Chapter 126 Selling the House to Treat Illness
Tang Yuan really has no shortage of RMB now.
Including the money from selling this batch of grain, she currently has more than 30,000 yuan in savings. Even if she has expenses from several businesses at the same time, she doesn't have to worry about lack of money.
While she was selling grain, the policy of reform and opening up was successfully implemented.
Although this policy has little impact on most people at present, in the long run, the long-term impact of opening up to business did indeed begin during this period.
Tang Yuan walked to the scrap station, looked at the four people sitting inside knitting sweaters, and walked over calmly.
Except for Shen Wenyu and Second Aunt, the other two were specially invited to knit sweaters. On the surface, they just sat together knitting sweaters, but in fact, the sweaters in their hands can also make money.
Mona's sweater business is booming. By now, almost all the sweaters that were sent to her have been sold out. At the same time, she has also tasted the joy of high profits and urged Tang Yuan to continue sending sweaters.
As soon as she reached the scrap station, Shen Wenyu stood up, took her to a corner, handed her a bag of sweaters, whispered to her the number of sweaters, and then confirmed the difficulty of the sweaters.
According to the amount and difficulty, Tang Yuan handed the money to Shen Wenyu at one time.
"There's one more thing," Shen Wenyu held Tang Yuan's hand, "I heard that the antique shop got a new batch of antiques. They said they were found after someone was arrested. The price won't be too high. If you're interested, you can go take a look. I won't share this batch of antiques."
Tang Yuan subconsciously wanted to refuse: "Then what..."
"Listen to me," Shen Wenyu interrupted her, "I'm not doing this entirely for you, but for myself. Our family is not well off, and I'm very lucky to have the original batch of antiques. I can't keep more even if I get them. You can just buy them directly without telling me, or I won't remember them."
Tang Yuan glanced at her and saw that she was sincere, so he nodded: "Okay, I'll buy it myself this time."
As she spoke, she put the calculated money into Shen Wenyu's hand and said, "Wait a few days, I'll bring our things over. I'll deliver Sister Shen's things. As for the antique shop, I can go and see it myself later."
The situation has been getting better and better in the past two years, and the doors of antique shops have been opened wider than before. However, the overall price of that batch of antiques is not expensive. Ordinary antiques cost about one or two hundred yuan each, and the more expensive ones are only five or six hundred yuan. If she goes to buy antiques now, she will definitely make money.
"Okay," Shen Wenyu took the money, "I can see that the current situation is different from before. The antiques I collected before are enough for me."
The two looked at each other and smiled, and Tang Yuan left with a bag of sweaters.
Shen Wenyu brought money and distributed it to each person according to the quantity and quality of the weaving.
A few people quickly took the money and put it in their pockets, then continued to knit sweaters and talk. They looked just like they were bored and were knitting sweaters here to kill time.
But they all make money, and although they can talk, most of the time they focus on the sweaters in their hands, trying to knit more sweaters and make more money.
After Tang Yuan left the scrap yard, he took his sweater to an antique shop and saw antiques piled up. In the end, he spent two thousand yuan to buy a bunch of antiques of all sizes.
After buying these antiques, they also gave her a large basket and a shoulder pole, asking her to carry the basket back home.
When she returned to her residence, before she even reached the door, she saw the old lady lingering at the door of her house. It was none other than the original landlord of the house she bought.
Seeing her appear, the old lady looked at her, took two steps forward hesitantly, and then stopped where she was, looking as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
Tang Yuan raised his eyebrows, took the initiative to walk over and put down the basket in front of her: "What can I do for you?"
"You...you still want to buy the house? Cough cough--" the old man said, and suddenly coughed violently twice.
Tang Yuan looked at her expression and guessed, "Are you sick and want to sell your house to get treatment?"
The old lady nodded: "My children are abroad, I want to wait for them... I... cough cough... it costs a lot of money to treat the disease. In addition to this one, I have two more to sell. I know you... cough cough... don't worry, I won't tell anyone..."
Tang Yuan looked at her coughing hard and her face turning pale. He put his hands on the shoulder bag for a while and said, "I'll put the things in first. Can you wait for me outside for a while?"
The old lady coughed until tears came out and nodded repeatedly.
Tang Yuan picked up the shoulder pole again, opened the door and put the things in the inner room. He said something to the father-in-law and mother-in-law who were making clothes, then went out again and went to see the remaining rooms with the old lady.
This house was originally quite large, but it was rented out to someone else and divided into several rooms. The small doors that were originally accessible were simply blocked with wooden boards.
The remaining two rooms that the old lady wants to sell are slightly larger than the one she bought, but because she left a lot of things there, the old lady has no more, so now they look relatively crowded, but she can make some space by just cleaning it out.
Tang Yuan wanted the house originally to be used as a "workshop" and had no intention of housing people; he just wanted it to be big enough.
If these two rooms can be taken over, they can be connected to the previous one. Then not only will the parents-in-law have enough space to do their work, but she will also have an independent space. She can even go in and out from the door on the other side without having to worry about being under the "watch" of the parents-in-law when she comes in and out.
