Rebirth 78: Hunting for Treasure in the Mountains, Spoiling My Wife and Daughter to the Heavens

Now that the decision was made, Lu Weiguo stopped arguing.

I ate a quick lunch and then put the two children to sleep.

I put on a vest and a straw hat and went out.

We arrived at Yuan Mengjie's warehouse.

The door was kept tightly closed even in broad daylight.

He gave the key to Meng Fanjiao.

So, just like that night, he simply climbed over the wall.

Compared to when Huang He was here, this place is much quieter now.

Moreover, summer is not the season for trading fur and similar products.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the prices of these furs have been inflated.

It feels like such a wonderful thing.

But this thing is like an ancestor.

It cannot be dry, it cannot be damp, and it cannot be too hot.

Otherwise, the hair would fall out faster than the hair on a cow's head in later generations.

The last time he came over in the middle of the night, he heard Yuan Mengjie mumble that she was going to the south.

I don't know when I'll leave.

"who!"

A woman's voice rang out in the empty warehouse.

"it's me."

Lu Weiguo knocked on the glass. Because it was a warehouse for storing furs, the windows were covered with quilts all year round.

This is similar to how ice cream vendors wrap their ice cream in blankets during the summer.

Warm in winter and cool in summer, the pure cotton quilt is also moisture-proof.

"You little bastard, you have the nerve to come here? You don't even come to see your sister, and you even send her a young girl."

What, you've managed to hide your mistress all this way?!

Yuan Mengjie opened the door with a menacing air.

But the next moment.

She was then embraced by Lu Weiguo, who was guarding the door.

"Why do you still want to have a sweet dream?"

Lu Weiguo did not expose it.

Yuan Mengjie blushed and snuggled into his arms.

"Alright, alright, I need your help with something."

Lu Weiguo told her about his plan to buy a house, and she was shocked to hear about all the things that had happened in that house.

It even wiped out an entire family line.

She was a little scared when she heard it.

"Are you sure you want to buy that kind of house? If you have nowhere to live, you can stay in my storage room. It's all your own property anyway..."

"It's inconvenient for me here. In the future, his maternal grandmother will have to walk too far to get the child to and from school."

Lu Weiguo put the child's needs first and foremost.

Although the county town is not big, it takes less than an hour to walk there and back.

It might work for a day or two, but over time, both the elderly and children will feel tired.

The situation was similar in later generations.

If you have a stable job, you should buy a house near your workplace.

"That's true. Your family agrees, so go ahead and buy it. Do you need me to help you negotiate the price? That house has had so many accidents."

"I'd even cut the market price in half." When it comes to business, Yuan Mengjie's mind is full of numbers.

"No need, just give him whatever amount he asks for."

Three brick and tile houses, and a courtyard of about six-tenths of an acre.

There are also two warehouses in the backyard.

Based on market prices, it would cost at least three thousand yuan.

However, it's currently a case of "high price but no market".

Just like the small shop that Li Xiuhe got.

In just six months, the price tripled.

But no matter how high the price, who would be willing to buy it?

Those with jobs are provided housing by their employers.

Those who are unemployed can go back to the village and get a homestead.

Pilot programs only began during the reform and opening up period, and few people were willing to take the risk.

However, it won't take five years.

That house, buying it for ten or twenty thousand wouldn't be a problem.

Lu Weiguo had no intention of staying there permanently.

Once the children are all in school.

It shouldn't be a problem for him to move to the county government compound.

The two held hands, pretending to be a couple, and arrived at the courtyard that the mother-in-law had mentioned.

Lu Weiguo was wearing a vest and had his straw hat pulled low.

He stood behind Yuan Mengjie the whole time.

At the entrance, the old man whom his mother-in-law called Old Zhou sat on a stone stool.

His back was hunched, his face was ashen, and even his smoking seemed weak and listless.

"Grandpa, I heard from the people in the neighborhood that you're selling this house?" Yuan Mengjie stepped forward and bent down to ask.

"Sell! I'll sell it for whatever price you want!"

I guess a lot of people have asked about it recently, as soon as they heard what happened at home.

They all left, disgusted.

This also dashed the old man's hopes.

"What's wrong, sir? What do you mean by 'I'll sell for money'? I'll give you a hundred yuan, will you sell it?"

Yuan Mengjie squatted down, even though she knew what had happened inside the house.

But we still have to go through the motions.

"Young lady, I'm not lying to you, this house is unlucky. All three of my sons have died."

Now the old lady has a growth in her body, and she looks like she's about to die.

"I need enough money to buy a house and save for my future, 100 yuan is definitely not enough. I need at least enough for my future!"

The old man lowered his head more and more as he spoke.

My dry eyes became increasingly cloudy.

The hand holding the cigarette was trembling slightly.

"Please accept my condolences, sir. But since this is a business transaction, we should at least name a price. Tell me your price so I can hear it."

Old Zhou looked up and glanced at the two of them. Although the man behind the woman looked somewhat familiar.

But at that moment, he had no time to think about such things.

After thinking for a while, he said bitterly, "Fifteen thousand... We won't sell it for less. At worst, my wife and I will just bury it in the yard."

"this...."

Yuan Mengjie turned around and glanced at Lu Weiguo.

It's not that I think the price is too high.

Rather, I felt the price was too low.

Their plan was three thousand yuan.

As long as it was within this range, the two of them readily agreed.

But. . .

"What? This is expensive? This isn't expensive at all. My old lady's medical treatment costs over a thousand yuan."

We're not even sure if the remaining money will be enough to bury us... And this house...

"Grandpa, let's take a look at the house first."

Lu Weiguo will try to negotiate a lower price, but he won't raise it!

And they had to keep it a secret from Old Zhou.

This is way too difficult.

"See?"

Old Zhou led the two men into the house.

The house is a bit old because it was built quite early, and the whole house is rather low.

But the roof beams were clearly old, and all the wooden structures were very sturdy.

It's possible for three members of a family to have jobs and contribute to the country.

Old Zhou was no ordinary man when he was young.

But fate always likes to play tricks on honest people.

"The foundation is..."

"I dug it myself when I was young, there's absolutely no problem. I also took care of the yard myself, and I even picked up those broken bricks one by one."

Old Zhou has many memories of this place.

Inside the inner room, there were the eldest son's military medals and the second son's certificate of merit.

In the very center of the kitchen, instead of the Kitchen God, hangs a photograph of that great man.

"Grandpa, I'll buy this house..."

Based solely on that great man, Lu Weiguo had no reason to hesitate.

"You don't mind..."

"We are all successors to communism, and we only admire this one," Yuan Mengjie said.

"That..."

"Three thousand, sir. We won't consider any of that. We'll give you the market price. If that's acceptable, we'll sign the contract tomorrow."

Lu Weiguo's idea of ​​negotiating in reverse was very simple.

We must not let our beliefs crumble, and we must not let our heroes bleed and weep.

We must not allow the heroes' families to suffer a tragic end!