470 Su Taotao's first house
Su Taotao and Fu Yuanhang looked at each other and asked, "Is this old man okay? Give the house to them?"
She really liked this house, but she really didn't think of taking advantage of it.
Su Taotao shook her head: "Grandpa, I like this house very much, but you don't have to give it to me. I will buy it from you at the market price, and I will also provide you with three meals a day. But once the house is sold to me, it will be mine and will definitely appreciate in value in the future. It has nothing to do with you, okay?"
The old man took two puffs of his cigarette, looked at Su Taotao, and muttered:
"He's good-looking, kind-hearted, and not greedy. It turns out there are still some good people in this world..."
The old man suddenly remembered something and glared at Su Taotao: "Do I look like someone who is short of money? It's still unclear whether I can live until next year, and I still have time to embezzle your money that has appreciated in value for 800 years?"
Su Taotao couldn't help but twitch her eyes again. You look quite poor, but you are full of energy. You can live for at least another few decades.
Well, if you calculate this way, it will cost a lot of food to take care of this old man's three meals a day for the next few decades.
The old man knocked on the screen wall and said, "I transferred this house to someone else to protect myself from those ungrateful people in my family. They have taken a fancy to this house and have come to my house again and again. They are like a dog-skin plaster and I can't get rid of them. I'm not afraid of them using any shady tricks, but it makes me annoyed."
The old man pointed to the next door and said: "The yard next door is also mine. It's a little smaller than this one. I usually live next door.
You have too much money and nowhere to spend it, so just give it to me at the market price. I can't use it anyway.
I have opened more stores than you have ever seen. I am not eating your rice for free. I see that you don’t have time to look after the store. Anyway, I have nothing to do, so I will be the storekeeper for free. Just provide me with three meals a day.”
Su Taotao didn't know what to say. Strange things happen every year, but this year there are especially many.
There is actually someone who is rushing to give someone a house and also rushing to be someone's shopkeeper. Did she not check the almanac before going out this year? What kind of shit luck is this? She will go out this way tomorrow!
Fu Yuanhang prided himself on having seen the world, but this time it really refreshed his understanding. The world is really big and full of wonders.
"What's your name, master?" Su Taotao asked.
"My last name is Du, Du Hongtu. You can call me Old Man Du."
How dare she? Su Taotao touched her nose and called Fu Yuanhang "Grandpa Du" in a proper manner.
Although Old Man Du seemed calm, his eyebrows moved several times, and he obviously liked this title very much.
"Master Du, if you are free later, shall we go and handle the formalities?"
Old Man Du puffed out smoke and nodded: "Okay."
Old man Du rummaged through the bag he was carrying for a long time, and finally found a few pieces of paper that were not much better than pickled vegetables, with vague words like "contract", "real estate license", "certificate of purchase of private property" written on them... He took a look at them and stuffed some of them back.
Then he said, "Let's go to the Housing Authority to transfer the property."
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Su Taotao came prepared and brought her passbook and identity documents with her when she went out.
They first went to find a middleman who specialized in this and signed a sales contract.
"Grandpa Du, shall I transfer 5,000 yuan to your account?" Su Taotao knew that Old Man Du really regarded money as dirt, so she simply named a price.
He bought this piece of land and this area for five thousand dollars, but if you really count the expensive decoration inside, it's hard to say how much he should pay for the furniture and the rosewood on the beams alone.
Old Man Du waved his hand and said, "Whatever."
Finally, he asked, "Now that you've given me the money, do you have any capital left?"
Su Taotao knew that he was talking about the capital of doing business.
Su Taotao nodded: "Yes."
Old Man Du said indifferently: "Come back to me when you are short of money. I have already told you that I don't need these two weird melons. You must give them to me."
The middle-aged man almost couldn't sit still, and wanted to say something to the slovenly old man, but then he thought better of it. Who doesn't know how to brag? The poorer a person is, the more he fears being looked down upon, and the more he wants to show that he doesn't care about money.
Su Taotao just smiled and didn't take Old Man Du's words seriously.
The subsequent transfer procedures also went smoothly.
When Su Taotao got the "property deed", she felt it was particularly unreal.
She really didn't expect that she would actually buy a house on the first day of strolling around.
This was the first house she bought since coming to this time and space, and she really didn't expect it to be so smooth.
Fu Yuanhang helped Old Man Du to pack up the things in the house. After handing over the keys, Old Man Du no longer cared about it.
"The house is yours from now on. It's none of my business if it's destroyed or demolished. Just don't miss out on my three meals."
Fu Yuanhang took the key and said, "The restaurant may not open so quickly. I may not be able to take care of your meals during this period."
Old Man Du waved his hand and said, "Okay, you don't have to take care of the food until the store opens. I'm going to sleep in the next room. If you need anything, knock on the door, but don't knock too hard or you'll scare my cat."
After seeing off Old Man Du, Su Taotao and Fu Yuanhang shook their heads at the same time.
Fu Yuanhang held the key and looked at it: "Sister-in-law, this Master Du's temper is really a bit strange."
Su Taotao: "He must have been a big shot in the past. Maybe it's because he was looked down upon during the years of rural reform that his temperament is a little strange and normal, but he is not a bad person at heart."
After being betrayed by loved ones and seeing the fickleness of human nature when in trouble, how many people can still maintain their original heart?
"Let's first see how to renovate this house. The kitchen must be modified, the rooms inside will be turned into private rooms, and the corridor will be used as an ordinary hall. We will then open an exquisite private restaurant." Su Taotao said.
Su Taotao chose a location near a school in order to increase sales. After all, when doing business with students, affordability is naturally the priority.
But aren't there many people who think the same way as her? This approach has a low threshold and fierce competition. Even if the taste wins, it can only make small profits but quick turnover, and the money earned in the end is also hard-earned money.
No matter what era or where, the 80/20 rule exists: 80% of the wealth is in the hands of 20% of the people.
When they walked into the old man's house, Su Taotao suddenly came up with the idea of making pre-order private dishes to earn the money from the 20% of people.
Even if the business is mainly focused on students, there will always be the 20% of students from wealthy families who will buy into the business.
Even if you make the same amount of money in the end, it will be much easier.
That's why she temporarily decided to give up the sinking market.
"Private restaurant?" Fu Yuanhang had never heard of this term.
Su Taotao nodded: "You can also think of it as a high-end restaurant that specializes in business with wealthy people. Take a look at how the private rooms are decorated. I want you to paint a few paintings that fit the occasion and hang them inside..."
Su Taotao's interior design studies in her previous life were not in vain. The decoration style was basically finalized when she walked in. The previous resident of the house was a person who liked to be refined. He only wanted to enrich the elements a little bit, such as asking Fu Yuanhang to paint a few paintings, or replace the exquisite tablecloths, or the exquisite menu with pictures and texts...
This makes the word "elegant" more prominent, forming a strong contrast with the "vulgarity" outside the alley.
If we work harder on the dishes to make them unforgettable, and use hunger marketing, the waiting time for ordering a table of dishes will be at least three or two days, and at most ten days or half a month. In the future, whenever there is a "high-end dinner", people will think of this place, and naturally customers will flock to it.