Upon hearing Xu Weiguo's words, Zhang Yumei silently calculated the family's savings.

Then, he said to Huang Qinqin with great enthusiasm, "Qinqin, your dad and I will buy five sets!"

"Two sets are for ourselves, and the remaining three sets are for Hongxia and Ping'an respectively."

As for Xu Weiguo and Huang Qinqin, Zhang Yumei had no intention of buying them anything.

Firstly, because they have their own money, and secondly, because she has already bought it for Ping An and An An.

Five sets?!

Huang Qinqin and Xu Weiguo exclaimed in unison.

Huang Qinqin never expected that Zhang Yumei would be so bold.

If you have five sets, that would cost a thousand yuan.

Xu Weiguo's surprise stemmed from the fact that he exclaimed, "Wife, didn't you say we didn't have much savings?!"

"Where did you get the money to buy five sets?!"

Xu Weiguo recalled that whenever he wanted to buy something, Zhang Yumei would show him their family's savings book.

Looking at the five or six hundred yuan in savings, Xu Weiguo couldn't help but suspect that Zhang Yumei was lying to him.

After all, his monthly salary used to be over a hundred, not to mention his salary after he was promoted from deputy to full-fledged employee.

But every time he asked Zhang Yumei, she would say that Xu Weiguo, who was not in charge of the household, did not know the cost of firewood, rice, oil, and salt.

She also said that if Xu Weiguo didn't believe her, she would manage the money herself and take charge of all the household affairs.

Then Xu Weiguo was out of commission.

but!

Now Zhang Yumei is actually saying she wants to buy five houses, which is completely beyond their family's savings!

so!

Xu Weiguo is now certain that Zhang Yumei was lying to him!

"Wife! Didn't you say that we only had one bankbook at home, and that there was only a little over five hundred yuan in it?!"

"You're lying to me?!"

Seeing Xu Weiguo so heartbroken he was swaying precariously, Huang Qinqin hugged Pingping and quietly moved away.

They were afraid that Xu Weiguo might suddenly collapse.

Zhang Yumei replied without batting an eye, "How could I possibly lie to you?"

"There is indeed only one bankbook in the family."

"Then why did you lie to me? There was only a little over five hundred yuan in the savings account."

Xu Weiguo looked at Zhang Yumei with a wronged expression, trying to awaken her conscience.

"I didn't lie to you. There's really only a little over five hundred in the bankbook. You can't fake a bankbook, so how could I lie to you?"

Zhang Yumei touched her nose somewhat guiltily: "I just didn't tell you that besides the savings account, there's only a little bit of cash at home."

Xu Weiguo clutched his chest, utterly devastated, and demanded, "If the family still has money, why won't you let me buy a fishing rod?"

"You knew how much I liked it, and I still begged you for so long!"

When the fishing rod was mentioned, Zhang Yumei immediately felt no longer guilty.

Not only was she not guilty, Zhang Yumei was even a little angry.

She stood with her hands on her hips and said aggressively, "Don't even mention that broken fishing rod to me!"

"Don't think I don't know. Deputy Director Qin's wife told me that your lousy fishing rod actually costs more than fifty yuan!"

"And once you buy a fishing rod, you have to buy fish feed and other fishing tools."

"Deputy Director Qin spent almost half of his monthly salary on this, which infuriated his wife."

Xu Weiguo was surprised that Zhang Yumei also knew about Deputy Director Qin's affairs.

His imposing manner immediately vanished, and he even spoke in a softer voice.

“Deputy Director Qin is an exception; no one else has spent this much money.”

"Besides, we went fishing partly to help improve our family's meals..."

Zhang Yumei scoffed, "Tch~ Give me a break, you mean improving our meals?"

"Whenever you go fishing, have you ever caught a big fish?"

"The fish you caught are so small, let alone good for our meals. Even a cat would think they're too small to eat!"

"Also, why don't other people spend that much money? Is it because they don't want to?"

"It's just that their family won't give it to them. Anyway, give up on that idea. I'm not going to give you any extra money to buy a fishing rod."

"If you really want to buy it, then you can slowly save up your allowance!"

Xu Weiguo couldn't argue with her, nor did he dare to hit her, so he could only sit down again, sulking.

Huang Qinqin saw that they had finished arguing, and Xu Weiguo was sulking with his arms crossed.

He looked at Zhang Yumei and asked seriously, "Mom, are you really going to buy five sets? Isn't that a bit too many?"

Zhang Yumei shook her head: "Not much. If I weren't afraid to spend all the money I had, I would have liked to buy two more sets."

In fact, Zhang Yumei had saved at least five or six thousand yuan, if not ten thousand.

Zhang Yumei chose to buy five sets because she was afraid of scaring others if she told them; otherwise, she would have definitely bought more.

She looked at Huang Qinqin and told her what she was thinking.

"Qinqin, think about it, isn't money from the past two years less effective?"

“In the past, one cent could buy at least two pounds of vegetables, but now?”

"Besides radishes, even the cheapest green vegetables cost two cents a pound."

"Mom just thinks that instead of keeping this money in her hands, she might as well take it out and try her luck."

"Anyway, they're just sitting there. Even if we can't rent them out later, we can always sell them."

"We won't lose money no matter what, at most we just won't make any. What's there to be afraid of?"

Hiss~

I must say, Zhang Yumei's idea is really insightful.

Although Huang Qinqin had thought the same way before, when it came to the crucial moment, she became even more hesitant and timid than Zhang Yumei.

"Okay, then Mom and Dad will have five sets, making a total of six sets."

"Junhui and I..."

Huang Qinqin was a little conflicted; she had originally planned to buy three sets.

But now that she sees how many sets Zhang Yumei bought, and considering that she and Xu Junhui also have a lot of money, she wants to buy a few more sets herself.

“Junhui and I will buy five sets as well, then we will have eleven sets.”

"Before I left, my mom gave me some money, and I planned to use it to buy two more apartments for her, which would make a total of thirteen!"

Huang Qinqin originally thought that Zhang Yumei would only give her a hundred or so yuan at most.

Although the handkerchief was a bit thick, she assumed it was because the bag had several layers.

When Huang Qinqin opened the package in Guangzhou, she discovered that there were a full four hundred yuan inside!

When Xu Weiguo heard that they already had thirteen sets, he felt that maybe they didn't need to find anyone else.

Just asking Manager Gao again if he wants to buy it would probably be enough.

"Okay, then our family will have thirteen sets."

"We'll call Junhui in a bit and ask him to send us the money."

"I'd also like to ask if my older brothers want to buy a house; they should be close to doing so."

"If there are no other questions, shall we adjourn the meeting?"

When everyone else was ready to leave the meeting.

After a long silence, Xu Fang raised her hand and said weakly, "Um, elder brother and sister-in-law, Qinqin, I have something else to say."