Xia Qingqing: [Yes, they're all for you. You can keep them for yourself, sell them for money, or give them away if you want.]
Xia Qingqing: [Besides milk powder, could you also buy some canned meat? Please give it to me by tomorrow, thank you so much, Weiwei!]
Zhou Wei: [Okay, no problem, I guarantee I'll complete the task.]
With a smile in her eyes, Zhou Wei took stock of the medicinal herbs that Xia Qingqing had sent her. There were about ten ginseng plants, seven or eight lingzhi mushrooms, and several other herbs such as gastrodia elata and notoginseng.
She pondered whether or not to sell these items.
Zhou Wei is currently short of money because she wants to buy a house!
Over the years, Zhou Wei and her mother have always lived in rented accommodations. When her mother and father divorced, she practically left with nothing in order to gain custody of her.
But Zhou's mother has never regretted leaving her daughter with that man. She doesn't know how much suffering her daughter will endure in the future, or how many children can get along well with their stepmothers.
Therefore, she would rather suffer more herself than let her daughter suffer.
Over the years, Zhou's mother has already struggled to support Zhou Wei, let alone buy a house.
Because Zhou Wei often moves with her mother, her dream is to own her own house. However, given the current housing prices, even if she works hard for five, six, seven, or eight years after graduation, she may not be able to save enough for a down payment on a house.
Fortunately, she was quite lucky. Since binding with the interdimensional trading system, she has gained many benefits through trading with Xia Qingqing.
In addition to cash, the system warehouse also holds physical assets such as gold, silver, jade jewelry, and medicinal herbs.
These things can only be used after they are converted into money; otherwise, she wouldn't have to worry.
When Zhou Wei passed by a new housing development last time, she went to the sales office to inquire about the situation. A three-bedroom apartment in that complex would cost 2.4 million yuan in full, while her savings, plus the compensation she received when Feng Yu hit her with his car, amounted to about 1.2 million yuan.
This amount is more than enough for a down payment on a three-bedroom apartment, but it's still almost half short of the full amount needed to buy a house outright.
She's considering whether to sell her belongings to get the money to buy a house outright, or to make a down payment first and then pay off the loan gradually.
Selling things is actually quite risky for her. She has sold things several times before, and even changed cities to make the transactions, just in case she was targeted and it caused trouble for herself and her mother.
But it's really strange that hundreds of thousands of yuan would suddenly appear in an ordinary person's account from time to time. However, she was really short of money before, and she had to help Xia Qingqing buy supplies, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and sell.
She doesn't want to take the risk unless absolutely necessary. She usually works part-time in her spare time to earn money, and her mother gives her living expenses every month, so she doesn't need to sell things anymore even if she occasionally helps Xia Qingqing buy supplies.
After considering it, Zhou Wei decided to take out a loan to buy a house first, and decided to discuss the matter with her mother to see how her mother would react.
After all, she is currently a college student and needs a guarantor to take out a loan to buy a house, so she can't secretly handle the matter herself.
Moreover, Zhou Wei always knew that her mother also longed for a home of her own.
During the Chinese New Year, Zhou Wei heard her mother mention that the store was doing well and that in two more years they would be able to save enough for a down payment on a small house. Then, the mother and daughter could buy a small house and no longer have to worry about being kicked out.
"Weiwei, what did you say? Did Mom hear that right?" Zhou's mother asked her daughter in surprise, wondering if there was something wrong with her ears.
Zhou Wei nodded seriously: "Mom, you heard me right. I said let's go buy a house. We've already saved up enough for the down payment."
"You've saved enough for the down payment? Where did you get so much money?" Although Zhou's mother knew that the rich second-generation who hit her in the car accident had paid her a lot of compensation, it still wasn't enough for a down payment.
Zhou Wei hadn't told her mother about the interdimensional trading system because she was worried her mother might accidentally let it slip; the fewer people who knew about it, the better.
She pulled out the excuse she had prepared beforehand and said in a serious tone:
"Mom, do you remember that rich kid who gave me 300,000 yuan last time? Later, my wealthy friend found out I had money and said he would take me to invest in stocks."
“At first I didn’t want to, after all, the risks of stock trading are too great, but I couldn’t resist her repeated persuasion. Thinking that I could take a gamble and turn a bicycle into a motorcycle, I gritted my teeth and transferred the money to her to help me operate.”
"As it turned out, she was incredibly skilled; all the stocks she bought skyrocketed, and my 300,000 yuan turned into 600,000 yuan."
Zhou's mother listened blankly to her daughter's story, and after a long while, she stammered, "So you didn't do anything and just made 300,000 yuan? There's no such thing as a free lunch."
That's 300,000, not 3,000 or 30,000.
But it's unlikely that the daughter's friend deliberately lied to her. If that friend hadn't lent her money when the family was in such dire straits, she might not be alive to be sitting here chatting with her daughter right now.
"I can't say I didn't do anything, but I invested 300,000 yuan. If I'm unlucky, I might lose everything," Zhou Wei said, shrugging helplessly.
"Weiwei, let's not do these things next time. Making money honestly is better than anything else," Zhou's mother earnestly advised, fearing that her daughter would become addicted to stock trading after making money this time.
Zhou Wei leaned affectionately on her shoulder: "Mom, I know what I'm doing. I definitely won't touch stocks easily in the future. My mother and I will use this money to buy a small house, and after I graduate, I will find a job and live a peaceful life."
"I'm relieved that you think this way. I've saved up over 100,000 yuan. We'll go look at houses when you have your vacation," Zhou's mother said, stroking her daughter's hair with a sense of relief. She felt an indescribable excitement; the two of them would soon have a home of their own.
The weekend arrived quickly, and Zhou Wei was dragged out of bed early that morning by her mother.
“Mom, it’s only 8 o’clock. You don’t need to get up this early to look at houses,” Zhou Wei said, scratching her messy hair.
Zhou's mother pushed her into the bathroom: "It's getting late. Have some breakfast and then tidy up, and it will be 9 o'clock. Hurry up."
Zhou Wei quickly finished washing up, ate breakfast, changed into a more formal outfit, and went out arm in arm with her mother.
These past few days, the mother and daughter have been discussing buying a house. After some consideration, they decided to look at fully furnished or second-hand houses, but they wouldn't consider off-plan properties. If the project falls through, they would have nowhere to turn for help. Besides, they also want to move into their new house as soon as possible.
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