Chapter 77

It is said that a mother is strong, and Qin Xiang saw the truth of this sentence from her sister.

But think about it, she was like this in her previous life. She really suffered all kinds of hardships for the two children, accompanied them to eat, drink and play, arranged the best school, found various connections to arrange the best teachers, provided all the conditions she could, and even studied with the children to prepare for the college entrance examination.

But her efforts were far less than the few meals Aunt Cui made and the little benefits she promised.

Qin Xiang shook her head and glanced at Nian Nian. Children are different. In her previous life, after her sister died, Zhao Qianjin quickly married a new wife. With a stepmother, there is a stepmother. Poor Nian Nian survived in the cracks of the Zhao family and suffered a lot. She wanted to take Nian Nian to her side, but the child had mental problems and would not let anyone get close to her. Before she died, the Zhao family threatened Nian Nian. Her parents felt sorry for her and collected some money to take her home to raise her. When she died, no one knew what happened to her.

"Aunt, I like it here."

Nian Nian's voice brought Qin Xiang back to her senses. She smiled and asked Nian Nian, "Why do you like it here?"

Nian Nian pointed to the children who were calling her to play not far away and said, "They don't scold me for losing money. Grandma praised me for being a good child."

The world of children is always the purest, but sometimes children are also the most easily influenced by adults. The children in the chemical factory heard Gao Yulan scolding Nian Nian too much, so they would definitely learn it. The children here don't know Nian Nian's situation. They may just think that the children are fun, so they release their kindness.

Qin Juan hugged Nian Nian tightly after hearing what she said, "We will live here." She looked at Qin Xiang, "If the money is not enough, I need to lend you some."

Qin Xiang agreed immediately, "Okay."

Qin Xiang was also happy that Qin Juan could make up her mind to buy the house here. She looked at Qin Juan seriously and said, "Sister, I don't think it will be a loss to buy this house."

Qin Juan smiled, "Well, I know, as long as it is good for Nian Nian, I am willing to do anything."

She is Nian Nian's only support in this life, and Nian Nian is also her only support. She has to struggle hard to stand up for Nian Nian.

She remembers that her brother and sister are good to her, but she can't always cause trouble for others.

So Qin Juan mustered up the courage to ask the old lady for the landlord's information. The old lady was also very enthusiastic, and said, "It's probably time to get off work soon. They will be back at noon these few days, so they should be back soon."

As she was talking, the old lady laughed. She pointed at the gate and said, "Looks like Director Qi and his wife are back."

Hearing this, Qin Xiang and others looked towards the gate, and sure enough, they saw two people who looked like cadres coming in.

The old lady smiled and said, "Old Qi, someone is asking about a house. I recommend your house. Can you talk to them?"

Director Qi was shocked. "Where is it, Mrs. Liu, thank you very much."

Aunt Liu waved her hand. "Don't be polite. We all live in the same compound." After saying this, she moved closer to Director Qi and said, "I tell you, not many people buy houses these days. If you want to sell, sell it quickly, otherwise you don't know who will buy it next time."

Living in the city, everyone's housing is mainly solved by the unit. There are not many units like beer factories that are so profitable that they can be allocated housing. Many state-owned units have problems surviving, let alone allocating housing.

But even in this situation, few people are willing to buy houses. Lack of awareness is one aspect, but the main reason is money. Some families have several workers, but everything in the city costs money, and there are generally many children, so not many can take out so much money at once. Aunt

Liu was kind-hearted, and Director Qi nodded, "Okay, I'll talk to them."

Director Qi looked at Qin Xiang and the others, and Director Qi's wife Liu Meijuan also said, "Let's go, let's go up and take a look, and chat by the way."

The other person's attitude was good, and Qin Xiang and others were relieved, and they seemed to be easy to talk to.

And with the third brother there, Qin Xiang was not worried, so he followed the couple upstairs.

When they went upstairs, they met several neighbors on the second floor, and Director Qi smiled and greeted them.

