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He also remembered that a couple of years ago, he secretly wore new clothes and went out to show off before the Lunar New Year.

Then, while playing with firecrackers, someone accidentally threw a firecracker into his hat, and it exploded right there on the hat.

Fortunately, only her clothes were hit by the firecrackers, and she wasn't injured. Her ears were slightly hurt by the sound of the firecrackers, but thankfully her eardrums didn't rupture, otherwise Shen Jingyue would have been worried sick.

That year, everyone in the family wore new clothes for the Chinese New Year, except for Xiao Yi, who had to wear old clothes.

Shen Jingyue didn't spoil him either, and even punished him by not being allowed to eat meat on New Year's Eve. Qin Xiang'an was a bit stricter than him, and directly beat him up to teach him a lesson and see if he would dare to do it again next time.

The next day, the family went to the photo studio wearing their new clothes. There were quite a lot of people at the photo studio that day.

They waited in line for a while before it was their turn.

The family took three photos: a family portrait, a photo of Shen Jingyue and Qin Xiang'an, and a photo of the three children together.

You can pick it up in a couple of days after paying, because there are many people taking photos during the Chinese New Year, and the photos can be developed quickly.

On New Year's Eve, the family had their reunion dinner together at the Xiao family home.

This year, the Xiao family became much more lively because the eldest brother's family came back.

After the family finished their meal in a lively atmosphere, they gave the children lucky money, and the younger ones ran out to play with firecrackers.

The others sat inside and chatted.

"Boss, I heard you recently got involved in a construction project. What's the story behind it?" Xie Yun asked.

She only heard about it from her eldest son's wife yesterday. Her eldest son always comes home very late, so Xie Yun never had a chance to ask.

Xiao Yuchuan didn't hide anything and said directly, "Yes, I found people to form an engineering team, which builds houses and repairs roads for people."

"Construction teams are doing well. Construction is starting in many places now, and construction teams are in high demand." Xie Yue knew a bit about it and thought her older brother was doing quite well in this line of work.

"Does my third sister-in-law also think I'm good at engineering?" Xie Yuchuan was quite happy to see that someone supported him.

When he told Mei Hong that he wanted to do this, she was very unsupportive, but he felt that it had a good future and that if he did it well, he would definitely make money in the future.

So even though Mei Hong objected, he still went ahead and did it anyway.

"What's so great about it? This job is tough and tiring. If you ask me, it would be much easier for my sister-in-law to open a clothing store and make money faster. That way, I could also help look after the store."

Mei Hong really didn't want him to do this.

He even asked her to cook for the workers, but she refused.

Asking her to cook for a bunch of men—what does that make her?

"I'm a grown man and I don't know anything about these things. If you want to do this, why don't you open your own clothing store? Do you really think that buying inventory is free?"

How much money do we have? If this isn't handled properly, all the money will be wasted.

Unlike engineering projects, where you can just put in physical labor, buying things is not his forte, and he doesn't hawk his wares on the street like other people do.

He'd be better off working on a construction site than doing this.

It's just strength, he has plenty of strength.

Moreover, the money earned from completing a project is substantial, and when it's all allocated to me, it'll be more than what others earn in a year.

Anyway, he was quite satisfied.

"Do you think I don't want to? You need money." Mei Hong rolled her eyes at him.

"Alright, all of you, shut up."

Xie Yun never expected that her simple question would lead to a fight between the two of them.

Mei Hong then stopped talking.

"Sister-in-law, tell me, do you think your sister-in-law is suited to run a clothing business?" Xiao Yuchuan asked Shen Jingyue directly.

He admired his fourth sister-in-law quite a bit; she ran two clothing stores all by herself.

She even ran towards Guangzhou. If it were anyone else, I doubt many would have the courage to do that.

Mei Hong herself doesn't dare to take the train to places that are too far away. She still wants to do business, but doing business requires running around. All she has to do is talk. When something really happens, she's completely useless.

And yet they still want to open a clothing store like others.

Shen Jingyue was quietly eating sunflower seeds when she suddenly heard her older brother ask her a question.

Everyone looked at her, and she quickly put down the sunflower seeds in her hand and said, "I really can't say for sure. Doing the clothing business is definitely difficult. You need to invest a lot of money in the early stages. It depends on the individual, so I can't comment."

Shen Jingyue is not bad, but she is not suitable either. If her sister-in-law really thinks she is suitable and starts doing it all at once, she will blame herself for any losses incurred.

So it's really hard to say what.

She felt that her older brother had deliberately set a trap for her.

"So what do you think of doing engineering?"

He felt that his fourth sister-in-law was quite farsighted; the fact that she could run her business so well showed that she had considerable insight.

Xiao Yuchuan also wanted to hear her opinion on this matter.

Shen Jingyue thought for a moment and then said, "I think what Third Sister-in-law said is right. There is construction everywhere now, and building roads and doing engineering projects is indeed a good choice."

"Of course, this is just my personal opinion. I don't really know much about this industry. I think you should just follow your heart, Brother."

Shen Jingyue naturally knew that the prospects in this area were very good, but she couldn't make any definitive statements.

What if they don't do a good job?

So no matter what it is, whether you know it or not, don't speak too definitively.

"Okay, sister-in-law is right." Xiao Yuchuan thought his fourth sister-in-law was right.

That's what he was thinking when he did it.

Now that roads and construction are needed everywhere, engineering projects are definitely the best option.

But Mei Hong didn't understand him at all, which sometimes annoyed him.

Mei Hong scoffed lightly, clearly not optimistic at all.

It's not as good as when I was in the army.

She used to have a job in the canteen, but now that she's come back with him, she's lost her job.

"Sister-in-law, how about I work with you? I see your clothes are selling really well."

"How about I get my goods from you and set up a stall outside myself? Don't worry, I promise I won't compete with you for business."

Mei Hong had been envious of her shop's business for a long time.

Especially in the period leading up to the Chinese New Year, both of my fourth brother and sister-in-law's shops are doing booming business.

It was because the clothes in her store were stylish, and some of them were particularly well-matched, that she couldn't resist buying two pieces.

She hoped that if she could get the same goods as her fourth sister-in-law's shop, she could sell them in more distant places and make money.

Maybe she'll be able to open her own shop someday.