◎Third update◎
Shanshan listened to her grandmother taking a breath of cool air, and she also leaned back and hissed in imitation of her. After hissing, she looked around at her father, mother and grandmother, not understanding what they were doing.
She probably understood that her parents wanted to buy something, but her grandmother disagreed.
Of course Zhou Yun was unwilling. What does 20,000 yuan mean? When she worked in the National Cotton Mill, her monthly salary was 19 yuan. 20,000 yuan was the amount she could earn after working for more than 80 years. Doesn't it make people feel sad just hearing it?
Buying a yard with this much money? There's no need!
"Xiao Jie, listen to grandma. Why do you need to buy a courtyard house? We live well here. It's not easy for you to save money. It's best to hold the money in your own hands. It can be used in emergencies. If you spend such a large sum of money to buy a house, what will you do when you need money in the future?"
Liang Baozhen knew her grandmother's thoughts. They were similar to those of her mother Song Chunhua. She was used to being frugal and reluctant to spend money. She even disliked putting money in the bank, fearing that the bank would not give her the money in the future. Until now, Song Chunhua had hidden her money in her room, very secretly.
In her heart, she feels at ease when money is with her and within her reach.
"Grandma, we can earn as much as we can spend, and if we spend more now, maybe it will be worth more in the future. Even now, the rent has gone up by a few cents or a dollar, and you know that maybe the price of buying a house will also go up in the future, so won't the house be worth more?"
Zhou Yun looked at his grandson's wife. He originally wanted her to persuade Xiaojie with him. "Baozhen, why are you on the same side as Xiaojie? You are his wife, you have to control him and don't let him spend money recklessly!"
Xu Shengjie was feeling bitter but couldn't express it. It was his wife who persuaded him to buy the courtyard house. His grandmother really had a huge misunderstanding!
"Men like them are lavish when it comes to spending money. They don't care about the family at all. They spend whatever they have. Xiaojie's grandfather was the same. It was only because of my hard work and careful consideration that I was able to raise the children. Don't worry about his face. You have to say what needs to be said!"
Liang Baozhen felt guilty about what her grandmother said. Should she tell her that she wanted to buy a courtyard house?
Forget it, let Xu Shengjie take the blame. After all, he is tall, and if the sky falls, he will be the first to fall.
"Yeah, I couldn't persuade him either. I think what he said makes sense." Liang Baozhen pursed her lips and smiled. As she spoke, she glanced at Xu Shengjie. She happened to see Xu Shengjie giving her a smiling and threatening look, as if he was blaming her for letting him take the blame.
"Hey, Xiaojie is like this. Once he makes up his mind, even ten oxen can't pull him back." Zhou Yun knew that his grandson had a stubborn temper.
Liang Baozhen struck while the iron was hot and continued, "I think what Sheng Jie said makes sense. Grandma, you should enjoy your life too. Tell me, why did we make money in business before? Isn't it for the family to live a good life? Since we can buy a courtyard house and live in a big house, why not live there? Especially Shanshan, you see, her play place is small, the house is crowded and she can only run outside, but there are eleven households living in our courtyard, and we have to worry about disturbing others when running around in the courtyard. It would be great if we had our own courtyard, so that Shanshan can't make trouble at will?"
When Shanshan heard her mother mention her, she nodded as well. She thought that she could play around in the big yard. She just wanted to have a big yard. "Shanshan wants a big yard!"
Zhou Yun could ignore everything else, but she had to consider Shanshan's idea. She looked at the somewhat excited Shanshan and asked softly, "Shanshan, do you want a big yard?"
"Um!"
Zhou Yun hesitated. It was fine if she suffered a little, and her grandson suffered a little in his lifetime, but such a young great-grandson should not suffer or be wronged. Seeing her face soften, Liang Baozhen said bluntly, "Grandma, is this it? Hmm?"
"That's fine. It would be nice to buy a courtyard house. It's more spacious. Shanshan will need a house when she grows up!"
Seeing that Zhou Yun agreed, Xu Shengjie and Liang Baozhen no longer had any worries. They had originally been worried that the old lady would be stubborn and unwilling to move in.
However, Zhou Yun got up and went into the house. After a while, she took out a cloth bag. There seemed to be something in the bag, with the four corners still standing. She slowly untied the knot, revealing an exquisite rectangular carved wooden box. When she opened it, she saw a lot of bills inside, all of which were ten-yuan, five-yuan and one-yuan notes, a whole box.
When Xu Shengjie saw his grandmother's wooden box for the first time, he was surprised to find it was full of money. "Grandma..."
"This is my old capital." Zhou Yun looked at the carved wooden box, and memories surged in his mind. "This box was my dowry back then. So many years have passed. I saved some money, not much. I have to keep one part for Xiaoya as a dowry, and another part for Shanshan as a dowry in the future. You can use the rest to buy a house."
Xu Shengjie looked at his grandma's trembling, wrinkled hands, twisting out the bills one by one from the box, smoothing them and coding them, then squinted his eyes and began to count the money. She was getting older and her eyesight was not working well. As she counted more and more money in her hands, Xu Shengjie hurriedly stopped her, "Grandma, we have enough money. You put the money back and keep it yourself. I have already prepared the dowry for Xiaoya's future marriage. Don't worry about it. As for Shanshan, how old are you now? You are thinking too far."
At this time, Shanshan, who was three years and three months old, was chewing her fingers, not knowing what was going on.
What is dowry? Can you eat it?
Zhou Yun waved his hands, insisting on his own opinion. "You give as the eldest brother, and I give as the grandmother. How can it be the same? Don't worry about me! And Shanshan's too, she has to be taken care of. I know what I am doing."
