Mr. Tan quickly had someone bring up the menu, and then let the two children order.
"No, uncles, you order. We're just kids, we don't know how to order."
Yuanyuan pushed the menu back again.
"Yes, Uncle, you and your parents can order together, we'll just wait to eat."
The two children were very well-behaved and didn't rush to order food, which made Mr. Tan laugh heartily.
“If it were my son, he would have ordered it already. You guys are so inconsiderate. Okay, we'll order first, and you can add the rest.”
Mr. Tan ordered two dishes and then gave the menu to Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang. The two of them ordered a few more dishes before giving the menu to the two children. Basically, each of them ordered two dishes, which was about enough.
However, after the dishes were served, Yu Jiu, Xu Zijiang, and President Tan were mostly chatting and didn't have much time to eat. Yuan Yuan and An An ate the food, and the meal took about three hours.
The three of them talked until their mouths were dry, and they didn't eat much food, but they drank pot after pot of tea.
Yuanyuan and An'an felt uncomfortable watching from the side.
After we finished talking, we got up.
"That's all for today. We'll take the kids home now. Mr. Tan, please have a safe journey home."
"Okay, okay, let's keep in touch when you have time."
The two shook hands again, said goodbye in a friendly manner, and got into their car after leaving the restaurant. Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"How was the meal? Did you enjoy chatting and eating with people?"
Yu Jiu couldn't help but turn around and ask the two children.
"No, no, no, I don't feel happy at all. It's so tiring. I haven't eaten much, but I've finished all my tea. No wonder you've always been so thin, Mom and Dad!"
Yuanyuan shook her head violently.
Most importantly, they were able to hold it in and not go to the toilet!
"So don't oversimplify things. Dealing with people is not easy at all. Today, Mr. Tan took the initiative to talk to us about cooperation. If we were to approach others, we would have to be more humble. Have you eaten enough today? I don't think you ate much."
Yu Jiu was worried that the two children would go hungry, so if they hadn't eaten enough, she would go and buy some late-night snacks to take home.
"We weren't full either. You guys were chatting the whole time, and we were too embarrassed to touch our chopsticks. It would be so awkward if we ate all the food."
An An shook her head. The siblings had only eaten a little something to fill their stomachs, about half full.
"I knew you weren't full. What do you want for a late-night snack? Dad will drive over and take you to buy it."
Xu Zi asked as he started the car.
He and Yu Jiu weren't full either. It wasn't that they were embarrassed to eat, but they simply didn't have an appetite. Who has a good appetite while discussing business? It would be better to finish early and buy something to eat later.
"Let's have some cold noodles. We ate quite a bit of meat tonight, so cold noodles will help cool us down. Pair them with some pickled cucumber strips for a refreshing taste."
An'an doesn't want to eat anything too greasy anymore.
"I'm different from my sister. I want to eat stinky tofu, and I want it spicy!"
"I want to eat fried noodles."
Yuanyuan and Yujiu also raised different demands.
"Okay, let's go to the food street then. They have everything you want there."
Xu Zi drove to the food street, and by the time he finished buying his late-night snacks and got home, it was already 10 p.m.
"Hurry up, finish eating and rest for a while, take a shower and go to bed. Don't stay up late, especially An'an. You're going through puberty now, so you need to be careful. Don't stay up late, and don't eat too much oily food, otherwise you might get pimples and scars on your face, which won't look good."
Yu Jiu specifically instructed An'an.
An'an is a girl too, of course she loves beauty. Yu Jiu is already so old, but she's still very vain. She knows that if she has acne scars or marks on her face, she will definitely be unhappy, so she wants to prevent her from getting acne in the first place.
Okay, I understand.
An'an understood. After they finished eating, washed up, and went to sleep, the next day was another new day.
Building a house is a huge project. The preliminary preparations took about half a year. Only after everything was planned and arranged did construction begin.
Originally, the plan was to build one building first and then gradually build more later. However, because they planned to build a school and a hospital, once these infrastructure facilities were in place, the houses would be easy to sell. So Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang decided to build three buildings at the same time.
After these three buildings are completed, the school will be built simultaneously with the construction of three more buildings, ensuring sufficient funding. Furthermore, they have secured mortgage loans, and with current loan incentives, Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang have no worries about funding whatsoever, allowing them to work with complete freedom.
Their plan for this community is to build a mid-to-high-end residential area, selling to ordinary wealthy families. They plan to build and sell the houses here first, recouping their investment, and then build the other community across the street, which will be a completely upscale area for the wealthy, with villas and large apartments, and the selling price will be several times higher.
Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang's plan is flawless; now they just need time to get it in order. Because Zuo Shou is now involved in real estate, Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang have focused their efforts there and haven't ventured into other businesses. This way, they can supervise the construction progress every day while also having time to spend with their two children—a win-win situation.
On the other hand, Gouzi and Zhang Yan didn't have that much capital or the courage to take such risks, so they didn't get involved in real estate.
They'd rather stay grounded and open chain stores here. They might not earn as much as Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang, but the profits are more stable. And as they've opened more stores, their income has increased. Now they have tens of millions in assets. From being penniless and having to think twice before eating meat, to now having tens of millions in assets, what more could they ask for?
So the couple spends more time with their children and elderly parents, often staying home with them and taking them out to play whenever they have free time. They've not only visited the capital but also several nearby cities.
The two families also frequently went on trips together, living a peaceful and happy life.
However, after a year of this, another problem arose, this time not with Yu Jiu, but with Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan was sent to the countryside because she was not favored at home, which was understandable, as she had agreed to go herself. However, when she planned to marry Gouzi, she told her family, but they didn't show any interest and had no intention of coming to see her or attending her wedding.
They showed no concern for their daughter who had been sent to the countryside. Gradually, Zhang Yan's heart grew cold, and she had virtually no contact with her family.
However, they were still her biological parents, and they hadn't done anything as terrible to her as Yu Jiu had. Although their relationship had become distant, there was still some affection between them. So, after Zhang Yan and Gouzi became wealthy, Zhang Yan sent them a lot of money.
Consider it an act of filial piety towards parents.
Perhaps because the money was enough, everyone got along peacefully for the years before, but this year, her parents suddenly said they wanted to come to the capital to see her and had something to say to her.
"What is it that absolutely must be said in person?"
Having not seen each other for so many years, Zhang Yan was quite apprehensive about suddenly having to meet.
"It's okay, maybe they just miss you. If you don't want them to know where you live, why don't you move to another place first, and when they come, take them to the other side instead of coming here?"
Yu Jiu suggested.
"Great idea, let's do it that way!"
Zhang Yan had a bad feeling and didn't want her parents to get involved in her current life.
But what's meant to happen will happen eventually.
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