Xie Dongyang was very efficient, mainly because he took Ruan Xi's matter to heart and handled it as his own business. He tried his best to go to the countryside for several days, so he quickly helped Ruan Xi find a yard in the countryside.
On the afternoon of the day when he found the yard, Xie Dongyang went directly to the school to tell Ruan Xi.
So this Sunday, Ruan Xi and Xie Dongyang did not set up a stall, but rode to the countryside together.
On the way to the countryside, Xie Dongyang said to Ruan Xi: "This yard is quite large, with brick and tile houses on the east, west and north sides, a total of nine rooms, and a vegetable garden in front of the door, which just meets your requirements."
When going downhill, Ruan Xi subconsciously squeezed the brakes slightly, "Has everyone in the family moved away?"
Xie Dongyang followed her at the same speed, "The family has moved to the town a long time ago, only the old man has been living in the village and is unwilling to leave. He said that his health is too poor this year, so he can only live in the town with his son and daughter-in-law, so the yard is empty. They won't go back to the country anymore, and there is no use for it. They are very happy to hear that someone wants to buy it."
Ruan Xi looked at him and asked, "Did you ask how much you want?"
Xie Dongyang said, "No, he said he would go back to discuss it."
Ruan Xi and Xie Dongyang were not in a hurry to get to the destination by bike in two hours.
Because Xie Dongyang had made an appointment when he left last time, someone from this family came back today.
Ruan Xi followed Xie Dongyang to the gate of the yard and parked the car. He knocked on the gate and soon saw a middle-aged couple coming out of the main house. The man was wearing an old gray Leifeng hat, and the woman was wearing a dark gray cotton jacket.
The couple knew Xie Dongyang, and they greeted each other politely with a smile.
Without saying anything else, they asked Xie Dongyang to go in and sit down.
Xie Dongyang took Ruan Xi in, sat down in the house, drank a sip of hot tea to warm himself up, put down the tea bowl, and introduced Ruan Xi to the couple, saying, "This is my friend, and she is the one who wants to buy your yard."
Hearing this, the couple was stunned for a moment.
They looked at Ruan Xi together, and the smiles on their faces became a little awkward.
The man said, "Don't be funny. If you said you wanted to buy it, I could barely believe it. But if you said she wanted to buy it, I... I don't believe it..."
This is still a little girl, who looks about 18 or 19 years old, with a fresh face. Why would she buy a house in the countryside? Besides, can she afford so much money?
Although houses in the countryside are not as valuable as those in the city, they still cost a lot of money. Nowadays, few people can easily pay so much money. The country is poor, and everyone is poorer than the other.
Because it was cold, Ruan Xi did not take off her scarf.
She held the tea bowl in her hand to warm her hands, not angry, and said with a smile: "Even if you don't believe me, I will buy it."
The man looked at her for a moment, and said seriously: "My yard is not cheap."
Ruan Xi asked directly: "How much do you want?"
The man looked at her and raised three fingers, "The yard and the vegetable garden outside will cost twelve hundred."
It was indeed not cheap. Ruan Xi turned her head to look inside the house and asked: "Can I look around?"
Of course, you can look around the house. The man stood up and said: "You can look around if you want."
Ruan Xi put down the tea bowl and stood up. She walked around each house, then went out to look at the vegetable garden outside, and used her own steps to roughly measure how big the yard and vegetable garden were.
After walking a little further away from the couple, Xie Dongyang asked her, "What do you think of this place? I've been to many places, and this yard is the largest. The house is not bad, not too old. It's just that this twelve hundred is a bit expensive."
Ruan Xi whispered to him, "I think it's not bad either. Do you think you can pay it back a little?"
Xie Dongyang cleared his throat and said, "Let's try."
After muttering, the two went back to the yard and went into the house with the couple and sat down again.
The man asked Ruan Xi, "What do you think of it?"
Ruan Xi said, "It's not bad, but at this price, can we talk about it?"
The couple really wanted to sell the house, so they didn't refuse directly. They looked at Ruan Xi and asked, "How much can you offer?"
Ruan Xi put on a thoughtful look, raised his right index finger for a moment and said, "No more than one thousand."
The man immediately said, "One thousand is not enough, you cut my price by two hundred."
The annual salary of people in the city is only more than three hundred.
Ruan Xi looked at him and said, "A decent courtyard house in the city is only 10,000 or 20,000. You want 1,200 for a house in your country village. Isn't it a bit too expensive? I can accept 1,000, but I can't accept more."
The man hesitated for a moment, "Then you can add a little more, or 1,100, what do you think?"
