Making Money by Running a Street Stall in the 1980s

Pre-release: Starting Over in the 1990s. If you like it, please add it to your collection (=^▽^=)

Blurb:

Li Shiqing was quite a character, and everyone in the surrounding villages knew his reputation. He was a famously lazy man, worse at working than a child. Everyone sighed when they saw him.

It was only thanks to his doting parents and his younger brother, who didn't know any better, that he hadn't been kicked out of the house long ago.

Li Shiqing knew he was lucky to be carefree and not care about anything. Living well mattered more than anything else.

But his younger brother was about to start high school, and the family had run out of money. Li Shiqing panicked. No matter what, he couldn't let his brother drop out.

For once, he got serious and started figuring out how to earn money.

He'd planned to stop once he'd made enough for the tuition, but gradually he realized he'd almost earned enough to buy a house.

Well, he could keep at it a little longer.

By the time he did, he had a house, a car, and a husband.

Was this the joy of making money?

Terrifying.

* A slow-paced, slice-of-life story

* Includes original worldbuilding. You can treat it as an alternate setting

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Blurb for: I Got Richer After Starting a Farm

After becoming a homeowner due to a demolition and relocation project, Zhou Yun suddenly discovered one night that he'd awakened a strange ability.

Since he was already well-off, he wanted to make full use of his power to improve his life. He quickly found a village to retire in and started making short videos.

In the village, Zhou Yun planted crops, raised poultry, and grew fruit trees, living a very comfortable life. Wild vegetables in spring, chilled jelly in summer, fruit in autumn, and mutton in winter. The food was different every day, and he and his dog ate so well that his viewers were green with envy.

But whenever the vegetables and fruit in his fields were ready to harvest, there was always a little less than expected, with something else appearing in their place. It puzzled him. To solve the mystery, he waited on the mountain all morning, and saw a crow blacker than black and fluffy golden spirits, the golden snub-nosed monkeys, appear one after another.

What's more, he was astonished to find that different animals came each day...

But they were all well-behaved, so Zhou Yun pretended not to notice them sneaking food. He left enough for the animals, then took what he couldn't finish to sell at a stall.

From then on, Xiwushi had a flexible vegetable vendor. At first, people didn't think much of him, until one lucky customer bought some vegetables and went home to make vinegar cabbage.

The cabbage was tangy, spicy, and crisp. Every bite gave them a flash of inspiration, and by the time they finished, inspiration had surged and they'd solved a problem that had puzzled them for ages.

Tiger-skin peppers cleared the mind, and tomatoes with sugar boosted stamina...

What kind of magical vegetable stall is this? Please open a shop!!!

One day, a diehard fan who'd been desperately trying to buy the vegetables saw Zhou Yun's short video online...

* A pastoral farming and food story, possibly slow-paced~

* The love interest is in the background, with romance later on~

Blurb for: The Second-Generation Demolition Heiress Bonds with a Gossip System [1990s]

Qin An was a second-generation demolition heir. After graduating from university, he spent his days having fun and collecting rent.

But his family only owned three buildings, so collecting rent took just a few days. After spending the rest of his time having fun, Qin An was bored within days.

Then one day, he bonded with a gossip System.

Only then did Qin An realize how many fascinating, outrageous things went on in the world. And he could even exchange gossip for rewards! Looking at the strange abilities in the gossip shop that he'd never even heard of, Qin An couldn't help getting excited.

[Host, we've got some juicy gossip! The tenant in Room 102 of Building One is secretly a mistress for a living! She has three sugar daddies who don't know about one another! But she's been found out, and all three of them are on their way over!!] Gossip System 001 shrieked.

[This gossip is worth fifty points.]

Qin An's eyes lit up. He said righteously, "They are renting my property, after all. I should go take a look, in case they damage my building."

He finished enjoying one juicy bit of gossip, and before long another came along. Like a groundhog in a melon patch, Qin An ate it all up with relish.

#The tenant in Room 406 of Building Three is a gay man who tricked someone into marrying him! Give the woman proof and get thirty points#

#The male tenant in Room 201 of Building Two is infertile, but he has three kids!#

#The tenant in Room 401 of Building One is a poor little thing, the real young master who was switched at birth#

Note: A slow-paced slice-of-life story. The protagonist later finds a career he enjoys, while gossiping on the side.

Theme: Hard work makes a wonderful life!