Brilliant Years 1991

Chapter 92: Start buying property!

The garden is located in the north of the city, covering an area of ​​1945 or acres. It is said that a retired Taotai in the late Qing Dynasty returned to his hometown in his later years and spent a huge amount of money to build it. It was his own garden for retirement. It was passed down to the early years of the Republic of China and was in the hands of the Zhang family, one of the four major surnames in the area at that time. Later, among a group of people executed by the Chairman in , there was a big man from the Zhang family. Since then, the Zhang family was naturally finished, and most of their descendants went overseas.

Until a few years ago, the county's Water Conservancy and Gardening Bureau lived in this garden, which was considered an office. However, a descendant of the Zhang family kept making trouble, and the bureau could not live in peace here, so they later chose another location and moved away.

At one point, there was talk of designating this garden as a cultural relic protection site. Judging from its age, specifications, and architectural level, this garden obviously qualifies as it has not been used for other purposes over the years and has been maintained quite well.

If this is decided, there will be no point for the descendants of the Zhang family to make a fuss.

As it happened, the previous county chief also took a fancy to this place. He thought that the garden was not only large and exquisitely built, but also well maintained over the years. In addition, there were no factories nearby. Although there were residents, most of them were dilapidated old houses, which would be easy to move into. So he planned to demolish this place and expand it outward to enclose a dozen acres of land, which would be just enough to build a dozen small villas, so that the permanent officials of the county could move here. There were too many retired cadres in the county party committee compound over the years, and they could not be moved. Besides, when the father died, the son would inherit. In short, it was overcrowded.

Therefore, the county stopped it and it was not rated as a cultural relic protection unit.

As a result, before they could do anything, the old secretary was transferred. The new secretary did not like this place and wanted to get another piece of land in the east of the city to build a modern Western-style villa community.

Therefore, the county will not be able to use this area for a while.

There was another factor - in the past few years, cross-strait relations were very good, and the government had been attracting investment and welcoming compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to return home to invest. So the county thought about it, and since it was just a matter of a garden, they might as well make a statement and actually returned the garden to the descendants of the Zhang family.

As a result, the Zhang family took over the garden, and they were happy for less than a year before they realized that not only was there no place to live, but just maintaining the garden and preventing it from being overgrown with weeds was a job that would require at least three or five people to keep busy from the beginning of the year to the end of the year!

Besides, their family really doesn’t dare to live in such a big garden.

So... sell!

But obviously, 180,000 is too expensive!

If this were a place with many rich people, maybe they would fall in love with it at first sight and pay for it. But this is Fuping County. If you count them one by one, there are only 20 to 30 bosses with assets over one million, and there are probably only three to five with assets over ten million. Who would have the time to spend 180,000 to buy such a large deserted garden?

The big guys are still young, in their thirties and forties, which is the period of making wealth and full of fighting spirit to do business. It is not the time for them to stop and start thinking about their mood and enjoying life!

On the contrary, Cao Yukun, a young man who is only 19 years old, has been enjoying life from the very beginning. Although he has changed his direction now and wants to do something career and build some power, he has not given up his attitude of enjoying life - so just contact and buy it.

I quickly contacted the landlord and made an appointment to view the house at noon.

The landlord was very enthusiastic. He came over on his bicycle, exchanged a few words, and quickly opened the door. He took Cao Yukun and the others in, and looked around as they walked - the garden was a bit deserted due to lack of maintenance, but the foundation was indeed good, and the landscaping also showed an excellent foundation. If they found professionals to restore it a little, it is not difficult to imagine that this place is definitely much better than the so-called Chinese courtyards in later generations!
The key is that it brings in fresh water, and the entry and exit are all in the garden. It has set up small sluices and dense nets. If you look closely, you will find that although many aquatic plants have grown in the two or three-meter-wide river in the garden, there are still many fish swimming.

The environment and the ingenuity of the garden are truly amazing.

It’s like living in the Humble Administrator’s Garden!

Moreover, there were people working here for many years. Apart from some paint peeling in some parts, there are basically no other problems with the house. Just a quick cleaning and you can live here directly!

Cao Yukun fell in love with the product almost at first sight and immediately started negotiating the price.

But the man suddenly changed his mind and insisted that he would not sell it for less than 200,000 yuan. He said that the two richest men in the county, Song Hongxing and Xie Zhaofang, had come to see his garden and both liked it very much. They had already offered him 180,000 yuan, but he still refused to sell it!
Cao Yukun burst out laughing on the spot.

