469 The house is for you!
Su Taotao really wanted to say that she was just passing by, but when she saw this large courtyard facing the street with an excellent location, she swallowed the words back.
Said to Fu Yuanhang: "Let's go in and take a look."
The two followed the old man in and were a little surprised.
I thought that the house of this old man with a scruffy beard and a bad temper must be like a garbage dump, with no place to step.
I never expected that this plain-looking bungalow actually had so much secrets inside, it was so exquisite and tidy that it didn't even look like a place for human habitation.
Su Taotao couldn't help but ask, "Grandpa, is this really your home?"
The old man blew his beard and glared: "If it's not my house, then you are your house?"
Su Taotao: “…” Old man, how come you are still so energetic at such an old age?
"My dear, your house is really well decorated, isn't it?"
The old man snorted and tugged at the double-sided embroidered door curtain:
"What's good about it? I've been in the hands of the capitalist roaders for nearly ten years, and all I've got is these fancy things. Wouldn't it be better to use this spare money to buy a few glasses of wine?"
Su Taotao: “…” As long as you like it.
The old man took Su Taotao and Fu Yuanhang for a walk.
The layout of the house is really amazing. Although it is a bungalow, it has a screen wall. The kitchen and bathroom are on both sides. The main house faces the screen wall. The bedrooms are on both sides of the main house. There are corridors around the yard. The corridor is two meters wide, so you won't get wet when you go back and forth between the rooms in windy or rainy weather.
The corridors are also hung with various flower baskets. It is not difficult to imagine how colorful the place will be when spring comes.
There is a water pump in the middle of the patio, and next to the water pump is a vegetable washing table. There is also a rockery to create a landscape, and underneath is a small fish pond paved with pebbles. The whole landscape is very unique.
If the Siheyuan represents a well-educated and well-mannered lady from a noble family, then this bungalow of only about 100 square meters represents a gentle and considerate girl from a small family.
Each has its merits, and both appeal to Su Taotao's aesthetic taste.
But the question is, why did she come in to see other people's houses?
Does the old man really want to rent the house to her?
"How is it? Are you satisfied?" The old man lit a pipe and stuffed tobacco into it. He looked at her with half-closed eyes, puffing out smoke.
Su Taotao: “…”
Su Taotao gave the old man a thumbs up: "This is your home, exquisite and beautiful!"
It has to be said that just in this corridor, ten or eight tables can be placed, making it a high-end private restaurant. This kind of flavor and style cannot be faked even in the 21st century.
The old man blew out a puff of smoke and asked, "Do you want to rent or buy it?"
"Ah?" Su Taotao blinked.
The grumpy old man said: "Aren't you looking for a house? This piece of land is not worth much. You are grown up like this, and you still wear cashmere coats. You can't afford this piece of land of mine?"
Su Taotao and Fu Yuanhang: "..."
The two horizontal beams are made of huanghuali wood. Are you talking about ruining the place? That's right, you just said you wanted to burn it down.
Su Taotao and Fu Zhengtu have been very busy these years and have no time to spend money. Their salaries are good, and she alone cannot spend all of it. Yes, she cannot spend it all. You need a ticket to buy everything. After settling down, you don’t need to buy anything. Normally, you just spend money on meals and occasionally buy clothes. It’s really not a big deal.
The big items for the home and things for the children were all bought with Fu Zhengtu’s bonus.
Fu Zhengtu did not touch his salary in the past few years. His salary was directly deposited into his passbook and kept in the bank to earn interest. It's amazing that over the years, he actually saved tens of thousands of yuan in it.
These days, tens of thousands of dollars means a lot of purchasing power. Apart from other things, it is enough to buy several bungalows like this one, which are slightly less well decorated.
"Such a nice house, don't you want to keep it for yourself?" Su Taotao said.
The old man sneered, and was so drunk that he almost coughed up tears. It took him a long time to reply:
"Look at me, a worthless person. Do I look like someone who is used to living in a house like this? Wild boars can't eat fine bran, and if they live in a cowshed for a long time, they can't sleep on a high bed with a soft pillow."
