Yang Niannian was worried that Zheng Xinyue would be bored at home, so she took her out for a walk in the afternoon when she had no classes, and called Jiang Yang at the same time.

"Niannian, you called at the right time. If it were any later, I would have to go out. There is a shipyard in the north of the city that wants to cooperate with us, and I was just about to go and take a look." Jiang Yang said in a cheerful tone.

Yang Niannian asked, "Is business stable recently? Nothing went wrong?"

"Business is stable, there is no problem. I shipped two batches of goods and used the money to buy a forklift..." Jiang Yang briefly reported several larger expenses.

Yang Niannian, "Just buy what you need, no need to save."

Jiang Yang, "I followed your advice and asked Du Weili to help me buy a house. It was the housing allocated to employees by the flour mill. The flour mill closed down a few years ago, and the workers moved out to work in other factories. The house there is quite affordable, only one thousand yuan, but it is quite old, the roof leaks, and the location is not very good, close to the suburbs."

Originally, Du Weili just said it casually and didn't recommend Jiang Yang to buy it, but Jiang Yang thought about what Yang Niannian said before she left, so he bought one.

It’s not expensive anyway, and even if you lose, the loss won’t be big.

Yang Niannian's eyes lit up, "You mean, there are a lot of empty houses over there?"

"Originally there were more than a dozen households there, but now there are only three or four left. The rest have all moved out." Jiang Yang told everything he knew.

Yang Niannian was a little excited, "How much money do you have now?"

Jiang Yang answered truthfully, "Du Weili gave me a share of the bill, and I still have more than 3,000 yuan in my hand."

He had suffered a lot in the past, so he was reluctant to spend money except on food and drink, and saved 90% of his money.

Yang Niannian, "Keep this money for now. If there are houses for sale there, you can use all this money to buy a house."

Jiang Yang felt that Yang Niannian must have her reasons for asking him to buy a house, so he agreed immediately.

Then he reported on the situation on Du Weili's side.

"Du Weili divided the accounts some time ago, and he held back your share. He recently set up a construction company and said he would build a factory for you. He said that if you call back, he would ask you to call him back."

Even if Du Weili didn't mention it, Yang Niannian would have called.

"I'll call him right now. Don't go out yet. Wait for my call."

Yang Niannian hung up the phone and dialed Du Weili's number again. The call was connected after two rings. Before she could speak, Du Weili spoke first.

"You finally took the trouble to call me. I thought you were dazzled by the prosperity of Beijing and couldn't take this small business of collecting scraps in Shanghai seriously."

Yang Niannian rolled her eyes and asked unhappily, "How do you know it was me?" She hadn't said a word yet.

Du Weili, "Besides you, who else in Beijing would call me?"

Yang Niannian, "Maybe it's your missing Bai Yueguang?"

Du Weili was stunned for a moment before he realized that she was talking about Wei Qin. He immediately covered his chest and wailed.

"You are such a vicious woman who can stab people in the heart. Apart from being pretty and making a little money, you are completely useless. If I were your mother-in-law, I would hang myself at your doorstep and never let my son marry you."

Yang Niannian, "Don't worry! You don't have this blessing."

She didn't have the time to argue with Du Weili, "Is your construction company open?"

"How can it be so fast? We are still going through the formalities, and it is expected to be completed by the end of next month. I suggest you find an architectural designer directly at school and give me the drawings of the factory building you want, in case you are not satisfied after I build it and ask me to demolish it and rebuild it. Beijing University is full of talented people, so it is not difficult to find a designer."

"Let's talk about this later. Your company hasn't started yet, has it?" Yang Niannian changed the subject. "I heard from Jiang Yang that there are still vacancies at the house you found for him. Can you help me find out if anyone has houses for sale? If there are, I'll buy them all."

"Are you crazy?" Du Weili shouted, "Those are dangerous buildings. If the wind is strong, the roofs will be blown away. Why do you buy those broken houses? The money for repairing the house is enough to build a new one. It's better to buy land."

If she continues like this, she will soon buy up all the unwanted houses in Haicheng.

"Don't worry about it. I want that house. Please help me make the contact and I'll let Lu Shishen go to handle the purchase procedures." Yang Niannian's tone was extremely firm.

Du Weili felt that Yang Niannian was either crazy or had some unknown inside information.

He prefers the latter.

"The houses over there are no longer habitable. Some households want to sell. I'll contact the owners of the others to discuss this. Ask your man to prepare and come over in three days to complete the purchase procedures. You don't need to bring any money. You still have more than 10,000 yuan from your last installment."

"Okay!"

Yang Niannian hung up the phone and called Jiang Yang again.

"Go to the army and find Lu Shishen, and ask him to go to Du Weili in three days to handle the house purchase procedures. If he doesn't have time in three days, ask him to negotiate a time with Du Weili."

"Okay, I'll go now."

Jiang Yang agreed immediately, hung up the phone, and drove the tractor to the army.

…

"Niannian, why did you buy so many houses?" Zheng Xinyue was very curious.

"You don't get much interest if you keep your money in the bank. It's more cost-effective to buy some real estate."

Yang Niannian couldn't say directly that those dilapidated houses might be demolished. Haicheng has been developing rapidly in the past two years, and the city center has been expanding. It is only a matter of time before the houses are demolished.

Zheng Xinyue knew nothing about economics. She majored in political science and Yang Niannian studied translation. Neither of them majored in economics, and she didn't like to meddle in other people's business. She just asked out of curiosity.

"Wait for me a moment, I'll call my uncle too."

"I'll wait for you outside."

Yang Niannian turned around and prepared to leave, but was grabbed by Zheng Xinyue.

She said casually, "It's so cold outside, what are you doing outside? My second uncle and I don't have any secrets that I can't let you hear."

It was indeed very cold outside. Even though Zheng Xinyue said so, Yang Niannian did not go out.

Zheng Haitian picked up the phone as soon as it rang twice.

Zheng Xinyue was an absolute chatterbox and chattered for more than half an hour.

At this time, Jiang Yang had already arrived at the army.

Lu Shishen was training with Qin Aonan and Lu Nianfei on the playground. When he saw Lu Shishen being called away, Lu Nianfei put his hands on his hips and teased him.

"When it comes to his young wife, his legs are like diesel engines, running faster than a tractor. Before he got married, who would have thought he was such a romantic man?"

After talking for a long time without any response, he turned around and saw Qin Aonan standing there in a daze. He couldn't help but make two "tsk tsk" sounds.

"I forgot that the guy that Sister Wang introduced to you is also studying at Peking University with Shi Shen's wife."

"Look at your distraught look. If you really like someone, be bolder and show your military courage instead of hesitating like a little girl. There are so many talented people in Beijing University. If you don't put in some effort, someone else will chase you away."