Holding the newly issued marriage certificate, Zhang Xuemei was filled with emotion. She had only gone to take a look, but unexpectedly, she had acquired another shop. Now, her family already had four shops and two houses. If things continued like this, she might actually be able to retire comfortably by collecting rent.

"Xuemei, this is the certificate for the shop you just bought. It's bright red and looks quite pleasing."

Granny Liu reached out and flipped through the red booklets. Although she couldn't understand the words written on them, it didn't stop her from being happy. As far as she knew, there were already several red booklets locked in the safe in Xue Mei and Ming Han's room. That was all money!

Seeing her mother-in-law happy, Zhang Xuemei smiled as well. "Mom, didn't Dad say he was going to sell vegetables? But there were no vacancies right now. There happened to be a shop that was available, and I thought it would be suitable, so I took it."

I've thought it all out. I'll have you and Dad open a grocery store together. I'll provide the capital, and all the profits will be yours. What do you think?

Upon hearing this, Granny Liu immediately waved her hand in refusal, "That won't do. How could I possibly have time to open a shop? I still have two children at home to look after. No, no."

"Mom, the youngest, Linlin, is already ten years old. She can go to and from school by herself now, and she eats lunch at school too, so you don't need to worry about her. Besides, Dad can't manage everything by himself. What if he gets scammed? Are you at ease?"

"Look at what you're saying, how could your dad be fooled? He's more likely to be the one not fooling others." Granny Liu had confidence in her husband. As long as he wasn't swindled out of money, the old man wouldn't even qualify for being swindled out of his virtue, so she was very at ease.

"Mom, the main thing is that I think Dad is sometimes a bit too stingy. You see, isn't the point of doing business to give customers a little discount? Dad is just not willing to do that. Like when you go to buy vegetables, if the vendor is willing to give you a scallion or some cilantro, wouldn't you be happier and want to buy vegetables from them again next time?"

Zhang Xuemei didn't explicitly say that her father-in-law was stingy, but her meaning was clear: she was afraid that her father-in-law would ruin the business if he acted that way, so she had to involve her mother-in-law.

Granny Liu hadn't really thought of that, and after hearing Zhang Xuemei's words, she began to waver. "Then I'll go and keep an eye on things?"

"Go ahead, consider it a second job for you two. I'll find you suppliers, just sell whatever you want, all the profits are yours." Anyway, the shop is ours, so even if we lose money, it won't be much. Let them do it.

"No way. Just consider it as your dad and I working for you. You can pay me a salary."

“Mom,” Zhang Xuemei said helplessly. Her mother-in-law was willing to work for them, but her father-in-law wasn’t; he was aiming to become a boss. Besides, she wasn’t short of money, and there was no need to upset her father-in-law.

“Look, the shop is yours, and you're the one who pays for the goods. We're just providing the staff. How can we take all the profits? I could never do something like that.”

Zhang Xuemei thought about it and agreed. To put her mother-in-law at ease, she suggested giving her 20% of the profits as an investment in the shop.

That evening, Old Xu was overjoyed to learn that Zhang Xuemei had found a shop that day. The more he looked at Zhang Xuemei, the more pleasing she seemed to him. He thought the third son's family was indeed efficient, and he took his words to heart. Sure enough, he hadn't misjudged her.

"This market is great in every way, except for its name, which is a bit corny. It's called Yongwang Market, and I think it doesn't match the interior decoration at all." Zhang Xuemei had been wanting to complain for a long time. The interior is so nicely decorated, so the name should at least be more upscale.

Seeing her daughter-in-law's disgusted look, Granny Liu couldn't help but say, "You think this name is rustic? It used to be called 'Entering Wealth Vegetable Market,' wasn't that even more rustic?"

"Jin Cai, Jin Cai, I feel like I've heard that somewhere before. Xue Mei, do you think it sounds familiar?" Xu Minghan felt a sense of familiarity upon hearing the words "Jin Cai," as if he had heard them somewhere before, but he couldn't quite place them.

Zhang Xuemei shook her head. She didn't find it familiar, but she felt that the name was very down-to-earth. Compared to it, Yongwang sounded much better.

That night, Xu Minghan kept thinking about making money and couldn't sleep, tossing and turning, which made Zhang Xuemei pinch his arm hard a few times.

"What are you tossing and turning for? Go to sleep."

"No, I feel like I've forgotten something. Jin Cai, I was just a little short." Xu Minghan sat up abruptly, wondering where he had seen it.

Zhang Xuemei was speechless. "What could you possibly forget? 'Bringing in wealth and treasures,' a four-character idiom!"

"Yes, it means bringing wealth and treasures." Xu Minghan clapped his hands and laughed, "You're so good, wife! It means bringing wealth and treasures! Wife, you've got another bargain this time."

"What do you mean? Explain yourself clearly." Zhang Xuemei looked completely bewildered. What had she picked up this time?

Seeing that his wife didn't understand, Xu Minghan simply turned on the room light and looked at her seriously, saying, "Honey, do you remember what Panpan said before? One of her colleagues' families bought several shops in the market. Later, they demolished them and built a building that integrates eating, drinking, and entertainment, and then they lost a lot of money and became rich overnight."

"You mean this Yongwang Market? It can't be such a coincidence, can it?" Zhang Xuemei reacted quickly, and upon hearing her husband's words, she immediately thought of the shop she had just bought.

"Yes, that's why it sounded so familiar, it must be this one. By the way, are there any empty shops left over that haven't been sold?"

Zhang Xuemei shook her head. "No, I bought that one too. So I guess I really got a bargain? But it won't be demolished for more than 20 years, so it's still a long way off."

Xu Minghan put his hands behind his back and said easily, "That's not a problem. It's going to be demolished anyway, so there's money to be made. I've thought about it. We have a shop on the street outside Tianyi Community, two in Yongqing, and now there's one in the vegetable market. It's great. I never dared to imagine such a situation before."

"Then you forgot about the houses. We have two more houses."

"Yes, and houses too. Speaking of which, I was thinking of buying each of Panpan and Linlin a house when they get a little older, preferably in the same neighborhood, so that the appreciation potential will be the same and no one will say we're being biased."

"With the money we have now, it might not be enough, since housing prices keep rising. And I don't think we should buy in Tianshui. What if our children don't live here in the future? Wouldn't it be a waste if we bought it but didn't live in it? It would be better to wait until they have jobs and settled down before we buy it for them. What do you think?"

Xu Minghan nodded, "That's true. We'd better work hard then, because housing prices in big cities are really high."