For three consecutive days, Li Wenxuan and Wang Yueyue were completely convinced.

It's exhausting for the two of them to look after one child, but when the parents look after three together, they don't seem to be tired at all.

In three days, the young couple had fully recovered.

At noon, just after they finished eating, Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e came over.

Looking at the three little gourds in Li Chu's family, Xu Damao's mouth watered. Xu Yang's wife had given birth to a daughter, and this guy had given his son a death order that he must have another one.

"What's up?"

Seeing Xu Damao pull him from inside the house to outside, Li Chu asked curiously.

"I want to ask you something. Do you know about that stock?"

"Hmm, I've heard of it. Wasn't it mentioned in the newspapers? Two years ago, the Shanghai Stock Exchange set up special counters at banks where you could buy and sell shares of two or more companies. Why are you suddenly asking me this?"

Li Chu shook his head, refusing the cigarette Xu Damao offered him.

"I heard that the higher-ups are studying the establishment of a stock exchange, is that true?"

"It seems so. I haven't paid much attention to it. No, why are you asking this all day?"

"What else could it be but wanting to make money?"

"If you want to make money in stocks, why don't you just ask your father-in-law? He used to run a business and trade stocks at the same time. Why are you asking a doctor? Isn't that going the long way around?"

"Huh?" Xu Damao almost dropped the cigarette he was holding in his mouth.

"You mean my father-in-law knows about this?"

"Don't you know? You should have had an older brother-in-law. He made a lot of money by trading stocks on the stock exchange, as arranged by your father-in-law. It was with that money that he was able to make the steel mill better and better."

"Is that so? I only know that Xiao'e had a brother who was killed by a thief in Shanghai. I really didn't know about the stock trading."

Li Chu glanced back into the room, then said in a low voice, "It's hard to say whether he's dead or not, it's just a possibility. Anyway, he's nowhere to be found. If you're really interested in stocks, you can ask your father-in-law. He'll definitely know something about them. I know nothing about them, I've only read some articles in the newspapers."

After saying this, Li Chu suddenly paused. He didn't really understand stocks, but he clearly remembered subscription certificates. Quite a few people had made money from those things.

Honestly, I've been using Yeguo Reading to read and follow my favorite books lately. It has easy source switching, multiple reading voice options, and is compatible with both Android and Apple devices.

At first, no one bought them, so we had no choice but to let the banks sell them on our behalf, as each bank employee had a sales quota.

It cost 30 yuan a piece, but when it was hyped up to the highest price, it was about 1,000 yuan a piece.

Tsk tsk!

If he wins the lottery again, that would be even more incredible. Forget it, I don't dare to think about it. At his level, there are some kinds of money that you really can't afford to earn.

"What's wrong, Brother Chu? What are you thinking about?"

"Oh, nothing, just thought of something else. By the way, how's your second child doing? Is he supposed to be back this year?"

"Sigh~ Who knows if he'll come back or not? Anyway, Xiao'e's dad wants him to come back, but when I called him that time, I felt that Jiye didn't want to come back." Xu Damao shook his head.

He had completely given up on this second son; since he was surnamed Lou anyway, he let them do whatever they wanted.

He already has a son and a daughter, so he can pretend he doesn't have that son. As long as Xu Yang and his wife can give the family another little boy, he feels his life will be complete.

The little wealth that Grandpa Lou had accumulated had been squandered by his second son abroad, who even sold a family heirloom jade pendant.

Whenever the old lady in their family mentions exchanging money for US dollars, she gets sore throats and her mouth gets full of blisters.

There's nothing we can do; they chose this path back then.

In fact, Li Chu felt that if Lou Jiye could really gain a foothold in the United States, then not returning would be a good option.

But the problem is that he might have to keep spending the money here, and then the Lou family really won't be able to afford it.

He turned his head and glanced at Xu Damao, who was squatting there smoking. He shook his head slightly. No matter what surname Lou Jiye had, he was still his son.

When he decided to study abroad, his father disagreed and even had a fight with his father-in-law about it. At that time, his second son was immature and only wanted to go abroad, so he also joined in the argument.

This really angered him, and he said he could go out whenever he wanted, but he wouldn't cover any expenses.

Grandpa Lou was quite assertive, saying he would cover it all. He probably didn't expect his grandson to be such a spendthrift.

Xiao'e couldn't say anything about this. Her second son had spent so much money abroad, and now she was asking her husband to use up the dowry meant for the eldest or third son.

Her mother told her privately that if the money from the sale of the jade pendant was spent, her father was not planning to give her any more money.

As an outsider, Li Chu couldn't offer any advice; he could only stand by and watch.

"By the way, Brother Chu, I heard you've started buying houses again?"

"Wenxuan has given birth to two more babies, what can we do if we don't buy them? There aren't enough houses to go around."

His seemingly complaining yet actually smug attitude made Xu Damao grit his teeth in hatred, and he really wanted to punch him in the face.

“If Xiao’e hadn’t insisted on coming to see the child, I would never have come.”

"Haha," Li Chu laughed and patted his shoulder twice. "Didn't you and Xu Yang both give orders to have another child? Don't worry, the next one will definitely be a boy."

"Oh, thank you so much."

"Let's not talk about that. How's your shop in the west of the city doing these days?"

"Not bad, two tables a day, we're already booked until the holidays."

When the topic of that private restaurant came up, Xu Damao expressed his utmost admiration for the idea Li Chu had given him.

It is not open to the public, only accepts reservations, and only two tables are allowed per day.

When he first heard this, he thought he had misheard. Not only were the restaurants closed, but they were also limiting the number of customers. How could they do this?

Fortunately, Li Chu has never cheated him over the years.

He started doing it on a whim, and wow, it became incredibly popular, with appointments pouring in non-stop.

Because we're targeting the high-end market, the prices are naturally higher than before, but we end up earning more than before, and we're not even tired.

Most importantly, because of the privacy, those who dine at his place are all wealthy and influential, which has allowed him to build many new relationships.

"As long as business is good, that's fine. But remember, you must always have that extra table on hand, just in case."

"I understand, Brother Chu."

“I didn’t look at your renovation back then. Actually, your renovation wasn’t very good. After you’ve earned back the money you spent on the house in a year or two, try to renovate it again. You need to focus on privacy. Even though the two groups of people coming to eat are at the same time, it’s best if neither of them can see the other. Also, it needs to exude an air of elegance.”

Xu Damao listened attentively, afraid of missing a single word.