On Saturday afternoon, Su Jia had lunch at Su's house, and then said that she had some things to deal with when she returned home. She took the jewelry her mother gave her and some money and returned to the provincial capital.

As for the jewelry and money, of course it was only after she persuaded her mother for a long time and even wrote an IOU that her mother agreed to give them to her.

Just regarding this matter, Su Jia actually felt a little resentful.

Because in her previous life, her mother had always lived a good life with Su Jianzhou.

When she was in dire straits, her husband was a drunkard and a gambler, she was reluctant to buy a new piece of clothing, and even dared not go shopping in high-end shopping malls, her mother was still eating bird's nest and fish maw with Su Jianzhou, wearing high-end clothes, and driving a car, while her younger brother went to study abroad...

She was the only one living such a miserable life.

The most her mother could do was give her some money, but what could that do? The money is not enough to pay for the child’s medical treatment, and is only enough to buy some rice, flour and vegetables...if that man hadn’t taken it away.

They said they would buy a house for her brother, and her mother knew how important a house was to her, but they didn't buy one for her, but for Su Zhen...

Su Jia shook her head.

These things really can't be thought about.

Anyway, she will never live that kind of life again in this life.

She returned to the dormitory around four o'clock in the afternoon, hid her money and jewelry, and without even taking a rest, went to Fangyuan Road.

It was already dark when Su Jia arrived at the yard on Fangyuan Road.

At that time, Su Ruo and Han Zecheng had already returned from shopping at the department store.

When they just came back, Aunt Zhang came over to say hello and asked them to come downstairs for dinner in the evening, so they didn't have to cook.

Han Zecheng was checking the electrical circuits at home.

Guoguo was playing with the big speaker he had just bought today, no, a medium-sized speaker... Although the sound was not as deafening as the one in the dormitory corridor, it was also very noisy.

Su Ruo felt a little regretful that she had agreed to buy him the speaker out of a guilty conscience.

She didn't want to play the trumpet game with Guoguo at all, so she ran to the balcony and put a petal of aloe vera that she got from Aunt Zhang in the morning into a pot... to have some quiet time.

She had just finished fiddling with it, poked the soil in the pot, and pushed the aloe vera leaf to see if it was still strong. She turned around and wanted to go back to her room to get some water from the kitchen. As a result, when she turned around, she accidentally saw a familiar and unexpected figure in the yard...

Su Jia? ?

Su Ruo was stunned for a moment, thinking she had seen it wrong.

She blinked and looked carefully...it was really her, even in the dark, she would not be mistaken.

What is she doing here?

Is it coming?

Looking for her?

How did she know she lived here?

At once, a series of question marks popped up in my mind.

Su Ruo was staring at Su Jia in wonder when she saw her looking around in front of their small western-style building for a long time. Then Aunt Zhang came out to collect the clothes. She seemed to hesitate for a while and then ran to talk to Aunt Zhang.

Su Ruo threw away the small shovel in her hand, forgot to wash her hands, and went downstairs in her home slippers.

Han Zecheng was fiddling with the socket in the living room.

Su Ruo just walked past him, but she opened the door and left without saying a word to him...

He was stunned, looked at the closed door for two seconds, then put down the socket in his hand and went to the balcony.

"Dad, who is that woman?"

Suddenly, a voice came from behind, "Why did grandma go downstairs after seeing her talking to Granny Zhang?"

Han Zecheng looked down at his son. He had a serious expression at first, but when he saw his little expression, he suddenly laughed.

This kid has some potential as a detective.

He said, "That's the daughter your stepmother brought to your mother's house."

Han Guoguo's eyes suddenly widened.

He turned around and walked into the house, saying as he walked, "Dad, I'm going to go downstairs to check if Mom is bullied by that bad woman."

Han Zecheng: ...

Why are you afraid that your mother will be bullied by a bad woman? You just want to go and watch the fun, right?

But, actually, he also wanted to go down.

******

In the garden, Aunt Zhang looked at Su Jia warily.

Su Jia smiled at her politely and said, "Grandma, do you know if the owner of this house is at home? I have something I want to talk to the owner of this house about."

Aunt Zhang became more alert.

She raised her eyes, looked Su Jia up and down, and asked, "Who are you?"

Aunt Zhang used to be the housekeeper of a wealthy family, so her attitude is still very intimidating.

Su Jia felt a little embarrassed.

She gritted her teeth and whispered, "I know a man who used to work here... He's a distant relative of mine. I heard him tell the story of the owner of this house, and I felt very sad and sympathized with the lady's experience. I just heard that the government has returned the house to the lady, so I came to take a look... I know that the lady has a bad leg and is in urgent need of money, so I thought if the lady is willing, I can raise some money to buy the house... The price can be set by the lady."

