Big news? It's just buying a house, I didn't expect even Xu Damao knew about it.
Xu Damao was still acting mysterious: "Give me a coconut latte and I'll tell you."
Like most people of this era, this guy couldn't accept coffee like iced Americano, which contains no sugar or milk at all.
The fat man sighed, "It's just about buying a house." After saying that, he picked up the phone on the table and asked the receptionist to make him a cup of coffee.
Xu Damao's beard drooped in surprise: "So, you knew all along?"
The fat man looked at him, puzzled: "What's the problem? I'm not buying it."
Xu Damao felt like he was eating too much glutinous rice ball too quickly, and it was stuck in his throat, making him want to cry for help.
He rushed over, his face flushed, to tell Fatty that Sha Zhu was going to buy a house—and that was Sha Zhu!
But what about the fat guy? He remained unmoved and even said he wasn't planning on buying it.
That won't do! You have to buy it, and not only that, you have to buy the biggest and best one.
Xu Damao had already made up his mind. Once Sha Zhu bought one, he would buy one too. His first choice would be the house across from Sha Zhu's, and his second choice would be the house upstairs or downstairs from Sha Zhu's, so that Sha Zhu would see his face every time he went out!
Let that bachelor Sha Zhu see how well Xu Damao lives with a wife and daughter.
Hey, this is going to drive idiot Zhu crazy!
The fat man was amused by Xu Damao: "You two are truly in love, why do you have to drag me into this?"
"I can't believe how impatient you are!" Xu Damao was furious. "Haven't you had enough of that run-down courtyard house? The slightest disturbance is known to the whole neighborhood, and we have to use the public toilet even in the dead of winter! The worst part is, our courtyard has five ex-convicts! Good heavens, just thinking about that every day makes me restless, even when I'm eating or sleeping..."
Xu Damao now lives in the electronics factory for almost 360 out of 365 days a year. At home, it's just Qin Jingru and Xu Xiyue, the two women living together.
Last time, Banggeng broke into his house and stole his radio. How dangerous!
If Benleihu and Chen Yan hadn't also lived in the backyard, and if they hadn't had many friends and the two families could look out for each other, Xu Damao would have brought his wife and children to live with the electronics factory long ago.
The fat man chuckled at Xu Damao: "You know me, Qiqi is already in college, and Yu Li and I are both busy. We're never home. What difference does it make where we live? Moving to a different place would mean getting used to the environment all over again, which would be too much trouble!"
Hearing what the fat man said, Xu Damao really didn't know what to say.
The fat man then offered a timely remark: "But when it comes to buying a house, I'd be happy to get involved with you."
Upon hearing this, Xu Damao's eyes immediately lit up; his businessman's instincts told him there was definitely something to it!
He excitedly asked the fat man, "Brother, you mean?"
The fat man didn't mince words: "That's right. After the housing market is completely liberalized, housing prices in Beijing will definitely see a surge in the future. While we both have money now, let's buy ten or eight properties. In the future, even if Qiqi and Xiyue don't work, they can live comfortably just by collecting rent every month."
Xu Damao believed the fat man's words without a doubt.
Not long ago, Chen Yan established her second company: Robust Find House.
Just by looking at the trademark, you can tell that Chen Fang and Lou Xiao'e own property in this business.
Chen Yan controls more than 80% of the housing resources in Beijing. The fat man is so confident now, there's no need to ask, Chen Yan must have told him!
After Xu Damao had finished imagining and had his fill of fantasies, the fat man casually said to him, "By the way, once you buy an apartment, how about selling me that courtyard house?"
Xu Damao scratched his forehead: "Sell it to you?" Then he suddenly realized: "I get it, I get it, it's for Qiqi."
The fat man was secretly pleased. He was just thinking about how to fool Xu Damao, but he didn't expect Xu Damao to come up with such a good reason for him.
I'll use the same excuse to fool Sha Zhu later, perfect!
Xu Damao was very generous: "What are you selling? I'll give it to you for free!"
The fat man refused: "You should just sell it to me directly. I don't want to cause trouble for Qiqi in the future."
Xu Damao got anxious: "Fatty, what do you mean? Back when I was dating Yu Haitang, I would have given her a house like that without hesitation, it's just that we didn't end up together..."
At this point, Xu Damao reluctantly shut his mouth.
It's fortunate that they didn't end up together, otherwise they would be divorced now.
Besides, given Yu Haitang's personality, would she tolerate him bringing a child home to raise?
Sigh, as Fatty once said, "Two kinds of people can't sleep in the same bed." Qin Jingru, on the other hand, is a match made in heaven with him.
The house deal was quickly finalized. However, since Yu Haitang had been mentioned, Xu Damao also inquired about her current situation.
Speaking of which, the fat man's sister-in-law's fate can be described as quite bumpy.
She has been divorced three times in total. If you include Yang Weimin, that makes it four times.
Now I've fallen out with my parents and moved out on my own.
I saw her older sister Yu Li post something earlier, and I was thinking of taking advantage of her. I'm quite audacious; I wanted Yu Li to give me the branch of Bamiantang.
As a result, Yu Li gave her a good scolding, and now somehow she's gotten together with Yan Jiecheng.
When Yu Li "accidentally" learned of this news, she was almost furious!
How could they...?
The problem is that they got together, and they didn't hide it from anyone at all.
Almost everyone in the courtyard knew the news, except for Zhang Hongying.
Or perhaps she already knew, but she pretended not to.
She knew perfectly well why Yan Jiecheng and Yu Haitang were getting together; they didn't even have children...
After talking about Yu Haitang, they then talked about Sha Zhu.
The coffee Xu Damao ordered arrived, and while praising it, he asked the fat man, "You mean Ran Qiuye, is Teacher Ran coming back?"
Since their parting in 1984, Ran Qiuye had not seen Sha Zhu for four years.
He had promised to bring his son back to see him every winter and summer vacation, but he only kept half of that promise.
He Sui comes every year, and now she has even stayed in China, but not in Beijing. Instead, she went to Haidafu to develop her career.
I was just saying a while ago that I was going to invite Sha Zhu, Xiao Dang, and Uncle Yi to go boating on the Huangpu River at Haidafu.
The fat man shook his head: "Shazhu is destined to never get married in his life."
"..."
Having successfully acquired Xu Damao's house, Fatty was in a good mood all day.
I hummed a song when I got home at night.
Yu Li and Chen Mengqi exchanged a glance, and the latter asked him, "Dad, why are you so happy today?"
"Xu Damao agreed to sell the house to me, and with Sha Zhu, that makes two families now."
Yu Li interjected, "That's not right, you haven't even talked to Sha Zhu yet."
The fat man didn't even turn his head: "Is there any need to discuss this? Including him and that old man's four rooms, I'll give him 2,000 yuan per room."
Yu Li exclaimed in surprise, "2000? You're really generous!"
In the TV series, when Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu started collecting courtyard houses from house to house in 1994, they only received 2,000 yuan from each household.
Note that it refers to one company, not just one room.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com