In early November, when the wind started to become biting, Ding Wei wrapped herself in a down jacket and received a call from Lu Cheng.
Class had just ended at that time, and the temperature dropped suddenly, so much so that I had to take out my down jacket in an exaggerated manner, and I was counting the days on my fingers with Chen Siyu to wait for the heating.
It's a pity that Chen Siyu, a woman full of the smell of copper, didn't understand her indolent and greedy mood at this moment. Instead, she rubbed her hands expectantly.
"It can be considered a cooling down."
"The sales of my woolen sweaters, tweed coats and down jackets have been tepid before, so I'm just waiting for a big wave."
Buying clothes also depends on your mood.
For example, who wants to buy cotton-padded clothes in the middle of summer? The temperature is beginning to drop, and everyone feels cold when walking outside. However, there is still half a month until the heating period, so naturally they will focus on winter clothes.
There is no heating at all in the south.
If we don’t take advantage of this irrational period to go crazy for takeout, how can we catch up on sales?
It's not like we didn't sell anything when the weather was cold before, but the scale was always different from now.
Her online store now has a warehouse dedicated to shipping and docking, and its scale is growing day by day. If she hadn't continued to invest in expansion, create brands, and dock production lines, Chen Siyu would have been able to arrange a house in the second half of this year.
But this is only a matter of time.
Now that we have our own production lines and design drawings, and the original purchase channels are getting wider and wider, our daily cash flow is also incredible.
The speed of making money is completely different from that of starting as an online store seller.
By the end of the year at the latest, she will definitely be able to arrange a new family business for herself in the imperial capital.
Bai Shanshan looked at the two good sisters and was extremely happy at the moment:
"It's great. With your own hard work, you will be able to settle down in the imperial capital. I'm so happy."
Her sister-in-law has a design studio, and her brother's work will focus and move to the surrounding areas in the imperial capital. It is very likely that she herself will stay here permanently in the future.
So, isn't it a happy thing to see the sisters who are close to me staying here in the future?
Chen Siyu was proud:
"Well, if I go out to do business, will there be times when the negotiation fails?"
He said with a bit of glee: "Little Du Ge and I are discussing that while the current policy is not strict, one person can occupy a set of quotas first, and no one will be afraid of the other when we get married."
Bai Shanshan was in awe: "I didn't expect that you have been thinking about love for so long just after you fell in love."
Ding Wei also nodded: "It's a bit like a capitalist to prepare for a rainy day."
Chen Siyu blushed:
"Little Brother Du asked me to look at the house when I have free time. He wants to buy a house that I like and decorate it according to my ideas."
"So I also decided to buy a house that I like and decorate it according to your wishes. In case the two of us quarrel in the future, the three of us will get together in that house to avoid the inconvenience of going to anyone's house."
this:……
Ding Wei and Bai Shanshan looked complicated.
"You're really thinking a little too carefully."
Bai Shanshan was puzzled:
"I've reached the age of marriage, so I can't live in this small house now, right? There must be a decent house."
"Whenever any of you wants to go there, you can live on whichever floor you want. Why do you have to make it so complicated?"
Chen Siyu:......
You are really wronged by having a house of more than 100 yuan.
Humph, she was extremely depressed when she faced the rich and misunderstood sisterly love.
"Okay, then I'll look for a suitable one and then rent it out and collect the rent."
"Okay."
Ding Wei was still sending messages on her mobile phone, without even raising her head at the moment:
"Then why don't you just buy a front house? To be honest, I want to buy one too, but I haven't seen a suitable property yet."
It's not impossible to buy it if she really wants to, but most of the dividends she has now are invested in stocks, and she doesn't have much set aside for real estate.
Therefore, I want to carefully select one with greater potential.
But the facade attached to the new building had been taken over by the wealthy people of the imperial capital long ago, so for a while, I really didn’t notice anything new.
Chen Siyu was thoughtful: "I have this idea, but I don't know if I can see a suitable one."
Lu Cheng's call came at this time.
"Ding Wei, I heard before that you were buying a house. The landlord of the yard I'm renting now wants to sell it. Do you have such intention?"
Ding Wei was stunned for a moment.
"That house in Yuchi District? The location is quite good, why do you want to sell it?"
