Chapter 39 Grandpa Chen, you guys didn’t…

"Kid, buying a shop isn't that easy. Besides, it's not certain you'll get a property certificate for a shop on a private residential plot."

Scooping the icy sweet mash from the bowl, Chen Aiguo wasn't surprised by his granddaughter's reaction. He simply skillfully shared his knowledge of real estate.

"Yeah, we don't have that much money. Your Aunt Qin's shop is on the street on three sides, so no matter which one they sell, it won't be cheap."

Xu Chunhua was also frightened by her granddaughter's boldness. She immediately shook her head and talked about the current situation at home.

"No matter how expensive it is, the housing prices here are much cheaper than in the city, and I heard that this place will be demolished soon."

After saying a few words to his grandmother, Chen Pan quickly turned to his grandfather. "As for the property ownership certificate, we should follow the way other families around here buy houses and sign sales contracts. We can just sign the contract and make a backup copy in the village. That way, if we really run into a house demolition dispute in the future, we won't necessarily be completely defeated. The most important thing is that things like this usually happen because the seller is a complete jerk. But I don't think Aunt Qin and her family are that kind of people. Anyway, I think it's a risk worth taking."

"..." This matter was indeed too big. It was completely different from how Chen Pan had previously stolen a few hundred yuan from his family to rent this place. So no matter how much Chen Pan said it, Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen didn't say a word.

"Grandpa and Grandma, opportunities like this don't come around often. Because of the rumors of demolition, people here basically cling to their houses and won't sell unless something drastic happens. I know you might be thinking, 'This place hasn't been demolished for over a decade,' but what I'm saying is, the city is developing, and this place is so close to the north, demolition is inevitable. It's not that there won't be demolition here, it's just that we have to wait a few more years."

Even if you can't wait for the demolition, think about the schools and factories nearby. Think about how much you earned in a month in the past and how much you earn now. Also, think about how much you could buy with one dollar in the past and how much you can buy with the same dollar now.

As society develops, money is becoming less valuable. If you use the money to buy property or something immediately, it will still be valuable. But if you keep the money in your bank account, is it possible that what you could spend a few thousand yuan on a rural house or a shop in the city now will not even be enough to buy someone else's wall in a few years?

Such an opportunity is really rare!

At this time in their previous life, Chen Pan and his grandfather lost their house and land in the countryside and went directly south to work.

In that era, the best way to make money was to pool some money and do some small business on your own. Even setting up a stall was better than working in a factory.

But at that time they really had no money, and were burdened by huge debts outside and dared not take any risks. They could only choose the most conservative option of working in a factory.

Grandpa worked at the docks unloading cargo for seven years. She also worked on the front lines of the electronics and paper box factories for seven years before they finally paid off most of their debts.

It was only then that they had room to breathe and started their own business.

After they paid off all their family debts by running small businesses and had a little money left, they dared to return home and start their own business. But by that time, the best time to open a shop was already past.

Anyway, Chen Pan never wants to experience the hardship and difficulty of his previous life again.

Most people would never encounter a situation like the one in Qin Yang's family.

They can no longer afford to buy houses and shops in the city.

However, the housing prices in this suburban town that has not yet been demolished are not particularly exaggerated.

Combined with his understanding of the Qin family, Chen Pan felt that the risk was worth taking.

I don't want to miss this good opportunity and don't want to waste it.

This time, Chen Pan was very serious in her persuasion. She persuaded him at noon and again in the afternoon after school.

"Stop nagging me. This kid is acting like a little Tang Monk. Okay, your grandfather and I will think this over carefully. You have an exam coming up soon, so hurry up and start studying. Whether or not to buy a shop is a big deal, and your grandfather and I will consider it carefully. You're a kid, and your most important task right now is to study. You don't need to worry about other things."

Maybe she was annoyed by Chen Pan's nagging, so she said something to Chen Pan during dinner. Chen Pan was so angry that he didn't even eat his meal. He just put down his bowl and chopsticks and went back to his small four-square-meter room.

"well!!!"

At the age of fourteen, it's really quite embarrassing.

When people are willing to listen to you, they will say that you have grown up and become sensible.

If they don’t want to listen to you, they will just say you are a child and that it is not your business to worry about adult matters.

