Mixed in 1980

Chapter 339 New World

"What's so fun about a place that's so small? It's better to stay home and take care of the kids. My sisters-in-law all want to go there now," Guan Xiaoyu said with a disdainful sneer.

Chen Fan gritted his teeth, not wanting to pay any attention to her.

She's a wild child. She owns a bunch of properties in Hong Kong but doesn't care about them at all. As long as the rent comes in every month, she can't be bothered with anything else.

Chen Fan's original intention was to take her to see the house. As a landlord, he should pay attention to many things and not just ignore everything.

Guan Xiaoyu, however, was quite lazy about it.

Xinghuo Investment has a professional rental agency that manages more than 9800 properties owned by Xinghuo Investment. Their own properties are also listed there, so what is there to worry about?
But the rent has gone up again!
That's how the market is. Prices have already risen to HK$5-6000 per square foot. However, this year, Hong Kong has cracked down on real estate speculation by raising interest rates, so prices have stopped rising and have even fallen slightly.

These are all temporary, Chen Fan said. After 1994, there will be a big surge in prices in 1995-1996, and it won't be a problem for prices to break 10,000 per square foot.

Regarding assets, Guan Xiaoyu made only one move: taking advantage of the shortage of foreign exchange in mainland China, he directly exchanged Hong Kong dollars for US dollars, and then used connections to exchange them for Hong Kong dollars.

In the past two years, the "yuan" has depreciated rapidly, and its exchange rate with the US dollar has fallen to 8.61. At this point, exchanging for "yuan" is undoubtedly the most appropriate option.

Other than that, she doesn't care.

Chen Fan didn't bother with her. This girl had no business ambitions. She was content to be a landlady and live a happy life.

Around 10 o'clock, the wives got up one after another, ate a simple breakfast, and then went to the living room to make tea and chat leisurely.

When Chen Min returned for lunch, she saw their leisurely appearance and couldn't help but shake her head: "They've all become like landladys."

"You're so busy with work, you must be exhausted."

Zhao Yuanyuan pressed her down to sit, then stood behind her and massaged her shoulders: "Our family has a ready-made rotating president system, you really don't need to do everything yourself."

Chen Min gave a comfortable "hmm": "I'm not as carefree as you guys, you can't just abandon me and leave me alone."

"Sister, you're just blindly confident."

Chen Fan brewed a cup of tea and placed it in front of his sister: "There are plenty of people in the job market who are more capable than you these days, so why bother worrying about it?"

Chen Min suddenly opened her eyes and stared at her younger brother.

Chen Fan immediately backed down: "We just need to manage the decision-making process. If we free up our energy, we can do other projects without being so tired."

Chen Min nodded, "That's true."

Chen Fan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This older sister of his was just like in his previous life; the older she got, the more explosive her temper became. In any case, he couldn't afford to offend her.

The wives secretly chuckled to themselves, knowing that while their husbands were arrogant and domineering outside, they were nothing more than little quails in front of their own sisters.

After thinking it over for a while, Chen Min returned to the company and called her husband and Sun Hongyu over to discuss setting up an investment company to manage the companies under its umbrella.

Back home, Zeng Ali was also busy.

I found the manuscript of "If I Were a Liar" in Xu Jinqiu's room, and after the children got out of school, I called Yan Cheng over and told them the story in the book.

Yan Jin leaned over to try and learn, but Zeng Ali chased her away. The little guy was already cunning enough; if he tried to learn anything from the book, he'd be tearing the roof off.

Yan Jin was not an honest child. Even though his aunt told him not to look at the book, he insisted on looking at it. The next day, when his aunt wasn't looking, he took the book with him and brought it to kindergarten.

He can read!
Despite his many shortcomings, his family all agrees that the little guy is like a genius, learning everything quickly, except for some uncommon characters.

Opening this book and reading it word by word, the little guy felt like he was discovering a new world; he realized there were such fun games in the world.

Having learned a few tricks, the little guy can no longer hide his deceptive gaze, but he conceals it behind his childishness and has started to deceive people in kindergarten.

Back home, the little guy went straight to his room, put the book back so his aunt wouldn't find out, and then stole it again the next morning without Zeng Ali noticing.

It wasn't until Friday afternoon, when Xu Jinqiu went to pick up the children from school, that the teacher told her that the little guy had lied to quite a few people at the kindergarten.

Xu Jinqiu took a deep breath, neither hitting nor scolding, and led the child back home: "Yanxi, the second child lied to people at kindergarten, so he's in your care."

Yan Jin shuddered. This was going to be fatal!
He quickly turned and ran to the neighbor's yard for refuge. Going to his own maternal grandmother was useless; in this kind of situation, he had to go to his great-grandmother.

