Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 434 Chen Hui Buys a House

The driver who was cursing was about to come over and pick a fight with Xiaowei and Chen Hui when the other driver grabbed him and said, "Are you blind? Look at what kind of car that is. A few scratches on the paint are worth more than your Lada."

The driver paused for a moment, staring at the two cars slowly driving away, and said, "What kind of cars are these? So expensive?"

The driver said, "An Omega, almost 600,000 yuan! That's enough to buy twenty of your Ladas. If you go up there, you'll probably lose your wife. You're out here driving a sports car and you don't even know what a car is like?"

The two cars returned to the power plant residential area despite the increasingly heavy drizzle. Chen Hui went straight home, while Xiao Wei, Xiao Hong, Xia Maosheng, and Geng Hui went to Xiao Wei's room. Uncle Wang had gone to work, and Aunt Wang was sitting alone watching TV and knitting. She turned around and saw the four people coming in, saying, "You're back? That was quick! Why didn't you stay a few more days? Did you see Dajun's wife? How was it?"

Xiao Wei put down his suitcase, opened it to take things out, and said, "I'll go back once I've finished my business. There's still a lot to do here. My sister-in-law is a really nice person. She and my brother have already gotten their marriage certificate. She'll probably be back in the second half of the year, but she didn't go into details."

Aunt Wang saw Xiaowei carrying things and asked, "What did you buy?"

Xiao Wei said, "We'll try the local specialties there, like mare's milk wine, cheese, and beef jerky, to see what's new."

Aunt Wang said, "Just keep some to try, take it to Longcheng, there are more people there."

Xiao Wei took the things out and arranged them into two piles, saying, "You and my dad each get one pile. Why should I care about the others? How could I possibly manage them all?"

Aunt Wang took a bite of a piece of beef jerky and said, "My goodness, how can we eat something so hard? Are you all going straight to Longcheng? Or are you staying for a day?"

Xiao Wei said, "You guys haven't tried this before and might not be used to it. Let's steam it a bit before eating it, it'll be softer. This liquor isn't very strong, it's quite delicious. Don't let my uncle drink too much, half a bag at a time is enough, it'll get him drunk. We're not leaving today, the car ride is too tiring, let's go back tomorrow. Lao Xia and Geng Hui will sleep at the guesthouse tonight."

Aunt Wang put down the beef jerky that she couldn't chew, picked up a bag of mare's milk wine, and even unscrewed the cap to smell it.

The phone rang, and Aunt Wang glanced at it and said, "It never rings when you're not home, but it rings as soon as you walk in."

Xiao Wei answered the phone and said, "Don't you usually call? It's nice to chat with my mom sometimes. Hey?"

Chen Hui was over there, saying, "Come down, come down. We've found the place. Come with me to take a look."

Xiao Wei paused for a moment, then asked, "What place?"

Chen Hui said, "I've been asking around about the land for building the house. They said there's a big enough plot, so I'll hurry up and get it. If it's available, I'll buy it today. We can move in around the same time."

Just as he hung up the phone, Xiaohong came out of the house and asked, "Chen Hui? What are you doing?"

Xiao Wei said, "He wants me to go with him to look at land. He said he's got news about the plot he asked around for. Let's go, are you guys coming?"

Xiao Hong said, "You and Lao Xia go ahead. Geng Hui and I will lie down for a while. Geng Hui is heavily pregnant, so we shouldn't move around too much."

Geng Hui said, "Okay, I'm not going. I don't want to move. You two go ahead, and take two umbrellas with you."

Xiao Wei nodded and said, "Okay, then you two rest at home, drink some hot water and get some sleep." Aunt Wang went inside, found an umbrella, and handed it to Xia Maosheng, saying, "Don't stay outside for too long, it's easy to catch a cold in this weather. Xia, you mustn't catch a cold, or you'll suffer if you infect Geng Hui."

Xia Maosheng took the umbrella and said, "Okay, I won't go out. I'll stay in the car." He then went downstairs with Xiaowei.

