readsfreenovel Chapter 29: Educated Youth of the Era (Part 11)
Chapter 29: Educated Youth of the Era (Part 11)
She studied and studied until she graduated from university. Because there were still many interesting books in the library that she hadn't finished reading, and Liu Yuxi wasn't in a hurry to start working.
So she took the postgraduate entrance exam again. She planned that if there were still books she was interested in that she hadn't finished reading by the time she graduated, she would take the doctoral entrance exam, since she didn't plan to get married.
Similarly, during the holidays, he would take his younger brother, sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, and mother to set up a stall and do small business.
Shanghai is, after all, a fashionable metropolis. If Liu Yuxi hadn't had such foresight, she might not have made much money selling clothes. During her university winter and summer breaks, Liu Yuxi still had her mother and sister-in-law inquire about houses for sale in the surrounding area and buy suitable ones.
Seeing her constantly buying and renting out houses, the Liu family was somewhat influenced, so each family bought several houses according to the number of their children. Liu Xiaodi thought that his fourth sister was the smartest and that following her would definitely not be wrong, so Liu Xiaodi was the second most successful in buying houses in the Liu family after Liu Yuxi.
After graduating from university, Liu Xiaodi did not continue his studies. He followed Liu Yuxi's advice and chose architecture as his major, so he was assigned to Shanghai Construction after graduation.
After starting work, he discovered that his daughter's thinking was very forward-thinking. There were not enough houses in various places now, and houses would definitely become more and more expensive in the future. When the first batch of commercial housing came out, Liu Xiaodi praised Liu Yuxi to the skies at home.
With Liu Xiaodi's introduction to the topic, the Liu family became even more enthusiastic about buying houses, and they would buy houses whenever they had spare money.
In his second year after graduation, Liu Xiaodi married a colleague through an introduction from an older woman at his workplace. By then, family planning policies had already been implemented, so Liu Xiaodi only had one son, who was the youngest child in the Liu family.
The eldest brother Liu has four children, three boys and one girl; the second brother Liu has three children, two boys and one girl; the second sister Liu also has three children, two boys and one girl; and including the youngest brother Liu's family, the younger generation of the Liu family has a total of 11 children.
Now everyone celebrates the Lunar New Year in Liu Yuxi's small villa, because no other house can accommodate so many people.
Liu's parents had tried to persuade Liu Yuxi to get married, but she hadn't met anyone she wanted to marry, so she remained single. With so many younger relatives around, they weren't worried about no one taking care of her in her old age. Liu's parents knew she had money and a house, so they weren't afraid that the younger generation wouldn't be filial to her in her old age. Therefore, they gradually stopped bringing up the matter.
Liu Yuxi never worked in his life, spending it all on learning and traveling. After all, he owned so many houses, and later, based on information he found in later generations, he even made a few investments in the stock market, so he was never short of money.
She didn't have any particularly expensive hobbies, and she had enough money to live a comfortable life. Following the example of time-travel novels on the internet, she gradually expanded her skill set.
For example, diving, beachcombing, weaving fishing nets, going out to sea to fish, fishing, and learning various construction skills from workers at construction sites with her younger brother Liu, and learning skills from her father and neighbors about various jobs in different factories.
When traveling, learn the local dialect and pay to learn how to make local food and handicrafts from local masters.
The younger generation all envy this aunt; she lives a life that even the gods wouldn't trade. But they can't do that. They don't have their aunt's ability to make money, nor do they have her enlightened parents.
Their parents said, "If you can also graduate with a PhD from Fudan University, and if you can earn as much as your aunt's family fortune, you can be just like your aunt. If you can't, then you have to face reality!"
What can they do? They haven't even earned enough to cover their parents' savings yet. After all, the adults in their families are all recipients of land expropriation compensation. And the housing prices in Shanghai are so high these days.
They did want to give up, since their parents' future was theirs to live on, but one glance from their aunt was enough to make the younger generation back down without them having to say anything. They decided to keep striving for improvement.
Strangely enough, Liu Yuxi never scolded or beat the younger generation, but when she got serious, they were all afraid of her.
Unbeknownst to her, her extraordinary strength, which she sometimes displayed unintentionally, was often used by her brother, sister-in-law, and younger siblings to scare the children: "If you don't behave, your aunt will break your legs!"
Thinking of her aunt's superhuman strength, the children thought, "I will obey!" So, without realizing it, the children deeply respected Liu Yuxi.
Of course, the children also have a very good relationship with Liu Yuxi. There is no generation gap. The little aunt has a lot in common with them and can play together.
Their aunt was much more fun-loving than them, and by spending so much time with her, they each became prominent figures in their respective schools.
Every time Liu Yuxi returned from a trip, he would bring them a lot of gifts, so they had always been the envy of their peers since they were young. Of course, they had to maintain their status as the envy of others, so giving up was just an occasional thought, and working hard was the norm.
After Liu Xiaodi's son started school, Liu Yuxi would often take his parents with him when they went out to play, until his parents got too old to play anymore.
Then Liu Yuxi took the younger generation on trips in batches. During the trips, the younger generation discovered their aunt's amazing learning ability. She could always learn the local dialect in the shortest amount of time, integrate into the local community, and learn various skills.
Liu Yuxi also noticed that the more times she traveled through time, the better her memory seemed to become, and guessed that time travel might increase her mental strength.
Why did Mencius' mother move three times to find a better environment for her son's education? Because "one is influenced by one's surroundings." Therefore, the younger generation of the Liu family, while saying one thing, are actually hardworking and ambitious children.
After seeing off Liu's parents and several of her siblings, Liu Yuxi was left as the only elder in the Liu family. Her eldest nephew was only ten years younger than her and was not as healthy as Liu Yuxi.
All of Liu's nephews and nieces moved in to live with Liu Yuxi. The younger children would come to visit them whenever they had time. It wasn't that they wanted Liu Yuxi's property; they were mainly worried that if something happened to Liu Yuxi, they wouldn't be able to find out in time.
Because Liu Yuxi didn't want to hire a live-in nanny, and only had a part-time nanny at home, and because their children were busy and they were bored at home, they decided to live together. They were happy to live with their aunt, and the younger generation felt at ease.
Liu Yuxi passed away at the age of 96. Before he died, he divided his house among his younger relatives, used some of his money to buy gold for storage, distributed some to his younger relatives, and donated some to research institutions for various special medicines. Liu Yuxi passed away peacefully!