Yu Deshui took Chen Xia to the third house.
On the way, Yu Deshui said with some embarrassment:
"Brother Chen, this third apartment is absolutely amazing. It used to be the home of the owner of the Ruifeng Winery, and later it was used as an office. Now the government has returned it to the descendants of the winery owner. The house is privately owned, but it's priced at this price. Tsk, it's quite expensive."
"How much?"
"The asking price is 5,000 yuan."
"Hiss", Chen Xia felt a toothache when he heard it.
This price is now the savings of a fourth-level worker for ten years without eating or drinking.
If calculated based on the 40-year housing price increase, 5,000 yuan in the 1980s is equivalent to 5 million yuan in 2020.
In this era when a person with a monthly income of 10,000 yuan can make the headlines, it is definitely a sky-high price in a small town like Ke Town.
Yu Deshui also didn't have much hope. He knew the situation of Chen Xia's family and also knew that he had received some pension.
But no matter how good the conditions are, it is unlikely for a doctor's family to come up with 5,000 yuan.
Even if he is a person who can make some money from time to time, it would be okay if you asked him to take out 2,000 yuan, but he definitely couldn't take out 5,000 yuan.
The reason why he took Chen Xia to see the house was mainly because he wanted to repay a favor.
If Chen Xia liked the first two houses, he wouldn't have to take her to see this sky-high priced house.
If Chen Xia really unexpectedly took a fancy to the third sky-high-priced house, he was also prepared to spend a lot of money and give Chen Xia 1,000 yuan in return.
I have to say that Yu Deshui is a very particular person. This is what Chen Xia found out later, and from then on he truly became his friend.
This extremely expensive house is located in the west of Ke Town. It has its own gate and courtyard. Further west is a big road. In the past, the carriages of wealthy families would go in and out via that road.
Standing at the door, you can see at a glance the very grand and exquisite gate in the Hui style of architecture, with the two words "Meiyuan" carved in bricks on it. The courtyard wall is also obviously much higher than the courtyard walls of other houses around it.
This made Chen Xia secretly satisfied. As a man, if he has the conditions, he would of course want a bigger house.
Yu Deshui knocked on the door. After it opened, an elderly man wearing glasses came out. When he saw the visitors, he nodded slightly and stepped aside to let them in. His attitude was neither cold nor warm.
"Chen Xia, this is the landlord, Li Changming. Li Changming, this is the person who came to see the house."
The old man nodded and said, "Feel free to visit. There is nothing inconvenient in the house."
Chen Xia greeted with a smile, and walked into the gate. The first thing that caught his eye was a large courtyard. The courtyard was very large, and it was paved entirely with bluestone slabs, which was flat and grand.
The east and west wing rooms are symmetrical, with four rooms on each side.
The kitchen, dining room and utility room are located in the east wing, and there are four rooms in the west wing. The landlord said that these are the rooms for his children.
Opposite the gate is the main house. One difference between the houses in Zhijiang Province and those in the north is that there is no screen wall. The gate is in the center, which is straightforward and open.
The main house has three rooms, the middle one is the living room. On the middle wall hangs a large painting of "Fu Lu Shou". Below it is a long table, and in front of it is an octagonal table with two armchairs beside the table.
With the Eight Immortals Table as the central axis, there are 4 armchairs and coffee tables on each side. It has a very Jiangnan style and is a typical Ming and Qing furniture style.
Chen Xia walked over and touched the table and chairs, then secretly lifted them up, as if thinking about something, and his eyes began to move non-stop.
The east room of the main hall is the master bedroom. There are eight-step beds, large wardrobes and other items in the bedroom. All of them are purple-red, with very exquisite carvings, and they look rich and luxurious. They are exactly the same as the old furniture Chen Xia saw in the museum.
The west room is the study, with a purple-red carved desk and half of the room's shelves, but unfortunately they are empty, and the room is also full of miscellaneous items.
Chen Xia's heartbeat was already accelerating, and he had a strong desire to buy the house.
Continue the tour.
After leaving the main house, there was a corridor on each side. Chen Xia walked over and took a look. There was another yard at the back. The main house in the backyard was a two-story building with 8 rooms on the upper and lower floors.
Both the front and back yards were cleaned tidy, and with the afternoon sunlight shining through, the whole house felt bright and airy.
Unlike the second house just now, there is always a gloomy feeling.
The plum garden was well maintained, not even a single glass window was broken, and Chen Xia was very satisfied.
Yu Deshui was a shrewd man. As soon as he saw Chen Xia's expression, he knew that this guy was eyeing this big house, but when he thought of the price of 5,000 yuan, he still felt distressed.
Young people don't know much. Even if he's willing to help with this much money, it's still a huge price. When I think about the huge amount of money he might have to spend, I feel really cold.
Chen Xia nodded at him and whispered, "Brother Yu, can you help me bargain for a lower price?"
What else could Yu Deshui say? He had brought the person here, so he had to clean up the mess, so he was straightforward. He grabbed the owner of the house and asked:
"Li Changming, my little brother is very satisfied with this house, but can you give me a better price?"
"What a discount! If I weren't going to Hong Kong to live with my second brother, I wouldn't be selling our ancestral home. My father spent tens of thousands of dollars to build this house. Look at the wood and the stone slabs. They're all made with exquisite craftsmanship."
During the Republic of China, Li Changming's family was considered a small wealthy family in Ke Town. The family's main business was brewing wine. Later, with the outbreak of the War of Liberation, Li Changming's eldest and second brothers took part of the family property to Hong Kong, and he and his parents stayed in the mainland.
Now that reform and opening up have taken place, the mainland has also opened up to foreign relatives, and Li Changming's children strongly requested to go to Hong Kong to enjoy life.
Li Changming's second brother was still alive and supported his younger brother's family to move to Hong Kong, so he had to sell the ancestral home to raise money.
Is it worth buying this big house for 5,000 yuan?
Chen Xia felt that it was absolutely worth it. From the brick carvings on the gate to the exquisite wood carvings on the eaves, coupled with the fame of the Ruifeng Winery, this house would definitely be a cultural relic protection unit in future generations.
But the seller hopes to sell at a high price, while the buyer of a house of course hopes to buy at a low price. Their positions are different.
Yu Deshui smacked his lips and said:
"The house is nice, we admit that, but the asking price of 5,000 yuan is ridiculously high. You know there's literally no one in Ke Town I don't know. I can guarantee there aren't more than a handful of families who can come up with 5,000 yuan. If you're asking people to cough up that much cash now, I doubt you'll be able to sell it for years."
Li Changming's indifferent expression began to turn into a thoughtful one. He was a smart man, how could he not think of this?
How many people in the entire Ke Town can come up with 5,000 yuan?
But he was also extremely poor and a little unwilling to give up, so he called out this sky-high price, wanting to see if he could make a killing.
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