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There was still some confusion over the phone, so the two made an appointment for an interview.
No, in less than three hours at noon, Ding Wei drove over to check out the house.
After all, this is Yuchi District.
This is an old city area classified within the second ring road.
The surrounding buildings and even the height of the buildings are restricted. Although the environment is a bit old, with the continuous development in the later period, the transformation of the old city is also gradually carried out.
Except for some old houses that cannot be dealt with due to historical issues.
And even if we don't just consider this, there are various supermarkets and supermarkets around, and the surrounding area is relatively prosperous.
When it comes to Yuchi District, Ding Wei cannot see these development prospects now. This place is full of old private houses, and it is difficult to deal with the problems left over from history. It can be said that it has been delayed for some years.
For her, the most intuitive reference to judge whether a place is good or not is the price.
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Although the development of Yuchi District has been delayed for several years, it should slowly begin to change after the Olympics, and housing prices will gradually soar.
She didn't know much about house prices, only the prices she found in the two years when she wanted to buy a house.
At that time, Yuchi District was mostly dominated by courtyard houses, which were not ancient houses but were built later.
But even so, the price has already reached an average price of 110,000 yuan.
Nothing said.
Neither a financial tycoon nor a professional land speculator, Ding Wei just wanted to seize this opportunity quickly.
Her eagerness prompted her to receive the call and immediately made an appointment to come and see him.
Last time he was just here for business and didn't see the house. Now Lu Cheng was standing at the door waiting for her, wanting to explain the situation of the house to her in detail.
Pearl is leading a group of ladies and aunties to make buns in the kitchen. This job is now supplied in supermarkets and has also gained a reputation in the surrounding area, so it is done from morning to night.
When Ding Wei came, she didn't care about anything, she just came out to say hello, then quickly washed her hands and went back.
…
Under the leadership of Lu Cheng, Ding Wei took a brief look at the house.
In fact, it mainly depends on the size and location of the land. As for where they live, here is their separated bedroom and the living room. On the other side is the Datong Shop sponsored by the workers, but there is really nothing to see.
"Well, the house is indeed very rundown."
When she said this, her tone was calm, not very disappointed. Lu Cheng looked at her expression and also laughed:
“It was still in shabby condition when we rented it, but the two of us renovated the land and house.”
"But the area is not small. The front and back together are close to 300 square meters." The house occupies more than half of it, and the yard is also quite large.
The building he bought in the suburbs was only that big, but they built it into a large row of buildings.
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Ding Wei is not afraid of breaking.
To be honest, breaking it would make it easier for her to tear it down and rebuild it.
In the past two years, the imperial capital has implemented a new policy to encourage private individuals to purchase courtyard houses for personal maintenance, which also reduces the burden on the government.
However, for houses that have a bit of history and are high-quality enough, everyone is applying for the protection of ancient buildings. This is because there is a certain tilt in policy, such as subsidies and so on.
But there is also a disadvantage, that is, you cannot clean the house according to your own method, and you have to report to the higher-ups if there is any problem at every corner.
If you want to knock down and rebuild a piece of pure land like this, you only need to apply for house renovation.
Lu Cheng also inquired about this before calling Ding Wei.
However, he didn't hold out much hope, he just remembered it and asked in passing.
After all, this house doesn't have much advantage now.
Today, Yuchi District has low buildings and narrow lanes, and has not yet been fully developed.
Even larger cars can't get in.
There are about 10 or 20 houses in the entire alley, all of which are old courtyards like this. It was once a top priority for the district leaders.
——The houses here are not easy to sell.
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Because after selling it, if you want to rebuild it, you have to ensure that it is consistent with the surrounding style. There can be no overly modern Western-style small buildings. But every household has a big yard, so even ambitious developers dare not take over easily.
If not, we wouldn't have waited for Ding Wei to take advantage of it now.
"This old house looks like it has been lived in for decades. How can it be sold?"
Generally, elderly people will leave this kind of house in their thoughts.
Lu Cheng smiled:
"This is the house that the landlord, the old lady, and her wife inherited from their parents. However, due to historical issues, they severed their relationship early and their relationship was not deep. So the house is not that important to her."
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The most important thing is that the old lady is short of money.
Although the old landlady gave birth to two sons, she did not raise them well and neither of them was filial.
