Chapter 63 Buying a House

  Father Gu really wanted to go to the city, but recently heard that Hua Road Middle School might move near home, he didn't let it go either.

  Of course, buying land was not his turn, so he found a few partners to collect the old houses nearby.

  Buying a house also has its own rules.

  The old houses nearby are all inhabited by elderly people who know each other well. Many people have moved to new residential areas with their children, and they are not at home. If you're not familiar with the place, you can't even see the owner of the house when you visit.

  Moreover, this old house was built by the older generation when they were young, although it looks a bit simple, every brick and tile at the beginning was lifted by themselves. There are people who are willing to sell, but it is absolutely impossible to sell to someone who doesn't know their roots.

  Mr. Gu took advantage of being a local in the village. Others saw that he was the second child of the Gu family who did business and asked what they were buying a house for, Mr. Gu said it was to expand and build a big house for his parents to live in the future.

  This is a filial child, the old man loves this tone. Doing business also yields twice the result with half the effort.

  But Gu's father wasn't being unreasonable either, the price he offered was still decent. Moreover, many elderly people in the family had fallen ill, and medical expenses were a huge burden. When their children heard that someone wanted to buy the old house, they didn't hesitate and rushed to sell it.

  Mr. Gu's father and someone jointly purchased some houses, then one of the partners discovered a good project, which was to invest in a piece of land.

  But Gu's father had almost all of his cash tied up in the house he bought.

  Tens of thousands for one set, he is negotiating dozens of sets in his hands.

  That partner laughed at him for being from a small city and not having seen the world. He had his eye on that piece of land, originally thinking that after so many years of starting a business together, if he didn't bring in Boss Gu, he would be talked to death behind his back. Now seeing that Boss Gu couldn't come up with the money, it was just right, and he could swallow it all by himself.

  Gu's father was also heartless. When he heard that no one would take him out to play, he insisted on doing something himself and ended up taking out a loan to buy 10 more houses.

  When Gu Xiang saw her father put a stack of property certificates in the drawer, her hands were shaking.

  This piece is almost all bought by his dad.

  At that time, in their small county town, there was no concept of school district housing, but wherever the school was located, the surrounding area would definitely see a rise in property prices.

  Moreover, Huarong Middle School is now a key middle school, but it also has an ordinary middle school department called Huadu Middle School. The two campuses are separated by a playground, and every year, students from Huadu Middle School who perform well can be promoted to Huarong Middle School.

  In the nine-year compulsory education, junior high school education is assigned nearby except for those who have been admitted to key junior high schools.

  That is to say, no matter how poor the child is, as long as he buys a house here and registers his household here, he can enter Hua Du. In three years, he will also have the opportunity to go to Hua Lu.

  Gu Xiang asked her dad with a trembling voice: "Did you buy all these houses?"

  "Right, wasn't it you who asked me to investigate earlier? At first, I vaguely heard some rumors and felt that something was fishy. Later, after I looked into it clearly, it seems that your school might be moving to this area in the next two years."

  Gu Xiang said with a lingering fear: "Then you can't buy so many sets of houses all at once either."

  "Shh, don't tell Grandpa and Grandma about this," he whispered to her, "they'll get angry if they know I'm making money from the neighbors!"

  Gu Xiang's legs were all soft when she got home.

  If things go on like this, her dad will be rich in the future.

  If you had raised it in your hands for a few years when house prices soared, one set of houses would be worth 500,000.

  It's driving me crazy!

  Her dad is equivalent to a whole Wenzhou house-flipping team!

  Gu Xiang didn't spend much time with her dad in her past life and didn't know how big his business was until it failed.

  This investment of tens of millions can be seen that his father's business is now doing very well.

  But she had no idea why her father would suddenly owe a huge debt in his previous life!

  How should I organize things I don't know?

  Gu Xiang irritably got up with a mouthful of foam.

  In her opinion, her father's business should be at its peak now and it won't be long before it starts to decline...

  Her mother naturally noticed that her daughter was not right after returning from there, and asked her what was wrong, but she didn't say anything, and was preoccupied with worries all day.

  Gu Xiang didn't eat well and sleep well, before the final exam, she had lost a lot of weight.

  She was really scared, in her previous life she was still muddle-headed, this life she had personally seen her dad make the plate so big. If something unexpected happened again like in her previous life, she didn't know if selling herself could compensate for it...

  Gu's mom remembered no more, finally having no choice, she gave Gu's dad a call.

  Mr. Gu was startled when he received the call, as it had been many years since their divorce and this was the first time his ex-wife had initiated contact with him.

  "His mother questioned him as soon as she came up: 'What did you say to my daughter? She hasn't been eating well since she got back, and she can't sleep at night. Not to mention studying, she's getting thinner by the day.'"

  As soon as Father Gu heard this, he couldn't take it anymore and specially drove back from the city on Friday.

  Dad no longer drives a Santana now, he's driving a Buick instead.

