There are six siblings in her family. Apart from the fifth child and herself, each of them owns a house.

As for why she doesn't buy her own place, she plans to stay at Xiao Wu's house instead.

There was no other way; she had the money to buy a car. The main reason was that she was a soldier and would be mostly stationed at the military base.

In the future, they will most likely live in the houses allocated by the military in the military region's family compound, and it will be inconvenient for them to live outside.

"Second sister, you let something slip. Fifth sister also owns a property in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province."

Chen Baohua raised his face, which was starting to break out in pimples, and said proudly.

Each person has one house, and Xiao Wu has several more.

Before, their family lived in a small house in the residential area, and the sisters slept in bunk beds. Was it because they had a good relationship?

After her initial shock, Li Yumei was suddenly consumed by rage. This was something that Xiao Wu and the other maids had deliberately concealed.

"Hehe, you guys are really something. My five daughters and one son teamed up to cheat us."

Are you afraid we'll embezzle your money, or what?

"Hey, Yumei, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Xiao Wu and her friends bought it with their own money. If they don't want to talk about it, so be it. Don't all children have some privacy?

Chen Lao Er was good at comforting himself. Although he was a little upset, he quickly recovered. Did it matter whose name the house was under?

It didn't matter at all; all he knew was that his daughters all owned houses in big cities.

They are parents, and they want to stay there for a while, so that should be okay, right?

They are all his children, all members of the Chen family, so what's the difference?

No, hahaha, he's happy, he's their dad!

It's a pity that most of the food was already eaten, otherwise, Chen Lao Er would have liked to take out a small glass of wine and have a very pleasant time.

He wished he could go out late at night, meet up with some old friends, and talk all night about how his fifth daughter was a rich woman.

Li Yumei was also quite shocked. She stood up in a daze and walked back to her room, feeling empty inside.

Previously, although it was known that Xiao Wu owned a group company and that the Fanghua Garment Factory in Gaoyang County also belonged to her.

However, none of this was intuitive enough, and Li Yumei couldn't calculate exactly how much money Xiao Wu had, but now she heard about the house.

Ordinary people are particularly obsessed with houses. Everyone says that rich people live in mansions and villas.

Now, her daughters own a total of ten houses. To put that in perspective, they must be very wealthy!

The manager of the farmers' market in their county only has two houses.

In addition, Jin Hua joined the army and I heard he has been promoted to lieutenant colonel.

Xiuhua entered the research institute. I heard that she is a very talented person in mathematics, no, she should be called a genius.

It turns out that, without realizing it, more than ten years had passed.

While she was still calculating whether the pastry shop was making eighty or ninety-five dollars a day, her family had already changed their business.

In fact, Li Yumei had already figured out why they had kept it from their family—it was because of her, it must be because of her.

From a young age, she would beat and scold her sisters, looking down on them as little girls.

What's the use of a girl going to school? She'll still get married eventually. A married daughter is like water spilled from a cup.

Back then, she even wanted them all to drop out of school, start working early, and get married when they were older.

Li Yumei's feelings were complicated at this moment. She wanted to say that as their biological mother, whatever she did to them was what she should do, and she had done nothing wrong.

She has raised them all, ensuring they have everything they need, from clothes to food.

Look at them now, they've grown up and don't respect their parents anymore.

Li Yumei wanted to swear a few more times to get a sense of her own importance, but she subconsciously remembered what her husband had said: pretentious.

After all, she was equally excited and proud; they were her daughters, the children she had given birth to.

She now desperately wants to rush to the residential area and find the women who said she couldn't have a son back then.

He laughed and said loudly, "Look, look at all of you, my five daughters, how outstanding they are!"

Furthermore, what she wanted to do most was to go to Uncle Chen's house, find Grandma Chen, and give her a good scolding.

Li Yumei still vividly remembers the oppression her mother-in-law gave her back then: "If you don't give birth to a son, I'll make my son divorce you!"

"Father, is Mother alright?" Chen Xiuhua asked worriedly, wanting to go in and check on her.

"It's alright, your mother is just overjoyed!" Chen Lao Er waved his hands repeatedly, telling his daughters not to mind.

Chen Jinhua and Chen Baohua looked at each other.

What's wrong with me? Is it necessary to react so strongly?

Didn't they know that Xiao Wu was rich a long time ago?

Chen Xihua said calmly, "Fourth Sister, Mother probably just wants some peace and quiet!"

Li Yumei felt that she had just lost her composure in front of them and couldn't bring herself to do it.

There might also be those who realize they made a small mistake, want to regret it, but don't want them to see it.

......

The next morning, some relatives from the Chen family came to visit; it was the eldest cousin, Chen Penghua, and his family of three.

Li Xiaoling, carrying a bag of fruit, greeted everyone politely, and Xiao Tingting also greeted her sweetly.

The textile factory was already struggling two years ago, and now it's being shut down and is slated for demolition.

Chen Penghua and Li Xiaoling were both textile factory workers, but now that they are unemployed, their family has no income.

The daughter, Chen Tingting, needs money for school, and the family's living expenses are also considerable.

Every month, she also has to give money to her parents and grandparents for their old age. On Li Xiaoling's side, her family also asks her for money from time to time.

Chen Penghua did look for work; both he and his wife were looking for jobs again.

They don't want to do heavy lifting, nor are they capable of it. As for technical work, they've only worked in textile factories and don't have any other skills.

I found several jobs in the county, but I only worked for a few days before I didn't want to continue.

Fanghua Garment Factory does offer formal job openings, but Li Xiaoling doesn't want to sit at the sewing machine all day.

Chen Penghua also didn't want to work anymore and receive a fixed salary.

He wanted to do some business, so he came to Chen Xihua's house this time.

He wanted to borrow money from his cousin because he planned to open an internet cafe in the county. In recent years, everyone who opened an internet cafe in the county has made money.

"Around 2000, opening an internet cafe was indeed profitable, but two years later, it became difficult to run an internet cafe."

Chen Xihua didn't say whether she would lend it or not. She first analyzed the current market situation with him, saying that in a few years, home computers would be commonplace.

She has the money; she can lend him or her 100,000 yuan, as long as he or she writes an IOU and guarantees when he or she will repay it.

The problem is, if he fails in his business and goes bankrupt, unable to repay his debts, is she going to come and cause trouble for him to collect the debt?

It's not cost-effective, and there's no need for it.

Finally, she gave another suggestion: "You can mortgage the house and borrow money from the bank to start a business."

However, I think you should reconsider. Internet cafes aren't a long-term solution.

It wasn't that Chen Xihua was indifferent, but rather that she couldn't bring herself to ask. If someone was truly struggling to make ends meet and couldn't afford to eat, she could offer assistance.

They have hands and feet, and they can support themselves by working. As for wanting to be their own boss or start their own business, they have to rely on themselves; no one else can help them.

If the business fails and goes bankrupt, who can be blamed?

Judging from Chen Penghua's selfishness and indecisiveness, he doesn't seem like the type to do business.

My second cousin, Chen Jianhua, is quite talented, but he's also ruthless and vicious.

The main issue is that their relationship isn't that good; to be precise, the two families have some conflicts.

Unable to get the desired result, Chen Penghua and his wife left with embarrassed expressions.

Little Tingting was quite happy, and her aunts enthusiastically offered her snacks and cookies.

Unlike her maternal grandparents' cousins, who always talked about her behind her back, pushed and shoved her, and tried to hit her, saying she stole their snacks.

In the afternoon, Li Dashun and his son Li Dongming from Shanghe Village came to the door, also wanting to borrow money.