused. Even if she gave it to him, he would just save it. He didn’t have his sister’s cunning to make money multiply, so he was content being a humble technician, quietly taking his modest salary.

With Red Forest Internet Cafe donating 200,000 yuan at once, it caused quite a stir locally, truly embodying the saying "when one place suffers, aid comes from all quarters." The local news highlighted several major donating businesses, including the Red Forest Internet Cafe. The internet cafe was quite popular among the youth but also disliked by parents. Now, however, the positive image of Red Forest Internet Cafe had improved slightly. Parents still disapproved, but their distaste for the internet cafe diminished.

Although several new internet cafes had opened in Capital City, Red Forest’s business was still the best because it started early and had various membership activities and occasional competitions, naturally attracting young people.

Now, Qin Xiangnuan wanted to strike while the iron was hot. Next year, she planned to open a new type of internet cafe. The properties she had bought were demolished, and new buildings were planned for construction. When discussing compensation, they secured the entire floor of this new building for the new internet cafe, intending to invest all the money they had earned over the years into it.

There was no rush for now; there were still a few years to go when internet cafes would sprout like bamboo after rain, continuously rising. Their current trial phase success would allow them to accumulate experience for the future.

Life was truly quite comfortable. Qin Xiangyang was now in his third year of university, proficient in English and capable of ordinary conversations. With his efforts, general English was at his fingertips.

In computer science, he knew much more than others, which was natural since he attended training during every vacation and continued to study English, even going abroad once to learn new computer technologies.

Such a talented individual could not be overlooked by the school, which had already discussed retaining him after graduation.

"What do you think?" Jian Zhiqing asked Qin Xiangyang, "Stay at the university, or join the military after graduation? With your current skills, you wouldn’t just be an ordinary soldier wherever you go,"

"I think..." Qin Xiangyang lowered his face, his fingers tightening on his knees, then said after a long pause as he raised his face with a decided heart, "Brother Jian, I don’t want to go far,"

"Granny and my sister are here, so I’ll stay here. I initially chose to be a soldier to prevent them from being bullied. Plus, I quite like the school, actually..." he touched his head, "I really don’t have much ambition, as you can see. My intelligence is just so; I don’t have my sister’s audacity or Brother Jian’s shrewdness. I like stable days. Now that the school wants to keep me, I also want to stay. I can continue learning new knowledge at the internet cafe too. I am very satisfied with this arrangement."

Jian Zhiqing patted Qin Xiangyang’s shoulder.

"I also feel that staying at the school suits you more."