Hearing this conversation, Gong Mingxia was initially stunned by her daughter’s eloquence, but when she saw Cao Yang winking at Xiao Xiao, she immediately realized that the youngster had coached her, which left her both laughing and crying, "Don’t rush me, I’ve grown accustomed to being single, it will take some time to adjust, and if you push too hard, hmm."
Xiao Xiao quickly raised her hand, "It was brother who taught me to say this, Mom, don’t be angry, we won’t rush you, take your time to think it over, and Uncle Cao, you need to step up your game too!"
After speaking, she stuck her tongue out at her brother, to which Cao Yuan gave his son a stern look, and the latter showed a ’you’re so weak’ disgusted expression.
Gong Mingxia was amused by the interaction between the father and son, but deep down, she knew she probably couldn’t escape this fate.
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Cao Yuan went to report to his new workplace, and Gong Mingxia set up her stall as usual. Last year, she had saved up eighty thousand yuan, and by the end of the year, she got a bonus of 450,000 yuan, nearly ninety thousand more than before. Honestly, this amount shocked her, but it also proved that those people were fairly honest.
Having tasted the sweetness, they kept urging her to write songs, but last year, following her heart, she only recorded one song, which was probably still in production, so this bonus did not include any money from that.
From the previous three hundred thousand, she had d about thirty thousand yuan over the course of the last six months, leaving her with two hundred seventy-seven thousand.
At the end of the year, Meng Xiuying finished her epic novel "Daqing Concubine" and officially completed it, giving her another twenty thousand for sponsorship during the process, which meant she now owed herself thirty thousand. Including this amount, Gong Mingxia’s savings were now ninety thousand, with twenty thousand initially lent to Meng Xiuying.
From singing bonuses of 450,000 yuan and the remaining 270,000 yuan, she didn’t calculate these sums within the tens of thousands of yuan initially mentioned. Together, this added up to 720,000 yuan. Along with the sixty thousand yuan she had on hand, it totaled 780,000 yuan. Keeping such a large sum here to earn interest clearly wasn’t wise. So what should she do?
Gong Mingxia thought about buying a property, but not in H city—rather in Beijing. Follow current novᴇls on NoveI★Fire.net
Thus, she asked Meng Xiuying to help inquire about property prices and found that in 1999, the price of real estate in Beijing was around four thousand yuan per square meter, and the location was within the Third Ring. She had at least seven hundred fifty thousand yuan available to invest in buying property, enough to buy at least three small apartments.
Meng Xiuying spent about half a month helping her, finding several school district houses all priced under 4,500 yuan. Gong Mingxia felt she couldn’t miss this opportunity and needed to buy them quickly because once the year 2000 came, the property prices would really change day by day.
She closed her stall for a few days, took her bank card and ID Card, and took the train to Beijing alone.
Upon arriving at the place rented by Meng Xiuying, Gong Mingxia told her about her earnings from singing. Meng Xiuying was shocked.
"Wow, sis, you’re really talented!"
"I went by the name Ming Xiu. When your books become famous, it might help promote each other too."
"So sis, you really want to buy a house?"
"When I’m not in Beijing in the future, I might need your help to look after the house’s renovation and rental. I can let you live in one of the apartments for free."
"Sister Ha Ha, who are we kidding? Just tell me where you plan to buy. You can leave these matters to me, I’ll definitely handle them well for you."