Chapter 149: Buying a House Again
After buying the house, the couple had basically completed everything they needed to do in Beijing.
In the days that followed, they took their three children on a great trip for more than half a month, visiting all the places to play in and around Beijing.
Tourism has not yet become popular, and there are not many places to go except for the more famous scenic spots.
In addition, many scenic spots are on the mountain, and there are no supporting facilities such as cable cars. The roads are not well built, so it is actually not very suitable for taking children to play.
So after climbing two mountains, let alone Shi Xiaoai, the three children didn't want to go out again.
While Shi Xiaoai and her husband were playing with their children, Cheng Lin was almost busy.
He has been to the zoo several times during this period and has become friends with the main person in charge, just like brothers.
Before the house was built, people took out the blueprints and asked them to pick out a suitable location first.
Cheng Lin even specially called Shi Xiaoai to go with him to choose. After discussing it for a while, they hesitated for a long time between the main gate and the panda house. In the end, they chose the five rooms at the front of the row of houses in front of the panda house.
In fact, the location of the main gate is not bad, but the house over there is an old house that has been renovated. The previous ticket office and office were renovated and then rented out.
This means there is less room for renovation of the house, and the area of each small room in the house over there is not large.
The panda house is different.
The storefront over there is newly built. The ceiling of the house is much higher than that of the main entrance. The windows are also large and all face the sun.
When Shi Xiaoai and the others went there, it was exactly ten o'clock in the morning when the sun was at its best. The whole house looked extremely bright and spacious, and people fell in love with it at once.
Because the house was still under construction, Shi Xiaoai and Cheng Lin obtained the consent of the person in charge and immediately paid the deposit and the first year's rent totaling 5,000 yuan. Then they called the person in charge of the construction party on the spot and made new layout adjustments according to their requirements without damaging the structure of the house.
In fact, the adjustment is not big. Just remove a few non-load-bearing walls and add a few walls to separate the kitchen area directly.
Don't underestimate this simple change. It is a simple matter for the construction party, but if you find someone to make the modifications after the project is completed, it will not only be troublesome, but also delay the decoration period.
In short, by taking over the zoo house, Shi Xiaoai and his team’s biggest mission of this trip to Beijing was almost half completed.
As for the dining car, that was a matter for Cheng Lin and the person in charge to discuss the details, and Shi Xiaoai did not participate.
However, seeing how familiar Cheng Lin was with that person, she felt that it would not be a problem.
Not long after deciding on the storefront, the family of four decided to return to Yuncheng.
At this time, there were only about ten days left before school started, and the two children were exhausted after playing outside for so long.
So they decided to go back early and let the two little ones calm down.
As soon as Kaikai knew they were leaving, he became depressed and stayed in the house every day and was unwilling to go back to the retirement home.
In the last two days, Shi Xiaoai saw him secretly wiping away tears several times.
But the child knew in his heart that he couldn't stop it, so he didn't say a word.
After all, this is the child who grew up under her care. Looking at Kaikai like this, Shi Xiaoai felt sad.
At night she finally said to Cheng Yang: "I've decided, let's move to the capital."
Cheng Yang looked at her amusedly: "Because Kaikai cried today?"
Shi Xiaoai was surprised: "You saw it too?"
Cheng Yang nodded: "He was hiding in the stairwell crying. How could I not see him when he was so big?"
At this point, he couldn't help but sigh: "Kaikai has really been spoiled by you. He's already grown up and still cries."
Shi Xiaoai was not going to take it anymore. She sat up straight and said, "How old is he? He's not even twelve! If you don't let such a young child vent his emotions, what if he gets hurt by holding it in?"
Cheng Yang quickly tried to calm things down: "Okay, you're right, go ahead and cry, he's still young anyway."
But he still couldn't help but think of himself and Cheng Lin's childhood.
What were you doing when you were twelve?
The more I think about it, the more I feel that this child is really happy.
Since we have decided to settle down in Beijing in the future, it means that the time for reunion will come soon, so when we face the separation again, we will not be as sad as at the beginning.
Of course, the three little guys still hugged each other and cried bitterly.
After wandering around outside for almost a month, the family finally returned to Yuncheng.
Compared with the capital, the pace of life in Yuncheng is much slower.
Although I have been away for so long, except that the air in the house is a little bad because the windows have not been opened for a long time, there is almost no difference between home and outside and before I went out.
