Jiang Xue, who had just arrived in the city, was looking for a place to live. Accustomed to traveling all over the country, she casually inquired in various neighborhoods.
Although it's not the era of commercial housing now, there are already several commercial housing developments in the Zhide urban area.
After making some inquiries, I found that the price was indeed not high, only a little over 100 yuan per square meter. Compared to tens of thousands of yuan per square meter decades later, it was incredibly cheap.
It's cheap, but money is hard to earn, and it's worth a lot of money.
Despite the leg pain, Jiang Xue searched around and found that it would take at least seven or eight thousand yuan to buy a house. The orders she had on hand, after deducting costs and including her previous earnings, amounted to less than a thousand yuan at most.
Let's completely put the idea of buying a house out of our minds.
Jiang Xue looked for several houses near the shop, but they were either too old and dilapidated, or had extremely poor lighting.
Her requirements weren't high: a small apartment, big enough to fit a bed, with sunshine on the balcony, a kitchen and a bathroom.
However, even such a simple requirement was considered very high at that time, because apart from the housing allocated by the work unit, where could you find such good conditions, with a bedroom, living room, kitchen and bathroom?
Although housing prices were not high in this era, a house was bought with the combined efforts of the whole family, and there were no extra houses to rent out.
Jiang Xue sat helplessly on a bench by the street, rubbing her aching legs.
A green truck carrying yellow sand sped past, and Jiang Xue's face stung from the flying sand.
"They're so blind! Don't they know to drive slower?"
As soon as Jiang Xue finished speaking, the truck suddenly braked sharply and came to a stop.
Jiang Xue gritted her teeth, thinking that if her legs weren't sore, she would go up and argue with her, saying that she had no manners at all while driving.
"Isn't this my sister-in-law?" Li Guoqing opened the car door and greeted Jiang Xue.
Jiang Xue's desire to kill someone vanished instantly.
"Hello!" Jiang Xue greeted Li Guoqing warmly, after all, her little shop was entirely thanks to his help.
"Drive slower next time, or put a net or a tarpaulin on top. Won't you lose half of this truckload of sand when you get there?"
Li Guoqing grinned, showing off his big yellow teeth, and scratched the back of his head sheepishly. He said with a smile, "Next time I'll listen to my sister-in-law. Otherwise, people will always chase after me and scold me. I don't know what to do. My sister-in-law is so smart. Next time, use a net to haul stones and a canvas to haul sand."
Jiang Xue smiled, not because she was particularly clever, but because the development was so rapid and the construction was so extensive that environmental protection standards had to be met in every aspect. For example, the sand next to construction sites in the city had to be covered up and not allowed to be exposed.
"Sister-in-law, what are you doing here?" Li Guoqing, who had just finished laughing, looked at Jiang Xue with a puzzled expression.
"I was looking to rent a place, and I happened to have some time today, so I came out to take a look."
"Sister-in-law, why didn't you come to me? You could have just told me. I could have just asked my aunt, and she has a place there."
Jiang Xue stared in astonishment at the dark-skinned Li Guoqing. Was this the legendary case of "searching high and low without finding it, only to have it come to you effortlessly"?
"Aren't you at work? You're still busy, so I won't bother you." Jiang Xue felt that Li Guoqing was busy with his cargo, and it wouldn't be right for her to take up his time by asking him to help her find a place.
"Get in the car. I'm going that way anyway. I'll take you to my aunt's house, and then you can talk to her yourself. It's no trouble at all. Let's go." Li Guoqing got out of the truck and opened the door for Jiang Xue with great enthusiasm.
Seeing this, Jiang Xue decided to comply respectfully, said thank you, and climbed into the passenger seat.
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