Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

Grandma Wang was quite satisfied with the small courtyard and immediately took a liking to the house: "This small courtyard is perfect for growing vegetables, and it's close to Xiao Su's house. How much does this cost? It's about the same size as our old house, but with an extra courtyard."

Guo Mingyuan said, "It costs fifteen yuan a month. It's very close to the hospital, and many people who need to be hospitalized for a long time rent here. After all, it's easy to see a doctor and take care of patients. This is a popular area."

Aunt Wang immediately clicked her tongue, looking at the house with dissatisfaction: "Forget it, it's too expensive. Who would spend a month's salary to rent a house? That's crazy! Besides, this house is quite dilapidated. It's only a few rooms and it's so expensive. Why don't they just rob people? You know, my husband and I only paid a little over 600 yuan for the house we lived in for 20 years."

Chen Xiuer said, "Mom, what you're selling isn't a house, it's a quota for the factory. The house doesn't belong to us; it's just a place to live."

Aunt Wang snorted. Anyway, she couldn't bear to spend fifteen yuan, which used to be a month's salary to rent a room!

Let's go to the second house. It's a bit far from the hospital, but it's only about a ten-minute walk from Su Wanqing's house. However, it's a little out of the way and has a lot of space.

Su Wanqing pushed open the door and found that this was a very new house with white walls, a large yard, and large rooms, one more room than the previous place, and each room was spacious.

Guo Mingyuan said, "This is a house that was recently built by someone else. It was originally their own home, but after the reform and opening up, they said they were going to develop in the south, so they didn't need this place anymore. I like it very much. Although there is no toilet, this area can be converted into an indoor one."

Aunt Wang immediately took a liking to this house; it was big, white, and spacious, with a large yard as well.

"Xiao Guo, this looks good, how much is it?"

Guo Mingyuan said, "This place is a bit remote. Although it's larger and the houses are much better than over there, not many people rent here. The landlord said it would cost 18 yuan a month, which is about the same as over there. And although it's remote, there's a large farmers' market nearby."

Aunt Wang originally wanted to say that it was too expensive, but after thinking about it, she actually felt that the second one seemed to be a good deal.

"Xiao Guo, I think this is a pretty good deal. The first one was small, worn out, and expensive, while this one is big, new, and the price is about the same... What do you think, Dr. Su?"

Su Wanqing smiled, glanced at Guo Mingyuan, and felt that she already knew what Guo Mingyuan meant—he had known all along that Aunt Wang thought the house was too expensive and had never wanted to rent it, so he used the first small and old house as a foil for the second one.

It seems that Guo Mingyuan had wanted to rent this second house for a long time.

But if you immediately suggest renting this, Aunt Wang will be the first to jump up and say it's too expensive.

With the first one as a comparison, the second one seems... acceptable too.

It's like when you go to a luxury store and see everything costing tens of thousands of dollars, and then you see something that costs a few thousand dollars and you immediately think it's so cheap that you have to buy it!

Therefore, there is no harm without comparison.

Su Wanqing nodded: "I think this is fine, this will do. Aunt Wang, don't think about it. Think about it, you only earned a few dozen yuan a month before. After a while, when Xiuer earns money, it will be several thousand yuan a month. Your rent of a few dozen yuan will not be a big deal."

Guo Mingyuan's day-long search resulted in a house that was excellent in terms of both cost-effectiveness and location. It was also close to Su Wanqing's house, just a three-minute bike ride away.

Aunt Wang quickly waved her hand: "My goodness, I wouldn't dare to think about making several thousand yuan a month. I'd be lucky to make a hundred yuan a month."

Chen Xiuer smirked to herself and glared at Guo Mingyuan.

Guo Mingyuan smiled politely, "Then I'll go pay?"

Chen Xiuer nodded.

Guo Mingyuan is always so steady, mature, and refined; being with him gives you a sense of security.

Su Wanqing followed along and took another turn. Chen Xiuer pulled her along, chattering away. Aunt Wang was also very excited—after all, she was going to settle down in a city, and this place was big, nice, and new. Who wouldn't like it?

Chen Xiuer added, "Brother Guo said he can convert a toilet here and a storage room next to it. Anyway, two sleeping rooms will be enough. The stove and dining table here are connected, so we can just knock them down. It won't take long. He'll find two skilled craftsmen, and it'll be done in three to five days. It won't delay our work."

Su Wanqing nodded: "Tomorrow, you and Aunt Wang have to come with me to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Bring the planting kits and mycelium for shiitake mushrooms and white fungus, and teach them the planting techniques there."

"good!"

"Let Comrade Guo come along tomorrow too, see if Grandpa Chen has time. We can go look at a place together, check out the location, and then decide on the storefront issue. Don't worry about the mycelium supplements, I've already arranged it with them. They'll provide them from now on, we'll just pay for it. You just need to hand it over to their people."

The handover of the auxiliary materials will definitely have to be done by Chen Xiuer and the others themselves. Su Wanqing can't have to run around every time there's a handover, so we need to do a good job of the handover now.

Of course, she was thinking of bringing everyone along, and most importantly, she wanted to get to know the nearby state-run restaurants and supply and marketing cooperatives when she went to rent a house tomorrow.

With Old Master Chen present, along with Guo Mingyuan and Chen Xiuer, a business deal could be struck on the spot.

As for Su Wanqing, she can only play the role of a middleman at most. She doesn't have the energy to do anything more than that. Besides, it's enough for her to provide the money and the house. She doesn't care about anything else.

Chen Xiuer's eyes lit up, and she nodded, thinking to herself, "As expected of Dr. Su, she's already settled all this on her first day here."

Su Wanqing sighed, "It's only because of reform and opening up and the scarcity of goods that we can sell things easily now. Otherwise, in a few decades, we'd have to beg and plead to sell our products."

Now that the house deal is settled, everyone will go home after Guo Mingyuan pays the money.

The rest is naturally Guo Mingyuan's responsibility; the new house there should be ready in three to five days.

Guo Mingyuan also went to get a second-hand bicycle to avoid wasting time walking.

In the afternoon, Su Wanqing lazily slept all afternoon. She had originally planned to report to the military hospital, but seeing that she had already slept, she decided to postpone it and go in a couple of days when she had more free time.

Zhou Yanshen didn't come back at noon, nor did he come back in the evening. He only sent a junior soldier back to say that he wouldn't be back that night, and nobody knew what he was up to.

Su Wanqing wasn't worried. In any case, she wouldn't get lost in the military region, and it wouldn't matter if she didn't come back.

She was thinking of going to the department store to buy some clothes when she had some free time these few days. Her belly had gotten bigger, so she needed to get some new clothes made.