When Li Xiyue returned to her space, the first thing she did was pet the cat.

Even though it wasn't the first time she had seen Mi Bao, she still couldn't take her eyes off her.

That cat is so handsome! So majestic!

A veritable emperor of the cat world!

Wow! Such a beautiful cat, I have to pet it!

She hugged the cat to her chest and began to suckle it repeatedly.

Mi Bao bared her teeth and dodged Li Xiyue's hand, "Stop petting me, or I'll go bald!"

Li Xiyue said, "With such thick fur, how could you have shaved your head? When winter comes, I'll hug you every day, it'll be so warm!"

Mi Bao pouted. Did Li Xiyue think of him as a hand warmer?

It almost thought that Li Xiyue loved it!

Li Xiyue grabbed Mi Bao's fluffy tail and rubbed it against her face, while using her other hand to control the electronic map on the large screen in the space, searching for the place she wanted.

Mibao tilted its little head and looked at the map. It asked, "Yue'er, where are you looking for? I'll help you!"

Li Xiyue said, "Why are there only domestic maps and no international ones? I need to find a map of South Africa, as South Africa has a high output of diamonds and gemstones."

"If we dig up diamonds and gemstones in South Africa, and then have goldsmiths craft them into jewelry, and then sell them on a trading platform into the future, wouldn't we make a fortune?!"

Honey blinked her big eyes and nodded her little head, saying, "That's right! If that's the case, we'll make a fortune!"

In the future, jewelry designed by master designers will fetch tens of millions at auction!

Li Xiyue tapped her fingers lightly on the boss's desk. "Selling for tens of millions, but our costs are almost zero. This kind of highly profitable, get-rich-quick project is a must!"

Mibao said, "But if you want to set up a cross-border spatial passage, you need to upgrade to another level! You can't set it up yet!"

Li Xiyue nearly threw out her back. "So you're saying we can't set up cross-border space tunnels right now? How am I supposed to upgrade? How much money do I need to earn to upgrade?"

Honey said, "You need 30 million to upgrade, and you're still 20 million short!"

It stretched out its furry little paws and made a three-pointer gesture.

Li Xiyue rolled her eyes dramatically. "Holy crap! You're more ruthless than a highway robber! Thirty million! Why don't you just rob someone?!"

Mibao said with a wronged expression, "This is a nurturing system. Once you reach the highest level, I can level up on my own."

Li Xiyue said, "Once I reach the highest level, will I still need you to upgrade me? By then, I'll probably be able to buy Wall Street!"

Suddenly, she thought of something else: "We can put the Wall Street purchase on hold for now, but we should put the purchase of the courtyard house on the agenda."

Since courtyard houses can fetch hundreds of millions in the future, we should start stockpiling them now.

Mi Bao said, "You have plenty of money in your space. You can easily buy one for a few thousand yuan. Courtyard houses are so cheap now."

If you buy a dilapidated courtyard house, the price can be even cheaper.

Moreover, in those days, buying a courtyard house didn't require agent fees or various taxes; all you had to do was change the name on the property's registration form at the local street office.

Li Xiyue said, "That's true, but I can't take out the money from my space. How am I supposed to explain that I suddenly have so much money? People will get suspicious."

In those days, factory workers earned at most fifty or sixty yuan!

Honey scratched her fluffy head with her paw. "What can we do? If you can't openly take out the money, you can't openly buy a courtyard house."

Li Xiyue's lips pressed into a straight line as she said, "Unless I can make money honestly, make a lot of money, I can't openly buy all the courtyard houses on the street."

Mibao said, "Didn't you ask your mother to apply for a sole proprietorship business license? I wonder if it's been processed yet?"

Li Xiyue said, "A sole proprietorship business license only allows me to do small-scale business. I need to think of a way to make a huge profit from a small investment."

She had to help her mother get rich as soon as possible and earn the first pot of gold from the reform and opening up.

The most important question is, which project should we start, and which project is the most profitable?

After leaving the space, Li Xiyue lay on the bed, trying to fall asleep while pondering a project to make money and get rich. She thought about it all night but had no clue what to do.

The next morning, she was woken up by Du Guixiang as usual.

She climbed down from the top bunk, yawned, picked up a washbasin, and went to the washroom with everyone to wash up.

In early autumn, the mornings are slightly cool, so you need to wear a long-sleeved overcoat.

Du Guixiang touched her bare arms; she was still wearing a short-sleeved shirt.

She said to Li Xiyue, "Yue'er, does your classmate have any nice long-sleeved jackets?"

I want to buy two! Preferably the kind that big celebrities wear on calendars!

However, my mom said that even cooperatives and department stores don't sell those kinds of clothes; she went to two large department stores and couldn't find them.

Li Xiyue said, "The clothes worn by a big star? Which big star wore those clothes? I don't know."

Du Guixiang said, "It's the picture on the calendar that hangs in our dormitory!"

That's my favorite calendar roll. It's quite expensive, costing 8 yuan! And you can't buy it even if you have the money!

My mom was reluctant to give it to me, but later my brother offered to get him an identical copy, and only then did my mom allow me to hang it in my dorm.

Li Xiyue thought for a moment, not noticing the calendar hanging in the dormitory.

After washing up, she went back to her dormitory room with Du Guixiang.

Only then did she notice the calendar hanging behind the door.

She died in 1988. In those days, calendars were no longer considered high-end items; every household had several during the Lunar New Year.

She looked at the clothes worn by female celebrities of that era on the calendar, which were actually just more fashionable suits.

However, in those days, such fashionable clothes did not exist, and ordinary people were unwilling to spend so much money to buy such expensive clothes.

But this calendar roll costs 8 yuan!

Li Xiyue flipped through the calendar page by page. The calendar had 12 pages in total, and each page featured a photo of a famous star, with the Gregorian and lunar dates printed below.

Du Guixiang pointed to a peach-colored suit and said, "I like this outfit. Can you buy it for me?"

Li Xiyue's eyes narrowed slightly as she said, "You like this dress? No problem, my classmate has an even prettier one. I'll go get it for you after school!"

Du Guixiang jumped up with joy and hugged Li Xiyue tightly. "Yue'er! Thank you so much! When you come back, I'll treat you to meat buns! I'll go tell my brother to buy some after get off work!"

She finished speaking and ran away like a gust of wind.

Li Xiyue called out from behind, "Backpack, aren't you taking your backpack?!"

Having no other choice, she had to carry Du Guixiang's schoolbag and take her to class in the teaching building.

As she walked, she said to Mi Bao, "I've thought of a business that's incredibly profitable!"