831 Rich and Willful
Qiao Qiang’s schedule was packed every day. Qiao Mei could not get the chance to see him even if she wanted to.
“Your Grandpa Zhou isn’t at home today, so I’m back,” Qiao Qiang said sadly.
Qiao Mei pouted in dissatisfaction and said, “You still feel sad about it? I haven’t talked to you in a long time. All you know is to go out and have fun. You don’t even want your granddaughter anymore!”
Qiao Qiang could not bear to see Qiao Mei aggrieved and sad. He was so shocked that he quickly took out two pieces of candy from his pocket and said, “That’s not true! Oh my, look, I have candy for you!”
Qiao Mei took the candy with satisfaction, unwrapped it and put it in her mouth. This was the most ordinary hard fruit candy sold on the market. Since she was young, whenever Qiao Qiang went out, he would definitely buy a few pieces of hard fruit candy and put them in his pocket.
He had not changed this habit throughout the years.
“Grandfather, do you think I should buy the other two houses?” Qiao Mei said with a muffled voice as she ate the candy.
Qiao Qiang pondered for a moment and said, “What do you think?”
Recently, the commotion caused by Qiao Mei buying the houses had become a little too big. Many people knew that the youngest daughter-in-law of the Xia family’s eldest son had spent 30,000 dollars to buy two courtyard houses, one big and one small.
Initially, Qiao Mei did not take a fancy to the other two messy houses, but recently, one of the owners was willing to sell it to Qiao Mei for 10,000 dollars.
It would be a lie to say that she was not tempted. However, this house was also rather special. In the past, a rich family had lived in it. Later, this house was requisitioned by the country and rented to displaced people. After that, the house was reverted to private ownership, so the owner chased these people away.
The property rights were very clear, but the house was very messy.
“I actually feel like buying it,” Qiao Mei said with a smile.
If that house could be bought for 10,000 dollars, it was simply a bargain! If she bought it for 10,000 dollars now, this house would be worth hundreds of millions after a few decades!
It would probably cost 7,000 to 8,000 dollars to repair it, but that was still worth it.
No matter what Qiao Mei wanted to do, Qiao Qiang would support her unconditionally. Although he did not understand why Qiao Mei wanted to buy so many properties, it was also a pity if she did not spend some of the money she had. As long as Qiao Mei was happy, it did not matter how she spent her money.
As long as one was rich, one could afford to be willful.
In the afternoon, Qiao Mei asked Xia He to go shopping with her. Xia He and Qiao Mei walked around the mall three to four times, but Qiao Mei still did not buy anything. Xia He was so tired that she almost could not even lift her legs.
“What do you want to buy? Isn’t the house already fully renovated?” Xia He asked.
“I want to buy kitchen utensils. I’m just looking around,” Qiao Mei said energetically.
Qiao Mei’s current energy level made Xia He fall into deep thought. As a dancer, she had gone through a lot of physical training, yet her physical strength was actually inferior to that of a pregnant woman who was eight months pregnant and having twins!
“Can we rest here for a while…” Xia He begged.
Qiao Mei did not feel tired at all and could even walk like she was flying. She realized that soaking the bangle in the 100-year-old ginseng liquid would allow energy to seep into it. Although the bangle was not as dense and pure as before, the fact that it could continuously store new energy was good news.
After shopping for a long time, Qiao Mei finally decided on what she wanted to buy. She bought two frying pans, an oven and a large pile of corn.
The mall would deliver the goods to her so they could just go home directly.
“Why did you buy these? Don’t you already have an oven at home?” Xia He asked.
“I’m buying this for my mother. My mother is almost out of seeds now, so I have to find something for her to do,” Qiao Mei said.
Qiao Mei then brought Xia He to a pastry shop nearby. The pastries here were all very exquisite, but they were also very expensive.
Xia He looked at the price tags and felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife. A small piece of cake actually cost eight dollars. It was so small that she could eat it in one bite.
She knew that Qiao Mei knew how to make pastries, but it was something time-consuming and laborious. Moreover, she would have to throw away whatever she could not sell on the same day. The cost was too high.
Li Gui probably could not bear to start such a business.
“Do you intend to open a cake shop?” Xia He whispered.
“No, I don’t. I’m just here to take a look,” Qiao Mei said as she looked around.
When they walked into the third cake shop, Qiao Mei finally found what she was looking for.
