Chapter 106 Aunt Ji Comes to Visit

Molly found that her luck had improved a lot in this life. She thought she would not be able to find a house today, but when she was eating wontons, she came across a house for sale, and it was a house on the street, which met her needs.

Molly carried her bowl to the next table, smiling somewhat shyly, "May I sit here?"

When the two girls saw Molly's face, a look of amazement flashed in their eyes, and their expressions were somewhat stunned.

Molly sat down without saying a word. "Since you didn't object, I'll take that as your agreement."

"Aren't the other tables empty?" Yuan Xiaoxiao looked at the pretty girl and became wary.

“I came here because I heard you were selling a house,” Molly said sincerely. “I’m looking for a house or shop facing the street to open a cake shop. I’ve been looking all morning but haven’t found anything suitable, so I came here when I heard you were selling a house.”

Yuan Xiaoxiao and her friend Lin Yanan exchanged a glance. They couldn't believe it was really such a coincidence.

"Are you really going to buy a house?" Lin Yanan asked.

Molly nodded. "Absolutely true."

“My house is on the street, a two-story building, each floor is 120 square meters, and the price is not low,” Lin Yanan said.

"How much is that?" Molly hadn't looked into the prices at the street-side shops.

"Ten thousand yuan." Because the price wasn't low, she had listed the apartment for several days, and many people had come to see it, but no one had bought it. After Lin Yanan finished speaking, she nervously stared at Molly. If Molly frowned, she could lower the price by another five hundred, but no more.

To everyone's surprise, Molly agreed very readily, "Sure. But I need to go look at houses first."

After finishing her wontons, Molly went with the two men to look at houses.

The three of them walked down a street and turned a corner. The two-story building was right there on the corner, with a concrete roof and white walls; it looked very new and clean.

The entrance has double doors made of heavy mahogany, which gives people a very solid feeling.

The door was quite large; Molly estimated it to be about 2.5 to 2.6 meters wide. For a business, such a wide door would be barely enough.

As soon as the lights were turned on, the whole house instantly brightened up. Upon entering, there was a large, clean, and spacious hall; the kitchen was on the right, and the bathroom on the left. There were no rooms on the first floor.

Molly had only one thought in her mind: it was perfect, and she had to get this house.

"There are three rooms and a hall upstairs. Would you like to go up and take a look?" Lin Yanan walked towards the stairs and turned on the light at the stairwell.

Just as Molly was about to step up the stairs, a voice came from the doorway, "Lin Yanan, are you home?"

Molly sometimes felt that Beijing was very big, and sometimes she felt that it was very small. She could run into acquaintances everywhere, like now. One of the two people who came in outside the door was an acquaintance, Li Qingyang, the daughter of Ji Hefeng's aunt.

Standing next to Li Qingyang was a woman wearing a floral dress, a trench coat, and high heels. The woman wore large sunglasses that obscured most of her face. Molly could only see half of the woman's face, which was heavily made up, and her bright red lips.

Li Qingyang was also taken aback when she saw Molly. "What are you doing here?"

“Why should I tell you?” Molly said, turning and heading upstairs.

Li Qingyang snorted coldly at Molly's retreating figure, then said in a condescending tone, "Lin Yanan, I've brought you guests. Hurry up and make us some tea."

Her smug look left Lin Yanan speechless. She said good-naturedly, "There's no hot water or tea at home, but we do have cold water. Would you like some? I'll pour it for you."

Li Qingyang was furious. "Is this how you treat your guests? I kindly brought people here to look at houses, and instead of thanking you, you didn't even offer a cup of hot water?"

Lin Yanan and Yuan Xiaoxiao exchanged a glance, surprised that the other person had come to look at the house.

“When viewing apartments, there’s a first-come, first-served rule. I arrived first, so naturally I get to talk first.” Molly slowly stepped down, looking down at Li Qingyang and the woman. “You two aren’t trying to cut in line, are you?”

"You want to buy a house?" Li Qingyang found it ridiculous. "Do you, a country girl, have any money? How dare you say you want to buy a house?"

Li Qingyang had heard from her mother that the second branch of the Ji family had acquired two apartments, while the Ji family's savings had all gone to the first branch. Not only was Molly penniless, but even her maternal grandparents were broke.

Molly nodded. "Yes."

"This house isn't just a couple hundred yuan, it costs ten thousand. Can you afford it?" Li Qingyang said dismissively. "Forget it, someone like you who hasn't been to school probably doesn't even know how much ten thousand is."

At this moment, the woman who hadn't spoken until now said, "Ten thousand is too expensive, I'll offer seven thousand."

Li Qingyang immediately changed her mind, "Seven thousand yuan for this house isn't low. If you ask me, five thousand would be enough."

Lin Yanan looked grim. Although her family had only spent a few hundred yuan to build the house, she was optimistic about the land and firmly believed that houses in this area would only become more and more expensive.

"I won't sell it for less than 10,000." At worst, she'll just find a fierce-looking man to marry tomorrow and drive away those relatives who want to take advantage of her.

"No one will buy it if it costs more than seven thousand," the fashionable woman said with certainty.

Lin Yanan gritted her teeth, "Then I won't sell."

“I’ll offer ten thousand,” Molly said calmly. “If Miss Lin is free now, we can go and transfer the property.”

