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Chapter 236
Jiang Meilan hesitated, "Both."
"Every time I mentioned it, he would say he was tired or make excuses to avoid it."
Jiang Meishu frowned, "This is not right."
Based on her understanding of Shen Zhanlie from the system at that time, he was a man with very strong sexual desire.
But when facing his wife, he lost his desire.
Any woman knows what this means.
"He has someone outside?"
Jiang Meishu asked hesitantly. Although she didn't want to ask this question, it was obvious and very likely.
After hearing this, Jiang Meilan's face turned pale instantly, "No way?"
She herself actually had some doubts in this regard, but she never dared to think about it.
The longer she stayed in this marriage, the more dependent she became on her partner, and the same went for Shen Zhanlie.
Before getting married, she said she would leave if it wasn't suitable. But after having a child, she found that the problem was far from as simple as she said.
Because the connection between the two is too deep, from property to children to family and friends, if they leave, all of these things will be cut off.
Seeing her sister like this, Jiang Meishu felt a little reluctant to ask, but she had to ask, "You are his bedmate. You should be the one who knows whether he has someone of the opposite sex outside."
"Did you find any different details?"
Jiang Meilan thought for a long time, then shook her head, "No."
It was precisely because there was none that she was confused.
Even in the short time they spent together, she didn't find any signs of Shen Zhanlie cheating.
Unless, Shen Zhanlie was just pretending too well.
Jiang Meishu frowned. She thought for a moment and said seriously, "Observe and look for evidence. If you can't find any, talk to him. Defraud him. Do whatever you want. In short, you must make him reveal his true colors. Then you can proceed with the next step."
She paused slightly when she said this, "But sister, you must stay calm during this process. Only when you stay calm can you make overall plans. If you lose control, it will be very disadvantageous to you and Xiaoju."
Jiang Meilan was silent for a long time. When she looked up, Jiang Meishu even saw tears in the corners of her eyes.
In this marriage, she is the one who pays and also the one who experiences. She doesn't want to reach this point, but she has no choice.
"Okay." Jiang Meilan took a deep breath. "I will observe him calmly. I hope—"
He didn't betray me.
Jiang Meilan is a person who cannot tolerate any sand in her eyes. She would rather not have a marriage that has been betrayed.
Jiang Meishu nodded, and when the topic came to this point, both of them looked at each other in silence.
Jiang Meilan also noticed her sister's low mood, so she didn't want to bring up the topic anymore. "Forget it, he won't be back for more than a week. Let's talk about it when he comes back."
"Let's go and decide on a house first, that's the most important thing."
She didn't know why, but every time she met her sister, they would have endless trivial things to talk about.
From career to life, to husband and children, she seemed to intend to tell the other party everything in detail.
It’s not that Jiang Meilan is talkative, but the only person she can confide in about such things is her younger sister Jiang Meishu.
Wang Limei is old and is an elder, so she can't tell her if she doesn't want to make her worry.
What other people say is always a little off, and we don’t have such a close relationship as my sister.
Jiang Meishu nodded. She also knew her sister's concerns, so she didn't ask any more questions about the relationship between the couple.
The house next door was not far from their current courtyard, but because the courtyard was wide and the wall was built far away, it took a long time to reach the door.
Jiang Meilan said to Jiang Meishu, "This is it."
She stood there and tidied her clothes before knocking on the door. After a while, the door opened and she called out, "Grandma Zhou, I'm Jiang Meishu from next door."
When she said the name.
Jiang Meishu, who was standing behind her, was a little dazed. Ever since she and her sister exchanged names, they both lived under each other's names.
It turns out that it has already involved such tiny details.
Everyone in Guangzhou knows that Jiang Meilan's real name is Jiang Meishu.
And her real name Jiang Meishu is Jiang Meilan.
She was silent for a moment and did not speak. Grandma Zhou looked at them for a moment. Seeing that they were all lesbians, she relaxed her vigilance a little and said, "Come in."
