Finally, Mu Jingshu led the large group to the library, including Xu Laosan, Chen Jianguo, the three members of the Shao family, and the seven little ones.
The aunt was worried, so she called Xiao Ning again and dragged Jiang Jueyi along with her.
After Xiao Ning followed Xu Xin Ning five years ago, her superiors assigned her to Xu Xin Ning's side. When she wasn't busy, she was still in the army, and when Xu Xin Ning needed help, she was responsible for her travel and safety.
After five years of hard work, Xiao Ning is no longer an ordinary soldier. He is currently a platoon leader and will probably be promoted to deputy company commander soon. The young man is clever and I heard that he just won a third-class merit.
The whole group left in an instant, and the house finally became quiet, leaving only Xu Xinning and Lin Ying behind.
After finishing her work, Lin Ying unceremoniously collapsed onto the sofa.
Xu Xinning cut up some fruit, took out some snacks for the children, brewed a pot of tea, and sat down opposite Lin Ying.
Lin Ying looked at Xu Xinning with curiosity and found that this person seemed to have taken some kind of anti-aging potion. Five years had passed, and she had given birth to two children, but she still looked the same as when she first met her.
Lin Ying: "Teacher Xu, why can't you change?"
Xu Xinning looked up at Lin Ying and asked, "What won't change?"
Lin Ying: "I've noticed that you look exactly the same as when we first met, you haven't changed at all. Look, look, you haven't lost your baby fat!"
Xu Xinning laughed: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Lin Ying sat up abruptly, staring intently at Xu Xinning and said, "Really, I'm not lying to you at all. Your face is so soft and smooth, like a freshly peeled egg, white and tender, it looks like you could squeeze water out of it if you pinched it. Teacher Xu, you must have some beauty secrets, right? Share them with me!"
In fact, Hsu Hsin-ning doesn't usually take special care of her appearance. Her time is very precious; she's busy reading, researching, doing research, and writing papers. She doesn't have any spare time for these things.
Needless to say, she doesn't even bother with skincare; sometimes she's too lazy to even apply face cream.
However, when Lin Ying mentioned skincare, she did indeed have many skincare secrets, which were passed down from the palace in her previous life and improved by her mother in that life.
My mother in my past life was very particular about skincare. She had to apply a lot of products before going out, such as moisturizers, sunscreens, and makeup bases. She would also apply a face mask when she came back.
Good skincare does make you look younger.
Xu Xinning remembered that before her accident, her mother looked almost the same age as her.
However, she hasn't changed much over the years, probably because of the hot spring in her space. She soaks in the hot spring every night before bed to relieve her fatigue.
Now that Lin Ying has brought it up, she feels that her beauty secrets should also come in handy.
Since the reform and opening up, there have been tremendous changes in the past two or three years, not only in terms of living conditions and the economy, but also in people's clothing and ideas.
There are more clothing stores on the street, and people's clothes are becoming more and more colorful. Even people are getting their hair permed, curly and frizzy, like they've been electrocuted. Xu Xinning just can't appreciate it.
Xu Xinning handed Lin Ying an apple and replied, "I do have a beauty formula, but it has to be kept secret for now. You'll know once it's produced."
Mu Jingheng's side business is quite large now. Recently, he and Xu Yao plan to take over several state-owned factories that are not performing well, including a daily chemical factory.
Lin Ying said mysteriously, "Are you guys up to something big again? Why don't you take me with you? You know, I have two little devils to raise. How can we afford it with just my and Juecheng's meager salaries? Do you know how much an apartment costs per square meter these days?"
Xu Xinning knew perfectly well that Mu Jingheng had long coveted the real estate market and had secretly amassed a lot of land by having Xu Yao do so in the early days of reform and opening up.
Last year, the first housing reform was implemented in China. In just one year, housing began to be commercialized across the country, and it quickly expanded from individual pilot projects to the whole country, with the implementation of the three-thirds system for employee home purchases.
What is the three-thirds system?
Previously, houses were built by the housing management bureau or by the employer and then allocated to employees for free. Now, these allocations are no longer made, and employees need to purchase their own houses.
However, employees can enjoy preferential treatment when buying houses. As long as you apply for the housing purchase qualification, you can buy a house at a discounted price, which means you only need to pay one-third of the total house price.
The remaining two-thirds are partly covered by the state and partly subsidized by the employer.
When the policy was first introduced last year, people were too used to their previous lifestyles to take this step.
Although many families face housing difficulties and yearn for a home, most are adopting a wait-and-see attitude. Of course, there are also those with foresight, such as Mu Jingheng and Xu Yao, who started purchasing properties as soon as the policy was announced.
In fact, Mu Jingheng had secretly purchased a courtyard house a few years ago.
Xu Xinning also likes courtyard houses very much; she feels very at ease living in one.
Xu Xinning currently owns several courtyard houses.
Every set of clothes that Mu Jingheng bought was registered under Xu Xinning's name, since it's no secret that Xu Xinning is rich, but it's inappropriate for Mu Jingheng's identity to be involved.
What Lin Ying didn't know was that Jiang Juecheng had also made a lot of money with Mu Jingheng. When Mu Jingheng bought a house, he followed suit and bought one too.
Jiang Juecheng's mind has become clearer since he got married.
He doesn't consider himself smart, but he's very clear-headed; if he's not smart, he'll just follow the smart ones.
Mu Jingheng was the smartest person in his mind, so he kept pestering Mu Jingheng. He had to interfere in everything Mu Jingheng did. Before he knew it, he had bought two small courtyard houses and put them in Lin Ying's name. However, Lin Ying, being so careless, had no idea.
Xu Xinning knew that Jiang Juecheng was buying a house with Mu Jingheng, so when she heard Lin Ying say this, she asked curiously, "Don't you have enough houses?"
Lin Ying: "It's enough for us to live here now, but the kids will grow up, right? When those two little devils grow up, won't we need to buy a house? I hope we can kick them out after they get married, otherwise how can so many people live together in such a cramped space? By the way, aren't you going to buy one? You have three little devils in your family!"
Xu Xinning: "Don't you own several courtyard houses?"
Lin Yingteng sat up straight abruptly, staring wide-eyed as she asked, "What...what did you say?"
Xu Xinning found it amusing: "I said you own several courtyard houses."
Lin Ying pinched herself hard, and then winced in pain.
Lin Ying: "Teacher Xu, you can't joke like that with me."
Xu Xinning: "Who's joking with you? Your Jiang Juecheng started buying them a couple of years ago, and they're all registered in your name."
Lin Ying was so shocked that her mouth dropped open.
Should she believe it or not?
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