Chapter 17 Buying a House in Yanjing (Seeking Follow-up Reading)



During the meal, Zhou Shulan couldn't help but pick up some food for Song Yi, "Xiaoyi, eat more. I feel like you've lost weight in the past two years. Is it inconvenient to cook in your house in Seoul?"

Song Yi's bowl was full. "Mom, don't take any more food. I haven't finished the food in my bowl yet. Miaomiao is still growing, so children need to eat more. Miaomiao, eat quickly, or your uncle will take some food for you."

Song Miao protected her bowl with her hands, "No, my mother will pick up whatever I want to eat. Don't you want to pick up the vegetables for me?"

Liao Yu smiled and explained to Song Yi: "Miaomiao is a bit picky about food and doesn't like to eat green leafy vegetables."

Song Yi said to Song Miao, "Miao Miao, children should not be picky about food. I met a classmate of Crayon Shin-chan abroad who didn't grow tall for several years because he didn't like eating green peppers. You should learn from me and eat more so that you can grow taller. When you grow taller, you can wear beautiful skirts like your mother."

Zhou Shulan shook her head. "The little girl is so vain now. She always looks at herself in the mirror before going to school. If her braid doesn't look good, she asks for it to be re-braided. Last time, she saw a classmate with a beautiful braid and asked me to braid it for her, but I didn't know how to do it. Miaomiao's mother is more clever and learned it right away."

Liao Yu recalled, "The year Xiaoyi finished his college entrance examination, our family went to Huanghai City to see the sea. Xiaoyi spent a long time combing his hair before going out, and even put on mousse to fix his hairstyle. I asked him if he had a female classmate he liked, and his face turned red, and he refused to admit it. Miaomiao was still a baby at that time, and in the blink of an eye, he has grown up so big."

Song Miao was unhappy and pulled Liao Yu's clothes, "Mom, mom, you went out to play without me. I was a little baby back then, and now I'm a big baby."

Liao Yu and her elder brother Song Bo got married relatively early. This year, she is only 26 years old, which is the best age for a woman. She experienced the pain of losing her husband within two years of marriage, but fortunately, she had a lovely daughter who gradually healed her. Liao Yu is optimistic and cheerful, so she has a girlish feeling that her peers do not have.

Liao Yu comforted her daughter, "Miao Miao, we took you with us when we went out to play. We also took a lot of photos of you. Last time, I found the photo album and showed it to you page by page."

Song Mingzhe looked at Liao Yu and her daughter and sighed softly. His eldest son Song Bo joined the Jinhai Customs after graduation and died in the line of duty. Jinhai City is also the only border city in the Northeast that can see the RB Sea. In the 1990s, many people smuggled through Jinhai Port.

Song Mingzhe and Zhou Shulan felt sorry for Liao Yu, their sensible daughter-in-law, and they advised her to remarry. After all, she was still young and had a long way to go in life, so there was no need to stay with her daughter for the rest of her life.

He thought that it was a good idea for Liao Yu to move to another city to work and live. Perhaps leaving Ye Ji's familiar environment would allow Liao Yu to start a new life and live her own life. However, Song Mingzhe was reluctant to let his only granddaughter follow Liao Yu to a new family, and Liao Yu was obviously unwilling to give up the custody of her daughter.

Song Mingzhe thought about it for a while, and said to Liao Yu: "Whether Miaomiao wants to go to Yanjing to study can be discussed later. Now that administrative institutions and state-owned enterprises have cancelled welfare housing distribution, buying commercial housing will become the mainstream in the future."

"Everyone wants to move to big cities like Yanjing and Puhai. There will be more and more immigrants. I think the housing prices in Yanjing will definitely rise very fast by then."

"While we can still afford it, your mother and I can use some money to buy Miaomiao a house in Yanjing. It is also the dowry that our grandparents prepared for her in advance." Song Mingzhe said.

Liao Yu understood what Song Mingzhe meant and waved his hands repeatedly, "Dad, no, really no, I have money. I haven't touched the pension and subsidy issued by Song Bo's unit yet, I have been saving it. You have been helping to take care of Miaomiao, and it didn't cost me much. I can just buy a house for Miaomiao."

Song Mingzhe's face was stern, and his expression was very majestic. "That money was left to you by the eldest brother. Don't touch it for now, keep it for yourself. Your mother and I have discussed it a long time ago. We will divide our money into three parts. One part will be given to Song Yi. He bought a house in Seoul. One part will be left to Miaomiao as her dowry, and the rest will be left for us to live on in our old age."

Song Yi also agreed with his parents' approach. "Sister-in-law, my father is right. Even though the housing prices in Yanjing are only three or four thousand now, good real estate is not cheap. The Heqiao Lijing in Chaoyang District is priced at 2,000 US dollars per square meter, which is more expensive than the apartments in Seoul."

