Chapter 24 Buying a House
After walking for about twenty minutes, we finally arrived in front of the house. The location was really remote. There were no other houses nearby, just this one standing alone.
Aunt Zhang took the key and opened the door. She cleaned up the inside and there were no weeds. She walked in and found it was tidy. The yard was very large and if it was expanded, many more houses could be added. There were three tiled houses in the middle and some adobe houses on the sides. She walked into the tiled house and saw that everything inside had been packed away and nothing was left here.
Tang Yue was quite satisfied with this. Each room was about 50 square meters, with a living room in the middle and bedrooms on both sides. There was nothing in the three rooms except the kang, and they were all clean. Tang Yue was particularly satisfied. It would be fine if the price was about the same.
"Aunt Zhang, how much did your relative sell this house for?"
Aunt Zhang knew Tang Yue was very satisfied with the house when she saw her asking about the price. "My relative has moved to the city, so he entrusted me to sell the house. He quoted me 1500 yuan. I won't make any money from you, so I'll sell it to you at that 150 yuan."
"Auntie, any less is too expensive."
Aunt Zhang heard the bargaining and quickly said, "This is the price they offered. There is no point bargaining with me. We don't bargain."
Tang Yue had no choice but to agree to it. It was rare to buy something that suited her taste and it was located on the roadside, so it was very convenient to transport the goods.
Aunt Zhang went back to get the property certificate, so Tang Yue had to say that she would go back to get the money. The two agreed to meet at the housing management office in an hour. Finally, Tang Yue found a small corner to squat, used her mental power to enter the space, fed the pigs first, picked up the eggs, and then wandered around in the space. She saw that the chestnut seedlings and red date seedlings in the space were planted well. She used her mental power to control the river water to irrigate the fields outside. The grass planted in the orchard grew very tall, and the animals ate the grass too slowly and could not eat it all. It should be fine if the population expanded.
More than half an hour was spent slowly in the space, and then he counted out another 1500 yuan and put it on the side of the dressing table so that he could take it out directly when he needed it. Tang Yue's mental power came out of the space and walked to the Housing Management Office. After waiting for more than ten minutes, he saw Aunt Zhang coming over. The two of them went into the Housing Management Office together. It was very simple to apply for this document. When making the transaction, just confirm the purchase and pay the money. It was done in ten minutes. After leaving the Housing Management Office, Aunt Zhang gave Tang Yue the key to the house.
Arriving at the newly bought house, Tang Yue opened the door, took out the padlock, replaced it with a new one, threw the old one into the space, went into the yard and locked the door.
Tang Yue entered the space from the bedroom, and brought 3 kilograms of rice and flour into a sack, and 1 kilogram of oil into an oil barrel, which she brought into the bedroom. She thought about the amount of corn she had planted this time in the space, which covered nearly 400 acres, or nearly 400,000 kilograms. She entered the space and used her mind to control the corn kernels into the sacks. When she had filled 50,000 kilograms, she came out and put the packed grains into the bedrooms on both sides, and the living room was also half full.
Lock the living room door, go out the courtyard door, lock the door, go directly to the black market, run into the same Brother Qiang as last time, walk over and say, "Brother Qiang, I have collected some food, take me to find Brother Hu".
When Liu Qiang heard that he had food, he took him to the small house inside to find Brother Hu without saying a word.
Coming to the small courtyard, Brother Hu was still sitting in the same position. When he saw Tang Yue coming in, he quickly greeted him, "Brother, you are here. Please take care of me. Do you have any goods recently?"
"Brother Hu, what a coincidence, isn't this? A batch of food has just arrived. Please send it to you, Brother Hu, quickly."
When Brother Hu heard that food was being delivered, he became more energetic and asked, "How much was delivered this time and what type?"
"Brother Hu, this time we need 300 catties of rice and flour, 100 catties of oil, and 50,000 catties of corn kernels."
When Brother Hu heard this, he couldn't believe it and said, "Really, there are 50,000 kilograms of corn kernels?"
"Of course not. I would never cheat you. So, Brother Hu, what price do you want me to give you?"
“I won’t hide it from you. If the corn kernels are ground into powder, I can give you at most 40 cents per pound.”
Tang Yue thought it was okay, but she couldn't agree so readily, "Brother Hu, this won't do. You can imagine what the price of corn is usually, but this is not the freight. It's expensive to transport it all the way from somewhere else to here."
When Brother Hu heard this, he thought to himself, could it be that the price is really too low? I can't scare people away, otherwise who will deliver the goods next time?
In the end, the two of them talked back and forth for more than ten minutes before they decided on the price of corn at fifty cents a pound. Then Tang Yue thought again, rice was only eighty cents, which was obviously a loss.
"Brother Hu, I mentioned the price of rice last time. My boss scolded me when I got home. The price was too low. Do you think you can raise it this time?"
When Brother Hu heard about the price of the rice this time, he felt guilty. He had lowered the price too much last time, but he was also considering the other party's status as a rookie. He thought he could sell it to him every time. This time the other party came again, and there was an organization behind them, so he didn't dare to lower the price too much. "Well, the price of rice this time was indeed a bit low. I'll give you a raise this time. Let's take it as a lump sum. Do you think it's okay?"
Tang Yue knew that the price was fair this time, so she nodded.
