In fact, this is not a particularly outrageous answer.
Since Cheng Guangnian has undoubtedly said that the old house at home has nothing to do with him, and he did not get a penny when Cheng Qingsong sold the old house, then from Cheng Yu's point of view, he is willing to do so unconditionally.
I believe Cheng Guangnian.
Cheng Guangnian is definitely not a person who would lie about this kind of thing.
Although the time Cheng Yu and Cheng Guangnian got together was actually very short after they became sensible, Cheng Yu felt that he still knew his father quite well.
Naturally, Cheng Guangle and Cheng Guangtian had never seen the money, otherwise they wouldn't be worried about it.
Twenty years ago, Cheng Jie was just a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old. Cheng Yu would never think that this money was taken away by Cheng Jie.
Therefore, the money from the final sale of this old house can only be used by Cheng Qingsong himself.
At that time, China's real estate market had not yet fully reached the level of free transactions, but it did not mean that old houses with land titles like this could not be resold.
Just like twenty or thirty years ago, someone in the imperial capital got a courtyard house by spending only tens of thousands of yuan.
According to the descriptions of my father's generation, the old house of the Cheng family might have been larger than an ordinary courtyard house.
Even twenty years ago, when the real estate free market was not fully opened and was only used as a pilot project in a limited number of cities, Cheng Yu estimated that the value of the old house back then was at least 100,000 yuan.
Although in the mid-to-late 1990s, the term 10,000-yuan household was no longer often mentioned, the cash that an ordinary family can afford is usually only 30,000 to 20,000 yuan.
At that time, people did not have much concept of mortgage loans to buy houses. Buying and selling houses were usually cash transactions. Even in Wudong, a city that is ranked among the top ten in the country, people who can pay six figures in cash in one lump sum,
I dare not say there are only a handful of them, but they are definitely not too many.
Since the money from the sale of this house did not fall into the hands of any Cheng family, but was used by Cheng Qingsong to pay off debts, then twenty years later, with the status of the Cheng family in Wudong today, Cheng Guangnian could not
The truth of that year may not be found out.
After all, there were only so many people who could afford to live in this old house twenty years ago.
The old house was still there after all. Du Changfeng told Cheng Yu that the old house had not been demolished or destroyed due to the process of urbanization.
It's just that the old house seemed to have been donated to the government, and the government funded the construction of a complex of buildings around the old house, which has become a museum complex that witnesses the history of Wudong.
It seems that through research, the original builder of that old house was an official from the Ming Dynasty. Later, in the late Qing Dynasty, there was also a famous actress. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it is said that this famous actress was received by the national leaders.
Of course, this is not the main residence of the Ming Dynasty official, but just a villa among his many properties. The famous actress is not a direct descendant of the official, but the descendant of a concubine.
Generally speaking, it is not difficult to find home buyers back then. After all, in the land of Wudong, there is no one with more personal wealth than Cheng Guangnian. Even if the other person’s family has a long history, when Cheng Guangnian asked about the name of this house,
Sometimes, the other party will never hide anything.
Of course, this is for Cheng Guangnian.
It will not be easy for other members of the Cheng family, or outsiders, to investigate this matter.
Maybe they can also find out from the government who the home buyers were, but if they want the other party to tell the truth about the home purchases, some people are not qualified, and some people have nothing to do with it.
In fact, Cheng Yu could imagine that since Cheng Guangnian could definitely investigate the hidden story behind this old house, and he did not make this matter public to the world through any channels to prove his innocence. Then maybe Cheng Guangnian
After getting the answer, he will ask the other party to keep it secret.
The other party should be very willing to help Cheng Guangnian with this favor.
But why didn't Cheng Guangnian reveal it?
And why did Cheng Qingsong owe such a huge sum of money?
You know, twenty years ago, this house represented at least ten or two hundred thousand yuan, which was definitely a huge sum of money. In the late 1990s, in the city center of Wudong, a two-bedroom apartment of about 70 square meters
, its selling price is only 40,000 to 50,000 yuan, and the average price is less than 1,000 yuan.
Many people say that if they could go back to the 1990s, without knowing the exact winning lottery numbers, their best investment option would be to buy real estate, which was incredibly cheap at the time.
Of course this can only be a joke, not to mention that it is impossible to turn back time. Even if we could turn back time, how many people could buy a large amount of real estate back then?
