As soon as Xia Yang entered the door, Xia Jianguo grabbed him.
“What did you do?”
“I went to the demolition company.” Xia Yang avoided his father’s gaze and happily handed the demolition agreement to Qin Yazhi, “Mom, the demolition company promised to give us 800,000 yuan, so I went ahead and signed the agreement without authorization. Here.”
Eight hundred thousand?
When they heard this number, Xia Jianguo and Qin Yazhi’s eyes widened and they couldn’t believe it. After reading the number of the demolition payment several times, Qin Yazhi laughed and grinned from ear to ear.
Even if he wants 700,000 yuan from the demolition company, won’t he get 800,000 yuan by sending in his son? Xia Jianguo was ecstatic that his son has grown up and become capable. Of course, he himself was amazing, and this son is his biological son. It is to be expected that they could brag about this son. However, in accordance with the educational policy of singing red cheeks but showing black cheeks, the father must pick a bit of bone out of the egg. T/N: I think it means to be happy but pick fault. If you understand this, please shoot me a message!
“The demolition company gave you 800,000 yuan. Did you sell the other households too?” Xia Jianguo face blackened and he wanted to ask the manager.
“They haven’t been sold! I only told Wang Facai that those eight families are not willing to sign the agreement. Dad is the leader. As long as our family signs it, they would also sign it. If it weren’t because Dad is wise and martial and can incite the eight other households to refuse to sign the agreement, Wang Facai wouldn’t give me 800,000.”
Xia Yang knew that no matter how happy his father was, he wouldn’t be able to accept the demolition. His father has always held the sky at home. Therefore, he needs to give most of the credit to his father.
“Didn’t you betray them? This matter is going to spread. Tell me, where will you put my old face? How will I face these eight households in the future?”
Xia Jianguo was so angry that his nose was almost smoking. He picked up the broom in the corner of the room and was about to beat Xia Yang.
“Mom save me! I tried my best to bring you to live in a larger house! Your husband wants to beat me, stop him!” Xia Yang quickly hid behind Qin Yazhi with a mischievous expression.
“Don’t you beat my son!”
Of course, Qin Yazhi stretched out her arms to protect Xia Yang tightly so that Xia Jianguo, firmly clutching the broom, couldn’t find a place to start beating.
“Do you know what he’s done?” Xia Jianguo became furious when he thought about how those eight neighbours would shame him for being spineless.
“He’s done a good thing! He got the family 800,000 in demolition funds!” Qin Yazhi said.
“Yes, in exchange for betraying the neighbours. Tell me, how do you plan to confess this to the neighbours?” Xia Yang was content with the 800,000 demolition fund, but Xia Jianguo was troubled at having no face to face those old neighbours.
“Dad, when the manager came to you before, didn’t he say that our neighbours didn’t ask for a penny and just signed the agreement? Our family also signed the agreement. As long as you don’t tell anyone, our neighbours won’t believe whatever the manager says about you getting rich.” Xia Yang said.
“What if they do believe it and sign the agreement without getting a 10% reward and suffer a loss?” Xia Jianguo asked.
“If they want to believe it, then let them. Even if they don’t sign the agreement, our family has earned it. If you still worry about it, dad, when a neighbor comes to ask, just tell him honestly that we took 800,000. If they don’t come to ask, don’t take the initiative to speak!”
In his previous life, those eight neighbors all secretly signed the agreement. In the end, Dad was kept in the dark. This time, Xia Yang believes that they will also keep his father in the dark.
“Why didn’t you take the initiative to tell me about this?” Xia Jianguo asked.
“When the agreement was signed, I promised Wang Facai that I would never talk about the 800,000. If you do, it may affect the payment of demolition funds. We don’t own the money until it’s been pocketed.”
“You are not allowed to ask Manager Wang! If you dare speak, I’ll divorce you!” She finally got the 800,000 yuan, but can’t use it. Qin Yazhi would not be like Xia Jianguo, to uphold face and suffer.
In the previous life, those eight neighbours insisted on staying on until the last day. This time, a mere two days later, all eight families moved out. No one came to offer an explanation to Xia Jianguo. At that time, the neighbours’ betrayal made Xia Jianguo very depressed. This time, a wry smile appeared on his face and his heavy heart, full of guilt, suddenly relaxed.
Just after their family had lunch, a man who smiled like Maitreya Buddha appeared at the door. Wang Facai had come holding a black briefcase under his armpit.
“Brother Xia, hello!”
The previous times he had come, Wang Facai called him Lao Xia. So at this house visit, Xia Jianguo was stunned.
“What are you doing here?”
Xia Jianguo is very alert. All eight neighbours have moved. This guy is now calling him, brother. Isn’t it because he doesn’t want to recognize the agreement signed by his son?
“I came to make it clear to you. Although the agreement was signed by Xia Yang, it was authorized by me. Therefore, the demolition agreement is written in black and white. Every single word!”
“Brother Xia, you misunderstood. I am here today to give you money.” Wang Facai hurriedly opened the briefcase, withdrew a cheque, and handed it with both hands to Xia Jianguo respectfully. “Because your family’s demolition and relocation funds are a little bit more than normal, it cannot be processed to your bank card directly. Therefore, I can only write to Brother Xia in my own name by cheque.”
“Is this thing reliable?” Xia Jianguo was a little suspicious holding the cheque. He had never seen let alone touched this thing before.
“Reliable! Take this cheque to the bank and you can cash it immediately.” Xia Yang interrupted, “Should I take the bank to cash it and deposit it with a card?”
“You don’t understand such an old thing, but your son understands. Just let him do it.” Qin Yazhi took the cheque from Xia Jianguo and handed it to Xia Yang.
He went straight to the bank to cash the cheque and deposited all 800,000 in a bank card. But Xia Yang did not go home directly.
My mother’s biggest wish is to move into a new house early. Most of the houses sold outside are off-plan housing and there’s at least a two years gap between buying and moving into a house.
That’s right! There is a small community called Emerald Garden in Xiaozhuyuan. Because of its location, the house price is over 1,000 cheaper than other areas. However, it’s not limited to houses of only 4,000 square meters.
Now that he mentions it, he remembered that Xue Xiaochan resided in the small bamboo garden and such a house existed in the Emerald Garden community.
In his last life, he met his wife in the second semester of her senior year. At that time, she had just been hurt by a scumbag.
In August 2017, Xiaozhuyuan will plan a high-speed rail station. The house price, which had already risen sky-high, at the average price of 15,000 yuan, doubled in half a month to 30,000.
Now, the Emerald Garden houses of 4,000 square feet for one level is definitely worth the price of cabbage!
What you buy is what you earn!
As soon as he walked into the sales department of a real estate agency, a beautiful sales lady greeted him.
“Hello sir! What size house would you like to see?”
“How much is this?” Xia Yang asked.
“Currently, our average price here is 4,000 yuan, the rate of the most cost-effective real estate or existing house.”
“Is there a discount?”
“You can get another 5% off the full amount and 10% off if you take it on a loan.”
“If you give me an additional 5% discount on the loan, I will reserve a three-bedroom apartment. Your place is too biased.”
Xia Yang knew that the houses in Emerald Garden would be reduced by another 500 yuan by next summer. However, in order to let his mother live in the new house earlier, he didn’t care about this.
“I’ll have to go and ask our manager for instructions.” The sales lady herself has the authority to make the additional 5% discount, but she still has to go through the motions.
A quarter of an hour later, Xia Yang, who had paid a deposit of 20,000 yuan, walked out of the sales department happily.
There is a small park in the distance. Standing on the hill in the park, you can just see the small balcony of the bedroom of his wife, Xue Xiaochan.
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