Chapter 83 Real Estate
During dinner in the evening, Wang Xiuren talked to Lin Qiu about the situation in this single room.
"Except for the property rights issue, this house is good in every way!" Wang Xiuren concluded.
"It would be great if the property rights issue could be resolved!" Lin Qiu also thought so.
"That's right!" Wang Xiuren suddenly remembered a line of small words written on the advertisement.
"This house should have been the family building of the Overseas Chinese Farm in the past, so according to the policy, the children of the head of the household can go to the Overseas Chinese Primary School!"
Overseas Chinese Primary School?
Lin Qiu suddenly put down his chopsticks. "Shanshan will go to primary school in three years, and her household registration problem has not been resolved yet!"
"Didn't it mean that you can settle down in Pengcheng after buying a house?" Wang Xiuren's eyes widened. He always thought that after buying the house in Jinxiu Garden, Shanshan could settle down in Pengcheng.
Lin Qiu's mouth twitched, "How can it be that easy? This is Pengcheng, the household registration is very strict!"
It is extremely difficult to obtain a household registration in Pengcheng now, and it is even more difficult for people like Lin Qiu who have changed from farmers to non-farmers.
"What should we do?" Wang Xiuren was a little anxious, "Shanshan needs to study!"
It’s not that there is no solution.
"The new policy says that we can apply for a blue-stamp household registration, but it costs 30,000 yuan each!" Lin Qiu told him the information he got from the newspaper.
"Thirty thousand?"
Wang Xiuren looked at Wang Shan in disbelief. One household registration was almost equivalent to half a house.
Who says it’s not?
Lin Qiu sighed, "We can't let Shanshan go back to her hometown to attend elementary school, right?"
When Wang Shan heard her name, she immediately looked up at her mother, chewing a prawn in her mouth.
"Eat your food. Mom and Dad are talking!" Lin Qiu picked up a piece of beans with chopsticks and put it in her bowl.
Lin Qiu waited until his daughter continued to eat before speaking: "We work so hard for Shanshan to have a good future. If I send her back to her hometown, I won't let her go!"
Wang Xiuren thought so too, and thought that what they saw on TV about eugenics did make sense, especially in his case, where he could afford to have a child but not raise it. He couldn't just raise the child like those snotty-nosed, finger-chewing kids back home, as that would be too embarrassing for him.
"Children still have to stay with their parents!" Wang Xiuren said firmly.
Lin Qiu also thought so. If there was really no other way, he would just grit his teeth and get his household registration done as soon as possible. After all, policies are always changing rapidly. It would be troublesome if one day he couldn't get it done even if he had the money.
"Why don't you continue to ask others to see if there are any suitable houses?"
Lin Qiu still didn't want to give up on buying a house. Shanshan could still delay for two years, but the price of a house would skyrocket in two years.
"Okay, let's eat!"
In the era when information dissemination was not well developed, a lot of information came from other people's mouths.
Whenever Wang Xiuren asked, "Is there anyone looking to sell a house recently?" during lunch or a break, a lot of people would respond.
It is clear even to the point of knowing which building and which room the owner is, whether he or she is a man or a woman.
To be honest, this way of getting information is more effective than looking for small advertisements. In just a few days, Wang Xiuren came back with several pieces of information to discuss with Lin Qiu.
Lin Qiu was sitting on the sofa folding clothes. "Tell me about it!"
“Ahem!”
Wang Xiuren cleared his throat. "The first one is located in Shajing Street. It's a bungalow with a kitchen and toilet. It's about 30 square meters and is sold for 22,000 yuan."
"Although it's a bungalow, why is it so cheap?" Lin Qiu looked up at him.
"Because the head of the household is an old man who is now in hospital, his children are now starting to plot against his property!" Wang Xiuren said with disdain.
"Forget about this. I'm afraid there will be trouble!" Lin Qiu waved his hand.
Wang Xiuren continued to introduce the following.
Lin Qiu could find problems in every set, and by the end his mind was full of questions. In the end, we can only eliminate the most inappropriate ones.
"We want to pick a good deal, preferably one that's similar to the one we live in now!"
"Your requirements are really high!" Wang Xiuren poured a glass of boiled water into his mouth. "We do have a house in Building 3 of our community, but it's too expensive, more than 70,000 yuan, and we don't have that much money."
"Then wait a little longer!"
Lin Qiu stood up and carried the folded clothes into the bedroom.
"I can only wait until the end of the year, when I have more money. Maybe I can get it, but I don't know if someone else will get it first!" Wang Xiuren leaned back on the sofa and sighed, "Buying and selling a house is really not easy!"
"Dad, look at me!"
Wang Shan climbed onto the rocking chair and tried to stand up while her father wasn't paying attention.
"Be careful!" Wang Xiuren turned his head and stood up quickly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Shan was shaken by the rocking chair and almost fell off.
Wang Xiuren rushed forward to catch it, and Wang Shan was so scared that her face turned pale and she closed her eyes.
"Why are you so naughty!" Wang Xiuren kissed her forehead helplessly and distressedly, "Daddy tells you that it was too dangerous just now. Don't climb up like this again in the future."
"Um!"
Wang Shan opened her eyes, her face still a little pale, and she nestled obediently in her father's arms.
"Can you sit over there and watch TV?" Wang Xiuren coaxed her.
Wang Shan refused.
Leaning in her father's arms, still holding his clothes in her hands, "I want my father to hold me!"