The snack shops were still doing brisk business, and the barbecue stalls were bustling with people. Even the residents of the alleys were leaving early and returning late, and the children who hadn't started school were still having fun...
After coming back for a while, the whole family completely adapted to this kind of life and felt almost the same as before they went out.
Mingrui and Mingxi were a little listless when they were in the car, but they immediately became energetic as soon as they got out.
They urged their parents to take out the gifts they bought for grandma, grandpa and Ping Ping'an, and then ran out the door.
Soon, the couple heard the sound of people knocking on Aunt Liu's door, and along with the knocking sound came their shouting.
Pingan and Pingan are the two children of Wang Xiaofeng's brother, a boy and a girl, who are a few years older than Mingrui and Mingxi.
Pingping and Kaikai are about the same age and are about to enter junior high school. Pingping used to be Kaikai's best friend.
This time Kaikai also brought him a gift.
Not long after Mingrui and Mingxi arrived at Aunt Liu's house, the old lady came over with some pancakes and some dishes.
As soon as she walked in, she started complaining: "You didn't even tell me you were coming back. If you had told me earlier, I would have cooked your meal as well. It's almost one o'clock now, and everyone at home has already eaten. There's no time to light the stove."
This is the pancake I made at noon, and the fried watermelon sauce. This is the shrimp Li Lei sent over this morning, and the boiled shrimp I cooked at noon. These are all foods that can be eaten cold. You can eat them first.
Don't worry about them, your sister-in-law is cooking noodles for them."
Shi Xiaoai took the food with a smile and said, "I didn't tell you specifically because I didn't want you to wait, and you brought it over again. We're guarding the shop, so we can just go over and have a bite. Why do we have to make it specially?"
Aunt Liu glared at her. "No matter how delicious the food in the shop is, can it compare to the comfort of having a hot meal at home? After a long trip, you still have to have a meal at home. I'll make dumplings tomorrow. Don't make any other plans. You all must come over for dinner!"
Since the old lady had mentioned dumplings to welcome the guests and noodles to send off the wind, Shi Xiaoai and Cheng Yang naturally agreed.
After dinner, Xiao Ai went to the snack bar. At this time, Wang Xiaofeng had already known about her return and prepared a pile of account books for her to see.
Shi Xiaoai rubbed her temples as she looked at the account books piled on the table, then said to Wang Xiaofeng, "Take them away, take them away. You're the financial manager, why are you asking me to look at these every day? I don't want to see them!"
She had said this so many times that Wang Xiaofeng had become immune to it.
She ignored Shi Xiaoai's words and retorted directly, "The financial manager is responsible to the general manager! These are all streamlined accounts related to the Beijing branch. You'd better take a look. Otherwise, you won't know anything in the future, which will affect your judgment!"
Although Shi Xiaoai said that, it was impossible for her to really not watch it.
After all, the company was hers, so she wouldn't just leave it alone. And while she knew about some of the major expenses in Beijing, she wasn't exactly sure how much money had been spent.
Shi Xiaoai sat down at the table and said, "It's too late today. I'll bring the money tomorrow and you can use it to offset the money the company advanced for me."
At the beginning, she agreed to Cheng Lin's request to exchange money for shares, but because she needed money to buy a house, she only gave Cheng Lin 2,000 yuan, and the company paid the rest first.
She will definitely pay back the money when she comes back.
Speaking of this money, Wang Xiaofeng looked at her and asked, "Sister, have you and your brother-in-law agreed to move to Beijing to live permanently?"
Shi Xiaoai was a little surprised: "Why do you think so?"
Wang Xiaofeng looked at her and said, "Why did you spend so much money on a house if you weren't going to live there? Originally, you agreed to buy a house for Cheng Lin, but in the end, you bought another one."
Wang Xiaofeng curled her lips and said, "Don't tell me that you bought that house to save money. I don't believe it."
Shi Xiaoai immediately laughed: "I really bought it to save it, believe it or not."
Wang Xiaofeng suddenly perked up: "Really, sister, why did you buy so many houses? I heard Cheng Lin say the other day that my brother-in-law's mother left you a house. There are only four of you. How can you live in so many houses? Houses need to be maintained after they are bought. It costs a lot of money every year! You are still pulling in both sides. You really have money to support them."