Xu Shengjie knew that he couldn't win over his grandmother, so he didn't argue with her about the dowry. "Okay, you keep it, but don't give me the money for the house. We can do it."
"That won't work! I won't live in the house." Zhou Yun knew that her grandson had made a lot of money, but she would feel uncomfortable if she didn't give him some. "You young people just don't know how to save money. You spend it as soon as you make it, and you spend so much! No matter what, I'll give you a hundred!"
"Okay, okay." Xu Shengjie held the stack of money in his hand to reassure his grandmother. He turned around and put the money back while Liang Baozhen was talking to his grandmother, who was dizzy. He closed the wooden box and said, "Okay, grandma, put the box back and hide it."
Zhou Yun didn't notice his grandson's little action, and he trembled as he put the box in the middle of the checkered cloth. He tied the four corners together and hid the box back in the house. After a rustling sound, he put it back to its old place.
Liang Baozhen and Xu Shengjie looked at each other and finally got it done.
The two of them agreed to go and pay the remaining balance to Master Qian tomorrow and get the property certificate for the courtyard house.
But at this time, Shanshan was still thinking about the dowry that her great-grandmother mentioned. What exactly is dowry?
Mr. Qian was a warm-hearted man. He confirmed with the young couple again. Seeing that they were confident that they could deal with the difficult tenants in the large compound, he took the money and the three of them went to the Housing Management Office to transfer the household registration of the courtyard house.
The courtyard house was finally sold for 22,000 yuan. Mr. Qian wanted to give them a discount of 500 yuan, but Liang Baozhen refused. She thought the price was fair and there was no need to take advantage of Mr. Qian.
The clerk at the Housing Authority was quite surprised when he saw the three people coming to transfer the property. Nowadays, there are few private buyers of courtyard houses. Although the policy allows it now, everyone's wallets do not allow it. When he saw them, he took a few more glances and thought that the two young men were stupid.
While Mr. Qian was at the next window to process the formalities, he asked Xu Shengjie quietly, "Comrade, how did you get tricked into buying a courtyard house?"
Isn't it a big deal to spend a lot of money to buy a courtyard house? The housing management office doesn't like to buy it, not to mention that most courtyard houses are occupied by tenants. Can you live in it if you buy it?
You know what, a few months ago there was a complainer who bought a courtyard house, but now he can't move in because he can't solve the problem of the tenants inside. As soon as you ask them to move out, they throw tantrums and try to commit suicide. It's really frustrating.
Xu Shengjie smiled and said, "I like it. I think it's pretty good."
The clerk was about to say something, but when he saw Mr. Qian coming back, he quickly shut up and said, "Forget it. Everyone has their own destiny. You can't persuade a damned ghost with nice words."
He stamped hard!
The new property certificate was handed over to Xu Shengjie, and from then on, the owner of this courtyard house with two entrances changed.
After leaving the Housing Management Office, Mr. Qian was about to go home to pack up his things and go back to the countryside. Liang Baozhen looked at his hunched back and couldn't help but remind him, "Mr. Qian, please be more careful these two days and hide your passbook. If you leave so much money at home, I'm worried that your tenants will have bad intentions."
Mr. Qian didn't really care. He patted the passbook in his inner pocket and said, "It's okay. They can't steal it."
Liang Baozhen didn't understand what Master Qian meant. She wanted to say something else, but Master Qian had already left with a staggering step. However, he did not go back to his own courtyard, but returned to the school where he had worked for many years.
He had thought about it before, that after selling the courtyard house, he would donate all the money to the school to build a library. When he was the vice-principal of the school, he felt that the school library was too small and too shabby, and there were not enough books in it. Now, he finally had money!
After donating all the 22,000 yuan he got from selling the courtyard house to the school, Mr. Qian returned home with a sense of relief. Now he was free from all worries, and he walked slowly towards the courtyard house with his hands behind his back. Thinking that he could finally move out of the courtyard house and no longer live with this group of people, a smile emerged on his old face. Now he was just waiting to return to his hometown to retire and live the rest of his life as long as he could.
Xu Shengjie handed the property certificate to Liang Baozhen, saying that the property certificate was actually just a piece of paper with a great man's portrait printed on the top and property information, the name of the property holder, the size of the property, etc. written below.
Looking at such a thin piece of paper, Xu Shengjie still found it unbelievable, "We spent 22,000 yuan just to get such a piece of paper?"
Liang Baozhen carefully put the property certificate into her bag. Today she specially brought a large shoulder cloth bag with her so that she could put the property certificate in intact. She naturally understood what Xu Shengjie said. Most people really couldn't understand it. For example, the eldest sister, Shu Ping and others also found it incomprehensible when they knew that their family had to spend so much money to buy a courtyard house.
"This piece of paper is worth 22,000 now, maybe it will be worth 10,000 22,000 in the future."
Xu Shengjie reached out his hand to touch Baozhen's forehead, but Baozhen dodged it, but he finally touched it.
Liang Baozhen looked at him in confusion, "What are you doing?"
"I don't have a fever, why am I dreaming in the middle of the day?"
"Stop slandering me!"
Liang Baozhen pushed Xu Shengjie and walked forward quickly, bathed in the setting sun, with orange light spilling onto the asphalt road. Xu Shengjie caught up with his wife in a few steps and went home together.
The setting sun stretched the shadows of the two people into long ones, standing side by side, going towards the distance.
The author has something to say:
Congratulations to Mr. Xu Shengjie & Ms. Liang Baozhen for purchasing a Siheyuan with full payment^O^
Thanks to the cutie who irrigated the nutrient solution: 1 bottle of Qianmo Hongchen;
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