Liu Xuewen then laughed heartily, "Okay, I hope you can get first place in both junior high and high school. That would be a grand slam for our city."

"Okay, let's talk about it when we have a chance. Have you removed your code?"

"It's gone, and I'm very satisfied. I don't expect anything more. Even if I can work in this position until retirement, I'll be content."

"Be content with what you have!"

The couple left after not staying for long. When Zhou's father heard that his daughter was unwilling to participate in this year's competition, he didn't say anything. His daughter had her own ideas, and Zhu Hang still needed her to take charge.

On April 26, Zhou Yu got off the night shift and was picked up by Zhu Hang. Without any time to catch up on his sleep, he went to Zhu Hang's building construction site with the Zhou family.

Today is the day for pouring the floor slabs of the third floor, also known as capping the roof, which is as important as raising the beams in the countryside.

All five people from the county town came back, and Tang Mei also brought some small steamed buns she made herself, with red dots on them.

It also came with more than ten pounds of fruit candies and two packs of the largest firecrackers.

He put small steamed buns and fruit candies into eight baskets respectively, and Zhong Xiong also opened a few packs of cigarettes and scattered them in the baskets.

Eight men stood at the four corners, lit firecrackers, and immediately scattered them far away.

The crowd of onlookers rushed forward, and no matter they were adults or children, they were happy if they could grab something.

The cement slurry began to be poured and the crowd was gradually dispersed. Wu Haotian stood outside, exhausted. It had been a month since he left, and the building was being built at such a fast pace.

"The mouse is back. You caught him at the right time. Come here quickly." Zhong Xiong called out loudly.

Ma Zhao ran over and hugged him, "You're finally back! I thought you didn't want us anymore! Without you, we have no confidence in anything we do. The boss has let us go."

Wu Haotian pushed him away, "You stink."

Ma Zhao smelled himself, and found nothing! "Are you talking about you or me?"

Wu Haotian ignored him and handed the cloth bag in his hand to Zhou Xiang, "They are all here, you keep them first."

Then he began to inspect the building, as this would be the base of his group in the future.

Zhou Xiang took it, touched it, and thought it should contain the property deeds, so he put it on his shoulder.

Among the six people, only Zhu Hang knew the agreement between Wu Haotian and his sister-in-law. The more he came into contact with his sister-in-law, the more he couldn't understand her. She was talented and wealthy, but she was willing to stay in this small town quietly.

The other four people only knew that Wu Haotian went to work for Zhou Xiang, but they didn't know what it was specifically.

The roof was completed, and among the excited people was Ma Gua. He had worked for two months for nothing, and his cousins ​​had some opinions, but when they saw the three-story building being built with their own hands and realized that the skills they had learned were practical, they all shut up.

Zhou wanted to pour cold water on him, "Are you happy? Do you think it's almost over? You still don't even want to learn how to grind the cement surface for the interior and exterior walls, or the techniques for tidying up the kitchen and bathroom."

Ma Gua immediately replied, "I will learn, I will definitely learn. And the septic tank, did you pour it yourself this time?"

"Well! I estimate that these jobs will drag on for a month. You can leave them with your closest relatives and learn these things. You can also do renovations in the future. I let you pay for the work yourself, so I won't treat you unfairly. Also, as for the carpenter, I will only let him make the cabinets in the kitchen. This alone will be enough for him to use for several years. I will still ask Guan Tao from Guanjia Village to make the doors and wardrobes."

Ma Gua smiled so hard that his mouth couldn't close. "Okay, I understand. I'll make arrangements."

After the roof was sealed, he told them about the miscellaneous work that needed to be done later, but no one was willing to leave.

"We're not leaving. We cousins ​​agreed to make this bet together, so we'll do it all the way to the end. The big jobs up front can be learned by watching more, but the small jobs later on require skills. We're not leaving."

Ma Gua clapped his hands and said, "Okay, if you don't leave, let's all work together and learn together. Since the beginning of the fire kang, the Zhou family has never let us suffer any loss. This time, such a great technology is taught to us. Don't even think about working for free out of your own pocket. Even if we pay for it, there will still be people willing to come and learn."

"Yes, yes, we were mistaken before, we won't do that again."

For today's roof-raising ceremony, Zhu Hang invited Master Guan to host a banquet. All the workers plus his own people were included, and there were six tables in total.

Wu Haotian called Zhou Xiang to a corner of the shed and began to report his work to her.

Zhou Xiang listened carefully and also needed to find out his shortcomings.

After Wu Haotian arrived in Beijing, he immediately went to the alley near Dazhalan. There were three houses with red papers posted on them, and he negotiated the deal with them for 28,000 yuan. The gold was traded at 55 yuan per gram.

After the property title was completed, he handed over the gold and the keys. Later, he asked around in the nearby alleys and bought five houses one after another, which means there were eight small courtyards in total.

Once, he almost fell into a trap. Someone had their eyes on a yard with him, but the owner said that the highest bidder would get it, and the buyer had to pay first before they could get the property title.

Because he wanted to get it so badly, he was so stimulated that he almost agreed to the other party's conditions. When he touched the cool gold bars in his pocket, he immediately remembered the honey trap Zhou Xiang had mentioned. After he came to his senses, he immediately gave up the yard.

Zhou Xiang was very satisfied after hearing this. "So, you still have 20 taels of gold left, and you paid 2,000 in cash and the travel expenses for more than 30 days."

Wu Haotian nodded.

"Calculate your travel expenses, including the cash you've taken out, and then take out some extra money to make up the total of 5,000 yuan. I'll consider it your investment, and I'll give you 70% and you'll get 30%."

Wu Haotian felt embarrassed. "That's too much. I only took 5,000 yuan. How can I take 30%?"

"But you've put in the effort! From now on, everything will be yours. I won't worry about it. I just want the money."

Hearing her say this, Wu Haotian agreed, "Then what should I do next?"

"Invest in the Beijing yard for the long term, and later on you can do short-term trading. While you're studying, you can travel around the provincial capital and the city. If you see a good house, buy it and sell it when the price goes up. This is short-term trading. Long-term trading means holding on to it for a while, and then selling when you feel it has reached its peak."

"Well, then, you teach me how to keep accounts. Also, since this is a long-term investment, you keep the property deeds! I'm so busy with this, I hope I don't lose them again."

"Okay!" Of course I have to keep it for myself. There is no safer place than my own space.

At the lunch banquet, the six people got drunk, especially Zhong Xiong, who was crying and laughing at the same time.

Everyone understood how he felt and no one laughed at him.

Guan Bo was also invited. Zhou wanted him to tell Guan Tao that there was a big business for him and he should bring people to work quickly.

Guan Bo's chubby face was full of smiles. "Okay! Niece, do you think I have any live pies here?"

"Uncle Fatty still wants to do ironwork?"

"Of course, I'll be a blacksmith."

"Okay, I'll give you a job! Whether the iron shop can survive depends on fate."

"Okay, Fat Uncle believes you!"

Zhou Xiang took him to the second floor, pointed to the balcony, and talked and drew with a pen and paper.