Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 866 - 867: 1960s Quadrangle 115

Chapter 866: Chapter 867: 1960s Quadrangle 115

The folks at the courtyard house didn’t find it strange when they saw the car driving in; Zhou Zhitao would occasionally come back by car.

What surprised them was that a very fashionable girl got out of the car.

Everyone started guessing who she could be.

After staring at Zhang Li for a long time, someone suddenly slapped their thigh, "Isn’t that Zhang Li?"

People quickly caught on, "Didn’t they say she wasn’t coming back?"

"The Zhang family never said Zhang Li wouldn’t come back," someone recalled what Zhang Yu had said before.

"Yeah, they always said Zhang Li would come back. It was Ren family and Xu Damao’s wife who were bad-mouthing her outside."

Everyone crowded around warmly, greeting Zhang Li, who was also stunned.

Before going abroad, she didn’t interact much with the surrounding neighbors, and after her parents’ incident, by calculating a thing or two for the courtyard neighbors, she and her sister ended up keeping to themselves, not very familiar with the neighbors.

Having been abroad for many years, she had almost forgotten them and could only shyly smile in response.

Although Zhou Min moved here later, if anyone in her family knew the neighbors best, it was her.

Seeing that Zhang Li was unfamiliar with the neighbors, she took the initiative to greet them, which relieved Zhang Li.

In this way, after countless greetings, they finally returned home.

Once inside the house, Zhang Li unceremoniously sat on the floor, "Tired."

"Really tired, even attending court isn’t this exhausting." Zhang Li had never imagined that just coming home would be so tiring.

"You’ll get used to it." Zhang Yu spoke, "Right, are you staying here at the house?"

"Of course I’m staying here," Zhang Li firmly said, "Even if they allocate me a house when I report to the workplace, I’m not moving in."

"Of course, I must have the house they allocate to me." Even if she doesn’t live there, she can’t give up such a good opportunity; otherwise, who knows when she would get a house again.

"Okay, go and have a look," Zhang Yu wasn’t surprised by Zhang Li’s decision, "I’ve already had it renovated, there are bathrooms and kitchens and all."

Although it cost a fair bit of money, it was truly a necessary expense.

Zhang Li of course wanted to go and see, but she was shocked as soon as she entered the courtyard house.

"Here?" When there was an earthquake before, there were earthquake shelters in the courtyard, which left the environment of the courtyard house quite messy, nearly all public spaces occupied.

She had thought those temporary constructions would be removed after a few years away, but unexpectedly, there was no sign of them decreasing; instead, they were increasing.

It was only after entering the inner courtyard that she felt a bit better, "Not too many constructions."

"It’s not that they don’t want to build, but such a large courtyard house can’t have one communal spot; you are forgetting how they liked to have meetings before."

"It’s better now, Yi Zhonghai has moved out, and Liu Haizhong should be following soon." This time there might have been a butterfly effect, after Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao fell out, they haven’t collaborated since.

This time with the TV issue, Liu Haizhong wasn’t involved, plus his money was tied up in steel, he missed out on Xu Damao’s last money-making scheme.

He used to regret it, missing such a great opportunity to make money.

After the news of Xu Damao absconding spread, the excitement and arrogance were as much as the excitement and arrogance could be.

"Having money on hand, his children, who normally wouldn’t care about him, started coming back frequently, especially since you know, he has been competing with Yi Zhonghai his whole life."

"Seeing old rivals moving into apartment buildings, he definitely wasn’t going to show any weakness."

Zhang Yu knew Liu Haizhong went out to look at houses, so he started considering whether or not to visit him in person, but Liu Haizhong took the initiative to visit instead.

"He’s going to buy it?" Now, Zhang Li was certain that Zhang Yu was determined to purchase this siheyuan.

"Sis, if you don’t have enough money, just let me know." Although Zhang Li did not know exactly how much Zhang Yu and his spouse made, they had always been salaried workers for their entire lives.

"Don’t worry, we have money."

"Your brother-in-law gets a bonus for solving cases, and I had already used some money to buy storefronts, which give us rental income every month."

In this golden age of making money, earning money is really easy. It’s very easy for anyone who wants to make money, not to mention their positions.

You don’t need to invest any capital or manage anything; just putting your name out there can easily make you money. She knows many people who make money this way.

It’s not like people haven’t approached both of them, but neither Zhang Yu nor Zhou Yi agreed.

It’s not that they don’t love money, but they understand that some money, once taken, can make one feel powerless and compelled to be reticent.

Zhang Li had initially thought Zhang Yu was tapping into quick money through buying and renovating properties, but she didn’t expect it was like this.

Thinking again, she feels that it’s quite a normal move for both Zhang Yu and Zhou Yi, since neither is obsessed with wealth. "That’s good."

"Sooner or later policies will change."

"Buying property to collect rent, though the money might be small..."

"It’s not little. The rent from the storefronts is good, and that money saved can be used to continue buying storefronts and properties, whose monthly rent will be enough for you."

"I told your brother-in-law, if we have 31 storefronts or residences in our name, every day we can collect rent from one property."

"That money will be our daily expenditure, just think about how comfortable our days would be."

Even without a retirement pension, they needn’t worry about lack of money, let alone the fact that they are civil servants whose post-retirement benefits would definitely not be poor.

They could collect a month’s rent every day and spend it right away, just thinking about it fills Zhang Li with envy.

"If you have money, why not buy your own properties and storefronts?"

"Buying properties works too. The South is undergoing massive demolitions, and it will happen here in Capital City too." Zhang Yu would not take Zhang Li’s money.

"I know you have money, and since you don’t plan on going out, then buy properties, otherwise the money in hand will only devalue." Zhang Yu straightforwardly advised her to buy properties.

Zhou Yi kept nodding, "Right, buying properties is good, these recent years prices have soared quite a bit."

"I always thought, having a hundred yuan income would be so happy, but now looking again, a hundred yuan can’t even be considered a high income."

Zhang Yu kept nodding, "Yeah, otherwise why would Yi Zhonghai, even after retiring, still need to go out to work and earn money?"

Luckily, he had skills. Going out to work is in demand. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have had the capability to earn enough money to buy a property."

"Okay." Zhang Li wasn’t worried about her earning ability, what she didn’t mention was that she has two sources of income, working at the High Court and teaching at the university.

Of course, that is not where the most money comes from; some organizations knew about her return to China and had already contacted her in various ways, hoping she could become their legal advisor.

Being a legal advisor certainly requires money, and it’s not a small amount. Zhang Li is very confident about her ability to earn money.

But it doesn’t hinder her sister’s caring words, and also, money just sitting idle is a waste.