Chapter 133: Is it fun?
Gu Siqing felt that she could now understand the feelings of those nouveau riche. They would buy everything and fully display the feeling of being willful just because they had money. It felt so good!
Of course, the real rich person was not her, but the head of the family, Comrade Gu Jianguo. She really wanted to tell him, Comrade Gu Jianguo, experience the feeling of being a nouveau riche!
But she finally organized her words and said, "Dad, the house won't go away if it's left here. Maybe we can make money in the future if we buy it."
Gu Jianguo thought about his family's savings and his daughter's words, but he couldn't make a decision. Instead, he said, "Let's see the house first."
Even though they are making money now, they still feel bad when they spend tens of thousands of dollars at once.
After talking about everything, everyone went back to their rooms to rest. The four sisters lived in one room, Gu Siqing and Gu Yimin slept on one bed, and Gu Erhui and Gu Sanjing shared another.
After washing up, Gu Siqing sat cross-legged on the bed and said, "I think our dad should buy a few more houses, one for our parents, and one for each of the four of us."
Gu Yimin got on the bed and asked her, "Why do you need so many houses?"
Gu Siqing leaned forward and said, "For example, if you get married in the future and your brother-in-law doesn't have a house, you can live in your house. One day, when you two have a quarrel, you can confidently tell him, 'This is my house, get out.' Wouldn't that be nice?"
Gu Yimin: “…”
Gu Erhui: “…”
Gu Sanjing: “…”
Gu Siqing ignored their expressions and continued, "If my brother-in-law has a house, and you live in his house, then one day you have a quarrel, you can proudly say, 'My dear... I have a place to live, it's big, nice, and spacious, and I will never come back.' Isn't that cool?"
Gu Yimin: “…”
Gu Erhui: “…”
Gu Sanjing: “…”
Gu Siqing added, "Look how confident we are! The house is our confidence!"
"Xiao Si, who did you learn this from?" Gu Yimin asked.
Gu Siqing lied without any psychological burden, "Si Tianyi said that's what his mother told his father."
Gu Yimin and Gu Erhui both thought that the dramatic Aunt Xu was capable of such a thing. However, it did sound very satisfying.
Gu Erhui leaned against the headboard and said leisurely, "Your idea is good, but it's unlikely that we will live in Kyoto in the future!"
Gu Siqing: How are you so good at finding loopholes?
"Don't worry about where we live in the future. Having a house in Kyoto is the most reassuring thing." Gu Siqing added, "If Dad asks for advice again, we'll all say buy five houses in Kyoto."
Gu Yimin and Gu Erhui looked at each other. This was several houses and tens of thousands of dollars! They had to think carefully about it.
"Let's talk about it after we see the house," Gu Erhui said, and Gu Yimin nodded. Gu Siqing sighed. She even wanted to be extravagant and buy a street, but the money was not hers to decide.
Lying in bed, she thought about how to make money.
"Whose Childhood Is Untroubled" can be published. If a book is published decades later and sells well, the author can still make a lot of money. I just don't know what the situation will be like for book publishing in this era.
Based on her analysis of book prices of that era, "Whose Childhood Wasn't Troubled" should be priced around 3 yuan. If she takes a 10 yuan royalty on a book of 3 yuan, that's 0.3 cents. If it's distributed nationwide...
I just don't know how many copies it will sell if it's released nationwide. If it sells hundreds of thousands of copies, she'll earn tens of thousands of yuan in royalties.
I hope these are not just her fantasies.
Before Gu Yimin and Gu Erhui closed their eyes and fell asleep, they were thinking about what Gu Siqing had just said. Whether in the village or in Lizhou, they had never seen a woman as confident as Gu Siqing said.
But it’s still cool to think about it!
Gu Sanjing put the uneaten preserved fruit under her pillow, thinking of bringing it back to her friends when she returned home.
Nothing happened that night. Ye Chi came early the next morning and discussed the itinerary with Gu Jianguo. They finally decided to go see the house first and then go to Ye's house for lunch.
The houses Ye Chi found were naturally in good locations. Gu Siqing roughly estimated that although these three houses were not next to the Forbidden City, they were also within the future Third Ring Road.
"These houses are connected," Ye Chi said to them after getting out of the car. "Most of the people in this alley work at the cotton mill. A while ago, the mill built a new batch of staff housing, and many people in this alley were allocated houses. The new houses need to be renovated, and the old houses are useless here, so we thought of selling the old houses and renovating the new ones."
As they spoke, they entered a courtyard bustling with activity, with several families moving in. A couple, seemingly in their twenties, were arguing.
The wife complained to her husband with a sullen face, "Why bring all this furniture into the new house? A new house should have new furniture."
The husband looked helpless, "What are you nagging about? Do you have the money to buy new furniture?"
Wife: "Don't we have to sell the house? We'll have money if we sell it."
At this time, they saw Gu Jianguo, Ye Chi and the others. The wife whispered to her husband, "They are the ones who want to buy a house? They look well-dressed, why would they buy a house like this? A building would be much better."
She said this with a sense of superiority. Her husband listened to her and said, "We are from another place and we are not factory workers. How can we get a share of the apartment?"
There was also a strong sense of superiority in his tone.
After hearing what they said, Gu Siqing really wanted to say that in a few decades you will be crying in the toilet.
"Six families live in this yard. Their houses have been taken down and they will be able to move out soon." Ye Chi said, "This yard is over 500 square meters, and they are asking for 10,000 yuan. The property ownership certificate and land certificate can be exchanged for one when the time comes."
Gu Jianguo and Han Deyi looked around the house and felt that it was not as new as their house in Lizhou. But they also knew that this was Kyoto, and even a blade of grass was more valuable than the grass in Lizhou.
Gu Siqing didn't really look at the house. Actually, buying a house doesn't guarantee living in it; the main consideration is its potential for appreciation. Living in an old courtyard house wouldn't be as comfortable as a modern residential complex with more complete facilities, but it was still valuable.
After looking at this house, I looked at two others. All three were in similar condition. Of course, I couldn't decide which one to buy right now. I had to go back and think about it carefully.
From there, they went to two houses near the Forbidden City. The area near the Forbidden City was different. The alleys were cleaner and tidier than other places, and the architecture was exquisite and simple. Back then, those who lived in places like this were all high-ranking officials and dignitaries.
Entering a house, it was also clean and tidy. Ye Chi said, "The owner of this house is a friend of mine from childhood. He urgently needs money to go abroad, so he sold this house."
Gu Jianguo and the others were satisfied with this house. The house next door was similar. Ye Chi knew they couldn't make a decision right away, so he said, "You guys should think about buying a house first. Now let's go home and have dinner."
Han Deyi felt that it would be inappropriate for him to follow them, so he left first on the pretext of having something to do.
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