Someone asked Qin Xiang and others, and Director Qi said, "I came to look at the house."

Qin Xiang and others followed all the way to Director Qi's house. When they arrived at the door of Director Qi's house, Liu Meijuan opened the door and said embarrassedly, "I've been packing things recently, and the house is a bit messy."

After opening the door, the helpless situation was clear at a glance. The entrance was the living room, but there was also a bed against the wall. There was a wall on the east side that was blocked and opened, and there was also a bedroom inside.

The house was indeed a bit messy as Liu Aijuan said, and some things had been packed up, preparing to sell the house and move to a new home.

Director Qi brought a bench for them to sit on, and asked, "Who of you wants to buy this house?"

Qin Xiang glanced at Qin Juan, and Qin Juan clenched her fingers and said, "I'll buy it."

Director Qi then looked at her and said, "You've seen the house, the location is good, and it's very close to the Experimental Primary School. The asking price is 800. If you accept it, I can go with you to handle the transfer procedures this afternoon."

Qin Juan calculated her savings, and it was only more than 600 yuan in total. Even after taking it all out, it was still not enough. She said nervously, "Director Qi, can the price be cheaper?"

Director Qi frowned and said, "My price is already not low."

Before Qin Juan could say anything, Qin Xiang said, "Director Qi, you I also know that it is not easy to buy or sell a house now. Can we pay you 750 yuan in cash this afternoon? To be honest, we are also looking at houses in other places. To be honest, we don’t need a big place for the two of us to live in. Don’t you agree? "

Hearing this, Director Qi looked at her a few more times, and then thought about this problem. Qin Xiang was right in one point. It is not easy to buy or sell a house now. In fact, their house has been rumored to be sold for a long time, but someone came to ask, and left immediately after hearing the price, or directly bargained down to 500 or 600. At this time, Director Qi didn't even want to say anything and directly drove the person away.

750 yuan was already the highest offer he had heard.

Director Qi also wanted to sell it at a high price, but the situation was not good and his family was waiting for the money, so it might be difficult to sell it for 800 yuan. He glanced at his wife next to him and saw her nod. Director Qi gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then 750 yuan, pay it all in one go. I'm waiting to use the money and I won't accept arrears."

Qin Xiang laughed and said, "That's for sure. We don't want to default on payments. Then let's make an appointment to go to the office in the afternoon to handle the formalities? Hand over the money and the keys at the same time?"

Director Qi saw that Qin Xiang's words were more effective and nodded immediately. "Okay, then at 2 pm. We still have to pack up our things, but you have to give us a few days to move them out. We don't want most of the furniture here. If you are willing to use them, keep them. If you don't want to use them, just tell us and we'll take them away."

Qin Juan was very happy and said, "We will use them. Thank you, Director Qi."

It is not easy to buy new furniture without some conditions or acquaintances. With Qin Juan's current savings, she would still have to owe money after buying the house, and it is impossible for her to buy new furniture. Qin

Juan was very happy when she thought that such a big house would belong to them. She looked at Nian Nian in her arms and said, "Nian Nian, this will be our home from now on."

It was already noon, and Qin Xiang took them to eat, and then went home to get money to go to the housing management office.

Qin Xiang knew that Qin Juan didn't have much money, so she directly gave her three hundred yuan, "You still need to set up a stall, so at least keep some money and buy the house first."

Qin Juan thought about it and accepted her sister's kindness, but took out a pen and paper and wrote an IOU to Qin Xiang, "Brothers should be clear about accounts. This three hundred yuan is a loan from me. I will pay you back as soon as I have money."

It is said that a friend in need is a friend indeed. Qin Juan really understood it at this time. Thinking of her mother and eldest sister-in-law, and then looking at her younger sister and third brother, Qin Juan's heart was filled with emotion.

Qin Yang did not spend the money he took out, so he hugged Nian Nian and said, "My third uncle will take you to buy some delicious food in the afternoon."

Qin Juan was helpless, "Don't buy too much, or the child will get used to it."

