Chapter 277: 270: She Wants the Earth

Many people spend their entire lives saving for a house, and even more will probably never own one. Storefront properties are even more valuable and generally can only be dreamed of, especially those that span a few hundred square feet.

“Sister, what do you think?” Tang Yuxin asked Ren Li, who was munching on an apple. As soon as Ren Li arrived, she started eating – apples, peanuts, pears, oranges, basically anything on the table went into her mouth. She never paused her munching. How big on earth was her stomach? How could she fit in so much food without bursting?

“What sister?” Ren Li stretched out her hand and pinched Tang Yuyu’s face firmly. Despite her tone of disdain, the laughter in her eyes was undeniable. She enjoyed being referred to as ‘sister’.

No woman likes being called old. Even though this familial address was not based on actual seniority, everyone had gotten used to it.

Ren Li bit another chunk of her apple.

“Li, what do you think we should get, a house or a storefront, or maybe a bit of both?”

Tang Zhinian seriously asked for Ren Li’s opinion, as he valued her suggestions and they often ended up as their final decision.

Ren Li put down the half-eaten apple on the table and looked at Tang Zhinian, then at others, before directing her gaze back to the half-eaten apple and continuing to eat.

“Neither.”

She took a bite of the apple and said.

“Neither?” Tang Zhinian exclaimed in surprise, “Then what do we want?”

“We want land,” Ren Li took another bite of the apple. It seemed like everything she ate was delicious, making others wish to take a bite as well.

“Are we going back to farming?” Tang Zhinian had not farmed for many years, he felt like he might have forgotten how to do it by now.

Tang Zhijun also gave a wry smile. He had forgotten about farming too.

“Who asked you to farm?” Ren Li glanced at him, “If you farm, does it mean that I have to follow you and farm as well? They say when you marry a chicken you follow the chicken, when you marry a dog you follow the dog.” She tossed the apple peel in her hand.

“We’ll buy land, build buildings, then play it by ear,” she propped her face with a hand, and reached out for another apple, ready to eat again.

“Look, our kids are almost in high school, and they’ll be going to college soon. Isn’t it time for them to settle down and start families?”

“Houses will always be in demand, the children will want to develop in the city in the future. Look at these old buildings, aren’t they aged and worn? And buying a house is always the first thing to take care of.”

Listening to Ren Li’s analysis, Tang Yuxin felt a bit ashamed. Who was the one that was reincarnated? Was it her or was it Ren Li? Ren Li’s insight really hit the nail on the head.

This was the trend of future development, the housing issue was hard to resolve.

“We don’t have that much money,” Tang Zhinian calculated the money he had made over the past few years, it was only about 150,000. Any more than that was out of the question.

“Brother, I have 230,000,” Tang Zhijun even planned to take out all his savings.

“Dad, I have no money,” Tang Yuxin shrugged, it was true. She was still a student and was financially dependent on her father.

“What kind of land can we buy with 500,000?” Tang Zhinian asked everyone, but no one could tell him the answer to that.

Moreover, buying land definitely required connections. Whether 500,000 would be enough was also a question.

“We can’t buy good land, and we can’t buy a large piece either. You guys wait.”

Ren Li stood up and walked into her own room. When she came out, she was holding something, it was a map of Sea City.

“You guys look, I want this place.”

She laid the map flat and pointed to a spot on it. It wasn’t far from their current location and it was an undeveloped plot of land.

Tang Yuxin looked at it. This place was where the main city of Qing’an would be in the future, right? The housing prices here would be scary in the future. Qing’an was not a small city, it was in a category between first-tier and second-tier cities in the future.

How did Ren Li think of this place? The spots she picked were almost all prime locations in the future. If they were to cut this one out, it would surely cause heartache for many people in the future.

However, they couldn’t afford this land with the money they had at the moment.

“Trust me, there’s no mistaking it,” Ren Li was very confident. Very few people knew this insider information, but she happened to be one of them.

As for how she got the information, well, that’s a secret. She had her own ways.

“So how much does this cost?” Tang Zhinian had no concept of the cost of land, but since Ren Li had mentioned it, there must be a reason and the only thing he wanted to know now was whether the money they had right now was enough to buy that land.

“It’s not enough,” Ren Li shook her head, “The starting price for this plot is 1.5 million.”n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“We’re short by that much?” Tang Zhinian was a bit taken aback by the figure, it was a huge sum. 1.5 million, and that was just a lower estimate. Where could he get a million from? Even if they didn’t eat or drink and saved all their earnings over these years, plus the compensation for the house, it wasn’t nearly enough.

“Look at this,” Ren Li took a bankbook out of her pocket.

Tang Zhinian took it over and glanced at the numbers on the back, the zeros were enough to make his head spin.

Tang Yuxin also peeked over, counting the zeros.

Three million, it was actually three million.

“Li, you…”

Tang Zhinian never knew that she had so much money.

“You want to ask me why I have so much money, don’t you?” Ren Li bit an apple, lifted her eyes, and her eyes were full of laughter, naturally knowing what Tang Zhinian wanted to ask.

“Yes,” Tang Zhinian still looked very honest.

“I’ve always had this much,” Ren Li lightly patted her own belly, “Alright, let’s decide on this, buying that land won’t be a loss. I also want to leave some property for my son, and of course, I have to save some dowry for Yuxin.”

“Son?” Tang Zhinian suddenly widened his eyes and stared at Ren Li’s belly.

“Li, are you…?”

“Almost, I guess,” Ren Li lightly caressed her own belly. She had missed her period for two months, but she hadn’t confirmed anything yet. She had been married to that man for ten years without a child. Now, after marrying Tang Zhinian for a short time, she quickly got pregnant. She had been feeling some nausea and sleepiness recently, which were symptoms similar to pregnancy. If there were no major issues, she should be pregnant.