"You have ten thousand? You're lying, aren't you?" Li Qingyang didn't believe it.

The fashionable woman also looked at Molly and saw that Molly was wearing a tracksuit. She couldn't tell what brand it was, but the cut was good and it fit her very well, making her proportions look excellent, with a great figure.

He's a clothes hanger, but not a designer brand, which means the clothes aren't expensive.

In addition, the woman's neck was bare, and she only had an ordinary watch on her wrist, which cost no more than two hundred.

Aside from being pretty, she doesn't look rich at all.

The seven thousand yuan in her hand was all her savings over the years; most people simply couldn't come up with that much money.

"I'll say it again, seven thousand yuan, I'll buy it. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, my time is precious, you need to make a decision quickly," the fashionable woman said to Lin Yanan.

Molly blinked. Was she being underestimated? Did they not believe she could come up with ten thousand dollars?

Molly silently took off her backpack, unzipped it, and handed several stacks of money to Lin Yanan, saying, "Count them and see if you have enough."

She didn't want to go to the bank today, so she withdrew 20,000 yuan in cash yesterday and put it in her schoolbag, which is now coming in handy.

One hundred large bills make a stack, and ten thousand yuan makes ten stacks; they feel quite substantial in your hand.

Lin Yanan counted once herself, and Yuan Xiaoxiao followed behind and counted once more.

“It’s ten thousand yuan, that’s right.” Yuan Xiaoxiao nodded to Lin Yanan.

Lin Yanan took a deep breath. "I also counted ten thousand."

"Where did you get the money?" Li Qingyang's face twisted. She didn't even have a thousand, let alone ten thousand. How could this village girl easily produce ten thousand?

Molly glanced at her indifferently. "Who are you to me? Why should I tell you?"

"Your grandparents gave it to you, didn't they?" Her grandparents, who doted on her so much, didn't give her money to spend, but gave it to this village girl. It's really too much!

“No, that’s not it. My husband gave it to me,” Molly said, looking at Lin Yanan. “Is it convenient to go and complete the transfer procedures now?”

Lin Yanan nodded repeatedly, "I'll go upstairs to get the materials, and we'll set off immediately."

Having bought a shop she liked, Molly happily went home, only to find Li Qingyang there again, with a middle-aged woman next to her.

The woman takes good care of herself; her skin is fair and delicate, clearly showing she's lived a pampered life and has never experienced hardship. She has newly permed curly hair, wears a wool coat with skinny jeans, and high-heeled ankle boots.

The woman's features bore a striking resemblance to Ji Liangyou's, making it easy to guess her identity as Ji Hefeng's aunt.

It was this aunt who, along with outsiders, reported the Ji family and published a notice severing ties with them. While the Ji family members were being sent to the farm, this aunt was living a life of luxury in Beijing. She hadn't visited the Ji family since their return, so why did she suddenly appear today?

Coincidentally, everyone at home except Ji Hefeng was there today. Molly glanced at them one by one: Grandpa Ji had a gloomy face, Grandma Ji had red eyes, Dad Ji was indifferent, and Mom Ji looked angry.

"You gave the house to my second brother and the money to my eldest brother, and I have nothing to say about that, since they are the men in the family. But what about me? What have you left me?" Aunt Ji complained with a wronged expression.

"Your dowry when you got married," Grandma Ji said calmly, lifting her eyelids slightly. "A ten-mile-long red procession, your father and I gave you quite a bit back then."

"The shop has been handed over, and the shares are gone. What's left?" Aunt Ji smiled bitterly. "I don't have a job. Li Zheng, who works in the subdistrict office, only earns thirty or forty yuan a month. He has to support a whole family. If it weren't for my dowry, our family would have starved long ago."

"It's your business if you're willing to provide subsidies," Grandma Ji said, unmoved.

“I can’t give birth to a son. If I hadn’t taken the dowry as a subsidy, Li Zheng would have divorced me and married someone else long ago.” Aunt Ji cried, “Mom, do you think your daughter has had an easy life all these years?”

"Whether it's easy or not is your own choice. I never wanted you to marry Li Zheng." When Aunt Ji married Li Zheng, the entire Ji family opposed it because Li Zheng had too much burden behind him, and they were afraid that Aunt Ji would be dragged down by Li Zheng's family. But Aunt Ji was determined and threatened to go on a hunger strike, so Grandma Ji and Grandpa Ji had no choice but to grit their teeth and agree. After that, they also provided a lot of financial support to Aunt Ji's family after the marriage.

And what was the result?

He poured his heart out, only to be betrayed by Aunt Ji and Li Zheng.

The Ji family felt not only heartbroken but also resentful towards Ji Xiaogu and Li Zheng.

"Since we've severed ties, don't come back. You're not welcome here," Grandpa Ji said.

Grandma Ji also spoke up, "Even if we die in the future, don't show up at our funerals. I'm afraid I'll meet you again in the next life."

"Dad! Mom! Do you have to be so harsh?" Aunt Ji looked incredulous. Were these really the parents who cherished her like the apple of their eye?

"That's because you went too far first," Grandpa Ji sneered.

Grandma Ji: "Go away, don't force us to have you thrown out."

Aunt Ji gritted her teeth and finally revealed the purpose of her visit: "I'll leave if you give me ten thousand yuan. If you give me ten thousand yuan, I promise I'll never come back again."