If you really have the ability to purchase real estate in large quantities, investing in any field at that time may actually be more terrifying than the appreciation of real estate.
In fact, in the society at that time, there were only a few people who could afford to buy a house.
At that time, a six-figure sum could definitely be called a huge sum of money.
Cheng Yu looked at Wang Shuran, who was still lighting fireworks, and asked: "Grandpa, how much did you sell our old house for?"
Cheng Qingsong frowned, thinking hard, and soon waved his hands impatiently, saying: "I can't remember, I can't remember, who can remember so many things... You're so annoying, I'm going to set off fireworks, you
Why are there so many problems? Anyway, I sold the house and used the money to pay off the debt."
Cheng Yu is helpless. Cheng Qingsong's mind is like this right now. He is suddenly sober and confused at other times. You have no idea when he will suddenly be able to answer your questions seriously.
Moreover, Cheng Yu couldn't bear to force Cheng Qingsong. In fact, it was enough for Cheng Yu to analyze a lot of things if he could confirm from Cheng Qingsong that the money from selling the house was used to pay off debts.
If he needs to know the whole truth about that year, he can ask Cheng Guangnian.
He believed that Cheng Guangnian must know the entire truth about that year.
Patting the old man on the shoulder, Cheng Yu said: "Okay, okay, I won't ask anymore, let's go set off fireworks."
"Is this my good grandson?" The wrinkles on Cheng Qingsong's face were squeezed into a pile again.
Holding Cheng Yu's hand, Cheng Qingsong ran towards Wang Shuran who was lighting a firework, shouting as he ran: "Don't move, I'll light the fire!"
After running for two steps, Cheng Qingsong suddenly stopped again. He turned around and suddenly said to Cheng Yu: "Actually, I sold that house in 1990.
It's just that I made an agreement with the other party that we can live in that house for another ten years, and I have to let the house survive the challenges of the new century in my hands.
I got the money a long time ago and used it to pay off the debt.
Three hundred and eighty thousand, money was worth a lot at that time."
After saying that, the old man shook off Cheng Yu's hand and rushed towards Wang Shuran.
Cheng Yu was stunned again.
Was it sold in 1990? Moreover, it was sold for 380,000 yuan in 1990?
At that time, even the imperial capital had not started to carry out real estate reform. Can real estate be bought and sold at will?
Cheng Yu vaguely remembered that China's housing reform was proposed in the 1980s, but it was not until 1992 that substantial reforms began. Before that, in 1991, a pilot project was set up in the imperial capital to determine
The transition from public housing to private housing.
Subsequently, the pilot cities were expanded, and comprehensive reforms were actually proposed and implemented in 1992.
But Cheng Qingsong actually said that he had sold the house in 1990.
Moreover, it was actually sold for 380,000 yuan.
Cheng Yu didn't have a deep understanding of the price levels of the last century. What he could make comparisons was mainly a series of income levels of that era obtained from the textbooks he had studied.
Around the 1990s, the income of urban workers was roughly between 70 yuan and 150 yuan. At that time, a household with a income of 10,000 yuan was definitely a big household.
Televisions had just begun the transition from black and white to color in that era, and the price of a domestic color TV was as high as 2,000 to 3,000 yuan. A family with two working people would need to spend at least two to three years of savings to exchange for one, which seemed unparalleled at the time.
High-end color television.
At that time, corporate employees had already started to raise funds to build houses.
Taking Wudong as an example, a two-bedroom apartment of 60 to 70 square meters, fully funded employee housing, requires company employees to spend about 10,000 yuan.
This means that the house price at that time was only more than 100 yuan. Even taking into account the possible increase caused by the market, it usually would not exceed 200 yuan per square meter.
Of course, old-style residences and corporate-financed buildings are not the same, just as the unit price of a villa cannot be equated with a commercial residence. After all, the floor space determines everything.
But at that time, the government had not yet started the subsequent land sales process, and the land price was at a relatively low level.
Cheng Yu estimated that the selling price of such an old house at that time, based on the market at that time, was at best three hundred yuan per square meter.
Three hundred and eighty thousand, which is almost two acres of land.
So, is Lao Cheng the rich second generation?
Of course, Cheng Guangnian, the rich second generation, does not seem to enjoy the real benefits of being a rich second generation.
Three hundred and eighty thousand, can you transport a truck of color TVs back to Wudong?
