As soon as DouDou saw the number, she recognized it and shouted, "This is 2, it's two yuan."
Jiang Yunxiang gently tugged at her son, "They're adults, two yuan isn't enough, and they're foreigners, they'll probably spend 200 yuan on the meal."
Ye Cheng looked at Ye Guowei, "What do you think, brother?"
Ye Guowei scratched his head. "How would I know? They say a meal in the city can cost tens of thousands of yuan. This old man is a celebrity, so how could he have spent 20,000 yuan?"
Ye Cheng smiled mysteriously, lowered his voice, and said slowly and deliberately, "200 million!"
"What? Two hundred million?" Ye Guowei and Jiang Yunxiang were so shocked they almost jumped up. "Two hundred million for a meal?"
DouDou looked at Ye Cheng and asked, "Second Uncle, is 200 million bigger or 20,000 bigger?"
The child hasn't learned about billions yet; all he knows is that a household with ten thousand yuan is very wealthy.
"It's 200 million. What he's getting isn't just food, it's the added value. The coconut crabs I'm selling today are only a few hundred yuan per kilogram. The extra is all added emotional value. So many people call him handsome, he's the one who's making money!"
Before the others could react in shock, Ye Cheng carefully finished his noodles, while Jiang Yunxiang was still counting on her fingers, trying to find where Yi was.
"Brother, sister-in-law, I came today to talk about our plan to buy a house in the city tomorrow."
"What? Buy a house?" Jiang Yunxiang's finger stopped on the number 3 and remained bent.
Ye Guowei stared at Ye Cheng with his mouth agape.
Ye Cheng glanced at the two of them and calmly nodded. "Ah, buying a house? Is there a problem?"
Jiang Yunxiang glanced at Ye Guowei, looking like she wanted to say something but hesitated. Ye Guowei glared at her, preventing her from speaking.
DouDou sat there looking puzzled. "Dad, Mom, are you playing a riddle?"
Seeing the two struggling to communicate with their eyes, Ye Chengdu couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up directly.
"Well, brother and sister-in-law, if we're buying a school district house for DouDou, and if it's cheap, I'll buy one for myself too."
As soon as Ye Cheng spoke, Jiang Yunxiang's face lit up with joy, while Ye Guowei looked displeased. He coughed and prepared to speak.
Knowing that his older brother was about to launch into another long-winded monologue, Ye Cheng quickly stopped him. Even a dressed monkey couldn't stand the way Tang Sanzang chanted his sutras, let alone himself.
"Brother, don't worry, the house will be registered in your names, but it will still be mine in the future. I will pay back the money. It's just for DouDou to go to school. Is that alright?"
Ye Guowei smacked his lips, as if he had been silenced and had nothing more to say.
Ye Cheng quickly turned to Jiang Yunxiang and asked, "Sister-in-law, let's go to town together tomorrow?"
"Oh, can I come too?" Jiang Yunxiang asked excitedly, but also a little embarrassed.
“Go ahead, if DouDou wants to study there in the future, you might have to live there. You should at least check it out.”
“Live in the city,” Jiang Yunxiang said with a troubled look. “I don’t know anyone in the city, and besides, there are too many rules in the city, and I’m not used to them.”
"That's alright, I'll buy you a car later. It'll only take half an hour to drive there, and I can pick you up and drop you off every day," Ye Cheng said casually.
“Driving the kids to school? No way, we’re not some leader’s child, why would we drive them to school?” Jiang Yunxiang waved her hands repeatedly. In this day and age, very few children could take a car to school; most walked. Those who drove were leaders.
I don't want to think about the future, especially after the introduction of trams, when there are so many cars that almost every family has one, and driving to pick up and drop off children is just too common.
“Ah Cheng, your sister-in-law can’t drive either. Besides, buying a car costs a lot of money. It’s not worth it for Dou Dou’s schooling,” Ye Guowei said in a deep voice.
Ye Cheng was too old-fashioned to reason with his older brother for the time being, so he gave up on continuing.
"We'll talk about that later. Tomorrow, sister-in-law, you can come with me to the city to buy a house. Is that alright?"
"Okay, okay, but I've never bought this before, so how do I buy it?"
Jiang Yunxiang doesn't go to the city often; she usually just goes shopping. So, being asked to buy a house really caught her off guard.
"Oh, sister-in-law, buying a house is pretty much like buying groceries. Once you find one you like, you pay the money, and then it's just a matter of completing some paperwork. It's simple. There are real estate agents who can handle it. You can go with them tomorrow."
"Okay, okay, I'll go with you tomorrow, I'll do whatever you say." Jiang Yunxiang said, her eyes starting to wander, and the corners of her mouth slightly turned up.
Seeing that the two had already made up their minds, Ye Guowei wisely chose to keep quiet. His younger brother was very opinionated, so he let him have his way.
However, he still looked at Jiang Yunxiang and said, "Um, bring the card tomorrow, Acheng might not have enough money."
"Brother, no need, I have enough money."
"Have your sister-in-law take it; we have some money at home now," Ye Guowei decided decisively, and Ye Cheng didn't bother to say anything.
Based on the housing prices in Donghai City, it's only a little over a thousand yuan, which is enough to buy a house.
After dinner, Ye Cheng called Li Yong again to arrange to rent a car to go into the city the next day.
......
Jiang Yunxiang couldn't sleep that night.
The thought of moving to the city and buying a house kept her awake at night.
She shoved Ye Guowei awake, who was snoring. "Do you think I should wear something from the New Year's celebration tomorrow? Would it be embarrassing if I dressed too poorly?"
Ye Guowei was sleeping soundly when his wife woke him up. He thought it was something serious, but it turned out to be about what clothes to wear.
He turned around and said in a deep voice, "What does it matter what you wear? Many of the bosses at our docks dress very simply, but they're still very rich."
Hearing her husband's perfunctory words, Jiang Yunxiang said with dissatisfaction, "How can that be? I am Acheng's sister-in-law. If I dress poorly, wouldn't I be embarrassing Acheng?"
"Then you should dress nicely." Ye Guowei was so sleepy that his eyelids were drooping, and he just wanted to go to sleep early.
"Wouldn't dressing up seem too deliberate?"
"Then wear something ordinary."
"But with such a big event happening tomorrow, it doesn't seem appropriate to make it too ordinary."
Ye Guowei rolled his eyes and cursed Ye Cheng in his heart. "Why didn't you say it tomorrow? Talking about it so late at night, your brother can't sleep."
Ye Guowei didn't know what time Jiang Yunxiang went to sleep. When he woke up early in the morning, he saw Jiang Yunxiang with dark circles under her eyes, already trying on clothes.
Seeing this, Ye Guowei felt a headache coming on. He was worried Ye Guowei might pull him aside and ask which one looked better—a question harder than any exam question from back in the day. He picked up his clothes, put on his shoes, and said…
"Um, I'm going to the dock for breakfast today, so you don't need to cook."
After saying that, he ran away as if fleeing.
Jiang Yunxiang didn't pay much attention and casually replied that she had no interest in cooking today.
Ye Cheng arrived at eight o'clock, but Dou Dou hadn't gotten up yet.
"Sister-in-law, what are you wearing?" Ye Cheng was speechless when he saw Jiang Yunxiang's outfit.
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