Yang Qiaoqiao said with a smile, "Grandpa Xia, now that I'm here, I won't eat your chef's cooking tonight. I'll cook for you and give you a change of pace."
Upon hearing this, Xia Yuntao recalled the delicious food he had eaten with Yang Qiaoqiao and Lin Xiaohui when he was in Yun County.
Yang Qiaoqiao's cooking skills are actually a little worse than her mother's.
But it tastes much better than the spicy dishes made by chefs in restaurants in Shanghai.
Xia Yuntao couldn't help but swallow hard, his mouth watering.
But she still waved her hand and said, "No, no, if you had wanted to cook before, I wouldn't have been so polite. But now that you're pregnant, I can't let you do cooking."
Yang Qiaoqiao wanted to say that the doctor said she was in good health and the fetus was growing well, and that doing housework and cooking would not be affected.
Huo Beixiao spoke first: "Grandpa Xia is right, wife, you're not suited to cooking right now. Grandpa Xia, you haven't tasted my cooking yet!"
I'll cook for you today.
Xia Yuntao readily agreed, "Okay, then let's wait and see how Xiao Huo cooks today."
While Huo Beixiao was busy in the kitchen, the housekeeper came to tell Xia Yuntao that the old lady had woken up.
Xia Yuntao hurried off to keep his wife company.
Yang Qiaoqiao originally wanted to go to the kitchen to help the man, but he chased her out on the grounds that the kitchen fumes were bad for the fetus.
With nothing else to do, she watched TV in the living room.
There aren't many TV programs available now, so she switched to a local Shanghai channel, where a political program was playing.
It discusses the achievements Shanghai has made since the reform and opening up, as well as its future development direction.
Several times, it was mentioned that Shanghai should be built into an international metropolis and that infrastructure development should be improved.
The program clearly shows that the Shanghai Stock Exchange, a rising star, is gaining popularity and becoming increasingly prominent.
At this moment, Xia Yuntao helped Wang Shuyi downstairs.
He carefully helped his wife sit down on the sofa, and only after she was settled did he sit down and ask Yang Qiaoqiao, "Qiaoqiao, what are your thoughts on this program?"
Yang Qiaoqiao thought for a moment and said, "For Shanghai to become an international metropolis, it needs people."
Shanghai's developed economy will attract even more people to seek development in the city. These people will all need housing, and with the government currently encouraging real estate development, Shanghai's real estate economy is expected to experience significant growth in the future.
Xia Yuntao nodded and asked Yang Qiaoqiao directly, "Qiaoqiao, do you have any investment ideas?"
Yang Qiaoqiao smiled and said frankly, "Yes, I had already thought it through before I came to Shanghai. If there is a suitable house, I can buy it; if there is a suitable piece of land, I can also buy it."
Xia Yuntao nodded. "If you want to buy houses and land, I actually have some connections. I'll help you make some contact information tomorrow."
Yang Qiaoqiao was so frank and direct because she knew Xia Yuntao had connections.
In his previous life, Xia Yuntao had already amassed a considerable number of old houses and land before the real estate boom.
Later, when those old houses were demolished, the Xia family received astronomical sums in compensation.
They then used the compensation money for demolition to develop real estate, making a fortune.
However, Xia Yuntao was no longer alive at that time. It was his descendants, who are still abroad, who came back to inherit the compensation money from the demolition and started real estate development.
Huo Beixiao knew that Xia Yuntao liked to eat duck parts, so he specially braised a pot of them.
I also made several other fresh, fragrant, and spicy Sichuan dishes, such as spicy chicken, spicy blood curd, and fresh rabbit in a hot pot.
Although Xia Yuntao now resides in Shanghai, he is actually from Sichuan Province. He studied abroad in his early years and met Wang Shuyi, who was also studying abroad.
After they met and fell in love, he returned to China and settled in Shanghai with Wang Shuyi.
Shanghai cuisine is light and slightly sweet, and whether he is abroad or in Shanghai, he misses the spicy flavor of his hometown.
Xia Yuntao thoroughly enjoyed his meal.
That night, Yang Qiaoqiao and Huo Beixiao slept in the guest room of the Xia family's house.
The next morning, Huo Beixiao received a call from Xu Yizhou, informing him that he and Luo Yingzi had gotten off the train and were on their way home.
Huo Beixiao asked them about their approximate arrival time and planned to give the family time to reunite before visiting the Xu family after lunch.
In the morning, Yang Qiaoqiao and Huo Beixiao went to buy gifts for their visit to the Xu family and also browsed the department store.
Stepping into a department store in Shanghai, you are immediately struck by the atmosphere of a modern metropolis.
The goods inside are dazzling, with a wide variety of imported products on display.
Yang Qiaoqiao went to the clothing section and silently memorized all the new clothes for this year.
I plan to go back and redesign the product based on this year's trends, and then launch my own brand of products.
After shopping and buying gifts, the two returned to the Xia family home and had lunch with the two of them before heading to the Xu family home.
Xu Yizhou's parents were previously sent to the countryside, but after being exonerated, they were reinstated to their pre-sent-down university professor positions and now live in staff housing at a university in Shanghai.
After registering at the gatehouse, Huo Beixiao and Yang Qiaoqiao entered the campus of Shanghai University.
Looking at the picturesque campus and the well-arranged teaching buildings, Yang Qiaoqiao couldn't help but feel a little melancholy.
She actually quite enjoys reading, but the Yang family had limited resources when she was young.
Although she knew that as long as she could study, her parents and older brother would do anything to support her, even if it meant selling everything they owned.
But she was too young at the time and did not fully realize the importance of reading. She was also unwilling to add such a heavy burden to her family just because she liked reading.
So in the end, I chose to give up studying.
In her past life, at the end of her life, in order to seek peace of mind, she actually went to take adult self-study exams and prepared to return to school.
However, all her plans came to an abrupt end because of the knife Jiang Yiran plunged into her heart.
It's laughable to think that even without Jiang Yiran's knife, she wouldn't have lived much longer anyway, yet Jiang Yiran hated her to that extent.
Stabbing her not only sent her to the execution ground, but also sent Peng Cuiying and Jiang Yong'an to prison.
As Yang Qiaoqiao was thinking, Huo Beixiao took her hand and gently squeezed it.
She turned to look at the man beside her.
The man's deep black eyes were fixed intently on her. "Wife, you can do whatever you want, I'll support you."
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