Chapter 324
At night, in the Li family's slightly old living room, except for the two children who had been coaxed to sleep, everyone else was sitting in the living room.
The men were smoking, and the atmosphere was like a taut string, ready to explode at any moment.
The eldest daughter-in-law broke the silence, her voice a little sharp: "Little brother, among the three of us, your offer is the highest. If you can reduce it by 500 yuan, the total will be 8,500 yuan, just like the Zheng family's before. Maybe the Su family can buy it."
Upon hearing this, the daughter-in-law's brows immediately furrowed into a "川" shape, and she responded unyieldingly, "Why should we lower the price, but not yours? You only have one room, and I have two, and I'm still saying 3,500 is too little!"
The eldest daughter-in-law stood up with a jerk, her chair making a harsh sound as it rubbed against the ground. Her face flushed red. "Mine is a big room, and yours is a small one. How can we compare? If we talk about area, yours is only slightly bigger than mine. Even if it has a kitchen, I still have a bathroom!"
I only offered 2,500 just to sell it quickly! You, on the other hand, are asking for an exorbitant price! You're dragging us down, and we won't be able to sell it even after ten years."
The daughter-in-law also stood up, with her hands on her hips, showing no sign of backing down: "I don't care, I can't do a business that loses money. If you want to sell it, then sell it at this price. If the Su family doesn't buy it, there will always be someone else who will buy it."
The eldest daughter-in-law stamped her feet in anger, her voice getting louder and louder: "Your family is too selfish, relying on the fact that your company has more housing quotas, and you don't even think about me and my parents.
After we gave him gifts and flattered him, Director Liang finally agreed to temporarily hold our place until the end of the month. If we can't pay, we'll have to sell it to another employee."
"We're thinking about you, why don't you think about us? Did we get these two rooms for free? Xiaojun and I saved money and tightened our belts to buy them!
Mom and Dad, don't blame me for speaking harshly. We didn't have enough money at the beginning, so we borrowed money from you two. My eldest brother and his wife were afraid that we would take your money for nothing, so they were very dissatisfied. In the end, I gritted my teeth and went back to my parents' home to borrow money.
"I've been looked down upon by my sister-in-law and my brother's wife for years because of this, and I only paid off all the debt last year. Oh! Now you want me to be considerate and sell the house at a lower price? Impossible!"
The daughter-in-law blurted out everything, feeling more and more aggrieved as she spoke, her eyes red. Seeing that she was too excited, her husband pulled her back to her seat.
She sat down, but the eldest daughter-in-law refused and started to bring up old matters.
"Sister-in-law! It's inappropriate for you to say that! When I got married, the betrothal gift was only 50 yuan, which was saved by my eldest brother himself. It didn't cost my parents a penny. When you got married, my parents gave a betrothal gift of 100 yuan.
Did I say anything back then? Not only did I not say anything, I even gave you the wardrobe.
Later, when my eldest son and I bought this house, it was all with our own savings. By then, we had already moved out, so wouldn't it be perfect for you two to live in one room while my parents live in the other? We didn't even need to buy another house.
Why do you have to do something beyond your ability? My parents still have to save their money for retirement. Of course I have some ideas!"
The daughter-in-law who had just sat down was infuriated by her sister-in-law's words. She jumped up and shouted, "You are the only ones allowed to buy a house, but we are not allowed to? What do you mean by beyond our means? We are borrowing, not asking for it directly. Haven't we paid off all our debts now?"
Besides, you didn't have the ability to buy all the remaining houses. If we didn't buy them, the higher-ups would have arranged for someone else to move in. How could you still live comfortably in the same yard as someone else?"
The two of them were deadlocked, neither of them giving in, and the living room was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.
Suddenly, there was a clang, and Old Li slammed the cup he was holding onto the table. He said in a deep voice, "Stop talking! Why keep talking about the past? How can it solve the current problem? You two should take care of your wives."
As a father-in-law, he couldn't directly scold his daughter-in-law, so he could only ask his two sons to separate their wives.
The eldest son pulled his wife back to sit beside him, asked her to keep quiet, then turned to Old Man Li and said, "Dad, we are really anxious now. Why don't we look for other buyers? Maybe someone can accept the price of 9,000.
Or if I'm not in a hurry to sell, I'll sell ours first. Not everyone can afford a yard right away, and most people want to buy a single room."
Old Li put out the cigarette in his hand and snorted, "Huh! Do you think I haven't asked? We have to pay at the end of the month. There are not many people who can pay in full at once if they want to buy the whole yard, and they are all waiting to bargain down the price!
Not to mention selling them separately. You have all experienced the difference between living in one yard by yourself and living in one yard with several families. It is also difficult to divide the public areas in the yard.
Nowadays, you have to sell the whole yard to get a good price. If you sell it separately, your room will be sold for 2,000, not 2,500!
Besides, this yard and this house, you think they are shabby, but does the buyer think they are? In my opinion, even if the price is reduced to 8,500, the Su family may not be able to buy it.
The other day we invited people to come and look at the house, and you didn't even tidy up the yard, it's really...ah!"
After these words were spoken, the atmosphere instantly turned cold. Everyone had a stern face, feeling embarrassed about the current situation, but unwilling to give up their own interests.
In the end, the family still couldn't find a solution and could only ask more buyers to view the house.
In the following half month, almost every day someone came to see the Li family's house. Some wanted to buy the whole yard, while others wanted to sell a single room.
But without exception, they all want to lower the price.
Old Li tried to persuade them, saying that they could leave all the furniture behind and that he would thoroughly clean the yard.
There were two buyers who could accept the price of 8,800 yuan under this premise, but they were unable to pay the full amount immediately and said they would pay it off within six months.
But Old Li can't wait. If it was a collective housing when the construction application was first submitted, he could pay in installments. But now it is a ready-made house and there are so many people eyeing it. If he can't pay the money in another week, the quota will have to be given to other employees of the unit, and the gifts he gave before will be wasted.
Although the collective housing is cheap, the savings of the two sons’ families in the past few years have been used to buy this house. If they don’t sell it, they will not have enough money to buy a new one.
Old man Li has enough money to buy his own house, but if his two sons don't move out, there's no point in him buying one. Who knows, the two families might quarrel over the extra house in the future.
It really came to the last hurdle, and after several family meetings, Old Man Li finally went to the Su family.
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