Chapter 13
On the third day after Cheng Ran called, an earthquake occurred in Xishan.
After seeing the message pushed on the phone, everyone in the Shen family remained silent for a long time.
I feel heavier than ever before.
Although the magnitude of this earthquake was not high, only 5.1, and because the epicenter was far away from the town, there were almost no casualties.
But everyone knows that this is just the beginning.
The end of the world seems to be really coming.
There was no discussion, and no one even took the initiative to bring up the topic. The family members all began to think about how to speed up the progress of the work they were responsible for and leave as few regrets as possible.
At this time, the construction of the house is proceeding in an orderly manner.
The loans for the two houses and the compensation for the Gu family’s old house have all been paid, and supplies are also being purchased in bulk.
There are only a few major issues at home that have not been resolved:
One is how much the land in the backyard will cost, the village has not yet given a specific figure;
One is that Mr. Gu has not returned from Pingchuan for purchasing;
Another thing is that the return date of Shen Xi's family is uncertain.
"Call Xixi and ask her to come back quickly. It doesn't matter whether she gets the money back or not, as long as she comes back! Tell her that if she still wants to see her, she should come back early, otherwise she won't be able to see her anymore."
Shen Jianyi was obviously a little annoyed by the news of the earthquake. He paced quickly in the room and said to his wife.
"I told her yesterday. She called to ask for my bank account number and said she could only raise 150,000 euros and it would be difficult to raise more.
Her crying made me upset, so I told her that I didn't want the money, as long as she came back.
She might misunderstand you and think you are not doing well, so she will ask you to book a flight ticket...
I thought there would be a result today at the latest." Cheng Ru explained.
"Why didn't my sister call me?" Chen Cong was a little puzzled.
She also wanted to ask if there were any unusual situations happening in Europe!
This natural disaster is global. Who knows if it will happen there earlier?
The more Chen Cong thought about it, the more worried he became.
"I didn't let her call because I was afraid that if we didn't agree on something, she would hear something. It's hard to explain from such a distance, so I told her that you were selling the house and didn't want her to disturb you."
Shen Cong nodded.
In order not to make her parents worry more, she did not dare to express her concerns.
I had no choice but to urge her: "Tell my sister that the house has been sold and my father's medical expenses will not be a problem. Tell her to go home quickly and not to worry about the money."
"Yes, let her bring the child back and tell her that I want to see my grandson. As for Zhang Ye..."
Shen Jianyi's expression turned cold: "Let him do as he pleases."
Zhang Ye and Shen Xi were engaged in the building materials business abroad. After so many years of doing this, they had become somewhat well-known locally.
Even if the incident happened suddenly and it's not easy to raise money at the moment, you can still call and ask about your father-in-law's condition and show your concern, right?
After the video call that night, Zhang Ye had not appeared again for several days.
Not to mention making a phone call, he never even asked a casual question when Chen Xi called.
what does that mean?
Everyone knows it.
Anyway, as long as Chen Xi can bring the children back before the disaster, whether the others live or die will be left to fate.
Seeing that the matter of the elder sister-in-law was almost discussed, Gu Kai spoke up: "Dad, you still have to urge the land matter. Old Zheng has urged him several times to come over to check out the site.
Their steel frame house needs to be measured in advance, and the digging of the cellar also needs to take weather factors into consideration. If it is delayed any further, he is afraid that he will not be able to complete it within the deadline. "
Lao Zheng is the director of the steel frame factory that Chen Cong had found on the Internet that could be used to build a wine cellar.
Since Gu Kai was in charge of the house decoration, Chen Cong directly introduced the two of them to each other.
After chatting a few times and feeling good about it, Gu Kai simply contracted the greenhouse that was to be built on Fulin's rooftop to him.
Now Lao Zheng and his construction team have come to Bac Ninh and are building a greenhouse and installing a water tower for Fulin.
But how many days can you do that little bit of work?
It's almost finished.
"I'll go and urge them to start studying and see what they're trying to do. How many meetings do they have to hold for such a small piece of land?!"
Speaking of this, Shen Jianyi also felt a little dissatisfied.
What kind of bullshit meeting is this? Everyone knows it. They are just trying to get more money!
If it weren’t for the emergency at home, who would want such a piece of land!
"Leave this matter to me. I will get it done today. At worst, we can just give up the land and we won't suffer injustice!" Shen Jianyi's tone was clearly unhappy.
Gu Kai and his wife looked at each other, and after several rounds of eye contact, they saw that the other party had no intention of responding.
In desperation, he could only comfort his father-in-law stiffly: "Dad, don't be angry, if you can... let's take it."
Gu Kai has never liked to talk much, and he is not the kind of person who can speak well or persuade others.
It was such a simple sentence, but he made it so difficult to even hear it.
