Old Lady Zhang's Rebirth: Going Mad! Severing Ties with Family! Becoming Incredibly Rich!

I went back to my village after get off work that day.

Zhang Guiying then heard the village loudspeaker announce that a human trafficking gang had appeared in the city, and that families with children should be on guard.

When Zhang Guiying arrived home.

Li Meifeng had just returned from going door-to-door to spread the word.

Li Meifeng officially retired from the cotton mill last month. She was originally a member of the village committee, and after retirement, she couldn't stay idle and became even more concerned about village affairs.

She came back with a dark expression.

Zhang Guiying asked with concern, "What happened? Who upset you?"

"She's your third son's wife."

Li Meifeng said angrily, "There have been several cases of missing children in the city recently. The police station's preliminary investigation suggests that it was a gang that abducted the children. They have asked the street and community leaders to be vigilant."

"Now that we have the family planning policy, each family can only have one child. Isn't every child a precious gem? When the village heard the news, they immediately started using loudspeakers to spread the word and prevent it. They were afraid that people wouldn't take it seriously, so they even asked me to go to the homes in the village with children to spread the word again."

"All the trafficked children were boys. I was thinking about Zhao Chengxin and Zhang Xia's two sons, so I went to talk to Zhang Xia and told her to be careful about the safety of her two children."

Li Meifeng grew angrier as she spoke, hands on her hips, cursing, "And then Zhang Xia said I was deliberately trying to bring her bad luck, that I didn't want her family to be happy. Don't you think she's crazy?!"

"..."

Zhang Guiying listened as if it were a joke.

Hearing this, I couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Li Meifeng pinched her and glared at her, saying, "I'm so angry, and you can still laugh."

Zhang Guiying repeatedly admitted her mistake, "Don't be angry, it's not worth ruining your health. If those two weren't crazy, would I have kicked them out?"

"That was the right thing to do!"

Li Meifeng has finally found someone to complain to.

Holding Zhang Guiying's arm, she gritted her teeth and said, "I stayed at their house a little longer, and guess what Zhang Xia did? She secretly told Zhao Chengxin to cook after I left, as if she was afraid I'd freeload at their house... I'm speechless. It's one thing to be stingy, but she also assumes everyone else is as greedy as her. It's infuriating!"

"Normal, normal."

Zhang Guiying patted her arm to comfort her, "Zhang Xia and Zhao Chengxin, that couple, they can squeeze eggs out of a toad, extract oil from a handful of peanuts, and even have beans pop out of their farts as a snack. For them, not getting any advantage is a huge loss. It's only because you have a good temper that I would have slapped them across the face long ago."

"..."

If a fart pops out a bean, you'd want to eat it with your drinks?

Li Meifeng couldn't hold back anymore and laughed so hard she could barely stand up straight, leaning against the wall. "Oh my, I can't take it anymore! Guiying, where did you get all these swear words? It's hilarious!"

"Tell me, was what I said right or wrong?"

"Yes, yes, yes, that couldn't be more fitting!"

They exchanged a glance.

The two of them burst into laughter.

Zhang Guiying was unaware that Song Mingyu had returned and didn't take the human traffickers' matter to heart at all. Firstly, she didn't have a child that young at home, and secondly, she and Zhao Binghe had been quite busy lately.

Their house on Central Avenue had been topped out. On the day of the topping-out ceremony, Zhang Guiying and Zhao Binghe bought several yuan's worth of candy to scatter around for good luck.

Zhao Binghe spends every day overseeing the progress and details of the new house.

Zhao Binghe is not here.

With one less person at the pastry shop, Zhang Guiying had less free time and was constantly busy.

Chengtuo and Ermao also held their housewarming party in the last two days.

Zhang Guiying and Zhao Binghe hosted housewarming banquets for two days in a row. Just as they finished preparing the broth for the two of them, good news came from Er Mao's family.

Er Mao's younger sister has been admitted to a prestigious university!

When Er Mao's sister ran to the braised meat shop to tell Er Mao the good news, Er Mao was so excited that he cried on the spot. He was an illiterate man who had actually raised a college student!

He's awesome!

His sister is even more amazing. She never complains about studying hard or tired, and she can even understand those textbooks that are like heavenly books!

When Er Mao's younger sister saw her brother crying, she started crying too.

Finally, the brother and sister hugged each other and wept bitterly.

After crying.

Er Mao waved his hand and decided to hold a banquet.

He didn't hold a big celebration when he moved to a new house; he just invited close relatives over for a meal. But when his sister got into a top university, he wanted the whole world to know how successful she was.

There are many things to do when organizing a banquet.

Er Mao then asked Zhang Guiying for leave.

Although busy.

But Zhang Guiying agreed without hesitation.

The braised meat shop has been open for almost a year, and Er Mao and Cheng Tuo have never missed a single day of work. The two of them go to work at four o'clock every morning, rain or shine, to pick up meat from the meat processing plant.

Sometimes Zhang Guiying would ask Zhao Xueyi to do things for her.

Zhao Xueyi would run around for a whole morning or even a whole day.

The two of them were always cheerful and never took it seriously.

Down-to-earth and hardworking.

The more Zhang Guiying spent time with the two children, the more she liked them.

So Zhang Guiying not only readily approved the leave, but also gave Er Mao a large red envelope of 50 yuan as a gift for his wedding banquet.

Everyone in the shop gave a gift.

After the banquet.

September arrived in the blink of an eye.

On August 1, with the approval of the State Council and the provincial government, Yantai City, the first pilot city for housing system reform in the country, began to implement a trial plan for urban housing system reform.

For old houses built before the reform, a "empty transfer" method is adopted, while for newly built houses built after the reform, a "real transfer" method is adopted.

simply put.

The government is encouraging employees and residents to buy homes.

As soon as the news came out.

The whole country was in an uproar.

Housing prices in Ancheng are soaring, and a large number of people are flocking to the housing management office to buy and select homes.

Zhang Guiying was beaming with joy.

The three houses and two shops she bought have all increased in value.

Chengtuo and Ermao were also very happy. They bought a house before the housing prices rose, saving a lot of money. Luckily, they listened to Aunt Zhang and bought it early.

From August 15th to August 17th.

The 10th plenary meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee was held in Beidaihe, where it discussed and approved in principle the "Preliminary Plan on Price and Wage Reform".

simply put.

From now on, the prices of a few important commodities and services will be managed by the state, while the prices of the vast majority of commodities will be liberalized and regulated by the market.

The news came out.

Prices for things like clothing, food, housing, and transportation have all gone up.

Zhao Xueyi was in charge of purchasing.

He came back and complained to Zhang Guiying, "Mom, the prices of rice, flour, cooking oil, sugar, and meat have all gone up recently."

"Let it go up!"

Zhang Guiying thought to herself, "This is nothing."

When prices are fully liberalized next year, there will be another wave of panic buying across the country.

Zhao Xueyi scurried over excitedly, "Mom, prices have gone up, which means our costs are higher. Should we raise the prices of our pastries and braised meat?"

"..."

Zhang Guiying thought of the gold of later generations.

When gold prices were at their peak, gold shops quickly followed suit with price increases; when gold prices fell, the prices in their shops didn't seem to drop much.

Zhang Guiying was no stranger to being scolded.

Coming to her senses, she grabbed Zhao Xueyi's ear and twisted it hard, then started yelling, "The government controls rice, flour, and cooking oil! How much can prices go up? Our business is profitable enough, and you still want to raise prices? You heartless brat!"

"If you love money so much, why are you in business? You'd be making money way faster by robbing a bank!"