The next morning, Li Chu had a car take him to a nearby Bank of China branch, and then asked Tian Jun to take Ding Qiunan to the hospital.
He exchanged some US dollars here before slowly walking towards the neighborhood office.
Why exchange some in advance when you already have some?
This was to avoid any future trouble caused by someone pursuing him for this money that shouldn't have been there in the first place.
Now that there's a record of the exchange at the bank, anyone who wants to check it can do so.
However, although he will use US dollars for this transaction with the landlord, he will still say it is RMB to outsiders because foreign currency is not allowed to circulate privately in China.
When he arrived at the entrance of the subdistrict office, Chen He was already waiting there, accompanied by a man and a woman who looked to be around thirty years old.
The man looked honest and decent-looking, and he was wearing the work clothes of an electromechanical factory.
The woman wasn't particularly beautiful, but she was tall, even taller than the man. She wore a white polyester shirt, a floral skirt, and black round-toed leather shoes, which looked very fashionable for that era.
Judging solely from their attire, these two don't look good together.
Seeing Li Chu preparing to cross the road, Chen He raised his arm in a gesture of respect, while saying something to the two people next to him.
The man and woman also looked at Li Chu, who was walking by. They were stunned when they saw the military uniform he was wearing. They seemed not to have expected that the person who wanted to buy their shop would be a soldier.
The two looked at each other but said nothing.
"Brother Li, you're here. Let me introduce you. This is Guo Xiangyang, the owner of that shop, and this is his wife, Ma Huizhen."
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Li Chu extended his hand to shake hands with the male landlord, then touched the woman's fingertips together before letting go, without any intention of introducing himself. Chen He also seemed to have forgotten about it.
"Comrade Guo, have you decided whether to sell that shop?"
Upon hearing Li Chu's question, a hint of hesitation flashed across Guo Xiangyang's face, but seeing his wife beside him, he gritted his teeth and nodded.
"I've thought it through, I'm sure I want to sell."
"That's the price Chen He agreed on with you, one thousand."
This time, Guo Xiangyang didn't say anything, he just nodded, but you could tell he was still a little reluctant.
At this moment, his wife spoke up: "Comrade, could... could you add a little more?"
"Hey, what do you mean? I brought the person over, and now you've changed your mind?" Before Li Chu could say anything, Chen He objected.
"No, no, Brother Chen, we're not changing our minds, it's just... you know, isn't a thousand for our room a bit too little?"
"If you had told me earlier, I wouldn't have sent anyone over. You could have just found someone else who could offer you a satisfactory price."
Li Chu didn't tolerate them and patted Chen He's arm directly: "Since that's the case, then forget it. I'll go over first; there's still a lot to do over there."
Seeing this, Guo Xiangyang, who had been holding back his words for a while, could no longer remain silent.
"Brother Chen, comrade, my wife is a bit naive, please don't mind her, let's just do as we agreed before."
"Xiangyang, give me a straight answer. Is 1,000 yuan okay? If it is, we'll go in and complete the formalities. I've already contacted the people at the street office. If it's not okay, we'll just say so frankly. Brother Li has a lot of things to do. He's not as free as I am."
Guo Xiangyang turned to look at his wife again, then nodded firmly: "One thousand, confirmed. We can go in now to complete the transfer procedures."
"Brother Li, what do you think..." Chen He asked, looking at Li Chu.
"Alright, now that it's settled, let's go in and get the paperwork done quickly." With that, he took an envelope out of his pocket and handed it to Chen He.
"Here's the money. Keep it with you for now, and you can give it to them after the formalities are completed."
Chen He waved the envelope in his hand at the couple: "Is this okay? If it is, I'll count the money."
Li Chu's actions put Guo Xiangyang at ease a little. He had just been wondering how the money should be paid, and it would be best to hand it over to a middleman.
Seeing that Guo Xiangyang and his wife agreed, Chen He took the envelope and walked to the wall, took out the money from it, and prepared to count it.
Guo Xiangyang and Ma Huizhen also went over; they naturally wanted to see the money with their own eyes to be completely at ease.
The envelopes contained US dollars in denominations of ten and twenty dollars.
He quickly counted the amount and put it back in the envelope. As for whether the money was real or fake, he wouldn't admit it, nor did he need to. Chen He didn't believe that Li Chu would cheat him over such a small amount of money.
"The money's fine, shall we go?"
This neighborhood office wasn't where Li Qin, Li Chu's older sister, used to work, and Li Chu didn't know anyone here either. However, the person Chen He found was very capable; in just over an hour, he helped them complete all the procedures.
Looking at the newly issued land use certificate and house ownership certificate in his hands, Li Chu felt a sense of emotion. These two pieces of paper were just light and flimsy; who could have imagined that they would become so valuable years later?
Instead of immediately putting the two certificates into his bag, he took out a stack of letters from his bag.
"Comrade Guo, could you please write something for me that clearly states that you voluntarily sold this land and the houses on it to me, and that from now on, no matter what happens, you will not come to bother me about this again."
"ah?"
Li Chu's request stunned everyone in the office.
"Well...didn't we already give you those two certificates? Is it really necessary to write this again?" Guo Xiangyang asked, somewhat puzzled.
"It's necessary because I'm afraid you'll change your mind, and I'm too lazy to get entangled with you over this trivial matter later."
Only Li Chu knew the true value of this shop in the future.
Although writing this won't really do anything, at least it might make Guo Xiangyang think twice before causing trouble.
If he really sends his wife away this time, it will be like throwing good money after bad.
When that time comes, Guo Xiangyang might become mentally twisted. In another ten or twenty years, when he finds out how much the house will be worth, who knows if he will turn around and cause trouble for Li Chu, harassing him endlessly.
Guo Xiangyang looked at his wife, then at Chen He, and after thinking for a while, nodded in agreement.
After he finished writing, Li Chu made him copy it again, then had him sign his name and put his fingerprint on it, and also had his wife sign and put her fingerprint on it.
"Comrade, could you please put this together with the change of registration document from earlier?"
Now everyone understood why Li Chu had asked him to write two copies—it was to be included in the file.
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