The little piece of meat in his arms is his life, and Wang Xiuren can only accept his fate and serve as a human sofa.
"What happened just now? I didn't hear it clearly." Lin Qiu came out and stared at the father and daughter curiously.
Wang Xiuren was about to speak when he heard the doorbell.
Wang Xiuren put his daughter on the sofa and opened the door.
He is the owner of the small restaurant where Wang Xiuren often has lunch. His surname is Lai and everyone calls him Lao Lai Tou.
The old man did not come alone. He was accompanied by a middle-aged man who was about the same age as him.
"This is my cousin! Just call him Lao Yu." The old man introduced him first.
Wang Xiuren greeted him politely, turning half his body to the side, "Hello, Brother Yu, come in and sit down!"
Lin Qiu made two cups of tea, brought a plate of sliced cantaloupe and placed it on the coffee table, then said hello and took Wang Shan into the bedroom.
It’s best not to interfere in matters between men.
Look at the wife he married!
Old Yu sighed in his heart, but said politely: "You are too polite. We came here today just to talk a few words."
Wang Xiuren was trying to guess what had happened to bring them to his house, but he just said, "There's nothing else to entertain you at home, except for plenty of tea. Drink tea, drink tea!"
The old man did not refuse. He pulled Old Yu to sit down, holding a cup of tea, and said to Wang Xiuren while looking around his house: "Your house is really well-kept!"
"I have to thank my wife! I'm a grown man and I'm at the construction site every day, so how can I have time to do these things!" Wang Xiuren told the truth.
"Your sister-in-law is so virtuous!" the old man continued to praise.
Wang Xiuren responded modestly.
The two sides exchanged several sentences before the old man got to the point.
"It's like this. I heard from a few guys who came to your construction site for lunch at noon that you were helping your relatives look for houses, right?"
Wang Xiuren was well aware of the principle of making a fortune in silence, so he naturally would not go around shouting that he wanted to buy a house. When he heard the old deadbeat say that, he already knew what was going on.
"Yes! Brother Lai, do you have any good ones to recommend?"
When the old man heard this, he immediately responded: "My cousin's family is planning to move to a bigger house. I thought the house is nice and you are easy to deal with, so I brought him over to have a chat first!"
Although real estate agencies are springing up like mushrooms after a rain, most of them still rely on posting advertisements themselves or asking friends and relatives to help promote the property.
Wang Xiuren was not surprised at all that the old man helped his cousin find a seller.
"What does the house look like? Can you tell me about it?" Wang Xiuren looked at Lao Yu.
Old Yu, who had been silent the whole time, finally spoke up: "My home is in Buji Town, so my house is also on Buji Street. The house is not big, less than 50 square meters, divided into two rooms with a small living room. The kitchen is outside the corridor, and you have to go to the east end of each floor to use the toilet and take a shower."
The location of the house in Buji Town is pretty good, and the house is relatively new. It was a collective housing project led by the district in the 1980s. It was bought by people from various units who did not have houses, and the property rights are clearly defined.
After hearing this, Wang Xiuren paused and asked, "How much do you plan to offer?"
"Forty-five thousand!" Old Yu looked at Wang Xiuren with a burning gaze, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "The minimum cannot be less than forty-three thousand!"
If my son wasn't in a hurry to get married and needed to move to a new house, I really wouldn't want to lower the price.
"Brother Lai, Brother Yu, I can't make a decision right away. I have to discuss it with my relatives. Can I go over there tomorrow night to have a look?" Wang Xiuren was a little tempted, but he didn't show it.
Old Yu agreed, "Okay, you'll see when you go see it, the house is really nice!"
The two sides chatted for a while before the old Lai took Old Yu away.
After they left, Wang Xiuren told Lin Qiu the whole situation clearly.
When I saw the house the next day, I couldn’t say whether it was good or bad.
Lin Qiu ignored the clutter in the house and the crowded corridor, and nodded slightly, "This house looks quite big!"
Although it is less than 50 square meters, it is not easy to live in Pengcheng. It is common to find five or six people living in this small space.
Lin Qiu didn't say anything more, but still wanted to look at a few more before drawing any conclusions.
She gently touched Wang Xiuren's arm, and Wang Xiuren immediately said, "Brother Yu, I'm sorry, I'll go back and talk to my relatives about the situation before making a decision."
Over the next few nights, Lin Qiu and Wang Xiuren looked at several houses in succession. After comparison, they finally decided on Room 204 in the same residential building as Brother Zhao.
Firstly, it’s the police station’s staff quarters, so it’s less likely for trouble to occur. Secondly, Brother Zhao and his family live there, so they can help look after them if anything happens.
Wang Xiuren even went to find the old debtor to explain the situation, and felt that socializing was indeed an easy thing.
After leaving the Real Estate Bureau, there was less than 500 yuan left in the family.
"We have worked hard for a whole year, and now we are back to the time before liberation overnight!" Lin Qiu joked with a smile while holding the property certificate.
Wang Xiuren silently calculated how long it would take for this month's salary to be paid, and wondered if he could still get a job at the small construction site.
"There shouldn't be any problem. We should be able to hold out until payday!" Wang Xiuren was a little uneasy, fearing that something unexpected might happen.
"It's okay. The newsstand makes money every day. I'll write a few rental ads and post them on the telephone poles!" Lin Qiu looked at the property certificate with satisfaction.
very nice!
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