“Dad, the old house is just a dilapidated house. If we don’t give you the old house, we’ll have to give you this house in the city.”

Chang Guomin felt that he had not done anything wrong. The house in the city was a new building, which was much more valuable than the mud-brick house in the countryside.

"Shortsighted. There's a university in the village. It won't be long before the village develops. Do you understand? You idiot."

Even now, the village is working hard to build new buildings, and I heard that renting them out to college students is a good business.

"Forget it, with a brain like yours, I shouldn't have any expectations of you."

Grandpa Chang felt heartbroken seeing his eldest son's defiant look; he was truly a stubborn fool.

Chang Guomin was called a pig-brain but didn't dare to talk back, just lowered his head and blushed. He didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction on his face, but he was truly resentful in his heart.

People who have never received recognition since childhood desperately want it, only to find that no matter what they do, they can't achieve it. This kind of obsession will eventually lead people to another extreme, but ordinary people haven't reached that point yet.

Song Hye-jin's life after her divorce was like returning to the embrace of happiness, a feeling of ease she had never experienced before. The three of them ran their stall every day, counting their money as they closed, and their savings grew steadily.

Moreover, thanks to the nourishment of the spiritual spring water in the Changjing Space, Song Huizhen's entire appearance was rejuvenated throughout the summer vacation. Her skin became fair and firm, and even her hair turned much blacker, making her look nearly ten years younger.

Chang Jing and Chang Ling also grew taller due to drinking the spiritual spring water for a long time, and Chang Ling, a junior high school student, finally got rid of her short stature.

"Mom, look, look! I've grown taller! I'm 165cm now! Hahaha... Nobody can call me short anymore!"

That evening, after dinner, the mother and her two children were chatting when Song Huizhen noticed that their trousers were too short and realized that they had grown taller and their clothes no longer fit.

Chang Ling is most concerned about her height. She used to draw lines on the wall to measure her height, but too many things happened this summer, and she was busy setting up a stall to make money, so she hadn't measured her height for a long time. Today, Song Huizhen reminded her to measure her height as soon as possible.

The result was a pleasant surprise; she had finally shed her status as a short person under 160cm. Touching her cheek and feeling her smooth skin, Chang Ling was excited and satisfied.

“Son, go measure yourself too. I see you’ve grown a lot taller. You’ll be starting school soon. Tomorrow is our day off, so Mom will take you shopping for clothes.”

"That's great! I want to buy a skirt. I usually wear a school uniform to school, which is the same sporty style for both boys and girls. It's not nice at all."

The little girl loved to dress up, so Changling quickly made her request, while also pushing her brother against the wall to measure his height as well.

"Hey? Bro, how come you're growing faster than me? You've grown eight centimeters in just two months!"

Chang Jing exercises in the space every night, and his height has increased rapidly.

“I’m your brother, and I’m a man, so I’m definitely taller than you.”

Chang Jing was secretly pleased with himself. His height was a sore point in his past life. He used to wear two insoles to barely reach 175cm, which made him feel quite inferior.

His goal for himself in this life is to be at least 180cm tall with eight-pack abs, and to be a cool guy who looks slim in clothes but has a muscular build when he takes them off.

"Mom, is it because our food has been better lately that you've become stronger? I recently discovered that I can lift a whole basket of fruit, whereas before I couldn't even move half a basket."

Chang Ling was puzzled; she genuinely felt that their lives had undergone many new changes.

"It's probably because we've been eating well and in a good mood lately that we've seen so many positive changes! I've also noticed that I'm stronger than before, but I think that's normal, since we're still growing and developing."

Chang Jing was a little nervous at this moment. He had seen the changes in his family members, and the changes were indeed significant. However, he did not regret taking out the spiritual spring water to drink.

In this life, he hopes that his two most important relatives will become better and live happier lives.

"That's true. As the saying goes, a smile makes you ten years younger. I also feel like I've become much younger lately."

Song Huizhen didn't suspect anything. She just believed that since she had left the Chang family, she was living a happy life, eating well, sleeping well, and in a good mood, so her health was naturally better.

"By the way, Mom has something I'd like to hear your opinions on. With your help this summer, we earned over 20,000 yuan. Adding that to what I saved before, we've saved enough to buy a house. What do you think? Should we use this money to buy a house or open a fruit shop?"

Throughout the summer vacation, Song Huizhen discovered that both of her children were very opinionated and quite capable, so she plans to discuss and make decisions with them regarding family matters from now on.

"Mom, wait a minute." When it came to money, Chang Ling rushed into the room and took out the mooncake box where she kept her money. When she opened it, she found a whole bundle of "old man's head" coins.

"Mom, Chang Jing and I have made a lot of money from our stall. I've saved it all up for you to spend. You can open a shop or buy a house if you want."

Chang Ling knew that her mother worked very hard setting up a fruit stall, exposed to the wind and sun. She was also worried that the fruit would not sell well and she would lose money when the weather was bad. She thought that having a fruit shop would make things much better!

"You're really going to let me spend all the money you earn? My daughter is really that willing to do that?"

Song Huizhen wasn't too surprised that her daughter could come up with this money; she knew exactly how much her two children earned from their stall.

What surprised her was that her daughter had been managing her own New Year's money since she was ten years old, and no one could coax her to leave. Now that she was earning money, her daughter was generously spending it on her, which surprised and touched her.

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