Chapter 1970 80s 19
Although Wu Jianguo earns a lot of money, the system is also difficult to maintain. Every time he sees a limited-edition item, he wants to buy it.
Now, both he and Li Chunyan look more than ten years younger than their peers, all thanks to the beauty pills he bought in the system store.
He also bought a Rejuvenation Pill, but plans to use it after he turns forty or fifty, as the effect is not obvious now.
That "Seventy-Year-Old Pill" is quite effective; since getting married, I've been living a very comfortable life.
Li Chunyan became pregnant in just one month.
The couple still lives in the old tenement building he bought, but now that it's crowded and not suitable for a pregnancy, it's time to ask around for a suitable courtyard house.
Wu Jianguo went to the housing management bureau again to ask if there were any courtyard houses.
It turned out there really was one, but the house was large and the price was high; they wouldn't sell it for less than 20,000.
Now that he has bought a house, he has no capital to start a business. Thinking of this, he held back and decided to wait another month.
Such expensive houses can't be sold in a day or two. There are still few households with 10,000 yuan in income these days, and people don't understand the benefits of courtyard houses.
With one more effort, he will definitely be able to secure this courtyard house next month.
Wu Jianguo was full of energy again and went to buy more goods.
He has now found a shop and plans to go from a street stall to a storefront.
No sooner had Wu Jianguo left than Su Yan arrived.
When asked about courtyard houses, it turns out they really do have one.
Su Yan negotiated the price with the other party, and finally got it for 18,500 yuan.
999: "Ding, mission complete, reward 100,000 yuan."
Su Yan: "As per the old rules, please donate anonymously to the Chinese Academy of Sciences for a nuclear research project."
The Chinese Academy of Sciences researches a lot of things, but scientific research funding has always been scarce. Su Yan doesn't have any big ambitions in this world, so he can take advantage of his free time to do some missions.
This time she's in super-rich mode, donating all the money she's earned from missions over the past two or three years to the country.
She already owns no fewer than ten courtyard houses.
When Wu Jianguo came to inquire about the house the following month, he was told that the courtyard house had already been sold, which made him furious.
He finally had enough money, but then his house was sold.
He was really unwilling to accept that every house he liked was quickly bought by someone else. In this day and age, where do so many people come from to buy houses?
He could understand renting it out, but everyone else just buys it.
It makes it seem like there are a lot of rich people.
If I can't buy it this time, I'll just have to keep waiting.
A year later, Li Chunyan gave birth to a son. Wu Jianguo was busy with business, so he had to bring her mother over to take care of them.
A family of five crammed into a tenement building, which felt rather cramped.
This time, Wu Jianguo insisted on moving to a bigger house, but there were no suitable courtyard houses available, so he gritted his teeth and bought a house in a good school district.
This is still better than the whole family crammed into a small house of forty or fifty square meters.
Since the birth of his son, Wu Jianguo has been all smiles, spending all his time playing with his son when he gets home. Yuan Tingting, who has always been pampered, feels neglected.
When no one was looking, she would secretly hit her little brother until he cried and Li's mother came in to check on him before she stopped.
When the adults asked her why her younger brother was crying, she lied and said that he was probably hungry.
This happened several times. Once, Wu Jianguo happened to come home early and wanted to give his family a surprise. However, when he quietly went in, he found his stepdaughter pinching his son's thigh.
"Wow wow wow..."
The baby woke up instantly in pain and cried loudly.
Yuan Tingting, however, revealed a smug smile.
Standing by the door, Wu Jianguo felt a chill in his heart when he saw this scene. He had been so good to his stepdaughter, yet she secretly beat her younger brother behind his back.
This daughter is so cruel! Does she think that just because she's not his biological daughter, she can't be worthy of him?
Wu Jianguo did not disturb the child, but instead secretly told Li Chunyan about it.
Li Chunyan naturally didn't believe it, and Wu Jianguo told her not to make a fuss about it for the time being.
“If you don’t believe me, observe carefully. I don’t want to say anything bad about Tingting, but she did hit Xiaobao behind our backs. You need to educate her properly. I can’t say too much, otherwise she will definitely rebel. It’s more appropriate for you, her biological mother, to discipline her.”
Wu Jianguo's idea was to let Li Chunyan observe for herself, and once she confirmed that Yuan Tingting had indeed secretly hit her younger brother, then she could have a serious talk with her.
As a result, although Li Chunyan said that her daughter would not do such a thing, she had already condemned her in her heart.
The next day, after Wu Jianguo went out to work, she beat Yuan Tingting up.
"Why did you hit your brother? What did he do to you?"
"Yes, I have a question for you."
"You're so old, why are you bullying your younger brother? He can't do anything yet. How can you be so cruel and hard-hearted, just like your own father?"
Yuan Tingting cried and shouted, "It's all because you're biased! Who told you to like him more? I'm going to hit him! I'm going to beat him to death!"
"What did you say? If you hit him again, I'll kill you. You're getting more and more troublesome as you get older. It seems I've been too lenient with you lately."
As she spoke, Li Chunyan hit Yuan Tingting's buttocks several more times with a stick, leaving them red and swollen.
Yuan Tingting stubbornly refused to admit her mistake, sobbing uncontrollably.