"I know you want to rent my house?"
Jiang Meilan nodded, "Yes, I knew I couldn't hide it from your discerning eyes."
Grandma Zhou smiled and said, "I saw you wandering outside my yard several times."
"I guessed it."
"However, since you didn't come to find me, it's not easy for me to take the initiative to find you. Since you are here today, I will tell you the truth. My house is not for rent, but for sale!"
As soon as she said this, Grandma Zhou looked at the expressions of Jiang Meishu and Jiang Meilan.
Jiang Meilan said calmly, "Didn't you say before that we could rent a house?"
They did not reveal their true intentions.
"That was before. My son was going abroad." Grandma Zhou's face flashed with pride when she mentioned this. "My son was going to work in the United States, and he wanted to take me with him. If I went with him, I wouldn't be able to come back here."
“So the house had no choice but to be sold.”
Following the reform and opening up in the early 1980s, policies were gradually relaxed.
Nowadays, people are no longer afraid of going abroad, but are proud of it.
Grandma Zhou was the same. She wanted to see envy on Jiang Meishu and Jiang Meilan's faces, but she didn't.
Jiang Meishu and Jiang Meilan were silent for a moment, because they both knew that going abroad was good now, but there would also be good development in China in the future.
Especially in a first-tier city like Guangzhou, this small courtyard could be sold for at least tens of millions, or even more.
After Grandma Zhou and her family go abroad, unless their ancestral graves catch fire, they will be able to make great achievements abroad.
Otherwise, for ordinary people, it would be better to guard the ancestral house than to work hard for half a lifetime. Without doing anything, they may become multi-millionaires.
It’s just that many people don’t know what the future will hold, nor do they know their future destiny.
Jiang Meishu was silent for a moment. "Grandma Zhou, are you sure you want to sell the house? Don't you want to think about it? After all, this is your roots."
Grandma Zhou knew Jiang Meishu's good intentions. She sighed, "I know fallen leaves return to their roots, but my son wants to buy a house and settle down in Beautiful Country. If I don't sell my house here, he won't be able to buy a house there, and he'll still resent me in the end."
"I'm going to go to him sooner or later anyway, so I'll sell this house sooner or later."
Jiang Meishu couldn't persuade them anymore, so she exchanged glances with Jiang Meilan and asked, "How much do you plan to sell this house for?"
"I won't sell it for less than seven thousand."
Calculated this way, this house is not cheap at all. After all, 10,000 yuan in the 1980s is equivalent to 1 million yuan in later generations.
And seven thousand yuan today is equivalent to seven hundred thousand yuan in later generations.
This price is actually a bit expensive when converted.
Jiang Meishu glanced at Jiang Meilan, and Jiang Meilan said, "Grandma Zhou, this house is really not cheap. Let's go back and discuss it first, and then we'll give you an answer."
Grandma Zhou wasn't surprised. Her white hair was meticulously combed, and even when she nodded, it didn't fall out of place. "I'm leaving next summer at the latest. You have six months to think about it. If you come later, I might sell the house to someone else."
This puts pressure on Jiang Meishu and the others.
Jiang Meishu knew it all, "Okay, we got it."
After leaving the small courtyard.
Jiang Meishu and Jiang Meilan looked back and said, "This price is a bit expensive."
They were talking about this yard.
It was Jiang Meilan who said this, but Jiang Meishu had other considerations, "Sister, do you know how many square meters this yard is?"
Jiang Meilan actually knew, "The house has six large rooms, plus a spacious front and back yard, at least 500 square meters."
You have to know that they just came from next door and it took them quite a while.
Jiang Meishu was stunned for a moment, "What?"
"Five hundred square meters? It doesn't look that big at all." They had just entered the house and saw that the main room was only about forty square meters.
"Well, the house is probably around 200 square meters. The big part is the yard. The front yard is over 100 square meters, and the back yard is also over 100 square meters. Together, it's quite large."
