Chapter 37 Opportunities to Make Money

Su Hongmei's eyes instantly reddened.

"Mom, I'm only eleven years old. You said that I should focus all my energy on studying now and not have to do anything else."

Her mother doesn't keep her word!

Li Banxia looked at her, and through her eyes saw her radiant youngest daughter now grown up. She gave her a perfunctory smile, her expression lacking depth, and said, "Mom, I'm going to the Northeast. It's cold there, you won't be able to handle it..."

She didn't say anything, but her youngest daughter used this as a reason to refuse to support her in her old age.

Li Banxia closed her eyes briefly, then opened them again, looking at Su Hongmei with no emotion. "Mom was wrong before. If a person can't distinguish right from wrong, can't understand reason, and is unfilial and disrespectful to elders, then all their education has been for nothing. Such a person is better off not going to school at all."

"mom?!"

Su Hongmei was stunned, her face turning pale with anxiety. "Mom, are you not letting me go to school? Didn't you praise me for being smart and want me to get into Tsinghua or Peking University?"

"So, what did you learn from textbooks, teachers, and classmates when you went to school?" Li Banxia asked.

Su Hongmei looked up at her blankly, wondering what else she could learn at school besides textbook knowledge.

Seeing the confusion in her youngest daughter's eyes, Li Banxia turned her head away and ignored her.

Su Lao Er glanced at Su Hongmei, bent down, picked up his bowl and chopsticks, went to the hand pump well, pumped a handful of water, quickly rinsed them, and that was it.

Su Laosan peeked out and said, "Second Brother, the outside of your bowl isn't clean..."

Su Lao Er was about to walk towards the kitchen when he was yelled at and had to rinse the food again. When he looked up, he glared at Su Lao San and said, "Mind your own business!"

Su Laosan blinked and lowered his head to pick at the vegetables.

After everyone finished eating, Su Laosan took the initiative to wash the dishes. Su Laotou craned his neck to look at him, and Su Laosan raised an eyebrow at him. The father and son had a sly smile that suggested they were in cahoots.

Li Banxia got up, took a basin, and went to the hand pump to fetch water. "Third brother, heat up the water with the temperature of the coal briquettes after you've cleaned the aluminum pot."

"Yes, Mom," Su Laosan replied guiltily, quickly shrinking his neck.

The eldest son's wife nudged Su's eldest son's arm, and the couple looked at Li Banxia, ​​seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.

Seeing this, Li Banxia beckoned his eldest son's wife over.

The eldest daughter-in-law smiled and quickened her pace, taking Li Banxia's hand in hers.

Li Banxia, ​​"..."

This time she was genuinely greeting her; she wasn't trying to pull her away.

"Mom, Guo and I have something to tell you." The eldest son's wife turned to look at Su Laoda.

Old Su nodded hurriedly.

Li Banxia nodded, "Let's talk in my room."

The three entered the house. Li Banxia turned on the fan first, and after asking his eldest daughter-in-law to sit down, he asked, "What is it?"

"Mom, it's like this..."

The eldest daughter-in-law breathed a sigh of relief, a little nervously. "My sister-in-law... doesn't she work in the government office?"

Li Banxia nodded, noticing that her expression was a bit off, she patted her hand and comforted her, "No matter what happens, Mom's here, Mom will handle it, don't be afraid, okay?"

The eldest son's wife nodded repeatedly, breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared in her eyes.

“Didn’t my sister-in-law call us back today? She talked to me and Guo Ge about the national bonds, saying that several cities are piloting the opening of the national bond transfer market, and that we should buy some if we have any money on hand, saying that these things will appreciate in value in the future, and that there is a lot of room for appreciation…”

She paused for a moment to observe Li Banxia's reaction.

"Mom, what do you think of this?"

"What else did your sister-in-law say?" Li Banxia's heart was in turmoil, and she asked her eldest son's wife urgently.

The eldest daughter-in-law licked her lips and obediently said, "My sister-in-law said it's best to buy in the next-tier pilot city. The prices there are lower than in Shanghai, and people are slower to react because of what happened in '81. Many people are hesitant to buy, which is our opportunity. It's a rare opportunity, so let's seize it and buy as much as we can. We can buy it at a low price and then resell it in Shanghai. Don't think it's too much trouble. If we make several trips back and forth, we can definitely make a lot of money. Mom, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity..."

Li Banxia took a deep breath; she remembered.

In their past life, the eldest daughter-in-law's family started to prosper this year. Later, her eldest brother went into business and his business grew bigger and bigger. The couple, one in politics and the other in business, were involved in both.

The Yao family has transformed into a newly wealthy and influential family in Beijing.

"mom?"

Seeing Li Banxia in a daze, Boss Su called out softly.

Li Banxia snapped out of her reverie and nodded, "This is indeed a good opportunity."

But then she realized that all the money she had earned over the years, including her salary and part-time jobs, had been spent on this family, and she hadn't saved any money at all.

I only have a total of less than one or two hundred yuan in emergency funds.

If we include the two salaries we'll receive tomorrow, her 120 and Su Youfu's 140, we can scrape together 260, which is 400. We can't even scrape together 500. What can we do with this little bit of money?

Opportunities are presented to us, but we can't seize them.

Li Banxia felt sorry and heartbroken.

"Mom, you agree?"

The eldest daughter-in-law was overjoyed, "Mom, you don't object to us making a profit from the price difference?"

Li Banxia shook her head. Of course, she had to seize such a good opportunity. The problem was that the couple had given her all their money, so where would they get any money left?

"Mom, my sister-in-law lent us two thousand yuan and told us to pay her back when we earn the money."

The eldest daughter-in-law said happily, without any intention of hiding anything from Li Banxia, ​​"Guo Ge and I want to go to the pilot cities down below this weekend to take a look, Mom, is that okay?"

"Sure, but can your body handle taking a long-distance bus ride?"

Li Banxia was surprised that her eldest daughter-in-law's sister-in-law was so decisive, but she was thinking of her sister-in-law's best interests. As the mother-in-law, she could only be happy for her eldest daughter-in-law.

The eldest son's wife nodded repeatedly, "No problem, I'm perfectly healthy."

"That's fine, you all go together. Eldest son, take good care of your wife," Li Banxia instructed her eldest son.

Old Su grinned from ear to ear, "Thank you, Mom."

Li Banxia frowned and glared at Su Laoda, "You let your wife say everything, what are you doing? A grown man... don't you know how to stand in front of your wife?"

The eldest son of the Su family gave a blank "Ah," then turned to look at his wife.

The eldest daughter-in-law panicked for a moment and hurriedly explained, "Mom, don't be angry. It's not what you think. Guo and I discussed it on our way home from school. I'm here to tell you so he can add to it. After all, this was initiated by my sister-in-law. And, and also..."

The eldest daughter-in-law lowered her head and spoke in a dejected voice.

"I got a little carried away because you've been giving me such a nice look these past few days, Mom. I'm sorry, Mom, I won't get carried away anymore..."

Li Banxia, ​​"..."

"Float, keep floating! But don't float too high, Mom is afraid of heights."

The eldest daughter-in-law gave an "oh," and after a moment, she came to her senses. She suddenly looked up, her eyes wide and sparkling as she stared at Li Banxia. "Mom, what you just said..."