Back to the 70s: My Childhood Sweetheart Spoils Me Rotten-Chapter 878 - 880: Chu Ling Is Stunned

Cao Na was quite envious of Gong Ruini’s study, but she didn’t think too much about it.

In her mind, as long as she had time and spoke with Ni Zi, she could come here to read anytime, anywhere.

But today, after hearing from Chu Ling about many people’s attitudes towards book collecting, she was stunned, "Doesn’t anyone want to share?"

"Why would anyone want to share?" Chu Ling gave a bitter smile, lifting the book in her hand. "I know that families who have a good relationship with us probably have this set of books, but they say they don’t have it, what can I do?"

"Not everyone is generous enough to share their book collection, especially when these books, although not rare ancient texts, are not cheap." Chu Ling was really jealous of Gong Ruini.

Even from a young age, she thought about going to the junkyard to collect books. But she was also curious about how Gong Ruini managed to take out books that obviously shouldn’t have been taken out.

Chu Ling looked at Gong Ruini with suspicion. Even if they were in the Northeast back then, it was chaotic there, so it was impossible to make this mistake.

Gong Ruini didn’t know that Chu Ling was a bit suspicious of the origin of these books, she truly felt there was nothing to fear.

At that time, when they were in the Northeast, they often went to the junkyards in nearby counties to buy books, scrap wood, and such. It was definitely above board.

Gong Ruini looked at Chu Ling with bright eyes, without a hint of avoidance.

Gong Ruini’s reaction made Chu Ling feel that she might have been overthinking. Ni Zi was just a girl back then; it was likely Zhao Gang and the others who realized the value of these things and used some means to smuggle these books out.

You could only say it was their foresight, but they also had to take on quite a few risks.

"I don’t know if they’re valuable or not, but I don’t need to sell them for money. I want to keep them," Gong Ruini said boldly, expressing that no matter how much they appreciated in value, she wouldn’t sell them.

Joking aside, compared to the Wan Family and Zhao Family, the Gong Family was definitely nouveau riche. If they didn’t have something with cultural depth to back them up, they couldn’t shed the nouveau riche label.

"Even if you have money, you should collect some antiques. This stuff only gets more expensive," Zhuge Zhi and Wan Dajun would often go out on weekends, and they would buy anything that caught their fancy.

At the same time, this was also the best time to educate Gong Ruini and the others. Over the years, Gong Ruini hadn’t been shy about finding things. Although the final appraisals showed that some were real and some were fake, at least they were slowly making progress.

Cao Na had complete faith in Gong Ruini’s words. Over the years, she hadn’t suffered losses by following Ni Zi’s lead in buying homes. Even the courtyard that her elder sister bought had skyrocketed in value over the years, and naturally, the properties under her name also appreciated wildly.

If it weren’t for Ni Zi saying that they would appreciate even more and reach unbelievable prices, Cao Na would have been tempted to cash out.

"Just like how when you have money, you would invest in property." Chu Ling’s family didn’t have the habit of buying houses. Due to their work needs, they might relocate every few years, so they weren’t inclined to buy a house.

Chu Ling didn’t understand how Gong Ruini was so confident that property prices would surely go up, especially since she wasn’t in a hurry to use the money for business investment, which really puzzled Chu Ling.

As to why buy a house, the question Chu Ling asked, Gong Ruini couldn’t just say that the house would appreciate, making one rich, as such a high-level discussion wouldn’t be had with someone she viewed as a lower status.

"People in our country love houses; houses are the root. We didn’t have a house back in the Northeast."

"If our parents hadn’t gone to college, we would have had to build a house in the countryside, but when we got to Beijing, of course, we couldn’t miss the opportunity."

"Then we saw the house prices going up every few days, more advantageous than putting money in the bank, so of course it was buy, buy, buy." When Gong Ruini said the last part, her imposing manner was thoroughly that of a true nouveau riche.

"Yeah, yeah, Chu Ling, if you have money, you should also buy property. The houses I bought by following Ni Zi have all appreciated." Cao Na, being a fangirl of Gong Ruini, couldn’t help but jump in at this moment.

Looking at the excited Cao Na, Chu Ling suddenly regretted bringing up this topic; it wasn’t surprising given that she used to be in sales, as her words were filled with passion.

Chu Ling felt that there was no need for her family to buy a house, as it’s unlikely they wouldn’t be given housing. However, the analysis and examples given by Cao Na and Gong Ruini were quite persuasive.

She knew a little about savings account interest because she deposited her own New Year’s money every year, but her understanding of real estate wasn’t much.

"Have prices really gone up that much?" Oh my, Chu Ling had previously wondered why Gong Ruini didn’t go into business but instead chose to buy property. Now she was starting to understand.

Doing business makes money, but it doesn’t always make money. However, buying a house definitely makes money, and the rate of increase is not low.

"Do you think buying property is still worth it now?" Chu Ling asked with concern.

"The truth is, the current house prices are really high."

High property prices? Frankly speaking, with the rate of increase, Gong Ruini didn’t think they were high. Given her past life experience of witnessing property prices rise 50% in six months, being in the present made her think only one thing: it’s cheap, and the next thought, must buy, buy, buy.

"Not high. We’ve done our research; now many people come to Beijing to work."

"And college graduates are willing to stay in Beijing."

"But actually, Yangcheng seems to have good development potential,"

"But not as good as special economic zones." Cao Na was also envious of the property prices in Shenzhen. Unfortunately, there were quite a few who shared the same vision, making it difficult for outsiders like them to get a piece of the pie.

Oh, does this require research too? Chu Ling felt that she thought she knew Gong Ruini and the others well, but realized she actually knew very little.

Chu Ling laughed bitterly inside; with the results they derived from their research, one might simply think Gong Ruini is just lucky, not imagining that they did quite a bit of homework.

"Does this need research?" Chu Ling finally took Cao Na seriously; before, she just thought they were chatting.

Cao Na nodded, "Without research, how do you know which part of Beijing is most worth investing in."

"Which properties have good future development prospects."

"And which properties are easy to rent out."

Chu Ling felt dizzy, just by asking one question, Cao Na lectured so much.

"You’ve done a lot of homework." Chu Ling felt this outing was truly worthwhile.

"It’s just average, really it’s about paying attention, collecting data." Though Chu Ling’s praise made Cao Na a bit shy.

Collecting data sounds simple, but actually doing it, is it really that easy? Wrong, not at all easy, otherwise why wouldn’t more people do it.

"I’ll go back and check my savings, and then I’ll need to trouble Ni Zi and Nana." Chu Ling wasn’t someone who hesitated, once she made up her mind, she naturally wanted to look into it.