So he immediately picked up his mobile phone and called Song Hongxing first, asking, "I want to buy the garden in the north of Fuping City and renovate it. The landlord asked, "Uncle Song, do you want to buy it?"

Song Hongxing laughed loudly on the other end of the phone, "Don't listen to his nonsense! I did go and see it, it's too big and too troublesome to maintain, and I don't have the time to take care of it all day. If you want to buy it, then buy it. I won't buy it!"

After putting down the cell phone, the landlord was a little dumbfounded.

He naturally couldn't tell whether it was Song Hongxing on the other end of the line, but the other party was holding a mobile phone, and the call was answered without any gaps. It was even exactly the same as what Song Hongxing said when he came to see the house before. He had to believe it. But before he finished, Cao Yukun immediately called Xie Zhaofang again, "Uncle Xie, do you know the garden in the north of the city? I want to buy it, and the landlord said you want to buy it?"

As expected, there was another round of laughter on the other end of the phone, but this time, Xie Zhaofang said directly: "Give the mobile phone to that bastard Zhang Ziyan, and I will talk to him!"

The landlord was stunned. He took the mobile phone and heard a barrage of abuse from the other end of the line, "Look at the man before you start talking nonsense. He's my son-in-law. If you really want to sell it, just sell it for the money you two can. I'm telling you, if you dare to cheat my son-in-law by asking a false price, I'll skin you alive the next time we see each other!"

The cell phone was hung up, and when it came back, the man had an awkward smile on his face - he couldn't make the call anymore.

But he thought for a moment and said, "I have Director Xie's respect. We are old classmates. So, I have always asked for 180,000 yuan. This garden is so big, so I have to pay this price! But you are an acquaintance. So, next to this garden, you saw it just now. There is a courtyard house over there. It is also mine. It is not small. It has four main courtyards and a west wing. It is about 300 square meters! I will sell it to you as a bonus. You can live in this garden. In the future, you will have to find a few workers to clean it up for you. It is just right for living there! What do you think? A total of 180,000 yuan!"

Cao Yukun was speechless again.

After thinking about it, I was too lazy to argue about it anymore - the other party might only sell a heavy asset once in his lifetime, so of course I wanted to get all the benefits.

He simply waved his hand, "That's settled then!"

Cao Yukun is a cunning man who has many burrows. In terms of cash, he has 108 million yuan in cash currently kept in his hometown, and he also has deposited over yuan in the county Agricultural Bank. So the two parties agreed to go and transfer the ownership in the afternoon.

One side went to withdraw money while the other side called to ask for leave, and both parties soon met up at the Housing Management Section of the Civil Affairs Bureau. He had already retrieved two property deeds from this era, and the transfer procedures were completed very easily.

The landlord received two large bundles of Mao Zedong's banknotes weighing several kilograms. He was overjoyed and admired them for a long time. Then he looked around subconsciously and quickly put the money into his briefcase.

But before leaving, he came over again with a shameless face, handed me a piece of paper, and then said with an embarrassed smile: "I forgot to tell you before, that courtyard house, of course it's yours now, but just yesterday, I rented it out, what a coincidence! If I had known you were coming to buy it today, I would definitely not rent it!"

Seeing that Cao Yukun was stunned for a moment and seemed to be annoyed, he quickly explained, "It's okay, it's okay! Look at the rental contract, I only rented it out for one year! Just one year, and the rent is only 500 yuan! You are such a big boss, and you are so familiar with Boss Song and Director Xie, you definitely don't care about the 500 yuan! After a year, she will move out!" After saying that, this guy actually ran away.

However, Xue Chengliang was standing at the door, so he grabbed his arm and pulled him back like a chicken. The man first grabbed his bag and then shouted, "Oh no! Robbery!"

Cao Yukun patted his forehead, and before he could call anyone over, he quickly waved his hand and said, "Let him go!"

I just regarded it as paying tuition fees - I had never bought a second-hand house before, so I didn't expect such a thing to happen. Also, I didn't pay much attention to the house in the courtyard, so the landlord ignored it and didn't insist on going to take a look.

But it wasn't a big loss - the title deed and the lease agreement were all there, so there must be a house in the courtyard! And in this day and age, if it could be rented out for 500 yuan a year, it meant the house wasn't too bad.

No matter how you calculate it, it’s not a loss.

At most, you will take possession of the house one year later.

After all, it only took me one day to buy what I liked. It must be a happy thing!
After collecting the title deed, Cao Yukun led everyone back to the garden again.

Now it belongs to you.

To be honest, it is at the level of a real cultural relic protection unit.

