Loudspeaker: "The average price is around 16,000."
Several people gasped in shock. Back then, those houses only cost one or two thousand yuan each.
"No wonder people in the past would buy property whenever they had money," Grandpa Ge remarked.
"It's too expensive, I can't afford it," Jiang Fen said with a wry smile.
The loudspeaker announced: "Your family can't afford it yet, but your house has been demolished. With the resettlement allowance for the three of you, you should be able to buy two small apartments."
Jiang Fen's house has three rooms. Besides Li Mancang, his children are the oldest in the courtyard.
The young couple, Xiaobai and his wife, have earned quite a bit over the years. They've bought three taxis and hired drivers to drive them, so their living conditions are quite good.
"How big is the smallest house?" Grandpa Ge asked with concern. He couldn't afford a big one, and he wanted to save the money he had for Aunt Yuan. He only needed enough to buy a house.
The loudspeaker announced: "Sir, this apartment is over 50 square meters, enough for you and your spouse. The building has an elevator, so it's convenient for you to go up and down the stairs. You can shower and use the toilet inside, making it perfect for seniors."
"Brother, what do you think?" Grandpa Ge asked the old man.
The old man picked up the promotional poster, which had renderings on it, and looked at it for a long time. "I'll buy one with a yard," he said. "I'm not comfortable living upstairs."
The old lady also came over to take a look, "You can even grow some vegetables."
Li Mancang… “Mom, can you still plant?”
“I can’t grow them myself, but you’re still here. Isn’t it a waste not to grow them? We’d have to spend money to buy vegetables. Do you think I have money to burn for you?” The old lady tapped her cane on the ground twice.
"Grandma, I'll plant it, I can plant it, then our family definitely won't need to buy vegetables," Chunni quickly coaxed the old lady. She had to coax both the old and the young.
The old lady said, "It has to be Chunni; she's a practical person, unlike you all, who have forgotten your roots."
Li Mancang... How could he forget his roots? Who in their nineties is still farming?
"Buy three sets, so the second son can come and live here too," the old man said, pointing to the three sets next to each other.
Li Mantun now lives in a resettlement building in the village, but none of his sons have spacious rooms.
Li Mancang: "Let Mantun come and take a look."
"No need for him to look, just buy it. After the yard is finished, we'll divide it between you two brothers, one house each. We'll also divide the remaining money between you. Your mother and I might die any day and leave nothing behind." The old man and woman had already discussed it. They were too old and might not wake up from their sleep, so they didn't want to leave anything behind.
Wu Zhiqi: "Dad, look at what you're saying. You and Mom will definitely live past a hundred. We have money."
The old lady waved her hand and said, "Your father and I have already discussed it. We can't eat or drink anymore, so what's the point of holding onto all the money? Everyone seems to be doing well now, but who knows what will happen after we die? We've seen too much of this, so we'd better divide it up sooner rather than later. You two brothers can just take care of us and that's it."
Grandpa Ge felt that the old man's arrangement was fine. At his age, he didn't want to see those messy things, so it was a good arrangement that saved him a lot of trouble.
"Grandpa's yard is big, he has many houses and shops. After the renovation, I reckon he could buy this whole building," the loudspeaker said enviously. "He bought a house back then and he's really made a fortune now."
"No matter when you have money, you still have to buy property," Grandpa Ge sighed.
Everyone looked at the old man and woman with envy.
The old lady... why envy her? The real big shot is the eldest daughter-in-law. She bought more than ten courtyards like that. That's what a landlord is.
“Then I’ll buy one here too. We’re all in the same neighborhood, so it’ll be convenient to visit each other,” Grandpa Ge decided immediately. Now that his house is being moved, he can at least afford to buy a smaller one.
“Then let’s buy this too,” Jiang Fen said with a smile.
"It's so great that we can live in the same community," the loudspeaker said happily.
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