"When my mother left, she brought me some bacon and sausages." Yang Dongmei whispered, "Sister, Wang Zhen came back on the fourth day of the New Year, and I found out when I went to the city with my classmates.
He said that it was hard to have fun in the provincial capital, so he might as well come back to look after the clinic. I saw that he was not happy in the provincial capital. It was probably because his stepmother gave him a hard time. "
Seeing her indignant look, Yang Chunyan said, "It's okay. Doctor Xiao Wang is not a child. His stepmother can't bully him."
"Hmm!" Yang Dongmei thought for a moment and said, "Mom said Yang Hui will have a wedding banquet with Erchun from your village in February. The engagement and wedding banquet will be held at the same time. Do you know?"
Yang Chunyan: "Old man Erchun is gone..."
Yang Dongmei curled her lips and said, "No wonder grandma has a gloomy face."
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In the backyard of the clinic, Zhou Huaian packed up the money and said to Wang Zhen with a smile, "Please drive for a while. I'll go to Brother Huang's place and talk to the landlord and then come pick you up."
"Okay!" Wang Zhen agreed readily. "I've already inquired about the surgery for the child with congenital heart disease you asked me to ask about. It can be done in the provincial capital. I heard that the children who had the surgery recovered well after the surgery. The doctor said that the earlier the surgery for congenital heart disease is done, the better."
"The cost will depend on the child's condition. If it's not serious, it can be done for around 2,000 yuan. If he wants to go, I can help him contact the doctor."
Zhou Huaian was also very happy after hearing this, "Thank you, Doctor Xiao Wang, I will tell Brother Zhang when I go to Baicaoping the day after tomorrow."
He was thinking about the truffles this season and the honey from the past two days. The Zhang family had saved a lot of money. If it was not enough, he could lend them some first.
"Okay! If conditions permit, it's better to do it as soon as possible." Wang Zhen closed the door of the main room and walked out with him.
Zhou Huaian, Zhou Yiding and Wan Xuejiao walked out of the alley, "Dingding Cat, if you want to buy something, go buy it first. Chunyan and I will go to Brother Huang's place and buy some meat and vegetables to bring back."
"Let's go to the photo studio to take some pictures first, and then go to the department store to buy some things." Zhou Yiding thought for a moment, "If you're ready and have been waiting for me for half an hour and I still haven't shown up, you guys should go first and don't wait for us."
Zhou Huaian thought about the things they were going to buy for their wedding, so he didn't say much, "Okay."
After Zhou Yiding and the other man left, Zhou Huaian called Yang Chunyan to go to Douhuazhuang, where Huang Yongcai sat with a man wearing glasses, who was probably in his forties, and a woman of about the same age with short hair, drinking tea.
Huang Yongcai saw the two people and said to them with a smile: "Here you are."
The man with glasses and the woman looked at the two men. They were dressed in ordinary clothes, but they didn't look like country people at all. No wonder they dared to come to the county town to do business at such a young age.
Zhou Huaian helped Yang Chunyan, and the two of them entered Douhuazhuang. He smiled and said, "Brother Huang, sorry for the long wait!"
"We just sat down not long ago!"
Huang Yongcai introduced the four people with a smile, and then said to the man with glasses, "Lao Song, sister-in-law, you guys talk to Xiao Zhou slowly, I'll be back soon."
"Okay!" Old Song smiled politely at Zhou Huaian and the others, "As you can see, we have maintained the house very well over the years. If it weren't for the urgent need for money at home, we would not be willing to sell it!"
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "It's okay if the house is a little old, but the main thing is that the environment there is too complicated, with all kinds of people, and the alleys are so deep... If I'm not here, my wife will be alone at home, and I'm a little worried."
Old Song smiled faintly, "You also saw how spacious my house is. There is also such a large vegetable plot in the back. It is sold for 2,500 precisely because of its location. Otherwise, it would be more than that price."
Zhou Huaian didn't want to waste time talking to him. "Brother Song, two thousand five is really expensive. If you can make it cheaper, we can talk. If not, there's no need to waste your time."
After hearing this, Old Song glanced at his wife and said, "For Old Huang's sake, I'll sell it to you for 2,450..."
"It's still too expensive." Zhou Huaian looked at him and said straight to the point, "Two thousand three, I only gave it to you for Brother Huang's sake. If you think it's okay, we'll buy it, if not, forget it."
After hearing this, Mr. and Mrs. Song thought that 2,300 was also within their psychological price range. After hesitating for a moment, they nodded and said, "Okay, 2,300 is 2,300. We want cash."
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "Don't worry, Brother Song, the money is ready. I'll go and transfer the property first and give you the money right away."
Lao Song took the property certificate out of his bag and said, "We have all the documents with us. You pay the money first and we will go to transfer the ownership."
Zhou Huaian thought to himself that you are worried that I won’t give you the money after the transfer, and I am also worried that even if I give you the money, you won’t transfer the property to me!
"Brother Song, how about this? I'll give you a deposit of 500 first, and we'll go transfer the account to our name first. I'll give you the remaining money right away without losing a cent."
Old Song's wife waved her hands repeatedly, "No, that won't work. If the house is transferred to your name and you don't give us the remaining money, who can we ask for it?"
Zhou Huaian: “…”
"Lao Song, sister-in-law!" Huang Yongcai came over with a smile, "Don't worry about the transfer. If he doesn't give it to you, come and get it from me!"
