How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 297 - 299: Buying Another House_1

The Qin family house was brilliantly lit, with Old Mrs. Qin sitting at the desk, wearing reading glasses and cutting fabric. Hearing the sound of the door opening from outside, she looked up with a smile, "You’re back, how did the sales go?"

"Sold everything, the sales were fifty-eight yuan and nine!" Li Qiao couldn’t wait to report the numbers.

"Sales?" Old Mrs. Qin’s eyes twinkled with laughter, a bright light in her gaze, "Impressive! Your neighbor and I made 36 dresses, using up five rolls of fabric. We have 550 rolls in the house, and if we sell them all, excluding costs, we expect to make over five thousand. We’re getting rich!"

Li Qiao took the opportunity to say, "When the time comes, I want to buy a big house. A few days ago, the landlord came to collect the rent with several people, looking around everywhere, even wanting to enter the house. When he left, he brought up raising the rent. Otherwise, he’d rent the house to someone else. I suspect those people came to inspect the house for renting purposes. It was so annoying." She had always wanted to buy one, and Qin Jin disagreed. He was equally irritating.

"Black and white on paper..."

Qin Jin stressed the contract, only to be interrupted by Old Mrs. Qin:

"Now that we have business, we’re most afraid of others causing trouble; it’s indeed better to move out sooner. On the day of your wedding banquet, Sir Xue came specially to my door, introducing a large courtyard for sale in front of the family compound, for twenty-five hundred. I said we had no money, but he mentioned Qiaoqiao has earned scholarships and from translating and publishing books, she must have saved quite a bit. It’s the same if she buys it, and it’s suitable. When you just mentioned it, I’ve been thinking about the issue. Didn’t Qiaoqiao move her household registration over? When the time comes, we’ll ask Sir Xue to transfer her registration to that house."

Li Qiao: "Sure, if Sir Xue recommends it, there’s no mistake. My registration is fine at the school. Let’s transfer Jin’s, having a city registration means getting food rations."

"If you buy it, of course, you’ll be the householder," Old Mrs. Qin said.

Li Qiao: "I won’t be, let Jin do it. In the event of a divorce, I’d still have to split my money with him. There’s no difference between buying a house with him as the householder and him being it. Plus, he can collect food rations after moving in, which is great."

And her future workplace would provide housing, right?

When busy, she could stay at her work unit.

How convenient?

Old Mrs. Qin: "I see. Back in our day, if you divorced, the woman’s possessions remained hers. It seems like we’ve regressed, men can now take a woman’s property. Why hasn’t that wonderful tradition been passed down?"

"Spit spit spit!" Qin Jin’s face darkened: "Divorce what? Aren’t you my grandma? Why are you even discussing this? We’re talking about buying a house, and it’s not like we don’t have a house back in our hometown..."

"Shut your mouth!" Old Mrs. Qin commanded.

Qin Jin: "..."

Li Qiao covered her mouth to laugh.

Old Mrs. Qin continued, "If you two really divorce, I’ll side with Qiaoqiao."

Qin Jin: "..."

....

After Old Mrs. Qin decided to buy the house, she went to the park early the next day to discuss the matter with Sir Xue.

Upon getting a definite answer, Sir Xue immediately led Old Mrs. Qin to see the house.

The quadrangle was bigger than the one they had bought in their hometown county.

The main house, east and west wing rooms, spacious and bright.

A large kitchen, separate bathroom.

Old Mrs. Qin was very satisfied, her only dissatisfaction being the lack of any furniture, not even curtains.

In the yard were two osmanthus trees and a sour date tree.

She said, "It’s quite nice, but we’d have to buy furniture on the spot."

"With furniture included, it would cost more than twenty-five hundred," said the homeowner. "What do you think? Will you buy it?"

Old Mrs. Qin hesitated; twenty-five hundred was no small amount.

