Beachcombing: The beach is full of amazing seafood, but my wife won't let me get out of bed!

The family seemed somewhat confused about Wu Sui's thoughts.

Wang Feng remained silent on the side, lost in thought.

"Second brother, our ancestors have been fishermen for generations, and our roots are by the sea."

"Why buy a house in the city? Don't you want to go fishing at sea again?"

Wu Sui didn't rush to refute, but turned to look at Xiao Hu who was eating, and then patted Ya Ya's head.

"Brother, Father, you're only thinking about your own comfort, haven't you thought about your children?"

Wu Sui pointed at Xiao Hu.

"Xiao Hu will start elementary school this year, and he'll be in junior high school in a few years."

"It's one thing for primary school to be in the village, but for junior high and high school, we should at least find a better school."

"We didn't have the chance to study properly, we can't let our children suffer too."

"There's only one junior high school in the town, and even the teachers don't speak standard Mandarin."

"Do you want Xiaohu to end up like us, uneducated, spending his whole life exposed to the elements at sea?"

In fact, Wu Sui wasn't particularly fixated on whether or not to go to university.

A person can lack a diploma, but they cannot lack culture.

Now that his family is wealthy, he naturally wants his children to learn more.

Upon hearing this, Wang Feng stopped peeling the egg.

Her son was the one she valued most in her life.

She doesn't mind suffering herself, but when it comes to her son's future, she cares more than anyone else.

Wu Sui continued to increase his bets.

"As you should know from the news, universities are expanding their enrollment, and there will be more and more college students in the future."

"Where will these college graduates go? They'll definitely stay in the city to find jobs. They can't just finish college and then come back to our village to fish, can they?"

"With so many young people flocking to the city to work, get married, and have children, where will they live? Will they all have to buy a house?"

Wu Sui tapped the table, his tone resolute.

"People strive for better opportunities; in the future, people from rural areas will all flock to the cities."

"With more people, there won't be enough houses. How can house prices not rise?"

"The average price of a house in the county town is just over a thousand yuan now. Let's take advantage of the cheap price and buy it quickly."

"Even if we don't live there ourselves, we can still collect rent every month by renting it out."

"Once the property prices go up in a few years, you can resell it and make way more money than you'd earn from putting it in the bank and collecting interest!"

Wu Gang scratched his head, still somewhat unable to grasp the concept.

"Isn't it safe to just put your money in the bank and earn interest? You don't have to do anything, and you can make a lot of money in a year."

Wu Sui sighed and decided to use the most straightforward method to brainwash his older brother.

"Brother, let me ask you, ten years ago, how much did a pound of pork cost in our village?"

Wu Gang thought for a moment: "A few cents, I guess."

"And now?"

"That'll be five or six yuan."

"That's it!" Wu Sui slapped his thigh.

"Prices are rising for everything. Your money is in the bank, and the numbers don't change, but you can buy less and less of what you need."

"That interest rate can't even keep up with the rate at which pork prices are rising."

This "pork theory" is easy to understand.

Wang Feng was completely persuaded and slammed her hand on the table, standing up.

"The second brother is right. In order for Xiaohu to be able to go to a good school in the city and find a city wife in the future, we must buy this house."

Seeing that the time was right, Wu Sui turned to look at Chen Xue, who hadn't said a word.

"Xiaoxue, how much spare money do we have left?"

"The remaining balance for the large ship is 43."

In rural areas in 2000, this amount would have been an enormous sum that could have stunned anyone.

But Wu Sui felt it was still too little.

When will I be able to earn enough money to buy a house in Shanghai or Beijing?

When Wang Feng heard Wu Sui ask how much money his family had left, she knew that he was also planning to buy a house, so she was even less worried.

"Second brother, if you put it that way, could we buy a house in the city or the provincial capital?"

Wu Sui glanced at her sister-in-law with admiration and gave her a thumbs up.

"Sister-in-law, we'll definitely buy it when we have the money in the future; consider it an investment."

"Go to the county town first and see if you find a suitable house. If you find a storefront facing the street, you can also buy it. You won't lose money renting it out later."

Wang Feng didn't even eat her meal; she rushed into the house to change her clothes.

Seeing her attitude, Wu Gang could only silently lower his head and eat.

He didn't have many ambitions; as long as his family had enough to eat and drink and lived a good life, that was enough for him.

But as Wu Sui said, the child's future is important, so this money should be spent.

The old man remained silent, but Li Cuihua was somewhat tempted.

"If you ask me, there's nothing wrong with buying a house. In the old society, even wealthy landlords would buy land."

"Buying a house is also property ownership. The house is just sitting there and won't run away, so don't worry about it."

She moved closer to her husband and whispered something in her ear.

"The second son is older, and the money he earns isn't enough to cover his expenses."

"Who can guarantee that going to sea will always make money? If one day we can't go to sea anymore, having a house is better than him squandering it."

Wu Jianguo thought about it and realized it made sense. He sold Melaleuca for 300 million yuan and then bought a large courtyard house and kept it clean and tidy.

He probably won't use that money to buy a house; he'll probably do something else with it, so he definitely won't keep it.

Oh well, children and grandchildren have their own destinies; let him do whatever he wants.

Half an hour later, Wu Sui, Wu Gang, Chen Xue, and Wang Feng went out.

They borrowed a car from Lin Tao in town and headed straight to the county shipyard.

Dad's reminder this morning was right. The big ship is their confidence in making money after the sea opens, and they absolutely cannot afford any mishaps.

The manager showed them the progress of the new ship. The skeleton was already completed, and now they were just adding equipment according to Wu Sui's requirements, and there were no problems.

Moreover, at the current pace, it should be completed before the beginning of next month.

That will be just in time for the fishing season to open.

After touring the shipyard, Wu Sui and his group drove away.

Inside the carriage, Wang Feng leaned against the window of the back seat, staring excitedly at the pedestrians and street shops passing by.

"Second brother, this county town is really different; it's much cleaner than our village."

She pointed outside and turned to look at Chen Xue.

"Xiaoxue, after we finish looking at the house, let's go buy some clothes for Yaya and Xiaohu."

Chen Xue smiled and nodded in agreement.

Wu Sui didn't reply, driving the car while his eyes searched both sides of the street.

He overestimated the development level of this small county in 2000.

The car drove around the city for more than half an hour, and almost all that came into view were those drab, gray family compounds and old, dilapidated houses.

Forget about newly developed upscale residential areas, I haven't even seen a single apartment building with an elevator.

As Wu Sui passed the street corner, he saw a store with a sign that read "Anjia Real Estate Agency" and stepped on the brakes.

"Sister-in-law, brother, let's get out of the car and ask a real estate agent."

The so-called intermediary agencies are pitifully small.

There was only one desk in the room, where a young real estate agent in a white shirt was sitting with his legs crossed, smoking.

When Wu Sui and his group came in, the real estate agent looked them up and down but didn't get up.

"Looking at houses? Buying or renting?"

"Buy it." Wu Sui pulled over a chair for Chen Xue to sit down.

Are there any newly built apartment buildings? With elevators, and larger units.

The agent chuckled and stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray.

"Dude, do you think this is the provincial capital? It even has an elevator."

"The houses sold out of our county are all employee housing allocated by various work units, or old family compound housing."

The young man stood up, took out a bunch of keys, and jingled them.

"Perfect timing! There's a newly vacated apartment on Wenhua Road, two bedrooms and one living room, 70 square meters. Want to take a look?"

Wu Sui frowned and turned to look at Wang Feng.

Upon hearing that there were rooms available, Wang Feng quickly nodded, "Let's go take a look, we're already here."