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Chapter 1390 Lazy Wife 7
When Chen Lei heard Linlang say that she wanted to buy a house, he was stunned and said, "Why buy a house? Wouldn't it be better to put the money in the bank and get fifty yuan a year?"

Linlang said, "If you buy a house and rent it out in the city center, you should be able to get 50 yuan a year, the same. Now everything is going up in price, but money is going down in value. It's more cost-effective to buy things than to keep the money."

This is the truth, but Chen Lei hesitated and asked, "Will anyone rent it?"

Linlang said, "It's been so long since the reform and opening up, there must be people doing business in the city center. Since there are people doing business, there must be people recruiting people, and the recruited people must have a place to live, so they can be rented out."

Even if it cannot be rented out now, it will be rented out sooner or later. After all, it is in the city center, and the rent will only increase every year. Isn't it better than depositing 500 yuan in the bank for five years and getting a fixed interest of 50 yuan a year? After all, the situation changes rapidly. In five years, the annual rent of a house in the city center will definitely be more than 50 yuan.

After hearing Linlang say this, Chen Lei agreed.

The two of them immediately went to the city center to look for a house and asked around to see where there were houses for sale.

They soon found several houses for sale and went to look at them one by one.

Then I found out that the prices were not cheap.

Linlang observed that a 70-square-meter house would cost about 1,500 to 2,000 yuan. Linlang only had 500 yuan in her hand and definitely could not afford it.

But these are all newer ones. Those that are more worn out are not worth the price, which is usually around one thousand to fifteen hundred yuan.

I can't afford the more worn-out ones.

So if someone could be reborn, it’s not that he doesn’t know that buying a house can make him rich, but that he doesn’t have the money to buy a house. Things will be better when commercial housing becomes active in the future and he can apply for mortgages. But now mortgages have not appeared yet, and he has to pay in full to buy a house. Many people can’t afford it because they don’t have that much money.

Linlang was not discouraged. She kept asking and looking, and finally found a dilapidated house of about 50 square meters, which looked like it was about to collapse. The other party offered 550 yuan, which Chen Lei didn't like, but since he couldn't find a cheaper one and the money was Linlang's, he didn't say much.

Linlang didn't mind the shabby house, after all, it could be used after a little repair, so she bargained hard with the other party and finally got it down to five hundred yuan. She then took her household registration booklet and ID card to go through the transfer registration.

They brought their household registration books and ID cards with them today, as they were afraid that they might need these documents when going into the city to do some business. So they brought not only their household registration books and ID cards, but also their marriage certificate, so it was not difficult to handle the transfer registration.

After getting the crude property ownership certificate from the 1980s - thanks to the landlord's connections, it was done on the same day. It was obvious that the landlord was in urgent need of the money, so he was actively transferring the property - Linlang saw that it was getting late, so she prepared to go back with Chen Lei first.

"I'll come back tomorrow to find someone to do some repairs on the house. While I'm at it, I'll see if anyone is willing to rent it." Linlang said.

Anyway, she said at that time that she didn't want to work anymore, so it's okay for her to come tomorrow.

The reason why I brought Chen Lei with me today is because I was afraid that buying a house would require both husband and wife to sign together.

"I just asked, and the rent nearby is five or six yuan a month for a good house, and four or five yuan for a worse one. We should be able to get fifty yuan in rent a year." What Linlang didn't say was that she estimated that the rent would go up even more next year, because she had asked, and the rent wasn't that much last year, and it has already gone up a bit this year, and it's estimated that it will continue to go up next year, so if she can't rent it out for the time being, she won't be in a hurry, because the general environment now is that everything is going up.

Chen Lei was delighted to hear that he could really rent it for four or five yuan a month, but he was still worried about the shabby house and said, "That house is too shabby, don't let it fall down."

Linlang said, "I checked. The lower half of the house is made of blue bricks, and the upper half is made of earth bricks. It won't collapse. I also looked inside the house. It doesn't look like it would be exposed to rain. There are no signs of rain. That's right. I think the tiles on their house are in good condition. The landlord said that they just replaced the tiles not long ago. He said that if they didn't want to buy a new, stylish building, they wouldn't have sold this old house."

It has been a few years since the reform and opening up, and now commercial housing is being sold in this provincial capital city, and the prices are not low. Some people have sold their dilapidated old houses and used the money to buy those commercial housing and live in clean and bright buildings.

Although commercial housing is nice, it is estimated that the newly built ones will not be demolished for a long time in the future. However, these dilapidated old houses will definitely be demolished, so Linlang would rather buy such dilapidated old houses than commercial housing.

Of course, the main reason is that commercial housing is expensive and she can’t afford it.

After hearing what Linlang said, Chen Lei had no objection and just said, "All the money has been spent. How are you going to find someone to repair the house tomorrow?"

They spent all the 500 yuan they had earned before, buying a house, travel expenses, and buying meat, all of which were from the two of them pooling their own pocket money.

But it’s almost gone, with only a little left. Linlang is going to take a bus over here tomorrow to buy the house, and it will definitely be gone by then.

Linlang said, "It's OK. If it's rented out on the same day, I'll use the rent to pay for the repairs. If it's not rented out, I'll shave my hair. My long hair should be able to sell for one or two dollars, which should be enough to pay for one day's repairs."

Nowadays, a skilled worker like a bricklayer only earns one dollar and fifty cents a day, which is enough to pay the rent.

If there is no rent, you can sell your hair to pay your wages, which is also fine. After all, your hair will grow again after being cut, so it doesn’t matter.

Of course, the main reason was that her original hair was a bit too long, reaching her waist. Linlang felt that it would be enough to just leave her hair shawl. When it reached her waist, it was too long and sometimes inconvenient to do things.

Chen Lei felt relieved after Linlang said this.

Then Linlang asked Chen Lei to go back and not mention the matter of buying a house, so as not to make the other two families uncomfortable. Linlang was afraid that if she told others, these two families would not have the money to buy a house. In the future, when the house price goes up, their third family will get rich, but the other two families who didn’t buy a house would be jealous and cause trouble. She just said that she had deposited the money in the bank. Anyway, they would definitely not ask to see her passbook. Even if they did, she would scold them back. So she didn’t show it to them and didn’t have to worry about her lie being exposed.

Chen Lei agreed with this point. After all, everyone lived together, and their family had a house in the city. If they told others about it, the other two families would definitely be unhappy, so it was better not to say anything.

In fact, he had said before that he wanted to deposit the money in the bank. Besides thinking it was not safe to keep it at home, he was mainly afraid that the first and second wives would find excuses to borrow money. They would then deliberately find an excuse to play the victim. Their family was rich, and they would definitely feel embarrassed not to lend money. But if they deposited the money in the bank, most people would feel embarrassed to let others withdraw money regularly for them to use.

Don't blame him for being so defensive. Although there are more and more people with an annual income of 10,000 yuan these days, the Chen family is poor. Five hundred yuan is still a lot of money in their eyes, and they will covet it.