"You'll regret it for life if you miss out! There's only one house left, and you won't be able to buy another one later!" Jia Dongxu shouted deliberately, then yelled at Chen Jun, "Chen Jun, aren't you the one who loves buying houses the most? Why aren't you participating now?"
"If you hesitate any longer, the house will belong to someone else."
Upon hearing these words, Liu Haizhong and the others couldn't help but look at Chen Jun.
This guy is the highest-paid person in the courtyard. If he were to try and take the house, Liu Haizhong and the others wouldn't stand a chance against Chen Jun.
But to everyone's surprise, Chen Jun waved his hand and said, "I'm only interested in good houses."
What is that?
Jia Dongxu frowned and retorted with dissatisfaction, "Chen Jun, what do you mean by that? Are you saying our house is no good?"
"Hmph, I'm not bragging, but that little house you bought can't even compare to my house!"
This wasn't Jia Dongxu bragging. The main family used to live in the middle courtyard, while the front and back courtyards were occupied by either younger family members or servants. That's why the Jia family had such a sense of superiority in the courtyard, looking down on everyone else.
Moreover, in terms of size, Chen Jun's room was far less spacious than Jia's.
So when Chen Jun said that the Jia family's house was not a good house, Jia Dongxu started to argue.
Chen Jun merely glanced at him indifferently: "My house isn't great, but at least it's not open to the elements. It's fortunate that it's not the rainy season, otherwise it would be pouring rain outside and drizzling inside, and even when the rain stops outside, it would still be raining inside."
"You..." Jia Dongxu was speechless, choked by the words.
The truth is the quickest way to tell: their roof was indeed burned with a hole, a fact that Jia Dongxu couldn't refute.
"What do you mean, 'you'? Besides the open roof, the inside is also blackened by the fire. If anyone wants to live there, it will definitely need a lot of cleaning. How much will that cost?"
hiss......
After Chen Jun's reminder, Liu Haizhong and the others all looked towards the Jia family's house.
That's right, the Jia family's house is in a good location and is a decent size, but you can't live in it right away after you buy it. It will cost about a hundred yuan to repair the roof and tidy up the house.
This is no small amount of money. Jia Dongxu knew that repairing the house would cost a lot of money, which is why he planned to sell it.
"Jia Dongxu, that's not fair of you! You want to sell us such a dilapidated house for just over 500? You're ripping us off!" Xu Damao was the first to jump out and cause trouble.
"That's right, Jia Dongxu is treating Second Uncle and the others like fools. They bought a dilapidated house and now they have to spend money to repair it."
"Luckily I don't have that much money, otherwise I would have joined the bidding just now."
"Second Uncle and the others should thank Chen Jun, otherwise, if they had added more money and gotten carried away, who knows what price they would have asked for."
Hearing the whispers around him, Jia Dongxu's face grew increasingly grim.
That damn Chen Jun, he not only doesn't want to buy it himself, but he also finds fault with the house.
I should have known better than to provoke him.
Seeing the conflicted looks on Liu Haizhong and the others' faces, Jia Dongxu forcibly changed the subject.
"Yi Zhonghai bids 550, anyone else bidding?"
Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao, who were just arguing over the house, suddenly fell silent, tacitly refraining from speaking.
Yi Zhonghai's expression also became somewhat unnatural, but he silently calculated the price in his mind. Five hundred and fifty seemed acceptable. After all, it was a house in the same courtyard, so even if it was a bit more expensive, he could accept it.
"Since no one is raising the price, the house belongs to Yi Zhonghai."
After a long silence, Liu Hai simply tapped the table, effectively ending the auction for Jia Dongxu.
Buying a house for 550 yuan, Yi Zhonghai didn't lose out.
But Jia Dongxu felt as if he had swallowed a dead fly.
He originally wanted to sell it for a thousand dollars!
But because of Chen Jun's words, no one in the courtyard bid anymore.
Damn it!
Damn it!
"Dongxu, how about we don't sell it?" Qin Huairu nudged Jia Dongxu quietly, feeling that five hundred was a bit low.
The sewing machine was lost.
The workstation was also sold.
The house is one of the last assets of the Jia family. If they don't sell it for a high price, they won't have another chance.
"Not selling? Then what are we going to eat tonight? Where are we going to stay?"
Jia Dongxu glared at Qin Huairu impatiently.
He didn't want to sell, but the two coins he had in his pocket wouldn't last much longer, and the situation with the neighborhood committee seemed hopeless. Selling to Yi Zhonghai would result in a loss, but at least he would receive the money today.
"Alright, Yi Zhonghai, go get the money. Lao Yan, you write up an agreement first, and we can go and complete the formalities when the street office opens tomorrow," Liu Haizhong instructed.
Yi Zhonghai didn't hesitate and quickly took out the money.
This scene stunned many people; taking more than 500 yuan so easily, Yi Zhonghai's family must be really rich.
Jia Dongxu carefully counted the money.
"Wait, something's not right."
Jia Dongxu placed the money on the table: "Everyone's watching, Yi Zhonghai, how dare you shortchange me? There's no 550 yuan here!"
Um?
There's actually something funny to watch?
The residents, who were originally prepared to break up, suddenly perked up again.
Yi Zhonghai explained casually, "I paid thirty yuan for taking you three to the hospital. Oh, and here's the IOU. We're even now."
As he spoke, Yi Zhonghai took out an IOU from his pocket and tossed it to Jia Dongxu.
this......
Jia Dongxu opened his mouth, but couldn't find any reason to criticize.
He wrote the IOU, so there's no way he can escape this debt.
"Smack!"
Jia Dongxu slapped his thigh in anger. If he had known he would have to pay this money back, he would have saved the money he got back for hospital fees instead of eating that damn big meat noodle soup.
They don't know how to cherish money when they're not spending their own.
"Then I'll take a cut too. I got a share of the medical expenses I paid yesterday!" Liu Haizhong grinned and loudly proclaimed that he had paid the medical expenses.
However, he did not specify how much he had advanced, so it sounds like he was doing the same thing as Yi Zhonghai, helping people in the hospital.
Seeing that Liu Haizhong had taken another 3.2 yuan from the 520 yuan, Jia Dongxu shuddered with heartache.
If I had known that going to the hospital would cost so much money, I would have just stayed in bed with diarrhea yesterday!
"Jia Dongxu, when are you going to clear your things out of your house?" Yi Zhonghai asked after carefully folding and putting away the agreement.
Jia Dongxu waved his hand impatiently: "What's the rush? I have to take my time to pack."
After saying that, he shouted to Yan Bugui, "Third Uncle, how much does your side room cost to rent for a month?"
Five hundred seems like a lot, but we need to be careful with our money in the days to come. So Jia Dongxu plans to make do in the side room for a month. During this month, he will ask Qin Huairu to go out and find some work, while he will inquire about the rental situation in the surrounding area.
Upon hearing this, Yan Bugui stroked his stubble and said, "I'll take two yuan from you."
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