"Our country is currently in the process of negotiating to join the WTO and is preparing to bid for hosting the Olympic Games. Once we join the WTO, Yanjing will successfully bid for the Olympic Games next year, and by then the housing prices in Yanjing will be rising rapidly. If we don't buy a house for Miaomiao at this time, when Miaomiao graduates from university and stays in Yanjing to work, the housing prices may have risen to over 100,000 yuan, and she won't be able to afford one even if she wants to." Song Yi advised Liao Yu.

When Zhou Shulan heard what Song Yi said, she immediately made the decision, "Xiaoyu, ask for two days off from work and say you are going to accompany me to Yanjing Hospital for a physical examination. We will buy a set for Miaomiao first. If you think it is suitable, you can buy another set for yourself."

Apart from anything else, Zhou Shulan is still very efficient. At the end of November, Song Yi and Zhou Shulan, Liao Yu and Song Miao flew to Yanjing together to buy a house.

The community had been open for sale for a while, and there were not many good apartment types left. In the end, Song Yi made the decision and helped Liao Yu choose a 105.08-square-meter two-bedroom apartment with two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom. Both bedrooms had bay windows.

This apartment has two bedrooms and a living room facing south, so the lighting is good. Song Yi recommended a middle floor, which is quiet and private, warm in winter and cool in summer. The unit price is 4,180 yuan per square meter, totaling 439,000 yuan.

Song Yi had bought a riverside mansion in Puhai before his rebirth, and he was familiar with the ins and outs of selling new houses. He told Xu Fen, the sales manager who received them, that the house could be paid in full, and the deal was finally closed at 410,000 yuan.

Zhou Shulan thought it was a good idea and paid the money without hesitation. In the end, the property rights of the house belonged to Liao Yu and Song Miao. Xu Fen misunderstood the relationship between Song Yi and Liao Yu. While helping Liao Yu with the house purchase procedures, she said enviously: "Your mother-in-law and husband are so good to you."

She also received many clients who came to look at houses. Generally, when clients came to buy a house, the property title was either in the husband's name or jointly owned by the couple. Very few people would put the house in the name of their wife and children alone.

Liao Yu blushed and explained awkwardly: "This is not my husband, but my younger brother. He came with me to buy a house. But my mother-in-law is really good to me. She paid for the house this time."

Song Yi works as an executive in a Korean company and usually dresses maturely. Liao Yu looks young and petite, and appears younger than Song Yi, so it is normal that Xu Fen misunderstood her.

Xu Fen quickly apologized to Liao Yu. Song Miao didn't understand and asked with his head tilted up, "Why does this sister want to say sorry?" Song Yi was also a little embarrassed and didn't know how to ease the awkward situation for a moment.

Xu Fen quickly asked Liao Yu when she would be ready to renovate the house. From the moment Liao Yu got the key, she would have to start paying the property management fee.

Liao Yu replied: "It's not certain yet. If I come to work in Yanjing next year, I will start decorating in the first half of next year. If I don't come to work, I will put it aside for now."

Zhou Shulan told Song Yi, "Come and take a look at Xiaoyu and Miaomiao's house when you have time. We are in Yeji, far away from home, and we can't take care of it. Don't let anyone install water and electricity and move in secretly."

Song Yi assured Zhou Shulan, "Don't worry, I basically travel between Beijing and Seoul now, and I may spend more time working in China."

"If sister-in-law is afraid of trouble, you can leave a key for me. If you want to renovate, I will find a decoration company in Yanjing and I will help you keep an eye on it."

The house was bought, and Zhou Shulan's mission to Yanjing was half completed. Next, the four of them had to split up, Song Yi went to take care of the company's affairs, and Liao Yu took her mother-in-law and daughter on a trip.

Liao Yu and her two friends visited the Forbidden City and the National Museum, climbed the Badaling Great Wall, and went to the Wildlife Park. Song Miao especially liked giant pandas, and asked Song Yi pitifully, "Uncle, can't we really adopt a panda?" Song Yi shook his head, "If you want to raise a panda, you have to become a Sichuanese."

Song Yi rented a 200-square-meter office in the Phase II office building of China World Trade Center. The company has been registered and is called Yanjing Xinhan Advertising Co., Ltd. with a registered capital of 1 million yuan.

Shinhan Media holds 51% of the shares, and Song Yi personally holds 49%. Since Song Yi holds 10% of Shinhan Media's shares, Song Yi actually holds 54.1% of Shinhan Advertising, making him the absolute controlling shareholder of Shinhan Advertising. Of course, on the surface, Shinhan Media is the largest shareholder.

Shinhan Advertising is a joint venture. It is 2000 now, and the business environment is not as good as that of 2020. With the name of a foreign company, it will be much more convenient to go out to discuss business or do things.

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