Reborn as a landlord in Shanghai

Chapter 4: Purposefully Seeking Opportunities to Make Money

"Brother, brother..."

Just as Mao Xiaoyu was listening to the three masters bragging and reading the newspaper, she suddenly heard a little girl calling for her brother outside. This made Mao Xiaoyu smile involuntarily. After all, she didn't need to look or hear the voice to know that her parents must have brought her younger sister.

Mao Xiaoyu has always loved his younger sister, who is much younger than him, both in his past and present lives. The two siblings have a good relationship, and now that Mao Xiaoyu has been reborn, he loves his sister even more.

After all, based on Mao Xiaoyu's age in his previous life, his mental age is actually over 40. This age is naturally endearing to two- or three-year-old children. Hearing his younger sister call him "brother" in a crisp voice is enough to melt anyone's heart.

At this moment, Mao Xiaoyu had no interest in reading the newspaper. She put the newspaper on the table, stood up, and prepared to go out to greet her lovely younger sister.

Unexpectedly, Mao Xiaoyu's younger sister ran in from outside the store. Her eyes immediately fell on Mao Xiaoyu, and she excitedly ran towards him, calling out "Brother!" as she ran.

"Oh dear, my little Tingting, slow down, slow down, don't bump into your brother and hurt him." Mao Xiaoyu squatted down with a loving expression when he saw his little sister running over, and hugged her tightly in his arms. He patted her head happily and said with concern.

"Brother, didn't I tell you to wait for me to wake up today and come with me? Why did you sneak away again?" Mao Tingting said with a reproachful look, nestled in Mao Xiaoyu's arms.

Because Mao Xiaoyu was reborn a month ago, her lifestyle is very different from before. Normally, the family would eat breakfast at home, and then Mao Xiaoyu and her sister would come to the store with their parents. Now, Mao Xiaoyu comes alone early in the morning to earn money, which makes Mao Tingting, who is used to coming to the store with Mao Xiaoyu, very unhappy.

"I tried to wake you this morning, but you were still sleeping and I couldn't get you to get up, so I had to come by myself. It's your fault for asking me to tell you a story last night, which made you go to bed so late and couldn't get up this morning."

Mao Xiaoyu certainly couldn't take the blame herself, otherwise her younger sister would complain to death. So when she heard her sister's complaints, she directly lied to her sister, and to increase credibility, she even put on a serious expression.

"Yeah?"

Mao Tingting looked conflicted and began to doubt herself. She wondered if her brother had called her that morning but she hadn't woken up, and now it seemed wrong for her to blame her brother.

"Yes, I told you last night to listen to fewer stories, otherwise you wouldn't wake up tomorrow. But you still asked me to tell you stories last night. See, I was right. I called you this morning, but you didn't wake up."

Seeing her younger sister's doubtful look, Mao Xiaoyu quickly and solemnly repeated herself.

"Well... then I'll listen to fewer stories tonight, and you can wake me up first thing tomorrow morning so we can come together, okay?" Hearing her brother say this, Mao Tingting really thought that her brother had called her but she hadn't gotten up, so she had no choice but to make the request to her brother again.

"Alright then, it's settled then. Don't listen to too many stories, and don't keep asking me to tell you stories at night. If you can't get up the next day, don't blame me." Seeing that she had finally managed to fool him, although she felt that children were still so easy to deceive, Mao Xiaoyu still pretended to be serious on the surface.

"Yes, yes." Mao Tingting nodded earnestly.

Just as Mao Xiaoyu and Mao Tingting were talking, Mao Xiaoyu's parents came in. When they saw their daughter and son talking, they were not surprised and went about their own business.

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"Dad, give me the electric scooter keys, I'm taking Tingting for a ride."

Seeing that everyone in the store had arrived, Mao Xiaoyu felt that there was no point in staying in the store, so she picked up her little sister and went to her father to ask him for the key.

"Here you go, don't wander off, just go out and play for a little while and come right back."

