At this time, at the Caijiang Village fast food restaurant.

After He Wenlin left, Xia Lijuan and He Wenhua started arguing about whether to open a fast food restaurant or set up a street stall.

“Setting up a stall requires capital. We don’t even have two thousand yuan in total. You want to open a shop? Where will you get the money? What if you lose money?” He Wenhua said. “We listened to Linlin and started by setting up a stall to gain experience. She started by setting up a stall too.”

“No street vending can earn as much as opening a shop. We’re doing this now while no one else has opened a fast food restaurant there yet. People like Linlin, who are the first to do it, are sure to make money.”

Although business at the fast food restaurant hasn't been good lately, Xia Lijuan has worked at the Boss Factory for so long and has heard from everyone how much money He Wenlin's fast food restaurant makes, which makes her extremely envious.

Sometimes I can't help but wonder, why isn't He Wenlin her boyfriend's biological sister?

If this were her own sister, no matter how much He Wenlin earned, it would all belong to He Wenhua and He Wenjun in the future. He Wenhua, being the eldest, would definitely get more.

In Xia Lijuan's view, no matter how much a girl earns before she gets married, it should belong to her maternal family and her brothers.

Xia Lijuan continued, "You should learn a dozen or so dishes from Linlin, the most popular dishes in her shop. Practice every day, and you'll be able to learn them in a month or two. Once you've learned enough, we can borrow some money from your uncle and your brother to open the shop. We can also call your grandma over to help us."

He Wenhua felt that he couldn't do it, at least he couldn't possibly learn it so quickly.

But Xia Lijuan seemed to have guessed what he was going to say, and didn't give him a chance to speak at all, her attitude unusually firm: "That's how it's done! Listen to me! You have to listen to me!"

He Wenhua was speechless and sighed, "Let's think about it some more."

"I've thought it through very clearly, I'm going to open a shop!"

...

He Wenlin and her mother have already arrived in Hengling.

The mother and daughter are currently looking at storefronts, accompanied by Zheng Juan and her husband.

He's mother strongly disapproved of buying this place for 180,000 yuan, and now that they've arrived and seen the house, she's even more dissatisfied.

Then they started nitpicking.

He Wenlin thought this place was alright, but she remained outwardly calm.

“This place is over 100 square meters, which works out to only 1,700 yuan per square meter. I used to run a grocery store, so I can give you the goods and shelves here, including this freezer,” the landlord said.

It's clear the homeowner is eager to sell; otherwise, they wouldn't be pushing the property so hard.

"Are the two houses already rented out?" He Wenlin asked.

This house has six rooms in total. It's usually rented out for business purposes. Typically, two rooms are rented out at a time: the outer room for selling goods and the inner room for cooking. Right now, both sides are open for business, so it looks like the rooms have been rented out.

“It’s already rented out. You won’t lose money buying this place. The rent alone adds up to eight hundred a month. If I didn’t need the money urgently, I wouldn’t have sold this house. I run this grocery store and I can earn about ten thousand yuan a year.”

"But your house is still a tile-roofed house. Look at these walls yourself. Honestly, 180,000 is too expensive. Besides, when do these tenants pay their rent? Monthly, quarterly, or yearly? When is the next rent payment?"

The landlord was surprised that He Wenlin, despite her young age, knew so much. He said, "They all paid every six months."

He Wenlin pressed again: "When is the next rent payment?"

"I won't lie to you, they've already paid their rent until June."

"In other words, they've only been paying rent for a month or so, and if I buy this house, I'll only be able to collect half a year's rent this year," He Wenlin calculated. "That means you'd have to sell this house to me for over 180,000 yuan."

"You won't lose money buying this house..."

The original owner kept saying how good the location of the house was, how old it was, and how great it would be to open a shop there.

He Wenlin: "Boss Zhong, don't talk to me so much. This house is a flat price of 150,000."

Zhong Qi shook his head vigorously, like a rattle drum: "That won't do, not a penny less than 180,000."

“I’ll offer 150,000. If you don’t think that’s enough, then forget it. I’ve already bought a shop elsewhere for 180,000. This house of yours won’t last more than a few years. I’ll have to spend money to demolish and rebuild it. It’s really not worth it.”

"150,000 is too little."

“If your house were a bit better, 180,000 would be fine, but this…” He Wenlin said with a hint of disdain, “150,000. If you agree, I’ll pay the deposit now; if not, then forget it.”

Zhong Qi: "Add a little more, and let's all compromise. 168,000 is such an auspicious number, it means 'prosperity all the way.' If you buy my house, your business will definitely grow bigger and more prosperous."

It has to be said, this person is quite the talker.

But He Wenlin wouldn't agree just because of a few nice words. This isn't a few thousand yuan; it's hundreds of thousands!

“Mr. Zhong, I know that it’s good to round down the price in business transactions for good luck, so I can add two thousand more, making it 152,000. It’s okay if you don’t agree now, think about it first, and when you’ve made up your mind, contact Aunt Zheng and have her call me.”

In business, whoever is in a hurry will suffer.

He Wenlin is not in a hurry.

She's been reborn; she has plenty of opportunities to make money.

There's no need to rush, and this place is unlikely to be demolished, since it's a riverside house with the back door facing the river and the front facing the road. It might be requisitioned for road construction in ten or twenty years.

However, over the past ten years or so, the buildings have been converted into multi-story buildings, with the ground floor used as storefronts for rent and the upper floors used for residential purposes.

"How about you both compromise and make it 158,000?" Zheng Juan also wanted to close the deal, as she could collect money from both sides and get a good commission.

“No, no.” He Wenlin didn’t speak, but Zhong Qi was the first to refuse. “168,000 is the lowest price. This location is really good.”

"Let's think about it some more, everyone. We're leaving now." He Wenlin and her mother got back into the car.

Before starting the car, He Wenlin said to Zheng Juan, "Do you have any second-hand houses on your phone? Small apartments, location doesn't matter. If you do, contact me. I have a few friends who also want to buy houses, even unfinished ones are fine."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Juan couldn't stop smiling: "Yes, yes, yes, I'll get it sorted out when I get back. I'll contact you tomorrow. If you have any small plots of land or garages, you can prepare those too."

"Okay, bring it to my breakfast shop on Zhuangyuan Street tomorrow and wait for me."

My second brother has some money now, so he can easily buy a small apartment in a walk-up building with a mortgage. If he's short on the down payment, I can help him out. It's better to buy sooner rather than later, since property prices change every year.

He Shan and Lin Fei also wanted to buy it, but He Wenlin couldn't make such a big decision.

So they can look at it first and understand it. After they've looked at it and their parents agree, they can take out a mortgage first.