"There are still many opportunities. It's okay, we can try again."
The dog happily retrieved the ring and comforted her.
"Um!"
"I'm determined to get my hands on that game console!"
An'an made a firm promise, but in the end, she threw 10 rings in and caught nothing.
"No way, how come I can't catch it after throwing it so many times!"
An'an was about to cry from anger. Yu Jiu had placed the game console in the second-to-last row. The angle was quite tricky; it would definitely take some skill to get it into place.
"My turn, my turn."
This game console was really too difficult to win with. Gou Dan got smart and started trying to win with other things first, instead of the game console. He bought 50 rings and managed to win two small items, which made him very happy. He then used the last 20 rings to win with the game console, but he didn't win anything.
"It's too difficult, Mom. Aren't you setting them a little too far apart? Can I stand closer to set them?"
Yuanyuan felt the difficulty level was too high and asked that it be lowered, but Yujiu firmly shook her head.
"No way, if it were that easy to trap, you guys would have finished trapping them in half an hour. How would you have time to play all day?"
"But you guys are really too clumsy. How come you don't know any techniques? Come on, let me demonstrate for you. The positions we set up in our house are not far away at all, okay? We didn't deliberately use any bottles to block the circle. As long as your aim is good, there's no problem at all."
Yu Jiu chuckled and brought over a ring to demonstrate for them. She assumed a horse stance, lowered her hips and waist slightly, and focused intently on the object she wanted. Then, she swiftly threw the ring. She missed the first time, but she remained calm and threw two more times. On the third throw, she hit the target.
"Look, this is the kind of accuracy an average person should have."
Yu Jiu shook his head mockingly, then made way for Yuan Yuan to play the ring toss.
Yuanyuan imitated Yu Jiu's posture, spotted a target, and then made a series of moves. In a flash, the ring hit the game machine.
"Wow, I won the game console! That's awesome!"
Yuanyuan jumped up excitedly. Her original target wasn't the game console at all; it was the little robot in front of her. But the ring rolled over and landed perfectly on the game console—a truly unexpected delight.
"Wow, my little brother is amazing. It seems like being the first to throw the ring isn't such a good thing after all."
An'an pouted, a little dissatisfied.
"It's okay, there's still one more game console. It'll be your turn soon."
Xu Zijiang comforted her.
An'an didn't make a fuss. Anyway, the game console was in her younger brother's hands, and she could ask her for it if she wanted to play it.
Thinking this, she became happy again. When it was her turn, she bought 50 more rings and threw them forward in the same way Yu Jiu had taught her. This time, she successfully tossed quite a few rings into the air.
The children cheered wildly, now that they had mastered the technique, and were all happy. When Yu Jiu and the others were bored, they would also try to ring the toy; if they succeeded, the toy was theirs. This made the four children feel a sense of crisis, desperately trying to ring back all the remaining toys, a mix of tension and excitement.
This game really kept them entertained for a whole day, so it was definitely worth it.
The next day, they continued with other games...
During this time, Yu Jiu, Zhang Yan, Gouzi, and Xu Zi all stayed at home to play with the children. With their parents' company and fun games to play, the children had a very comfortable New Year.
"I wish we could play like this every year."
An'an, Yuanyuan, and the other children couldn't help but make a wish.
"Sure, as long as you behave well and study hard, we promise to give you these little surprises every year. Now that the New Year is over, anyone who hasn't finished their homework, hurry up and finish it, get back into the swing of things, school starts in a few days."
Yu Jiu urged them to study.
"Okay! We'll do our homework now and promise to finish it. I hope Mom will keep her word!"
Yuanyuan ran off to do his homework in a flash. He's usually very mischievous and you have to coax him three or four times to get him to do his homework. But today he was unusually obedient. An'an, on the other hand, had already finished his homework long ago. He's a top student.
Dog Egg and Dog Baby were also very obedient; they did their homework as instructed and didn't touch the game console.
The two game consoles we bought for Chinese New Year, one was taken by Yuanyuan and the other by Gou Dan, so it's like one for each of them, and the two siblings share them.
This was Yu Jiu's original plan. It would be fine for the two of them to share one game console, but buying one for each of them wasn't about the cost, but rather to prevent them from becoming addicted to the game. This would effectively reduce the time they would spend playing the game separately.
The children are now on the right track in their studies here. The New Year has passed, and after a semester of adjustment, they don't feel uncomfortable at all.
Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang were relieved and resumed their business.
“Everyone likes houses and wants to own one. I think building houses is very profitable. Why don’t we get involved in building houses and enter the real estate industry?”
Yu Jiu couldn't help but turn his attention to the real estate industry.
There are very few real estate companies now. Most people wait for their employers to allocate housing, but the allocation process is very slow. You might not get one even after working for ten or twenty years. And even if you do get one, it will be a small house. It's better to buy your own house. Moreover, now that people have more money, they want to buy houses and live more spaciously.
Even Yu Jiu and Xu Zi have bought many houses, haven't they? They have them in various places, so they can live comfortably wherever they go.
"This industry is not bad, but it requires too much investment and the cycle is very long. The payback period is uncertain. After all, once the house is built, you still have to be able to sell it."
Xu Zijiang has some considerations of his own.
"That's true, but the risks are high, but the rewards are also high. We already have quite a few industries that can make us money steadily. If we want to make more money, we have to do things that are risky. We already have a lot of capital. In other words, even if we really fail and lose that money, it won't affect our current lives."
I think it's worth a try. Making money is like learning; if you don't move forward, you fall behind.
Yu Jiu felt that now was a great opportunity to enter the real estate market, so he kept persuading Xu Zijiang, sometimes it's just a matter of taking a gamble.
Xu Zijiang was naturally full of energy, but Yu Jiu had gone too far, so he had to slow down and keep an eye on things. Otherwise, if both of them acted impulsively, they could easily lose everything.
"Then let's do some market research, determine where it would be best to build the house, buy a plot of land, and then talk about other things."
Xu Zijiang suggested.
The land can be bought first, but the house doesn't necessarily have to be built so quickly.
“Okay, what you said makes sense. Let’s buy the land first, and then do some market research before deciding whether to build a house. Even if we don’t build a house, we can do other things with the land.”
That's the point. Land is always useful, no matter when; you can't lose money on it!
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