Chapter 124: Buying a House

"The outlet is 2,000 yuan per square meter, and this outlet is 50 square meters." Seeing that Su Jiaojiao was a young girl, the sales lady thought she was just asking for a price, so she said indifferently, "The storage room is cheaper, 700 yuan per square meter, but we don't have it in this building. If you want to choose, go to another building."

That is to say, the first floor and the outlet room will cost 186,400 yuan, plus the stamp duty and other things, it is almost 200,000 yuan.

Two hundred thousand is indeed a huge sum of money in this era.

But in Su Jiaojiao's eyes, it wasn't much.

Although she doesn't have that much money now, she can get a loan for the house and the outlet. Besides, she only needs to pay a deposit of 10,000 yuan, not a down payment, so she can just book it first.

"Okay, then I'll reserve this one on the first floor and the one downstairs." Su Jiaojiao made up her mind. The sales lady was stunned for a moment and then asked her, "Do you have any money?"

"I brought it." Su Jiaojiao came prepared and took out the money yesterday.

The sales lady wrote out a receipt and handed it to her: "Go to the finance office next door to pay the money, and then leave your phone number. We will notify you when to pay the down payment."

The finance department and sales office were both temporarily renovated from the outlet room at the corner. There was a glass door leading to the finance department at the corner. Once you entered the finance office, the noise outside was blocked out. Others were either still waiting and watching, or still outside choosing houses and outlets. Su Jiaojiao was actually the first customer to pay the deposit.

Buying a house in the 1990s was relatively simple and there were not too many procedures.

To pay the deposit, you only need to show your ID card. In this day and age, payments are made in cash. The financial staff used a money detector to check the money twice. After confirming that it was correct, they wrote the words "deposit is non-refundable" on the receipt. Su Jiaojiao signed, pressed her fingerprint, and put the receipt in her pocket with a sense of relief.

She asked about the time for paying the down payment, but the financial staff said they didn't know. They wrote down her contact information and told her to go back and wait for notification.

Su Jiaojiao didn't have a cell phone, so she left Qin Shuang's phone number.

After paying the deposit, Su Jiaojiao returned to the sales office to find Wang Jian and Chen Xiaohong.

Unexpectedly, the two of them started arguing in the sales office. Wang Jian wanted to buy a two-bedroom apartment, but he said that he only had enough money to pay for the two-bedroom apartment and the outlet room. If he wanted to buy a three-bedroom apartment, he couldn't buy the outlet room. Chen Xiaohong wanted to buy a three-bedroom apartment and was surprised by Wang Jian's statement: "It's just an extra twenty square meters, how can you not have enough money? Don't you want to buy it for me?"

"What do you mean I won't buy it for you? If I didn't, why would I bring you here to choose an apartment?" Wang Jian was furious, veins bulging on his neck. "You just heard it. They only offer this much discount for the top-up apartment, and we can only choose the two-bedroom apartment in the building in front. It's not up to me to decide."

"What did you say when you came here?" Chen Xiaohong raised her voice in front of everyone. "You said you knew their leader and could get a discount. Why can't you do that now? Why don't you go find their leader?"

"Keep your voice down! What if someone hears us?" Wang Jian grabbed Chen Xiaohong and dragged her to the sales office. He lowered his voice and said, "After we get married, the elderly won't live with us. Let's buy a two-bedroom apartment first. I'll stay with them when the second phase comes. If you still want a house then, we can buy a three-bedroom apartment in the second phase. Listen to me, let's decide on this apartment first, otherwise, even this one will be gone."

"Wang Jian, are you fucking kidding me?" Chen Xiaohong wasn't so easily fooled. She blushed with anger. "You knew about this before, why didn't you tell me? Why did you wait until today when I had to pay the deposit?"

"Yeah, I just don't want to buy it, okay?" Wang Jian's face turned grim as he got on his motorcycle and drove off. Chen Xiaohong picked up a stone and threw it at him, "If you dare to leave, we'll break up, you bastard."

Su Jiaojiao: “…”

When they came, they were fine, but they exploded when something happened.

She thought Chen Xiaohong was different from Chen Xiaoqing!

Chen Xiaohong turned around and saw Su Jiaojiao, and immediately put on a smile: "Jiaojiao, why didn't I see you just now? Have you made your choice?"

"I've made my choice. I've already paid the deposit." Su Jiaojiao went up to comfort her, "Sister Xiaohong, why can't we just discuss this properly? Why did you have to make such a fuss? Look, you even pissed off Brother Wang Jian and ran away."

"Humph, he ran away in anger, but I'm still mad!" Chen Xiaohong was annoyed. She took out a cigarette from her pocket and lit it. "We agreed last night that I wanted a three-bedroom apartment with a network room. He fucking agreed, and then what? Then he just said that the three-bedroom apartment can't be bought, and I can only buy a two-bedroom apartment. No, not buy it, but to replace it with a room for the account."

A man's mouth is a lie!

Damn it, she wanted to slap him twice!

Su Jiaojiao understood immediately: "Since the only available accommodation options are two-bedroom apartments and outlet rooms, why not book them first, and then you can pick a three-bedroom apartment?"

The housing prices in 1996 were simply too cheap.

If Chen Xiaohong listened to her and bought another set, she would definitely be grateful to her in the future.

No matter how many houses you buy in Century Garden, you will never feel it is too much.

"That bastard Wang Jian, how could he possibly have so much money to buy two houses?" Chen Xiaohong puffed on a cigarette and calmed down. Blowing out smoke rings, she asked Su Jiaojiao, "Was I scary just now?"

"It's quite scary!" Su Jiaojiao didn't want Chen Xiaohong to return empty-handed, so she continued to persuade her, "Sister Xiaohong, now is not the time to act rashly. I think you should persuade Brother Wang Jian to come back and grab the house you like first before you talk about anything else."

A house that can cover the debt is still a house. Since both can cover the debt, why should we break up at this juncture?

She felt that this was not Chen Xiaohong's style!

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Chen Xiaohong patted Su Jiaojiao's shoulder and took a deep breath. "Go to the sales office and wait for me. I'll call him right away. If he doesn't come back today, I'll break up with him."

"Don't be impulsive, talk it over properly, and don't bring up breaking up all the time." Su Jiaojiao warned her and went back to the sales office to find an empty seat to sit down. She came with them, so she had to go back with them, even though she really wanted to go back to the snack street to sell goods.

Wang Hua was so disoriented by the noise that he just took a break to drink some water. When he turned around, he found that Su Jiaojiao had also arrived. He hurried over to greet her, "Student Su, why are you here?"

I haven't seen her for several months.

The little girl seems to have grown taller and become more beautiful.

"I'm waiting for a friend." Su Jiaojiao had already seen Wang Hua. He was busy and she was embarrassed to go over and disturb him.

"I almost forgot you guys have the day off today." Wang Hua immediately went to the office and brought some fruit over, then poured her a glass of water. "Since you're here, why don't you come see me?"