Day 64 of being eavesdropped
"I think you should keep the remaining money in the bank, it's safe. You can rest assured that you have so much money at home. I am worried about your mother."
He Chunlian looked at the money on the kang, feeling happy but also a little worried.
Now everyone's salary is only a few dozen yuan a month. If her son made so much money all of a sudden, it would make people jealous.
Although they have been severely punished in the past two years, petty theft has never stopped.
There is no way. There are too many people returning to the city, and there are only so many job opportunities in the city. They can't support themselves, so they can only do things secretly.
The situation in the big compound was considered good. At least every household could make a living, and the children could earn some money to buy candy and pick up scraps and coal cores. With Gu Jinshui around, they could make more money from selling scraps.
"Mom, I'm going to buy a house."
Gu Jinshui said with a red face, unable to suppress his excitement.
"What do you think of buying that kind of courtyard house?"
"A courtyard house, the kind that Uncle Lan has?" Gu Yinxing immediately got excited and clapped his hands, saying, "Okay, okay, brother, I will definitely support you. You should leave me a room when the time comes."
Gu Yousi clapped her father's hands, which was rare, and raised her chubby little fingers: "Buy, buy!"
I didn't expect her father to be so far-sighted.
This courtyard house must be bought.
Now the 70,000 yuan is worth it, and I can afford a courtyard house, but in the next ten years, this little money will be expensive to buy a toilet in a courtyard house.
"Then buy it." He Chunlian agreed without hesitation.
So the whole family unanimously agreed to buy a house.
Gu Jinshui was a man of action, and he immediately decided to call the big sister at the Housing Reform Bureau the next day. But in the morning, he went out to see the old man, and when he left, he took an enamel cup with him. He bought
some beans, fried dough sticks and baked cakes near the old man's house. The old man has recently fallen in love with the combination of fried dough sticks and baked cakes. It's really delicious.
The old man opened the door, looked at the breakfast in his apprentice's hand, nodded, and went in with his hands behind his back.
Gu Jinshui followed the old man into the house, carrying the things.
He put down the things, served the old man breakfast, and said with a smile: "Master, I didn't come yesterday, and no one cleaned your room. Let me sweep the floor for you."
Old Master Xi glanced at him, "If you have anything to say, just tell me. I'm being polite."
Gu Jinshui was not embarrassed at all. Seeing that the old man wanted to read the newspaper, he hurried to get his reading glasses and said, "Oh, you still understand me. It's like this. I heard from Uncle Chen that Xi'an is very lively recently."
The old man opened the newspaper and took the glasses. "Yes, it's lively. Foreigners and overseas Chinese go there to buy antiques."
Gu Jinshui understood as soon as he heard this.
Foreigners and overseas Chinese have money. When so many people come here, it is like a big fish falling into a pond. It will surely attract many people to come here for profit.
In the past few years, no one in China dared to buy or sell antiques. Even if there were antiques at home, they had to find a place to hide them to avoid being criticized or smashed.
Now that these rich people have come, those who have antiques at home will naturally be eager to move. In this way, it is like a big market in the countryside. The more people there are, the more lively it is, and the more lively it is, the more people there are.
"Master, then..."
Gu Jinshui smiled and went over to massage the old man's shoulders.
Old Master Xi said indifferently, "You are late. Those people have already left."
"Gone?" Gu Jinshui had already guessed it in his heart and was not too disappointed. He just asked, "Then where do they live, do you know, Master?"
The old man looked up at him and couldn't help but reveal a smile at the corner of his lips, "You, you, what can I say, you are really..."
He found it funnier and funnier as he spoke. He shook his head and took a note from the pile of books on the table next to him and gave it to Gu Jinshui, "They called and said they will stay in this guesthouse. If you want to go, go ahead. I won't say more. Anyway, you know everything you should know at your age."
"Thank you, Master."
Gu Jinshui knew that the old man was hard on the outside but soft on the inside. It was obvious that he deliberately wrote down the other party's address for him.
He was thinking about going back to Xi'an to find some good stuff for his grandfather. His grandfather was indifferent to everything now, but he liked ancient books.
Take this collection station for example. There was a small room specially vacated. It looked like it was filled with newspapers and books, but in fact it was secretly hiding many rare books that his grandfather had collected privately over the years.
"Hey, big sister, why are you still waiting outside? It's so sunny."
Seeing the big sister standing at the door, Gu Jinshui took two steps at a time and walked over to her. The big sister was afraid that he would not come, and smiled, "What's the matter? I just came out. You know what, today is a really good day. It's good to look at houses in this weather. It's bright and you can see everything clearly."
"That's right."
Gu Jinshui agreed, and he handed the fruit he brought to the big sister, "Big sister
, this is a little gift from me, take it home and give it to your children." The big sister had seen the things a long time ago, and her eyebrows and eyes were full of smiles, "How can I be so embarrassed, this is a banana, it's expensive, take it home and give it to your children."
"Hey, our children have it. This is for your children. You are so polite to me for such a small thing. You don't treat me as your own."