Cheng Yu did not continue to ask Cheng Qingsong any more questions. He felt that this mystery should be left to Cheng Guangnian to answer for himself.
The fireworks brought by Wang Shuran finally finished setting off, and the time came to three forty.
Cheng Qingsong looked like he hadn't had enough fun, so Cheng Yu persuaded him to reluctantly get in the car.
When I got home, a steady stream of food was being served in the kitchen.
The number of people can be said to be too many or too few.
Among the four families, except for Cheng Yu, the other juniors are not married yet. Even if there are boyfriends and girlfriends, the Cheng family will never allow them to appear at this time.
Including Cheng Qingsong, there were fifteen people in total.
In the past, most of the time, we would actually sit at two tables.
Elders, mainly men, sat at one table, while women and children sat at another table.
But in recent years, the younger members of the family, including the youngest Wang Shuran, have all grown up, so this distinction is not so strict.
The grown-up children also began to gradually move to the men's table. By last year, it was actually a table for men and women.
This year, Cheng Guangnian simply built a table large enough to seat twenty people, so that everyone could sit at the same table.
Compared with previous years, this year there is actually one more Du Xiaoyu, but one less Wang Hai, so the number of people is actually exactly the same.
Cheng Guangnian stood at the table. Everyone except Cheng Qingsong was still standing.
If he didn't sit down, no one else would dare to sit down.
Cheng Guangnian is on the phone.
"Hey, Lao Du, where have you been? I said you don't have to come too early, but it's too late for you. We're just waiting for you to start the dinner here."
Cheng Yu was stunned when he heard it.
Huh? Lao Du?
Could it be Du Changfeng?
He looked at Du Xiaoyu, who also had a puzzled look on his face.
Cheng Guangnian hung up the phone and said: "This year for the Chinese New Year, I invited Mr. and Mrs. Du over.
There are three people in their family. Let’s go ahead and keep ourselves safe. Even our daughter came to our house to celebrate the New Year this year.
I'm afraid that they will be lonely, so I might as well let them come to our house to celebrate the New Year. We are a family anyway, so don't you have any objections?"
Who can have any objections to this? Naturally, everyone laughed and said that it was very good, very good. Cheng Jie also smiled and said that with the arrival of Du Changfeng and Wei Lan, the average wealth of the people in the room suddenly increased a lot.
, everyone roared with laughter.
Within a few minutes, Du Changfeng and Wei Lan's car arrived at the door.
As a half-son and the young master of the family, Cheng Yu naturally had to go out to greet him.
"Dad, Mom, happy New Year. You guys have done a good job keeping secrets. You didn't even tell us last night that you were coming here to celebrate the New Year today." Cheng Yu walked down the steps with a smile.
Du Changfeng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Your mother and I were also quite surprised. We didn't receive a call from your father until after nine o'clock in the morning.
When you asked us what we planned for this year's New Year's Eve dinner, your mother snatched the phone away and said bitterly that our daughter had been taken away by your family. Couldn't we just be alone and cry at each other?
Then your father smiled and said, let’s just merge our families into one family and have this New Year’s Eve dinner together.”
Du Xiaoyu held Wei Lan's arm and Cheng Yu accompanied Du Changfeng as they walked into the door together.
Naturally, everyone came to say hello to them. Even if the marriage between the Cheng and Du families was excluded, Du Changfeng was still a very important figure in the city. Except for Cheng Guangnian, everyone else really had to take him seriously.
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Du Changfeng and Wei Lan responded with smiles and prepared a red envelope for each junior.
"Sorry, everyone, I'm late.
Guang Nian suddenly invited my wife and me to his home to celebrate the New Year in the morning. His original intention was to come early in the afternoon so that we could chat for a while.
But we, as husband and wife, feel that it’s embarrassing to come over for dinner. If we come too early, we might affect the Cheng family’s family reunion.
So, I asked Guangnian to come over as soon as possible while eating.
Every family has different habits. There are always only three people in our family during Chinese New Year, so it’s pretty much the same as usual. We basically have to wait until it gets dark before we start having New Year’s Eve dinner.
So I thought it would be just right if I arrived before five o'clock.
I didn’t expect it to be too late, I’m sorry.”
Du Changfeng cupped his hands to accompany everyone.
Naturally, everyone said it was okay, and Cheng Guangnian also said: "Okay, stop saying these things, no one in our family is an outsider.
I think, in the future, during festivals and so on, we might as well just merge two families into one.
