Chapter 92 Rushing to Deal with the Property
With a major battle between humans and mutated beasts imminent, Zuo Shan decides to leave District 50 as soon as possible.
But before that, she had to deal with the two properties she owned—hers and Pandora's.
Early in the morning, she took Pandole to the housing management office, where they were greeted by a middle-aged man.
"So you two are planning to sell the house? Let me tell you, houses in District 50 are practically worthless right now. I can only offer you 10,000 silver coins at most." The man looked at them arrogantly, with the disdainful gaze one would give a beggar.
"Ten thousand silver coins? Are you robbing me? Last winter, Uncle Niu's family in front of my house moved and sold their house for twenty thousand silver coins!" Pan Duole suddenly exploded.
"Hmph! You said it yourself, that was last winter's price. Besides, the gold-eating ants invaded a few days ago and damaged the hardened layer. Who would want to buy such a dilapidated house?"
To put it bluntly, this 10,000 yuan is just the price of your land; your house is worthless! The man crossed his arms as if he were giving them charity.
"But in the past two days, the administrator has come to assess the damage and said that maintenance personnel will come soon to re-harden the ground."
"As you probably know, a house with a newly paved floor is more durable, and its price will naturally go up. Don't take advantage of us pregnant women and orphans who don't know the market," Zuo Shan said calmly.
"Even if the price doesn't drop, how many people would be foolish enough to buy a house in a godforsaken place like District 50?" the man said stubbornly when his lie was exposed.
In fact, most people did not realize that District 50 was about to face a great catastrophe; they regarded the invasion of the gold-eating ants as an accident.
With the addition of representatives from a prominent family in the central district coming to urge them on, the management was forced to make a significant financial sacrifice, deciding to use a portion of the annual building maintenance fund allocated by the higher authorities to repair the houses.
Therefore, the market price of houses in District 50 has risen to 25,000. This junior administrator of the housing management office is just taking advantage of Zuo Shan and his group's lack of information sources. He wants to buy these two houses at a low price and make a net profit of 20,000 after reselling them.
Even if he can't find a new buyer in a short time, he can still rent out the house. When migrants come to District 50, they will definitely go to the housing management office first to rent a house, so the houses under his name will naturally be given priority for renting.
Most importantly, the homeless people dared not offend him, the administrator, and naturally dared not delay paying their rent even for a single day.
I didn't expect these two to be so easy to fool.
“Sir, we also need the money urgently. We can lower the price of the house a little. As long as you can pay in cash immediately, we will sell it for 19,000!” Zuo Shan said, pretending to be reluctant.
"Nineteen thousand? You want to cash it in right away? That's impossible. Let me tell you, I can only give you sixteen thousand at most!" Seeing that there was a chance, the man continued to bargain.
"Eighteen thousand five thousand. If it's any less, we'll put it up for sale online. It'll just take a few more days. I'm sure someone will buy it eventually," Zuo Shan said through gritted teeth.
"Eighteen thousand? This price is only because I pity you, a pregnant woman and an orphan. Besides, if you want to liquidate this house immediately, I have to pay the purchase price first, transfer it to my name, and wait for a buyer. I might even have to pay interest." The man instantly portrayed himself as a philanthropist.
Zuo Shan sneered inwardly, but on the surface he still pretended to be grateful and said, "Sir, you are such a kind person. Then let's sell both houses together for 18,000!"
"As long as we get the money within a week, one of the properties will be vacated immediately, and the other will definitely be vacated within two weeks at the latest!"
Judging by the time, it should be about half a month before the move-in date agreed upon with Uncle Wu. I need to get rid of these two houses before then, so that if a big fight breaks out, the houses will be unsellable.
The administrator, Wei Liang, saw that although they were not easily fooled, they were genuinely selling the house and were not dragging their feet, so he quickly helped them complete the transfer procedures. Fearing they might change their minds, he transferred the money to their account on the spot.
