1970s: My childhood sweetheart ran away, and I turned around and married the wildest chief.

Xu Hui glanced around at Qiao Wanqing's room full of nannies. Qiao Wanqing, seeing her mother's look, was about to say that she would pay for the nannies.

Her mother then retorted, "When I get back, I'll make sure your brother gets a promotion. Then he can get a housekeeper!"

Qiao Wanqing: "..."

Promotion isn't something anyone can just decide to do.

The next day, Xu Hui went to the Beijing Textile Factory. She was there for work, not specifically to visit her daughter or help her clarify the land ownership and related matters. It was just a side trip.

Xu Hui returned in the evening.

"It's settled. The house does belong to the textile factory, and there's no problem with the property rights. If you want to buy it, you just need to complete the formalities. Just give them 10,000 yuan, and you can pay the money after the textile factory arranges for the people to leave."

Qiao Wanqing: "..."

"Ten thousand? Are you sure ten thousand is fine?"

Xu Hui: "How much do you think a ruin is worth?"

Qiao Wanqing: "..."

The house itself isn't worth much, but looking at the future, the location will definitely be valuable.

"Mom, you're amazing! At first, they even asked me for 20,000 yuan and wanted me to pay compensation to the other residents!"

Xu Hui laughed and said, "That's because someone on their side wanted to make some money. I found out after inquiring that the houses there are no longer habitable. The textile factory should have moved the people away for the safety of its employees. Besides, such a big factory already has places to accommodate its employees. That piece of land was sold at a clearance price. The factory didn't expect to sell it for much money at all."

"What they're more worried about is the safety of their employees. If the building collapses and injures someone, that would be an accident, and the factory would be responsible."

"As a result, some people below are outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant, and have been dragging their feet on getting rid of the employees. Recently, haven't many overseas Chinese returned to China? Especially those who bought your yard for 20,000 yuan, those people have started to have designs on it, thinking that if they come across a rich person, they might want to build one themselves. They've already inquired, and if it's an overseas Chinese, they don't care about a few tens of thousands of yuan at all."

Qiao Wanqing: "..."

That's such a wild idea!

"Then...when can the property be transferred?"

"Give them a few days to move. Anyway, I'm going to stay in Beijing for a few more days. I'll leave after I've finished dealing with this."

"By the way, if you want to start construction after they move out, you should be able to start construction first."

Qiao Wanqing laughed, "If you really want to move it, it should be possible. The neighborhood committee told me that I need to report it and wait until next year to move it together with the textile factory's staff housing. I guess they just want to save trouble and make it easier for them to manage if it's all done together."

Xu Hui nodded. "Most likely, it's because you're too young. You look like a kid. Many of those old foxes, seeing that you're young, especially a girl, won't tell you the truth and will always try to trick you."

"If your dad and I went to the neighborhood committee to discuss this, the outcome might be different."

"How do you plan to build it? That location is suitable for building storefronts. Actually, if you're going to build storefronts, it doesn't have to be all connected together. Separating them will make them easier to rent out."

Qiao Wanqing naturally understood. "I know. Originally, I was thinking of building a big one so that the interior could be expanded in the future. Even if the economy improves in ten or twenty years, the storefront would be sufficient. But to achieve that, it doesn't necessarily have to be connected."

"If construction can begin on the street side at any time, I'll build the side section first. As long as I find a professional designer to design it, it can be divided into small rental units in the short term. If there's an opportunity in the future, we can connect them into one large building."

Xu Hui suddenly seemed to remember something and asked, "If we hire a construction team, who do you plan to have supervise the work?"

Qiao Wanqing shook her head. "I haven't decided yet."

Xu Hui asked with a smile, "Your father-in-law, is he retired?"

Qiao Wanqing looked at her mother's eyes and asked, "You want me to bring my father-in-law along too?"

Xu Hui raised an eyebrow. "Why not? If they were those clueless in-laws, that would be one thing, but yours are clearly not! Your in-laws have always been very good to you all these years, and they've always been very sensible. Your father-in-law used to be a leader in the army. What good are such talented people if they're not used? What's the point of keeping them in their hometown?"

"His position as president of the company has no room for advancement. As long as Xiao Lu continues to develop in Beijing, the Lu family is still a prominent clan in the area, and they already have the necessary connections. There is no need for him to continue to maintain his position in his hometown."

"Bring him over here too, let him make money for you."

Qiao Wanqing leaned closer, her eyes shining, and asked, "Grandpa's factory should be finished by now, right? When will it go into production?"

Xu Hui: "It was completed a long time ago, and the clothes produced have already been put on the market. You will receive your first batch of dividends by the end of this year."

Qiao Wanqing said happily, "Mom, what do you think about that house? I'll bring my father-in-law over to supervise the construction. Once the house is finished, we can open a big clothing store there. There's so much space in the back that we can do wholesale and get our goods directly from Grandpa's factory, how about that?"

"With these resources, I don't even need to go to the south. I can just have my maternal grandfather arrange for someone to ship the goods to me. My in-laws will be in charge of managing them, and I'll be in charge of counting the money."

Xu Hui looked at her daughter in front of her. The two women put their heads together, remained silent for a few seconds, and then burst into laughter!

Xu Hui patted her daughter's shoulder with a look of satisfaction. "It's good that you think this way. Your father-in-law used to lead troops and fight wars, so he's definitely capable of managing things. Your mother-in-law used to be a leader in the supply and marketing cooperative, so she's an expert at dealing with people. It would be a real shame not to bring such people along to make money for yourselves."

"Your mother-in-law is being wasted in that run-down steamed bun shop."

Xu Hui analyzed things for her daughter bit by bit, passing on all her life experiences to her. Wanwan was her precious daughter, and this was how she had been raised since she was little.

"Wanwan, you're already married into the Lu family. No one is perfect. Lu Mingzhou treats you very well, and your in-laws are good too. You're living a good life, so keep it going. If you want to climb the social ladder, your family can't hold you back. Lu Mingzhou has already reached this position, so it's only natural for him to help his family out."

"Otherwise, even if you become rich, your family will still be so poor and you won't see any hope. They might cause you trouble, so you might as well find an opportunity to give them some benefits."

"If your in-laws are capable, then let them manage it. A clothing market, plus wholesale and such, needs at least a dozen to twenty people. You can provide the funding and let your in-laws manage it. Let them save some money to subsidize other children, so those people won't cause you any trouble."

"Since you've got the lion's share anyway, you might as well ask your family!"