Section Chief Li clearly heard that the little girl wanted to buy a house. Although he felt it was strange, he didn't care. As long as it could be sold, it was fine. There was no rule that it couldn't be sold to children.
"Whether you buy an apartment or a bungalow, the apartment has a bathroom, while the bungalow doesn't, but it has a yard."
“What are the respective prices?”
When Section Chief Li heard Zhou Xiang's words, he felt that the girl's tone was mature, as if she had negotiated many deals before and was not exaggerating. "The apartment has two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom, and it's 3,000 yuan. The bungalow is cheaper, with three rooms, a two-room kitchen, and a yard totaling 130 square meters, and it's 1,200 yuan."
Zhou Xiang calculated that he only had 4,000 yuan, and it was not enough to buy everything he wanted!
"It's too expensive. Your company is in a remote area, not in the center of the county town, but the price you ask for is the price in the center of the county town. Give me a discount, and I will buy both the building and the bungalow." Try bargaining. If it doesn't work, just buy one house first.
"Do you really want to buy two sets?"
"Really? Ask your boss. How about 2,500 for a building and 900 for a bungalow?"
When I came here just now, the old man had already pointed out which buildings and bungalows were for sale. The buildings were still new! That's right, they would be even harder to sell if they weren't new. The bungalows were half-new and had quite a large yard.
Wow, this little girl is really amazing. She cut down 800 yuan in one go. I didn’t dare to make the decision myself. “Then you sit down and I’ll go ask.”
After a while, Section Chief Li came in with a tall, thin, middle-aged man. "Director, this girl wants to buy a house."
The director looked at the girl, who was younger than he had imagined, and asked, "Are you really buying two sets?"
Zhou Xiang nodded vigorously, "Really, and after the deal is settled, I will pay the money immediately and go to apply for the property certificate."
The director was amused by the professional terms and sophisticated words coming out of Zhou Xiang's mouth. "You know all this? Our collective unit doesn't have a property ownership certificate."
"Impossible. Everyone's making 20 or 30 bucks a month these days. If you sell your house for thousands without the property ownership certificate, who would dare buy it? And after you buy it, who knows who will own it?"
"Oh, you really know a lot, little girl. Okay, I won't tease you anymore. I agree to your price, but you can't tell anyone."
"Who are you trying to fool? Are you going to put money into doing the accounting? I can tell what the price is just by looking at your account books."
The director looked at Zhou Xiang and said, "The account book can't be easily shown to outsiders. I have to give others room to bargain. For example, you have already cut down so much, right?"
"Did I not cut through your bottom line? You are obviously a person who is suitable to be a profiteer!"
The director laughed out loud. It was so interesting to chat with this little girl.
"Okay, okay, I'll give you another hundred. The bungalow will be eight hundred, and the apartment will be two thousand five hundred. How about that? I'm not a profiteer anymore, am I?"
Zhou Xiang nodded seriously, "Yes, not bad, a very upright person."
The director laughed even louder.
Section Chief Li couldn't help laughing beside him. This little girl spoke like an adult and acted so conscientiously. It was so funny.
However, the director, who is usually a very serious person, actually laughed out loud today. It's a rare sight!
"Xiao Li, take the girl to settle the bill, and then go to apply for the property certificate." After giving the order, the director left with a smile.
Section Chief Li took 3,300 yuan from Zhou Xiang, issued a receipt, and then took Zhou Xiang on a bicycle to apply for a real estate certificate. When passing by the door, Zhou Xiang asked Zuo Heng to give him the household registration booklet and then wait here.
Zuo Heng had no choice but to sit down and continue waiting.
More than an hour later, Zhou Xiang returned and took the keys and property certificate from Section Chief Li. "Thank you, Section Chief Li, and thank you, Director. Your director is very good and very thoughtful. Your unit will be fine."
Section Chief Li chuckled and said, "Thank you for your kind words!"
Zhou Xiang waved the key in his hand at Zuo Heng, "You have a home now."
Zuo Heng's eyes immediately turned red. Yes, he had a home now, a home given to him by Zhou Xiang. From now on, he must listen to her and do whatever she asked him to do.
"Come on, grab the quilt, let's put our things down and see what our new home looks like. We'll go out and buy some things later."
I still have 700 yuan left, which is enough for me.
"Whether you want a bungalow or a building, I'll buy both. The bungalow has a yard but no toilet, so you have to go to the public toilet. The building has a toilet."
"Let's live in a bungalow. A bungalow has a yard where you can grow vegetables, flowers and trees." Zuo Heng is still very good at planning.
"Okay, let's go see the bungalow."
The two men found their bungalow yard. The yard wall was made of bricks and was about 1.6 meters high. The gate was a double wooden door. When they pushed open the door, the yard was empty. There was a hand-pumped well in the corner of the west wall.
Zuo Heng was very happy. "There's a well. It's convenient. I don't have to pay for water."
"When you drink water, make sure you boil it and let it cool down before drinking. Drinking groundwater directly can easily make you sick."
Zuo Heng nodded. Zhou Xiang knew a lot, so he should listen to her.
There are three main rooms and two kitchens, all of which are brick and tile houses. They are empty inside, and the doors of the east and west rooms are opened on the wall of the main room.
The two kitchen rooms are also quite large and connected. The outer room is the stove and the wood stove, and the inner room is a dining room and storage room. There is a two-layer platform built against the wall where rice, flour and other things can be stored.
"After we finish, let's go shopping. Put the quilt on this table first."
The two of them walked out of the Water Conservancy Bureau and took half an hour to reach the supply and marketing cooperative.
"You need to grow up faster and buy a bicycle. It's so tiring to walk like this every day! You still have to go to school."
"Okay, I'll eat more."
The two of them bought a lot of daily necessities, including a kettle, a large iron pot, a spatula, a chopping board, a kitchen knife, a spoon, bowls and chopsticks, bed sheets and mattresses, autumn clothes and trousers, sweatshirts and sweatpants, a mat, a basin, salt, matches, soap, cups, toothbrushes and toothpaste, towels and combs.
Zuo Heng stopped them from buying anything and said, "That's enough. You can buy anything you need later."
Zhou Xiang thought that was right. Even if he bought everything now, there would probably be something missing.
When checking out, Zuo Heng felt distressed. It cost dozens of dollars, and it was not easy to buy a house.
Zhou wanted to find a cart, so he asked Zuo Heng to go back first and went to the scrap yard to find an old bed or something.
Zuo Heng nodded, and Zhou Xiang quickly went to the scrap station where a woman was guarding it.
"Sister, I want to buy some old things. My home needs beds, cabinets and other things." After saying that, he stuffed fifty cents into the woman's hand.
The woman looked down and smiled, "Okay, go in and choose. I'll give it to you based on the price of the wood."
"Thank you, big sister!"
Zhou Xiang went into the room the woman pointed to to choose. There were a lot of old furniture in it, including old-fashioned beds with mosquito net frames, and even a bed that seemed to be of ancient style. There were also large standing cabinets, chests of drawers, desks, chairs, and small dining tables.
Zhou Xiang dragged what he wanted to the door with all his strength. If he couldn't carry it, he would put it into the space and then put it out at the door.
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