But Qin Yang refused to listen, "Nian Nian will not get used to it."

Nian Nian giggled in her third uncle's arms.

After getting everything ready, the three siblings went directly to the Housing Management Office, handed over the money and keys, and changed the names on the property deeds. When Qin Juan put the things in her hands, she couldn't believe it. "Is this my house?"

Qin Xiang smiled and nodded. "Yes, it will be your and Nian Nian's home in the future."

Qin Juan stroked the words on it with a happy smile on her lips. "That's great."

"Except that the house is a little older, there is nothing else to choose from." Director Qi sold the house. Although he didn't sell it at the expected price, he was very satisfied. Thinking of the big building that their family was about to buy, Director Qi was also very happy. He talked to them for a long time.

It was Liu Meijuan who urged him to go back and pack up his things, and Director Qi left happily.

Seeing everyone happy, Qin Xiang was also full of enthusiasm, "Let's go out for a good meal to celebrate tonight." Qin Xiang

closed the store early in the evening, called the staff to go to a nearby private hotel to set up two tables, and even bought a bottle of Moutai. At

that time, a bottle of Moutai was only eight yuan, which was much more affordable than the price of thousands of yuan in later generations. Apart from other things, there will be some new changes next year. In addition to money, you have to use foreign exchange coupons, so it will not be so easy to buy.

Qin Xiang poured a little for everyone, "Just try it, drinking too much will cause trouble, I'll buy a few more bottles when we leave, we can drink at home when we have time."

After eating and drinking, Qin Xiang actually bought six bottles before leaving, six bottles cost 48 yuan, which is a month's salary for an ordinary worker.

Qin Juan felt pained and advised, "Xiangxiang, why buy so much wine, just drink it occasionally."

Qin Xiang was happy, "It's not a loss to buy it now."

She also wanted to collect stamps, so she had to buy some when she had time, so that she could sell it for her retirement even if she got unlucky in the future.

Qin Xiang was very happy, and she was even happier after drinking a little wine.

After returning home, she washed up and fell asleep directly. Qin Juan covered her with a blanket and couldn't help laughing, "You are still like a child."

Nian Nian tilted her head, "Auntie is not a child."

"Well, Nian Nian is." Qin Juan touched her head, "Let's go, go wash up, we will move to a new house in a few days."

Who would have thought that a week ago she was still enduring the accusations of the Zhao family and the punches and kicks of Zhao Qianjin, but in just a few days, she not only got divorced but also bought a house.

Qin Juan couldn't help but take out the house deed again, and stroked her name on it with her hand, and couldn't help laughing, "That's great."

Qin Juan put the house deed away with satisfaction, and then lay down to sleep.

In a few days, we can move.

Knowing that Qin Xiang's sister and niece were here, the girls in the shops were very polite to Qin Juan. Of course, the girls liked the sensible Nian Nian more, and took Nian Nian out to play when they had nothing to do.

Of course, Qin Juan was not idle either. In the evening, she went to the night market on the square to observe the food stalls, and then came back to think about what she should do. In addition to these, she also went to the vegetable market to ask about the price of vegetables and wrote and painted all day.

Three days later, on the appointed day, Qin Xiang and Qin Yang accompanied Qin Juan and her daughter to the courtyard of the beer factory. Seeing them coming, Aunt Liu said happily, "You are finally here. Director Qi's family moved out yesterday afternoon and left the keys with me before leaving."

The old lady went back to the house and took the keys to Qin Xiang, "Here are the keys for you. Go upstairs and take a look."

Qin Juan thanked them, and the group went upstairs. Although the room was not very clean, it was not difficult to clean up. Things like the bed, the wardrobe and the dining table were a bit old, so Director Qi's family simply didn't want these things, and Qin Juan didn't have to buy any more.

However, Qin Juan planned to move the small bed outside into the bedroom, planning to wait for Nian Nian to grow up and sleep in her own bed in two years, and now she could put some miscellaneous items inside.

