Granny Liu reached out and slapped Xu Minghan hard. "Tell me, who else is trading stocks with you?"

Xu Minghan grimaced as he was filmed, and quickly implicated his brothers: "Except for Xiao Wan, all of us brothers have been fired."

Zhang Xuemei looked at him incredulously, "You kept it a secret so well! We slept in the same bed every day and I never found out you were trading stocks. Tell me, did you lose all 10,000 yuan?"

"No, I didn't lose everything." Xu Minghan lowered his eyelids somewhat awkwardly.

"You still say you haven't? I can tell from the look on your face that you've lost everything, down to your underwear. Oh my god, how long will it take me to earn back that 10,000 yuan? You spendthrift, you squander every penny you have. Wait, I'll call the others first." Granny Liu stopped eating, put down her chopsticks, and sat down at the phone, calling her other sons one by one.

"Hey, tell me honestly tomorrow, did you invest in stocks? How much do you have left? Sell them all right now, no more trading."

“Minghui, …”

“Minghe…”

“Mingjiang, …”

The people opposite were all scolded by Granny Liu and became meek and submissive, repeatedly promising to sell all their stocks immediately and never speculate again.

Zhang Xuemei returned to her room with a sullen face, with Xu Minghan quietly following behind her.

"Xuemei, are you angry? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you..."

"You still say you didn't deliberately hide it from me? Tell me, when did you start doing this?"

Xu Minghan sat on the bed with his head drooping. "I was unlucky. It only started at the beginning of this year, and you know how it turned out. Luckily, I didn't invest too much money, or I would have regretted it to the core."

"Xu Minghan, are you really unaware or are you pretending? Don't you know there was a stock market crash in 2008?"

Xu Minghan shook his head blankly, "No, I really don't know. I never paid attention to these things before, how do you know?"

Zhang Xuemei didn't know whether to say he was lucky or unlucky. He didn't enter the market when it was most profitable, but instead entered when it was about to fall. If he didn't lose money, who would?

Fortunately, the amount of money invested wasn't too much. If someone had really gone crazy and invested all their savings like some others, they would have been lining up on the rooftop.

"Okay, now tell me the truth, did you really only put in 10,000 yuan?"

Zhang Xuemei was still a little worried. Although the family's bankbooks were locked in the safe, they both knew the passwords. Thinking of this, she immediately stood up, opened the safe, took out a few bankbooks, quickly flipped to the back, and felt relieved after seeing the balance.

"If I said I'd pay ten thousand, I'd pay ten thousand. Would I lie to you? Look how impatient you are."

Zhang Xuemei turned around and glared at him. "How dare you? You secretly traded stocks behind my back. You've really grown some skills."

Xu Minghan quickly smiled ingratiatingly at his wife, "I know what's important, I promise I'll never hide my stock trading from you again."

Zhang Xuemei looked at her husband seriously and said, "Minghan, let's make a pact that we will consult each other on everything from now on, no matter how big or small."

Of course, the most important thing is to avoid gambling, drugs, and prostitution, as well as stock trading. These things are addictive; the more you lose, the more you want to win back your losses, just like gambling.

Think about it, we've worked so hard for so many years, and we've finally saved up this little bit of savings. If you get addicted, you could lose it all in the stock market. I'm not trying to scare you, but look at the news these past few days and see how many people have lost their families and lives because of stock trading, ending up with mountains of debt, and in desperation, they've had no choice but to stand on the rooftop or jump.

Xu Minghan reached out and put his arm around his wife, earnestly promising, "Xuemei, I promise you, I will never touch stocks again. Please trust me this one more time."

Zhang Xuemei leaned gently on her husband's shoulder and whispered, "Minghan, you need to know that we've come a long way through hardship, and you know how difficult it was to accumulate this little bit of wealth, so..."

"Yes, I know, I know. Don't worry, it won't happen again." In fact, Xu Minghan also regretted his secret stock trading with his wife. He hated himself for not being able to resist other people's encouragement. Fortunately, it didn't cause any serious consequences.

...

Spring turned to winter, and Panpan and Linlin grew into young women. It wasn't until their eldest daughter, Panpan, shyly told them that she wanted to bring her boyfriend home that Zhang Xuemei and her husband were surprised to find that their child had reached the age to date.

Zhang Xuemei calculated the time and wondered if her eldest daughter's boyfriend was her son-in-law from a past life. So she tentatively asked, "Panpan, what's your boyfriend's name? Where is he from?"

Xu Panpan glanced shyly at her mother. "Mom, Fang Wen is a colleague I met during my internship. He's from Nan Province. Actually, we've known each other for over a year. I thought about it carefully before bringing him home to meet you. He's a very nice person."

"Fang Wen!" Zhang Xuemei and Xu Minghan exchanged a glance. What a coincidence! Their son-in-law in their previous life was also named Fang Wen, and they were both from Nan Province. They must be the same person.

In their previous life, Fang Wen, their son-in-law, and their daughter Panpan lived a pretty good life. Since they have met again in this life, their parents don't need to stop them.

Although Panpan has better options than Fang Wen given her current circumstances, they prefer to believe that Fang Wen can live a good life with his daughter, especially with their help.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xuemei smiled and said, "Okay, then you can choose a time to bring him to our house, but you should tell your mother in advance so that she can make preparations."

Xu Panpan happily agreed, "Okay, then I'll discuss the time with him and tell Mom." After saying that, she skipped back to her room to make the call.

"Look how old she is, yet she still acts like a little child." Zhang Xuemei looked at her eldest daughter's retreating figure and smiled helplessly at her husband.

Then, out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of her younger daughter, Linlin, and teased her with a smile, "What, you don't have a boyfriend now?"

Xu Linlin was caught off guard by her mother's question, and a guilty expression appeared on her face.

Seeing her expression, Zhang Xuemei knew exactly what was going on and quickly asked, "Linlin, you don't really have a boyfriend, do you?"

"Mom, I'm not young anymore, I'm almost 22. What's wrong with having a boyfriend?"

"I didn't say you can't pay, Mom just wanted to ask. And girls, you need to protect yourselves, you understand what Mom means!"

Zhang Xuemei thought that her eldest daughter was already 24 years old, and even if the two young people had some kind of trouble at this time, they could get married immediately.

But Linlin is still too young. We can talk about it, but we can't afford to have a baby at this time.

Xu Lingling glanced shyly at her father, then turned away. "Mom, why are you saying all this? It's so embarrassing. I'm not talking to you anymore." With that, she ran straight back to her room.