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Chapter 543: Chapter 543: Buying a House
Nannies are not spoiled. After all, that’s just the nature of the job. If Ge Guifen didn’t accept it, she could hire someone else.
Anyway, nannies aren’t short of people wanting their services.
At that time, Ge Guifen didn’t know that was the case, as she had never dealt with anything like this before. So, she directly fired the nanny and hired another.
Fortunately, then nannies weren’t lacking in jobs, but they weren’t as in demand as in the future where you had to book them half a year or even a year in advance.
Turns out, the new nanny said the same thing.
Ge Guifen was furious, paying the nanny so much money only for her to do nothing but take care of the child, which was unheard of!
But Lu Youzhen was really tired of all the trouble.
After having a baby, with the baby crying day and night, she got angry every time she heard the baby cry.
She had to get up in the middle of the night to feed the baby when she was sleeping well.
Lu Youzhen cried out of anger and even regretted having a child.
Otherwise, she would be out having fun at this time.
Now that she had a child, she was tied down every day, unable to go anywhere, with her figure getting horribly out of shape.
Ge Guifen was also a bit overwhelmed.
If Lu Youzhen neglected the child, when the child cried, Ge Guifen was the only one who could hold and soothe him.
It was tough to comfort him, the child would just keep crying as soon as she put him down.
Ge Guifen could only continue holding him.
To complicate matters, the child also cried at night, sometimes due to a wet diaper, other times because he was hungry.
It wasn’t clear why he was crying; she had to check everything.
Sometimes, it turned out he wasn’t hungry or wet; he was just crying.
Lu Youzhen became furious due to the child’s crying, and Ge Guifen had to take the child somewhere else to soothe him.
Lu Youzhen couldn’t sleep well, neither could she.
In the end, she couldn’t bear it any longer, as this was more exhausting than working in the fields every day at Hexing Village.
After cycling through three nannies who refused to take on additional housekeeping duties, Ge Guifen finally compromised.
She hired another nanny, who this time wasn’t expected to do cleaning, laundry, or cooking, just to take good care of the child.
For other housework, Ge Guifen would handle it.
Now the Lin Family had given them 500,000 yuan and would also give Lu Youzhen 50,000 yuan each month for the child’s maintenance, which the Lin Family would pay separately.
"So, the child’s nanny’s expenses can be covered by the Lin Family," Ge Guifen said to Lu Youzhen, "So we don’t need to spend money on the nanny, and we can hire a housekeeper with the extra funds."
"I have checked, and a housekeeper’s wage is a lot cheaper than a nanny’s," Ge Guifen grabbed Lu Youzhen’s hand and said.
Lu Youzhen nodded; she never really liked the food cooked by Ge Guifen.
Ge Guifen’s cooking wasn’t tasty. When she was in Hexing Village, she got used to cooking communal meals for the family, just throwing everything together in one pot.
Her main goal was just to make it edible, but not necessarily tasty.
Even with money now to buy chicken, duck, fish, and meat, Ge Guifen couldn’t cook well and just wasted good ingredients.
She wasn’t thorough with cleaning either.
Back in Hexing Village, she would just casually sweep with a broom.
But this place was upscale; how could you use a broom?
In the houses here, you need to wear slippers, so shouldn’t you keep the floors spotlessly clean?
This kind of meticulous work, Ge Guifen just couldn’t do it.
Lu Youzhen had wanted to hire a nanny long ago, but Ge Guifen was reluctant to spend the money.
Now that they had money, Ge Guifen took the initiative to mention it, and Lu Youzhen agreed immediately, "Sure, it’s a good chance for you to rest and enjoy some peace."
Ge Guifen lay on the sofa, her face full of satisfaction, and sighed with a smile, "I really got lucky through my daughter. I never imagined I could live in a big house and have people serving me without needing to work."
At that moment, Lu Youbang entered cheerfully, "Did the Lin Family give the money?"
"Yes!" Ge Guifen had explained everything to Lu Youbang over the phone, "The money has been transferred to the card, and I’ve confirmed it at the bank across from the complex."
Lu Youbang was pleased to say, "The aristocratic Lin Family is different, they give money much more readily than Lu Youxi."
They had never succeeded in getting money from Lu Youxi.
It had to be the Lin Family, accustomed to the finer things, who casually handed out 500,000 yuan.
"Mom, what do you plan to do with this 500,000 yuan?" Lu Youbang was eyeing the money, "You can’t just let it sit and rust in the bank, can you?"
"I wanted you to come back to discuss this matter," Ge Guifen said. "You’re educated and have good ideas. What do you think we should do with this 500,000 yuan? Start a business?"
Like Lu Youxi, expanding the business bigger and bigger.
Ge Guifen wouldn’t admit it, but she was actually quite envious.
"50,000 yuan, what can you do with that?" Lu Youbang looked down on that amount as a business capital. Shouldn’t there be more?
"Small trades, like Lu Youxi did in the beginning, opening an internet cafe or a restaurant would be possible, but isn’t that just too exhausting?" Lu Youbang said, "Her parents and Grandma Xu, they work tirelessly. Opening the restaurant before dawn. Once they buy groceries, they’re in the kitchen preparing continuously. After closing, they still have to clean."
"Mom, you’ve already worked hard for most of your life, do you really want to serve others now?" Lu Youbang asked back.
Hearing this made Ge Guifen back off, "No, no, that’s too exhausting."
"In my opinion, why don’t we buy an apartment?" Lu Youbang suggested.
"Buy an apartment?"
"Yeah." Lu Youbang nodded, "You see, even Lu Youxi is getting into real estate; she must see a good future in it."
"She’s said more than once that the property prices in the Imperial Capital will keep soaring. She’s currently buying and stockpiling land everywhere," Lu Youbang said.
Ge Guifen turned green with envy.
Lu Youxi’s business had grown so big already, and while they were still discussing buying an apartment, Lu Youxi was already buying land.
"How smart is Lu Youxi? If she’s bullish on real estate, even though we can’t buy land, we can certainly buy an apartment early, right?"
"Plus, the Imperial Capital is going to host the Olympics, and by then, the property prices will surely rise sharply."
Ge Guifen was convinced, "Then let’s buy an apartment. With these 500,000 yuan..."
"We could buy a luxurious mansion like this," Lu Youbang said. "Mom, I’ll want to live, settle down, and start a family in the Imperial Capital. I need to have my own place. Otherwise, who would marry me?"
"Don’t end up like my ex-girlfriend, who looked down on me when she found out I came from the countryside and broke up with me," Lu Youbang became despondent.
Ge Guifen looked at Lu Youbang with a pained expression.
If Huang Mengyao were there, she would have blasted him and regretted ever falling for someone like him.
Did she break up with him over his background?
It was because he lied to her!
Because there wasn’t a single truth in his words!
"Having an apartment in the Imperial Capital, even if I’m from the countryside, I think others wouldn’t disdain me," Lu Youbang said.
"You’re right, those who despise the poor and chase wealth like your ex-girlfriend, we shouldn’t bother about her," Ge Guifen said.
"Then let’s use this 500,000 yuan to buy you an apartment."
"Mom!" Lu Youzhen cried out sharply, "Shouldn’t you ask for my opinion?"