Perhaps seeing Tang Yuan's excitement, the old lady took the initiative to speak: "If you want, I'll give you 700 yuan for these two rooms. The property certificates were divided into several rooms before, and I didn't combine them together. The houses can be transferred to your name."
"No problem," Tang Yuan nodded, "but I'll accompany you to see the doctor first."
The old lady looked at her in surprise.
Tang Yuan smiled and took her to a nearby hospital.
After a series of examinations, it was confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the old lady's health. It was just that the weather was cold in the past two days and she accidentally caught a cold, which caused her coughing and discomfort.
The hospital prescribed some medicine and Tang Yuan took the initiative to give the money. The two of them then went to handle the house transfer procedures. Because the house was transferred to her just like last time, the Housing Authority didn't say anything and they handled the procedures without further ado.
On the way back, the old lady subconsciously took Tang Yuan's hand and said, "I don't have anything else. I'll give you all the houses, and I'll live in the remaining one."
"I know, but we are now grasshoppers on a rope," Tang Yuan whispered. After taking her back, he pulled her directly into his room. "Since you already know my situation here, we have to be tied together."
The old lady in law saw Tang Yuan bringing people in, and heard these words when she looked up.
"Auntie, please help me and teach me how to sew a hair tie," Tang Yuan walked the old lady to a chair in the house. "A hair tie is two cents each. I'll give you the money based on how many you sew every day. This way, you won't tell anyone about this."
The old man looked up.
The mother-in-law looked at Tang Yuan, and at Tang Yuan's signal, she looked at the old man: "Old man, you are in the same group with us now, so you can't tell anyone else."
As she spoke, she took the cloth and needle and thread from the side, put them in the old woman's hands, and began to teach her how to sew a hairband.
It is not difficult to sew a hairband, but the difficult part is to have good stitches. However, people these days have some skills in sewing. The grandparents just explained for a while and the old lady got the hang of it and began to sew skillfully.
Tang Yuan took out an iron box full of coins at the right time and placed it next to the father-in-law and mother-in-law.
The old woman sewed a hairband. The old lady took a look at it, took out two cents from the iron box and put it in the old woman's hand.
The old man squeezed the banknotes in his hand and looked up again: "Is this all?"
"Of course," the mother-in-law nodded, "We agreed that each hair tie would cost two cents."
"I can do it. I can do it. Let me do it here." This time, the old man spoke before anyone else could speak, and at the same time, he held the banknotes in his hand.
The grandparents looked towards Tang Garden.
Tang Yuan looked at the clothes hanging on the side and came over: "Then you stay here, I'll go to the house next door and ask someone to clean it up, and seal the door to your side, okay?"
"You go and do it. There's nothing in my room." The old man waved his hands casually and looked at the cloth in the basket with eager eyes.
This time, she seemed to be in much better spirits than before.
Tang Yuan smiled, reached out and gently patted the mother-in-law's arm, asked her to look over here, and then turned around and walked out.
When she left, her parents-in-law placed a basket of cut cloth next to the old woman so that she could take it at any time.
Tang Yuan walked to the door and looked back, seeing the old woman conscientiously sewing a hairband with her head down. She looked up at the sun above her head and felt that the sun was particularly warm today.
The house needed to be cleaned up, so she went straight to Sun Dong and asked him to bring a few brothers to deal with the things left in the house. Most of them were some useless tables, chairs and benches, all of which were chopped up and used as firewood.
The situation of these houses was similar. They all had sheds in the yards. However, they were not as big as the first one she bought, but they were just right for storing firewood.
The broken tables, chairs and benches were all dismantled. Those that were still in good condition but had tabletops that were unusable were replaced with a new board or the tabletops were removed and replaced with new ones.
Both rooms were cleaned up, and the door leading to the old lady's room was nailed shut with wooden boards.
"Sister Fang, is the gate here?"
"Yes," Tang Yuan went out and confirmed the location, "It's right here, the door panel..."
"Ah Feng went to buy it," Sun Dong said, "Sister Fang, you are amazing. Now you have three houses at once."
"Good luck." Tang Yuan looked at the two rooms that were gradually being cleaned up, and was already thinking about buying two more sewing machines.
You can also find a few more people to help make more clothes, wallets and hair ties.
Sun Dong and his men spent two days cleaning up the place inside and out, and also built a small door from the other side so that Tang Yuan could enter and exit freely.
When these people were leaving, Tang Yuan specifically asked Sun Dong to find Zhao Zhiqiang to buy some pork, and each person was given one pound of pork.
Everyone was very satisfied with this kind of compensation, and even hoped that Tang Yuan could ask for their help again next time.
Meanwhile, the landlady had quickly become familiar with the process of making hair bands in two days. Although her movements were not as fast as those of the grandparents, she could easily make a few cents a day.
She had no other income, and her previous expenses were mainly covered by the money from selling the house. She had to continue selling the house because she fell ill this time. With this income, at least she would not have to use her savings to pay for her daily expenses.
As for the house, she will use it now. When the situation gets better in the future, she can buy another house. If the old lady has money, she can sell the house back to her.