Yan Xi quickly chased after him and soon ran to the neighboring courtyard. Liu Wenhui stopped him, but she ignored him when Yan Xi said that he had lied to people at the kindergarten.

Hearing the howling from the neighbor's yard, the couple and their three companions slowly strolled over. The little bastard deserved a beating.

By the time they arrived, Yan Xi had already finished typing: "Tell me, how did you lie?"

"Sister, I didn't lie." Just as she was about to retort, seeing her older sister's wide eyes, Yan Jin hurriedly said, "I just told them that one cent could participate in the lottery, with a first prize of 10 yuan and a second prize of 5 yuan."

"They brought the money the next day. They were just unlucky and couldn't win the grand prize. Who can they blame but themselves?"

"Tell the truth!" Yan Xi gritted her teeth.

"I stuck double-sided tape on the top of the box. When I put the prize paper in, it stuck to the top of the box, so they couldn't draw it." Yan Jin glanced at her older sister cautiously.

Yan Xi gritted her teeth: "Who taught you that?"

"In the book!"

"what book?"

“The old lady’s books were taught by her, but not by me, so I secretly took them to school to read.”

“Mom…” Yan Xi looked at his mother.

Zeng Ali smiled bitterly and quickly distanced herself from the matter: "Your father wrote the book, saying that the third son was naive and that he made the third son study it, while strictly forbidding the second son from studying it."

Chen Fan glared at her and chuckled, "Girl, that was stolen by your brother. He's so young and he steals and cheats. He deserves to be taught a lesson. Take him back and give him another beating."

Yan Xi glared at her father, grabbed her younger brother's ear, and started walking back: "Go back and stand in the corner for two hours, not a minute less."

After watching the siblings leave, Chen Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Our daughter's aura is...tsk tsk...not inferior to yours at all."

"Screw you!"

Zeng Ali glared at her husband: "Yan Jin has read that book. He'll have a lot of headaches from now on. Now you know why the higher-ups won't let you publish it, right?"

What will you publish?

Zeng Tuqiang walked in carrying a bag. He is now a 23-year-old young man who has been admitted to the Department of Biology at Peking University and will be starting his second year of graduate school in the fall.

"None of your business."

Zeng Ali glared at her younger brother, looking at his clothes with disdain: "You're already twenty-three, and you're still dressed like a student. What about the clothes I bought for you?"

Zeng Tuqiang shrank his neck: "It's comfortable to wear this. I'm just staying at school, I don't go out to do business, why would I dress so maturely?"

Zeng Ali chuckled and teased, "You should at least dress more properly. You look so childish, no wonder you can't find a girlfriend."

"Single dog!" Chen Fan added.

Zeng Tuqiang opened his mouth, then forced himself to close it. The best way to deal with his sharp-tongued brother-in-law was to pretend he didn't exist.

Liu Wenhui gave her son-in-law a wink, and Chen Fan understood: "But being single is pretty good too. Life is fulfilling. You fight with your pillow every day and fall in love with your blanket."

"You can have the double bed all to yourself, and you can roll over however you want. You're so carefree."

Upon hearing this, Zeng Tuqiang's face darkened: "Chen Fan, have I offended you recently?"

Chen Fan nodded and said, "I'm just helping you prove that being single is the right thing to do. By the way, you've been single for so long, haven't you ever held hands? Want to grab a pork knuckle to get the feeling going?"

As she spoke, she took Zeng Ali's hand and teased, "True love prevails, while single people can only watch in agony, tsk tsk..."

The sense of ridicule was instantly amplified.

Zeng Ali couldn't help but laugh, but she was very supportive. Her silly younger brother had been single ever since he was dumped after his own scandal, and now that he was 23, it was time for him to find a partner.

Zeng Tuqiang gritted his teeth and said angrily, "Chen Fan, don't push your luck. I have a girlfriend."

Chen Fan chuckled and said disdainfully, "You're kidding me. You're just making things up here. Someone like you is more suited to a bamboo wife. How about your brother-in-law gives you one?"

Zeng Tuqiang, unable to contain himself any longer, gritted his teeth and roared, "I really do! Chen Yi and I agreed to get married after she graduates from university."

"What the heck?" Chen Fan was stunned.

Zeng Tuqiang wanted to say something more, but Xu Jinqiu pushed him: "Still standing there like an idiot? Hurry up and run, you really want to get beaten up."

Zeng Tuqiang finally realized what was happening, threw down his schoolbag, and turned to run. Chen Fan had already grabbed a wooden stick from the corner and chased after him, yelling, "You bastard, stop right there!"

PS: Second update!
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