Chapter 735 - 351: Mother-in-Law Meeting the Son-in-Law!
Ping County, Jiayang Mansion District, Building 18, Apartment 1501.
He Minghai and Zhao Shuzhen walked in, chatting and laughing.
As they talked, they put all the groceries they’d just bought from the supermarket down on the floor by the dining room door.
To host Jiang Tao, He Minghai really went all out today.
Australian lobster, hairy crabs, all of that was arranged.
He even bought a case of Maotai.
He’d just gone out once and spent nearly 10,000 yuan!
But he didn’t feel the slightest heartache spending this money; it felt like it had to be spent!
Originally, He Minghai thought it would already be great if he could settle 2 million in project funds from Longcheng Real Estate.
In the end, with just one phone call from Jiang Tao, Longcheng Real Estate directly settled the remaining 6.25 million in project funds for him in one go!
Something He Minghai didn’t even dare dream about actually happened for real!
At first, he’d planned to invite them to Baiyulan Hotel for a meal.
They’d helped his family such a huge amount; of course he had to show some appreciation.
However, Jiang Tao had been eating and staying at Baiyulan Hotel these past two days and was already a bit sick of it; he wanted a change of taste.
On top of that, He Jing also wanted to bring Jiang Tao home so he could see where she lived.
That’s how this family lunch today came about.
"Old He, check again, see if the money’s arrived yet."
After putting down the big bags of ingredients in her hands, Zhao Shuzhen looked at her husband, her face full of anticipation.
More than six million!
For the couple, He Minghai and Zhao Shuzhen, that absolutely counted as a huge sum!
Although the family also did business, taking on construction projects.
The two of them had lived half their lives, but they’d really never seen this much money before!
"Alright!"
He Minghai wasn’t the type to spoil the mood, and in fact he was even more anxious than Zhao Shuzhen!
His bank card was clearly set up with SMS alerts for deposits.
If any funds came in, he’d get a text message.
Even so, without receiving any text, he had already checked eight times!
What if, because the amount was too big, the bank’s system didn’t send a notification?
After all, he’d never received such a large transfer before and had no experience with something like this.
Ding-dong~
Just as he pulled out his phone, preparing to open the banking app to check, a text message suddenly popped up on his phone.
[Your bank card ending in 2369 has received a deposit from XX Co...]
The instant he saw that text on the screen, his eyes went wide and a look of wild joy spread across his face!
"Wife! Wife, it’s in, it’s in!"
He Minghai looked at Zhao Shuzhen, so excited his voice was trembling a little.
"Let me see! Quick, let me see!"
In a few quick steps, Zhao Shuzhen half-ran over to him, her eyes darting to his phone.
Seeing the account balance change in the SMS alert, her heart also pounded madly for quite a while before it finally calmed down.
"Half a lifetime, and this is the first time I’ve ever seen so much money coming back in."
As she spoke, her eyes reddened and tears streamed down her face.
Outsiders only saw her and He Minghai running around taking contracts, subcontracting projects.
The two of them had twenty or thirty workers under them doing the actual labor.
Only the two of them knew just how tough these years had been.
Material costs, workers’ wages, gifts for the managers in charge of various projects—there were plenty of things to spend money on.
They’d been busy one year after another; on the books it looked like they’d made a lot, but it was all sorts of triangular debts.
By the end of the year, the actual cash the two of them took home was pitifully little.
This time, all the profits they’d built up over so many years had suddenly hit the account in one lump sum.
It made both of them feel like this wasn’t real.
After deducting the more than three million they still owed suppliers for materials, they’d still have over three million left at their own disposal!
The two of them had lived half their lives and had never fought such a "rich battle."
From the bottom of his heart, He Minghai sighed:
"We’ve got to properly thank Jingjing’s friend later. This money is just too important for our family."
"You really are a block of wood."
Wiping her tears with the back of her hand, Zhao Shuzhen rolled her eyes at her husband.
"How am I a block of wood now?"
He Minghai was still a bit confused.
"From the way your daughter was talking, you still couldn’t tell her relationship with that ’friend’ isn’t ordinary?"
"Your daughter’s already been carried off by someone, and you as her dad haven’t even noticed."
She was utterly speechless at her slow-on-the-uptake husband.
"You mean! That Brother Tao Jingjing mentioned is her boyfriend?"
Even as slow as he was, after hearing his wife say that, he understood what was going on.
Zhao Shuzhen nodded and said, "Ninety-nine percent yes."
No one knew a daughter better than her mother. From the fact that their girl hadn’t come home last night, to that saccharine-sweet tone she used when she called this morning.
In an instant, Zhao Shuzhen knew their daughter was in a relationship.
And most likely, she’d already given herself to him.
"If our Jingjing can find a boyfriend this capable, that’s pretty good."
On the matter of his daughter dating, He Minghai was quite open-minded.
You can’t keep a grown daughter at home.
He Jing was already a senior in college this year and about to graduate.
There was nothing wrong with her dating.
"I’m just afraid our silly girl won’t be able to hold on to him..."
Inside, Zhao Shuzhen was also conflicted.
As parents, who wouldn’t want their daughter to find a man with real ability?
But at the same time, the more capable a man is, the more charm he has, and the more temptation he’ll face in the future.
An ordinary girl might not be able to keep a hold on someone like that.
Her daughter’s boyfriend had made one phone call and got Longcheng Real Estate to settle over six million in project funds for their family.
Clearly, her daughter’s boyfriend had a very strong background or a lot of pull.
Could their daughter really keep hold of someone like that?
"Alright, stop overthinking things that don’t exist yet. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings; who can say what the future will bring?"