When Old Song heard him say this, he nodded readily, "Okay! Let's go to the Housing Management Office now."
Huang Yongcai thought Zhou Huaian and the others didn't know where the Housing Management Office was, so he said to them, "The Housing Management Office is right across from the guesthouse. I'll go with you. We know the people there, and it will be done in a short while."
Zhou Huaian smiled and nodded, "Thank you, Brother Huang!"
Huang Yongcai smiled and patted him, "Why are you being so polite to me?"
A few people went to the Housing Management Office, and the people there seemed to be very familiar with Huang Yongcai and Lao Song, and they completed the procedures in a short while.
Huang Yongcai took them to the guesthouse opposite, and Zhou Huaian gave the money to Lao Song and got the key.
The Song couple left happily. Zhou Huaian and his wife thanked Huang Yongcai and returned to Deshengtang, telling Yang Dongmei and Wang Zhen about buying a house.
Wang Zhen smiled and joked, "Brother Zhou, are you really planning to buy a lot of real estate and become a landlord in the future?"
Zhou Huaian said with a smile: "Once you buy a house, it will be yours for life. Being a landlord is actually not bad."
Yang Chunyan took over the conversation, "Doctor Xiao Wang, we won't come to live here even if we buy the house. I'll leave the key with you. If someone wants to rent the house, please keep an eye out for us."
"Okay!" Wang Zhen agreed readily and asked, "How much do you plan to rent it out per month? Do you want to rent out the whole building or individual rooms?"
Zhou Huaian said cheerfully: "Anything is fine. We don't know the price either. Just decide for yourself."
Wang Zhen: "Okay! I'll keep an eye out for you."
Zhou Huaian: "Then let's go look at houses together now, and then go to Fu Niu after we buy some vegetables at the market?"
Wang Zhen smiled and nodded, "Alright! Let me clean it up!"
After he had packed up, the four of them went out and walked towards the vegetable market. Zhou Huaian bought a few more locks on the way and went to the newly bought house.
As he walked past the vegetable market and entered the alleys, people greeted Wang Zhen from time to time, and he always responded with a smile.
Yang Dongmei held Yang Chunyan's arm and looked curiously at the people of all kinds and street vendors on both sides of the alley.
After entering the alley, she said: "Fortune-telling, bone-touching, gambling... This place is a bit like the scenes in the old society in the movies."
Yang Chunyan whispered, "They are all second-rate people, all gathered in this alley."
Wang Zhen, who was walking behind, said, "It was better in the past few years, but in the past two years, there are more people trying to make a living here. It's a mess here, don't come here alone."
"Oh!" Yang Dongmei nodded in agreement.
When they reached the end of the alley, Zhou Huaian stepped forward and opened the yard. After looking at it, several people said that it looked okay. If it weren't for those people in the alley, it would be quite quiet to live here.
Zhou Huaian opened all the rooms and checked them. There was no leak in the roof for the time being. He opened the door to the backyard and saw the cherry tree. All the vegetables in the vegetable garden had dried up.
The vegetable patch was surrounded by stones, and the roses planted on the periphery had intertwined vines that looked like barbed wire.
There is a small wooden door on the national highway side. When you open it, you can see stone steps. They are narrow and only two feet wide. There are more than ten steps in total. After climbing up, you can see the national highway above.
Wang Zhen looked at it and said, "It's a pity that it's too far to go into the city from here on the national road. Otherwise, we can go this way."
Zhou Huaian: "I bought it for 2,300 yuan. Is it too expensive?"
Wang Zhen thought for a moment and said, "Two thousand and three is not expensive for this location, but it is not cheap either. In the long run, it is more cost-effective to buy it and rent it out than to deposit it in the bank."
Zhou Huaian laughed after hearing this and said, "You know, Chunyan and I don't have a high level of education, and we can't do anything big with the money. As long as it's more cost-effective than putting it in the bank, it's fine."
Wang Zhen: “In fact, buying real estate is also a kind of investment.”
The two returned to the vegetable field. Yang Dongmei stood under the cherry tree with a trunk that was about 20 centimeters thick. "Sister, look, there is an old cherry tree here. The branches facing the sun have begun to grow flower buds."
Yang Chunyan looked in the direction she pointed and saw some branches with soybean-sized buds. "The temperature in the city is higher than in the mountains. Many families in the village grow cherries, but those in the mountains don't start to bloom until mid-February."
Yang Dongmei smiled and said, "When the cherry blossoms bloom, we'll go to the photo studio and find someone to take pictures."
When the cherry blossoms first bloom, they are still a little pink. When they are fully bloomed, the petals will turn snow-white. The branches of cherry blossoms connected together look like a "snow scene" in spring, which makes people linger.
Cherry blossoms have a very short blooming period, and are known as "cherry blossoms for seven days". A cherry blossom blooms for only about seven days and the entire cherry tree blooms for only thirteen or fourteen days.
Yang Chunyan recalled that in her previous life, two years ago, many people went to the countryside with cameras to take pictures. "It's different from the county town and the flower market. Now there are only state-owned photo studios, and people will not go to the countryside with you to take pictures."
Wang Zhen said, "A few years ago, a private individual opened a photo studio on South Street. I heard that they also went to the countryside to take photos. I'll go ask around for you when I get back."
Zhou Huaian said happily: "That's great. If they go, there will definitely be a lot of people who want to take family photos."
Yang Dongmei: "When the rape flowers bloom, many people will take photos." (End of this chapter)
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