When he heard his son ask for the electric scooter key, Mao Jun casually took the key out of his pocket and handed it to him, adding a reminder as he did so.

As for his son taking his daughter out to play on an electric bike, Mao Jun didn't feel there was anything wrong with it.

After all, his son is taller than him and is over 18 years old, so he's an adult. He can just ride his electric scooter around the neighborhood without any problems.

"understood."

Mao Xiaoyu took the keys from her father, casually agreed, then picked up her little sister and walked out of the shop.

Their electric scooter was right outside, so there was no need to go far to find it. Mao Xiaoyu carried Mao Tingting to their electric scooter, put Mao Tingting down, and then the two of them got on the scooter. Mao Xiaoyu started the scooter and drove off with her younger sister.

"Brother, where are we now?"

Mao Tingting stood on the footrest of the electric scooter, looking at the scenery on the road while asking Mao Xiaoyu, who was riding the scooter, a question.

"Let's go buy some food first, and then wander around a bit. Do you want to stay in the store? If we stay in the store, I'll have to do things, and you'll be playing by yourself."

In fact, Mao Xiaoyu didn't know where to go. After all, since her rebirth a month ago, although she had been coming to the shop early in the morning to start business, it was out of necessity. She had no money in her pocket and could only come early to earn some extra money. But once she actually started doing business in the shop, she could forget about earning extra money. Mao Xiaoyu had no intention of really working as an apprentice in the shop.

After all, Mao Xiaoyu was a reborn person who had been a barber for over twenty years in her previous life. To be honest, Mao Xiaoyu didn't think her skills were inferior to those of her masters. However, the problem was that she couldn't show off her skills. After all, she was just an apprentice. How could she suddenly be able to shave heads so well? But she was unwilling to spend her time here for an apprentice's salary.

Therefore, Mao Xiaoyu would earn some extra money in the morning. After her parents arrived, she would not sit at the shop as an apprentice. Instead, she would find an excuse to ride her parents' electric bike with her younger sister and wander around the streets. The reasons for doing this were twofold: first, to familiarize herself with the surroundings, and second, to find ways to make money.

Yes, getting familiar with the environment is important because the environment she lived in in her previous life is very different from the environment she lives in now. Sometimes she recognizes the roads, but she doesn't recognize the houses. Mao Xiaoyu needs to get used to this.

As for the path to wealth, staying mainly in the shop will definitely not provide an opportunity to make money. Only by going out and looking around can one find a way to make money. That's why I've been constantly traveling around lately.

"I don't want to stay in the store. My parents won't let me play around in there."

Upon hearing her brother's words, Mao Tingting quickly shook her head with a look of disgust.

After all, barbershops are in the service industry, and when the shop gets busy, it's full of people. If a child runs around and moves about, it can easily disturb customers and cause unnecessary incidents.

So even when Mao Tingting was in the hair salon, Mao Xiaoyu's parents didn't allow her to run around, only letting her play in designated areas.

This also caused Mao Tingting to dislike staying in the store, so when she heard Mao Xiaoyu's words, Mao Tingting directly resisted and said...

"Then why ask? Since you don't like staying in the store, let's buy some food, wander around for a bit, and then go back after lunch."

Mao Xiaoyu echoed her sister's words.

"Um."

Mao Tingting was quite satisfied with this arrangement and quickly nodded in agreement.

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Next, Mao Xiaoyu bought some snacks for her younger sister and put them in her pocket. Then, she took her sister and rode her electric bike around aimlessly along the road.

Of course, the so-called "wandering around" is not really wandering around aimlessly. Mao Xiaoyu is running around rationally. After all, Shanghai is a big city. Even though Mao Xiaoyu lived in Shanghai for more than 20 years in his previous life, he probably didn't even travel more than 1/20 of the entire city. In other words, in his previous life, he mainly lived in two or three districts. He would at most visit other districts for sightseeing, but he never actually lived there.

For the past month, Mao Xiaoyu has mainly been traveling around the two or three districts where she lived in her previous life. As for other districts, she has no intention of going there at all. The main purpose of doing this is to find a way to make money in the two or three districts she is familiar with.