As she spoke, she handed the cake in her hand to Aunt Zhang and said, "I wonder if this old lady can help me make an introduction."

Aunt Zhang's face had darkened.

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He is here to take advantage of the situation!

And you dare to bribe her!

She wanted to spit in her face.

Moreover, this person knew about his lady's affairs and also knew that the government had returned the house to them. He must have some background behind him. Maybe he is a family member of those former villains. Now the government has returned the house to their young lady, and those villains have no choice but to move away. So they brought another woman in, hoping to get some money and take advantage of the situation to buy the young lady's house?

What a pipe dream!

But since they are those villains, I have to deal with them carefully.

Aunt Zhang suppressed her disgust and anger, planning to get her to talk first, then discuss it with the young lady, and then tell Deputy Head Han about it.

Otherwise these villains will come up with new conspiracies if their first plan fails!

Thinking of this, Zhang Ma smiled and said, "Oh, you are a kind-hearted girl. But you want to buy a house. Do you have a budget?"

Su Jia didn't want to tell her this.

Aunt Zhang saw her hesitation and wanted to trick her into talking, so she was in no hurry to send her away.

She thought about it and said, "Wait a minute, girl. I'll go in and ask my sister."

Then he said, "My sister has a bad temper and doesn't like to see strangers. I hope you don't mind, young lady."

Now it is a new society and we cannot call her "Mrs.", so Aunt Zhang always calls Aunt He "Sister" to outsiders.

Su Jia nodded, she understood this.

His legs have been tortured so it's normal to have a weird temper.

******

When Aunt Zhang entered the room, she found Su Ruo and Guo Guo were there too.

Aunt He asked, "Aunt Zhang, what did that woman say to you?"

Aunt Zhang told Aunt He what Su Jia said.

By the way, I also shared my own guesses.

Su Ruo was so shocked that her mouth opened wide.

She thought about it a lot, but she couldn't imagine that Su Jia was here to buy a house.

She asked, "You mean she wants to buy this house? And you said Aunt He will set the price?"

Aunt Zhang nodded.

Su Ruo suddenly laughed, looked at Aunt He, and said, "Aunt He, then help me get some information. How much money does she have and what price she can offer?"

Su Jia just graduated from school the year before last, and then worked as a handyman in the state-owned construction institute where she works now, with a salary of 20 yuan a month. Where would she get the money to buy a small Western-style house?

Her father alone has to support a large family. Lin Wanhua is a demanding person and wants to eat well and dress well. He probably doesn't have much money left from his salary every month. How about buying a house?

Aunt He patted her hands and said, "Okay, take Guoguo to the back for some shelter."

Just before Aunt Zhang came in, Su Ruo had already mentioned Su Jia's identity.

Aunt He was born into a wealthy family. Her family had gone through many ups and downs and was very sensitive to some things. So without Su Ruo telling her, she knew what might be going on.

Guo Guo said: "She doesn't know me, so there's no need to hide, right?"

Su Ruo raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "You can stay now, but if you stay now, you can't go with me when I go to see your grandfather and others."

This time Guoguo said nothing and quickly followed his mother to the back room.

Aunt He looked at the mother and son and found them really lively and interesting. She smiled, but the smile soon disappeared. She turned to look at Aunt Zhang and said, "Bring the people over here."

******

Aunt Zhang led Su Jia into the living room.

There was no miserable old woman to be seen, only an old lady sitting in a wheelchair, wearing a clean, thin double-breasted jacket and with her hair combed meticulously. Even though her face looked weathered, her elegance could not be concealed.

This was not what she had imagined.

Su Jia became even more nervous.

If it weren't for the memories of her past life supporting her, she would have wanted to retreat.

But she didn't want to back down, so she suppressed her nervousness and tried to please Aunt He, saying, "Grandma, my last name is Su Jia. I heard about your situation from a relative before, and I felt very sad. I kept thinking about whether I could help you... I heard that the government has returned the house to..."

"How much can you offer?"

Aunt He interrupted her and asked directly.

This shouldn't be the rhythm.

Su Jia felt like she had no control over the direction of the situation.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Grandma, what's your ideal price range?"

Aunt He looked up and gave her a cold look, and said, "According to the market value of this building, it should be worth at least 50,000 yuan."

Su Jia was startled.

Fifty thousand yuan is not the fifty thousand yuan in the future.

Taking her current salary of 20 yuan as an example, if we compare it with 6,000 yuan in the future, then 50,000 yuan now will be equivalent to 15 million yuan in the future.

