When Su Xiaotian and her group returned to the capital, they learned that several of them had been admitted to their preferred universities, including Shen Xiaogang, who was the weakest academically in their group.
To everyone's surprise, Shen Xiaogang had applied to a military academy.
However, he chose a military academy in the capital rather than heading south like Su Xiaowu.
In his own words, he still needed to take care of his parents at home, and it was best to serve in the military in the capital.
By the time they returned to the capital, school was about to start. After settling in and resting, they would enroll.
Grandma Su looked at her grandsons, all tanned and thin, and felt incredibly heartbroken.
Especially seeing Su Xiaotian also tanned, she couldn't help but say with concern, "A young girl shouldn't be like these stinky boys."
Su Xiaotian just smiled and said nothing. While she could make money faster than others, she wanted to ride this wave and see what the forefront looked like.
The day before school started, the children sat together to discuss what to do with the money they had earned during the holiday, a very important question.
"I think we should save it and let our money make money again during the winter break!" Su Shouwen suggested.
Su Ciliang shook his head, "Leaving it idle for a whole semester is too wasteful!"
"Then what do you suggest?" Su Shouwen, after being reminded, felt that it was indeed reasonable.
"Why don't we lend this money to Xiao Si?"
If the money was given to Su Xiaosi, he could always find a way to make money. Even if the bulk of it went to Su Xiaosi, wouldn't it be much better than letting it sit idle?
Su Xiaotian listened to her brothers' words and smiled.
They understood the concept of making money from money and having others help them earn it. This was good.
"Why don't we buy houses instead!" Su Xiaotian proposed.
In the capital, there was truly no faster way to make money than buying houses.
Moreover, with houses, they wouldn't have to worry about anything; they could just wait a few years to resell them and collect the money.
Her brothers were students now, and their primary focus was on their studies; they couldn't afford to waste too much time making money.
Purchasing real estate was the most convenient method.
Su Shouwen thought that he was not getting any younger. If he were to stay in the capital in the future, he couldn't live in his sister's house forever; he needed to have his own property.
"I think Xiaotian's idea makes a lot of sense. However, houses have gone up in price, and my money should be enough."
In the two years they had been in the capital, house prices had risen considerably.
The courtyard house Xiaotian bought earlier cost twenty thousand yuan. If they were to buy one now, it would cost at least thirty thousand yuan or more.
Although they had earned some money, it wasn't enough to buy houses.
Furthermore, with housing prices constantly increasing, most people who were not in urgent need of money were unwilling to sell their houses.
"We definitely can't afford houses in the city center now, but eldest brother, haven't you considered buying houses in the suburbs?"
While they couldn't buy houses in the city center, this wasn't an insurmountable problem.
The suburbs of today would become the city center in a few years.
Su Shouwen fell silent. He wanted to buy a house, but he hadn't considered buying one in a village.
The suburbs, while called suburbs, were still essentially rural areas!
"Xiaotian, buying a house in a village just doesn't seem like a good deal to me!" Su Shouwen said honestly.
Su Xiaotian looked at her other brothers, who all nodded in agreement.
"Cities expand; cities can't stay this size forever!"
Su Xiaotian reminded them.
Su Shouwen was silent for a moment, then he seriously considered the development of the capital over the past two years and suddenly felt that what Xiaotian said also made a lot of sense.
"We'll go take a look around on the weekend," Su Shouwen was the first to agree.
Since Su Shouwen decided to buy a house, Su Ciliang also thought buying a house was a good idea.
He was now studying painting, and his temperament had become increasingly serene. He thought about finding a place with nice scenery and buying a courtyard, preferably with flowers and trees. That would be quite good.
Su Sangong happened to be home as well. Hearing his brothers' intention to buy houses, Su Sangong anxiously rubbed his hands.
He didn't know what the current house prices were, and he had less money than his older and younger brothers. He wasn't sure if his money would be enough to buy a house.
As for Su Xiaosi, being the wealthiest among the brothers, they didn't even consider whether he had enough money to buy a house.
Grandma Su was very supportive of her grandsons' idea of buying houses in the capital.
"Alright, the courtyard house we live in now belongs to your sister. In the future, when you get married, you'll need your own houses!"
Even though Grandma Su hoped the entire family could live together in the future, the house belonged to Su Xiaotian, and she didn't have the nerve to suggest that the whole family live in Su Xiaotian's house.
It would be best if her grandsons could buy houses.
"I happened to inquire a few days ago, and houses in the suburbs are very cheap. A small courtyard is only one or two thousand yuan, and even a slightly larger one would be enough with three thousand yuan," Tan Zishi said.
The brothers of the Su family were all speechless when Tan Banci, as he was known in those days, said this.
They considered themselves to have earned some money, but they couldn't bring themselves to call houses costing a few thousand yuan cheap, especially when these houses were in the suburbs.
"Old Tan, what? Do you want to buy a house too?" Grandpa Su asked.
"My wife and I have also saved some money, and we were thinking of acquiring property," Tan Zishi said.
Actually, according to Tan Zishi's idea, he didn't want to acquire property, but Li Yunniang said they couldn't live in the Su family's house forever.
After discussing it, the couple decided to buy a house. However, after inquiring around, their savings were not enough to buy a house in the city.
Finally, the couple turned their attention to the suburbs. Indeed, houses in the suburbs were much cheaper, and their savings could buy a fairly large courtyard.
It would also be convenient to make liangpi and liangfen in the suburbs later.
As they were talking, Su Xiaosi returned.
He was carrying a watermelon and said, "It's already September, why is it still so hot?"
"Eighteen days of autumn tiger, of course it's hot," Grandma Su saw her grandson sweating profusely and quickly handed him a towel, "You're never home, what are you so busy with?"
"Grandma, I've been looking at another shop recently and thought we could open another Rongfa Commercial Bank!" Su Xiaosi said happily, "We'll take money according to the same share ratio as last time, what do you think?"
The business of the shops had stabilized during this period, and Su Xiaosi calculated that there was great potential, so he planned to open another store.
He had now set a small goal: to have a Rongfa Commercial Bank in the east, south, west, and north of the capital.
Su Xiaotian and the others were considering the issue of buying houses when Su Xiaosi interrupted them like this.
"Xiaosi, you're all alone, can you handle it?" Grandma Su asked.
"Grandma, how can I not handle it? As long as there's money to be made, I have plenty of energy!" Su Xiaosi flashed a big white smile.
Rongfa Commercial Bank was too profitable, and he couldn't miss such a good opportunity to make money.
Everyone looked at each other.
However, Su Xiaosi was indeed that kind of person; as long as there was money to be made, he could do it without sleeping.