Zhou Sui had no idea that the Wang family was after her, nor did she know that her act of temporarily closing the door had saved her life.
She didn't go out that day and stayed at home all day. When Zhou Dayong and Li Qiuju returned, she brought up the matter of buying a house again.
This time, she used a shield: "Isn't Brother Qi An in the real estate business? They have more information. That piece of land will be very useful in the future. If we buy it now, we can kill two birds with one stone."
Zhou Sui spoke earnestly, silently thanking Song Qi'an in her heart. It was fortunate that he was in this industry, otherwise it would have been difficult to find such an excuse.
"Very useful?" Zhou Dayong seemed to understand but not quite. "What use could that place possibly be?"
“Dad, it’s good enough that they’ve only said this much. It’s hard to say anything more if we ask them for details.” Zhou Sui started to persuade them. “I think what Brother Qi’an said makes a lot of sense. Let’s seize this opportunity and buy the house first. We won’t lose money.”
Both Zhou Dayong and Li Qiuju hesitated. Finally, Zhou Dayong said, "This is no small matter. I'll go to the Zhao family and ask Xiao Song."
"Hey, Dad." Zhou Sui quickly grabbed him. You can't ask him now, or you'll give yourself away. "Not many people know about this. I only heard it from him on the phone. If you go and ask him now, it'll be difficult for him to tell you whether he'll tell you or not."
Zhou Dayong thought about it and agreed. He looked at Li Qiuju, unsure of what to do.
Zhou Sui immediately added fuel to the fire, saying, "I really want to buy a house, but I don't have enough money. My dear parents, could you lend me some money?"
"Why would I need to borrow money?" Li Qiuju glared at her. "You need to borrow money from Mom and Dad?"
Zhou Sui quickly grabbed Li Qiuju's arm and, unusually, started to act coquettishly, "Oh dear, it's my own decision to buy it. Anyway, I don't have enough money, so you two can give me whatever you think is appropriate."
After she finished speaking, she noticed that their expressions seemed less forceful than before.
Zhou Dayong looked at his daughter and said, "If what Xiao Song said is true, it is indeed a good opportunity. If we don't know, we'll just let it go, but if we do know, we can't waste it."
“We’ll cover the difference. Your mother and I have saved some money over the past few months, plus our previous savings.”
“But there’s a condition,” Zhou Dayong said solemnly, “this house can only be registered in your name.”
The room fell silent. Zhou Sui leaned her head on Li Qiuju's shoulder and moved slightly. She grinned, a hint of mischief in her eyes.
"I'll pay a lot of money, so put my name on it."
Hearing her say that, Zhou Dayong and Li Qiuju both secretly breathed a sigh of relief. They were really afraid that Zhou Sui would insist on writing down the names of other family members.
"Let's make this clear first, the name will be yours. Don't stop your parents from moving in," Zhou Dayong joked with her.
Zhou Sui snorted haughtily, "I'll think about it."
"Hey, you little rascal, you're getting bolder and bolder, aren't you?" Amidst the family's laughter and chatter, the matter of buying a house was finally settled, and the final result was just as Zhou Sui had expected.
Now that the matter was settled, the family discussed buying the house before the end of the year.
Zhou Sui specifically chose to go to see the house in the afternoon. Apart from the staff and family quarters, the houses in the town were all self-built.
One great advantage of this self-built house is its spaciousness; in addition to the spacious house, the yard is also spacious.
After looking at several properties, Zhou Sui was very satisfied. She bought this house partly for convenience and partly to wait for the demolition and redevelopment.
So there was no need to compare prices repeatedly. After getting a general idea, Zhou Dayong talked to a few homeowners about the prices and then took his family home.
“I think the one by the roadside is better,” Zhou Dayong said first. “The house is square and very spacious, with two yards, one in the front and one in the back.”
“I see that the back yard is just an open space, where we can grow some vegetables and have ready-made vegetables to eat when we cook at home.”
Li Qiuju shared the same idea as Zhou Dayong; the couple felt that for the same price, they should buy the bigger one if possible.
"No, no, no." Zhou Xu shook his head. "It's noisy by the roadside."
“What’s all the noise about there?” Zhou Dayong retorted immediately. “I think you’re just tired of living in a bungalow and want to live in an apartment building.”
That's really too much talk. Zhou Xu had never lived in a two-story house like this before, and he really liked one after seeing it.
The father and son talked for a while, and finally their eyes fell on Zhou Sui, and they asked in unison.
"Sui Sui, which set do you like?"
"Sis, which set do you want?"
Zhou Sui didn't really feel anything, but gave the two of them a suggestion: "Go back and draw lots, whichever set you get, that's fine."
Only Zhou Sui could come up with the idea of choosing a house by drawing lots for such a big decision.
"No, Sui Sui has to choose." The whole family insisted that Zhou Sui choose. Zhou Sui agreed verbally, but in her heart she thought, "Let God decide this. We can just flip a coin instead of drawing lots."
After walking for a while, Zhou Xu craned his neck to look ahead. "Hey, there seems to be a food stall at the intersection near our school?"
"Students are on holiday and there are still people selling food?" Li Qiuju said, looking over as well. There were indeed people buying, quite a few, but they were too far away to see what they were selling.
"Let me see what to sell." Zhou Xu darted out in a flash, and returned a short while later.
He said mysteriously, "Guess who's running this stall?"
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