Sir Xue whispered to Old Mrs. Qin, "Xiangjun, just buy it. I’ve checked the seller’s background; you won’t have any worries after purchasing. Besides, the house is really good, with a big yard, great lighting, and room for whatever flowers you want to nurture. There’s also some empty space at the front where you can grow vegetables, unlike the smaller houses in the back with a narrow alley outside the door. It’s very cramped." It was also close to his place, just across the road from the family compound, convenient for visiting. Living behind his house, he had to take a much longer route.

Oh, if he had his retirement money in his own hands, he’d even be willing to support a part of it.

Only by buying your own home can you truly settle down.

What’s the point of living in a rented house?

He originally planned to steal the youngest brother’s passbook, but the cheeky kid has been hiding things better. He couldn’t find it anywhere.

Old Mrs. Qin said, "Okay, I’ll listen to you." She raised her voice, "Alright, but I have to discuss it with my daughter-in-law when I get home." She was supposed to bring Qiaoqiao with her, but Qiaoqiao’s fellow student suddenly came over.

Qiaoqiao was busy entertaining her.

"Aren’t you the head of the family? Why do you need to ask a junior for permission?"

Old Mrs. Qin said, "The daughter-in-law is paying, who else should I ask?" Should she be eating off of others and still act all high and mighty?

"If the money is paid on the day, we can reduce the price from two thousand and five hundred to two thousand four hundred and fifty," said the homeowner.

Old Mrs. Qin heard the fifty yuan reduction and hurried her steps, "I’ll go back right now, Xue, wait for me here."

"Okay." Sir Xue was very patient; he had nothing else to do anyway.

When Old Mrs. Qin got home, only Li Qiao was left in the yard, "Your fellow student left already?"

"Yeah, she came over to have a dress made, and she’s already paid," said Li Qiao. "How did the house viewing go?"

"It’s even bigger and more spacious than the county town house back home. It’s very nice, just no furniture," explained Old Mrs. Qin, repeating what the homeowner had said about needing the payment. freёnovelkiss.com

"We can’t withdraw that much money all at once," Li Qiao remembered that when she deposited the money, the staff had reminded her that she would need to make an appointment a day in advance if the withdrawal was over a thousand. As she mentioned the reason, she suddenly felt a bit uneasy, "Why is this person in such a hurry to sell the house? There won’t be any problems, right?"

It’s not like it’s popular to emigrate these days.

Hard to do so easily, so why are they selling the house?

And why the rush?

"They said it was due to a job relocation," Old Mrs. Qin explained.

Li Qiao didn’t understand; a job relocation would mean the house here could be left behind. Wouldn’t it be nice to have an additional place to go to in the future? She thought for a moment and then said, "Is Sir Xue still here? I want to talk to him about the issue with the money withdrawal."

"He’s still here," Old Mrs. Qin led Li Qiao to the place.

Li Qiao looked around; the house was indeed spacious, one bedroom was equivalent to two of the ones in their rented place.

The yard was extremely spacious; once they planted flowers and greenery, it would definitely be more beautiful when in full bloom than a small courtyard.

Having greeted Sir Xue and nodded with a smile to the homeowner, she then said, "I wanted to pay today, but for amounts over a thousand, we need to schedule an appointment, so the fastest I can give you the money is tomorrow."

"Tomorrow will do," the homeowner relented. "Let’s say tomorrow morning."

Li Qiao said, "Okay."

The group left the courtyard house, as Sir Xue inquired about Li Qiao’s savings.

"Not much, just over three thousand," Li Qiao replied frankly.

"Over three thousand is not a lot? I’ve never seen that much money in my life," Sir Xue actually felt a bit envious of the young.

Li Qiao chuckled and bent over, "You have food and drink, what do you need so much money for?"

"Tell your Madam Xue something," grumbled Sir Xue, feeling a bit sulky.

Li Qiao said, "Having money doesn’t necessarily make you happy. I’m not very happy myself; it always feels lacking."