Su Chenhao began by introducing, "This is the homeowner, Mr. Li."
Qiao Xiaoni nodded and extended her hand to shake hands with the other person.
"My surname is Qiao, you can call me Xiao Ni from now on."
"Little Ni's fried dough sticks are delicious. This morning I specially asked someone to buy a few for me. I tried them, and the taste lives up to the hype," Li Changde said with a smile.
Qiao Xiaoni: "Thank you for your patronage. I'll give you a discount if you buy fried dough sticks again next time."
"That's well said. I'll remember that. I'll mention your name when I buy fried dough sticks. You'll get at least one free if you buy five."
“No problem,” Qiao Xiaoni readily agreed.
Li Changde turned and went into the house, and they followed closely behind. What came into view was a large hall, which was very spacious, about twice the size of the hall in an ordinary house. He waved his hand around.
"To be honest, this house has hardly been lived in since it was built. It has been left vacant for a long time, as you can tell from the marks on the walls."
Qiao Xiaoni nodded, "There are indeed no signs of human intervention. I'd like to know why people don't live in such a nice house?"
Li Changde sighed, "To be honest, when this house was in such good condition, my family ran into some problems and it was seized. It wasn't until eight years ago that we got it back from the government, and then I haven't lived there since because of personal reasons."
There's a market opening up at the entrance, right? I'm planning to rent out the house, and my son is getting married soon, so I need to have some extra money, don't I?
Yesterday, I almost reached an agreement with Brother Su. We only need to pay 200 yuan for two years, and I can have the town mayor come and vouch for us.
If I back out halfway through, I will compensate you with three months' rent.
Qiao Xiaoni didn't reply but went into the inner room to take a look. There was nothing there except a kang (a heated brick bed). This place could be renovated to make a simple kitchen, which would be big enough.
We can just knock down the kang (heated brick bed). After looking at this room, we turned around and looked at another room, which was not much different from the previous one. It could be turned into a storage room. The kang in this room can be kept so that my brother will have a place to sleep at night.
I went back to the lobby and looked at the location. I saw that a temporary counter could be set up in the right corner to handle money collection and bookkeeping.
The hall can accommodate about five tables. Since the weather is quite hot now, we can also put tables outside, so we can fit about eight tables in total.
"That's about enough for the town's population flow," she said to Li Changde, having seen enough.
"I've rented your house. When can we sign the contract?"
Li Changde said, "If you have the money with you, you can sign immediately. To be honest, I already spoke with the mayor yesterday, and he is still waiting for my news."
Su Chenhao said, "Then I'll trouble you to invite the town mayor over. Let's sign the contract today."
Do you have any requirements regarding the furnishings inside the room?
"Do whatever you want. I know you're going to do business. Just leave the house to me." Li Changde couldn't help but laugh after saying that.
Qiao Xiaoni: "I will definitely demolish the kang (heated brick bed) in the room on the left and renovate it into a small kitchen. The room on the right will not be significantly altered; I plan to use it as a storage room. I will include all of this in the contract."
When we're no longer renting it, I'll try my best to restore it to its original condition to ensure it won't affect your use.
"Okay, I'm relieved to hear that." Li Changde readily agreed. He was going to great lengths to ensure his son could get married as soon as possible. In his opinion, keeping the house wouldn't be of much use anyway, so it was better to rent it out for some money.
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