Bonnie woke up late and was in a rush, so she left very quickly.

"Bonnie, there's still time, no need to rush."

Seeing Bonnie's hurried steps, Liu Zi called out, "Don't rush."

"Liu Zi, I'm afraid people will get impatient if I take a little longer."

Bonnie was too embarrassed to admit that she had overslept, and her face flushed as she thought of her brother.

Liu Zi thought that Bao Ni was in a hurry and was hot, hence her flushed face.

"It's okay, you take a rest. Your face is all red from walking. If Brother Ye and the others find out, they'll scold me."

Bonnie knew that Liu Zi had misunderstood, and she was even less able to explain, feeling inexplicably guilty.

"It's okay, let's go. We'll go early and come back early. If it's suitable, I'll buy it so I won't keep thinking about it."

Bonnie didn't know what a courtyard house looked like or how much it cost. She had 50,000 to 60,000 yuan in cash, and the rest was gold, which should be worth tens of thousands of yuan.

Seeing that Bao Ni was alright, Liu Zi took her to the courtyard house.

It's not far, near the Forbidden City. There are many courtyard houses in this area, which were once the residences of princes and the like.

“Bonnie, this is it. It used to be the residence of a civil official. It has a design with small bridges and flowing water, and it is very well preserved.”

Liu Zi led Bao Ni over, and the homeowner was already there.

"Mr. Wang, this is someone looking at the house. Let's go in and take a look."

Let's go.

Mr. Wang is in his sixties or seventies, with a hunched back. I wonder what kind of blows he has suffered and what kind of story he has.

Bonnie doesn't pry into other people's privacy; she's just a house buyer.

The vermilion gate is rusty and covered with the marks of time, witnessing countless joys and sorrows.

The house occupies an area of ​​seven or eight hundred square meters, and is a well-organized three-courtyard house with a livestock shed. It is much larger than the traditional courtyard house left by Gu Ye's mother, but the layout is similar.

Perhaps the original owner was from Jiangnan, as the entire layout is more in the Jiangnan style, with small bridges, long corridors, rockeries, and a small pavilion, which may have been the former embroidery building.

Bonnie looked around and really liked it.

This location will not be demolished in the future; it will remain as it is.

"Mr. Wang, to be honest, I've taken a liking to the house. How much do you want for it?"

Bonnie looked at the old man, who seemed to have mixed feelings about the house. He had been standing by the screen wall since they entered, without going any further inside.

There was a sadness in his eyes, which he couldn't hide despite his best efforts.

"This house costs 80,000 yuan. If you're right, we'll go to transfer the ownership after you go to work tomorrow. All the items inside will be included."

Bonnie has also looked around. The room isn't fully furnished, but there are still some nice-looking small items: a small table, a mahogany chair, a display shelf, a desk...

Bonnie hadn't done the exact calculations, but there were still quite a few things. They weren't worth much now, but they would be in the future. Although Bonnie didn't know much about these things, they looked quite nice.

The price was fixed, and Bonnie didn't even think about haggling. It's not easy to find a house with clear property rights and no mess. Especially after those ten years, many courtyard houses had become crowded tenements.

"Mr. Wang, I accept the price, but I'd like to ask if it's possible to pay with a portion of the gold?"

Bonnie plans to pay 50,000 yuan in cash, and use gold to make up the remaining 30,000 yuan.

"Sure, we'll convert it according to the bank's rates later."

Mr. Wang is going abroad, and gold is more convenient than cash.

Both parties agreed to meet at the housing management office tomorrow morning to pay the money and transfer the property.

Bonnie and Liu Zi found a state-run restaurant; it was almost noon, and they had to eat.

"Liu Zi, there's nothing wrong with this house, right? Once the transfer is complete, it'll be my private property, right?"

Bonnie felt a little uneasy as this was the first time she had spent so much money on a house; it was her family's last savings.

"No problem. The house belongs to Mr. Wang's ancestors. During those ten years, he was implicated, and his entire family was reduced to just one son. It was a complete family tragedy."

After his exoneration, some of his property was returned, including this house; we handled the paperwork for it. He plans to go abroad and never come back. That house holds too many memories he doesn't want to recall.

Liu Zi made a special effort to find out that Brother Han and Brother Ye took great care of him, so how could he not care?

"That's fine. This isn't the first time I've spent so much money. I've emptied my savings, and I'm a little uneasy about it."

"I understand, I understand. If it were me, I wouldn't feel at ease either!"

Liu Zi knew that Gu Ye's mother had left him some things, and he probably brought them all out this time.

After dinner, Bonnie and Liu Zi parted ways. Bonnie went to the courtyard house, entered the secret room, and found the box containing the gold.

She picked out the gold jewelry with poor quality and workmanship, separating out both small and large pieces, and needed to get an appraisal from the bank first.

By the time they finished, it was already two or three in the afternoon. They bought a roast duck, and Bonnie took the gold home. They would go directly to complete the formalities tomorrow.

The children didn't ask Bonnie what she was doing; they knew it was important business, so they didn't pry.

The next day, Bonnie took Xuanyi to school, then took half a day off and went to the housing management office with her things to meet him.

After paying the money and going through the client, Bonnie got another property certificate, and her savings were almost gone, with less than 10,000 yuan left.

All that's left of the gold are a few exquisitely crafted pieces of jewelry; the rest are sets of jewelry left by Gu Ye's mother, which cannot be touched.

The two of them earn a good monthly salary, plus rent and royalties, which is enough to live on.

Bonnie first went to the newly purchased courtyard house, changed the door lock, and then checked if the locks on the other doors were working. She tried them one by one, and they all worked.

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