Chapter 247 The story of exchanging a book for a house
"Fanjin, as a junior, do you want to buy a house here?" Sister Tu asked, pointing at the Overseas Chinese Apartment.
Meng Fanjin smiled and said, "Yes, he wants to buy a house to live in. It just so happens that there are houses for sale here. As you know, it is basically not prohibited here now."
Sister Tu nodded and said, "That's true."
"It seems that you, a junior, are quite capable!"
"Where did you come back from?"
Where is this? Of course it means outside.
In response to this question, Meng Fanjin answered proudly: "Not from outside."
Sister Tu became even more curious. She worked in the real estate department and knew the house prices here.
There are very few people who can afford a house that costs thirteen or fourteen thousand.
Just when Sister Tu was about to ask in detail, Cheng Xuyuan came over on his bike.
Because he was riding Fang Yuqing's ladies' bicycle, Cheng Xuyuan looked a little small for it.
Fortunately, although the car is a little small, it does not affect Cheng Xuyuan's style at all.
He looked even more handsome in his new clothes.
"Aunt Meng, Brother Wenhui, Sister Yuning." Cheng Xuyuan stopped the car and greeted them with a smile.
Qin Wenhui smiled and nodded. There was no place for him to speak here.
As expected, Meng Fanjin said, "Xuyuan, this is Aunt Tu. She came here specifically to give you some advice on buying a house this time because she's afraid you'll suffer a loss."
At this point, Meng Fanjin turned to Sister Tu and said, "Sister Tu, this is Cheng Xuyuan, one of my juniors."
"No one except you is familiar with buying a house, so I'll just have to ask you to worry about it!"
Cheng Xuyuan greeted Sister Tu very solemnly, calling her Aunt Tu of course.
Sister Tu looked at Cheng Xuyuan and Fang Yuqing standing aside. Although the two didn't talk much, she instantly understood the relationship between them from their looks.
I couldn't help but feel envious of Meng Fanjin.
This Cheng Xuyuan should be Meng Fanjin's son-in-law.
The young man is not only good-looking, but also can afford such an expensive house, which is not something that ordinary people can do.
So from the bottom of my heart, I looked up to Cheng Xuyuan.
"Where does Xiao Cheng work?" Sister Tu's first feeling was that Cheng Xuyuan should already be working.
Otherwise, it would not have such impressive economic strength.
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "Aunt Tu, I'm studying at Yanjing University now."
Still in school, oh, Meng Fanjin's youngest daughter was also admitted to Yenching University.
It seems that her guess was correct. This is her son-in-law.
The reason why this young man can buy such an expensive house is probably because of his family.
But among the people I know, there is no one with the surname Cheng.
Could it be that she took her mother's surname? Sister Tu, who was guessing secretly in her heart, walked into the Overseas Chinese Apartment under the guidance of Qin Wenhui.
Although Qin Wenhui had contacted in advance, the gatekeeper still checked everyone's identities when entering the gate.
Walking into the tree-lined, flower-filled Overseas Chinese Apartment, Cheng Xuyuan's first feeling was that he had walked into a residential community in the future.
There are only two buildings here, and each is only four stories high. If we look at it from the experience of buying houses in later generations, the floor area ratio here is very low, the distance between buildings is very large, and it is very clean and tidy.
"This community is so clean!" Fang Yuning looked around and exclaimed sincerely.
Although the place where she lives is not bad, the environmental sanitation is still not as good as here.
Hearing his wife say this, Qin Wenhui smiled and said, "Of course, this is property management, which is a management method introduced from outside. The property fee for each household is eight yuan per month!"
Eight yuan is the price of a roast duck at Quanjude.
It's just five or six days' wages for an ordinary worker.
Therefore, when Fang Yuning heard the price of the property management fee, he couldn't help but look at Cheng Xuyuan.
Cheng Xuyuan was not surprised about the property fee. He smiled and said nothing.
The house being sold was on the third floor, and it was a D-type house. The owner had been waiting in the house for a long time. After Qin Wenhui knocked on the door, the door opened and a young girl in her twenties came out.
This girl's facial features are not very pretty, but she is tall, has thick lips, and a hint of wildness.
She was wearing a red long dress, which made her look like a blooming rose, dazzling and attractive.
In terms of appearance, she is far inferior to Fang Yuqing and Fang Yuning, but in terms of dress, both of them seem too conservative.
"Welcome, Mr. Qin." The girl saw Qin Wenhui and greeted him with a smile.
Qin Wenhui smiled and said, "Ms. Li, these are the people who want to buy your house. I will bring them here to see the house today."
"If you are satisfied with the house, we can discuss the price."
Miss Li smiled and said, "Please come in, everyone."
As she spoke, her eyes fell on Cheng Xuyuan.
"Xu...Xu Lingyun...?" Miss Li's voice suddenly became much higher, and she was surprised and happy.