He threw himself heavily onto the small bed. At this moment, Chen Pan was so anxious and depressed that he almost burst into tears.

After all, everything in this house belongs to her grandparents.

Even if she has thousands of ideas in her mind, in the end they can only be realized through them.

In fact, the real say in this family is determined by economics. Unless she can go out to work and earn money now, she will have no say.

She could only do something like stealing money to rent a shop once; she definitely wouldn't be able to do it again. And after the last incident, his grandfather had already taken away all the family's passbooks and important documents. The passbook password had also been changed.

She suddenly felt sad because of something that was completely out of her control. Chen Pan suddenly felt aggrieved, and then she pulled the pillow to cover her cheeks and lay motionless in bed for a long time.

Then this night, Chen Pan, who usually went to bed at 11 o'clock, turned off the lights and went to bed before 10 o'clock.

When Chen Pan turned off the lights and went to bed, Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen were still busy outside.

Opening a bakery is not as easy as it seems.

Like all the dough for tomorrow, they need to be mixed now. This way, when the dough rises tomorrow, they can knead the dough to release the air and then actually use it.

For example, the pork and beef that will be used tomorrow should be stewed on low heat now so that they will be cooked to perfection when used tomorrow.

There are also various vegetables that will be needed tomorrow. If they can be washed, they should be washed today. This will make it more convenient to use them tomorrow.

Anyway, they have to do a lot of preparation work while there is no one in the store.

After they finished cleaning the shop as usual and completing all the work for tomorrow morning's opening, and after counting all the money they earned today, leaving a little change, they finally closed the outer shutter and locked both the inner and outer doors of the shop around 11 o'clock.

"Old man, what do you think about this matter? Should we buy that shop?"

Life in the town is convenient. The kitchen has a tap, and sewage can be directly discharged through the pipe, so they no longer have to carry and pour water. Even the toilet can be built in the house, so people can go to the toilet and wash directly.

Anyway, after washing up in the bathroom, Xu Chunhua was sighing in her heart while asking in a low voice.

"Even though the price of a six-square-meter shop is cheaper than in the city, a shop like this would still cost around 300 yuan per square meter, so 30 square meters would cost around 9,000 yuan. 9,000 yuan is almost all our savings. Even if we wanted to buy a new shop, we'd probably only be able to afford the shop we're using now. And the most important thing now is, is it worth it to spend the money we've saved for over a decade on a small house in a small town without a property certificate?"

After putting his clothes away one by one, Chen Aiguo went to bed and then lay down to talk to his wife.

"Yes, nine thousand yuan is enough for us to build a two-story house in the village. I heard from my brother that the two-story house built by the family next door to ours only cost more than seven thousand yuan."

Thinking about the fact that they had worked hard for more than ten years to save only nine thousand yuan, Xu Chunhua couldn't help but sigh.

As they talked, they fell silent.

After a while, Xu Chunhua couldn't help but say, "But didn't you just tell me that we can make an average of 50 yuan a day? 50 yuan a day, that's about 1,500 yuan a month. If we can keep doing this, we should be able to make back the 9,000 yuan soon, right?"

"Yeah! We can make fifty bucks a day now!"

Before starting his business, Chen Aiguo never dreamed that they could earn an average of 50 yuan a day from this small pancake shop. It's 50 yuan a day, not 50 yuan in sales. To put it simply, they now earn a month's salary for the Yang family next door and the Wang family across the street. Even if you factor in Wang Qingshan's family across the street, they earn Wang Qingshan's monthly salary in just two days.

It was precisely because they saw the huge profits that they completely abandoned their crops and did not even plant any crops this year.

"And Panpan is right. When Dongzi was still around, pork was only 70 cents a pound, but now it's 2.5 yuan. Dongzi's tuition was only 50 cents a semester, but now Panpan's tuition is almost 10 yuan a semester. Before, when Dongzi lost the 500 yuan bonus the government gave us, I heard that he could have bought a house in the city. But now, 500 yuan can only buy one square meter in the city."

Grandpa Chen is concerned about the total price of a shop. Is it worth using all the family savings to buy such a small shop that is destined to have no property certificate?

But Grandma Chen was thinking about the prices of the past. She talked about how pork used to cost only 70 cents a pound, but now it's only 2.5 yuan. She talked about how a house in the city used to cost 500 yuan, but now 500 yuan can only buy one square meter of cheap housing in the city.