In this day and age, it is actually not a bad place to live. Of course, if you want to make it more comfortable, you have to do a full set of modifications and renovations according to future standards.

As for renovating his own rural courtyard, in his previous life, Cao Yukun loved watching this kind of videos on Tik Tok the most.

Washing carpets, renovating courtyards, repairing donkey hooves, Odebiao, living alone in the wilderness, restoring old things...

There would certainly be no time to do all these before setting off for Hongkong, but it didn't matter. Cao Yukun positioned his role in the operation of the beverage factory as being responsible for opening up sales channels and then being responsible for overall management and grasping the general direction. He would not be like his brother-in-law, who stayed in the factory all day and did everything himself. Even the workshop had to sign for hundreds of kilograms of sugar from the warehouse. Therefore, as long as the sales of the beverages could be opened, he felt that he would have plenty of time in the future to personally enjoy the joy of renovating the courtyard in the video - at worst he could find a professional construction team to do the work!
After visiting this garden within a garden five times, Cao Yukun gradually had an idea in his mind - this garden actually does not completely follow the garden design ideas of southern gardens. At least in the front yard, it is hard to tell whether it is imitating the Hui style architecture or the northern courtyard house.

Therefore, you can divide such a large garden into three major parts first, and choose the front yard which has the best conditions and is definitely the most convenient for living, the side garden and the back garden. When you come back from Hongkong, you can find someone to start the construction!

Finished the side garden and back garden, and will tidy up the front yard...perfect!
After opening the doors of the houses in the front yard one by one and checking them out, Cao Yukun immediately began to assign tasks, "Old Huang, it's time to do some work. Later, you can drive my car to the countryside to call Xue Gen and Cheng Qun. Together, we should clean up these houses in the front yard and move in first."

Huang Jiapeng had long wanted to move out and live on his own. He didn't want to go home and listen to his parents' scolding, so he readily agreed immediately - Lao Cao bought a house, a big one, and he thought that he must have a room of his own!

Cleaning your own house doesn’t count as work!

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It was still early before dark, so Cao Yukun decided to go to Guyi Lane in the county to buy some new bedding and then look at some furniture. However, Huang Jiapeng rode away on his motorcycle.

So, the four of them split up into three groups. Huang Jiapeng went to call people, Du Xuehong stayed to start cleaning, and Cao Yukun took Xue Chengliang to buy furniture.

There are local furniture factories in the county, but there are also many shops along the roads outside the city that sell imported goods, such as Simmons mattresses and the like - I am really picky and will do it all during the renovation. At the moment, I just want a place that people can live in, so I am not picky. Plus, I have money, so I buy things quickly.

It was only around five o'clock, and Huang Jiapeng hadn't brought anyone over yet, but the bed that Cao Yukun bought had already been delivered, and even several large packages of bedding had been placed on the bed. All that was left was to put it away.

Then he received a call from Huang Jiaying, "I don't want to ride Huang Jiapeng's motorcycle anymore. It's windy and he rides fast. It hurts my face. Why don't you drive over to pick me up? I'll make dumplings for you tonight as a reward. How about that?"

Huang Jiapeng had said when he left that he would not pick up his sister today, but Cao Yukun had originally planned to let Du Xuehong drive to pick her up - if you think about it carefully, this is really a problem!
It was easy to get her to the beverage factory, but as a girl, she had to go back to the city to sleep at night. Although the road from the county town to Shimen Township was smooth, it was still more than 20 kilometers!

Commuting is a big problem.

In fact, of course, she could use the boss's privilege to arrange a factory car to pick up Huang Jiaying, but that was not a good thing for her - obviously she knew this, so she never mentioned from beginning to end that there were actually two large vans in the factory.

She was a newcomer to begin with, and was Cao Yukun's stand-in. Assigning her the only car among the three would not be conducive to her uniting with her comrades and integrating into the group.

"Okay! I want the one with chive filling!"

On the other end of the phone, Huang Jiaying laughed, "You're so beautiful, you even ordered some food!"

But after she finished laughing, she said, "Guess what, I went to the morning market this morning and actually bought a bunch of leeks! I even doubted whether you saw it!...Okay, come pick me up later, it's almost time to get off work!"

"Oh, by the way..."

Before she hung up, Cao Yukun said quickly, "Jiapeng has gone to the village to pick up Xuegen and Chengqun. It will probably take a while for him to come back. There are a lot of people. Do you have enough leeks?"

On the other end of the phone, Huang Jiaying was stunned for a moment. "Why should I care about them? They can eat wherever they want! You still want me to prepare meals for everyone? Do you want to tire me to death?"

“Haha… okay!”

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