Chapter 71

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By the time Lin Mo got home, Li Jinwen was already up and busy preparing breakfast in the kitchen.

“Back already?”

“Yep! What delicious food are you making that smells so good?

“Your favorite preserved egg and lean pork porridge, and I’ve added some goji berries for you. Hurry up, wash your face, and then wake Xiaoxiao, too. It’s almost time to take her to school!”

“You’ve worked hard, wife!”

“It’s you who has worked hard, staying up all night, right?

“Yeah, I did stay up all night, but it was worth it. The ginger shoots have all been matched!”

“That’s it? Everything went smoothly?”

“Well enough… I’ll go wash up first, we can talk later!”

“Sure!”

Li Jinwen watched as Lin Mo walked towards the bathroom. She didn’t ask too many questions since it was her husband’s first day in business- if anything significant happened, he would tell her himself.

If the husband didn’t say anything, she wouldn’t ask either, to avoid putting more pressure on him.

Lin Mo entered the bathroom, washed his hands, then scooped up a handful of cold water and splashed it on his face.

The icy touch on his skin briefly revived his spirits.

Looking at his reflection in the mirror, Lin Mo shook his head helplessly and murmured, “I’m really not young anymore!”

“Back in the day, I, Lin, could spend a whole day and night in an internet cafe and still feel energetic, but now, after just one night, 1 feel dizzy and can’t even keep my eyes open!”

“It looks like I need to take better care of my health in the future.”

“Don’t end up like Old Mr. Wang next door, his life dwindling away without him even realizing it!”

Lin Mo accessed the system and checked the character template interface of the Intelligence System, realizing that after a night of staying up, his energy had indeed decreased a lot, and his status had changed to ‘Fatigue’.

“In the future, 1’11 need to add a focus on maintaining my health based on my

body’s value status.”

“To see if the body is functional, just check if the values have increased.

“It’s just too bad I can’t see my own lifespan, nor do 1 know how to obtain my own intelligence!”

Though his body felt weary, as soon as he thought about the Intelligence System, Lin Mo’s brain instantly became very active, pondering how to explore the new functions of the Intelligence System.

It was like exploring a treasure with no end in sight, with new surprises discovered at each turn.

After washing his face, Lin Mo gently knocked on the bedroom door and called out, “Xiaoxiao, time to get up for breakfast! Your mom made your favorite preserved egg and lean pork porridge!

“Mmm… I know, Daddy… I’m getting up…”

A groggy voice responded.

As Lin Mo sat at the dining table, Li Jinwen, who had finished preparing breakfast, came out of the kitchen.

Preserved egg and lean pork porridge, a dish of pickles, and 5 vegetable buns with thin skins and generous fillings.

After both sat down, Li Jinwen said, “Oh, husband, before you go to sleep, remember to call your former boss from the construction company and ask them to send two people over to tear down the existing decorations in the shop.”

“I’ll run around regarding the renovation this morning; let’s get our shop open

as soon as we can!”

Lin Mo took a big bite of the vegetable bun and said, “Isn’t it too rushed? How about when 1 wake up, I’ll take care of these matters!”

“No way!” Li Jinwen decisively shook her head: “You’re already tired enough, I can’t always be lazing around, and besides, renovation is delicate work, which I can handle well!”

Seeing her husband working so hard every day, Li Jinwen really wanted to share some of the burdens.

Lin Mo was well aware of this.

“Alright then,” he didn’t insist and nodded, “In that case, I’ll contact them to go over, and when you look for a renovator, you can opt for the more expensive one, so they use better materials.”

“Formaldehyde from renovations is so dangerous, health comes first. Besides, quality materials last longer, don’t be afraid to spend money!”

“I’ll transfer 100,000 to you first thing; if it’s not enough, you let me know.” Li Jinwen nodded, and it wasn’t long before Lin Xiaoxiao also got out of bed. At the dining table, while drinking porridge, Li Jinwen casually probed a couple of questions about the ginger shoot business. Hearing Lin Mo confidently say that everything was going smoothly, she felt reassured. In truth, she wasn’t afraid of losing some money; she was more concerned about her husband’s confidence taking a hit.

Soon after breakfast was over, Li Jinwen left to take Lin Xiaoxiao to school, while Lin Mo lay down in bed and made a phone call to his former boss.

“Hello, Old Lin, what’s up?”

“I need a favor. Remember, I told you a few days ago that I was going to open a lottery shop? I’ve found the shop, and we need to tear down some of the old decorations!”

