After taking a sip of boiled water, the stationmaster slowly spoke, "Ling Ran said he wanted to buy a warehouse, but I didn't believe him. That's why he came to ask you in person. He's a spendthrift and a mischievous kid. I won't believe him unless you tell me so yourself."

Zhou Xiang was not in a hurry. Since the stationmaster came in person, he must have the idea of ​​selling the warehouse. He just didn't know what conditions he would put forward.

"Why is he being naughty?"

When the stationmaster heard this question, he immediately felt like he had found a confidant. "Don't you know how bad this kid was when he was little? Not only did he climb in through the small window five meters high in the warehouse to steal wheat and corn kernels, he even dared to light a fire behind the warehouse to roast the wheat and corn kernels.

I caught him. Of course, I wasn't the station manager at the time, so I told him to admit his mistake and let him go home. But he started yelling and saying I had beaten him because he'd caught me stealing some grilled food."

Zhou wanted to hold back his laughter. Was this exposing Ling Ran's shortcomings? Wasn't this exposing his own shortcomings? "What happened next?"

"Later, a group of people came over. He insisted that I did it, and since no one else saw it, I was forced to take the blame. Although everyone knew that I couldn't possibly be lighting a fire behind the grain warehouse, there was nothing we could do about this bastard. He started crying, making a scene, and even threatening to hang himself, saying that adults were bullying children. In the end, we had no choice but to let him go."

Everyone in the dining room burst into laughter. Even Zhou's father had never heard of this incident. It seemed that it was suppressed by the stationmaster at the time.

Ling Ran sat down next to Zhou Xiang with a flattering smile, "Wife, you have to believe me, it really wasn't me."

Zhou Xiang stopped laughing and nodded, "Well, I believe you." When Ling Ran showed a smug smile, he added two more words, "No way."

Ling Ran's smile froze. His wife didn't believe him, and it was all the fault of the old stationmaster. He turned to the stationmaster who had exposed his past and said, "Didn't you say you talked to my wife in person? Why are you talking nonsense?"

The stationmaster looked at the people in the dining room and asked, "Zhou Xiang, do you want to talk to them away from them?"

Zhou Xiang shook his head, "No need, just say whatever you want to say!"

The stationmaster didn't beat around the bush. "What are you going to use the warehouse for? Isn't there already a building across from the grain station?"

"I bought it to live in. Your warehouse is made of red bricks and green tiles. It would be a shame to tear it down."

"Why shouldn't I believe it?" The webmaster didn't believe it, even though Ling Ran said the same thing.

"It's for living. Are you selling it or not? Just one sentence."

"Did you know that Zhong Xiong and his gang of six planned to demolish the two warehouses and build a building?"

Zhou Xiang nodded, "I know, they have nothing to do with me. I just arranged for them to stay."

"Did you know that there's an 80cm-high cement platform underneath every warehouse? How can people live there? Climbing up and down every day?"

"Can't I build stairs?"

"That means you're buying not only the warehouse but also the land surrounding it."

"Yes, you won't even let us walk on the road and ask us to buy another way, right?"

The webmaster blinked his old eyes and asked, "Why do you think this is a very good suggestion?"

Zhou Xiang rolled his eyes. He had never thought that the webmaster was so unreliable. "Let's get down to business!"

"Okay! You bought the blacksmith shop on East and West Street for 50,000 yuan per room. I didn't understand it at the time, but now I understand that you want to use it for commercial purposes, even though you won't charge admission for the time being.

I just want to know what you're going to use the warehouse for. If you're just going to live there, I'd be embarrassed to ask for a high price."

This was completely beyond Zhou Xiang's expectations. She thought the webmaster was here to raise the price!

"Uncle, I'm really just converting it into a place for people to live in. As for whether I'll tear it down and rebuild it in the future, I don't know!"

The stationmaster hesitated for a moment and said, "Our warehouse faces east and has four rows of eight warehouses, 50 meters long and 20 meters wide, with a spacing of 20 meters.

Zhong Xiong and his team bought two warehouses in a row facing the street on the east side, as well as a 10-meter open space between the two warehouses and the second row.

The remaining six warehouses are no longer suitable for use as storefronts, and I don’t know how much I should ask you for.”

Zhou Xiang calculated that the eight warehouses were 120 meters long and 140 meters wide. Zhong Xiong and his team bought 30 meters of width, leaving 110 meters. The total square footage was.

"Stationmaster, I remember your family quarters are all on the south side, with a 4-meter-wide road between them and the warehouse, right?"

The stationmaster nodded. "Yes, although the warehouse doesn't have a separate yard from the family quarters, there's definitely no clutter piled up in the warehouse."

"If I buy all six remaining warehouses, can you give up half of that 4-meter road? I'll build a brick wall to cut off both sides."

The webmaster stood up and asked, "What did you say? Buy them all?"

"Yes! I'll buy them all. Since they can no longer be used as storefronts, I'll buy them all. If I want to demolish and rebuild them later, I can move the storefront to East-West Street, facing north."

The stationmaster couldn't help but admire this girl. In a blink of an eye, she pulled him out of the dilemma. He had never thought about East-West Street. To him, that street had never been a street, but just a road. Young people really have quick minds!

He sat down again. "How do you plan to buy it? The remaining warehouse and land are 110 meters wide and 125 meters long. There are still 5 meters between the warehouse and the north wall."

"When I bought the supply and marketing cooperative warehouse, I paid 210 per mu, buying out the 70-year usage rights at once, which is per mu. I recently bought the land in Guanjia Village at the same price, but the land in Guanjia Village is permanent and has no expiration date. Do you think it's suitable?"

The stationmaster knew that the price he paid for the blacksmith shop was out of the question, but he was unwilling to accept the price. It was only a little over 20 mu in total, and if he sold six warehouses for over 300,000 yuan, he would be hacked to death by the grain station staff. "200 yuan per square meter, 70 years of usage rights."

Zhou Xiang chuckled. "Master, Stationmaster, if I buy your warehouses and the surrounding land at this price, how can I explain this to the villagers of Guanjia Village? The six warehouses only have a usable area of ​​6,000 square meters, and the remaining 7,000 square meters is all land."

"Our location is definitely more valuable than the one in Guanjia Village. It can't be the same as the one in Guanjia Village, nor can it be the same as the warehouse in the supply and marketing cooperative. You've bought that warehouse two or three years ago, so the price is bound to go up. Besides, there are three types of housing prices on East Street. The cheapest is almost a hundred yuan per square meter. The price is two million. Not only will I give you half of the road, I'll even split the gate in half for you, half of the big iron gate on each side."

Zhou Xiang pondered, this stationmaster is a ruthless man, with a simple appearance but a treacherous heart! Selling by the square meter, even if she doesn't say whether she will buy it or not, others who want to trade will also curse her in their hearts for driving up the price in the market town. Moreover, if the gate is split in half, Zhong Xiong's building will move back four meters. What should they do with the gate that is only two meters wide?

I can only step back, haha, and let the other half's door stand out!

"Alright! Two million, flat price. Ling Ran, go with the stationmaster to sign the contract and spell out the terms. The north wall, the 125-meter-long west wall, and the wall after the road is cut off will all belong to me. Is that okay with you, stationmaster?"

The stationmaster nodded, "Sure, no problem."