Chapter 98 A Big House
Last year during the Spring Festival, Tang Yuan made more than 10,000 yuan from selling strawberries in a dozen days. She thought this was a lot of money. This year she made the same amount, but she felt it was not so bad. It turned out that her happiness threshold for making money would increase a little bit with the amount of money she made.
Besides, she had more free time this year, and took advantage of the fact that there was not so much to do during the Chinese New Year to visit two elders with whom she had been in touch from time to time during the year.
These two people were none other than the two people from the mainland whom I met at Xue Shiqi's house last year.
For the one whose hometown is in the south, she brought some cakes, cigarettes and alcohol from Hong Kong to her home, and for the one whose hometown is in the northeast, she brought a small jar of pickled cabbage in addition to the basic gifts.
It is true that “a small gift is worth a thousand words”, this sauerkraut in the altar is specially made by Aunt Qian, it is authentic Northeastern sauerkraut.
"You're here, and you brought something with you. Come in and sit down," the door opened, and Tang Yuan was welcomed in. "We're all family here today, so don't be shy. It's not easy to have someone like you who can speak Mandarin."
Tang Yuan called out "Sister Lu" and walked in, nodded to the people in the room, and then took the coffee they made.
"You can add sugar and milk yourself," the man who made her coffee said politely, "You should be able to drink coffee, right?"
"Jia Qi is from Hong Kong, so she must be used to it," said Sister Lu, and then she mentioned coffee, "This coffee was brought from your Aunt Xue. I heard that it seems to be related to you."
"Yes, I met someone in this business some time ago and bought a batch of coffee from him. Sales are pretty good," Tang Yuan said, holding the cup. "I opened a coffee shop on XX Street, specializing in selling coffee beans."
"You own the coffee shop that sells coffee beans?" Someone nearby asked in surprise, "I've been there to buy coffee beans before. The coffee beans in your shop are of good quality."
"Thank you, I just happened to find the right coffee beans." Tang Yuan responded with a smile.
After this incident, she quickly found topics to talk about with the people in the room, from coffee to the TV series that made freshly ground coffee popular for a while, and then to gossip in the entertainment industry.
During this period, Tang Yuan still maintained the habit of reading newspapers every day. He knew a lot about the situation in the Hong Kong entertainment industry and had no reservations when talking about these topics.
On the other side, seeing that the conversation was going well, Sister Lu turned around and went to the kitchen.
After a while she said, "Jiaqi, you brought me a jar of pickled cabbage."
"It's sauerkraut made by my family. I don't know if Sister Lu can get used to it," Tang Yuan turned around and responded, "It may be a little crude..."
"It's not simple, it's not simple. You don't know how difficult it is to make sauerkraut here. I have to thank you. If you add one more dish at noon, I'll already have sauerkraut." Sister Lu's voice came from the kitchen.
The person sitting in the living room talked to Tang Yuan: "Can you make sauerkraut where you live?"
"A distant relative who lives in the countryside," Tang Yuan said casually, "I usually crave this, so I made some. If I made it in a building, I'm afraid I'd be complained about."
"That's right, my mother has wanted to do it for a long time, but she doesn't dare to do it anymore after being complained about." The person in front of him lowered his voice.
Tang Yuan laughed and asked in a low voice about the interesting story of making sauerkraut.
While we were chatting happily, the man of the house came back, put down his bag and went into the kitchen to help. When it was time for lunch, the whole family got up to clear the table and brought out the dishes and food.
Placed in the middle is a large bowl of sauerkraut stewed with bacon and vermicelli.
"You're welcome, just like your own home."
Tang Yuan nodded and took precautions: "I don't eat much."
In fact, it’s not that she eats less, but that her body cannot eat too much food from outside. However, the ingredients for today’s sauerkraut are the vegetables she grows in the game space. She can get by by eating less of other things and more sauerkraut.
This body has to deal with outsiders more often, whether it is Xue Shiqi or here, there will always be situations where they have to eat together. She can't just not eat all the time. She has tried it in advance and as long as she doesn't eat too much, it won't have much impact on the body.
But she didn't expect that this bowl of sauerkraut would be quite popular.
"It's delicious. The pickled cabbage I've eaten before wasn't as delicious as this. I never thought that delicious pickled cabbage would taste like this."
"Right, this is the authentic Northeastern pickled cabbage. I haven't tasted such authentic flavor for a long time. Speaking of the gift Jiaqi brought today, this pickled cabbage really touched my heart." Sister Lu also ate a lot. "When I was a child, I always ate this. I got tired of it and wanted to eat something else. When I grew up, I couldn't eat it anymore, but I missed it again."
“It’s really delicious, especially with rice.”
Several people in this family really have Northeastern stomachs. They finished a big bowl of pickled cabbage cleanly. Looking at the empty bowl, even they were a little surprised.
Sister Lu looked at the bowl several times.
Tang Yuan took the initiative to say, "I'll send a few more jars over in a while."
Sauerkraut is not worth the money. There is plenty of sauerkraut in the Northeast. The weather there is cold and there are no other vegetables. We have to eat them until April and May. A lot of the cabbages grown in the game space have been given to Aunt Qian, Aunt Cao, Shen Wenyu and others. It is not difficult to make some sauerkraut.
As for this, even if I miss sauerkraut, I only eat it occasionally and I don’t actually consume much.