Brother Tiger asked, "When will the things be delivered so that I can ask my brothers to arrange it.
"The things have been brought a long time ago, so I am here to inform you. Brother Hu, you should prepare the things yourself. The sacks for carrying things are hard to buy, so you should also bring the oil barrel." Tang Yue had wanted them to bring sacks a long time ago. If she didn't take advantage of it herself, she would feel uncomfortable if others took advantage of it.
"Now that the things are gone, I'll ask someone to take them to see where the goods are."
"Towards the direction of the city, just beside the commune, there is a single house on the side of the road. There are no other houses nearby. That's the tiled house. Should I go there and wait for you first or what?"
"Let's go together, it's quick to get something." Brother Hu immediately arranged for someone to get sacks and oil drums, and they came back in less than ten minutes. It seems that they have a warehouse nearby.
Tang Yue brought Brother Hu and others and went straight to the newly bought house. She opened the door and let them all in. Tang Yue was not afraid that they would rob each other, so she kept a stick ready to see who would eat whom. Fortunately, Brother Hu was quite disciplined. "Brother Hu, ask someone to count a few sacks and leave that many for me. There's no need to go through the trouble of switching them back and forth. Of course, you can also check the food."
While Brother Hu's men were checking the grain for the oil barrels, Tang Yue was settling the bill with Brother Hu, a total of 34,000 yuan. After taking the money and counting it again, and confirming that there was no problem, Tang Yue put the money away, squatted at the door and watched them take the grain away. After they left, she locked the door again.
Tang Yue returned to her bedroom and entered the space directly from the bedroom. She walked into the bedroom of the space. After deducting the money for buying the house, there were still 30,000 yuan left on the dressing table. She took out 35,000 yuan and put it in the bottom layer of the drawer. The small drawer in the dark couldn't hold so much, so she took out the 10,000 yuan from the small drawer and put it in. There were still 200 yuan left, which she put directly on the dressing table.
I thought that the makeup on my face had not been washed off yet, so I quickly got some water and washed my face.
I felt very hungry and realized that time passed quickly. It was almost one o'clock and I hadn't eaten yet. I made some money today, so I took a pound of meat from the warehouse to make braised pork, and made a seaweed egg soup. I was busy for half an hour and finished making the dishes. I took a bowl of rice from the space warehouse, brought the food to the table in the yard, and sat on a stone bench to eat.
After dinner, I washed the dishes, tidied them up, and prepared to leave the space.
It was almost two o'clock. The oxcart back to the village would leave at two o'clock. Tang Yue hadn't found the man who could make boots yet, so she could only wait and walk back. Following the route provided by Aunt Guihua, Tang Yue found the place. It was quite remote, and now it was not allowed to do business outside. This shop might be a public-private partnership.
When I walked into the shop, there was only an old tailor inside. He immediately put the leather in the space into his backpack and said, "Master, I want to make a pair of boots that can be used in the Northeast during the winter."
When the old master heard this, he immediately asked her to take the skins over. Tang Yue brought a deerskin and a cowhide, and then a sheepskin, a wolfskin, and dozens of rabbit skins.
Tang Yue and the master craftsman agreed to make two pairs of boots with each of deerskin and cowhide, padding them with sheepskin, and then make a wolfskin coat and a rabbitskin cloak. In the end, the wolfskin was not enough, and there might be extras of other things. Using the cover of the backpack, Tang Yue took out two more wolfskins and said, "I hope the master can make them longer, just to the calf. Look at how much these skins should have. Master, please help me make a hat and a pair of leather jackets. We need to make more of these to finish them."
The old master counted the leathers and said, "The coat and cloak will be quicker, but the key is that the boots will take longer."
"Master, the autumn harvest is coming soon. I will come to get it after the autumn harvest. Will it be ready by then?"
The old master thought for a while and said, "That should be about right. I'll write you a note and you can come to pick up your things with the note. You need to pay a deposit of 10 yuan first. The labor cost for a pair of boots is 20 yuan, and the coat and cloak are 15 yuan each. Little girl, you should have heard that my prices are a little more expensive than other places, but the boots I make here are not much different from those sold in the supply and marketing cooperative."
When Tang Yue heard that he dared to compete with the supply and marketing cooperative, what was there to worry about? "Master, then I will hand these leathers over to you. I trust you very much. I was also introduced by someone else."
When the old master heard that he believed him, he was very happy and asked again, "Do you have any extra leathers for sale?"
Tang Yue didn't plan to sell it, maybe she could use it in the future. "I won't sell the master's leather. It's a bit difficult to collect it now. I found many people to exchange for these."
"Okay, I understand. Now the wild animals have all fled to the deep mountains, and it is indeed difficult to hunt them."
There are some mixed colors on the rabbit's fur, so I want to ask the master if it can be dyed all white. "Master, can that fur be dyed?"
"Some simple colors are okay, but not too complicated ones. Simple colors are not easy to fade."
"The master doesn't want to make it too complicated. He just wants to dye the cape, leather jacket and hat white, so it will look better."
When the old master heard it, he said, "That's easy, just add five dollars more as labor fee when the time comes."
"Okay, no problem. Thank you, Master."
After leaving the master's shop, it was already half past two. Tang Yue didn't have anything to buy, so she took a few pounds of meat from the space and put it in the backpack, and prepared to go back.
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