The groom brought the bride home, and Meng Tao entered the Shen residence. This was the first time she saw her new home.

Shen Yu had told her that this courtyard house was bought by his father Shen Heping with his grandmother's dowry. It was a large courtyard with two entrances, which had been renovated inside and out. It had big red pillars, carved beams and painted rafters, and was bright and imposing. There were pomegranate and apple trees planted in the courtyard, and at this moment, the branches were full of fruits. There were also two lush crabapple trees. The ground was paved with tiles inlaid with granite slabs, and there were corridors leading to the courtyard on all sides.

The bridal chamber is located in the landlord's house in the inner courtyard. It is very spacious, with a rosewood carved screen dividing the bedroom, living room and study. The style of the furniture is similar to that of the Xu Mansion, antique, heavy and elegant.

There are many other rooms in the east and west wings and the front yard. Director Shen arranged for Grandpa Liu and Grandma Liu, Grandma Xu, Liu Jianxin and Sun Hong, as well as Zhang's father and mother, Jinniu Bao Dongmei, Zhou Cuiling, and Qian Liang to live here.

Meng Tao liked the layout of this courtyard very much, but thinking that the capital would change with each passing day, this area might have to be replanned and rebuilt, she couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity to demolish such a large courtyard. I don't know how much compensation I can get for the demolition."

Shen Yu pinched the money-loving young wife's face with amusement: "This is our home, why do we want to tear it down?"

Meng Tao looked up at the sky: "I think this area will be rebuilt, maybe in ten years at most. By then, the national economy will be developing rapidly, and the capital will definitely be built better. More and more people will come to Beijing to work and live, and the entire city will expand outward. Many alleys and courtyards will be demolished and replanned and rebuilt. There will be high-rise buildings everywhere, and wide roads will lead in all directions. The old will be replaced by a new one. Our yard is likely to be demolished.

On the other hand, my grandpa’s courtyard house doesn’t need to be demolished. The area is valuable and belongs to a protected area, so it can appreciate in value. A dilapidated courtyard house can be worth hundreds of millions of yuan after a simple renovation. You can’t buy it even if you have money. So we’d better take advantage of the opportunity and take a look around when we have some free time. If we find a good one, we can buy more courtyards and mark out a few plots of land, and wait to be on the rich list in the future!”

"Daydreaming again."

"I'm serious."

"It doesn't matter if it's true or not. Remember, you can't be the first one to try something new. Buying a house or land is not a trivial matter. Your actions will arouse suspicion from those who have ulterior motives. Why do you have such a keen sense of smell? You can't even make it onto the rich list. Even if we are as rich as a country, we won't join in the fun. Just stay put."

Meng Tao curled her lips and said, "I can't say I've made a fortune. It's like walking in the night in fine clothes. It's boring."

"Keep a low profile, you know."

Shen Yu rubbed his wife's hair and said, "It's boring to make money quietly? Then we won't make money anymore. You also need to stop secretly getting supplies from Guangshi and selling them in Mengzhou."

"No, no, I finally found a way to make money, why not? Well, actually making money secretly is quite interesting."

Meng Tao was delighted to hear this. No one would complain about having too much money. It was just a pity that such a large sum of money would only earn some interest if it was kept in the bank for others to use. If she could manage it herself, the money could make multiples of it and all the money would go into her own pocket. How great it would be.

As his mind raced, he suddenly remembered: Before the reform and opening up, he could not make any big moves in the country. He had to listen to Shen Yu and keep a low profile. He could not buy a house in Beijing in advance, but he could go to other places, such as Haishi, Guangshi and even Gangcheng, especially Gangcheng. He had read records: Gangcheng's real estate market has been sluggish in recent years, and the housing prices were very cheap, but after this period, Gangcheng's real estate market rebounded and soon soared to the sky. So now he could completely withdraw some funds to buy a few luxury houses or floors in Gangcheng, and then wait for the appreciation in the near future. It would be a very wise choice.

So Meng Tao discussed with Shen Yu and asked his trading partner to help buy a house in Gang City so that he would have a place to stay when he visited Gang City in the future and would not have to stay in a hotel.

Shen Yu thought it was feasible and agreed to find an opportunity to do it.

After the wedding, Shen Yu only had three days off before he went back to work. Director Shen also had to rush back to his job in G Province, and his old friends, Uncle Su, and Liu Jianxin and his wife from Pingjiang City also followed him. They were all working people and didn't have much free time. Xiao Mingming stayed behind because his grandparents were still here, and he wanted to stay with Aunt Taohua.

Meng Tao persuaded Grandpa Liu, Grandma Liu, Grandma Xu, and relatives and friends from Linshui Village in Xingyang County to stay for another half a month and accompany them to continue their tour of the capital. Xu Yuting and Liu Jianli, who were studying in the capital, acted as tour guides and were responsible for taking photos, but they were not familiar with the city and made a lot of jokes.

Xu Yulin and Liu Jianye's injuries healed very quickly, so they didn't need to be bandaged and hospitalized. They came to Shen's house to stay with relatives and friends for two days. Grandma Liu and Grandma Xu were very happy and kept praising the hospital in the capital, saying that the doctors were more skilled and the medicines were more advanced. Look, it only took a few days for them to recover.

Yang Licheng and Zheng Hui drove a truck to deliver a load of goods to Beijing, and returned the next day after attending the wedding. The carriage covered with tarpaulin was still full. Shen Yu prepared some supplies including candies, cigarettes and alcohol, and asked them to take them back and distribute them to their former brothers who were unable to come to Beijing to attend his wedding.

Xu Yulin and Liu Jianye returned to work after spending two days with their parents and relatives. Shen Yu gave them a few boxes of "first aid special medicine" to take away. Meng Tao had given them this medicine last time, and they had used it on their colleagues who were injured first. Later, they were injured themselves and the medicine was gone.

The Shen residence was a bit far from the Xu residence, and the guests couldn't go there every day, so Grandma Xu asked Aunt Xu to temporarily send two staff members to the Shen residence to help buy groceries and cook. However, Aunt Zhang and Grandma Liu said they were too idle, so they took over the cooking job. They showed off their cooking skills one by one like in a competition, and staged a competition between northern and southern cuisines. Everyone enjoyed the meal.

Grandpa Xu and Grandma Xu come here for dinner every day. The two Xu uncles and cousins ​​also come here spontaneously whenever they are free. In their words, they didn't expect that they were all super chefs. The meals they cooked were so delicious that they couldn't stop eating them after trying them once. The cooking skills of the chefs in the Xu family are far inferior.

When Meng Zhehan and Zhang Guoqing were not back in Province G, they spent most of their time at the Shen residence. When Old Meng showed up occasionally, he would always come with Grandpa Xu.

(End of this chapter)