Chapter 1373: Makes My Head Spin

When they drove back to the Big Courtyard, a light was on in the living room, the TV was on but silent, and as soon as Miao Lishan, who was home alone again, saw the two of them, her eyes lit up.

Zhou Jiao thought about her father who was busy all the time and sighed to herself. It’s the weekend, who can stand working overtime like this!

“Mom, have you eaten?”

“Mom, didn’t you go shopping with Aunt today?”

Facing the couple’s questions in unison, Miao Lishan chuckled lightly, “I’ve eaten, I went to the market with your Aunt, but there wasn’t much worth buying, we already have everything at home.”

“Where is she?”

“Bought a few pounds of wool yarn, the wind was quite strong in the evening, so we came back directly.” Miao Lishan poured two cups of tea and pushed them in front of them, “Are you done with your business? What did their wives say?”

Zhou Jiao exchanged a smile with Zhang Guoqing, “Mom, they still insist on keeping things the same, meaning they’ll listen to their various men.

Before we came back, Brother had already talked to the four of them, besides donating 10%, the round-off balance would be sent home for expenses, and the remaining funds would be reinvested.”

“Speak slowly, it’s making my head spin.” Miao Lishan quickly waved her hand, “Invest again? Where is this time? Let’s not talk about their little money, what about yours?”

Zhou Jiao winked amusingly at Zhang Guoqing and laughed, “See? Mom also says it’s just a little money, yet they are nervous and afraid of drawing attention.”

“Exactly, compared to your funds, it really is just a drop in the bucket.” Miao Lishan suddenly burst into laughter, “Do you still remember that money from abroad back then?”

Zhou Jiao knowingly nodded.

“At that time, I really thought it was a lot, enough for our family to spend a lifetime. How much was rice? Just over a dime. How much was watermelon? Less than five cents.

Even abroad, how much was a luxury watch? How much was a villa? I never expected my daughter would truly be a golden baby, turning around with more money than I could imagine.”

Zhang Guoqing chuckled quietly with amusement.

“However, having too much money is also meaningless. Just like going to the Friendship Store, I used to feel the coupons were rare, but now I’m numb to it.”

“Mom, you didn’t show off in front of Aunt, did you? She would be furious at you.”

Miao Lishan glanced at her sideways, “How would I dare say it? But over time, once we donate the money, I guess it won’t be hidden from your Aunt. I’m really concerned about how to explain it?”

“No need to explain, whoever asks, just tell them to find me. Anyway, soon all the remaining funds will be put into the stock market.”

Hearing this, Miao Lishan tapped her forehead, “Oh right, which country is the investment in this time?”

Zhou Jiao raised her eyebrows in surprise, “Mom, shouldn’t you ask first if we still have any capital left at home after investing?”

“I gave birth to you, don’t I know you? Investment is investment, but what if it fails? Our family’s foundation, you would definitely keep something back.”

Oh, so it can be inferred like this! Zhou Jiao laughed and nodded, approving her thought, “I indeed moved the funds around, and it’s still this fund.”

Saying this, she glanced outside and whispered to Miao Lishan, “Mom, I’ll tell you a secret, don’t tell anyone else but Dad. This time, we’re withdrawing funds from Italy, except for buying some U.S. stocks as the base, the rest will be invested in the little devils’ side.”

“Mom won’t say a word. But, Jiao Jiao, isn’t it okay not to tell Da Yi and the others you’re playing with?”

“Now the foreign funds are already gradually entering there, once all are in the market, I’ll inform the four of them, but the rest has to remain confidential.”

Miao Lishan straightened her back, “So it’s still not supposed to be leaked? Are you afraid it will spread to the little devils?”

“Huh?” Zhou Jiao hesitated for a moment, planning not to tell her about the Italy transactions to avoid worry, “Yes, that’s the main reason.”

Miao Lishan nodded in agreement, “That’s right. So this time you have a seventy to eighty percent chance of not losing the capital?”

Zhou Jiao glanced at the chuckling Zhang Guoqing, “Hehe, definitely.”

“Great! Then promise Mom one thing.”

“What is it?”

“Leave some money at home for the three kids, invest the rest fully. If heaven has eyes, and gives you another tenfold return, it would be revenge!”

Zhou Jiao hesitated and looked at her, “Mom, if it all gets lost, are you sure?”

“One hundred percent sure! Aren’t we just taking money from the little devils? Back then, they took so much from our country and killed so many people.

Haven’t you seen how fast their country is rising now? That’s all our nation’s hard-earned money. Although we’ve resumed diplomacy, those beasts are still not human, Mom personally watched villages being slaughtered.”

Actually, Zhou Jiao couldn’t understand.

Not only her mom, but almost all the elderly in Huaxia of her mother’s age hold strong resentment towards that Island Country.

It’s just that such emotions are not often exposed, those elders even wish all those invaders would be destroyed, that would be the true natural justice.

What is little resentment from the future? If they knew there would be future generations idolizing Korea and Japan, they’d probably be hopping mad.

“Alright, I’ll listen to you.”

“Or, let’s not donate from our family… No, if we fall behind, we’ll get beaten up…”

Zhou Jiao glanced at her mom, who was pacing back and forth, and looked at Zhang Guoqing: Shouldn’t we persuade her?

Zhang Guoqing shook his head slightly. Let’s allow his mother-in-law to slowly regain her composure; if it doesn’t work, he’ll think of ways to distract her.

After several laps, Miao Lishan stood still and looked at Zhou Jiao, “How much is the inheritance from the Miao Family worth now?”

“About ten million.”

“Tsk tsk, so little?”

If it weren’t for the off atmosphere, Zhou Jiao almost laughed out loud. What does this disdain mean?

“Forget it, I can’t think of anything either, as long as you know what you’re doing.” Miao Lishan sat back down, “Just now I thought we had a lot of money, turns out we’re still poor.”

Zhou Jiao found herself speechless.

Isn’t this indeed poor?

She’s not Shen Wan San, no matter how rich she is, she wouldn’t dare to compete financially with a country. Haven’t you heard people always shouting about buying the Statue of Liberty in the United States?

Zhang Guoqing quickly poured tea for his mother-in-law, “Mom, didn’t our kids call home today?”

“Oh, I really forgot something, luckily you mentioned it.” Miao Lishan smiled apologetically at her son-in-law, “The kids didn’t call, but your second brother did before dinner.”

Zhang Guoqing truly didn’t expect the topic shift to work.

“I told him you weren’t home, do you want to call him back later? He said he’s about to get off work and there’s nothing major, let you contact him after you receive his letter.”

Zhang Guoqing nodded.

“Isn’t your second sister-in-law about to open a restaurant? Seeing him hurriedly say your parents are well and hang up, I didn’t feel comfortable asking more.”

“It should be that Mai Sui’s wedding day is set.”