Gu Jinshui said.
When the elder sister heard this, she couldn't refuse it, so she took it and put it down first, and then took Gu Jinshui to look at houses.
It was still the house next to Tsinghua University. Gu Jinshui looked at it hurriedly last time, but this time he looked at it carefully. The two courtyards and the back house in front were all clean and tidy. The flowers and plants in the courtyard were lush, and birds flew over from time to time, leaving a few crisp bird calls.
"How is it? Is this yard good?"
The elder sister said as they walked. "Not only do you like it, I like it too, but I can't afford it. Otherwise, it would be so comfortable for the whole family to live in such a nice house. We can use this land to grow vegetables, and the whole family won't have to buy any vegetables for a year."
The elder sister gestured with her hand to the open space next to the locust tree.
Wild flowers are growing in this place now. It is estimated that it was a flower garden in the past, because it is surrounded by those bricks and tiles.
"It's good, but can't it be cheaper at 60,000?"
Gu Jinshui asked tentatively.
The elder sister looked at him and smiled, "I can't make the decision. If you want, let's go out and make a phone call so I can ask them."
This is of course better, Gu Jinshui nodded.
The elder sister went out to find a phone booth and made a call. I don't know what the other end of the phone said, but after the elder sister hung up the phone, she said, "Little Gu, let's wait here, the owner of this house will be here soon."
Gu Jinshui invited the elder sister to go to a nearby tea shop to drink tea and wait. After a while, the owner of the house came. He was a 34-year-old man wearing glasses. He looked gentle, but his hands were full of the kind of ropes left by labor.
"Is this Comrade Gu?" When the owner saw Gu Jinshui, he was stunned, obviously not expecting him to be so young. Gu Jinshui was also a little surprised by him and nodded, "It's me, what's your name?"
"My last name is Zhang, you can just call me Lao Zhang." Lao Zhang adjusted his glasses. He didn't talk much and coughed after a few words. It was obvious that he had some health problems.
When Lao Zhang came, the eldest sister invited the two of them to the courtyard. There were many people in the teahouse, and it was not a place to talk.
Lao Zhang was also very easy-going. After arriving at the place, he looked around with a complicated look in his eyes, and then said: "You said you want to get a cheaper price for this house. How much cheaper do you want?"
"How about two thousand cheaper?" Gu Jinshui asked tentatively.
Lao Zhang didn't say anything. After thinking about it, he suddenly asked something: "I heard from the eldest sister that when you bought the house before, you helped the owner drive away a rogue. Do you have a reputation in Beijing?"
Gu Jinshui immediately looked at the eldest sister.
The elder sister was very embarrassed, and she explained hurriedly: "Xiao Zhang, it's not that easy. As a young man, I am here to help others, not to bully others."
"I know that."
Old Zhang nodded, "I want to ask if we have another courtyard house, have you seen it?"
"The one with the backyard occupied by someone?"
Gu Jinshui remembered that the house was bigger than this one, but the location was bad, and because of this matter, Gu Jinshui didn't even consider it when he wanted to buy a house.
"Yes."
When mentioning this, Old Zhang's face showed an angry look, "If you can help us get rid of that family, we will sell these two houses to you for 80,000. If not, for this house alone, we will give you a discount of 1,000 at most."
The elder sister quickly winked at Gu Jinshui.
Don't mix this up!
Old Zhang also saw the look in the elder sister's eyes. He smiled a little and said, "You can go and discuss it. I won't force anyone. If it works, it works. If it doesn't, forget it."
The elder sister quickly pulled Gu Jinshui aside and said, "Little Gu, don't be impulsive. This bargain is not so easy to take."
"Eldest sister, according to you, is there anything wrong with that house recently?"
Gu Jinshui didn't rush to make a decision, but asked about the situation first.
The house was originally worth 28,000 yuan, and the two houses together should be worth 88,000 yuan. But Old Zhang saved him 8,000 yuan at once. It would take at least four or five years to spend such a sum of money on food, drink and entertainment.
If there is no cat food in it, it would be weird.
There will be pie falling from the sky, but it is definitely poisonous pie.
"You don't know about this. Last month I took someone to look at a house. It was really terrible. The one who owned the backyard called his relatives to live in the two front yards, and they didn't let anyone look at the house. If someone went to look at the house, a group of people would stare at them. Tell me, who would dare to buy it?" The eldest
sister had a headache when she talked about this.
If you run into this kind of thing, it's really a nasty person. That group of people didn't take advantage of it enough. They occupied the backyard, and they also occupied the front.
How could ordinary people dare to buy such a house? If these scoundrels stay in your house and don't leave, the house is equivalent to buying it and giving it to others to live in.
No wonder it's 8,000 yuan cheaper.
I guess Old Zhang was also angry, and I heard that he had a little reputation, so he wanted to take advantage of him.
This person is honest and doesn't hide anything. He lets you make your own decision. Whether you are willing to take this bait or not is up to you.
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