After inspecting the house from inside to outside, it was obvious that a lot of effort had been put into renovating it, with two bathrooms and furniture in the master bedroom. Adding the house price, Wang Xiaojie couldn't help but feel pain in her heart just thinking about it.

Wang Xiaojie said, "Kid, let your dad buy the furniture himself."

The main reason is that Lu Hongjun and Tang Sufen's family live in this house, and making the house so nice is also a good deal for Tang Sufen and her son.

Lu Jiaxin smiled and said, "Only the master bedroom has furniture, and the other rooms haven't been bought."

Since we are going to do it, we should make it beautiful, and it won't cost much. In this way, if Lu Hongjun is dissatisfied, others will definitely stand on her side.

After looking at the house, Lu Jiaxin said, "Sister-in-law, your house is inside. I wanted to buy it together, but the houses in the middle were not for sale."

"About how far is it?"

"Not far, only about thirty meters away."

As Lu Jiaxin said, we walked about 30 meters to the right and we arrived. Lu Jiaxin stopped and pointed at the locked door and said to Wang Xiaojie, "Sister-in-law, this is your house."

After that, she took out the key from her bag and handed it to her: "Sister-in-law, it's your house, you come and open the door."

Wang Xiaojie wiped her hands before taking the key, unlocked the door, and walked in. She was stunned when she saw the large yard inside: "Jia Xin, Jia Xin, why is this house so big?"

The house has two main rooms, two side rooms on each side, and a large courtyard in the middle. The courtyard alone is more than 20 square meters. It looks particularly spacious.

Lu Jiaxin looked at her and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, this house has two entrances, and the layout at the back is similar to this one."

Wang Xiaojie went to the back immediately after hearing this. This second courtyard was indeed the same as the front one, the only difference was that there was no kitchen or woodshed.

Wang Xiaojie came to her senses and stuffed the key back to Lu Jiaxin: "This house is too big. Your brother and I can't have it. Jiaxin, you take this house back."

Lu Jiaxin didn't take the key and said, "Sister-in-law, each of the four brothers and sisters of Lu Ping will have a room. When they get married and have children, the children will have to have a room to live in, right? Uncle and aunt are old, and the medical conditions in their hometown are not good. Second brother and second sister-in-law also want to settle down here, and they will definitely live in the old city in the future. Sister-in-law, the four or five rooms you said originally are definitely not enough. This house is just right."

Wang Xiaojie shook her head and said, "No, this house costs tens of thousands of dollars, your brother and I can't afford it."

Lu Jiaxin smiled and said, "The house is in the name of Lu Ping and his four siblings. If you don't want it, Lu Ping and Zhenzhen will definitely want to have a separate room."

The house purchase restriction in Beijing will be implemented in 2011, which is more than 20 years away. The house being in the names of the four siblings will not affect their ability to buy a house in the future.

The reason why the house was not in Lu Jiaguang's name was because of the current housing shortage. At that time, someone might stand on the moral high ground and ask Lu Jiaguang to carry forward the spirit of Lei Feng and give up the house. As a leader, it is really difficult to deal with.

Lu Jiaguang can still move up, and it would be bad for him if he got caught up in such negative public opinion. But if it fell under the names of the four brothers and sisters, there would be no such worries.

Wang Xiaojie was stunned for a moment: "The house is in the name of Pingping, Zhenzhen and the other two?"

Lu Jiaxin nodded and said, "They are all your and eldest brother's children, so of course we should treat them equally. There are twelve rooms, so it's easy to divide them up."

Wang Xiaojie came back to her senses and felt that she had gone off topic. "Jia Xin, this house must cost tens of thousands. Your brother and I only make a little over 500 a month. How can we afford such a nice house?"

Wang Xiaojie shook her head and said, "No, if that were the case, the second and third brothers would feel that it was unfair and they would have a conflict."

Lu Jiaxin was not really worried: "Second sister-in-law is a smart person. She must know that I am not giving you a house for a superficial reason."

In order not to affect the relationship between the two families, she would tell Lu's second sister-in-law about this matter. Lu's second sister-in-law is a sensible person and will understand.

Lu Jiaxin continued, "Oh, by the way, the last time I called, Xiaoqiu said that my second brother and his wife bought a shop. With their hard work, they can buy a house in two years if they save money. As for my third sister-in-law, she stopped coming when she heard that my second brother and his wife worked so hard from dawn to dusk. It's not so beautiful in this world to expect to get something for nothing without working hard to earn money."

Wang Xiaojie couldn't refute it.

Seeing that she was still struggling, Lu Jiaxin pulled her into the master bedroom. The renovation and layout here were the same as Lu Hongjun's.

Wang Xiaojie said, "Why are you still buying furniture? We can buy the furniture ourselves."

Lu Jiaxin smiled and said, "Didn't you give me more than 3,000 yuan? This money was used to buy furniture. According to my expectation, this place is for uncle and aunt to live in. I don't know what they like, so I only bought a bed and a wardrobe. You and brother can buy the rest later."

Wang Xiaojie had a bad feeling when she heard this, so she hurried back to the courtyard to take a look. Yes, the master bedroom was better decorated, with a bed, bedside table, wardrobe, dressing table, and all the furniture. The side room was also converted into a study, and a clothes hanger was made to hang a painting. In addition, the master bedroom also had a bathroom.

Wang Xiaojie is also a connoisseur of value. Looking at these red solid wood furniture, her heart trembled: "Jia Xin, how much did this house cost in total?"

Lu Jiaxin still said the same thing, not much.

Wang Xiaojie said firmly, "Jia Xin, if you don't tell me, your brother and I won't take over this house."

The house can be taken back but not blindly. At least we need to know how much Jiaxin spent.

Lu Jiaxin knew she had to say it: "This house was bought for 43,000 yuan, and it cost 5,800 yuan to hire someone to repair it and renovate the bathroom, and the furniture cost 3,200 yuan."

Someone had already liked the house, but they had not yet reached an agreement on the price. He Bin found out that the house was for sale and the ownership was clear, so he paid the deposit on the spot after seeing it. If He Bin hadn't come along, the house could have been negotiated to less than 40,000 yuan.

Wang Xiaojie calculated and was horrified to find that the house cost 52,000 yuan. Her family had to go without food and drink for ten years to save up such a large sum of money.

Lu Jiaxin remembered that there was a piece of vacant land behind the second courtyard: "It's more than ten square meters. I think it can be used for my uncle and aunt to grow vegetables."

“There’s a backyard?”

Lu Jiaxin nodded and said, "I originally asked to buy a house with a garden, but I couldn't buy it. You can plant flowers before your uncle and aunt come."

Wang Xiaojie secretly thought that it was a good thing that she didn't buy a house with a garden, otherwise it would have cost 70,000 or 80,000 yuan. She regretted why she didn't go to see the house herself. If she had gone to see the house, she wouldn't have spent so much money. Alas, it's really worth knowing earlier.

(End of this chapter)