Abandoned the Immortal Cultivator, returned to his hometown to farm and sing

Chapter 1240, Page 1129: Ah, Youth!

Unit 302, Building 6, Harmony Community, Tianhan North Street.

Yao Junbo walked around the house again and again.

I looked at this old house where I had lived for more than 20 years with reluctance.

I can never get enough of looking at it.

Every glance is a glimpse of youth.

Gently stroking the bedroom window frame.

The PVC windows have turned yellow, and there are still a few strips of protective film on the top that haven't been removed. The factory address is written on the faded, dark lettering on them.

The bottom of the window is a bit deformed, and the rollers aren't working properly anymore. I don't know if it's still under warranty.

It's been fifteen or sixteen years, that door and window factory must be gone by now...

Yao Jinbo couldn't help but recall what happened 22 years ago.

At that time, housing had just been commercialized, and in Tianhan, a small western city, there was only one residential complex in the Beidajie area.

At 550 yuan per square meter, a two-bedroom apartment would cost 40,000 yuan.

Forty thousand yuan more than twenty years ago.

Nobody bought it at the time.

First, they don't have the money; second, they're all waiting for their work units to allocate housing. It's foolish of them to spend money to buy a house.

Yao Junbo is a simpleton.

His workplace is struggling and can't afford to build new dormitories, so the waiting list for housing seems endless.

He was concerned about his image and looked down on the dilapidated dormitory building.

Most importantly, he's obsessed with getting married and living with his wife.

I remember it went on for over a year, emptying my savings and borrowing a lot of money to buy this two-bedroom apartment.

Back then, we didn't even know that loans existed.

After getting the house, I was completely broke. I couldn't even have a proper wedding, and I haven't been able to hold my head up high at my father-in-law's house for several years.

The family didn't prepare anything special, and all the money they received as gifts was used to pay off debts.

The double bed in the bedroom was made by welding steel pipes together with the help of a coworker, and it was just painted green.

The bed board was also pieced together from scraps of wood from the factory. The thickness and type of wood were all different. Over time, some parts of it warped, which hurt my back, so I had to put four layers of mattresses on it.

And this wardrobe in the bedroom was also made when we got married.

His father-in-law knew he was poor, so he brought him a pile of wooden planks, insisting that he had found them.

Yao Junbo and his father, two laymen, got together and pieced together the cabinet bit by bit.

As for the workmanship... well, let's not even talk about the workmanship.

Anyway, it can stand up and it can be used.

This cabinet is also very rustic.

The wood is natural color and has not been painted.

Yao Junbo also said he would get some sandpaper from the factory to sand it and then paint it with some color.

It's been delayed again and again, and before long, the child is already a sophomore in college, and the wardrobe is still empty.

It hasn't collapsed in over twenty years.

A double bed with uneven steel pipe bed boards and a large wardrobe that I assembled myself and hasn't been painted yet.

These were the only two large pieces of furniture in Yao Junbo's home when he got married.

There were also a few plastic stools and some pots and pans.

The couple felt terrified at night in this big house.

If Yao Junbo's wife was willing to marry him, it must be true love.

Not counting houses, anyone who bought a house with their own money back then was foolish and didn't know how to manage money.

Yao Junbo is truly good to his wife, making countless promises to give her a complete, beautiful, and prestigious home.

It's just talk.

Because by the time they bought more large furniture, their child would already be in kindergarten...

Yao Junbo remembers very clearly that he and his wife went through a period of hardship.

It took several years to pay off the debt. After paying it off, I saved up for another year.

Yao Junbo made the decision: take out all the money and buy a big item for the family.

He had his eye on it for a while—a whole set of cabinets that could fit in the living room.

It was called a modular cabinet; it was very trendy back then.

It was the first time in the entire factory that such a thing had happened. When the cabinets were being installed, his father-in-law, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law all came to see what was going on. Yao Junbo was overjoyed; he had completely regained the face he had lost at his wedding.

It's prestigious, impressive, and a real show-off.

It is over three meters long and two and a half meters high, standing tall and upright.

Clothes can be hung on both sides, blankets can be stored on top, there is a desk in the middle, and a TV can also be placed there.

There's a display shelf above the TV, with lots of different kinds of compartments, and the partitions are all made of glass, making it super bright.

I remember there was a porcelain vase with artificial flowers in that long compartment.

A porcelain galloping horse is displayed in a flat grid, symbolizing instant success.

In a large compartment, there is a picture of Liu Hai playing with a golden toad, which is said to bring wealth.

I was really scared of being poor in the first few years.

Several photo albums were tucked into the corners and edges.

One night, in the middle of the night, the glass panel shattered with a loud crack, startling the whole family.

For the next ten years or so, you didn't reinstall it, so it just sat there empty.

Later, there was no need to install it anymore, as televisions became increasingly larger.

Oh, and the clothes rack in the left wardrobe also fell off.

There's also a large double-door refrigerator... well, it was only replaced three years ago, it's still brand new.

Sigh, youth is fleeting; half a lifetime passes in the blink of an eye, gone just like that.

The house... is gone too.
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"Yao Junbo, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and load the stuff into the truck and take it to the rental apartment. The new house is waiting for you to oversee the renovations!"

A loud shout at the door pulled Yao Junbo out of his grief.

"Hey, hey, I'm coming~~" Yao Junbo greeted him with a big smile and hurriedly ran out.

His wife was getting impatient.

The old house is gone; he sold it for over a million yuan, which is more than 10,000 yuan per square meter.

I used the money to buy a larger, three-bedroom apartment in a newly opened residential complex in the south of the city. It's over 120 square meters.

After buying the new house, there was even some money left over, so I added some more and bought a shop on the ground floor of the new community. Now I can collect rent from it.

They've even found tenants.

Life is wonderful; there's always something to look forward to every day.

Even if the house wasn't sold, he wouldn't dare live there anymore.

It's too close to Jiweilou, and it costs too much money.

Jiweilou has only been open for a few days, and Yao Junbo has already spent half a month's salary on it. How much money does he make that he can afford to spend like this?

Moreover, Yao Junbo is self-aware; he certainly can't resist the temptation and will definitely be running to Jiweilou every day.

In a moment of impulse, I might even end up treating everyone.

The couple's meager wages might not even be enough to cover all their expenses.

His family also has to support a college student. They raised their daughter with great difficulty, so they have to give her more living expenses while she lives at school. They even have to give her extra money from time to time.

In addition, my daughter comes back every two weeks, and it's like a raid. She takes all the tissues in the house, and carries away bags and bags of fruit, snacks, milk, and braised meat that her mother makes, all of which she takes to her dorm.

Don't be fooled by these seemingly small amounts; when you actually do the math, the financial pressure is quite significant. Yao Junbo has even joined several bargain-hunting groups, trying to snag tissues for just one cent.

It's been really strange lately; I keep getting calls asking if I want to sell my house, and real estate agents keep calling, offering prices that keep going up every day.

The average price in this old neighborhood is over 6,000 yuan, which is considered expensive in Tianhan. Although the houses are old, the location is good.

However, with the development of the southern part of the city, prices here have stopped rising much. If you really want to buy, you can try to negotiate a lower price.

But in just a few days, it has already reached ten thousand.

This really got Yao Junbo on edge; he couldn't even sleep soundly...

(End of this chapter)