After the escalator in the shopping mall building was installed, a rental notice was posted.

People in the market town don't understand. Renting? Isn't it for opening a shop yourself?

A three-story rental notice was hung, detailing the rental details.

Ordinary townspeople have no business sense and can only stare at the red silk cloth. Is there anyone coming to the market town to rent it?

Looking at the tenants, Zhou Xiang sighed, "Master Kong, you guys are planning to pester me endlessly, right?"

Patriarch Kong laughed and said, "Miss Zhou, what you said is not right. What we are doing should be called win-win cooperation. You are not going to take care of these trivial matters, but we have many clansmen to support."

"Are you sure your people are willing to come to this dilapidated town?"

"You're talking about the present, but the future will definitely be different."

"Okay! Which floor do you want to rent?"

"all."

"Impossible. I won't let go of the first floor. I've already customized the second floor into a playground."

"Then from the third to the seventh floor."

"Then, you will pay for the renovation of the third to seventh floors."

"Can."

"You can have restaurants, but you can't have snacks. The first floor is a food court."

"Can."

"The lease price remains unchanged for the first three years, and then increases annually thereafter. The contract is drafted anew every year."

"Can."

"The air conditioning fee is tentatively set at 2 yuan per square meter, and may increase later."

"Can."

Zhou Xiang felt like he was punching cotton with both fists. "Ling Ran, go and draft a contract with Patriarch Kong! Patriarch Kong, I hope the Kong family members who come here are not arrogant and domineering. If they drive up the market price or operate arbitrarily, I have the right to terminate the contract."

"Okay, we're not here to make enemies."

"I hope so."

Ling Ran naturally set all the conditions very harshly, and Patriarch Kong accepted them all.

After Patriarch Kong left, Ling Ran looked at the draft contract in his hand and asked, "Wife, what exactly is the Kong family going to do?"

"Reconciliation comes first. Second, he should still be looking for inspiration or enlightenment from me. No matter what, I shouldn't refuse the money that's delivered to my door."

"Well, you better be careful."

"Yeah! We try to go in as little as possible."

The three-story silk cloth that had been hanging for a few days was reduced to one-story height, and only the food street on the first floor was rented out. There were many stalls in the food street, and each stall sold a different kind of snack.

Ma Zhao and Wang Qiao naturally signed up, Zhou Yu quickly signed up for his delicious wraps, and Guan Bo signed up for Guan's cold noodles.

Seeing that they were all Zhou Xiang's acquaintances, the townspeople secretly laughed at Zhou Xiang for having so much money to burn. Why did she build an eight-story building in the town? After it was built, she didn't know what to do with it and could only rent it out. If she couldn't rent it out, she had to ask relatives and friends to support her.

A few days later, many large trucks suddenly arrived and started carrying all kinds of things into the building. Then I heard that a large supermarket was moving into the town.

The townspeople were dumbfounded. Was it really rented out?

The next day, the Gang of Six’s supermarket put up a sign announcing that the store was having a clearance sale and all items were 10% off.

10% off? Then I have to buy some common things.

The store's lease expired? That's right, Zhou Xiang has already bought this store. Now that she's brought in a big supermarket, the Gang of Six's supermarket business is definitely going to fail.

Did this gang of six break up with Zhou Xiang?

The townspeople still haven't figured it out! The warehouse and wall at the Beitou Grain Station, which belonged to the Gang of Six, have been demolished again, allegedly to make way for a hotel.

Isn't it the saying "birds of a feather flock together"? Zhou Xiang loves to stir things up, even with the six people she's familiar with. How many people in such a small town could possibly come here? And even open a hotel? Even Mr. Huang's B&B isn't fully booked.

Then I thought about the days during Zhou Xiang's wedding. Several families who built new houses on East and West Street received a lot of rent, and even got a lot of high-end furniture that they couldn't take away.

Thinking about it this way, it seemed like all of this was caused by Zhou Xiang. Then thinking about Zhou Xiang's belly, she must be about to give birth. Then, wouldn't the Zhou family be having another banquet?

It’s too late to build a new house, and the town has a plan to renovate the old streets, so it’s not allowed to demolish and rebuild houses at will. Otherwise, how about tidying up my not-so-new house, painting it, and laying a cement floor?

I touched my empty pocket and shivered as a gust of wind blew. The weather was getting cold and it was time to put on more clothes. The rich Gang of Six could follow suit, but those of me who had no money could not afford to learn from them!

The clearance sale of Gang of Six Supermarket has ended, and the only remaining 12 tiled houses have been demolished, revealing the full view of the first floor of the shopping mall.

The large and bright aluminum alloy glass windows and the sunlight filtering through the eight-story skylight illuminate the escalators on both sides of the skylight, shining with metallic light. On both sides are two rows of step-free escalators going up and down.

In the spacious halls on both sides of the elevator, workers were walking back and forth.

The south wall and the east wall are divided into grids. Is this the stall?

The novel layout aroused great curiosity among the townspeople about what kind of food street this was.

The town's regulations require that new houses be set back four meters, leaving eight meters in front of the shopping mall. Now, this eight-meter open space is paved with square cement walkway bricks, which looks clean and tidy, and much better looking than a cement floor.

Soon, the four large glass doors facing north and west on the first floor were installed, and then the hanging basket was lowered from the roof to start spraying the exterior walls.

As the townspeople were curious about the hanging basket, the spray-painted walls took on the effect of light grey stone bricks, and the townspeople curiously asked the workers inside about it.

After asking around, I found out that this is called real stone paint. After spraying it, it looks like stone bricks. The price is calculated per square meter.

Looking at this shopping mall building, and then looking at the buildings on North-South Street and East-West Street, it feels like they are in completely different places. The huge visual gap makes the townspeople feel inferior. Can these old farmers afford this shopping mall that is full of luxury?

~~

In early November, Zhou Niao brought Lu Zhaochong, Jin Chao and their family of three back home, not only because he wanted to come back to welcome the birth of his triplets.

Also, because her cousin Anwen was pregnant, the blind aunt was worried and insisted on coming back to take care of the baby. She always said that she would feel more at ease staying with her sister in the town, and there was also a skilled doctor named Cao in the town.

Zhou Xiang's big belly was really frightening. The blind old lady was worried that she was about to give birth because she could clearly see that her belly was sagging badly.

An Wen nervously helped hold Zhou Xiang's belly, "Xiang Xiang, is it heavy? I'll hold it for you."

Before Zhou Xiang could stop her, her hand had quickly touched Zhou Xiang's belly, and then the three little babies in her belly started punching and kicking again.

An Wen felt strange because she had never felt fetal movement during her false pregnancy.

Zhou Xiang held her belly and said, "Cousin, take your hand away quickly."

An Wen was also startled when he saw Zhou Xiang's uncomfortable look, and quickly let go, "What's wrong?"

Ling Ran hugged his wife lovingly, letting her lean against him, and glared at the reckless An Wen, "When will you change your impulsive temper?"

Zhou Xiang recovered and said, "Okay, it's okay, stop yelling."

"Okay, I won't yell anymore. Do you want to sit down and rest?"

"Yeah! Help me sit down."