As she spoke more and more outrageously, Shi Xiaoai grabbed a pencil from the table and tapped her on the head, saying with a smile, "Why are you talking more and more like Aunt Liu? Are you taking all the words she kept saying about you and applying them to me?"
I don't bother to listen to what other people say, and you're saying the same thing? Shouldn't you be the one who knows that buying a house early is better than late, otherwise the money you earn won't keep up with the house price?
When Shi Xiaoai said this, Wang Xiaofeng's face suddenly turned bitter.
These words really touched her heart.
Ever since her brother and sister-in-law said they wanted to go home, Wang Xiaofeng started making arrangements to buy a house.
But because it was a house she planned to live in for the rest of her life, she was very cautious. She looked at several houses but was not satisfied with any of them. She was always hesitant and couldn't make up her mind.
Later, her brother and sister-in-law came back, and seeing that the house was no longer able to accommodate them, Wang Xiaofeng became really anxious.
But there was nothing she could do even if she was anxious, because all the houses had been sold before her hesitation, and she no longer had the chance to buy the one she disliked the most.
Yuncheng is not a big place to begin with, and not many people are willing to sell their houses.
At the beginning, Wang Xiaofeng was still choosing a location, wanting to choose one that was close to the shop and had a good location.
But as she picked and chose, she found that the houses in good locations were either not available to her or were not hers at all.
At this time, the light bulb factory where her brother-in-law worked began to demolish and rebuild the staff housing.
This demolition means that many households in the factory will have to temporarily rent houses outside, and the rental period will last for one or two years, or even two or three years.
Now it’s even harder to find a house.
Now, let alone being close, even the houses near the fishing village that no one liked before are now unavailable.
At this time, Wang Xiaofeng had already started dating Li Lei.
Li Lei is an outsider who originally came here to seek refuge with Cheng Yang. Naturally, he doesn't have a house in Yuncheng.
At this time, one of them was 28 and the other was 24, both of them had reached the age where they were troubled and caused their families to worry.
Once you start dating, you will naturally be urged to get married.
Therefore, buying a house has become an urgent matter.
In the end, it was Li Lei who found the house.
Li Lei has been working as a buyer in the shop. He buys things outside every day and goes door to door.
He started to worry about the house, so the contact surface was naturally much larger than that of Wang Xiaofeng.
The place Li Lei finally chose was a small courtyard near the bus terminal, which was the Qingyun Street branch.
The location of that yard is not bad. Apart from being a bit noisy due to being near the bus station, there is nothing wrong with it.
If this house was sold a year ago, Wang Xiaofeng might not have looked down on it. But now that she knows the owner wants to sell it, she is almost praying for mercy.
This time when she went to see the house, Wang Xiaofeng almost regretted it to death because she found that the price of the house was ridiculously high.
That yard is slightly bigger than their old house and the yard where Xiao Ai's family lives now, but not much bigger, just with two more rooms.
But for this house, the owner asked for two thousand two hundred and wouldn't sell it for less than two thousand!
You have to know that Xiao Ai only spent 1,200 yuan to buy Courtyard No. 1. This house is only half the size of Courtyard No. 1, but the price is almost twice as high!
Wang Xiaofeng didn't want it immediately, but Li Lei and Shi Xiaoai persuaded her to buy it.
Li Lei talked to the other party for a long time, and finally only lowered the price by two hundred, and finally bought the house for eighteen thousand.
Whenever Wang Xiaofeng thought about buying a house, she felt heartache all over her body, and no one who knew about it irritated her.
At this time, Xiao Ai brought up the past again, and she naturally felt uncomfortable again.
Watching her facial expressions changing back and forth, Shi Xiaoai couldn't help laughing.
She said, "Just be thankful. Even though it was a few hundred dollars more expensive, at least you bought the house. Why are you only thinking about the bad and not the good? Think about it, since that house, have you seen a more suitable and cheaper one?"
Wang Xiaofeng thought for a moment and said, "That's true. In recent years, the number of private houses willing to be sold in Yuncheng has really been decreasing."
"Not only are there fewer houses, but haven't you noticed that more and more people are looking to buy houses?"
Shi Xiaoai continued, "Let's not talk about the distant future. How many people in our shop are thinking about buying a house right now? I know there are Li Min and Xiao He, and I guess there are many others besides them who also want to buy a house."
"That's right." Wang Xiaofeng smiled and said, "This shows that our shop is doing well! Now that everyone has money, they naturally want to consider improving their quality of life."
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