Bai Jiaojiao knew perfectly well that Zhang Mai was probably after their family background; she certainly knew her stuff.

Bai Jiaojiao couldn't say whether Zhang Mai's thinking was right or wrong; everyone has their own ambitions. In any case, she didn't want to interfere and couldn't control her.

The three of them went to the cafeteria together, and Xu Yue actually managed to buy the scallion pancakes, which were in limited supply each day.

These pancakes take a long time to make. The cafeteria cooks everything in a batch and takes the easiest way out. For something as delicate as these, the kitchen only makes fifty a day and sells them at noon. Once they're sold out, they're gone.

"I really got this thanks to Zhang Mai," Xu Yue said. When she got there, there was only one left. Shu Manling didn't want it, but Bai Jiaojiao offered it to her. Xu Yue happily asked the aunt to put it in her lunchbox. "I wonder when I'll get to eat this again."

Bai Jiaojiao said, "Next time, if you pack more neatly, you can also snatch it."

"Hey, Jiaojiao, but seriously, Xu Yue doesn't have a boyfriend right now, does she? If your two younger brothers are still single, why don't you go and talk to them for Xu Yue? Instead of letting Zhang Mai have a better chance, why not introduce them to Xu Yue?"

Shu Manling listened to Xu Yue talk about wanting to find a partner every day. Although her own marriage was not happy, she never discouraged Xu Yue.

Seeing Bai Jiaojiao and Shen Heng being so affectionate all the time, Xu Yue was really looking forward to love.

"Why are you talking to me like that? I don't want it, I'm not interested!"

Xu Yue's face instantly turned pale. She couldn't even remember what the two people who came looking for Bai Jiaojiao looked like!

Bai Jiaojiao smiled and said to Shu Manling, "Don't worry, as a friend, I'll definitely help if Xu Yue takes a liking to me."

Shu Manling said, "Xu Yue, how can your standards be so high? What kind of person do you want to marry? You don't like this or that?"

"You can only find one partner in this lifetime, so shouldn't you be careful with so many men?" Xu Yue said, biting into her scallion pancake. She was all talk and no action, always saying it but never actually doing it when she actually met someone.

A classic case of someone who professed to love dragons but was terrified of them in reality.

“Xu Yue is right,” Bai Jiaojiao agreed with Xu Yue. “Anyway, she’s still young. Her parents aren’t worried, so why should we be?”

Xu Yue watched Bai Jiaojiao and Shu Manling laughing at her together, and muttered, "My parents don't care about me. They only have to worry about my younger brother and my older sister."

Bai Jiaojiao knew about Xu Yue's family situation. Although they were not poor, the three children did not get along well and their lives were not peaceful.

As a friend, Bai Jiaojiao naturally had to plan for her friend: "When you talked about succession last time, did your sister take over your mother's job, or did your brother take over?"

Xu Yue said, "Of course it's my sister. My brother is just making a fuss. He's not old enough. But when he saw my sister take over the job, he got jealous and caused a huge scene at home. My sister dragged him to the factory, and when he saw the factory leaders, he didn't dare to utter a word. That immediately calmed him down. But my parents dote on him. My dad said long ago that when he's old enough, he'll find a way to arrange a desk job for him. That's how he calmed him down."

Xu Yue's family values ​​boys more, and as the second daughter sandwiched in the middle, she is usually not valued much. If it weren't for her own hard work, she doesn't know how much her parents would ignore her.

"Wasn't your area designated as a special economic zone? Don't think I'm trying to stir up trouble for your family, but Heng and I were thinking about it at home. Things are changing every day. The special economic zone is bound to develop very rapidly, and who knows, they might have to re-plan the urban and rural areas. If your family lives in that area, I think you're bound to face demolition in the future."

"Demolition?"

Bai Jiaojiao said, "Did you know that housing is now allowed to be commercialized?"

"How would I know that?"

Bai Jiaojiao only told Xu Yue this because she considered her a close friend: "This is what Shen Heng told me when he came back. With the reform of the economic system, houses will belong to individuals. If the government wants you to relocate, they will definitely give you compensation. In your family's situation, this house will belong to your younger brother?"

Xu Yue said indifferently:

"It's definitely going to him. My sister is already lucky to have taken over my mother's job. As long as they give my sister and me enough dowry and don't embarrass us, I never thought they would give me any of their family property. Anyway, I plan to develop my career in Yancheng in the future, and I'm not going back. I don't want the compensation for the house and land."

This matter had been subtly ingrained in Xu Yue's mind for a long time, and she didn't even feel that there was anything unfair about it.

"Xu Yue, tell me first, where is your family's house? You probably don't know the value of those houses."

"Value?" Xu Yue currently lives in an apartment building allocated by her father's workplace, but in her hometown in the countryside, there is also a self-built house passed down from her grandfather. Because her uncles and aunts are all very successful, no one contested that house, so it was given to her father.

Although she didn't know what value it had, seeing how interested Bai Jiaojiao was, she still told Bai Jiaojiao about her family situation.

Upon hearing this, Bai Jiaojiao said, "This afternoon, let's go to the library to find a map of your city. Let me tell you, there's a saying that goes, 'Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river.' Maybe that piece of land in your hometown will become a golden area in the future. Especially self-built houses, now that property rights are recognized, if they are demolished in the future, you might never have to worry about the money for the rest of your life. No, your children might never have to worry about the rest of their lives either."

"Really?"

Xu Yue was stunned by what Bai Jiaojiao said.

“I need to see the exact location, but as long as it’s in the special economic zone, it’s essential. Xu Yue, you have to trust me, keep an eye on this house, and if all else fails, you should at least use it as part of your dowry.”

“Of course I believe you,” Xu Yue said hesitantly, “but we have a custom where we live. Even the most dilapidated house is the root of the Xu family and should be given to the son. My parents might not be willing to give me a daughter.”

Bai Jiaojiao said, "Your older sister and younger brother both have shifts, so it's not unreasonable for you to ask your parents for something, is it?"

“Although my sister took over the business, before she got married, she had to hand over her salary to the family. I still have to ask them for money now. It’s not like they haven’t given me anything.”

Xu Yue's parents weren't entirely bloodsuckers of their daughter, so although they were a bit sexist, everyone was like that in this environment, and Xu Yue was used to it. She was also quite understanding of her parents.

"It's okay, just go back and talk to them. Maybe your parents won't agree, but your brother will?"

Shu Manling is no longer as naive as Xu Yue: "Xu Yue, listen to me, if it's really like Jiao Jiao said, this is a huge opportunity that might change your life!"