Translator: SLgen3
"It really appeared?" Feeling the strange light spot in his hand, Qin Yun was pleasantly surprised.
More than a year ago, he accidentally picked up a copper coin, and then a strange message about the wealth system appeared in his mind.
From the initial shock and confusion, it took him more than a month to accept such a mysterious thing.
However, this wealth system required earning money to start. It took him more than a year of part-time jobs while studying to finally earn 10,000 yuan, and now, he had opened a wealth gathering array!
"System, what is the function of this wealth gathering array?" Qin Yun asked, looking at the light spot.
"The wealth-gathering formation is a formation. You can choose to arrange it in an area to gather wealth," the mechanical voice in his mind answered.
"Arranged in an area?" Qin Yun's heart moved.
Although the luck of wealth was illusory, what he experienced was very real, so he didn't doubt it much.
"If I cover a store with the wealth gathering formation, will I be able to earn more money than usual?" Qin Yun asked, feeling a little excited.
"Yes," the mechanical voice responded.
"Sure enough!"
Hearing the affirmative answer, Qin Yun was even more delighted.
Now, it was becoming more and more difficult to make money outside, and the market was saturated. If you wanted to make money, you could only work part-time. Starting your own business was too difficult.
There were many closed shops outside. As far as Qin Yun knew, there was a large hot pot restaurant in Qingwu County before. It was lively when it opened but closed after five months.
He heard that the boss lost more than one million yuan. There were countless similar cases.
Qin Yun had thought about opening a store himself, but he believed he had a high possibility of failure. But now, with a first-level wealth gathering formation, his chances of success were much higher.
Thinking of his own family's situation, Qin Yun felt even more eager to open a store immediately.
But considering his own situation, Qin Yun felt helpless.
"I only have more than 10,000 yuan now, and it is impossible to open a store."
Even a small store would cost at least tens of thousands of yuan to open.
"I'm home," Qin Yun looked ahead.
This was a dilapidated floor area, the Loubao Community, built more than 20 years ago. Now, in the ever-growing Qingwu County, it looked really dilapidated.
Even so, the rent here was very cheap.
"Xiaoyun, are you back?" Back at home, a middle-aged woman was busy in the kitchen. Hearing the movement, she said with a smile.
The middle-aged woman looked about to be in her fifties, her body slightly bent, and she appeared exhausted.
"Mom," Qin Yun shouted. "It smells so good. I can smell the stewed pork ribs."
He sniffed his nose and smiled.
The middle-aged woman was his mother, Zhao Mei.
Zhao Mei smiled and said, "You're going to take the college entrance examination soon, so I'll give you a good boost."
"Squeak."
After a while, the door opened, and a middle-aged man walked in. The man looked obviously tired from long hours of work, with dark skin, messy hair, and dusty old clothes.
This dress was still the school uniform that Qin Yun wore before.
"Dad." Seeing the middle-aged man, Qin Yun quickly shouted.
This was his father, Qin Guodong.
At this moment, Zhao Mei brought out the last dish.
A bowl of pork rib soup, a bowl of cold cucumber, a bowl of celery, a bowl of lettuce—four dishes. For the Qin family, it was already quite rich.
During the meal, Zhao Mei looked at Qin Guodong and asked, "What did Boss Qian say on the construction site?"
"I asked today, and he will pay us 5,000 yuan before the 20th," Qin Guodong said with a smile.
He had a swarthy complexion, and a lot of white hair had grown on his head. Not only him, but Zhao Mei's hair was also gray.
Looking at his parents with their weary faces, Qin Yun's heart was full of distress.
His parents were less than fifty years old but looked nearly sixty because of the immense pressure on them.
Qin Yun's family had five members. He had two older sisters.
The Qin family's financial condition was not good, but the pressure for Qin Yun and his second sister to study was not very high. The real pressure came from the house.
In the past few years, housing prices in Qingwu County had risen crazily, increasing by two or three thousand yuan in almost a year. This small county, which wasn't necessarily even fifth-tier, had housing prices of more than 8,000 yuan, even over 10,000 yuan per square meter.
Now, getting married and having a house in the city was almost inevitable.
Qin Guodong and Zhao Mei were anxious. According to this rate of increase, when Qin Yun got married, how high would the housing prices reach?
They had heard that housing prices in big cities were tens of thousands per square meter.
So they borrowed money everywhere and paid a down payment for a house in Qingwu County. The total price was 800,000 yuan, with a down payment of 240,000 yuan, and a loan of more than 500,000 yuan. The loan would take 30 years, plus bank interest. Over thirty years, they would repay more than one million yuan!
"Dad works on the construction site and earns hard money. He's reluctant to take a day off because one day off means one day's wages lost. But Mom's education is not high, and her wages are very low," Qin Yun thought.
The rapid development of the times, the pressure of providing children with education, and the pressure of mortgages were entirely on his parents.
He was fine when he was young, but as he grew older, his parents worked harder, and their lives became more difficult.
"I have a wealth system, and I have the opportunity to change my parents' fate," Qin Yun thought.
Because of this, for more than a year, he took on various part-time jobs, distributing leaflets, moving express delivery, cleaning tables in small restaurants, washing dishes, and so on.
After eating, Qin Guodong rested for a few minutes, then stood up and said, "I'm going to the construction site."
Qin Guodong's workplace was not far from here, so he chose to walk back to eat, saving ten yuan on takeaway.
"Xiaoyun, study hard at home, and if you go out, close the door."
Father left, and mother Zhao Mei left in a hurry after working for a while. She also had work to do in the afternoon.
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"How should this wealth gathering array be arranged?" Qin Yun didn't stay at home, as he actually had a part-time job in the afternoon.
Walking on the road, Qin Yun was thinking silently.
He now knew the function of the wealth gathering array, but there was no place to arrange it, so it couldn't be placed just anywhere, right?
Then he wouldn't get the money he earns. It's best to open his own shop.
But now he had no money at all, and his parents had no spare money, so opening a store was impossible.
"Ok?"
While worrying, Qin Yun suddenly looked at one place.
"Ten yuan?"
There was exactly ten yuan on the grass next to the road.
Looking around, he saw no one else, so he stepped forward to pick it up.
Then Qin Yun continued to move forward. After more than ten minutes, he stared blankly ahead.
He actually saw another five yuan in the grass.