Jiang Meishu quickly did the math, "I'll calculate based on 500 square meters, 7,000 yuan. Do you know how much one square meter costs?"
"How many?"
"Fourteen dollars."
As soon as these words fell, both of them fell silent. You know, the house they bought in Hong Kong cost 1,800 yuan per square meter.
But here one square meter only costs fourteen yuan.
"That's not the way it works."
Jiang Meilan shook her head. "Her small yard looks over 500 square meters, but the house is probably just over 200 square meters. You should subtract 200 from 7,000, not 500. Normally, the land occupied by the front and back yards is given as a gift along with the house."
"But the area donated to us is also our house. We can build a house on it, right?"
"The reason why the small courtyard next door can't be expanded is because it's too small. It's only about ten square meters, so it's impossible to build anything, let alone a warehouse."
And in the future, no one will care whether you have a house on this land or not. As long as it is your land, you will lose money.
"That's right." Jiang Meilan hummed, "But I think this price can still be lowered."
"After all, 7,000 yuan is too high. It's higher than the houses on this street. Others' houses are shops, but what we bought is purely residential."
Jiang Meishu was in a difficult position to bargain, because she knew very well that in the future, a house of this size would be priced at a minimum of seven million. If she looked further up, it could be priced at 70 million.
But she couldn't say that.
Seeing that Jiang Meishu didn't object, Jiang Meilan said, "My bottom line is 6,000 yuan, and I can increase it by about 500 yuan at most, which is 6,500 yuan."
Five hundred was her bargain price.
Jiang Meishu thought for a moment and said, "I'll do as you say."
After all, in terms of familiarity, Jiang Meilan was obviously more familiar with this area than her.
When they returned, they mentioned the price. Before Wang Limei could even open her mouth, Xu Aixiang, who was pushing her things, said, "This price is too high. We might as well rent a house."
"This yard only costs about twenty yuan a month to rent."
Even if you rent it for 30 years, it will cost less than 7,000 yuan.
Wang Limei also said, "Aixiang is right. Where can you find such an expensive house? If you really buy it, you will lose money."
They all look at the future from the perspective of the present, but Jiang Meishu and Jiang Meilan are not like that. They benefit from the convenience of the times.
So we know that the real estate market will definitely double or even multiply several times in the future.
So, the two sisters exchanged glances and said, "We still want to buy it. After all, if we rent a house, the owner can evict us at any time, but if we buy a house, they can't. Once we buy this house, we can also build a warehouse in the yard. Then the goods of several families can be stored in the warehouse instead of squeezing out our living space."
In this small courtyard, there is no room to step inside the house, and even the bedside is full of goods.
There is absolutely no convenience in life.
It can be said that this place is just a place to sleep temporarily every day.
As soon as Jiang Meishu finished speaking, before anyone else could speak, Wang Limei said, "I'm afraid this will cost a lot of money, right?"
You have to buy a house and then build another one.
This is simply not something ordinary people can afford.
"Well, it costs money, but this money should be paid." Jiang Meishu was very decisive. While doing business, she had been buying real estate intentionally or unintentionally.
Because she knew very well that there is no business that will make money forever, the business will lose money, but the house will be fine within thirty years.
Even if compared with the lowest point in the future, it is still cost-effective to buy a house now, just consider it an investment.
If business turnover becomes inconvenient in the future, the worst that can happen is that I can sell a house in exchange.
Wang Limei saw that she couldn't persuade her daughter, so she went to see Jiang Meilan. Jiang Meilan was very straightforward, "I agree with her opinion."
Wang Limei saw that she couldn't persuade them, so she simply threw up her sleeves and said, "Forget it, you have grown up and have your own opinions. I don't care anymore."
No matter what she says as a mother, her children won't listen.
She felt more sad because the children had grown up and had their own ideas.
