Volume 2 Cold Dew Chapter 22 Buying a House
Sunny. Temperature 18-22 degrees.
Jiang You was half lying on a soft chair in the rest area, holding a cup of black tea latte in his hand.
Jiang Mo sat on the swing and looked up at the sky.
In the sky, Jiujiu was flying around the yard in circles. Jiang Mo tilted his head and saw it flying in a figure 8 shape.
When Tang Butian walked into the yard, this was a harmonious picture she saw.
She glanced at Jiang Mo, then walked over to Jiang You and sat down on another soft chair. "Is it the bird?"
"Yeah, look how happy Jiang Mo is playing with it," Jiang You sat up a little, "I'm going to get up early tomorrow, carry it to the park for a walk, and then take it to the teahouse. I've wanted to do this for a long time."
“Walking the bird?”
"Yes, last year old Zhao raised a red canary, it was really pretty." He turned to look at Tang Butian, "How did he deal with it before?"
"Leave it to Taoist Qingyang."
Jiang You took a sip of his drink and said, "I haven't seen him for a long time."
"We will start paying wages next month, based on the average wage ."
"Yesterday's hard work was not in vain."
"What are you going to do?"
“Chirp?” He stretched out his hand, and the bird paused in the air for a moment, then swooped down and landed on the back of his hand. “That Liu Boyang pours negative energy on it every day. It almost turned a beautiful bird crooked. Look, its feathers are not shiny anymore.”
"Negative energy?"
"Yes, parents, girlfriend, and friend. Three ropes are pulling him from different directions... I'll clean his stomach these days and then send him back. I'm quite interested in that symmetrical tree."
The bird flapped its wings, flew up, and then began to circle in the sky at a constant speed.
"Is that all?"
"What else can I do? Do you think I'm the uncle who has to mediate family disputes?"
"What about that organization?"
"I saw on Weibo that Panjin Culture wanted to sign 123. The idea is right, but I don't understand why it was exposed before the signing."
"Wouldn't it be good to expose it?"
"As a management company, it's better to find professionals."
A breeze blew.
Jiang You closed his eyes comfortably. After a while, Tang Butian heard a slight snoring sound.
She listened for a while and then stood up.
Jiang Mo stood up from the swing and flew onto his shoulder. She looked to the right and saw the two golden words "Bug House" on the black plaque. They were written by her.
She walked forward step by step.
She felt the pressure, an invisible but real pressure.
Every pore in the body is open.
The clouds blocked out the sunlight.
Sweat oozed from the palm of the hand holding the wooden sword.
Adjust your breathing.
Every step is of great weight.
She stopped one meter in front of Jiang Mo.
She lowered her head and looked into Jiang Mo's eyes. There was a hint of red in the depths of his black pupils. She opened her mouth, but no sound came out.
The phone vibrates.
Jiang You opened his eyes and took out his cell phone. It was Chen Nan.
Tang Butian heard Jiang You answer the phone.
"Sister Nan, yes, I'm free. Okay, I'll come over in a moment."
Jiang You hung up the phone and put it down.
He stretched and stood up.
Tang Butian felt the pressure on her body ease.
Jiang You slowly walked up to her side and said, "Are you leaving? Why don't you sit for a while?"
"I have class."
"Then I won't send it off. They say the house in Clearwater Bay is for sale again. I'm going to go take a look."
"good."
After Tang Butian left, Jiang You walked into the store, threw the empty milk tea cup into the trash can, grabbed a candy from the sugar bowl, and then took the shoulder bag.
When I walked out again, Jiujiu flew back to the birdcage on the flower stand near the door.
"Take good care of the house." Jiang You reached out and touched Jiang Mo's head.
Jiang Mo lowered his eyes.
When he walked out of Wenhua Street and crossed the intersection, he saw Chen Nan, who was wearing a gray-purple knitted dress, standing at the gate of the community and waving at him.
He quickened his pace and walked over.
"Sister Nan, how long have you been waiting?"
"Just came down."
"The old couple is back?"
Chen Nan led Jiang You to the community, "They came back the day before yesterday. They didn't find an agent. They wanted to sell it for more money."
"The brokerage fees on both sides are paid by the buyer. There are some links that cannot be handled without an agent."
"They may have been abroad all this time and didn't know."
Building 22 is right next to Chen Nan’s house.
I went up to the third floor and knocked on the door.
Han Guoli opened the door and Zhang Li stood behind him.
"Uncle Han, Aunt Zhang, this is the friend I want to buy a house with, his name is Jiang You."
"Uncle Han, Aunt Zhang." Jiang You followed Chen Nan and called people.
Han Guoli made way for him and said, "Come in, come in and sit down."
After Jiang You sat down, Zhang Li went into the kitchen to make tea, and Chen Nan followed in to help.
Han Guoli looked at Jiang You and asked, "Are you Xiaonan's friend?"
"Yes."
"What's your job?"
"Open a small shop on Cultural Street."
"Oh," Han Guoli nodded, "Xiao Nan told you about this house, right? The house is a bit old, but the school district is good. The elementary and junior high schools are only ten minutes away on foot. You have children, right?"
"Yes, he will be six next month."
"You got married very young. Where's your wife?"
Zhang Li and Chen Nan each came out with two glasses. Chen Nan placed a glass in front of Jiang You and sat down. After Zhang Li put down the glass, she took out a dried fruit plate and placed it on the table.
"Not married yet."
"The child?"
"An adopted child."
Han Guoli and Zhang Li exchanged glances.
"We want the full payment. We'll only be in the country for a month. You know this, right?"
"Sister Nan told me."
"Well, this price..." Han Guoli pondered for a moment.
"Uncle Han, just say it directly."
"Three million."
Jiang You calculated the average price in his mind and said, "It's almost 41,000 yuan per square meter. It's a bit expensive."
"Then tell me, how much do you think is appropriate?" Han Guoli asked.
Jiang You glanced at Chen Nan.
Chen Nan was peeling melon seeds and said, "Uncle Han, Xiao Jiang really wants to buy a house. He mentioned it to me in August and September. If he wasn't really sincere, I wouldn't have brought him here."
Zhang Li took a sip of water. "We definitely trust you. We have checked and found similar apartments to ours for the same price. We don't use an agent, so we save on the agency fee."
"I can't afford the full amount of three million."
"Then how much can you offer?"
"About two million six hundred thousand ."
"Too little..." Han Guoli blurted out.
Chen Nan helped to say a few more words, but in the end the price was still not agreed upon, so Jiang You said goodbye and left.
Chen Nan and Jiang You walked towards Wenhua Street together.
"Three million is not an unreasonable offer." Chen Nan looked at Jiang You's expression.
"I eventually lowered the price to 2.8 million, but they still insisted that they had already discounted the agency fee. I could have just found an agency, paid a down payment, and repaid the loan over time. With the remaining money, I could have bought a car and taken Jiang Mo around with me."
"Yeah, then go ahead and look for it. I heard that Aunt Zhang's brother put their house up for sale with an agent a while ago."
"How do they hang?"
"It seems that they couldn't come up with that much money, so they wanted to make an agreement with the buyer to get the money first and then sell it after they bought it. But somehow they were discovered."
“No wonder it’s being sold again.”
