Li Baichuan checked the time, then rode his bicycle with his wife to the house they had inspected a couple of days ago.
Two years is not a long time, but it is not short either. At least Li Baichuan is extremely familiar with the streets and alleys of Beijing.
When we arrived at the destination, there were already people waiting for us.
"Brother Chuan, you're here! Your wife is here too?" The man was squatting on the stone stool inside the door. He jumped down as soon as he saw him.
He was very respectful to Li Baichuan, and he also greeted Su Ti with great enthusiasm and attentiveness.
"Stone, have you been waiting long?" This man used to work in the black market; he wasn't a big shot.
For the past two years, he had been following Bao Datong around. Li Baichuan thought he was quite clever, so he took him over.
He may not have any other skills, but he's quite adept at finding out about these trivial matters.
He's currently handling all the goods with Kang Laowu; Shi Tou is a man of great courage and decisiveness.
Previously, he was an outsider under Kang Laowu, but after joining Li Baichuan's side, he knew very well whose side he was on, and he was decisive and measured in his actions.
Kang Laowu has been following Li Baichuan all these years, and he has been able to avoid any risks smoothly.
So many things have happened over the years, and seeing their rivals fall one after another, they are truly afraid.
Now they are completely obedient to Li Baichuan, and they don't need to worry about the supply of goods, as Li Baichuan has everything.
Over the years, he has honestly and steadily made a living under Li Baichuan's command.
Let alone a stone, even Kang Laowu's brothers who had gone through thick and thin with him, if Li Baichuan wanted them, he would send them over.
"I came here not long ago. I finished sorting out those goods before coming over. I don't know the people here, so I don't trust them."
Stone was overjoyed when he learned he could work for Brother Chuan, and his brothers were incredibly envious.
From the moment I came to Brother Chuan's side, I was wholeheartedly devoted to him, and I would go wherever Brother Chuan asked me to.
He's honest and obedient, and has been Li Baichuan's right-hand man for the past two years.
"Wife, let's go inside and take a look at the house." Li Baichuan led his wife inside to look at the yard.
This is a small, two-courtyard house. Everything inside is smashed and broken beyond recognition. The owner has been away abroad and hasn't come back since.
Calling it buying a house is an understatement; it's more like buying a frame, with nothing inside.
"Brother Chuan, this house is far inferior to the other houses around here that are for sale. Nobody comes to see it."
Shi Tou had been helping his brother Chuan inquire about houses in Beijing, but his brother Chuan didn't like any of the good houses.
The houses I pick every time are never good, and this one is even more outrageous. How can anyone live in this house?
If it were cleaned up, it could buy a house; besides, he didn't think the location was good.
But since his brother liked it, he didn't say much, only hoping that his sister-in-law could persuade him to stay.
He'd been following Brother Chuan for two years and knew that while Brother Chuan was a man of his word outside, he was actually henpecked.
"Who did the owner hire to sell this house?" Su Ti looked at the dilapidated state of the house; it was indeed the most run-down of the houses she had ever bought.
However, this also saved her a lot of trouble. What she wanted was never a fancy house. No matter how exquisite the decoration was, could it compare to the houses of later generations?
There are countless American, European, and Chinese styles emerging, but all she wants is a framework.
She can't live in that many houses; these are just for investment.
As for being remote, this place is not remote at all. She knows that many universities will be built here in the future, and this place will be demolished in the future.
"It was the neighborhood committee that contacted them to say that the homeowner had been exonerated because he was abroad and didn't come back.
"They just asked the neighborhood committee to help them sell the house and transfer the money to them. All they needed to do was get a certificate from the neighborhood committee."
Shi Tou knew there was nothing special about this house; most people wouldn't want it. These days, people buy houses because they lack a place to live.
If you use all your savings to buy a house, but you can't live in it, who will you sell it to?
Cleaning this up would be too expensive, and the price wouldn't be low either.
"Shall we go to the street office to complete the handover procedures first?" There's really nothing to see here. As long as the house is as they described, we can take it.
Suti knows that very few of those who went abroad these days ever come back, and even if they do, they'll only visit their ancestral home at most.
When Shi Tou saw that his sister-in-law had spoken, he knew that the house would definitely be bought today.
Shi Tou couldn't understand it. Was there something wrong with his brother Chuan and his sister-in-law? Their taste was questionable.
Even if he knew that Brother Chuan had made a lot of money in the past two years, he still couldn't afford to spend it like this.
However, he couldn't say these words out loud, otherwise Brother Chuan would definitely get angry with him.
Stone walked to the door and opened it, then suddenly let out a "Ouch!" which startled everyone.
"Who are you? What are you doing sneaking around like this?" Stone grabbed the man.
"I...I was just passing by." The one struggling so hard, with its thin arms and legs, was no match for Stone, who spent his days risking his life in the black market.
"Just passing by? You're kidding me." Stone simply bent one of his fingers.
"It hurts...it hurts, Mother, Mother, help me!" The person cried out in pain.
"What do you want? Release my son right now!" Soon a woman came running from next door, looking at Shitou menacingly.
Seeing his son in his hands, he dared not step forward.
"You live next door?" Su Ti walked over, and Shi Tou and Li Baichuan immediately flanked her, afraid that this person would hurt her.
"Yes, we live next door." The man rubbed his fingers, looking nothing like a man, cowering behind his mother like a coward.
"You injured my son, pay up, or you're not leaving." The woman was difficult to deal with, and soon a large group of people from next door arrived, shouting and yelling.
"Hmph, then call the police. We're here looking at the house properly, and he's acting suspiciously at the door."
"He looked so guilty when we caught him. What do you mean he was injured? Look at him, are there any injuries on him?"
"Trying to extort us? I'd like to see if the police will listen to you." Suti felt that having neighbors like this made the house unlucky.
But after thinking about it, since she wasn't going to live there, she bought the property to keep for appreciation and wouldn't deal with these people anyway.
Having encountered so many different kinds of people, can they still avoid them every time?
"You...you're buying a house?" Before the woman could speak, the slightly older man, presumably her eldest son, looked over.
Suti could tell that this woman was fertile; these men looked so alike, she must have five sons.
That's impressive! With so many sons, the house must be so "lively"!
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