Perhaps Serena did not want Liberty to worry.
However, Liberty felt that she was useless. Even if she knew, she could not help her sister.
“Let’s go look at the lotuses.”
“We’re not going to see them fly kites?”
Grandma May answered with a smile, “With so many people keeping Sonny company, you can be at ease.
Rowan is good at taking care of kids. Besides, Duncan’s also with them.”
Since Duncan was present, he would be there for Sonny no matter what happened.
“Duncan likes Sonny very much. I watched him grow up, and I rarely see him treat a child so well. Hist fondness for Sonny definitely isn’t because of you,” Grandma May added.
Liberty believed what the old woman said.
When Duncan started showing his liking for Sonny, Liberty was still a plump woman who weighed more. than two hundred pounds. He could not have liked her at that time.
Nonetheless, Duncan was certainly nice to her in the beginning because of Zack.
Perhaps he developed feelings for her later on.
Grandma May and Liberty went to the lotus pond to look at the flowers. Some had bloomed, but most of them were still budding.
On the big lawn, Rowan taught Sonny how to fly a kite. Once the kite flew, he passed the string to Sonny for him to grab it.
Following that, Rowan went to fly his own kite.
Duncan watched from the side and shifted his gaze to Sonny.
“Dunc.”
Sonny pulled the kite string and walked toward Duncan.
Duncan smiled and pulled Sonny into his arms. He reached out to hold the kite string for Sonny and asked, “Are you happy?”
“Yeah. Row said he’d bring me to play in the children’s playground later,”
This was Sonny’s second time in Wildridge Manor. He remembered that his uncle’s house had a big children’s playground and that it was fun.
Duncan said dotingly, “I can also bring you there.”
“Dunc, you’re an adult, but Row isn’t one yet. I’ll be happier if he goes with me.”
Adults were not as playful as children.
The little one knew the difference very well.
Duncan caressed Sonny’s head and asked with a smile, “Sonny, you don’t want me anymore now that you have Row, huh?”
Sonny complained, “You only know how to stack blocks, Dunc.”
Duncan was speechless.
He liked Sonny, but he admitted that he was not doing a good enough job at pleasing Sonny, mainly because he had never liked a child like this before he knew Sonny.
“Sonny, come here. Let’s see whose kite flies higher,” Rowan shouted after his kite took off.
Sonny immediately pulled his kite and ran toward Rowan.
Duncan grinned and watched.
He was thinking about expanding the villa he always lived in and building a children’s playground so that Sonny could play in it in the future.
When Zack and Serena saw this, they did not walk over to disturb them from flying kites. The couple strolled hand in hand along a wooded path.
No one would be insensible enough to disturb the loving couple..
“Zack.”
Zack turned to look at Serena.
Serena continued, “Nana told me about my duties. I thought there were just a few stores, but I was shocked when I saw the accounts. The few bookshelves are full of account books. Do all women in your family manage these?”
Zack chuckled and answered, “Not really. Only the head missus manages these. These are public and belong to the entire family. Some belong to our small family. I’ll slowly tell you about our small family’s businesses when you’re more familiarized with everything.”
Serena responded, “I thought you were in charge of everything that makes money…”
“I’m in charge of the big businesses while you’re in charge of the small ones.”
Serena was speechless. “There are so many books of accounts, yet you say they’re small businesses?”
“They’re small businesses as compared to what York Corporation deals with. If the shops are self- operated, only a few hundred thousand dollars will be earned in a year. At most, it’ll be more than at million dollars. Those that aren’t self–operated are rented out. The monthly rents are about 8,000 to 10,000 dollars, amounting to roughly 100,000 dollars a year.
“Chain stores earn a little more, but they’re not worth mentioning as compared to York Corporation. These small businesses are given to you to manage. The income will mainly be used for internal expenses, so treat it as your allowance as my wife.”
Simply the allowance was shocking.”
Although the money earned from each store in a year was not much to Zack, the Yorks had many stores. In Serena’s words, there were many account books on the few large bookshelves, which meant. that there was a lot of money.
The rent collected each month alone was money that could never be earned by ordinary people in a lifetime.
Zack said, “You don’t have to put too much pressure on yourself. Nana told you that, but the handover will be at least a few years later. Even the smartest and greatest missus in charge will take a few years to fully take over everything.
“Look at the account books when you have time so you can learn where the properties are and what businesses are in operation. You can take your time with the rest.”
Serena nodded and responded, “That’s what Mom said. She said I’ll be able to take over after two or three years.”
“It’s thanks to the missus in charge every term that the number of stores and properties grew. If the money earned isn’t fully spent, it can be used to repurchase stores and houses, or it can also be invested in other financial products. In any case, money is used to generate more money.”
Serena replied, “I’m still under a lot of pressure after hearing what you said. I dare not say that I have an eye for investment.”
“It’s not difficult. You just need to purchase a few stores. As long as the location is good and it has the potential to be developed, you can buy it. We can also buy properties with money out of our pockets. Unlike other families, we won’t stop women from investing or doing business.”
In other rich families, women mostly stayed at home. They were not allowed to put themselves out there and run businesses.
To those families, having their women running businesses outside was a symbol of their incompetence
The Yorks did not have such rules.
It might seem like Tania and her two sisters-in-law rarely showed themselves in public, but in fact, they were involved in any profitable industry.
Among the Yorks, Rowan was still a minor and was the only one who only had a few properties under his name. He bought them using the money he saved from his allowance every year. Rowan was ahead of his peers. After all, many people struggled for a lifetime only to buy one house.
Apart from Rowan, everyone else in the Yorks had considerable private businesses.
Not to mention Zack-he had numerous big and small companies that belonged to him alone.
Serena smiled and noted, “I’m currently not investing in anything except for the vegetable farm, which I simply followed Elisa. I also have to learn more-I can’t become the worst head missus in your family.”
Zack replied to her dotingly, “You have me. As long as I’m here, I won’t let you become the worst head missus in our family. I told you that I’ll transfer all my properties to you so you can manage them, but you refused.
“How about you start by helping to manage our private properties as a couple?”
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