The Kitty Became a Cutie and Was Pampered in the 80s
Chapter 601 Two Years Later (2)_1

Chapter 601: Chapter 601 Two Years Later (2)_1

Ruan Jie had his eye on a new gaming console recently; it was a tad expensive, but he was eagerly awaiting this day.

Traditionally, paying respects to the Shu family’s patriarch was done on the second day of the Lunar New Year, but since the elder was now at the Ruan family’s home, they dispensed with the formality and paid their respects together.

When it came to handing out red envelopes, the elders treated everyone equally, including Ruan Hao and Xiu Xi. Each received four hundred, comprising two hundred from the Shu patriarch, one hundred from Shu Lang, fifty from Shu Wen, twenty each from Ruan Jianguo and Shu Jiao, and ten from the Ruanlin Family matriarch.

The first thing Xiu Xi did after getting his red envelope was to give the money to Ruan Jiaojiao. Nearby, Ruan Jie was happily counting his money and, seeing his cousin give his money to his sister, felt a bit embarrassed. Thinking that since he, as her own brother, didn’t give her any, and that it seemed wrong not to, he pulled out a twenty-note to give to Ruan Jiaojiao.

But Ruan Hao beside him took out a fifty-note and gave it to Ruan Jiaojiao. Feeling that, although he was younger than his big brother, he couldn’t lose in terms of spirit, he took out thirty more to give to Ruan Jiaojiao.

By the end of the first day of the new year, Ruan Jiaojiao had collected nine hundred in red envelopes just for herself.

On the second day, when paying New Year visits to her uncles, aunts, and the older generation, she received another fifty notes.

Add to that the red envelopes she got from visiting her godmother Zhao Li and Mrs. Yuan, and she had collected nearly fifteen hundred in red envelopes. Even Lu Xian and Lu Zishu had given her ten and five notes, respectively.

Ruan Jiaojiao, who had spent most of her private savings on buying a fountain pen for Xiu Xi earlier, was overjoyed to receive this amount of red envelope money. She locked herself in her room and counted it over and over again, like a little wealth obsessive.

Outside, Xiu Xi knocked on the door and came in. Seeing her counting the money with her eyes narrowed into slits from excitement, he asked with some confusion, "You like it that much?"

Ruan Jiaojiao cast a somewhat wistful glance at him and replied, "You don’t understand."

Xiu Xi, currently staying with the Ruan family, was certainly the wealthiest of them all, even more so than her parents.

Originally, the money he had made from hunting was kept with her. Feeling it a pity to just let it sit there, she invested it with Ruan Jianguo after getting his approval, and Ruan Jianguo recorded every transaction.

In this way, half a year had passed unnoticed. A few days ago, when she peeked into Ruan Jianguo’s ledger out of curiosity, she was stunned to calculate Xiu Xi’s investments and discovered he had invested over three thousand!

She was utterly envious.

Xiu Xi relied on his golden finger to make a living, consistently providing ingredients to the restaurant. Ruan Jianguo had already allocated him a share of the business, and he was eligible for a year-end bonus, fetching him over a thousand this Lunar New Year.

She estimated with her fingers. If things continued like this, by the time he grew up, he would be a bona fide rich person, the kind that could afford delicious food without lifting a finger.

Ruan Jiaojiao wasn’t someone with grand ambitions.

Previously, she had wished to be a cat with a plentiful supply of dried fish and chicken legs; now, she aspired to be a mealworm that could enjoy delicious food and snacks every day.

However, this little mealworm didn’t have much in the way of abilities. Although she also possessed something akin to a golden finger, both Ruanlin and Xiu Xi wouldn’t let her use it, so she couldn’t make money like the mogul before her.

"Brother Xi, we get along so well; if I fall on hard times in the future, would you lend me money?" Ruan Jiaojiao asked.

"I won’t," Xiu Xi shook his head.