Back to the 70s: My Childhood Sweetheart Spoils Me Rotten

Gong Ruini and the others are keeping an eye on Zhuge Mingshan, they’re not really concerned about anyone else.

It’s just that Zhuge Mingshan is unusually dangerous. If she truly succeeds and moves in here, won’t there be more trouble?

Gong Ruini and the others aren’t afraid of Zhuge Mingshan’s little tricks. Zhuge Zhi doesn’t consider her, and even Ge Yunkui and Cai Xingjuan don’t like Zhuge Mingshan, but they can’t ignore her background and connections.

"You said they used a round-robin strategy, constantly harassing Zhuge Mingshan, preventing her from reading." Gong Ruini sounded delighted.

Weren’t they allied already? It hasn’t been that long, and they’re already fighting internally. It’s understandable, though; everyone knows that aside from Zhuge Mingshan, who else could be the most dangerous opponent?

"Wait, her grandparents aren’t intervening?" Gong Ruini remembered that Zhuge Mingshan used to be the apple of the eldest family’s eye, the jewel in the old master’s and old lady’s hands. How could it be like this now?

Gong Ruini really couldn’t understand, "Don’t they really think those fools will succeed?"

Even as an outsider, she knew that for them to succeed, it wouldn’t take just one or two years of hardship. It would take at least seven or eight years, just considering their talent.

After working so hard, without a clear answer, would those young masters and mistresses, used to living in luxury, really persevere?

"Whether they think like that or not, it’s not important. They should be on guard against Zhuge Mingshan in every way."

"But still, no matter how outstanding Zhuge Mingshan is, she will get married and leave, and what if she takes Zhuge Family’s treasures to her husband’s family?"

Zhao Xuran could understand why the Zhuge Family was silent during this time, and didn’t step in to help.

Poor Zhuge Mingshan, Gong Ruini felt a bit of sadness for her. Once there’s a large income, the old master and old lady won’t care about anything, just thinking about getting more money.

"Why pity her?" Zhao Guangran wouldn’t feel a bit sorry for Zhuge Mingshan, "If it weren’t for her usual behavior, would they think this way?"

Indeed, the Zhuge family isn’t easy to deal with, but is Zhuge Mingshan someone who can be easily bullied? "If she doesn’t make a move, I always feel something’s wrong."

When Zhuge Mingshan was matched a few times, although Gong Ruini won each time, it was because she didn’t have many capable assistants.

Now, being bullied like this, considering Zhuge Mingshan’s personality, would she just let things pass like that?

"In any case, what’s coming next will be more exciting." Gong Ruini never thought that buying a house would stir so many thoughts in the Zhuge family.

"You guys say they keep plotting and scheming, making all kinds of efforts to study, but won’t they try to improve themselves even a little?" Gong Ruini was truly speechless.

"At the very least, they could make something and set up a stall."

"Or set up a book rental stall like us." In this era where making money is easy, Gong Ruini really wanted to say, even if it’s following the trend, so what? There’s a lot of money to be made; how can these guys be so clueless?

Setting up a book rental stall, Zhao Guangran gave Gong Ruini a sideways glance, "We’re setting up a book rental stall, do you think our business is good enough that you expect someone to come and steal our business?"

The business has been quite good these days. Coming back after school with money in hand genuinely made Zhao Guangran happy and excited.

If they didn’t need to buy books to replenish resources, Zhao Guangran would have thought about profit-sharing.

"To steal business, they need to know how." Dear silly brother, why don’t you think about whether those Zhuge family elders would want to expose themselves doing this job?

"Earning a dime at a time, they don’t care about it, only we do." Even if there were copycats, Zhao Xuran wasn’t really worried.

Most residents here, many are renters, their financial strength isn’t great. Even if they know this is a profitable business, would they really invest a lot of money?

Gong Ruini didn’t think they would invest much money. On the contrary, if the Zhuge family did it, their foundation is strong. Even if they are down and out, how could a sinking ship not still have some nails?

If they truly clashed with the Zhuge family and they concentrated all their resources against them, the losses would be significant.

Of course, at that time, Gong Ruini and the others wouldn’t foolishly wait for them to make a move. They would dig a hole for them, making them cry without tears.

"Yes, they are wealthy." Zhao Guangran breathed a sigh of relief, "But someday we’ll be wealthier than them."

Zhao Guangran wouldn’t be jealous of those people, "If they were really rich, why wouldn’t they work hard to earn money to buy a house instead of constantly eyeing Grandpa Zhuge’s house?"

"Having something to rely on is just like that." Zhao Xuran, who had been quietly reading on the side, organizing the books collected from a secondhand bookshop days earlier, was writing labels and other things, planning to set up the book rental stall in a few days.

This book rental stall was aimed at adults. Although the rental fees weren’t much, it benefitted those around who wanted to improve themselves by reading but didn’t have the purchasing power.

Honestly, this time they didn’t plan to earn much, just hoping to cultivate goodwill. If they ever really clashed with the Zhuge family, they wouldn’t expect help, just neutrality. If someone could give them a heads-up, it would really surprise Zhao Xuran.

"Guangran, remember what you said today, money is to be earned by oneself, not by expecting someone to buy you a house."

Haha, just knowing Zhao Guangran would say something like that, Zhao Xuran would definitely pop up with a couple of mocking words. See, they didn’t disappoint; Gong Ruini couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Ahhh, how could my big brother be so unreliable? Zhao Guangran felt like crying, "I never thought about relying on anyone."

If he had known that single sentence would be held against him by his big brother, he wouldn’t have foolishly said it in the first place.

Moreover, how could his big brother remember so well, remembering everything so clearly? To save face in front of Gong Ruini, he could only keep winking at Zhao Xuran, signaling him to let it go.

"As long as you remember." Zhao Xuran wouldn’t remind Zhao Guangran of his past words, which would make the silly brother jump in anger, "Use the time to read, there’s not long until the final exams."

Ah, final exams are coming up again, time flies. Once the winter vacation starts, it’s not long until the Spring Festival. Last year’s Spring Festival was spent in the Northeastern Rural; this time it’s in Beijing. I wonder if it will be lively.

I wonder if there’ll be temple fairs in Beijing, maybe we still need to wait. And then there’s the Spring Festival, we need to prepare the New Year’s goods, and where to purchase them is a problem. Gong Ruini thought it would be a headache.

This is the first Spring Festival since they moved to Beijing, and Gong Ruini didn’t want it to be just another casual celebration. At the very least, they should prepare more things to truly feel the essence of the Spring Festival.