This house will certainly be worth more than that in the future, but that’s not the case right now.

She knew that the lady was making things difficult for her.

She took a deep breath and said, "Grandma, I don't have to buy this building. In fact, it is not very useful to me... I just heard your story from my relatives. I feel very sorry for your situation and I know you need money now... But I can't take out so much money. I can only borrow from my mother and even borrow some jewelry from home. But my mother won't let me spend so much money and jewelry without a good reason, so please understand, Grandma."

Hearing her talk about her mother's money and the jewelry in the house, not only Su Ruo in the inner room was startled, but even Aunt He sitting opposite Su Jia's eyes moved.

But Su Ruo knew very well that with Lin Wanhua's background, what good jewelry could she have?

If it wasn't left by her mother, then it could only be the property that Su Jia's uncle had taken away from other people's homes over the years!

Aunt He rubbed her fingers gently and asked, "How much can you offer?"

Su Jia thought about the price in her mind and realized that it was quite different from the price proposed by Mrs. He in front of her. She was really speechless for a moment.

Even though he knew that the other party was in a bad state, he was still shocked by his aura.

She murmured, "Grandma... the most I can raise is only five thousand dollars."

After she finished speaking, she seemed to have thought of something, her eyes lit up, and she said, "Grandma, I know I don't have enough money, how about I sign a pledge for you, I will buy this house for 20,000 yuan, this 5,000 yuan is just the down payment, and I will give you the rest of the money when I raise enough money. Or,"

She gritted her teeth again and said, "Or, grandma, I can give you some jewelry as collateral. With your background, you will definitely be able to see the value of those things."

Aunt He looked at her carefully and said, "Little girl, can I believe you just by saying these words?"

Su Jia put the things in her hand on the table, and took out an envelope, saying: "Grandma, I know your life is a little difficult now, these things and this money are my little gifts..."

"Are you really so kind just because you heard a little about us from your relatives?"

Aunt He glanced at the things on the table and said to Su Jia.

Of course Su Jia also knew that her behavior was very abrupt.

She was too anxious, and she acted impulsively because she thought the owner of the house was in dire straits and in urgent need of help.

Now being asked by Aunt He, her mind raced, she hardened her heart, and gritted her teeth and said, "Actually it's not just because of this... A few years ago, a big brother here helped me, but I never met him again until a few days ago when I found out that you were her mother."

Her face flushed a little because of embarrassment.

It is more and more in line with the current situation.

Aunt He was stunned and looked at Su Jia again.

She came from a big family and married into a big family as well.

Before her family fell into decline, she had seen many women who wanted to marry into the rich and powerful.

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If it weren't for her family's current poor situation and her son still being reformed in the countryside, she would have doubted this woman's true purpose...

It's a bit weird.

But that’s not the point now.

She said slowly, "So that's how it is. But everyone has their own way of speaking. They can say whatever they want. How about this? You said you want to use jewelry as collateral, so bring a piece of jewelry here for me to see. If what you said is true, I can consider it."

Su Jia's heart, which had been in her throat, suddenly fell, and she said, "Okay, thank you, grandma. I'll bring it over to you tomorrow morning to have a look."

This person was and remains a person of status and position, so she was not afraid that she would steal a piece of her jewelry.

******

After Su Jia left, Su Ruo came out from the inner room at the back.

Aunt He looked at Su Ruo who looked thoughtful and said, "I don't know if your stepsister is capable or just stupid."

Su Ruo came back to her senses, shook her head and said, "A lot of the things she did seemed stupid. When I was a kid, I also looked down on this mother and daughter, thinking they were just the kind of people who coaxed my dad... But in fact, although they seemed stupid, what they did went straight to the core."

"I thought I was smart, but they almost killed me and my body couldn't even be found."

Aunt He thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "You are right."

For example, if this house was really returned to them by the government, and she and Zong Xi were in urgent need of money, she might really be able to sell the house to her at a low price.

After all, if the government starts returning the properties, the other properties will be returned to them one by one.

This house is just a branch of the He family.

Han Zecheng knew this, so he bought it from them.

In fact, Han Zecheng didn’t want to buy it at first, he just wanted to rent the third floor.

But both she and Zong Xi needed money. Her leg needed treatment and Zong Xi wanted to do business. They both needed large sums of money, so she directly proposed to sell the house to Han Zecheng.

They had known each other for many years and there weren't that many fake deals. Besides, if they didn't sell it to him, they wouldn't be able to get the house back in the short term, so Han Zecheng agreed.

Aunt He reached out and patted Su Ruo, saying, "Wait for her to bring the jewelry tomorrow and take a look at it."