Having slept in a cowshed in the countryside for several years and been accustomed to all sorts of monsters and demons, he felt scared when he entered this house. It didn't feel like his house at all.
Su Taotao and Fu Yuanhang: "..."
This old man either sneers or makes sarcastic remarks. He simply doesn't know how to speak properly.
After watching such a big drama just now, combined with the old man's words, Su Taotao could probably guess the origin of the house.
The story goes that the old man was a lonely man, and for some unknown reason he was sent to the countryside for reform and lived in a cowshed. He recently returned to the city, but his house was renovated by some petty-bourgeois family and they lived in it for a few years. When it was returned to him, he was not satisfied.
Although the old man had a sharp tongue, Su Taotao could afford the house. However, she did not want to take advantage of him, so she had to make the interests clear.
"Old man, your house is in a good location and well decorated. Although the current market price may not be very high, it is guaranteed to appreciate in value in the future. It would be a pity to sell it now. Besides, if you sell it, where will you live in the future?"
The old man who had never looked anyone in the eye finally gave Su Taotao a straight look:
"He looks like a bad guy, but he has a good heart."
Su Taotao: "..." Thank you.
The old man took a few more puffs of his cigarette and said, "I have more than one house. If I sell it, I won't have to sleep under the overpass. Why are you worrying about me?"
Su Taotao: "..." It turns out that you are the landlord, old man. I am so disrespectful.
"I like this house very much. How much do you want to sell it for?"
Old man: "Are you buying this house for your own use?"
Su Taotao shook her head: "No, I have a place to live, I go to school nearby, and I plan to use it to do some small business such as food.
I like the location and decoration of your house. It can be sold after a few minor changes. "
Even if the deal fails, the friendship remains. Su Taotao doesn't want to deceive anyone to avoid any disputes in the future.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." The old man started to speak in a weird tone again, "How dare you do business? Aren't you afraid that I will report you?"
Su Taotao smiled and said, "You won't."
If I hide the fact that I bought his house to do something "illegal", there's no guarantee that the old man will report it.
But if we talk about it right from the beginning, this old man shouldn't be so boring.
Besides, the policy of reform and opening up has already been proposed, and people with keen political sensitivity have already begun to prepare in advance.
The old man sneered: "Do you know how I ended up living in the cowshed? Because I was a traitor to socialism. My nephew reported me..."
Su Taotao thought, no wonder you just cut off all your relatives, are you still keeping this nephew to celebrate the New Year?
The old man blew a puff of smoke into the sky and muttered, "The world is about to change. It's so unfair that I've lived in the cowshed all these years. Alas..."
The old man sighed heavily and said, "I can sell you the house and I won't report you, but if you sell food, you have to provide me with one meal a day."
Su Taotao: “?” Did she hear it right? Selling a house means you have to pay for the food? How is that?
The old man said to himself, "I am old and useless. I am afraid that I will die outside and no one will know. If I don't come to eat one day, you will know that I am dead.
I am not afraid of no one seeing me off or collecting my body, I am just afraid that I will die and stink without anyone noticing, causing trouble for my neighbors..."
Su Taotao and Fu Yuanhang looked at each other, feeling a little sad.
"Old man, I've bought the house, please name a price.
I am planning to open a restaurant. Don't just say one meal a day, I will provide you with three meals a day. As long as you are in the restaurant and you are alive and well, my restaurant will not close down. This is your canteen."
At the foot of the imperial city, every inch of land is worth a lot of money. Even if the house is purchased at a price higher than the current market price, there will be immeasurable room for appreciation in the future. No matter how you look at it, Su Taotao has made a profit.
Providing three meals a day to an old man is nothing.
And how could her restaurant go bankrupt?
I am afraid that we will not be able to accommodate all the guests even if we make reservations in the future.
Just lending a hand to an elderly widow or widower is a good deed done that day.
After hearing this, the old man's cloudy and dim eyes became clearer. He stopped smoking and looked at Su Taotao:
"really?"
Su Taotao nodded and said with a smile: "A promise is worth a thousand gold."
"Okay!" The old man slapped his thigh and laughed: "The house is for you!"
Su Taotao and Fu Yuanhang: "???"
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