Su Mian laughed a little and continued, “I know you all did the calculations. The question is, how do we re-calculate this. Even if the supermarket is successfully opened, we wouldn’t have earned 4200 yuan by the end of this year. So I have an idea, why don’t we make this 4200 yuan into shares? You could calculate the share percentage of 4200 yuan from the capital cost and then divide it proportional to the amount of contribution. At the end of the year, share the profits according to this percentage. Since this would then be an investment, Third Aunt is not borrowing the money and the rest of you get to share the profit. What do you think?”
Su Mian explained in as much detail as possible. She was afraid that the others couldn’t understand since three generations of her family were poor farmers and hadn’t done business before. The concept of investment might not be clear to them.
Sure enough, after she finished, everyone in the house looked confused.
Grandma Su picked up her cigar pipe again. After filling it with tobacco, she took a few anxious puffs.
Third Aunt did not respond for a while, “Would this work? We are taking someone else’s money and not returning it, would they agree to that?”
Second Aunt was clever, she blinked her eyes a few times without saying anything. They are not just taking their money; if business was good, they could get their money back within a year.
Su Mian didn’t expect the first one to respond was Third Uncle, “I think Su Mian’s idea is good. I won’t ask for the 200 yuan back and wait for the year-end dividend.
Su Jian Hai also nodded in agreement, “I think it works, I will also buy a share and wait for the dividend.”
Second Uncle saw that both his brothers had agreed but he still hesitated, he had lent the 500 yuan without Bai Yu Lan’s knowledge, if he couldn’t get the money back in a few months she would be furious.
Even though both her brothers agreed, Third Aunt still had to ask the others’ opinion, “Elder sister, second sister, this is our business, what do you think?”
Su Mian’s Second Aunt was happy to comply. She had calculated it herself and thought that it was a good approach, “What else can we do, I think we should do it.”
Su Mian’s Eldest Aunt also agreed, “Then it’s decided, let’s sign an agreement, things should be clear even though we are siblings.”
Third Uncle nudged Su Jiang Tao who hadn’t said anything, “Second brother, what do you think, say something!”
Su Jiang Tao wanted to say something but he couldn’t make the decision, if Bai Yu Lan found out he invested the 500 yuan she would not stop fighting with him so he had no choice but to mumble, “I will just lend the money and sit this one out.”
“But if you don’t invest, then we would lack 500 yuan,” Su Mian’s Second Aunt was clever, she had calculated everything in her head.
“Would this work? It’s good if you turn a profit, but what if you make a loss?” Su Jiang Tao said simply as an excuse for himself.
Su Mian’s Eldest Aunt read the news every day and understood his concern, “Second Brother, what you said made sense, but don’t worry, even if we make a loss we will return your money. Since we are in a reform now and the country is opening up, the government encourages the opening of new business. We sisters decided to take a chance!”
“Eldest Sister, we trust you,” Third Aunt felt most confident after hearing what Eldest Aunt said. For the sake of her two children, she had to take the chance.
Su Mian looked at her Eldest Aunt admiringly, she showed strength and courage at key moments like this which was not easy
Grandma Su finally finished smoking and said, “I think this might work.”
