Chapter 87: Buying a Courtyard House
Mengyu has already been in Beijing for three days, during which she roamed the streets by day, hoping to find a house for sale. She knew that property was still very cheap at this time and that in a couple of years, the prices would start to rise.
She had ten thousand yuan from her biological mother and fifty thousand yuan from Gu Dongxing’s help in selling gold. With this money, she should be able to buy a small Siheyuan.
At night, she would enter the Thatched House Space to study.
Time in the Thatched House Space was ten times that of the outside world. Over these three nights, she had almost completely learned the contents of the Appraisal Manual. She chose to learn the Appraisal Manual first because it was the easiest, and secondly, because she thought that antiques were cheap during this period and wanted to collect them.
Of course, cultivation was the priority. After performing energy induction and taking the Yuan Nourishing Pill, she quickly reached the Essence Gathering First Layer. For body training, she was still at the Postnatal First Layer.
During these three days, she had seen some advertisements, but had not seen any for houses for sale.
In her previous life, she knew that property was cheap at this time, but she did not expect it to be so difficult to buy.
In the end, she decided to call the telephone number Gu Dongxing had given her.
The telephones at that time were dial-up and quite troublesome. It took her a great effort to finally get through.
"Hello, I’m looking for Cheng Jiuhe."
A mellow voice came through: "That’s me, may I ask who is speaking?"
"I am—" Mengyu felt it wasn’t good to introduce herself, so she brought up Gu Dongxing: "I am a friend of Gu Dongxing. Brother Gu told me to call this number if I needed anything."
Mengyu almost dropped the receiver but managed to angrily hang up the phone with a "clack". What sister-in-law? She, Jiang Mengyu, wasn’t even sixteen years old yet.
Surely it was that guy Gu Dongxing’s prank. Not to mention that she had not yet agreed to be his fiancée, even if she had agreed, they were not yet married, and he actually let others call her sister-in-law.
Panting with fury, she thought: Nevermind, I’ll look for a house myself. I don’t believe I can’t buy a house with money!
On the other side, Cheng Jiuhe heard the "clack" on the phone, followed by a busy signal.
He looked at the receiver and chuckled: "Hey, this little girl has quite the temper. Brother Dong is going to have a hard time."
Thinking of Gu Dongxing, he suddenly panicked. His little joke had scared the girl away, and he hadn’t taken care of the young lady properly. If Gu Dong found out, he would certainly have tough days ahead.
He hurriedly picked up the phone and dialed back.
After a while, the other side picked up the phone, and he said: "Xiao Ya, I’m sorry about just now."
However, the person on the other end said: "You mean the young lady who called just now? She has already left."
Cheng Jiuhe never expected that a casual remark of "sister-in-law" would frighten her away and felt anxious: "Could you ask her to come back?"
"I’m sorry, she’s already far away." Then, with another "clack", the phone was hung up again.
Cheng Jiuhe couldn’t help but give a wry smile—how was he going to find that little girl?
Mengyu walked into an alley, where there were various Siheyuan houses. Suddenly, she remembered she had only thought to look for a house near the Chinese Medicine College, where she would be studying in the future. However, that area was demolished in the year 2000, meaning she wouldn’t be able to live there for long if she bought there.
She began to head outside, thinking hard about which areas wouldn’t be demolished. She had to buy a Siheyuan in a location that wouldn’t face demolition.
However, before she even reached the entrance of the alley, she heard people arguing:
"This courtyard of yours is so rundown, I’m offering you twelve thousand yuan, which is already quite a lot. Go ask around, and see if anyone else can offer this price." This was a woman’s voice.
Mengyu’s interest was piqued: Was someone selling their courtyard house?