He Yuzhu was bragging to the waiter in the lobby, surrounded by a group of people. At this time, several people came to the door.
"Oh, who did I think it was? It turned out to be you guys. I said, if you come to eat, come early. We have finished cleaning up here before you come. You are sincerely causing trouble for us, right?"
Don't ask, it must be He Yuzhu who said this. No one else dared to say this except him. There were no outsiders coming in, including the neighbors from the courtyard, Sister Hua, Brother Guo, and fortunately Brother Zhao.
The other two people also hate He Yuzhu, but Sister Hua doesn't hate him. "Silly Zhu, are you looking for fault? You think I am too old to trouble you."
Memories of the past came to mind, and He Yuzhu said with a smile: "How can it be possible? I was talking about Guo Dabozi. Sister Hua, you are a big master, don't be as knowledgeable as me. In this way, I will personally cook a meal for you.
How about I apologize?"
Don’t reach out to hit the smiling person. Sister Hua has already hugged her grandson, and her temper is not what it used to be.
"Okay, we're not here to see you. We're here to see Xiao'e. Is she here?"
"Yes, yes, even if she is not here, she will come over as soon as you call her. I will take you there to find her."
It is rare to see He Yuzhu look so attentive. The waiters who are not familiar with He Yuzhu all look at He Yuzhu as if they don't recognize him.
Someone asked: "Who are they? Why does the chef look a little afraid of them?"
Liu Lan said mysteriously: "There is a story in this, do you want to hear it?"
"Sister Lan, tell me quickly."
"This story begins at the steel rolling mill..."
Ma Hua pretended to cough and said: "Liu Lan, if you dare to talk nonsense and offend my master, no one will help you."
Liu Lan covered her mouth hard to prevent the air from leaking out of the corner of her mouth and saying something she shouldn't have said. However, when she thought about Silly Zhu being looked at, she couldn't help it, and wrinkles appeared in the corners of her eyes.
Not only Liu Lan, but everyone who knew that He Yuzhu was being looked at was holding back laughter.
In Lou Xiao'e's office, Sister Hua and others were sitting on the sofa with some anxiety. He Yuzhu did not leave either, sitting not far away.
Lou Xiao'e said with a smile: "Tingxuan and I have wanted to visit the courtyard for a long time, but we are too busy and can't spare the time. Sister Hua, what are you doing here?"
Seeing that Lou Xiao'e didn't show up, Sister Hua and the others also relaxed.
"Xiao'e, we heard something and wanted to come over and ask you."
"If anything happens, just tell me."
Let’s start with the house.
After a few decades, the price of houses in Beijing has become sky-high. Especially the courtyard houses are the sky-high prices.
Wang Tingxuan was not from Beijing in his previous life, so he didn't know which courtyard houses could be preserved. He could only adopt a relatively stupid method and buy the suitable ones. Even if they were demolished in the future, there would be no loss.
He not only buys houses, but also builds and sells them.
Nowadays, when units build houses, most of them are tube buildings.
Wang Tingxuan's house was built according to the style of later generations. The layout of the house attracted a lot of people's attention. Although the units are still dividing houses, it cannot stop people's enthusiasm for buying houses.
The first batch of houses were sold out before they were built, and the second batch is now under construction.
Sister Hua and Dabo Guo came here just for this second batch of houses.
"Sister Hua, Brother Guo, Brother Zhao, that house in Tingxuan is not cheap. Do you really want to buy it?"
Lou Xiao'e actually wanted to ask if you can really afford it, but the words were a bit too hurtful and she couldn't say it out loud.
He Yuzhu said: "I said Lou Xiao'e, we are all neighbors, let Tingxuan give them a discount. Your family is not short of money, why do you discount it like that?"
Sister Hua and the others are not He Yuzhu, they don’t understand anything. They came here after asking for more information.
"Silly Zhu, you don't understand anything, don't talk nonsense. Look at what you said, you are the second best to Yi Zhonghai." Sister Hua first scolded He Yuzhu.
Then he said to Lou Xiao'e: "Xiao'e, don't listen to Silly Zhu. We all know that even if your house is discounted, we can't afford it. So, we thought of a way, you can see if it works."
"any solution?"
"Our courtyard house was where high-ranking officials from the former Qing Dynasty lived, and the yard is huge. Can we exchange a house for a house? If it's not enough, we can add more money."
Lou Xiao'e actually likes that kind of house, but there is just one problem. There are too many people living in that kind of house. Some people are willing to sell it, but some people are not willing to sell it. If I buy a yard and there are still people inside who are unwilling to move, can I still live with others?
Together?
It is for this reason that Wang Tingxuan now buys small courtyard houses, the largest one only has two entrances.
Lou Xiao'e didn't know how many people in the courtyard were willing to sell, so she said, "Why do you have to buy a building?"
"There's nothing strange about this. The building your family built is beautiful, with a kitchen and bathroom. It's much better than a courtyard house. Not to mention young people, even old men and women like us are willing to move in."
Guo Dabozi had been the workshop director, and his views were much better than Sister Hua's. He said: "Xiao'e, we have a meeting in the courtyard. After discussing it, everyone is willing to move to the building."
Lou Xiao'e thought for a while and said: "I heard from Tingxuan. He estimates that the price of houses in the capital will rise a lot in the future, and good courtyard houses are priceless and unmarketable. If you sell courtyard houses now, you will indeed suffer a bit of a loss."
After saying this, others hesitated.
Guo Dabozi said with a smile: "Even if the price of this courtyard house rises to sky-high prices, we can't afford to wait. No matter how old we are, when the house prices rise, we will almost be in a coffin. Besides, buildings are also houses, so we can't afford to wait."
How much difference does a courtyard house have?"
When Guo Dabozi said this, it became even more embarrassing. Neither the left nor the right. I had made up my mind when I came here, but now I don’t know how to choose.
Lou Xiao'e said: "Well, I'll let Tingxuan keep the building. You go back and discuss it before making up your mind. Everyone took good care of me back then, and I don't want to get separated from you because of these things."
When everyone in the courtyard had left, He Yuzhu was still in the office.
"Lou Xiao'e, are you stupid? If you don't tell them, they won't know. After more than ten years, they won't be able to do anything even if they find out."
"Silly Zhu, if you were half as smart as you are now towards Qin Huairu, your children would have graduated from college."
"Hey, okay, why are you talking about this? Looking at you, why are you a little reluctant to buy that courtyard house?"
"I will teach you today. There are more than a dozen households living in such a large courtyard house. As long as one household is unwilling to sell, it will be useless for me to buy that courtyard. It's not like I am too busy, and for a courtyard, I have to live with it for decades.
Neighbors are having trouble."
"You are smart. Let me ask you, did Wang Tingxuan really say that the courtyard house will be valuable in the future?"
"I told you, what's wrong? Are you planning to buy a courtyard house too?"
"I want to buy it, please give me money." He Yuzhu was a little discouraged.
"You ask me for whatever money you want. Whoever you give your own money to is the one you want to ask for."
"Lou Xiao'e, let me tell you, it's meaningless for you to say this."
Interesting or not, Lou Xiao'e didn't take it to heart. Even when Wang Tingxuan heard about it afterwards, he didn't take it to heart either.
But it was obvious that He Yuzhu had something in mind.