Pan Duole immediately transferred the proceeds from the sale of the house to her. Considering that it was not safe for her to have too much money in her child's account, Zuo Shan accepted the transfer.
Looking at the balance in her account: 362,502 silver coins, she nodded in satisfaction, finally managing to sell the two houses before the beast tide arrived.
“I know you’re in a hurry to sell the house and you must be in a hurry to get the money. Now that the money is in your account, you can hurry up and take care of your urgent matters.” Wei Liang was all smiles, like a kind uncle.
Zuo Shan thanked him again, then pulled Pan Duole, who was indignant but dared not utter a word, away.
It wasn't until they got home that Pan Duole spoke up: "Sister, that Wei Liang is a heartless and unscrupulous merchant. He cheated us out of four thousand silver coins in one go! Why did you insist on selling the house to him?"
Besides, we're living perfectly well in District 50, why do we have to move? If we go to District 48, we'll have to pay a huge deposit, which won't even be enough to cover the cost of selling our house.”
Her sister woke her up early in the morning, saying that they were going to the housing management office to sell the house. She thought her sister wanted to sell her family's house, since she was living at her sister's house now and the original house was empty and useless, so it was better to sell it for money.
Before her mother died, she handed the property certificate to her sister. From that moment on, she considered the house to belong to her sister, since her sister had no reason to take her in for free.
But when they arrived, she found out that her sister actually wanted to sell both houses together and take her to District 48.
That's District 48! A place she never even dared to dream of. She heard that the deposit was 30,000 yuan per person, which was an astronomical figure for her!
She really didn't understand what her sister was planning, but since she was going to follow her sister, she was prepared to do whatever her sister arranged, since her sister would never betray her.
"Alright, don't rush, sit down and let me explain slowly..." Zuo Shan first told her guess about the beast tide, and also about how she had already booked a house in District 48.
"So, sister, you're planning to use the money from selling the house to pay the deposit for District 48? Although I'm not yet 12 years old, so my deposit can be halved, the two of us will still have to pay a total of 45,000 in deposits."
"These two houses only sold for a total of 36,000. Adding the 2,400 in child support I just received for three months, plus your 2,000 in pregnancy allowance for five months, we're still short 4,600." Pan Duole immediately started to worry.
The scavengers in District 50 are all very poor. I wonder if my sister originally had 4,600 in savings?
Zuo Shan watched her do calculations on the ground with a stick and couldn't help but laugh. This child hadn't studied much before and could only count up to 100. But ever since she went with her to collect sunflowers and got 180 silver coins, she started to study arithmetic intensely because she couldn't count them.
Unexpectedly, she was very talented in arithmetic. In a short period of time, addition and subtraction were no longer a problem for her.
“Don’t worry about the money, I’ll figure something out. But we have to go to District 48, because if a major war breaks out, I’m afraid District 49 will also be affected,” Zuo Shan said with a serious expression.
After receiving the maternity allowance, her account balance was 126,502. If she were to pay the deposit for two people at once, she would only have a little over 80,000 left. If she were to encounter a major disaster or serious illness, this money would not last long.
But this time she unexpectedly saved Chi Zhengyang and received another 200,000 yuan. With the 36,000 yuan from selling the house, she can now be considered a well-off woman in District 50.
The money from the sale of Pandora's house, plus the 1204 silver coins her mother entrusted to her on her deathbed, totaled 19204, which she did not intend to transfer to Pandora.
Because a deposit of 15,000 yuan was required, and half of the 1,000 yuan for renting the space had to be deducted, she ultimately only transferred 3,704 yuan to her. Since she was part of the family, she should naturally pay what she was supposed to pay.
As for the rent, she doesn't plan to charge Lele, because she has Xiaobao, Maoli, and will have another baby, Achen, in the future, so many children, while Lele is only one.
She wouldn't exempt her from paying her share of the expenses just because she's a child, nor would she confiscate the money that belongs to her just because she's a child.
Zuo Shan glanced at his balance one last time: 358,798 silver coins. Great, he wouldn't have to worry about money for the time being.
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