After deciding which things were acceptable and which were not, the rest was to clean up. The three adults swept the floor and cleaned the windows, and they cleaned the house in one morning.

Qin Xiang said, "It's hot in summer now. First buy a reed mat to lay on the bottom, and then lay a cooling mat and bed sheet on top. Take the extra blanket from my place, and slowly buy the remaining quilts and other pots and pans."

"As long as the house is bought, there is no need to worry about the rest." Qin Xiang looked at the cleaned house and felt so happy. She said to Qin Xiang, "I plan to take Nian Nian to register her household registration tomorrow and change her name by the way."

Qin Xiang was very happy for her sister, "This is very good. There will be nothing to do with the Zhao family in the future."

Qingshui County is a distance away from the provincial capital, and the provincial capital is so big. If she doesn't go back in the future, she will have fewer opportunities to see the Zhao family.

Even if she goes to the capital to attend university later, her third brother will be here to watch over her, so she won't have to worry.

After the house was tidied, Qin Yang changed the locks and checked the window latches to make sure they were all in good condition. Only then did he feel relieved.

The next day, Qin Juan took Nian Nian to register her residence

and changed her name. Zhao Di, who was once unpopular, changed her name to Qin Nian Nian before she even remembered her real name.

Qin Nian Nian liked this name very much, and so did Qin Juan.

It was already late July, and the college entrance examination results would be out in a few days, but Qin Xiang couldn't think about these things for the time being, because someone had come to inquire about the storefront in the university town.

Even if no one came to inquire, Qin Xiang was still planning to rent it out. She posted a rental notice next to the storefront that needed to be rented out and waited for customers to come. As for

the one reserved for Qin Juan, Qin Xiang didn't post it.

But someone really asked about that one, and Qin Xiang just said that she was keeping it and didn't say much.

A few days later, Qin Juan prepared her family's work and prepared to set up a snack stall, but what she made was not anything else, but salted pork. After Qin Xiang tasted it, she praised it highly, saying that it was better than the crafts she had specially learned in her previous life.

Qin Xiang said happily, "It's no problem to open a shop with such skills, but I think the price of meat is still too high for a night market. I think it's better to add something else? Something inexpensive and good quality, suitable for the night market?"

Qin Juan was a little dumbfounded, "Then what should we sell?"

At this time, Qin Xiang suddenly remembered the spicy hot pot and oden that are indispensable in the night markets of future generations. These things are not difficult, and she also learned this in her previous life so that her children could eat healthier and not eat junk food. It's a good opportunity to teach it to her sister. Anyway, she doesn't plan to go into the catering industry in this life.

Qin Xiang smiled and said, "Come on, I'll make something delicious tonight, and you can try it to see if it's delicious."

So Qin Xiang made a pot of spicy hot pot in the evening. Except for Nian Nian who couldn't eat spicy food, everyone else found it spicy and satisfying. Qin Juan's eyes lit up, "Qin Xiang, you're really good."

Qin Xiang didn't avoid Qin Juan when he was making it, and said, "This thing doesn't cost much, the only thing you need to pay attention to is the taste. You practice it for a few days, and then go to the square to set up a stall."

She had already foreseen the scene of a full customer.

Qin Juan nodded happily, and in the next few days she kept making spicy hot pot according to the recipe Qin Xiang gave her. Although Qin Juan was soft-tempered, she was very serious when doing things, strictly following what Qin Xiang wrote, without any ambiguity.

For several days in a row, Qin Xiang and others ate malatang every day. After Qin Xiang finally nodded, Qin Juan finally breathed a sigh of relief. She couldn't help but say, "Xiangxiang, thanks to you, otherwise I really don't know what to do."

Qin Xiang comforted, "Don't say so much, let's get the stall open first."

Renting a stall, buying some stools, small tables, and all kinds of things are not small. With Qin Yang and Zhao Ping's help, these things are all trivial. For future convenience, Qin Juan gritted her teeth and bought a handcart to facilitate pulling things back.

The first malatang stall in the provincial capital opened.