Chapter 351: Striving for a Better Life

Chapter 351

Very sour fruits.

Representing the feelings of youth.

Xiao Qi was mocked by her roommates all night.

Lying in bed, Xiao Qi still felt a slight soreness in her cheeks.

And a bit amused.

She turned on the bedside lamp, opened the map of Meng City.

Yes, it's the map of Meng City that she deliberately bought, in order to buy a house.

Xiao Qi is the kind of person who can't save money. When she sees a lot of money, she gets anxious and feels like she has no luck. She finally used her skills to identify a piece of ancient jade, but it was actually chosen by a brat... It's truly terrifying how people with money have such discerning eyes...

Well, she also really likes the seed pendant of the little Buddha hanging around her neck. The color is warm, not particularly white, but exceptionally moist. Hanging it in front of her chest makes her feel warm, as if it will bless her.

Xiao Qi is somewhat superstitious. When she went to work part-time, she liked this jade at first sight and was ready to spend a lot of money to buy it. But unexpectedly, it ended up with her. She can't just take someone else's things for free. In Xiao Qi's upbringing, it's better to suffer a loss than to take advantage of others, otherwise she won't feel at ease.

Her parents are honest farmers. This kind of simple education is what allows children to grow up safely. Otherwise, children raised with arrogance in their hearts by rural families will suffer in society.

The map under the light looks like a fist.

There are a total of five districts.

The central one is in the palm of the hand, basically surrounded by the sea on all sides. The outer side is the outer sea, while the inner side is the inner sea connected to the river. It encircles this district.

The other four districts all face the inner sea and have several sides connected to the inland.

So the most expensive one is the central district, and the housing prices are soaring because the scenery is beautiful. Everywhere can be a sea-view house.

Xiao Qi never thought about buying a house in the central district before, but now with the money on the interface, the money won from horse racing and the generous gifts from the strongest NPC, Brother Lin Min, every time they meet, she now has nearly tens of millions of yuan.

With so much money, she can buy a house in the city center of Meng City. Six thousand yuan per square meter, six million yuan for one hundred square meters, and twelve million yuan for two hundred square meters.

Xiao Qi hesitated. Should she buy a large house of more than one hundred square meters in the city center, or should she stick to her previous plan and buy many small houses in the eastern suburbs?

The development zone in the eastern suburbs is cheaper, only about ten thousand yuan. Xiao Qi thought about the word "cheap" and felt that she was floating. Even a house of ten thousand yuan per square meter seemed cheap to her. The house in her hometown, she remembers when her father built it, didn't cost even ten thousand yuan in total.

Xiao Qi looked at it repeatedly and couldn't get rid of her small-scale thinking. She didn't plan to buy in the city center of Meng City.

At most, she would buy two in the city center. The price of a single unit is extremely high, and it will be difficult to sell later. It's already six thousand yuan, how much more can it go up? If it goes up further, it will be on par with the capital city and the coastal city. Clearly unreasonable, Meng City still can't compete with the capital city and the coastal city.

When Sheng Juanhua started making bamboo crafts and sold them to others, she thought they were making a big profit because the selling price was several times higher than the acquisition price. However, when she opened her own shop, she realized that she couldn't make enough money to cover the costs of running the shop. The shop rent, utilities, labor, and other expenses were too high.

Sheng Juanhua was clever and often interacted with Mrs. Liang, Jia Jia's mother. She noticed that some shops were busy even when there were no customers inside. She learned about online ordering, just like when she discovered the convenience of using a delivery service to buy newspapers.

She thought about putting their shop online, specifically on Taobao, so that people could place orders online.

Of course, Sheng Juanhua was just exploring this idea. She didn't have much education, but she was willing to learn. Now she could operate a computer decently, which would surprise the women in her hometown who played mahjong every day.

People said that Sheng Juanhua had a good life since she moved to the city, but moving to the city didn't necessarily guarantee a good life. Compared to toiling in the countryside, she and Su Youfu had physically easier lives, but they faced greater mental stress. They were always full of energy, constantly learning.

Sheng Juanhua pondered on expanding their customer base.

Su Youfu wasn't very bright, so he focused on improving their bamboo crafts. He wanted to create more intricate and refined designs.

During the day, when the shop wasn't suitable for making bamboo crafts due to limited space and potential mess, Su Youfu would read and study, while Sheng Juanhua continued to research how to open an online store.

Both of them were very ambitious, and sitting in the shop, it seemed like they had shed their rural identities.

If Xiao Qi were to come back now, she probably wouldn't even recognize her parents.

She had changed a lot, but her parents had changed even more.

Su Youfu wore reading glasses and traditional Chinese attire. He held a book and sipped a cup of strong tea, looking like a scholar.

In reality, he had loved reading in the village, but due to his limp leg and poverty, he couldn't continue his education. Later, he got married and had children, and he had to work hard to make ends meet. He never had the time to stop and study.

On the other hand, Sheng Juanhua looked neat and tidy as she sat in front of the computer, typing and glancing at the screen like a typist. She didn't resemble a rural woman at all and even seemed younger than before.

The couple was very proactive. Their shop closed at six o'clock, just like a museum. They walked back home and passed by the market to buy groceries. After having dinner, they would work on bamboo crafts together. Su Youfu made bamboo crafts while Sheng Juanhua sewed cloth.

There were no onlookers here like in the village, so they worked quietly. However, outside was bustling, and when they looked up at the sky, it was still bright late into the night.

Around nine o'clock, Sheng Juanhua got up and made two bowls of egg drop soup, one for each of them.

In the village, it wasn't easy to prepare food late at night. If they made something now, the whole village would probably find out by tomorrow. There would be gossip about having a gluttonous daughter-in-law or a wasteful daughter-in-law.

But here, it didn't matter. They could make whatever they wanted.

After eating, they continued working.

Gradually, the noise outside subsided, and they were ready to go to bed.

Life was passing by steadily, step by step. When lying in bed, Su Youfu embraced his wife and gently nuzzled her face with his chin, feeling at ease. Soon, he fell into a deep sleep, emitting a snoring sound.