Chapter 6: Viewing a House
Liu Nanshan and Gu Xuelan were still awake. They looked together and were silent for a while.
Liu Wangxue looked expectant and asked, "Mom and Dad, what do you think?"
Liu Nanshan didn't want to dampen his daughter's interest, thinking that she just wanted to buy a house: "Girl, if you really want to buy a house, your mother and I can pool our money together. At worst, we can sell our current house and have enough for the down payment on a house in the city. We won't buy this shabby house."
Gu Xuelan also thought so: "Besides, this Qiushui Town is in Southern Anhui Province, right? It's so far away, and I'm unfamiliar with the place. I don't know what the local customs are like."
"Mom and Dad, I'm not buying a house," Liu Wangxue said, "I just want to change my lifestyle. I'm not investing, and it's so tiring to buy such an expensive house and then take out a mortgage!
Look, this house has two rooms, and our family can live there together. And this small yard is quite big, and we can turn part of it into a sun room, and keep part of it for growing vegetables, such as cucumbers, eggplants, and tomatoes, and build a grape trellis in the corner of the yard.”
Moreover, this yard faces south, so it has sunshine from morning to night. Just imagine, you can enjoy the coolness under the grape trellis in summer and the warmth in the sun room in winter. You can read a book, drink tea, feed the cat, play with the birds, and eat the vegetables you grow yourself. How comfortable it is! ”
Liu Nanshan was persuaded, and he helped his daughter persuade Gu Xuelan who was still hesitating: "We are both old now, it doesn't matter where we live. It's rare that our daughter likes it, so why don't we go and take a look first?"
Liu Wangxue hugged Gu Xuelan's arm and acted coquettishly: "Yes, Mom, let's go take a look first and decide whether to buy it or not, okay?"
Such a cheap house, Gu Xuelan didn't believe it: "Are you sure this person is not a liar? There are many scams on the Internet now."
In order to comfort Gu Xuelan, the father and daughter unanimously decided to go to Qiu Shui Town two days in advance to see the local situation first. If the situation is not good, they will come back.
Gu Xuelan reluctantly agreed, and Liu Wangxue added Xu Qingsong's contact information and arranged a time to view the house.
After eighteen or nineteen hours on a soft sleeper, they arrived in the city and then found a minibus to Qiu Shui Town based on the transportation information provided by Xu Qingsong. Liu Wangxue specifically asked the driver that the route happened to pass by the hotel she had booked.
It was already noon when Liu Wangxue checked in. She asked the front desk which restaurant was good and chose a beef noodle restaurant based on the recommendation.
The noodles are as wide as the tip of a thumb, long and chewy. The beef and brisket are stewed until they are soft and fragrant. Paired with the golden fried lasagna, it is a very satisfying meal.
In the past two days, Liu Wangxue walked around the neighborhood with her parents, found the community where the apartment was located, and familiarized herself with the surroundings.
They also went to Wutong Avenue and met a young man filming a video. Liu Wangxue recognized him at first glance. It was Xu Qingsong.
Instead of going over to say hello, she took her parents and walked in another direction.
There is a middle school next to Wutong Avenue. On Saturday, only the third graders and third graders were in class. Now that school had just ended, they were coming out in groups of three or five, and the snack stands in front of the school gate were immediately surrounded.
After Xu Qingsong finished filming a segment, he took out his phone to playback and his eyes were immediately attracted by the girl in the frame - a high ponytail, tight short-sleeved shirt, overalls with Martin boots, with the trouser legs tucked into the boots, making her look slender, beautiful and cool.
He pulled the progress bar back and fixed it on Liu Wangxue's profile. The more he looked, the more he had a guess in his mind. So he sat on the side of the road and searched for the live broadcast recording of "Xupiaopiao".
Before going to bed at night, Liu Wangxue sat cross-legged on the bed and asked her parents: "What do you think of this place?"
Gu Xuelan had a facial mask on her face and controlled her facial movements while speaking: "The restaurants on the street are all very clean, the environment is good, quiet and comfortable, and the air is fresh."
Liu Nanshan changed the channel with the remote control: "I think it's pretty good too. The people around me are warm and generous, and life is convenient. It's just that the transportation is not so good, you need a car."
Liu Wangxue nodded and said deliberately: "If I live here, I have to drive the car over here."
Liu Nanshan disagreed: "Your car is too flashy. I see that most of the cars on the streets here are electric cars. If you want to drive, you should buy mine. It's a second-hand Chery and cheap."
Gu Xuelan leaned against the head of the bed: "Your father is right. You should not show off. Go to a farther place and drive his car. You can also buy a small electric car to buy vegetables or go to the supermarket."
Liu Wangxue looked delighted: "So, the two elders agree to buy a house here?"
Gu Xuelan glanced at the time, took off the mask, and her voice returned to normal: "No, I won't tell you until I see the house tomorrow."
Liu Wangxue stretched out her hand and made an “OK” gesture.
The appointment with Xu Qingsong was at 9 o'clock in the morning, and we would meet at the gate of the community.
The family of three had breakfast and strolled over.
From a distance, I saw a young man leaning against the wall, browsing on his phone. He seemed to sense something, looked up at me, raised his eyebrows, and smiled handsomely.
He trotted towards Liu Wangxue, with neat short hair, three-dimensional facial features, and a T-shirt, overalls, and Martin boots. His trouser legs were tucked into the boots. He looked like a replica of Liu Wangxue's outfit yesterday, neat and handsome.
"Catkins?"
Liu Wangxue: "Xu Qingsong?"
"Yes, these two?"
Liu Wangxue introduced: "My parents."
"The uncle and aunt are so young, I thought they were your friends."
It’s not an exaggeration. Liu Wangxue’s parents look really young. She herself doesn’t look like she’s 28 at all. Instead, she looks like a college student in her early 20s, as fresh and young as a green onion.
This one sentence of praise made all three of them laugh.
Xu Qingsong took the initiative to extend his hand and shook hands with Liu Nanshan, "Uncle and aunt, just call me Xiao Xu."
The unit where this house is located is located relatively inner, but the community is not big. Xu Qingsong led the three people inside and they arrived in a short while.
Xu Qingsong took out the key and opened the door. What he saw was water on the ground. He could also hear the sound of flowing water.
Gu Xuelan's brows immediately frowned. She was not optimistic about the old house in the first place.
Liu Wangxue held her mother's arm and leaned over to look inside: "Did the water pipe burst?"
"It was fine when I came to check yesterday," Xu Qingsong said, "Uncle and aunt, please wait a moment. I'll go in and take a look."
After a while, the sound of water was still there. Liu Nanshan could not stand it anymore and wanted to go in to help.
Gu Xuelan stretched out her hand to stop him: "Don't go in, your shoes will get wet."
"It's okay. Xiao Xu may not have come into contact with this and doesn't understand."
Liu Nanshan waded into the water and saw Xu Qingsong in the kitchen trying to find a way to block the water pipe.
"It's no use blocking it, we have to close the valve."
Xu Qingsong turned his head, a little embarrassed: "Uncle, how did you come in? The valve is broken, the thread is slipping, and it can't be tightened."
When Liu Nanshan was young, he worked as a contractor. He was familiar with water and electricity lines, and he usually repaired the things at home by himself.
"Then we have to turn off the main switch." Liu Nanshan said and turned to go out. The main switch in this kind of old community is usually on the platform of the stairs. He went up and found it. As soon as he turned it, the broken pipe in the kitchen gradually stopped flowing water.
(End of this chapter)
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