Ruan Xi didn't say anything, looked at Xie Dongyang, and stood up tacitly.
After getting up, Ruan Xi said to Xie Dongyang, "Why don't we go to the next one? Didn't you say there's another one that's similar to this one, but with a smaller vegetable garden, but only 800?"
Xie Dongyang nodded and said, "Yes, let's go to the next one."
Seeing Ruan Xi and Xie Dongyang were about to leave, the woman quickly reached out and touched the man.
Who has enough to eat and support to buy a house in the countryside these days? Anyway, no one will live in this house in the future, so what's the point of leaving it here? One thousand yuan is enough for them to earn for several years. If they miss this opportunity, then this house will be a waste of money!
Ruan Xi and Xie Dongyang didn't hesitate and walked out directly.
After leaving the yard and pushing the bicycle, but before kicking the outrigger, they saw the couple chasing after them. The man said to Ruan Xi in a hurry, "Wait, wait, do you have money today? If you do, we can talk more."
Ruan Xi stopped kicking her legs and said, "I do have money, but I'm afraid you don't want to sell it."
The man said, "We do! Come in, let's talk more."
Ruan Xi and Xie Dongyang looked at each other, let go of the handlebars of their bicycles, and went back to the yard and sat down in the house.
After sitting down, they talked for another ten minutes, and the couple agreed to sell the yard to Ruan Xi for one thousand yuan.
Ruan Xi then took out a wad of money from her schoolbag, put it on the table and said, "Here is one thousand yuan. Count it. If there is no problem, give me the key and we will sign a sales contract."
The couple's mind was on the wad of money. When they looked at the money, their eyes lit up. They didn't care about anything else and hurriedly took the money in their hands to count. After the man finished counting, he counted for the woman. There were exactly one hundred big reunion bills and one thousand yuan.
After counting, the woman couldn't wait to put the money in her pocket, and the man handed the key to Ruan Xi.
The money and the goods were handed over, and the couple's hearts and expressions were very happy. They smiled and praised Ruan Xi for his good taste and wealth, saying that it was hard to tell at first glance, and then they got up and left.
The house was sold, and this was no longer their home, and they would not come here again.
But before they stood up, Ruan Xi raised her hand and called them.
Asking them to sit down and not leave in a hurry, Ruan Xi lowered her head and took out two pieces of printed paper from her schoolbag, then took out a pen and a box of ink, and said to the couple, "To be on the safe side, let's sign a contract."
The man smiled in surprise, "Hey, girl, can we still regret it? We haven't wanted this house for a long time, and it has been empty here with no one living in it. I never thought that someone would be willing to buy it. You see, we are afraid that you will regret it."
Ruan Xi smiled and said, "Then sign it, so we can all feel at ease."
Now they really feel that one thousand yuan is a fortune, and they will definitely not regret it, but after a few years, when a big word "demolition" is sprayed on the wall, it will be hard to say whether they will regret it or not.
At this time, house buying and selling is rare, or even very rare, so there are no restrictions in the policy, and buying and selling is relatively free. Although there is a general concept of "separation of two rights", "the right to use homestead" as an independent concept has begun to be valued, but there are no specific and detailed regulations, especially in the countryside, there is no statistical registration of property rights and use rights, and there is no restriction on the use area of ​​homesteads. As long as members sell their houses, the corresponding homesteads will automatically circulate in the form of "land follows the house", and the right to use the homesteads will be directly transferred to the hands of the new owner.
Because there are no procedures to go through, the buyer and seller only need to reach a consensus.
If the house and land do not appreciate in value, it is fine. Both the buyer and the seller are satisfied and willing, and naturally they will not have any more opinions. The only thing is that if the house suddenly appreciates in value and the price soars, the seller will be jealous and regret it.
Therefore, a transaction certificate must be left.
After speaking, Ruan Xi picked up a pen and filled in all the information that should be filled in the blank lines on the paper. Then he signed and put his fingerprints first, and then asked the man to sign and put his fingerprints. After
signing the contract, each of them had a copy. Ruan Xi folded her own copy and put it in her schoolbag.
The couple did not care about the contract at all. Anyway, they had already put the money in their pockets, and they would not give it to Ruan Xi even if he regretted it. He folded the contract and put it away casually, stood up, said hello to Xie Dongyang, and left.
With a thick stack of money in their pockets, the two of them were even happier when they walked out of the courtyard. They never thought that this shabby house in their hometown could be sold for so much money. It's not that they think it's not worth it, but they never thought that anyone would be willing to buy it.