After marrying a daughter-in-law and giving birth to a child, the family always wants to take some money from her to supplement their own small families.
The money in the old lady's hand was completely wiped out little by little.
She has no money and her son and grandson are not here, and the old lady understands this.
But as a traditional old mother, I understand that I can't help but can't help but subsidize when it's time. I managed to save a little, plus the rent and deposit, and finally I subsidize all the grandchildren when I take care of them.
When we first moved in and had money, the sons of both families were very happy. Every day, their mother was eldest and their mother was younger, and they were very affectionate.
Today we are saying that it will cost extra money for our baby to attend kindergarten tutoring classes.
That person said they didn't have enough money to give gifts to the leaders of the unit.
The posts that came and went were all gone in no time.
When the old lady went to buy groceries early in the morning and asked her two sons for money, the family's attitude changed.
It was so unfortunate that the old lady fell down the stairs again when she got up early in the morning to buy groceries.
There is no comprehensive medical insurance these days.
Originally, it would take hundreds of days to break the muscles and bones. The old man is old and needs to be carefully taken care of.
Since there was no money, the two sons just stood beside the bed for a while, either working overtime or going home to take care of the family.
The old lady has seen through these two brothers.
But the two sons still had something to say.
"Mom, you said you are so old and you don't pay attention to anything you do. You can still fall down while buying groceries..."
"That's it, Mom, can't you understand that we have to work during the day and take care of our children at night? How tiring it is."
"Mom, I told you earlier that you weren't used to living in our building, but you still don't believe it..."
The old mother burst into tears.
An elderly lady who has lived through years of famine, how strong can her body bones be?
At such an old age, you have to get up at around four o'clock in the morning to go to the vegetable market to grab fresh vegetables. Who is it for?
The two sons live upstairs and downstairs, and the grandchildren will leave at 6:30. It’s impossible not to leave. I have chosen a good kindergarten, but isn’t it far from home?
I also feel that the vegetables in the supermarket are not as fresh as those at the market in the morning. I get up at 4:30 to buy vegetables and go back and forth to clean them up. Isn’t that just in time?
She had been alone for so many years. If her two sons hadn't said that they had no one to take care of them and their food was not nutritious, the old lady wouldn't have taken turns taking care of them for a month, and she wouldn't have had to get up at four in the morning to buy food.
Cooking vegetables.
What do you get now?
Hospitalization also costs money. The old lady had no money, so the hospital only asked family members to get it.
The two brothers discussed it for a while and then told their mother when they came back:
"Mom, we have thought about it. We are a family after all, and we should take care of you."
"Even though we don't have much money on hand right now, as you know, we still have to work and our children have to go to school... Your disease will cost a lot of money to support you, and we have to find someone to take care of you."
"Otherwise, let's sell our shabby house and use the money to pay for your medical treatment. It just so happens that we brothers can also change to a bigger house and buy a car by the way. From now on, you can live in any house you want."
"
The old lady looked at the two brothers in silence, with tears in her eyes. In the end, she said nothing and nodded in agreement.
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Speaking of this, Lu Cheng also sighed.
Some time ago, the old lady raised the rent increase just to see if she could give her children some thought - the rent would increase if this house is rented out.
But no one is a fool, and the money of Lu Cheng and Zhenzhu didn't come from the strong wind. Why?
The old lady could only sigh in the end.
"I originally thought that after I leave, you two brothers will share this house equally. Since the situation is like this...then the money will be divided into three parts. I will keep one part so that you won't have to worry about supporting me in the future."
Speaking of money, what do the brothers care about in the future?
It's only realistic to get it in your hands, so you don't have to let your brothers take advantage of it, and you can coax more from the old lady.
Gritting her teeth, the old lady decided to sell the house.
Not for sale?
It’s impossible not to sell it. She is lying on this hospital bed, and if her son doesn’t take good care of her, won’t the old lady be paralyzed until she dies?
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"We have not rented this house for a year, so we were informed in advance."
Lu Cheng explained to Ding Wei: "I think this place looks pretty good, so I thought of asking you."
It seems that you are asking the right question.
Seeing Ding Wei's serious observation, she must have something in mind. Lu Cheng couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction in his heart, feeling that he had really made a difference.