“Oh, you got it sorted. You move fast, kiddo. When are you going to treat us buddies to a meal?”

-How could 1 possibly escape that? On the day of the grand opening, I’ll call all the brothers together, and we’ll all go out for a meal!”

“Mr. Lin is generous, send me the store’s address and don’t worry about the rest!”

“Okay, 1 won’t be coming over today, thanks for taking care of it.

After hanging up, Lin Mo sent the lottery shop’s detailed address to the other party and told him not to rush, there wasn’t much work to do, just get it done when he had a moment today.

After doing all that, Lin Mo put his phone aside, just about to close his eyes and sleep, when he heard his phone ring again.

Picking up the phone, it was another unfamiliar number.

He hesitated for a moment and then answered in a solemn voice, “Hello.” “Hello, is this Mr. Lin from the market? I’m Wang from the wholesale market. Are you selling any ginger shoots? I’d like to buy some.”

A man’s voice came from the other end of the phone.

It then dawned on Lin Mo that the pile of missed calls on his phone likely wasn’t from scammers but from merchants looking to buy ginger shoots.

Everyone knew he had a supply of ginger shoots, and now was the high season for them.

People may ignore a thousand calls, but goods will make them nod in agreement at once!

“Wang, sorry, I still need these ginger shoots and won’t be selling them for now. You should check with someone else!”

“Ah? Why not sell? Didn’t you get 300 tons?”

“No reason, I’ve got something else on, hanging up now.”

Lin Mo replied and then made up some excuses to hang up the phone quickly, immediately setting his phone to silent.

After thinking for a moment, he sent a message in the alumni group to Zhang Yihua, [@Zhang Yihua, Yihua, please get ready. I’ll visit in about three days to discuss investment.)

Lin Mo didn’t have Zhang Yihua’s number or his personal WeChat, but the Intelligence System had alerted him that Zhang Yihua would call him later today.

Lin Mo certainly didn’t want to be woken up by a phone call while he was sleeping soundly, so he made an early precaution.

Having done all that, Lin Mo couldn’t be bothered to check the other messages in the alumni group. He crawled under the covers, closed his eyes, and within minutes, he was sound asleep.

It must be said,

Relaxing into sleep after extreme ‘Fatigue’ is truly a delightful thing.

By the time Lin Mo woke up, it was already two o’clock in the afternoon.

The day was overcast, with a grim grayness outside the window, as if it could start raining at any moment.

“Huh…”

Lin Mo didn’t rush to get up but first picked up his phone to check it, finding more than a dozen missed calls.

In his memory, his phone had never been as busy as it was today since he’d bought it.

He checked the messages in the alumni group; there weren’t many. Zhang Yihua sent a ‘clasp hands’ emoji.

“Now there’s just one thing left to do, and that’s to quickly buy the ginger shoot futures!”

Lin Mo sat up, leaning against the headboard, and opened the Xingzhou Commodity Futures Exchange app on his phone to check the price of ginger.

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“It dropped a few cents!”

When Lin Mo checked the day before, the price was 5.21 yuan per jin, and it was precisely because he saw the high price that he decided to wait.

After all, the cheaper the price, the more profit for him.

But he couldn’t trade just yet; he needed to set up an account, which wasn’t troublesome and could be done online.

Registering an account and password on his phone, then waiting for a callback from CITIC Construction Futures, followed by guidance from the callback staff, he completed the subsequent steps one by one.

The whole process went very smoothly, except for the time it took to pass facial recognition.

Lin Mo’s Xiaomi 6 was indeed a bit old, and it had taken a few tumbles before; it still worked, but the camera was blurry, and running apps wasn’t as smooth as before.

Opening his mouth in front of the phone, shaking his head, silently counting numbers, he had to repeat the facial recognition several times before passing. “Looks like it’s time to change this old phone, it’s holding me back. I’m meeting with Chen Shanhe tomorrow and will have time to buy a couple of the latest popular Farleads!”

After all the buying, when the last of his 7 million in funds was invested in ginger futures, Lin Mo lay in bed, spacing out for a while before he leisurely got up. After washing up, he hailed a cab and headed for the wholesale market. Although there were no apparent issues with the 300 tons of ginger shoots, he still wanted to thoroughly check again.

After all, a significant sum of money was involved, and it was his first time doing business; he couldn’t quite ease his mind.

Put another way, he was just used to being busy and couldn’t relax. He always needed to find something to do to feel settled….

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