The old mother is useless.
this--
Jiang Meishu and Jiang Meilan exchanged glances and sighed, "Mom, when it comes to business, we should take our ideas into consideration."
There's no way around it, they have already surpassed their parents in vision.
It is impossible for them not to do something just because their parents oppose it. That would be a very stupid thing to do.
Jiang Meishu also realized one thing in her life, that is, when her ability and vision surpass her parents, she must break away from them.
You can be filial, but you cannot be obedient.
Otherwise, they will be the only ones who can bear the consequences.
Seeing that it had come to this and she still couldn't persuade them, Wang Limei simply turned a blind eye and went into the house, not wanting to see the two girls anymore.
They are all more capable than the other.
Each one is more opinionated than the other.
Seeing the conflict between the two sides, everyone else became a little reserved.
More of a feeling of being overwhelmed.
"Why did you quarrel with your mother?" Jiang Chenliang sighed.
Jiang Meishu was very calm. "Dad, don't worry about this. We sisters will make the decision ourselves. When we're done, you just need to move."
This also suppressed the Lianjiang Chenliang.
At this moment, Jiang Chenliang could also feel his wife's frustration.
"You kid, we are your parents, how can we harm you?"
Jiang Meishu didn't back down because of this. "I know you're doing this for her and me, but Dad, Meishu and I have grown up. Even if it's business, we can handle it on our own. At this time, she and I hope you will cooperate with us."
There was another sentence that was hurtful, but she didn't say it.
That is - you should not interfere in the matters we decide.
Jiang Chenliang was a smart man, so he naturally heard it. He trembled with anger and said, "Don't care, don't care, don't care. We don't care about you."
He followed her into the room.
I watched as my father was also angered by her and left.
Jiang Meishu spread her hands and said, "Okay, the two elders have taken care of it, let's go buy a house."
Jiang Meilan chuckled, "You're just a clever one."
"You've made them all angry, haven't you ever thought about how to comfort them?"
“That’s easy.”
Jiang Meishu smiled slyly, "Buy my mom a gold bracelet and my dad a gold ring later, I'm sure they'll be completely obedient."
have to.
This requires the use of cash power.
Jiang Meilan thought so too.
Jiang Meishu was much more decisive than her in this matter. "Let's go buy the house. Don't discuss this kind of thing with my parents in the future."
Discussing such things will only add to family conflicts in the end.
Jiang Meilan didn't object. She went back to get the passbook and handed it to Jiang Meishu, "This is my personal passbook. Shen Zhanlie doesn't know about it."
"Use this money to buy a house, and put your name on the property deed."
Jiang Meishu was stunned for a moment, "Sister, are you going to give me a house?"
"No?"
Jiang Meilan said unhappily, "It's 7,000 yuan anyway, I can afford it."
"And it's registered under your name, but you don't live there, so we're the ones who live there."
Jiang Meishu asked tentatively, "What if the house appreciates in value in the future?"
"If it appreciates in value, consider it my gift to you for your 30th birthday."
Jiang Meishu is about to turn thirty.
Jiang Meilan also knew the future value of this house, but she was still ruthless when she gave it to Jiang Meishu.
This touched Jiang Meishu a little. She actually had no shortage of houses or money, but her sister's behavior always made her feel like she was going back to the past.
At that time, both sisters were poor. Her sister earned 17 yuan a month and could still secretly give her a few yuan in pocket money.
Jiang Meishu blinked, and forced back the bitterness in her eyes, "Sister, I am different now."
She was no longer the Jiang Meishu who was hungry, had no food to eat, and was so poor that she didn't even have a penny in her hand.
"What's different? You're not my sister anymore?"
Jiang Meishu shook her head subconsciously when she heard this. "How could it be?"
"That's it. I'm giving you this house, but I also have selfish motives. Shen Zhanlie and I may not be able to continue living together in this situation, so I have to prepare for the worst."
