When Li Chu and Ding Qiunan returned home after get off work in the afternoon, they were stunned for a long time when they saw Wang Yueyue wearing black-rimmed glasses.
These glasses really do cover up a lot of her baby face, making her look much more mature.
"Qiu Nan's mom, do I look good in glasses?"
"It certainly won't look good, but the goal has been achieved."
"What? Can't you praise me?" Wang Yueyue was a little unhappy. She had been ridiculed by her husband when she first put it on in the morning, and now she was being ridiculed by her mother-in-law in the afternoon. She felt like she was about to become depressed.
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"I complimented you! What's the purpose of wearing glasses?"
"Uh, let me look more mature."
"That's it, as long as the goal is achieved, that's all that matters. Besides, you only wear it during class, and if you don't like it, you just put it in your bag at other times."
Seeing Wang Yueyue, who was completely bewildered by the hype, Li Wenhui suppressed a laugh and lowered her head to eat her noodles.
That girl ran into her room last night and caused her a lot of trouble; she doesn't want to go through that again today.
We had just finished eating when Wang Ziwen and Li Qin from next door arrived right on time.
"Xiao Chu, Jia Dong said that Xu Damao asked them to come over tonight to discuss something about opening a new restaurant, did you know that?"
As soon as she entered the door, Li Qin loudly asked.
When it comes to doing business, the elderly couple is only good at nine out of ten things, completely clueless about the rest.
However, they also knew that Xu Damao's restaurant was indeed quite profitable, because the money he gave to his son and daughter every month was there. Except for the first few months when business was not good, the dividends were almost higher every month after that.
But now they have to open another store, which is a bit of a dilemma for them. In their simple mindset, if this store is making money, why not just continue to run it well? Why open another one?
"I know." Li Chu, who had just brewed a pot of tea, gestured for his sister and brother-in-law to sit down, and then poured them a glass of water.
The three children didn't know about this yet. They greeted their aunt and uncle and then came over.
"I bought the shop that used to be the Qianmen Restaurant."
This sentence shocked everyone except Ding Qiunan.
"Then can the government still sell those houses?" Wang Ziwen asked incredulously.
“That’s not state property. If I remember correctly, it was private property. It was confiscated back then.” Li Qin seemed to know more.
"Yes, that's right, it's definitely a private matter." Li Chu explained the details to them.
When they heard that they were not only buying a shop, but also a courtyard house near Shichahai, their mouths dropped open in astonishment.
"No, Xiao Chu, why are you buying so many houses? Do you really think house prices will go up in the future?"
"I don't care if the price goes up or not, I'll just keep it for myself once I buy it."
"What kind of nonsense are you talking about? Is your house too small for you to live in? Why are you buying so many houses?" the older sister said, sounding exasperated.
“I can understand which shop you want to buy, but what is the Shichahai area if not a waste?”
"Don't worry, sis. The courtyard over at Shichahai is right by the main road. We can tidy it up and turn it into a shop."
“Apart from the winter when young people go there to ice skate, who goes there for no other reason?”
Wang Ziwen patted her arm and said, "Xiao Chu has her own ideas, so just leave it to her."
“I just feel that he is wasting money. Qiu Nan, you don’t do anything about it. He can do whatever he wants. Is this okay?”
I remember him saying back then that housing prices would rise in the future. Look at all the companies starting to build new housing now, how can prices possibly rise? If everyone has a place to live, who's going to buy? I think only a fool like you would buy one.”
"Hehe," Li Chu chuckled without refuting, and picked up the teapot to refill their cups.
In the past two years, more and more companies have built staff housing. Although the location may seem a bit remote now, the housing is provided for free. At most, you only need to pay a few yuan in rent each month. Who cares about the distance?
However, with the increasing urban population, especially with the continuous expansion of the old city, which has incorporated much of the land from the north bank of the Yellow River, the population has increased dramatically.
They were originally farmers, but now their land has been expropriated. Although they have been given urban resident status, which they had been longing for, they are now completely unemployed.
In order to solve the future livelihood problems of these people, the factories could only blindly expand according to the government's requirements, just to create more jobs, which foreshadowed the future bankruptcy of the factories.
Li Chu could only watch helplessly as these things unfolded, because he didn't know how to solve them.
Seeing her younger brother's expression, Li Qin could only shake her head helplessly. She could say something, but not too much, since it was her brother's family matter.
"I don't care anymore, do whatever you want."
"Don't worry, sis, I know what I'm doing."
He then explained to his sister and brother-in-law why Xu Damao wanted to open another restaurant.
"Don't worry, you two. I talked to him this afternoon, and he was quite thoughtful. If Jia Dong and Jia Yuan have any financial difficulties, I can lend them some money first, and they can pay me back slowly later."
“The family still has money,” Wang Ziwen shook her head. “If they don’t have money, your sister and I can help them out first.”
“Your sister and I came here to ask if you knew about this. If you do, we'll be relieved. We really don't know anything about doing business.”
"Xu Damao's father-in-law has been in business for most of his life, so his judgment is impeccable. Don't worry."
"Xiao Chu, are you planning to rent that shop in front of the gate to them?" Li Qin interjected.
"Yeah, let's see what they decide tonight."
"Sister, how is Jiayuan doing?"
Seeing that they had finished talking, Ding Qiunan then asked about Jia Yuan's situation.
Since giving birth at the hospital and returning home to recuperate, she and Li Chu haven't been able to visit her because they've been busy at home.
"If you want to see it, just go and take a look now, it's not dark yet."
Li Chu then said to her son, "The car keys are in my bag. Go drive over and take your aunt and your mother for a spin."
"We're going too! We're going too!" Upon hearing this, Li Wenhui and Wang Yueyue stood up and went to change their clothes.
"Don't stay too long and disturb Jia Yuan's rest."
"Oh, do you really need to tell us that? It's like we don't understand anything."
Ding Qiunan, who was about to go inside to change her clothes, turned around and snapped at her husband.
Ten days before Wenxuan's wedding, Wang Jiayuan gave birth to twins, both boys.
The entire Lin family was overjoyed.
Lin Li's cousins all have daughters. Although Uncle Lin says he doesn't discriminate against girls, his expression clearly shows more joy when he sees the only two boys in the fourth generation of the Lin family.
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