If no one buys it, this yard will be abandoned and overgrown with grass. It has no other use. Moreover, the house is already very old. It was a pleasant surprise to suddenly sell
it for so much money. Naturally, they are very happy. Watching the couple walk out of the courtyard, Xie Dongyang retracted his gaze, looked at Ruan Xi and said, "You are really careful. You even brought a contract to sign. They will definitely not regret selling this shabby house in the countryside for one thousand yuan."
Ruan Xi smiled and said nothing.
She suddenly took out a notebook from her schoolbag, put it in front of Xie Dongyang, and said to him: "Didn't you look at other houses? As long as there is no one living in the house and you are willing to sell it, write down the address for me."
Xie Dongyang looked at Ruan Xi in surprise, "You don't... still want to buy it?"
Ruan Xi smiled at him, "For the time being, I won't buy it again. I will consider it when I have spare money. Anyway, these houses I won't run away. Basically no one will spend so much money to buy these houses. You have money in your hand, why don't you buy one?"
Xie Dongyang looked at her in confusion, "You know that no one will spend so much money to buy these houses, why do you still ask me to buy one? I have a house in the city, spending hundreds or thousands to buy these houses, isn't that stupid?"
Eight hundred or one thousand is a huge amount of money, who would use it to buy a house in the countryside?
Even if you buy it, it will just grow weeds here. Isn't this just because you have too much to eat and have too much money to spend?
Ruan Xi smiled at him again, "Then it's up to you."
After that, she picked up the pen and put it in his hand, "Hurry, write for me."
Although Xie Dongyang felt that he couldn't understand, he still honestly wrote down all the vacant houses in the countryside that he had visited these days, or those where only the elderly lived, as long as people were willing to sell them.
After writing, he put the pen away and returned it to Ruan Xi. Ruan Xi put away the pen and took a look at the notebook. She smiled at him with satisfaction and said, "Thank you, there are many people in my family. If they all come over, I will definitely buy two more sets."
Xie Dongyang understood it now, looked at her and said, "If you need it, then buy two more sets."
Ruan Xi nodded and put the notebook back into her schoolbag.
After buying the house, there was nothing else to do. Ruan Xi didn't plan to clean the yard now, so she took the key and locked all the doors that could be locked, and rode back to the city with Xie Dongyang. They
could still make it in time for lunch, so Ruan Xi invited Xie Dongyang to have a meal. After
lunch, Ruan Xi didn't go to set up the stall for the remaining half day. She returned to the dormitory to do the work at hand. After finishing all the work at hand, she took the goods to the street on Sunday for people to take away, and this year's stall career was over.
Of course, this year's study career was not over yet.
After ending the stall, Ruan Xi devoted herself to study, getting up early and studying late for a week.
On the evening of the day when the final exams ended, Xu Zhuo came to the school to find her and asked her and Ruan Jie if they wanted to go home together.
Ruan Xi said to him regretfully, "We have to go back to the countryside."
Since they were going in different ways, they naturally bought their own tickets and went back to their own homes.
Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie were now used to running around outside all year long, and going home for the New Year at the end of the year.
Carrying their luggage to the train station to buy tickets, waiting for the train on the platform, and getting on the train were all familiar. They
either chatted or slept on the train, and got off the train with
their luggage at the station. This time there was no car outside the station and no one to pick them up, so they took a donkey car that was going the same way to the town. They had
something to eat and rested for half a day in the town, and then rushed to the village without stopping.
When I got home and saw my family, I felt at ease.
The Spring Festival in 1980 was even more lively than in previous years. Although it was deep in the mountains, everyone knew about the reform and opening up, because the land that the farmers cared about most was distributed to each person and household.
On the night of New Year's Eve, the family sat together and had a lively New Year's Eve dinner and chatted.
Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie first talked about what they had done in the city. Ruan Jie could not say much because she spent most of her time studying. Ruan Xi did not want to talk about how she worked very hard to set up a street stall, but Ruan Jie told her.
Liu Xinghua felt distressed and said to her: "Studying is already very hard, and you still go out to set up a street stall. Isn't the money your third aunt gives you enough for you and little Jiehua? Why do you need to work so hard? Besides, don't your parents send you money?"
Ruan Xi smiled and said: "Who would complain about having too much money?"
Liu Xinghua raised her hand and pushed her head, "If you are greedy for money, just stay where the money is."
After saying this, everyone in the family laughed.
