The owner of the house is Qi Yunsheng, who is one year older than Xu Shiyan. He went to the countryside and came to Donggang in 1968, and has lived in Donggang for ten years.
I took the college entrance examination last year and was admitted to Bethune Medical University. I will have to register at the school after the year.
Qi Yunsheng wants to take his wife and children back to the provincial capital, so the house here must be disposed of.
As the registration time got closer, he became more anxious.
"Brother Xu, four hundred yuan is really the lowest price.
Although my house is made of adobe, it is neat and tidy, so you will be fine even if you live in it for another ten or twenty years.
Besides, look at how big the surrounding area is. It’s spacious to live in.”
It could be seen that Qiao Yunsheng was really in a hurry to sell the house. He asked for four hundred and didn't ask for more in vain.
"I just want to take Xiujuan, mother and son with me, otherwise, to be honest, I really wouldn't want to leave here.
Brother Xu, take a look around the front and back of your house, you won’t lose money if you buy this place.”
Xu Shiyan had heard about Qiao Yunsheng, and although he had never met him, he admired him very much.
In this era, many educated youth abandoned their wives and children in order to return to the city.
Qiao Yunsheng is worthy of respect for his ability not to dislike his wife from the countryside and to take her with him when he is admitted to university.
"Brother Qi, don't say anything. This house is only four hundred, I bought it."
Xu Shiyan waved his hand, not intending to embarrass Qi Yunsheng.
Now that the house is promising and he has money in his hand, he shouldn't miss out on the thirty-twenty dollars and just make a friend.
Qi Yunsheng didn't expect Xu Shiyan to be so happy. He thought he would have to negotiate the price no matter what, but he was stunned at that time.
"Buy it directly for four hundred yuan?" Qi Yunsheng asked in disbelief.
"Well, buy it directly, Brother Qi, you are a happy person, and I won't be nagging.
In this way, you can find the neighbors and the brigade cadres as witnesses, and we can write the contract on the spot, okay?"
Xu Shiyan is also afraid of long nights and many dreams. What if someone also sees a house and wants to buy it?
He quickly bought it and moved his household registration when he got back. While the river was still frozen, he moved quickly.
Otherwise, the river will start to thaw after a while, and people will not dare to leave on the river, which will delay things too much.
"Hey, hey, okay, then I'll find someone right now."
When Qi Yunsheng heard this, he was overjoyed and immediately rushed out to look for his neighbors.
But Zhou Zhang and his gang helped to the end, told Xu Shiyan, and went directly to the commune to find Zhou Qingguo, and also called several cadres from the second brigade.
In these days, homestead land was collectively owned and could not be bought and sold easily. It had to be approved by the brigade and the commune.
Zhou Changhe wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of buying a house to introduce Xu Shiyan to the people in the brigade, so that it would be easy to change his household registration.
The neighbors live close by, so they arrived quickly.
It is said that there are four neighbors, but in fact it is just the neighbors on the left and right, and there are two houses on the opposite side of the road.
The Qi family had been clamoring to sell their house recently, and everyone knew about it, so Qi Yunsheng went to see them just now, and these families didn't hesitate and came directly to bear witness.
Besides, you also need to get to know your future neighbors.
It is said that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Sometimes neighbors get along better than relatives.
When we live at home, we are actually afraid of having a domineering and unreasonable neighbor. Living with neighbors, having such a neighbor is really not worrying enough.
Xu Shiyan's face has an honest and honest look, the kind that doesn't bother anyone who sees him.
So when everyone saw him, they all felt that this person seemed easy to get along with. First of all, the first impression was very good.
Everyone sat together and chatted, and they couldn't help but ask about Xu Shiyan's family affairs. Xu Shiyan had nothing to hide and simply talked about his family situation.
After talking for a while, several cadres from the brigade accompanied by Zhou, his father and son also arrived, and they also invited a primary school teacher to come over.
Zhou Qingguo had already mentioned it to the secretary and captain of the second brigade that a relative was moving here.
With this foreshadowing, the people in the brigade were very polite to Xu Shiyan and immediately agreed to Xu Shiyan's purchase of a house and his transfer of registered residence to the Second Brigade of Donggang Commune.
With these people as guarantees and the neighbors as witnesses, the house sale will be recognized.
At that moment, Qi Yunsheng found paper and a brush, asked the elementary school teacher to write the contract for the sale of the house.
Then the buyer, seller, guarantor, and witnesses all sign and fingerprint.
Generally speaking, when buying a house, you pay part of the deposit first, and then pay the rest when the other party takes delivery of the house.
Xu Shiyan knew that Qi Yunsheng was anxious, and he was far away, so he simply gave all the four hundred yuan to Qi Yunsheng.
"Brother Qi, although this is the first time we have met, I see your temper, so let's not go to that trouble.
In this way, when you clean up the house here, you can give the key to my second brother.
I don’t know how long it will take to change my household registration when I go back, so don’t delay your return to the provincial capital.”
"Second brother, don't bother me with anything. I'll leave this matter to you. Help me collect the key when the time comes."
Anyway, I have already troubled Zhou Zhanghe so much, so I don’t miss this little thing, so I might as well leave it all to Zhou Zhanghe.
Zhou Changhe didn't refuse and agreed directly.
At this point, the Qi family's house belonged to Xu Shiyan, and all he had to do was wait for Xu Shiyan to change his household registration and move here with his wife.
The house was successfully purchased, and Xu Shiyan had to thank the people who came today.
"Thank you very much to the secretary, captain, and all the neighbors. I haven't prepared anything today.
In this way, when I move here, I will definitely hold a banquet and treat you all to drinks."
"Do we need to wait for you to move here? Let's go, come to my house to drink today."
Zhou Zhang and the other end laughed and said immediately.
"This is my aunt's brother, just like a real brother. Everyone, let's go and have a drink at my place."
Zhou Changhe had already made up his mind that Xu Shiyan must hold on to the situation today.
These people present are all people from the second brigade. We have a meal together. It will always be a personal relationship in the future, and Xu Shiyan will be easier to get along with after moving here.
"Look, I was supposed to be the one to ask for this, so why does it cost Uncle Zhou so much?"
On the other end, Qi Yunsheng looked embarrassed and expressed that he wanted to treat him to a meal.
In the end, Zhou Zhanghe won, so the group went to Zhou Zhanghe's home.
It happened that Mr. Li was cooking at home. When he saw so many people coming, he hurriedly thought about a few more dishes and asked the second boy to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a few more bottles of wine.
Mr. Li worked quickly and made six dishes and one soup in just a short time.
"It's so hurried, I just dealt with a few dishes, secretary, team leader, Teacher Chen, everyone just made do with it.
The food is not good, but the wine steward is enough." Mrs. Li said politely while serving the food.
“Sister-in-law, what you said is that you can just eat six dishes and one soup?
When our county cadres came to the countryside, it would be great to have four dishes and one soup. Our standards are higher than theirs, so what else are we thinking about?" Yu Shouguang, secretary of the Second Brigade, immediately laughed.
"Hey, there's another big fish here. What kind of fish is this? It doesn't look like a carp."
Not everyone recognizes fine scales. Moreover, the appearance of fish is damaged when stewed, so it is normal to not see it.
"Oh, that's the fine scale my brother brought this morning.
Secretary, don't underestimate this brother of mine, he can fish and hunt.
Last year I was watching ginseng in the Dongjiang Riverside Brigade, and there were a lot of wild boars, black blinds, etc. in one winter."