After returning home from his hometown, Xia Jianguo immediately completed the household registration process. Looking at the new household registration booklet, the whole family was filled with emotion.

If it weren't for good luck, they wouldn't have been able to buy a house and register their residency so easily.

"Chunmei, Xiaomei, when you take Xiaomin out to play in the future, if you come across anything like a lottery or buying lottery tickets, don't let her get involved. Last time we went home, her grandma said that overdrawing her luck might cause her to die young," Xia Jianguo said seriously.

"Okay, I understand, Second Brother."

“Jianguo, you know what my mom said, it really makes a lot of sense. She was probably talking about my brother’s friend. In the mid-1980s, he made two or three hundred thousand yuan. He was so successful, but he didn’t last long and soon fell ill and passed away.”

"When you put it that way, it seems there are indeed many such cases. I know a few myself."

Xia Jianguo has been familiarizing himself with the environment for the past two days. They plan to set up stalls at night markets where several large factories are located.

Based on my observations over the past few days, the foot traffic is high and the purchasing power is strong. The key is that they can close up shop around 8 p.m. The only downside is that it's a bit far, about 50 kilometers from the city center, and you can only get there by bus. Fortunately, I can take a bus directly to the bus stop near my home.

The stalls at the factory night market are fixed and require a stall management fee. The stall that Xia Jianguo took over was transferred from someone else. The transfer fee for the stall was 1,000 yuan, and the name was updated at the night market management office. This stall will have priority in paying fees in the future.

"Dad, can't I really go with you to set up a stall?" Xia Minmin asked, clasping her hands together in a pleading manner.

Today is the first day that Xia Jianguo and his wife set up their stall in Shenzhen, and Xia Minmin really wants to go and see how it goes.

"No, even if you want to go, you have to wait until your mother and I are familiar with the area. Besides, you have to go to class today!" Xia Jianguo coldly and ruthlessly refused.

"Xiaomin, be good. Mom will take you to play again in a while. Your teacher can only teach three days a week, so you can't miss class."

During the few days Xia Jianguo returned to his hometown, Li Chunmei learned that a math teacher named Zhu from a nearby high school was very knowledgeable in mental arithmetic and would teach classes outside the school on weekends.

On Saturday, Li Chunmei planned to take Xia Minmin to register there, but the youngest student in the class who was learning abacus mental arithmetic was ten years old, and there was no one like Xia Minmin who was only a little over two years old.

After testing Xia Minmin, Teacher Zhu, eager to nurture her talent, set aside three days a week to go directly to her home for lessons, from six to seven in the evening, for an hour each time, with Xia Minmin accompanying her.

Originally, Teacher Zhu planned to charge according to the training class fee, but Li Chunmei felt bad about it, so the two parties finally agreed on fifty yuan per hour for one-on-one tutoring.

Today is Xia Minmin's second tutoring session.

"If you go to your tutoring class obediently, Mom will take you to buy a box of building blocks tomorrow. Weren't there a few that you hesitated about last time?"

Xia Minmin pretended to be reluctant and said, "Okay!"

Xia Jianguo glanced at his watch. "Chunmei's at 3:30. We need to leave. It'll take an hour and a half by car."

"Little sister, keep an eye on Xiaomin, we're off."

Xia Jianguo and Li Chunmei each pulled a small cart, preparing to go downstairs.

"Mom and Dad, I'll watch the strollers downstairs for you." Each stroller had two large packages on it, requiring two people to carry it downstairs.

"Okay, thanks Xiaomin."

"You're welcome, Auntie. I'll be right back."

Xia Minmin ran down the stairs with a happy trot. She had grown a little taller recently, and was now much more agile going up and down the stairs.

After going downstairs, Xia Minmin helped hold the unit door open so that Li Jianguo and Li Chunmei could pass through easily.

Xia Jianguo said, "Xiaomin, go upstairs. Your mother and I are leaving."

Goodbye, Mom and Dad.

...

A gazebo in the residential area.

"Is this the resident of apartment 302, unit 3, building 5?"

"Yeah yeah!"

"What are they doing? Why are they dragging two small carts?"

"I heard you're planning to set up a street stall?"

"Really? You can buy a house in our neighborhood just by setting up a street stall? I heard it's cash payment."

"It was a full payment. My family paid in full and the sales office gave us a refrigerator and a floor fan as gifts. They also gave us gifts."

"Are street vendors all this rich these days? They can just buy a house worth four or five hundred thousand yuan like that?"

"Who knows? But their family must have a lot of expenses. Her daughter bought a building block toy last time, and my grandson also wanted it. He was making a huge fuss at home, so I had no choice but to take him to the mall to buy it. Goodness, such a small box cost several hundred yuan."

"So expensive?"

"Yes, it's supposedly an imported product."

“If we could make so much money, we might as well set up a street stall. If it weren’t for the loan and my in-laws’ subsidies, my family wouldn’t be able to afford a house in this neighborhood at all.”

"Who can argue with that? My family bought a bare-bones house and just did a quick job. If it weren't for wanting our child to attend a good school, who would have bought here? The house price here is a thousand yuan more expensive than in other places, and a fully furnished house costs almost two thousand."

"Furnished apartments are so expensive?"

Didn't you visit the fully furnished apartments when you bought your house?

"No."

"The fully furnished apartment is really great. It's super practical and the materials used are all very good."

"It's making me want to set up a street stall too!"

"Me too. State-owned factories are becoming less and less efficient. We're only cutting benefits, but other factories have stopped paying wages altogether. They're not even as good as private factories!"

"The wages in private factories are high, but they are too tiring. You work shifts every day, 12 hours a day."

"What a pipe dream! There are hardly any factories where the pay is high and the work is easy."

"Several of my friends have taken unpaid leave to set up stalls outside."

Really?

"Of course it's true. They must have made a lot of money and bought a lot of new home appliances."

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