70s Delicate Girl: A Guide to Being a Rich Woman-Chapter 26: Buying a House with Borrowed Money

Exiting the shoe factory, Xu Minghui was already outside waiting.

"Brother, how long have you been waiting here?" Seeing Xu Minghui waiting here, she had checked the time earlier, and it was only half past four now. How long had Xu Minghui been here?

"Just arrived and was about to look for you, didn’t expect you to come out early." Xu Minghui said with a smile.

On the way back, Xu Minghui asked a lot about Du Yu, and Xu Mumu didn’t hide anything from him.

When they got home, the atmosphere was strange, making Xu Mumu feel a bit out of place.

"Brother, what’s happened?" Xu Mumu lowered her voice significantly, Xu Minghui must know what happened.

"Third Uncle and them saw a really nice house in the county, but they don’t have enough money." Xu Minghui said calmly.

"Do they want to borrow money?" Xu Mumu asked, thinking of the plot in the book. Xu Mumu recalled carefully, this should be an important plot point, Xu Xue’s expression wasn’t right earlier.

After thinking for a while, Xu Mumu remembered, this matter is a trap and must be stopped.

"No, what Third Uncle and Third Aunt mean is that the house is big, and they’d chip in together with the big house and third house to buy it, then split it into two parts to live together." Xu Minghui said with a smile. If they could really buy a house in the county, he would certainly support it. He’s not young anymore and should find a wife. He doesn’t fancy the girls in the village.

Upon hearing this, Xu Mumu swiftly ran to Xu Hai and his wife’s room. The couple was discussing borrowing money, clearly intoxicated by the idea of buying a house in the county.

"Mom and Dad, where are you considering borrowing money from?" Xu Mumu looked at Xu Hai and Li Caixia, feeling a bit of a headache. The people from the third house were also being fooled, but they didn’t know, happily gathering money to buy a house.

"From your grandfather and them, your uncles have quite a bit of money." Li Caixia said with a smile. Old Li’s family has several brothers who are doing well and are quite diligent, having saved some money over the years. Li Caixia had her sights set on her brothers’ money.

"You could also go to your great-uncles. Your great-uncles are teachers at the commune, they must have money." Xu Hai added.

"Have you considered how we will repay the money?" Xu Mumu was speechless. They were all just thinking about gathering money without considering how to pay it back.

"They are relatives, they know we don’t have money, they will definitely give us some leeway." Xu Hai said indifferently.

"Exactly, after we move to the county, once you have jobs there, are you worried about not being able to repay the money?" Li Caixia was very calm, holding great confidence in her children’s future, though it was unclear where this mysterious confidence came from.

Xu Mumu: ... Looking at her family’s shameless behavior, those people probably knew about their reputation, could they lend them the money?

"Mom, Dad, let’s not buy the house for now." Xu Mumu said seriously.

"Such a good opportunity, why not buy it?" Xu Minghui walked in from outside, looking at Xu Mumu with some confusion.

"As you said, the house that Third Aunt liked is in a good location and very big. Do you think Third Aunt’s family could have such connections to get information about such a house?" Xu Mumu observed that the family was obviously very tempted to buy the house and were even preparing to borrow money.

"Your Third Uncle is lucky." Xu Hai leaned against the wall, his daughter’s words made him think twice. Could it be that Old Third came back to deceive them?

"Dad, do you believe that?" Xu Mumu was speechless. Was the family crazy, wanting to buy a house without even understanding the situation, getting all worked up about it?

"Daughter, what should we do? That’s a house in the county." Li Caixia was very troubled, but she was still willing to listen to Xu Mumu’s opinion.

"If we are to buy a house, we should at least wait until the family is split and we all have jobs. We have no income, so if we borrow money to buy a house, what will we eat in the future? When we move to the county, nothing is free there. Let’s put the house buying on hold for now." Xu Mumu said seriously.

At this moment, she felt incredibly grateful, thankful that she was pampered in the family and her parents would listen to her. In this family, her words carried weight.

"Daughter, are we really not going to buy it?" Li Caixia swallowed hard, her face full of reluctance, her sorrow nearly overflowing.

"No, what’s so good about buying a house in the county? I’ll buy you a house in the province in the future." Xu Mumu promised them a future dream. This matter couldn’t be involved in.

"That would be wonderful. Then we can enjoy a good life." Xu Hai said longingly.

"But to give up just like that, if it’s true, we’d be missing a big opportunity." Li Caixia was still undecided. Anyone would be unsure about this kind of matter.

"Mom, did Third Aunt say how much the house costs?" Xu Mumu sighed, asking.

"Since the house is quite big, it costs two thousand five. We’d share half with the fourth house." Li Caixia said, longing for a house that could sell for two thousand five.

"And how much have you saved?" Xu Mumu asked, honestly curious about how much her parents had in their little treasury.

"Sixty." Li Caixia pursed her lips. She had saved this amount over the years since marrying into Old Xu Family, including her dowry, most of the money was controlled by the old lady. Xu Hai also secretly saved a little from selling goods. The money was slowly accumulated this way.

"Sixty bucks, yet you’re considering borrowing over a thousand, to move to the county and drink the northwest wind?" Xu Mumu couldn’t help but roll her eyes. Her parents didn’t seem to have much sense. Didn’t they know their own capabilities? Yet they were fooled by the third house’s big talk.

Now county workers, even temporary ones, only earned about ten bucks a month. Regular workers made a few dozen. Even then, it would take several years to save over a thousand bucks. She didn’t want to be a mortgage slave.

The main problem was that her parents had no ability to earn money, and her elder brother was lazy, not appearing to be someone who could make money either. Would she have to repay the loan in the future? She certainly didn’t want to, so why not nip their fantasy in the bud to prevent future problems?

"Mom and Dad, Little Sister has a point, let’s just forget it." Xu Minghui spoke up. There was no other way. This was the reality. The price of a house in the county, this little family couldn’t handle it.