In the evening, when her granddaughter Li Yutong came back, Chen Xiaoying quietly told her about buying a house.

Li Yutong didn't think too much about it: "Buying a second-hand house also has its advantages. If a newly renovated house uses inferior materials, it will contain formaldehyde, which is bad for people's health. Second-hand houses are also cheap. People's homes are well-maintained, like the one we live in now. If you don't mind, you can move in directly with your luggage. I think it's okay."

The sofas and furniture are all complete, and you can live here with your own bedding.

For new houses, the floors are all made of cement, and you have to choose the materials for decoration yourself. Many decoration companies are very deceptive and sell low-quality materials as good ones.

So there is a saying that it costs 100,000 to buy a house and 200,000 to renovate it.

Zhao Xueyan was washing clothes for Li Yujie in the bathroom. When she heard this, she hurried out and said, "Then the people who decorate my house will do the same thing. What should I do?"

She doesn't have that much money and doesn't know anything about decoration materials.

Li Yutong comforted her: "Third Aunt, I have thought about it all for you. When the time comes to renovate your house, I will use the best materials to ensure it is healthy and environmentally friendly. Then ventilate it for half a year, and it will be fine to live in. You see, there are so many people living in the house, and only a few have accidents."

Zhao Xueyan didn't worry about the materials, she was a little embarrassed: "I mainly don't have that much money."

Li Yutong smiled and said, "Aunt San, as long as you follow my grandmother's instructions, this is nothing."

Zhao Xueyan is a person who believes everything she hears. Just now, she heard her mother-in-law say that her two brothers were planning to buy a second-hand house, so she said, "Hey, if I had known earlier, I would have bought a second-hand house too, and I wouldn't have to worry so much."

Li Yutong said, "But Third Aunt, if it's a second-hand house, the water, electricity, and pipes are old, and there are certain risks in living in it. Second-hand houses are becoming less and less valuable. You can ask around now, what is the current price of the new house we bought?"

Although her grandmother did not say explicitly why she wanted to buy her a new house, Li Yutong could guess.

She also prefers to buy a new building because most of the second-hand houses now have problems with lighting, the living room is very small and is just a corridor, and the bedrooms are large but useless.

This is not the case with new houses. The most popular layout is one that is open from north to south and all three bedrooms must have access to light. Large televisions are gradually becoming popular and the family spends more time in the living room, so a large living room is now the most basic need.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." From the beginning, Zhao Xueyan followed her mother-in-law and knew her niece's abilities best. Although she was young, she was smart. Not only did she open a two-story hot pot restaurant, she also opened a hot pot ingredient workshop with 15 or 16 employees.

According to what her mother-in-law and she said, Li Yutong's hot pot ingredients have been favored by the county government, and the food factory is now producing hot pot ingredients. I wonder how much money Li Yutong has made in this factory.

She has made up her mind to follow her mother-in-law and niece, and she will definitely earn more money in the future.

The next day, Chen Xiaoying took her two sons to look for houses while she was not busy. They started by looking at old houses.

The agent who found the house for them in the beginning was quite reliable.

The second son, Li Hongjian, and the fourth son, Li Honggang, followed their mother Chen Xiaoying to look at houses with great anticipation.

Kaiyuan County is now developing. Several pieces of land have been sold and buildings are being built. Many people say that there are only so many people in the county and so many houses cannot be sold at all. The prices will definitely be reduced by then.

But in fact, the Kaiyuan Star, which now costs more than 2,000 yuan per square meter, will be sold for 6,000 to 7,000 yuan per square meter in the future. If you want a house with a good floor, it will cost more than 1 million yuan.

Even now, the price is more expensive than when she first went to buy it.

"House prices are getting higher day by day. If you don't buy a house now, houses will only become more expensive in the future," said the agent.

This is what Chen Xiaoying meant: "Yes, society is developing. Look at our county, how many people went out to work, and now they all come back to buy houses and get married."

Big cities are good, but many people go out to work and buy houses in their hometowns. Firstly, some people have the mentality of returning to their roots and like to continue living in the living environment where they grew up. Secondly, the housing prices in big cities are said to be four to five thousand yuan, or even seven to eight thousand yuan per square meter. How can they afford to buy land?

A year's salary is not enough to buy a toilet in a big city.

As they were talking, they arrived at the house they wanted to see.

Chen Xiaoying started looking around as soon as she entered the house. She said to the second and fourth sons, "When buying a house, you also have to look at the location and the environment. I told them in advance that we wanted a house with a good location and convenient transportation, so they brought us here. In addition, the community environment must be clean. This place is clean, but there are no flowers or plants, and the house looks too old."

The second-hand houses bought nowadays basically have cement exterior walls, some of which are covered with thick ivy, which looks damp and cramped at first glance.

The agent chuckled and said, "Auntie, you have seen so many houses that you have some experience."

Chen Xiaoying smiled and said, "Yes, buying a house is a big deal. You need to consider many aspects before you make the move."

The second son Li Hongjian and the fourth son Li Honggang first looked at the walls, ground, and bicycle shed of the family compound, and then looked at the six-story building with cement exterior walls in front of them. The steel bars welded to the windows had rusted due to rainwater washing down, leaving a large area of ​​stain on the wall. The roof was leaking. Some families had done waterproofing, while others had added a few bricks and built a roof themselves.

"A little older, a little worn out."

The second brother Li Hongjian was thinking.

The fourth child, Li Honggang, also nodded.

"It's an old house, so it's like this." The agent smiled and said, "Let's go inside and take a look first."

I took Chen Xiaoying and her two children to the fourth floor, which was a decent floor. When we entered the house, although people had turned on the lights in advance, it was still very dark inside because there were no windows in the living room in the middle. The light came from the open windows of the kitchen and bathroom.

Very small, cramped, dark, but cheap.

The second son, Li Hongjian, and the fourth son, Li Honggang, looked at each other and thought, "It's only over 20,000 yuan, but we're only buying a house like this?" Why did they suddenly feel reluctant?

"If you don't like it, let's look for something else," said the agent.

Chen Xiaoying nodded and took the second and fourth sons to see. As a result, after looking at several houses, when they saw the new house, the second son Li Hongjian and the fourth son Li Honggang were obviously satisfied.

Most of the residential communities being built now have well-developed green areas, elevator apartments, clean and tidy cement floors, and security guards at the door. When you enter the house, there is plenty of light and ventilation from north to south, so you will definitely not feel oppressive.

When they learned that Chen Xiaoying and Li Yutong both bought houses in Kaiyuan Star, the brothers Li Hongjian and Li Honggang suddenly felt that there was nothing wrong with buying a house here.

As a family, we stay together.

Seeing that they were willing, Chen Xiaoying explained the situation: "It's the same as the third brother's family. The down payment is a little over 200 yuan per month for the mortgage. You can pay it back yourself."

Living a life full of debt, both of them felt a little uneasy.

"Mom, what if I can't pay it back?" The fourth son Li Honggang said worriedly. The mortgage is for fifteen years, and he can't guarantee that he can earn enough money every month to pay off the loan.