Lao Du, what do you think?"
Du Changfeng smiled, paused briefly, and said, "I'm afraid I'll disturb you all."
It was said very tactfully, but in fact everyone could hear the polite rejection.
Cheng Guangnian didn't seem to expect that Du Changfeng would choose to refuse. He raised his eyebrows slightly and couldn't say the words he had prepared before.
Ning Kezhu saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over: "Haha, Guangnian, you think you are enthusiastic. Although Lao Du and his wife are not outsiders, they may not think it is appropriate. You see, they made so much during this New Year's Eve dinner.
Even our dad insisted on taking one of the red envelopes. After a few red envelopes, the cost is too high. Wei Lan, don’t you feel a little distressed?"
Wei Lan also quickly smiled and said: "That's right, Lao Du is a bit stingy. You can see how distressed he is after a few red envelopes."
Of course everyone knew it was a joke, but the subtle feeling of stagnation just now disappeared with the two women's jokes.
"Okay, everyone, please sit down. Lao Cheng, can you please sit down first? If you don't sit down, do you think anyone dares to sit down here?" Cheng Yu greeted him, and then said to Du Changfeng: "Dad
, you can sit here, sit with Lao Cheng."
He pulled Du Changfeng to the side of the main seat.
In fact, Cheng Qingsong should have taken the main seat, but Cheng Qingsong has always had a habit, that is, as long as Cheng Yu is at home, he must eat next to Cheng Yu.
If the old man sat in the main seat, Cheng Yu would have to sit in the main seat, so how could the fathers like Cheng Guangnian sit down?
Therefore, the Cheng family has formed a habit, with Cheng Guangnian sitting at the head seat, and Cheng Guangle and Cheng Guangtian sitting on either side of him as his companions.
But this year there is Du Changfeng. Even if Cheng Guangle and Cheng Guangtian are a little bit 250 here, they will never dare to get ahead of Du Changfeng.
Moreover, there is something different this year. In the past, men and women were basically divided into separate tables, and the seats of several men were easily distinguishable.
This year there are all the women in the family. Should the couples sit together or should they be separated?
Therefore, even though Cheng Guangnian and Du Changfeng had already taken their seats, the others looked at each other a little bit.
"I suggest that the men sit first and the women sit first. All men have to drink. This is more convenient. Mom, you take the first seat. Uh... Mom, you sit next to my mother.
Right." After Cheng Yu called his mother, he suddenly felt a little awkward. He had never seen this kind of situation with two mothers at the same table.
This arrangement was good, Cheng Guangnian nodded slowly, and Ning Kezhu also took the seat of honor without hesitation.
Cheng Yu asked Cheng Qingsong to sit next to Cheng Guangtian, and he also sat down next to Cheng Qingsong. There was still room next to him, so Cheng Yi and Cheng Mo silently walked to the opposite side and sat next to Cheng Guangle.
But Cheng Fu actually walked up to Cheng Yu and said, "Brother, should I sit next to you?"
Cheng Yu took a deep look at him and said, "Sit wherever you want. Our generation doesn't have so many rules." After saying that, he glanced at Cheng Guangle opposite him. Anyway, as a son, he suddenly sat next to his father.
Going to the opposite side is always a little strange.
Cheng Guangnian seemed to have noticed this and looked here a few more times.
Of course Cheng Fu himself knew this best. After he sat down, he kept asking Cheng Yu about things. Sometimes he asked him about the situation in the United States, and sometimes he asked about his return to China to start a business this year.
From time to time, he provokes Brother Thumb, and along with various compliments, he appears to be a fan of his younger brother, who admires Cheng Yu extremely.
Seeing how warm he was, this seemed to explain his intention of sitting next to Cheng Yu.
When the dishes were ready, Ning Kezhu left his seat and arranged for the chefs to leave, each stuffing a big red envelope.
Although it was New Year's Eve and he had to work overtime, and it would be a bit late to prepare his own New Year's Eve dinner after returning home, the chef was still very happy for such a big red envelope.
After seeing off the chef and returning to his seat, Cheng Guangnian began his speech as a "parent".
Cheng Yu was the least interested in this link.
Therefore, he didn't care what Cheng Guangnian was talking about, he just helped Cheng Qingsong hold the dishes, which made Cheng Qingsong very happy.
The plate was full, but Cheng Guangnian hadn't finished speaking yet.