"If he and I really can't live together anymore and get divorced, he can't take away the house I have."
"perhaps."
Jiang Meilan was smiling, but Jiang Meishu could feel that she seemed to be about to cry, "This is the last resort for Xiaoju and me."
Her base is in Guangzhou, and she can't leave for the time being.
She was not willing to give the house and property savings book to anyone else, so she could only give them to her sister.
Jiang Meishu felt very upset after hearing this. She subconsciously stepped forward and held her sister's hand, "Sister, it won't be like this."
“Shen Zhanlie wouldn’t be such a person.”
In her memory, Shen Zhanlie in both of his lives had no ulterior motives.
"Even if he wasn't, I was always on guard against him." Jiang Meilan said calmly, "Meishu, do you think I deserve it?"
"From the beginning to the end, this marriage was all about my calculations and defenses."
Before this incident with Shen Zhanlie, Jiang Meilan had actually been on guard against him.
She always kept her savings in two passbooks, one for Shen Zhanlie to see, and one for only her to know.
Now, that private passbook was given to Jiang Meishu by Jiang Meilan.
She was preparing for the worst - a falling out.
If she and Shen Zhanlie really fall out, this money will be the basis for her to raise the child.
Jiang Meishu's lips trembled, "Sister, it won't come to this."
"I knew that, but I had to prepare for the worst."
Jiang Meilan looked at the azure sky and said, "Tell me, if I could be as sincere as you are to others, would Shen Zhanlie and I not have come to this point?"
Even when she was in love with Shen Zhanlie, she was still a little wary of him.
Jiang Meilan also had some reservations about Shen Zhanlie.
Jiang Meishu couldn't say her sister was wrong, but she couldn't say she was right either. Jiang Meilan's behavior was caused by the living environment she grew up in, as well as her marriage experience in her previous life.
Everyone knows that marriage requires mutual honesty.
But this one is the hardest to do.
"Sister." Jiang Meishu whispered to comfort her, "Don't be so hard on yourself for now. Wait until Shen Zhanlie comes back and you two can have a good talk."
Jiang Meilan nodded, and then she perked up and got down to work.
The two of them first went to the bank to withdraw 7,000 yuan, and then went to find Grandma Zhou.
Jiang Meilan bargained down to 500 yuan, but she paid in one lump sum on the spot, so the tough Grandma Zhou also gave her a 500 yuan profit.
In the end, the courtyard next door was sold for 6,500 yuan.
The transfer was very quick. The next morning, Grandma Zhou took the property certificate and went to the Housing Management Office with Jiang Meishu.
It took forty minutes to transfer the ownership of the house.
In the end, the name of this house fell into the hands of Jiang Meishu.
"When the time comes, clean up the house inside and out and let Mom and Dad move in."
Jiang Meishu wanted her family to live together and the remaining apartment would be given to Xu Aixiang and her family.
Jiang Meilan also agreed with this approach.
Then he nodded, "That's it."
"I also think it's more convenient for me to live with others." I didn't have the conditions before, but now I have them, so I must be putting myself in a difficult position.
After they returned, they told him about the plan.
Zhao Xiaojuan proposed, "I want to live with you."
Only by living with them will she feel more secure.
Jiang Meishu and Jiang Meilan did not refuse this. "We have extra houses, you can move in when the time comes."
"Of the remaining houses, keep two for storage and one for guest rooms."
With this, the Jiang family finally had a formal place to settle down in Guangzhou.
The house here is being moved in a hurry.
Over there, in early February, Shen Zhanlie returned exhausted. In Jiang Meishu's impression, Shen Zhanlie had always been tall and strong.
But at this moment, Shen Zhanlie has lost a lot of weight.
It's like a strong man who has become as thin as a stick.
Not to mention Jiang Meishu didn't recognize him, even Jiang Meilan was stunned. She rushed over, looked him up and down, and asked in a low voice, "Chen Zhanlie, why are you like this?"
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