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Chu Qingshan returned to the hotel, feeling hungry and thirsty, and saw everyone packing their luggage.
He immediately asked his wife, "Did you find a house this morning?"
Li Lihua nodded. "Yes, I've paid three months' rent. The housing authority has given me the keys after I signed the contract. I'll move in sooner and start packing up."
Chu Qingshan asked casually: "Is the other party reliable?"
Li Lihua talked about the old couple's affairs, including that their daughter was planning to buy a house in three months.
Chu Qingshan's subconscious reaction was the same shock as his wife's, but then he sighed.
"It's my own fault that I'm not capable enough, so I've asked my daughter to help worry about these things. The price is not a small amount. My daughter is of school age, and now she's struggling to make a living. It makes me feel bad as a father."
Li Lihua knew her husband was worried about their daughter, so she could only comfort him, saying, "We parents may not be very capable right now, but our daughter is smart and capable. We should try our best to cooperate and support her, and help her learn something useful. Whether it's a house or something else, it will all be given to her in the end."
Chu Qingshan put his arm around his wife's shoulders and nodded in response: "Yes, I know."
After washing up and walking to the door of the room, Chu Yun saw her parents leaning on each other and hugging each other.
Chu Yun smiled and didn't go in to disturb them. She turned around and went next door to see if her uncle and Aunt Jiang had finished packing.
Aunt Jiang hadn't packed yet. Compared to the Chu family of three, they had very little stuff. When she came from the county town, she brought a lot of bags of rice, flour, pots, pans, and utensils.
In her own words, it is better to bring food from outside and cook a hot meal than to leave it at home to be destroyed by rats when traveling. The food at home is clean and saves money.
Chu Yun helped to clean up, and after they finished, her parents came over.
Everyone helped carry the luggage downstairs.
Chu Yun went to check out. Thinking that everyone had not had lunch yet, she went out to the nearby bun shop and bought a few buns to fill her stomach.
Everyone ate buns and carried their luggage as they walked towards the rented courtyard house.
The yard over there is two streets away from the Hongye Hotel. Just cross the street and go through a deep alley to get there.
It only takes people four or five minutes to walk there.
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When he arrived at the destination and saw the neat and tidy courtyard, Chu Qingshan was a little surprised.
Chu Yun opened the door with the key. He walked into the yard and looked around. He rarely praised it: "This house is really square. The layout and yard are very good."
The yard is flat and tidy, the vegetable garden has flowers and vegetables, it is kept very clean, and the surrounding fence is full of vitality.
There is also a high-platform water tank next to the wellhead, with a water pipe connected to it and a pipe outlet connected to it at the bottom. If you look closely, you can see that it leads to the vegetable garden.
It is very convenient to wash vegetables. There is no need to draw water from the well, and there is no need to carry water for drainage. It is obvious that the original owner knew how to live.
The inside of the house is extremely clean, and you can't tell that no one has lived there for a year. The furniture is just as the landlord and his wife said, and when the cloth wrapping is removed, it looks like brand new. The color scheme of the furniture and the house also matches perfectly, giving people a low-key and upscale feeling.
Even Aunt Jiang couldn't help but praise it, "It's said that big places are good, but this place that costs 50 yuan a month is so spacious."
Li Lihua smiled upon hearing this and followed suit, "You get what you pay for. I didn't think the prices were that high at first, but now that I've taken a closer look, I realize they're all really good stuff."
Chu Qingshan knew the value of the furniture better than anyone else. He tapped the wood with his fingers and explained, "These furniture pieces are all genuine red sandalwood. Custom-made pieces are not cheap. Considering the quantity in these rooms, it would cost at least a thousand yuan."
Aunt Jiang felt sad when she heard this. In her hometown, it only cost a hundred yuan to hire someone to make a whole set of cabinets and furniture, but here it costs more than ten times as much. It really is true that big places are expensive.
"Let's clean up our respective rooms first. Today is also a housewarming day. Let's go out and buy some food in the afternoon and come back to cook a good meal." Chu Yun said with a smile.
The others naturally agreed, and perhaps because they were satisfied with the house, everyone had smiles on their faces.
There are three large bedrooms in the courtyard.
Chu Yun let her parents live in the main room, and she lived in the large single room next to it. Her uncle and Aunt Jiang lived in the suite on the east side, so it was spacious for each of them to live in.
Although Chu Yun's large single room only has one room, it is about 40 square meters. The room is fully equipped with wardrobes and dressing tables, and the lighting is good, so it is quite spacious for one person to live in.
This courtyard has an area of 210 square meters. After a few years when the infrastructure is complete, they can demolish it and build a small building with more floor space, where they can install floor heating, water supply, toilet, shower room, etc.
Of course, for now, we still have to plan how to make money. It’s not too late to buy a house first.
The Chu family’s household registration is still on the island. Although Chu Qingshan and Li Lihua have temporary documents, they are only valid for half a year.
The investigators said they would find a way to relocate them back. If they didn’t have property, they could register as a collective household, but who doesn’t want to have their own home, especially since the father is originally from Beijing.
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In the afternoon, my mother, Aunt Jiang, and my uncle went out to buy groceries.
His father was lighting the fire in the kitchen, and Chu Yun then remembered what his father had gone out to inquire about in the morning.
Chu Yun went over and asked, "Dad, did you find out anything this morning?"
Chu Qingshan originally planned to tell his daughter when he returned to the hotel, but he was busy moving and forgot.
"My father found the former principal. Luckily, he still remembered me. After asking around, he learned that a good student in our class had stayed on as a teacher. I went to the school to inquire about him, but he didn't have classes today. I'll go back tomorrow."
Being able to get some information is a good thing. Chu Yun nodded, and after thinking for a while, he instructed: "Dad, when you go to find someone, don't say your name directly. Just say the name of an old classmate."
People's hearts are hidden. Although we are old classmates, we haven't seen each other for more than 20 years. We don't know whether we are enemies or friends. It's better to be prepared.
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