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That day, Shen Jingyue was planning to go to the store. New Year's Day was coming soon, and Shen Jingyue was thinking of holding an event at the store as a way to give back to her loyal customers.

I was just about to go out when I saw my sister-in-law arrive.

"Sister-in-law, what brings you here?"

"I came to see you." Seeing that she was holding a bag and seemed to be going out, he asked, "What's wrong? Are you going out?"

"Yeah, I'm planning to go to the store and take a look."

"That's perfect. I heard that the courtyard house you bought before is already being renovated. How's your house? Can I go and take a look?"

Mei Hong was genuinely curious.

"Sure, no problem. I was just about to go check it out myself. Let's go together then."

"Okay, okay, okay."

Shen Jingyue pushed the bicycle out, and then took Mei Hong to the courtyard house that Shen Jingyue had bought.

A dozen minutes later, Mei Hong was stunned when she saw the courtyard house, which was much larger than her own.

"Fourth sister-in-law, is this a two-courtyard siheyuan (traditional courtyard house)?"

The interior was still under renovation. Shen Jingyue had them whitewash some of the walls with lime. This courtyard house looked really beautiful.

"Yes, let's go in and take a look."

She hadn't come to check on things for two days, and she hadn't expected them to make such a quick progress.

The construction workers greeted her when they saw her arrive.

Shen Jingyue smiled and nodded.

When Wu Yue, the leader of the renovation team, saw her coming, he quickly ran over to her.

"Boss Shen, it's a good thing you came today, otherwise I was planning to give you a call too."

"Is there something you need?"

"It's about the toilet. I want to ask if you're going to install a septic tank in the yard or outside."

"Take me there to have a look." Shen Jingyue hadn't thought about this question before.

"Sister-in-law, why don't you take a look yourself first? I'll go check over there."

"Okay, you go ahead, I'll take a look myself."

Shen Jingyue and Wu Yue went to the other side.

Mei Hong then started looking around the courtyard by herself.

Seeing that some of the walls had been painted white, it actually looked quite nice, and the windows had all been replaced with glass windows. This looked much better than the courtyard house she had bought.

The important thing is that their place is a two-courtyard siheyuan (traditional courtyard house), which not only has more rooms, but the courtyard is also larger than hers, and there is also a backyard.

By the time Shen Jingyue returned and finished her business, Mei Hong had basically seen the entire courtyard house.

Seeing her return, Mei Hong asked, "Fourth sister-in-law, how much did you pay for this house?"

This yard is much bigger than the one she bought; it must be more expensive than her house.

"I bought this house last year for around 10,000 yuan."

"What? Ten thousand?" Mei Hong's eyes widened in surprise.

"Yes, housing prices are rising very fast now. You probably couldn't buy a house at that price now."

If you were to buy a courtyard house like this now, it would definitely cost at least 15,000 yuan, and possibly even close to 20,000 yuan.

She's glad she bought it quickly enough, otherwise the price would have doubled.

"My goodness, sister-in-law, you're so lucky! I bought a courtyard house a while ago, and it cost me 14,000 yuan."

Mei Hong was genuinely envious and jealous.

Her courtyard house wasn't even as big as this one, yet it cost her 14,000 yuan, while this house she bought last year only cost 10,000 yuan.

How come housing prices have risen so fast? It's only been less than a year, and they've increased so much.

"So you should buy a house as soon as possible. It's not a loss for you to buy now, sister-in-law. House prices will only continue to rise. You'll know how valuable your courtyard house is in the future."

Shen Jingyue wasn't surprised that her sister-in-law would buy a courtyard house, but she didn't expect her sister-in-law to buy it so quickly.

"Yeah, compared to yours, I still think I overpaid for mine." If Mei Hong didn't know the price, she wouldn't have cared, but now that she heard it, she couldn't help feeling a little resentful.

But it was just a fleeting moment. Now that the house is bought, there's nothing that can be done about it.

Also, my fourth sister-in-law is right. Housing prices are rising very fast now. If we had waited to buy, prices might have risen even more.

"Sister-in-law, you can't calculate it like that. The old houses only cost a few thousand yuan each, but now they cost more than ten thousand yuan. In the future, they may cost twenty or thirty thousand yuan or even more."

"Looking back on the price you paid now, you'll only be glad you bought it early. Otherwise, 15,000 yuan a month wouldn't even buy you a single square meter, let alone a house."

Mei Hong was persuaded. "Fourth sister-in-law, are you telling the truth?"

Will houses really be able to sell for that much in the future? How could anyone be willing to buy such expensive houses?

"Of course it's true. Things are developing rapidly now. Look at the housing prices compared to last year, aren't they much more expensive now?"

Upon reflection, Mei Hong realized it was true.

Take my younger brother and sister-in-law's house for example; they bought it for 10,000 yuan last year.

She bought a small courtyard house, which is not even as big as her fourth brother's wife's house, and it cost her 14,000 yuan. That's incredibly expensive.

"Sister-in-law, you're right. If that's the case, then I really didn't make a mistake buying this house."

Now, Mei Hong's slight sense of imbalance has disappeared.

They even felt that if housing prices continued to rise, then their house purchase would have been worthwhile.

Mei Hong had no idea that in a few years he would be extremely grateful that he had bought that courtyard house, because by then the property value would have increased dozens or even hundreds of times.

After showing her sister-in-law around the courtyard house, Shen Jingyue went to the shop to discuss the New Year's Day event with her second sister.

On New Year's Day, business at both stores was much better than usual.

The New Year's Day event lasted for two days, and the revenue from those two days was several times higher than usual.

Sister Lu's business has been booming lately, selling breakfast.

She gets up early every day, and because her business is doing quite well, she even bought a tricycle from someone else.

She didn't know how to ride a bicycle, but in order to do business, Sister-in-law Lu forced herself to learn.

Fortunately, learning to ride a tricycle isn't difficult; it takes much longer than riding a bicycle.

After about half a day of practice, Sister-in-law Lu learned it.

Every day I go out early, and the car is full of things when I leave, but when I come back it's almost empty.

Even the women in the family compound love the steamed buns that Sister Lu buys. Every morning, Sister Lu buys some in the family compound, and when everyone has bought most of their own, she rides her tricycle to a crowded place to buy more.

She makes a lot of breakfasts, and many people love her cooking skills; they are usually sold out within two hours.

The person Sister Lu is most grateful to now is Shen Jingyue. If it weren't for her, she wouldn't be able to sell breakfast now, and her business wouldn't be so good.