Half an hour later, Chen Xihua and her two sisters returned to Sunshine Garden in the northern new district of the county.

This is the neighborhood where Chen Lao Er first bought a house.

At the door of room 606 on the sixth floor, Chen Baohua looked back and forth, anxiously and happily waiting, "Fifth Sister and the others should be here soon!"

"Xiao Bao, your fifth sister is downstairs!"

From the left corner of the balcony, you can see a little bit of the entrance to the residential complex.

Chen Lao Er seems to have spotted that military green SUV from Jinhua.

"Dad, really? Then I'll go down and get Fifth Sister!"

Chen Baohua jogged out, his excited voice echoing in the stairwell.

"A few girls, just going home normally, don't think they're special guests."

Li Yumei, in the kitchen, pouted and muttered unhappily.

She shoveled the last dish onto a plate, then casually threw the spatula back into the pot with a loud, jarring sound.

"That woman is just saying one thing and meaning another!"

Chen Lao Er increasingly disliked his wife's affected and pretentious behavior.

For over twenty years, she has always tried to put on airs in front of her daughter and demonstrate her authority as a mother.

Don't you even realize that since Xiao Wu was brought back from Shanghe Village, are your daughters still the same as before?

As children, they should have the proper attitude towards their parents, but they no longer try to please or obey them.

"Hmph!" Li Yumei came out of the kitchen and cursed at the man.

Of course you, Chen Lao Er, are happy. Once Wu Ya Tou comes back, you'll figure out how to ask her for money.

As for that fifth daughter, the group company has so much money, but they haven't given her a single penny.

“Chen Lao Er, she is your good daughter. She bought you a motorcycle at first, and then a car later.”

"As for me, her mother, I haven't received any benefits whatsoever."

"Look at you, so calculating. Can you even ride a motorcycle? Can you even drive a car?"

Besides, wasn't all the furniture and decoration in this house paid for by Xiao Wu?

The huge spring mattress in our room was also bought with her money. Why don't you sleep on this bed tonight and sleep on the sofa in the living room instead?

No, that's not right either. This leather sofa was bought with money from Xiao Wu. You can sit on the old wooden stool!

Chen Lao Er glanced at her and rattled off a string of words, leaving Li Yumei speechless with anger, her face turning green with rage.

He wanted to continue talking to her, but then he seemed to hear voices coming from outside the elevator.

He immediately shut up, his face instantly breaking into a wide smile, and went out to see what was going on.

Before leaving, he turned back and glared at Li Yumei, signaling her not to act recklessly later.

That's right, that woman is just being pretentious.

On ordinary days, when he drove her to and from school, she would be all smiles in the car.

When they see an acquaintance walking or riding a bicycle on the road, they insist that the person stop.

Then, she deliberately peeked out and said a few words to people, some random nonsense.

"Oh, yes, that's right, time to go home for dinner. It must have been hot on the way, but it was fine in the car..."

Doesn't she know that frequently stopping and starting a car consumes a lot of fuel?

Li Yumei was very unconvinced. She crossed her arms and sat there, thinking, "It's true that rich people are always the boss!"

Soon, Chen Baohua's caring voice came from the doorway: "Fifth Sister, are you tired? Are you hungry...?"

The first person to enter was Chen Jinhua. She strode in, her posture upright, her expression indifferent.

He looked at Li Yumei and politely greeted her, "Mom!"

Even though she tried to suppress her anger, Li Yumei was still startled by her stern gaze.

She abruptly lowered her hands, rubbed them on her apron, sat up straight, and forced a smile, saying, "Jinhua, you're back! Quickly wash your hands and eat."

At the dinner table, Chen Lao Er was very enthusiastic, smiling broadly, "Jinhua, you've had a tough time in the army! Xiuhua, have some food!"

He pretended to eat with his head down, shoveling a few bites into his food. Then, he looked up, hesitant to speak, and asked Chen Xihua, "Xiao Wu..."

"Dad, just say what you want to say, or wait until Fifth Sister finishes eating."

Chen Baohua disliked his father and pretended to ask for money from his fifth sister.

"Dad, go ahead and tell me!" Chen Xihua was almost full.

Chen Lao Er looked at Xiao Wu, who seemed to think, "Let's talk, there's something to discuss," so he quickly seized the opportunity.

"Isn't the residential area going to be demolished?"

Each household was given a new apartment of the same size.

Right across from our Sunshine Community is the newly built Jinjing Jiayuan residential complex.

Your uncle's family was previously allocated a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment, but they can now exchange it for a space of about 100 square meters.

Our house is smaller, so we can only exchange it for a 67-square-meter apartment.

I was thinking... I was thinking, the higher-ups said that if I paid some extra money, I could get a bigger house.

Look... Our house now has three bedrooms and one living room, but there are five of you sisters, so it's not enough for each of you to have your own room.

The houses in Jinjing Garden over there are also small.

You said, if we add a little more money, two or three hundred thousand, we can get a house of over 100 square meters with six or seven rooms, wouldn't that be better?

"Once you sisters are all married, you'll have a place to stay when you come back to your parents' home."

"Why bother changing to a bigger house? Xiao Wu has two houses in Lei Ting Hao Xuan next door."

The largest unit is 200 square meters, with eight bedrooms, two living rooms, plus a kitchen and bathroom—it's spacious enough!

Before Chen Xihua could say whether she agreed or not, Chen Jinhua spoke first.

Ignoring her parents' astonished expressions, she added.

"This apartment in Sunshine Garden is the perfect size for the one in Jinjing Garden over there."

From now on, you two old folks will live in one set, and the other set will be for Xiao Liu to live in after he gets married.

These two houses belong to the Chen family; you won't give them to our five sisters in the future.

The fifth sister is wealthy, but there are some accounts that should have been settled earlier. The eldest sister is married, and as the second sister, she has a responsibility to make things clear.

Don't think that you'll unknowingly take advantage of Xiao Wu and then leave everything for Xiao Liu.

Although Xiao Wu probably doesn't care, and Xiao Wu might even treat Xiao Liu better in private.

But it was Xiao Wu's own choice, not something suggested by his parents through their petty schemes.

"Yes, Dad, it's good to do what Second Sister said!"

Chen Xihua didn't really have much of an opinion, but since her second sister had brought up the idea, she thought she could listen to it.

Chen Xiuhua nodded in agreement: "Yes!"

"Ah, Father, Mother, is that what you meant?"

Chen Baohua suddenly froze, his expression turning somewhat grim.

When he first heard his father talk about moving to a bigger house, he didn't think much of it.

The couple, Chen Lao Er and his wife, were still in shock.

What did Jin Hua just say? There's Lei Ting Hao Xuan next door, and Xiao Wu has two houses?

"Xiao Wu, you... you have two houses next door?"

Chen Lao Er asked somewhat haltingly, having long forgotten about paying more money to upgrade to a bigger house.

Chen Xihua nodded casually, "Mm!"

"What's the big deal? Xiao Wu doesn't just have an apartment here in her hometown. She also has a 200-square-meter apartment in Cuishan Garden in Yun City, the provincial capital, and a courtyard house in Beijing that's also 200-300 square meters..."

Chen Jinhua decided to reveal all of Xiao Wu's secrets in one go.

To avoid what my parents might think if they find out later.

At the same time, the eldest sister, the fourth sister, and the sixth sister each own an apartment in Jinjing Jiayuan in Beijing, and the third sister also owns an apartment in Cuishanyuan.

I've told you everything.