Shen Jianyi was so amused.
"Okay, okay, don't worry about it. Go and do your own thing. I'll handle this." He waved his hand and sent his son-in-law away.
Xu Xingxue didn't let the Shen family wait for long and came over on his own initiative that morning.
But the numbers reported made Shen Jianyi angry!
"One hundred thousand? How dare you ask for one hundred thousand for such a shabby piece of land?! How much does the land contracted out from the village cost per mu? The best fertile land only costs five hundred yuan a year, right?
How big is this land? We still can't get the land certificate. Even if we rent it for fifty or a hundred years, it won't cost a hundred thousand! How dare you open your mouth like that!"
Shen Jianyi's words were very unpleasant. It was really that the people in Yingshui Village did not do things in an honest way.
They are treating Old Gu like a fat sheep to be slaughtered!
The land originally belonged to the green space of the community. If it had not been spotted by the family under special circumstances, no one would have bought it even if it had been idle for ten years.
And even if I buy it, it won’t cost me one hundred thousand.
Not to mention one hundred thousand, even fifty thousand is too much!
Shen Jianyi's words made Xu Xingxue feel very embarrassed, and his smile obviously withered.
It’s just that this man has been a village official for many years and he won’t embarrass others in public.
He forced a smile and said to Shen Jianyi, "Uncle, I don't know how to respond to what you said. I don't have the final say on the land. I am just here to pass on the message.
If I have the final say, let alone 100,000 yuan, I can't take even a cent from my uncle! Who are we talking to? It's a waste of time for a family to talk about money!
But doesn't the developer own half of this land? We developed it together in the beginning. Although it's our village's land, we have to share half of the profits with them. We can't make the decision ourselves?!"
Shen Jianyi snorted coldly and did not respond.
Only now did he realize that Xu Xingxue was such a slippery person!
Fortunately, he used to think this person was good.
What kind of developer is that? Do you think he doesn’t know?
The developer who built this community suffered so much loss that he quit long ago!
If their village committee would give half of the money to others just by selling such a piece of land, that would be weird.
Seeing Shen Jianyi looking unhappy, Xu Xingxue also felt a little embarrassed.
He stood up, smiled awkwardly, and said, "Uncle, if it were you, I'd say we shouldn't keep that land. It's going to be destroyed so quickly, there's no point in keeping it!
I'll go back and tell the villagers that we didn't come to an agreement and we won't discuss it anymore. Even if we didn't come to an agreement, we're still a family. You're always my uncle, so don't get angry about this."
After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.
Seeing that Xu Xingxue was really about to leave, Chen Cong stood up and stopped him, saying, "Brother Xingxue, 60,000 yuan, you tell the villagers that we want the land for 60,000 yuan, and we will pay in cash when we sign the agreement."
Xu Xingxue stopped.
His eyelids twitched and he looked up at Chen Cong without saying a word.
Chen Cong smiled at him and said, “My father-in-law wants this land. The old man is old and doesn’t want to travel back and forth. It’s too much trouble.
The location of this land is really good, right at the doorstep of his house. The old man fell in love with it at first sight because of its convenience.
So Brother Xingxue will not hide it from you, we really want to buy this land.
Please help us talk to the village and give us the 60,000 yuan if you can.
There is no need to set up a separate household. Just merge the area into my house and sign a new contract.
Brother, if you can tell me, I will go get the money now, and when I come back I can go to the village committee to handle the formalities. "
Xu Xingxue was right, this community was indeed built in cooperation with a developer.
The bank account is also shared.
Although the other party has basically given up on this community now, there is an extra flow of money on the account, and they are likely to ask about its source.
If someone really asks me about this, should I tell you or not?
It's easy to pay the money, but it takes some effort to withdraw it.
Chen Cong said that paying in cash would mean that the money would not have to go through public accounts, so the money could be used directly in the village.
Although it is still public funds, there is a difference between having money in the account and having money in the bag.
With Xu Xingxue's mediation, the land issue was quickly resolved.
He bought the right to use the land for 60,000 yuan.
At the same time, the Shen family proposed that because the Chinese medicinal herbs they wanted to plant were valuable crops, they needed to build a wall to protect the land to prevent them from being stolen. The village committee generously agreed.
And this commitment was written into the contract.
They even took the initiative to propose that the Shen family had absolute autonomy over the land, and no one would interfere even if they built another villa there.
Of course everyone knows this is a joke.
Who would really build a villa in that place?
The money spent is enough to buy another house in the community, with better lighting than that one.
After the land issue was resolved, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, because it meant that everyone had an extra layer of security.
Perhaps because he was in a relaxed mood, Shencong slept surprisingly well that night.
But in the middle of the night, she suddenly woke up -
I just felt a click somewhere inside my body, and then my whole body felt lighter and more relaxed.
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