Chapter 458
Ye Fuyue smiled and said, "If you two have money, don't even think about buying two, you can buy four or five. You can live in one and rent out the rest. Then you don't have to work hard anymore and can just lie at home and live on the rent."
Zhong Lan and Cui Li followed Ye Fuyue's words and imagined things, both of them showing longing expressions on their faces.
"But, if we buy so many houses, will anyone live in them?" Zhong Lan said with some concern.
"There must be people living here. You see, the educated youth are returning to the city one after another, and housing is very tight. Moreover, every family has two or three children. With so many people, they naturally need a house to live in." Ye Fuyue said.
"That's right." Cui Li nodded. She said, "Fuyue, you bought both a house and a shop. Did you also consider this aspect?"
Ye Fuyue smiled brightly and said, "Yes."
Cui Li said to Zhong Lan, "Let's count how much money we have tonight to see if it's enough to buy a house."
Zhong Lan nodded heavily: "Okay."
That night, Zhong Lan and Cui Li counted the money they had.
They had no idea how much the house would sell for, and they had been following Ye Fuyue all the way. In their opinion, Ye Fuyue had never lost money, so they both trusted Ye Fuyue very much and told her how much money they had the next day.
Cui Li: "I have a total of 2,372.58 yuan on hand."
Zhong Lan: "I have two thousand and four hundred and sixty cents."
Zhong Lan would give money to her parents from time to time, and sometimes buy things for the family. Cui Li no longer had any contact with her parents' home. She only had to take care of herself, Lai Bao and Huan Di. Therefore, Cui Li saved more money than Zhong Lan.
"Do we have enough money to buy a house now?" Cui Li asked.
Zhong Lan said, "Besides, we don't want to use all our money to buy a house. We want to keep at least three or four hundred for emergencies."
Ye Fuyue nodded in agreement. "You really need to save some money for emergencies. The money you have now should be enough to buy a house of 60 or 70 square meters."
In this day and age, for most people, a house of 60 or 70 square meters is not considered small. Moreover, Zhong Lan and Cui Li bought the house for themselves, so it is more than enough for them.
Sure enough, when Zhong Lan and Cui Li heard that the money they had was enough to buy a house of 60 or 70 square meters, they were both very happy.
Zhong Lan added, "Cui Li and I want to buy a house together so that we can take care of each other."
Cui Li nodded heavily.
Ye Fuyue smiled happily and said, "Sure. I'll help you find out where there are houses for sale. Once I find out, we can go and look at them."
"Okay!" Zhong Lan and Cui Li both responded with a smile.
Ye Fuyue asked Chen Yao, Wu Qiaoer, Yu Tong and Cai Chunxing to help her find out.
In less than two weeks, Ye Fuyue had collected six or seven houses for sale from these people. After eliminating those with bad locations and those that were too far apart, she finally found four that met her requirements.
Ye Fuyue explained the four properties to Zhong Lan and Cui Li, and both Zhong Lan and Cui Li were very interested. So, the three of them chose an afternoon when the bun shop was quiet, called Wu Qiaoer and Yu Tong, and went house hunting together—because Wu Qiaoer and Yu Tong had recommended the four properties to them.
When Zhong Lan closed the shop, Ye Fuyue asked, "Where are Zao'er, Laibao, and Huandi?"
Cui Li said, "They went out to play. We told them we'd be out for something this afternoon. If the shop is still closed when they come back, we'll let them open the door with their own keys."
Ye Fu nodded in understanding.
They first went to the two houses closest to the bun shop. These two houses were about a hundred meters apart and belonged to relatives of Wu Qiaoer's friends.
The house is empty and no one lives in it. It is in good condition and you can move in just by buying some furniture.
However, the landlords of these two houses are not asking cheap prices. One is asking for 2,300 yuan and the other is asking for 2,200 yuan.
Zhong Lan and Cui Li originally wanted to bargain with the two landlords and offer a slightly cheaper price of fifty or one hundred yuan, which both of them could accept, but the two landlords did not accept it.
The landlord of the first house said, "My house is in a great location and well-preserved. If my family wasn't in urgent need of money, I wouldn't have sold it. 2,300 is a bargain, and I didn't even bid."
The landlord of the second house said, "Many houses now have multiple tenants living in them, and it's hard to evict them. My house doesn't have that problem. You don't even have to worry about evicting the tenants. You can just buy it and move in right away. It's so worry-free. The 2,200 yuan is well worth it."
Zhong Lan and Cui Li were unsure whether it was worth it, and both looked at Ye Fuyue.
Ye Fuyue whispered to them, "Let's go take a look at the other two sets first and compare them."
Zhong Lan and Cui Li nodded secretly.
The other two houses are much farther away, but the good thing about these two houses is that there are only two households between them, so they are quite close.
The landlord's asking price wasn't too high: one apartment was 2,000 yuan, and the other was 1,900 yuan. However, both apartments were occupied by several tenants, and the landlords of both apartments had clearly stated that they would notify the tenants to move out, and they had no control over whether the tenants would move out.
The landlord of one of the apartments even said, "If they don't move out, don't worry. Just go to the police and they'll solve the problem for you."
Zhong Lan and Cui Li had no experience in this area, so when they heard the landlord was so nice, they nodded in agreement.
Ye Fuyue smiled and said, "If the police could really solve the problem, wouldn't you have asked them to move out earlier? You could have put the house up for sale at a high price."
Zhong Lan and Cui Li suddenly realized: Yes.
The landlord smiled tactfully and said, "Those tenants have been renting my house for several years. I'm very familiar with them. I don't want to lose face."
Ye Fuyue feigned surprise and said, "You know them so well, yet they refused to move even when you asked them to. It seems they have no intention of moving at all. Two thousand yuan, and you're giving us such a big, hot potato as a gift, isn't that too expensive?"
"That's right." Cui Li immediately agreed.
Seeing that Ye Fuyue and her group were so difficult to fool, the landlord smiled and said, "Tell me how much you are willing to pay. If you are sincere about buying, I am also sincere about selling."
Ye Fuyue looked at Cui Li and Zhong Lan.
It was the two of them who were buying the house, so Ye Fuyue couldn't bargain on their behalf.
"Let's discuss first who wants this apartment." Cui Li said to the landlord, and pulled Zhong Lan and Ye Fuyue aside.
She whispered, "I'm quite satisfied with this house, but how can we get rid of the tenants? Even the landlord can't get them out, so I guess I can't get them out either."
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