Chapter 200: Ye Cheng Views a House

The middle-aged couple glanced at Ye Cheng and his group, then looked at the older sister, "If you have customers, just switch someone to give us the explanation."

Upon hearing they wanted to switch people, the older sister refused—she had been eyeing this customer for a long time; if someone else took over, the commission would go to someone else.

She pulled hard, but found she couldn't pull Ye Cheng away.

She could only helplessly shout inside, "Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen, come out and receive them."

"Sister Liu, you called me?" a young girl came running out from inside, sweat still on her forehead, "I was just cleaning the toilet in the back."

"Oh, there are customers, greet them—why are you cleaning the toilet?"

Sister Liu scolded her, then turned to Ye Cheng and said, "I have customers here; I'll have Xiao Chen give you a tour."

After saying that, she ignored Ye Cheng, enthusiastically bringing the couple to sit down and began her pitch.

Seeing everyone else leave, Xiao Chen stood there looking bewildered, sleeves still rolled up, not knowing what to do.

"Xiao Chen, right? We want to look at houses—bring out your listings for us to see." Ye Cheng didn't care who attended, casually pulling Xiao Hu and Jiang Yunxiang to sit down.

"Oh, wait a moment, I'll go get them."

Xiao Chen started fumbling to get the documents, but just as she was about to grab them, she realized she had just finished cleaning, quickly pulled her hand back, and told Ye Cheng, "I'll go wash up, please wait a moment."

Over there, Sister Liu was showing the house to the middle-aged couple while sneering at Ye Cheng and his group, "Country bumpkins still want me to wait on you—keep dreaming. It's obvious you can't afford a house, just coming to cause a scene."

Soon, Xiao Chen washed her hands and brought over a stack of documents, "Big brother, sister-in-law, what kind of house are you looking for? Are you planning to bring the kids to live together?"

Jiang Yunxiang immediately realized from the girl's tone that she had misunderstood, and quickly explained, "Oh, he's my younger brother-in-law, I'm his sister-in-law, this is his nephew—not a couple."

Xiao Chen hadn't expected such a relationship, and immediately blushed deeply, feeling extremely embarrassed.

"Never mind, that's not important—we want to look at a school district house, one that's close to a certain school." Ye Cheng interjected.

"Oh, you mean the school district of No. 1 Middle School? Yes, we have them—school district houses sell well now; we have four for sale here, I'll find them for you." Xiao Chen began flipping through the documents.

Upon hearing Ye Cheng wanted to buy a school district house, Sister Liu almost laughed.

She raised her voice to Xiao Chen, "Xiao Chen, you need to remind the clients that school district houses are more expensive than regular ones."

Everyone heard that; Xiao Chen had just pulled out the documents, but after Sister Liu's reminder, she immediately stood there awkwardly, frozen.

"It's fine, take us to see them, money isn't an issue." Ye Cheng waved his hand nonchalantly.

Jiang Yunxiang beside him grew uneasy, tugging at Ye Cheng, "A Cheng, shouldn't we ask the price first? They said school district houses are expensive."

"What nonsense about being expensive—these days houses are dirt cheap; anyone who's been reborn and doesn't buy a house is an idiot."

"Even if it gets more expensive, it'll still increase tenfold in the future."

"It's okay, sister-in-law, we have enough money." Ye Cheng reassured.

Upon hearing Ye Cheng wanted to view houses, Xiao Chen quickly fetched the keys, "Big brother, big sister, these units aren't far apart—I'll take you to see them."

Just as they were about to leave, Sister Liu suddenly called out to her, "Wait, Brother Zhao also wants to come along to view."

Saying that, the middle-aged couple stood up and followed Sister Liu out.

Sister Liu snatched the keys from Xiao Chen's hand, then gave Ye Cheng and his group a disdainful glance,

"Xiao Chen, you take care of your clients."

Having had the keys taken, Xiao Chen could do nothing but force a smile at Ye Cheng and his group.

These units are all next to No. 1 Middle School, just a short walk away—about ten minutes.

Along the way, Ye Cheng had Xiao Hu buy a few bottles of water and gave one to Xiao Chen as well.

Xiao Chen looked embarrassed, "Sorry, I should have bought you water, but I just started and haven't gotten my paycheck yet—I can't afford it."

"Did you just graduate from college?" Ye Cheng asked, bored, as they walked, making small talk.

"No, if I'd gone to college I wouldn't be doing this—I graduated high school and then came to the city to work with Sister Liu."

"That's true—college graduates these days are still somewhat useful."

"It's fine, being a real estate agent isn't bad—you can make big money." Ye Cheng said seriously.

However, Xiao Chen thought he was just comforting her, she brushed her hair behind her ear, "Big brother, you really know how to talk—agents get a base salary of 300, and everything else relies on commission; if you can't sell a house, you earn nothing."

"Only 300? That's so little," Jiang Yunxiang muttered quietly, surprised that city folk could be this poor.

Xiao Chen gave an embarrassed laugh, "It's low, but if you make a deal, the salary is decent—like Sister Liu, who has many clients; if she closes one unit a month, she can make several thousand."

As they chatted, they happened to pass the gate of No. 1 Middle School again; Ye Cheng scooped up Dou Dou and pointed at the school's main gate, saying,

"How about Dou Dou studying here from now on?"

Dou Dou is still young; as long as the adults approve, it's fine—plus the gate looks quite fresh.

Sister Liu up ahead heard Ye Cheng's words, couldn't help but let out a scoff, and said to the middle-aged couple in front,

"Brother Zhao, they're just clueless about school district prices, talking off the cuff—without your means, who'd dare buy a school district house?"

Brother Zhao, eating up the flattery, nodded repeatedly, his gaze toward Ye Cheng and his group turning contemptuous.

The houses arrived soon.

Well, in Ye Cheng's view, they weren't even as good as an old, run-down complex.

At least an old, run-down complex is still a residential community, and after renovation it even has a little garden or something.

These units are purely housing; according to Xiao Chen, they were formerly fundraising apartments.

Such fundraising apartments are usually built by work units; back then people didn't need a community or not—just having a place to live was enough.

However, Jiang Yunxiang was quite excited, looking at the white walls she said to Ye Cheng, "A Cheng, their walls are so white."

"And this floor—is it tile? Won't it be slippery?"

"Sister-in-law, in the city it's all like this; you'll get used to it, and if you're not used to the tiles later, you can switch to wooden flooring—it won't be as slippery."

Hearing Ye Cheng say that, Xiao Chen didn't say anything, but Sister Liu couldn't stand it anymore, turning to Xiao Chen she said,

"Xiao Chen, give the clients a rundown of the price, and also how much extra for wooden flooring, so they don't get any wrong ideas."

"Switch to wooden flooring? Yeah right, like you could afford that."

Xiao Chen's business skills are indeed inexperienced; only now has she begun to introduce the houses to Ye Cheng,

Big brother, look, this house is a two-bedroom one-living room, also has a bathroom and kitchen, area is 53 square meters, at the back there is also a balcony, can be enclosed to dry clothes, very convenient.