Chapter 164 We Have a Car Now!

Chapter 164: We Got a Car!

Seeing that it was about time, Su He closed the shop and headed home.

When she arrived, the smell of dinner already filled the yard.

Lately, during their meals together, Fu Yanju had been watching Su He cook and learned quite a bit.

She realized that the reason Su He’s dishes tasted so good was because she was generous with oil, salt, and spices.

So today, Fu Yanju tried cooking like her—and indeed, the food turned out much tastier than before.

Zai Zai and Niu Niu were playing in the yard, while Chen Waner was helping her mother with the cooking fire.

The moment Zai Zai spotted Su He, he immediately rushed over and stopped in front of her, saying, “Mom.”

“Hey, were you good this morning at home?” Su He smiled and patted her son’s head.

Hmm… Zai Zai seemed to be growing well.

“I was good,” Zai Zai replied, his face turning a little red.

At that moment, Niu Niu also noticed Su He and came running over, shouting, “Mom, Mom~”

“Ah, sweetheart, slow down. You’ll hurt yourself if you fall.” Su He hurried forward to catch her daughter.

“I’m not scared! I want Mommy to hold me!” Well, Niu Niu was getting more spoiled and demanding every day.

Holding Niu Niu and leading Zai Zai by the hand, Su He walked into the kitchen.

Fu Yanju had just finished cooking the last side dish.

“Su He, you’re back? Ting Hua said he’d be back by noon, so I started cooking since it’s about time, but he hasn’t returned yet,” Fu Yanju sighed.

“It’s fine, let’s wait for him. He should be back soon. If it takes too long, we can save him some food for later.”

Just as they were speaking, a car pulled up outside.

Su He said and immediately went out to see what was happening.

As soon as she reached the gate, she saw a car parked in the yard, and Fu Tinghua getting out of the driver’s seat.

“This car? Are you going somewhere? Did you borrow someone’s car again?” Su He walked up and asked.

“This car’s mine for now. Like it?”

“You should get your license too—it’ll be easier when you need to go out.

“I’m always at the hospital, so unless we’re going back to the countryside, I won’t need it much.

“But since you’re running your business and need to get around, you’ll need a car,” Fu Tinghua said with a smile.

Wait—what?

They had a car just like that?

“This car is yours?” Su He asked, stunned.

"Well, I have temporary use of the car. I applied for it as senior medical staff at the hospital, and it was approved quicker than expected. But if I ever leave this job, they'll take it back."

In other words, the car wasn't theirs—it was a benefit the hospital gave to Fu Tinghua.

But if he ever left the hospital, they'd take the car back.

"Well, having one is better than nothing." Having a car would be so convenient for her.

Work errands or business trips would be much easier from now on.

Cars were so expensive these days—costing anywhere from tens to hundreds of thousands to buy.

Right now, she didn’t even have a thousand bucks to her name, let alone that kind of money.

(She sighed.)

"Happy?" Fu Tinghua rested his hand on Su He’s shoulder, pulling her into his embrace.

He knew having a car would make her thrilled.

"Thrilled! It’ll make everything so much easier." Su He couldn’t hide her excitement.

"Don’t worry, once I start making money, there’ll definitely be plenty of cars that truly belong to our family." Su He began spinning big dreams for Fu Tinghua.

With Fu Tinghua’s salary, providing for the family and saving up for a car would probably take years—and he probably wouldn’t even want to spend the money.

But she was different. She was confident she could earn money—money with minimal costs and all profit.

"Mm, wonderful. You haven’t even earned anything yet, and you’re already dreaming." Fu Tinghua said.

Fu Tinghua brushed the back of his hand against Su He’s forehead.

No temperature.

"What? You don’t believe me?" Su He asked coolly.

"I do! Of course I believe you. I’ll wait for you to buy a car, and then I’ll just catch rides with you."

Dr. Fu didn’t feel the slightest bit ashamed, as a grown man, about catching rides off his wife.

In his eyes, all his titles—being a doctor, having a stable government job, being a senior technical expert, graduating from a prestigious university—paled in comparison to Su He.

He even felt guilty that what he had wasn’t enough, making Su He worry about earning money.

But he would never stop her from doing anything she wanted. He could only support her as best he could.

As long as Su He stayed by him and the children forever, he’d give her anything she wanted.

His only fear was that she might just disappear one day.

"Just wait to live the good life. Our Dr. Fu can focus on his medical research, treating patients, and helping advance the country’s medicine. Everything else? Leave it to me."

For some reason, at this moment, Fu Tinghua felt that Su He understood him deeply, touching him deeply.

Were it not for worrying about his sister and the kids seeing, he would’ve kissed her right then.

He truly had no grand ambitions of making big money—his career alone limited him from ever becoming an overnight success.

All he wanted was to focus on advancing the country’s medical research.

The current healthcare standards in China are still quite backward—not only in terms of medical equipment, but also suffering from a desperate lack of qualified personnel.

Otherwise, the People's Hospital wouldn't have gone to such lengths to retain Fu Tinghua, a top medical expert, offering him both a courtyard house and a car.

Because Fu Tinghua works at the People's Hospital, it has become the top hospital in the city, as he can perform many surgeries that other hospitals are unable to handle.

Fu Tinghua’s salary is already considered quite high among doctors. His fixed monthly income is at least over three hundred yuan (about $40 at the time). If there are particularly difficult surgeries, his pay for that month may see a slight increase.

In addition, as deputy director, he also receives a year-end bonus.

Yet even with this level of income, affording a car is still tough.

However, in this gold-rush era, people who go into business can easily buy cars.

Su He's ambitions certainly aren’t limited to running a small supermarket—it's just a way to raise startup funds initially.

Once she accumulates enough capital, she plans to open factories and companies to produce goods for her supermarkets, and then launch chain stores.

Of course, she also wants to get into the clothing business and open boutiques.

Once she earns enough money, she’ll buy property in the capital and invest in real estate to ride the coming housing market wave.

Housing prices are very low at this time, but even so, Su He doesn't have the money right now to buy any.

So for now, she'll focus on getting the first step right.

In this era, physical stores are the easiest to establish successfully.