Chapter 155 Buy Buy Buy
Li Yan was Zhang Jingtong's secretary, so he naturally knew some of the Zhang family's affairs. For example, Secretary Zhang had a son who was a second-generation rich kid, and this son had fallen in love with a girl from Guangming Clothing Store, and Secretary Zhang was very satisfied with this girl.
Li Yan said that no matter how pretty this girl is or how good her personality is, she is not worthy of the second-generation rich man in Secretary Zhang's family.
Although Zhang Zijun is a second-generation rich man, he has the support of the Zhang family behind him. As long as he marries into the family, he will not have to worry about his life. Didn’t you see that after Zhang Zijun broke off the engagement, many people in the provincial party committee mentioned their own girls to Secretary Zhang?
But this second-generation rich man happened to fall in love with a girl who sold clothes, which caught the people in the provincial party committee off guard and made them a little jealous.
Secretary Zhang had asked him to come to Gu's house today, saying he would be meeting Gu Jianguo and Gu Erhui in his office the next day. This puzzled him. Secretary Zhang was such a ruthless person, so why would he be meeting them in his office? Shouldn't he be at home?
Although he thought so in his mind, he still smiled when he saw Gu Jianguo, "Comrade Gu Jianguo, hello!"
Gu Jianguo also smiled and shook hands with him. He was puzzled as to why Secretary Zhang's secretary came to his house. Even if it was to propose marriage, the secretary shouldn't be sent!
With doubts in his heart, he led Li Yan into the yard.
As soon as Li Yan entered the Gu family's courtyard, he was immediately struck by the sight. The courtyard was paved with cement, and various items were neatly arranged. Nowadays, many courtyards have blue brick paving, but not many have cement paving.
The Gu family’s business should be very profitable.
This idea became more certain after he was led into the hall by Gu Jianguo.
The hall was decorated in a simple and elegant style. He had just renovated his house and knew that it would cost a lot of money to decorate it like this.
The floor is wooden and the furniture is modern. Even Secretary Zhang's home is not as well decorated as this. Of course, Secretary Zhang's house in Lizhou was arranged by the Provincial Party Committee and was already decorated when he moved in.
Li Yan put away his contempt for the Gu family and said to Gu Jianguo with a smile, "Secretary Zhang would like to invite you and Comrade Gu Erhui to visit his office tomorrow."
Gu Jianguo was stunned after hearing this. He didn't expect Secretary Zhang to meet him in the office.
"Okay, I'll go there with Erhui tomorrow. What time is suitable?" Gu Jianguo said.
Li Yan smiled and said, "The secretary will have a meeting tomorrow morning, which will probably end around ten o'clock. You just need to arrive at ten o'clock."
"Okay, we will be there on time tomorrow." Gu Jianguo said with a smile.
Li Yan notified everyone of the matters that needed to be notified and stood up to leave. Gu Jianguo quickly followed him and saw him off. He accompanied him all the way to the entrance of the alley and watched him ride his bicycle away before returning home.
Gu Yimin and Gu Erhui were currently negotiating a rental. They'd been wandering around the area for the past few days, and they found that there were basically no businesses in the area, save for two small shops. So, with the supermarket opening, their business shouldn't be bad.
But there was a problem: there were very few suitable houses in this area. Gu Erhui and Gu Yimin searched for several days before finding a suitable one.
This house is across from the Lizhou University staff housing complex and is an old house left by the landlord's ancestors. It's a good fit because the houses in this row all have doors facing inward, while this one faces outward. The three rooms together cover about 100 square meters.
The landlord said that the door of the house originally faced inward. Before liberation, his family learned the craft of making tofu from someone. Later, they wanted to open a shop to sell tofu, so they modified the house so that the door faced outward.
Gu Erhui and Gu Yimin thought this place was suitable, so they approached the landlord to rent the house. The landlord was an old lady in her sixties named Cheng. When she heard that she would pay fifteen yuan a month, she agreed without hesitation.
Of course, Gu Erhui had made it clear to her that they would be renting the house for a long time, at least five years. Old Lady Cheng naturally wanted them to rent it for as long as possible, the longer the better.
She hadn't had a job when she was young, and now she had no pension, so fifteen dollars a month was enough for her daily expenses. If she saved a little, she might be able to save quite a bit.
It was agreed that Gu Erhui and Gu Yimin would arrive today with the contract to sign. However, this time, they weren't talking to an elderly woman, but a woman in her forties and a thin man wearing glasses. "This house is where my mom is staying in her old age. How can fifteen yuan a month be enough? It should be at least twenty-five," the woman said, squinting at Gu Yimin and Gu Erhui. She'd inquired and found out that the two sisters worked at Guangming Clothing Store, which was said to be very profitable.
Gu Yimin and Gu Erhui hadn't expected them to raise the price so high. The location was far from the clothing store's. The clothing store was upstairs and downstairs, and the monthly rent was only fifteen yuan. Fifteen yuan here was already quite high.
I didn't expect them to raise the price by ten yuan. Do you think their money came from the wind?
"Impossible." Gu Yimin said.
"Then you guys go look for another house and see if there is any suitable house in this area." The woman curled her lips, looking determined to get it.
Old Mrs. Cheng was a little anxious and kept pulling the woman's arm, but the woman pushed her away and said, "Look, it's 25. If you want to rent it, rent it. If you don't want to rent it, look for other places."
Where else can I find one?
Gu Erhui and Gu Yimin exchanged a glance, then turned and left. If they really rented from a landlord like that, they'd be in for a lot of trouble in the future.
"What should we do now?" Gu Yimin asked Gu Erhui after going out.
Gu Erhui was also furious. She had never expected to encounter such an unreasonable person. She looked around and said, "Let's see what happens. At worst, we can just buy a house nearby."
Their house could have its door moved to face outside, and so could other houses. Besides, according to Lizhou's housing prices, buying a house would only cost four or five thousand yuan, which wasn't much in their eyes.
Gu Yimin agreed, "Okay, if I buy a house, I'll feel more at ease using it."
The sisters decided on a new plan and rode their bikes around the area again. This time, they were looking for a wider range of properties. As long as it was on the street and in a nice environment, it would be fine. As for whether the door faced inward or outward, that didn't matter; they could just change it after they bought it.
It's true, after a day of searching, the two sisters actually found a few suitable houses. They asked about the prices, and they were not expensive, ranging from four to five thousand.
After dinner in the evening, when Gu Siqing heard Gu Erhui say that she wanted to buy a house and convert it into a shop, her eyes lit up like light bulbs and she immediately said, "Buy, buy, buy." She must buy it.
She even wanted to say that in the future, whether she opened a convenience store or a large supermarket, she would not be so stingy in renting a house, but would just buy things lavishly and like nouveau riche.
Forgive her. Although she was reborn and may become a rich second-generation with a net worth of billions in the future, she still wants to buy a house and make money.
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