As a result, Liu Xinghua looked at Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan and said, "You two, you still have the nerve to laugh. Think about how many times you have been caught this year? Hey! You have to go out and sell those things without any effort."
After hearing this, Ruan Xi looked at Ruan Changsheng and Qian Chuan, "Uncle and Aunt, you went out to sell them too?"
Qian Chuan smiled and nodded, not feeling embarrassed, "We were caught several times."
Because the policy implementation on their side was slow, and she and Ruan Changsheng were impatient to wait, and because they knew that the policy had changed, they were not as careful to avoid people as before. They were caught several times because of jealous reports, but they were released after a few words of education.
Ruan Xi then looked at Qian Chuan and said, "Don't trade in the countryside anymore. Come with me to Beijing after the Chinese New Year. We'll make a fortune there. We won't have to trade other people's things. We can ship and sell them ourselves and do everything ourselves."
Qian Chuan's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Really? What are you selling?"
Ruan Xi cleared his throat and said, "I only have one skill that I can show off, which is selling clothes, directly selling ready-made clothes. I did some research before I came back. Because of the reform and opening up, the textile industry in various places has developed rapidly this year. The cloth in the factories in Beijing has already started to be stored. If nothing unexpected happens, after the Chinese New Year, the cloth will be sold out. Cloth coupons may not be used. If the cloth in the factory cannot be sold, we can buy it at a low price. Third uncle will be responsible for running around the factory to purchase goods, and fifth uncle and fifth aunt will be responsible for recruiting people and selling clothes in the later stage. Third aunt will be responsible for training people to cut and operate sewing machines. I will be responsible for designing and making patterns, and directly mass production, a small clothing workshop will be established. "
Now the ready-made clothing market can be said to be very large, especially since everyone has been wearing gray, blue and black for more than ten years, and has been suppressed and dull for more than ten years. After gradually liberating their minds, they will pursue individuality and fashion, and clothes are the best way to pursue individuality and fashion.
Who doesn't love beauty, who doesn't like to keep up with the times, and who doesn't like to dress stylishly, beautifully and uniquely?
Of course, she could go to the south to trade in clothes and sell them, but Ruan Xi didn't want to sell clothes designed and produced by others. She wanted to sell clothes designed and produced by herself, sell her reputation and credibility, and grow from a small workshop to a big company.
After hearing Ruan Xi's words, no one at the table spoke, because they couldn't accept so much information beyond their cognition at once, so they needed time to slowly digest it. They had never been exposed to such complicated things, and they were also confused after hearing it.
After digesting it for a while, Ruan Changsheng picked out one of the questions and asked first: "Can we hire someone now?"
Ruan Xi looked at him and nodded, "It's tacitly approved for now, but don't be too ostentatious, just do it quietly. I bought a yard in the countryside near Beijing. As long as I add a few sewing machines and some tools, recruit people and train them, there will be basically no problem."
Qian Chuan was very surprised and said: "You even bought a house. Have you bought all the houses?"
Ruan Xi nodded again, "A yard, nine rooms, and a small plot of land outside where you can grow vegetables. The main room can be used to place the sewing machine and things as a workshop, and the rooms on both sides can be used for eating and sleeping."
Qian Chuan exclaimed "Wow" and patted Ruan Changsheng: "Look at Xiaoxi!"
Ruan Changsheng said: "Xiaoxi is a college student, it's natural."
Ruan Xi looked at Ruan Cuizhi again and Yue Haofeng, smiling and saying: "What do you think? Third aunt and uncle, are you interested? If yes, we can go over after the Chinese New Year to start it up. Now is the best time to make money. To put it more exaggeratedly, standing on this vent, even a pig can fly to the sky. To sum it up in one sentence: the brave will die of support, and the timid will die of hunger."
Qian Chuan raised her hand without hesitation: "I am brave, I will go!"
After that, she also raised Ruan Changsheng's hand She stood up and said, "He is very brave!"
Ruan Cuizhi and Yue Haofeng were left. They smiled at each other, then Ruan Cuizhi looked at Ruan Xi and said with a smile: "Even if no one else goes, I must go. If I don't go, Xiaoxi, I'm afraid your small workshop will not be able to open for the time being."
Anyone can be replaced, but she, who knows how to make clothes and how to take apprentices, is indispensable. Ruan Xi has to go to school and has no time, so she can only train the garment workers. After she really gets on the right track, she has to lead the workers to work.
This is another reason why Ruan Xi reminded her two years ago to let her take more apprentices in the countryside. Ruan
Xi looked at her and smiled, and said in a clear voice: "Thank you for your support, Third Aunt!"
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