After hearing her words, Sister Lu happily agreed: "Thank you."
After the meal, they were both very happy. Before Tang Yuan left, Sister Lu stuffed him with lots of gifts. Although she didn't pick them specially, they were all good things, which showed that she was really happy.
"Sister Lu, you don't need to send me off. I can go back by myself," Tang Yuan turned around as he stood at the elevator entrance. "Just send me off here."
"Then I won't see you off. Please walk slowly."
Tang Yuan nodded and walked into the elevator that had just opened.
After closing the door, she looked at the elevator.
The elevators at that time were not as good as those in later generations. After all, it was not even the 1980s yet, so there were more or less differences in technological levels. The most basic point was that Internet technology had not yet been developed.
When the elevator went down to the first floor, she looked at the well-built properties around her. There was a slight difference between them and where she lived now, not to mention the environment when she first came here.
This shows how huge the gap between the rich and the poor is in Hong Kong.
After walking for a while, she saw an agency next to the bus stop. Thinking of her dream and the money she had saved in the past few months, she walked into the agency's door.
Of course there are houses, but they are expensive.
The average price is 2,600-2,700 per square meter, which is similar to Tang Yuan’s previous estimate.
It was not yet the Chinese New Year, so there was only one person in the store. But there might not be many customers. After hesitating for a while, the other party took Tang Yuan to see nearby houses.
One set of unfinished house and one set of fully decorated house.
One is on the 16th floor and the other is on the 18th floor.
The owner of the fully-decorated house has lived in it for a year. It is said that he plans to settle abroad in the future, so he plans to sell the house after the decoration is completed and use the money to buy a new property abroad.
I went to see Tang Yuan. Although the house had been lived in for a year, all the things had been moved out and there were almost no signs of major damage. Also, because the owner was influenced by some foreign styles and originally planned to live in the house himself, the decoration was very suitable for living and did not follow the decoration style unique to this era.
Unfinished houses are cheaper, while fully-decorated houses are more expensive. If you still need to tear down the house and redecorate it, there is definitely no need to spend more money to buy a fully-decorated house. However, this fully-decorated house is really good, with a good design, a good orientation, and good decoration materials. This modern style also suits her taste.
But the price...
The price for an unfinished house is 2,600 yuan per square meter, and the price for a fully decorated house is 2,700 yuan per square meter.
At that time, Hong Kong calculated the price based on square feet, and quoted two hundred and fifty or two hundred and sixty per square foot. According to this calculation, it did not seem expensive.
But in reality it is not that expensive. The current monthly salary in Hong Kong is more than 1,000 yuan, and two months' salary can buy one square meter. This is much better than the situation in some cities in later generations where half a year's salary or a year's salary can only buy one square meter.
"If you like this house, it also comes with an underground garage and underground storage."
"How big is the underground warehouse?" Tang Yuan asked immediately.
The other party answered truthfully: "One hundred and sixty square feet."
It is about 16 square meters, not big, but enough.
She immediately asked the other party to take her to the underground garage to see, and soon she saw the two gifts that belonged to her. It might be that the original landlord was very privacy-conscious, and these two locations were relatively hidden and not easy to be seen by others.
After determining the location, she immediately decided to buy the house.
A three-bedroom apartment of 93 square meters costs 2,700 yuan per square meter. After discount and some miscellaneous expenses, the total cost is 255,000 yuan.
If Tang Yuan's income had not increased in recent months, she really would not have been able to afford the money.
The main reason is that the sales of coffee have increased from ten kilograms per day to more than twenty kilograms. The monthly income can reach 30,000 yuan, 20,000 yuan from wallets, 10,000 yuan from hair bands and wool yarn, and 60,000 yuan in a month.
This month, due to the Chinese New Year, Xue Shiqi closed the shop and Zheng Man took a holiday, so there was no business in many areas. I finally made some money from selling strawberries, but I spent such a large sum of money again.
But it doesn't matter. The house is important and the money can be earned later. At least for now, she doesn't need to invest this money in other projects, so it is perfect to use it to buy a house.
She didn't have to worry about much when she found an agent to buy a house. She just went through the necessary procedures, used cash to make the deal with the agent, and soon got the property certificate with her name on it and all the transfer-related documents.
In just a few days during the Chinese New Year, she had a property that belonged entirely to her.
No, the small house in the northeast that her parents-in-law use as a small wallet also counts. In this way, she now owns two houses.
After getting a new house, she immediately bought a set of bedding and pillows in Xiangjiang and started sleeping in Xiangjiang from time to time.
When you just buy a new house, it is still fresh and you can enjoy it with a vest.
When both places are open in the future, she can come and enjoy them in person!
You have to know that in her previous life, she lived in an ordinary small city and had not yet bought a house of her own. Unexpectedly, just over a year after she came through, she already owned a house, a big house, and it was a house in Hong Kong.
When she thought that this house worth more than 200,000 yuan might increase in value to more than 10 million yuan in the future, her mood instantly changed from disappointment at spending a large sum of money to happiness and excitement.
Although she still can't understand why she traveled through time without any reason, she has no attachment to the broken family in her previous life.
Of course, being happy is the most important thing now!
Tang Yuan jumped on the bed with a smile, then put on his slippers and ran quickly to one of the bedrooms. Through the large window of the bedroom, he could see the ocean not far away, which made him feel even happier and more comfortable.
The big house is so cool!