To be honest, after running around for just one month, Mao Xiaoyu has become quite familiar with the environment of two or three districts. She has even started to have some ideas about ways to make money. Now, Mao Xiaoyu is thinking about how to ask her parents for advice.

Yes, that's right. After a month of earning extra money, Mao Xiaoyu was no longer willing to work hard to earn her first pot of gold. After all, the first pot of gold is really the hardest money to earn in life. After a month, Mao Xiaoyu had given up hope of ever earning her first pot of gold. At the current rate of earning money, it might be several years before she would have the capital to achieve her goals.

After all, to get rich, you need at least tens of thousands of yuan in start-up capital. But at the current rate of making money, oh dear, I don't know when I'll be able to save up tens of thousands of yuan.

And there's another problem: time waits for no one!

After all, Mao Xiaoyu's time in her rebirth is limited, and as an ordinary person in her previous life, she didn't have much information about making money. If she had to say what her greatest wealth is now, it would be 20 more years of life experience.

But if she were to waste several years of her life just for her first pot of gold, and fail to quickly monetize her reborn memories, even Mao Xiaoyu herself would feel sorry for being reborn to her 18th birthday.

Therefore, in order to have better development and make money faster, Mao Xiaoyu is preparing to take a shortcut. Since she is preparing to take a shortcut, she needs a boost. So after this period of brainstorming, Mao Xiaoyu is thinking about how to ask her parents for her first pot of gold so that she can get rich.

Of course, getting your first pot of gold requires some skill. You can't just say it openly, after all, you're only 18 years old. Even if your parents trust you a lot, parents from ordinary families wouldn't hand over hundreds of thousands of yuan to an 18-year-old to start a business.

After all, her parents weren't rich. Every penny they earned was hard-earned. If their son wanted to start a business, her parents would definitely ask questions. If the business wasn't doing well, they would definitely object. And everything had to be very reasonable before her parents would reluctantly agree. So, in Mao Xiaoyu's opinion, to make her first pot of gold, she had to have a plan.

So, Mao Xiaoyu had been planning how to get her first pot of gold for almost ten days. She had not only come up with all the reasons, but also planned out the direction for her parents. The next step was to see if her parents would agree to take out the money. As long as her parents took out the money, she could implement the second step of the plan.

As for whether her family had money, Mao Xiaoyu was quite relieved. After all, according to the information she knew, her parents should have around 300,000 yuan in cash on hand.

This money was not used in my previous life, but in 2006, when the stock market will boom, the whole nation (stock investors) will be in a frenzy. My parents, surrounded by the enthusiastic atmosphere of stock trading, finally couldn't resist and took out 40 yuan to rush into the stock market.

By the time the stock market peaked in 2007, my family had already made over 200,000 yuan. However, like most stock market investors, my parents did not stop investing, believing that the stock price would continue to rise.

When the market suddenly turned bearish, the stocks were all locked up, and there was no way to get out. It was like being directly fleeced by capital. Not only did they lose all the money they had earned before, but they also lost their principal. In the end, 40 yuan became 12 yuan, which was a complete loss.

After a year or two of hard work, Mao Xiaoyu finally caught up a bit. In 2009, she received 30 yuan and opened a barbershop with a friend. At that time, Mao Xiaoyu was already 22 years old and had been working in her parents' barbershop for 4 years. She was capable of handling things on her own.

Unfortunately, although the barbershop he opened with his friend was profitable, the money didn't stay. When he was 27, he was cheated out of everything by his girlfriend. At that time, he had no choice but to sell the barbershop and return to work at his parents' shop.

Fortunately, Mao Xiaoyu's parents didn't expect their son to earn much money outside at that time, so in 2010, they had already bought a house for Mao Xiaoyu as a wedding home.

Unfortunately, even after Mao Xiaoyu was reborn in 2025, the house remained unfinished for 15 years and never became her wedding home.