Aunt Zhou smiled and said, "You've asked the right person! Many of the houses in our community are rented out through me!"
She patted her bag and said, "I have things here not only for rent, but also for sale. Want to go and take a look now?"
Lin Yulan nodded readily, "Okay."
Zhang Hui glanced at Lin Yulan and Aunt Zhou, and seeing that they had nothing to do, he said, "There's nothing for me to do, so I'll leave first."
"Go, go!" Aunt Zhou waved her hand and told him to leave quickly.
As Aunt Zhou led Lin Yulan and Su Jianwei into the residential complex, she said, "Don't be fooled by Zhang Hui's snarky manner, like a nerd. He's a nice guy, and a teacher at the Agricultural University. He's just a bit slow and unhurried in his work."
"It's a good thing he and I aren't the ones living together. Otherwise, with my impatience, I'd have to argue with him every day."
Although Aunt Zhou talks a lot, she is very tactful, knows when to stop, and is a warm-hearted person.
She was afraid that Lin Yulan would have opinions about Zhang Hui's previous actions, so she kept saying good things about Zhang Hui.
"By the way, do you have any requirements for the house you live in?"
They just said they were looking for a house, but they didn't say what kind of house they wanted.
"How many bedrooms and living rooms do you want? Is it for a family of three, or several people?"
Lin Yulan thought for a moment and said, "At least a two-bedroom apartment, preferably a larger one, for just me and my daughter."
"Where is your man?" Aunt Zhou asked subconsciously.
"We divorced a long time ago." Lin Yulan said it calmly, as if it was the most normal thing.
"Are you divorced too?"
Lin Yulan nodded in confusion. Is there anyone else?
Aunt Zhou sighed and said, "You young people nowadays."
"I see you are about the same age as my daughter. My daughter also brought my granddaughter back home to live with her after her divorce. She worries to death every day looking at her."
"Alas~"
Lin Yulan and Su Jianwei looked at each other without saying anything.
"Okay, here we are!"
Aunt Zhou pointed to the house with a yard on the first floor in front of her, took out a key from her bag and opened the door.
"You can enter through this outer door, and you can also enter from the unit."
The door outside is a wooden door. It can be seen that the previous owner must have often come in and out here, because the door has been rubbed with patina.
After entering, there is a broken bicycle parked against the wall, and some messy sundries piled in the yard.
Although the yard was quite spacious, half of it was occupied by miscellaneous items and the other half was occupied by a lemon tree.
Walking into the house from the yard, there is a bedroom on each side, and the yard is just outside the window; continuing to walk inside is the living room; walking further inside is the bathroom and kitchen, and the entrance is on the left.
The layout of the house is simple and clear, but the original owner was not a neat and tidy person, so both the yard and the house appear very messy.
The second house is on the third floor, and the layout is the same as the one downstairs.
The house is clean and bright, the decoration is OK, and outside the window there are lush green trees and a nice view.
The third house is larger and is a penthouse on the fifth floor.
The first floor has the same layout as the third floor we saw before, with white square floor tiles and natural wood furniture, which looks very warm; and looking out the window from the living room, you can see green trees everywhere, which are full of vitality in the hot summer.
Upstairs is the master bedroom with a bathroom and a small terrace with flowers and a rocking chair next to it; there is also a living room outside the master bedroom, and outside the living room is a large terrace with a length and width of five meters.
The original owner planted two lemon trees and many flowers and plants on the terrace, and even built a sunshade, which looks very comfortable.
Seeing that Lin Yulan and Su Jianwei were both interested in this house, Aunt Zhou reminded them, "This house is not for rent. The Liu family is moving to Yangcheng, so they are planning to sell it."
What would have been considered an old, dilapidated, and large 1990s house in previous lives now appears to have been built only a few years ago.
Lin Yulan looked at the house and asked, "Aunt Zhou, how much does this house cost?"
"570,000."
Lin Yulan opened her mouth slightly in surprise. She had heard before that the price of houses in Pengcheng was among the highest in the country, but 570,000 was too expensive.
When Lin Yulan hesitated, Su Jianwei pulled her arm slightly and said, "We can make a down payment and then take out a loan with monthly payments."
"Can you do it?"
Lin Yulan always felt it was weird to owe people money, including owing money to the bank.
Su Jianwei said: "What's wrong with that? Isn't that what everyone does?"
In her memory, loans are the most common thing.
Only a few people can buy a house with full payment, and most people buy a house with a loan.
Lin Yulan hesitated. In fact, she could take out 570,000 yuan in one go, not to mention that Su Jianwei asked Su Zhiping for 200,000 yuan when they left Q City.
But if she used all the money to buy a house, she would not have enough money to run a restaurant business afterwards, and she did not like the feeling of having no money.
Su Jianwei said on the side: "It's okay to pay the down payment, and now Pengcheng is developing so fast, changing with each passing day, maybe the housing prices will go up again at some point."
In Su Jianwei's opinion, buying a house now is a profitable thing.
When she is old enough, she will buy a house in places like Pengcheng, the capital and the magic city. Even if she does nothing, the rent will be enough to support the two of them.
Aunt Zhou said, "It's OK to pay the down payment. Many people in our community have paid the down payment."
Lin Yulan knew that Su Jianwei was from several decades later in this era, so she decided to believe her daughter.
"Then I'll trouble Aunt Zhou to help us make an appointment with the landlord tomorrow."
Aunt Zhou smiled and said, "No problem!"
Su Jianwei and Lin Yulan had dinner in the university town before taking a taxi back to the hotel.
After traveling to so many places in one day, both of them were exhausted but also full of energy.
"Aunt Zhou said we can bring the furniture with us, but the wooden sofa chair is uncomfortable to sit on. We can buy some cushions to put on it after we move in."
"By the way, which room do you want to stay in? After we put down our luggage, we can go to the nearby shopping mall to buy sheets, quilt covers, curtains, etc."
Su Jianwei thought for a moment and said, "I want to live upstairs."
Since she has the conditions, she still wants to leave herself some private space.
Lin Yulan agreed immediately, "Sure, I saw there's a rocking chair upstairs, and the fabric on it is a little worn. I'll find someone to fix it for you."
"The flowers and plants on the terrace are nice. We can barbecue on them in the summer evenings and lie on them to watch the stars..."
Su Jianwei lay on the bed listening to Lin Yulan's cheerful voice, her heart leaping with joy. So this is what it felt like to live with her mother.
It turns out that happiness can be so simple.
As Lin Yulan was talking, she realized that Su Jianwei didn't answer her. Turning around, she saw her daughter lying on the bed, sleeping with a smile on her face.
Lin Yulan gently covered Su Jianwei with the quilt, and quietly looked at her face beside her, saying gently, "That's great."
We can start a new life together.
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