Cheng Xuyuan didn't expect that he just came to buy a house, but the person selling the house actually knew him.
Before he could speak, Qin Wenhui asked, "Ms. Li, do you know Xu Yuan?"
"Of course I know him. We are on the same campus and I have heard Xu Lingyun's speech."
“What he said was really great!”
"I wanted to ask him a few questions, but unfortunately, there were so many people asking questions that I couldn't squeeze through."
At this point, Miss Li still looked regretful and said, "Hello Xu Lingyun, my name is Li Xuezhen, and I am an international student studying ancient literature."
Students who come to Yenching University to study ancient literature must come from families that are not short of money.
Although Cheng Xuyuan didn't know the other person, he was friendly, so Cheng Xuyuan politely extended his hand and said, "Hello, Li Xuezhen, I'm Cheng Xuyuan."
"You should just call me Cheng Xuyuan."
Li Xuezhen said happily: "Cheng Xuyuan, I recently read your book "Lush", it's really great!"
"Especially the spy plot, which makes people not feel fascinated when watching it."
"May I ask how you came up with these plots?"
“I just can’t think of that.”
Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "I just read some more books and historical records, and then processed it in my mind, and I came up with it this way."
“In fact, there are still many flaws here.”
“Miss Li, my elders are here, why don’t we take a tour of the house first.”
After hearing what Cheng Xuyuan said, Li Xuezhen finally realized, "I'm sorry, I was so excited to see you that I forgot to entertain everyone."
"Everyone, please come in."
Although I had seen the appearance of the house from the outside and had some guesses about what was inside, I was still dazzled when I walked in.
As soon as you enter the door, you can see a large living room. The sunlight shines on the wooden floor, making the white-painted house look very bright.
Not only that, the living room of almost six meters is really attractive, not to mention that there are two south-facing bedrooms on the south side.
In addition to the kitchen, there are two bedrooms and two bathrooms on the north side, and the layout is very reasonable.
Cheng Xuyuan felt that this type of house would not be outdated at all even if it was placed in later generations.
Faced with such a house, not only Fang Yuning and Fang Yuqing stared at it intently, even Meng Fanjin couldn't help but be attracted by the house's layout.
"Sister Tu, this house is really nice!" Meng Fanjin said to Sister Tu.
Sister Tu sighed: "I have shown people a lot of houses, but those single-family villas are better than this one."
"A house like this is more than enough for a family of seven or eight people to live in!"
At this point, she looked at Cheng Xuyuan and asked, "Xiao Cheng, how many people are there in your family in Yanjing?"
"Just me." Cheng Xuyuan said in a deep voice.
Sister Tu was more and more surprised. She really wanted to say, "How can you live in a house like this by yourself?" But she couldn't say it out loud.
She now understands Cheng Xuyuan's situation and knows that the little Cheng in front of her is the famous author Xu Lingyun.
Although Sister Tu is not a literary youth, she listens to the radio every day.
The novel "Desire" broadcast on the radio can now be said to be Sister Tu's favorite.
Whenever the time came, she would turn on the radio and listen to the novel "Desire".
She felt particularly involved in the drama "Desire". She was full of sympathy for Liu Huifang, but full of contempt for other people.
When she first heard that Cheng Xuyuan was Xu Lingyun, the author of "Desire", she was really surprised.
But now is not the time to talk about this. If you have anything to say, you have to wait until after you see the house.
"Xu Lingyun, I don't live in this house very often. Most of the time, I live in the school." Li Xuezhen waited for Cheng Xuyuan and the others to finish looking at it, then said with a smile, "This house is about 140 square meters. I'm selling it for 14,000 yuan now, which is 100 yuan per square meter. It's very reasonable."
Cheng Xuyuan nodded and said, "Fourteen thousand sounds reasonable, but not many people can come up with that much money at once."
"Moreover, based on this total price, some courtyard houses can actually be considered."
Li Xuezhen smiled and said, "Xu Lingyun, I know what you mean."
"The reason I sold this house is that I found an investment opportunity and wanted to invest in Nanyang."
"Now that I've met you, I feel like I've discovered another business opportunity."
At this point, she said solemnly: "How about this, I like your "Things about the Ming Dynasty" very much, so I want to publish this book in our Nanyang."
"Why don't you give me the copyright of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty"?"
"I will give this house to you."
"How about considering it as the transfer fee for your copyright?"
As soon as Li Xuezhen said this, not only Qin Wenhui, but even Meng Fanjin could hardly believe their ears.
They all knew that this house was not cheap, after all, this place was very nice.
But they didn't expect that the woman in front of them would actually want to exchange her house with Cheng Xuyuan for the copyright of a book.
Is the copyright of a book really worth a house?
Isn't this a bit outrageous? For a moment, all eyes were focused on Cheng Xuyuan, waiting for his answer.
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