CHAPTER 373: CHAPTER 373: BANKBOOK (SECOND UPDATE)

"Mom, I’m back." Tang Yue grinned, seeing the surprised look on Zhang Hualian’s face, she felt the surprise was quite a success.

Zhang Hualian approached excitedly and asked, "Xiao Yue, when did you get back? Weren’t you supposed to come back in a few days? Why didn’t you call ahead of time, so I could have picked you up from the station? Why have you lost weight?"

Zhang Hualian was so excited she didn’t know what to say.

Tang Yue handed some snacks to Little An’an, who obediently listened. Tang Yue answered each question, "I just got home. I was planning to come back in a few days, but I finished everything early and came back. Mom, I know my way home, there’s no need for you to pick me up."

"You child." Zhang Hualian pulled her into the private room to rest, and enthusiastically greeted Bai Qing, "Xiao Yue, Xiaoqing, you two rest here, I’ll go cook a few dishes for you."

"Mom, go ahead with your work." Tang Yue, holding Anan, had intended to go to the kitchen, but then thought that Anan was too young.

Bai Qing offered to take Anan, "Anan is playing now, you go check on your dad."

"Thank you, Xiaoqing." Tang Yue said happily, Bai Qing was always by her side now, like sisters.

Just as Zhang Hualian mentioned to Tang Zhengde that their daughter, Xiao Yue, was back, Tang Yue had already entered the kitchen. The restaurant’s kitchen was big and clean, everything neatly arranged, Tang Zhengde wore his work clothing and a chef hat, looking quite professional.

"Dad." Tang Yue greeted joyfully.

Tang Zhengde would have loved to drop his pan and have a proper chat with his daughter, but the customers were still waiting for their meals, so he had to suppress the urge to talk.

After exchanging a few words, Tang Yue prepared some rice mixed with soup to feed Anan, dinner time was at one-thirty.

When the family sat down to eat, both Tang Zhengde and Zhang Hualian took turns putting food into Tang Yue’s bowl, piling it high.

Bai Qing, who was sitting beside them, was envious. Zhang Hualian, using clean chopsticks, also served Bai Qing, "Xiaoqing, don’t be shy at our home, treat it like your own."

"Thank you, Aunt Xie." Bai Qing really liked the atmosphere of the Tang Family; it was warm and felt like home.

It was Bai Qing’s second visit to the Tang Family, and each time she felt reluctant to leave.

After lunch, Zhang Hualian accompanied them back home, as even Tang Zhengde couldn’t bear to part with his daughter, he too followed them home.

The family gathered together, with endless conversation.

Wei Jiajia, seeing Tang Zhengde holding the sleeping Anan return, couldn’t help saying, "We’ve caused you trouble with Anan."

"Jiajia, what are you talking about?" Zhang Hualian asked with a smile, "Jiajia, Anan is very well-behaved, didn’t cause any trouble at all."

"Yes, exactly, little aunt, Anan is especially adorable." Tang Yue agreed, only upon returning home did she find that her little uncle Tang Mingli and Tang Jun were all there.

The family gathered together, reuniting after a long separation, naturally had endless topics to discuss.

Bai Qing also integrated into the group, feeling the atmosphere of the home.

Everyone had a lively and bustling dinner together, and then Tang Yue remembered to make a phone call to Mo Siyu.

Tang Yue went next door to her little uncle’s house to call Mo Siyu.

"Hello, good day, I’m looking for Mo Siyu." Tang Yue had just finished speaking when Mo Siyu’s voice came through the phone.

"Xiao Yue."

Tang Yue was surprised for a moment and asked, "You, you haven’t been waiting for my call, have you?"

Tang Yue’s voice carried a hint of guilt.

Mo Siyu raised an eyebrow, "What do you think?"

After the training ended, Mo Siyu had been waiting for Tang Yue’s call, he even specifically asked Zhao Xiangqian to stay alert during dinner to avoid missing Tang Yue’s call.

"Si Yu, I didn’t do it on purpose." Tang Yue said weakly, "I, I’ve been busy since I got home, and then... and then..."

Her voice became more and more guilt-ridden.

Mo Siyu said, "You got home, saw your parents, and forgot all about me." Mo Siyu understood Tang Yue’s character; he also figured she might have thought he was too busy to answer calls, right?

Tang Yue and Mo Siyu talked for a long time before hanging up.

As soon as she hung up, Tang Yue caught the knowing look from Tang Mingli.

"Little uncle, don’t laugh like that..." Tang Yue didn’t even know how to describe it.

"I’m happy." Tang Mingli chuckled ’hehe’ and handed over a prepared bankbook, saying, "For you."

"Eh, it’s not the end of the year yet, the profit sharing shouldn’t be calculated already." Tang Yue said in surprise, as it should be the busiest time right before the end of the year.

"This is your six-month profit share, plus, I’ve made you quite a bit more." Tang Mingli explained.

Tang Yue opened the bankbook and when she saw a two followed by five zeros, she was stunned, "Little uncle, this doesn’t seem right."

The half-year profit sharing was already not a small amount, but it definitely wasn’t as much as two hundred thousand.

Building a new factory required investment.

"Cough." Tang Mingli cleared his throat, "Didn’t I call you before? I said I’d hold on to your profit share money for a bit, as I was going to use it to play the stock market."

"Ah..." Tang Yue looked at Tang Mingli in confusion, she had been meaning to discuss stock trading with her little uncle; she did not expect that not only had Tang Mingli done it, he had even made money.

Tang Mingli thought Tang Yue might not understand stock trading, so he explained in detail and also told her how he had made so much money, adding, "Xiao Yue, I reinvested the hundred thousand of principal back into the factory, and the remaining four hundred thousand, we’ll split between the two of us."

"The year-end profit share hasn’t been calculated yet." Tang Mingli added, "The factory has performed well this year, and besides the new factory building, we should be able to share quite a bit of money."

"Little uncle, I feel like I’m dreaming." Tang Yue said dazedly, the first time they split money, it wasn’t much, but now, in just three years, the money shared has increased not just tenfold, but even a hundredfold.

"I have the same feeling too." Tang Mingli equally excited, said, "Xiao Yue, honestly, if you hadn’t suggested the clothing business to me back then, we wouldn’t have this wonderful life now."

"Xiao Yue, this stock trading business, I think is quite good, just shouldn’t be too greedy." Tang Mingli now had a great interest in stock trading, but he was not going to give up the clothing business either.

Tang Yue cleared her throat and said honestly, "Little uncle, I also traded stocks and made money too."

"Ah..."

Now it was Tang Mingli’s turn to be stunned.

Tang Yue said, "Little uncle, I was just trying it out, I didn’t expect to make money at all, so, I’ll just take the profit sharing money, these earnings... "

"Xiao Yue, making money is a good thing, it was earned with your profit sharing money after all, it should rightly belong to you." Tang Mingli didn’t like playing hot potato, he said, "Xiao Yue, I have an idea, but I’m not sure if it can be realized."