When they got downstairs, Chen Hui was already waiting in his car. The two of them got into Chen Hui's car, turned around, and drove towards Wanliu.

The plot of land I found out was located north of Wanliu Primary School, sandwiched between a park, the primary school, and a few old three-story buildings behind the primary school on the side road. The entire plot was roughly the shape of a right trapezoid, with a pond on top. I don't know if it was there before or if the family dug it themselves. There were a few ducks splashing and playing in the water.

This area has numerous waterways, with the Dahun River to the south and the Nanyun River and Wanliu Lake to the north, so there is no stagnant water.

Chen Hui stopped the car and jumped out impatiently. Xiao Wei got out of the car with an umbrella and walked to Chen Hui's side to hold the umbrella for him. Xia Maosheng lowered the car window a little and sat in the car to watch.

Xiao Wei's plot of land is located on the north side of the east gate of the park. This plot of land is at the southern end of the park. At that time, the entire Wanliu area only had some seven or eight-story buildings along Wanliu Road. The rest of the area consisted of large areas of single-story houses, old three-story houses, and vegetable gardens.

Chen Hui stood there looking for a while and said, "It's not right-shaped. Is it as big as yours?"

Xiao Wei glanced at him and said, "A college student, can't even tell the size?"

Chen Hui said, "I really didn't notice. It seems wider than yours. It's not square, so I can't estimate."

Xiao Wei looked around, took a few steps forward, looked at the side and said, "It's much bigger than mine. Mine is only a little over two acres, including the area we occupied and the vegetable plots we razed when we leveled it. This area of ​​yours must be at least eight or nine acres. This pond is also good; I don't have any water at mine."

Xiaowei comes from a rural farming background, and his sensitivity to land area is unmatched by city dwellers. This has nothing to do with whether or not he went to university. In rural areas, it's common for people to secretly encroach on other people's or public land during the spring plowing season. It's all about visual inspection; you can spot a serious offense at a glance, especially older farmers who can even tell if someone has illegally occupied a plot of land.

Chen Hui blinked and said, "Isn't it too big?"

Xiao Wei laughed and said, "A bigger one would be better. I'd love for it to be bigger. This pond would be so beautiful if it were properly cleaned up."

Chen Hui turned and shouted into the car, "Old Xia, Old Xia, get out! What are you doing hiding in the car?"

Xia Maosheng got out of the car with a grin, opened his umbrella, and hunched over as he ran over, saying, "What's up? I'm just worried about catching a cold."

Chen Hui said, "What do you think of this piece of land? Xiao Wei said it's eight or nine acres, but I don't think it's that big."

Xia Maosheng looked it over and said, "I can't really tell anything, but it's not small, it's at least three or four thousand square meters. But, what shape is it?"

Chen Hui said to Xiao Wei, "I also think the shape is bad. It can't be fixed properly, so how can it look good when it's finished?"

Someone came out of the house, a bearded man in his forties, who looked at the three people and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Xiao Wei said to Chen Hui, "Let's buy it first, this place is nice. Brother, are you from this family?" He walked towards the bearded man.

The bearded man was eating a steamed bun, rubbing his mouth with his left hand, and said, "Yeah, this is my house. What do you want?"

Xiao Wei walked up to the bearded man, covered him with his umbrella, and said, "Are you selling this house? We heard from a friend that you're selling, so we came to take a look. What's your surname, sir?"

The bearded man said, "My surname is Zhang. Come, sit inside, it's freezing outside."

Xiao Wei followed Zhang Huzi into the house. The lights were on, but not very bright. In those days, most people used 25-watt bulbs; few families could afford 60-watt or 100-watt bulbs because they thought they wasted electricity.

This is a real old house. You can see the old, thick beams and obviously repaired purlins when you look up, and there are plastic sheets sandwiched between the tiles.

Chen Hui and Xia Maosheng followed them in, and upon entering the room, they squinted as they examined the layout of the room.

Xiao Wei said, "This house is quite old, isn't it? Maybe a hundred years old?"

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(End of this chapter)