The crackling sound of firecrackers heralds the end of the 1970s and the arrival of the 1980s!

Yu Yin's family will spend the Lunar New Year alone this year, with her grandparents and her third uncle and aunt. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Aunt Lu and her family will go back to her parents' home.

A family of six each named a dish they wanted to eat; they could eat whatever they wanted.

Yu Yin and Lu Shurui were preparing food in the kitchen, while Pingping and An'an, along with Kuaikuai and Manman, were writing couplets in the living room. Manman wrote a few words and then went to cut paper-cuts for the windows; she still preferred to sit quietly and cut paper.

The red paper seemed to come alive in Manman's hands as he slowly cut out magpies perched on branches, fish leaping over the dragon gate, and auspicious symbols of welcoming spring... Each pattern was lifelike and exquisitely crafted.

After the New Year, Pingping and An'an will be ten years old, Kuaikuai and Manman will be seven years old, and Yu Yin will be 30 years old. Looking at the four children swaying in front of her, Yu Yin feels like she is dreaming.

Who would have thought that she, at 30 years old, already has four children, the eldest of whom is almost graduating from elementary school!

After eating dumplings and glutinous rice balls, the year is coming to an end!

Lu Shurui took the four children outside to watch the fireworks. Yu Yin stood by the window, but her mind was filled with images of galloping horses and various scenes, making it impossible to distinguish between her past life and this one.

"Mommy, Mommy, the fireworks outside are so beautiful!"

She rushed in, pulling her mother to watch the fireworks. Yu Yin shook her head, trying to shake off all the chaotic images in her mind. Whether it was her past life or this life, it didn't matter. Living well in the present was the most important thing.

The family watched the dazzling fireworks fill the sky and felt very happy!

After the Lantern Festival, the New Year celebrations are officially over, and they have fully entered the 1980s!

A few days after school started, Sister-in-law Yu's goods arrived, followed closely by Sister Yang's.

The specialties of Northeast China mainly consist of various dried vegetables, such as dried bracken, dried aralia shoots, dried radish, dried eggplant, dried green beans, hazel mushrooms, monkey head mushrooms, pine umbrellas, hazelnuts and pine nuts... The most unexpected thing is that there are also many dried sausages. In her letter, Sister Yu said that these were made from pigs raised by some villages, and Sister Yu bought them and signed an agreement to continue purchasing them in the future.

The Sichuan specialties that Yang Xiaomei's family brought over were mainly seasonings, including various chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, chili sauce, pickled vegetables, etc.

So far, Yu Yin's Green Sprouts Dried Goods Store has the most complete selection of goods in the area, bringing together specialties from all over the country, including high-end products as well as low-end everyday items, all at reasonable prices.

Residents living nearby love to visit Yu Yin's dried goods store when they have guests. A quick stroll through the store allows them to select many specialty dishes, which they can then use to prepare a feast for their guests – a truly impressive experience.

Days passed by, and Yu Yin was busy with her studies. Next semester she would be a senior and would be starting her internship.

Yu Yin has good grades and her household registration is in Shanghai, so she'll likely get a good job after graduation. Now, she only goes to the store a limited number of times a month; Liang Chao takes care of most of the arrangements, and she only oversees the direction.

Yu Yin did the math: the net profit from the three stores is now over 25,000 yuan per month—an unbelievable figure. Currently, workers' wages are only around 100-200 yuan per month, and that's only in good companies; earning 10,000 yuan a month is just the beginning.

The reason for such a high net profit is attributed to Yu Yin's space.

Lu Shurui had filled every nook and cranny of the space with things. He had accumulated quite a lot of dried vegetables, dried fruits, and some medicinal herbs. Every time a shipment arrived, Yu Yin would secretly put some of the goods into the shipment and then change the data, so that no one would know and the things in the space would be smuggled out.

Because of these cost-free goods, the net profit each month is much higher.

Yu Yin calculated that she had about 200,000 yuan in cash.

We are currently in the early stages of reform and opening up, and the household contract responsibility system has not yet been fully implemented.

Yu Yin's plan to contract land and build a farm still needs to wait, and due to various restrictions on individual businesses, they cannot expand their operations in the near future and can only maintain the status quo. In other words, Yu Yin has no major expenses in the short term.

Now that she had money, Yu Yin wanted to buy an old-style house again. She still felt that the house she lived in now was inconvenient, mainly because there was no sewage system. Going to the toilet and taking a shower was too much of a hassle. Queuing for the spittoon every day was a nightmare!

There are only a limited number of old villas in Shanghai, and even fewer with clear property rights; finding one is a matter of luck.

Yu Yin had no choice but to wait.

Good fortune arrived unexpectedly, much to Yu Yin's delight.

In mid-June, Liang Chao asked Yu Yin for help.

"Yu Yin, I just bought a house and I need to go to the housing management office to transfer the ownership tomorrow. Do you know anyone there? Could you help me check if the paperwork is complete and if there are any hidden issues?"

"You bought a house, where is it?"

Yu Yin was quite surprised. Liang Chao and his group had been trying to buy a house for quite some time, but they hadn't found a suitable one yet.

"It's not too far from here, it's near your sister-in-law's school, only two bus stops away. It will be convenient for your sister-in-law and her child to go to and from school in the future."

Liang Chao was in a great mood as he thought about the house he had his eye on.

It's a stand-alone house, not a tenement building in a lane. It has a small courtyard, though not big, with four main rooms and side rooms. The four of them live there, and it's very spacious.

"Congratulations, Brother Liang. I'll go and tell Brother Jiang when the transfer of ownership is tomorrow."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Yu Yin. You have no idea how happy your sister-in-law has been these past two days. I even joked with her that she's this happy about this little house, and if I were to buy that garden villa, she'd be overjoyed!"

Yu Yin caught a phrase in her ears: "garden villa".

"Brother Liang, Brother Liang, what garden villa? Do you sell garden villas?"

"Oh? Oh, it's the homeowner I bought the house from. He's going abroad and is selling off his assets, mainly real estate. He has a villa with a garden that he wants to sell, but the price is exorbitant!"

Yu Yin didn't expect the surprise to come so quickly; there was news about the house she had been thinking about for so long!

"Brother Liang, do you know where that garden villa is?"

"I know, the homeowner lives there now. It's not too far from here, but it's in the opposite direction from the house I bought. It's about four or five bus stops from our shop. Oh, and it's near your school."

Upon hearing this, Yu Yin knew where it was; there were quite a few old Western-style houses in that area!

"Brother Liang, is the homeowner here right now? I'd like to go take a look at that villa?"

Do you want to buy it?

Liang Chao was surprised. He hadn't expected Yu Yin to want to buy an old-style house. The price... well, the store's profit margin was still quite high. As the store manager, Liang Chao knew a thing or two about it.

"The homeowner should be there; he's in a hurry to sell the house, so he has to wait there."

"Brother Liang, go tell Huang Shan and the others to keep an eye on the shop. We can talk about it when you get back. I'm going home to find Lu Shurui. Let's go together and see if the landlord is home."

After Yu Yin finished speaking, she rushed home, feeling that she might be able to buy the house this time.

Lu Shurui, who was at home, had no idea that his wife was about to do something big!