She said these things just casually.

When it comes to the house, she doesn't have a strong desire to own one, and she is quite easy-going.

Knowing that this matter was ultimately her husband's responsibility as the head of the household, she had no say. So she casually expressed her thoughts and then quickly fell asleep as usual.

But after she fell asleep, Chen Aiguo couldn't sleep at all because of what she said.

"I used to be able to buy a house for 500 yuan, but now I can only buy one square meter for 500 yuan!"

At that moment, Chen Aiguo's mind flashed back to his granddaughter's earnest persuasion during the day, as well as Qin Yang's sneaky visit to him that morning. Finally, he recalled fifteen years ago, when his son had just passed away and the supply and marketing cooperative boss, Lao Du, had urged him to buy a house in the city while he had money.

At that time, Lao Du was actually less than 30 years old. Everyone still called him Little Du, and their relationship was surprisingly good. Everyone was asking about the money he had. Some urged him to build a house quickly, some urged him to contact the village chief to contract a few acres of land, and some urged him to buy a hand tractor. Some secretly asked him to borrow money, and some tried to persuade him to start a business.

Amidst all these voices, Xiao Du from the supply and marketing cooperative was the only one who urged him to buy a house in the city, saying that prices would definitely rise in the future and that he should buy sooner rather than later.

But at that time, Chen Aiguo had no intention of buying a house in the city.

He never even thought about going out to make a living.

He even had the idea that since he had such a big yard in the countryside, he would go to the city to buy a house out of boredom.

So, he didn't listen to the other party's advice to buy a house in the city, nor did he listen to other people's advice to use the money to do business outside. Later, he used the money to repair the house, bought a cow, and then bought a few piglets, a dozen lambs, and many rabbits and chickens.

From that day on, while others worked or farmed, he would farm and raise poultry. From that time on, he could save 100 to 200 yuan a year, then 500 to 600 yuan a year, and by the time of this year's Chinese New Year, he had saved 1,000 yuan in one fell swoop.

He saved money desperately year after year, subconsciously, and by the beginning of the year, there were actually more than 8,000 yuan in his postal savings account.

It was precisely because he had saved for more than ten years and had more than 8,000 yuan in his bank account that he was not really angry when Panpan secretly withdrew a few hundred yuan last time.

It took him fifteen years to save the eight thousand yuan in his bank card.

But now, after deducting the capital, he makes a total of fifteen hundred yuan a month.

But in the past, that is, fifteen years ago, the newly built small buildings in the city really only cost five hundred yuan.

But now, it really costs five or six hundred yuan per square meter.

The image of Xiao Du from the supply and marketing cooperative came to my mind for a moment. When I heard that he used the money to buy cows and piglets to rebuild the house, I was subconsciously stunned for a moment, then shook my head and stopped discussing this matter with him.

One moment it was the story of Xiao Du's family, the village head's family, the secretary's family, Director Li's family, and the village doctor's family, all of whom had bought houses in the city early on.

Then the granddaughter said that it was a rare opportunity.

Anyway, Chen Aiguo couldn't sleep the whole night.

The next morning, after they opened the store's shutter door and started business as usual, Chen Aiguo couldn't help but pay attention to the next door.

After waiting for a while, I saw Qin Yang next door also opened his shop.

Chen Aiguo didn't hesitate any longer. He immediately put down what he was holding and walked over quickly.

"Xiaoyang, what you said yesterday——"

"Grandpa Chen, you didn't respond yesterday, so I looked for other tenants last night. Brother Zhao next door and Brother Wang next door have both decided to buy their shops. Grandpa Chen, I only want to sell two shops for now. I'm in a hurry to use the money and really can't wait any longer. I can only wait for you for one day. I explained this matter very clearly to you yesterday. You didn't move all day, so I thought you didn't want it anymore, so I looked for someone else."

Chen Aiguo had been struggling all night, and he mustered up his courage when he came to find Qin Yang just now. He was shaking with excitement.

But at this moment, seeing Qin Yang's mouth moving and his face full of apology, Chen Aiguo felt as if he had been dragged into a winter ice cave in this June day, and he was cold from head to toe.