  He specially went to school to pick up Gu Xiang after school.

  Because he had never picked her up before, he didn't know the exact time of dismissal, so he waited from 5:00 to 5:30. Then, because the car was blocking the road, they changed places several times.

  Moreover, he didn't know that the school had staggered dismissal times for different grades to avoid congestion during peak hours.

  When school was over in the first year, he went straight to the gate, afraid of missing Gu Xiang.

  Gu Xiang was a bit late leaving school that day. She had not been concentrating in class for the past two days and was devastated when she saw her 90-point English test paper after school.

  Teacher Wang didn't say anything, but she knew she had performed poorly, and there were even deductions for singular/plural errors in the wrong questions. Any student with slightly better grades wouldn't make such a low-level mistake.

  She just wanted to sort out all the wrong questions in the volume, and then... put the volume in school, so she didn't need to take it back, out of sight, out of mind!

  When Qi Chai Zi and several other boys roughly finished cleaning up, Gu Xiang started packing her bag.

  Gu Xiang looked at the classroom where only she and Chai Zi Yu were left, with the latter pretending to arrange the desks.

  Gu Xiang almost rolled his eyes, he had lined up for five minutes and was straighter than a ruler.

  However, she also knew that Chai Zi Yu was actually a kind person. Like when they were in the first year of junior high school and practiced flag-raising together, Chai Zi Yu would ride his bicycle to wait for her at the entrance, and only return home after being picked up by Gu's mother.

  Gu Xiang tidied up her backpack, patted her pocket and said: "Let's go, I'll treat you to some snacks."

  Chai Zi pretended to tidy up for another two minutes before shouldering her bag and going downstairs with her: "Why did you invite me to have a snack?"

  "Can't I be in a good mood?"

  "Come on, you're still in a good mood after getting a score like that."

  Gu Xiang slapped him: "Are you annoying? I'm treating you to food and it's still not good?"

  Chai Zi said: "Alright then, I'll have something expensive."

  "Is there a rich person at the school gate? I'll treat you to a Quanjiafu hand-pulled pancake, it's only 10 yuan."

  "Uh... okay. I don't like eating hand-pulled noodles, they're too oily."

  "You don't even like to eat hand-pulled noodles, you're hopeless! Do you know the mood of a pancake suffering in pain on a hot oil plate, being fried on both sides just to become delicious?"

  Chai Zi Yu: "......"

  The two of them walked to the school gate, and Gu Xiang looked at the person standing at the entrance from afar, who looked quite like her dad. She was still arguing with Chai Zi Yu.

  "Look, that guy looks just like my dad. Do you think if he sees us walking together later, he'll come over and beat you up?"

  Chai Zi Yu took a big step sideways with great exaggeration.

  Gu Xiang couldn't help but burst out laughing, and then took two more steps before she couldn't laugh anymore. That was really her dad!

  Gu Xiang awkwardly waved goodbye to her dad and parted ways with Chai Zi Yu.

  Father Gu stood at the door for thirty minutes before seeing his daughter, and his nose was red from the cold.

  "Gu Xiang said: 'Dad, how did you come?'"

  "Come on, Daddy will take you to eat something delicious."

  Gu Xiang thought of calling her mom first. Gu's dad said no need, he had already made the call.

  Gu Xiang didn't know what his dad was up to either, so he just quietly followed him.

  Gu's dad took Gu Xiang out for a meal at a restaurant. The two of them ordered five or six dishes, all of which were Gu Xiang's favorites.

  After dinner, her father took her shopping at the mall again.

  Gu Xiang is now wearing a small cotton-padded jacket with a hat, which was bought last year. The sleeves are already a bit short and will expose the cuffs of the woolen sweater inside. She has also become thinner, so the little cotton-padded jacket hangs loosely on her body.

  The clothes her father bought for her were all relatively expensive, but those clothes are not suitable for junior high school students.

  Later, Gu Xiang asked her father to take her to Tang Shi's store and bought several sets of clothes from inside out.

  Anyway, no matter what Gu Xiang fancied, her dad would let her try it out, and after trying it out, he'd say it was good.

  She finally bought all the clothes she had set her eyes on.

  Gu Xiang said no need, clothes are enough to wear, just buy one or two pieces.

  Her father still didn't listen to her.

  On the way back, Gu's dad drove and said to his daughter: "Last time you saw the property certificate, it scared you, didn't it? You were afraid that all the money was thrown in."

  "I didn't know your business had grown so big, Dad. Some of my classmates' families have failed in their businesses and owe a lot of debt. I'm just... a little scared."

  "Dad thought for a moment and said: 'I'll save some money for you two, but don't let your aunt know, or your mom know.'"

  This "aunt" refers to the stepmother.

  Gu Xiang was surprised and let out a "huh?", but her dad didn't say another word.

  The author has something to say: Since I found out that some of the readers are from my hometown, it's so embarrassing to write about things related to my hometown, *covers face*