Chapter 205 Buying a House

Back home, the siblings started discussing where to buy a new house.

After all, Lu Qingzhu is all alone, and they are afraid that something might happen and they won't be able to take care of her.

Although it's only been sixty-odd years, the atmosphere here is quite different from that in the mainland. Here, you can see cheongsams, short sleeves, and big waves everywhere. You can also see couples holding hands on the street.

When Lu Qingzhu first saw these, her eyes widened in surprise.

Aside from going to Russia with her sister, Lu Qingzhu had never left her own country. She had no idea what the outside world was like. When she went out with her sister, she only went to collect grain and hardly saw any living people. She would never have seen such an astonishing scene on the street.

He Caiwei and her companion couldn't stay here for too long; they had to go back to work. So they wanted to make a quick decision. If they could find it, great; if not, they'd let their second brother find it himself.

The three of them spent two days wandering the streets and alleys of Mingzhu District and met with several people who introduced houses, but none of them were quite satisfied with the houses they were shown.

During this period, He Caiwei went to the bank to exchange some gold bars in order to buy a house. The two-story houses they live in now cost about six to eight thousand yuan. The kind of small villas with more exquisite decorations cost about fifteen to twenty thousand yuan. Of course, larger ones are more expensive.

He Caiwei felt that there was no need to buy a very big house now, since it was just for her second brother. She wanted to buy it in a relatively safe place. In He Caiwei's impression, the security of higher-end residential areas was generally better.

Therefore, He Caiwei's target for finding a house was those relatively high-end villa areas.

These days, the intermediaries aren't called intermediaries, they're called introducers. And these introducers are from the neighborhood committee. Uncle Chen, the introducer, came knocking on their door early this morning.

Lu Qingfeng opened the door, saw that it was the introducer, and let them in.

When they came in, the other two people were also awake. After a quick wash, He Caiwei poured Uncle Chen a glass of water.

The person who introduced us was a native of Hong Kong, and he spoke with a distinctive Hong Kong accent. When you asked him to speak Mandarin, he couldn't quite pronounce it correctly.

Seeing his state, He Caiwei couldn't bear to ask him to speak in a language he was familiar with, one that she could understand and speak herself.

Uncle Chen was happy to hear that he could understand, and then he started to chatter on and on.

Lu Qingfeng was a little better off, since he had heard it a lot in Pengcheng and had learned it. It was just that the uncle spoke too fast and even mixed in a few foreign words, which gave him a bit of a headache.

He Caiwei, on the other hand, adapted quite well, and she could understand everything Uncle Chen said.

People in this port city are particularly superstitious about feng shui, and the saying "east is rich, west is noble" is also true here.

For example, Dongshan here is the wealthy area, and there are many exquisite villas there. Uncle Chen came here today to talk about the villas in Dongshan.

It's impossible for someone like Uncle Chen, who acts as a receptionist and introducer, to have access to that affluent area in Dongshan. It was a relative of his who worked as a maid in that area who told him that his family was moving abroad and that the house was going to be sold.

He immediately intercepted the offer as soon as he heard it. Someone on his side wanted to buy it, but he still needed to have his relative talk to the family. He would bring people over to take a look today.

If he succeeds in this deal, he will receive a substantial referral fee, whether from his relatives or from these young people.

That's why he came and knocked on the door so early.

"Uncle, shall we go take a look now?" He Caiwei immediately said she wanted to go and check it out when she heard that a house was available.

They've been wandering around here for two days now, and they have to leave in two more days, so they need to get the house sorted out first.

In order to save time, He Caiwei simply asked Uncle Chen to find a taxi, as it would be faster to take a taxi directly there.

Of course, you can also take the bus here, but you need to transfer, which takes longer.

It took them 40 minutes by car to get from where they lived to Dongshan, where they were going to look at apartments. It was a pretty upscale neighborhood with a security booth at the entrance.

When they arrived, they were stopped, but Uncle Chen called his relatives from the security booth, and the security guards quickly let them through.

However, this is a private residential area, and most of the residents own their own cars. Taxis can only go as far as the entrance of the residential area.

There was no other way but to walk up. Fortunately, the house wasn't far from the entrance of the community, and they arrived in less than 10 minutes.

The house is quite new, with a beautiful and high-end golden wrought iron gate. The small garden is well-maintained, and some vegetables are planted in one corner.

As soon as they entered, they were greeted by a butler-like person. Once inside the house, they saw a bright hall, a beautiful crystal chandelier, and off-white sofas, which made Lu Qingzhu, who had never seen much of the world, click her tongue in amazement.

They had only been sitting down for a short while when a young man, about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, came down from upstairs. He had a small mustache and slicked-back hair, which made He Caiwei feel annoyed.

The man frowned when he saw that there were three small children he wanted to buy. He explained that the family had moved abroad because his father needed medical treatment, and he didn't really want to sell the children, but the family's money had been almost entirely spent on his father's medical expenses.

I can't sell the company I have right now to cash out, so I have to sell the house first.

But as soon as they heard that he needed money urgently, they tried to drive down the price. Originally, the house cost 30,000 yuan including the furniture and renovations, but it was reduced to less than 15,000 yuan.

He was reluctant to part with it, but the house also allowed him to see the true colors of those he was working with. He hired a manager to help him manage these businesses, and since these people were openly suppressing him, he wouldn't be polite either.

The plan is to have the manager sell the company when it's at its peak, then take the money and other documents with him, and never come back.

Seeing that there were several children, he realized that the house definitely wouldn't sell today. He was in a hurry to leave, because if it didn't sell, he would have to ask someone to help watch it, which would be quite troublesome.

"I don't have much to say. This house will cost at least a few dollars. If possible, you can pay 2,000 dollars first, and then I'll take you to get the property certificate. After that, you can pay the rest. I'm only taking some of my father's treasured possessions and some of my own personal belongings. I'll leave all the other furniture and stuff here. You can have what I can't take." Yang Dali didn't have the patience to argue with them. He was focused on taking his father abroad for medical treatment and could name his price directly.

"Can I use the yellow croaker? If so, I'll just give you the yellow croaker..." He Caiwei didn't have more than 30,000 yuan on her, so she could try asking him if he still wanted the yellow croaker. Using the yellow croaker would save them the trouble of going to the bank.