Chapter 420: Ninety's Contrast System (23)

"Woo-woo—"

A green-skinned train whistled from afar, approaching the station.

At the same time, the Main System's avatar hopped around happily in her sea of consciousness:

【Host, your guess was spot on! Zhu Meijiao really did switch the contrast target to Zhou Ru.】

It had been bored to the point of molding lately.

Its host was clearly still a youthful and beautiful girl in her prime, yet she insisted on living the life of an eighty-year-old—

Either strolling through the park for exercise or hanging around the stock exchange with a teacup in hand.

It made it so that even if it wanted to watch a few episodes of a soap opera, it couldn't keep up.

Out of boredom, it went to gossip about Zhu Meijiao, the host of this Sub-system.

Xie Yang felt no surprise at the gossip shared by the Main System.

Ever since she started primary school, Zhu Meijiao had used the props provided by the Female Supporting Character Contrast System to secure the seat of a Scholar, and she had enjoyed plenty of Scholar benefits over the years. Once she lost the Academic Halo, it would be strange if she, with her extreme vanity, could handle it.

Moreover, the props provided by the Sub-system didn't just have an Intelligence Bonus; that "Good Luck Bonus" was also quite good.

The Main System generously suggested: 【Host, once the Sub-system unbinds from Zhu Meijiao and you take it back, you can experience it for a few years before sending it back to the factory.】

Xie Yang shook her head without even thinking: "Forget it! A system that needs to bind to a task target and relies on exploiting and oppressing the task target to benefit itself should be sent back to be melted down and remade as soon as possible; don't even bother repairing it. What if it isn't fixed properly and is released to continue wreaking havoc?"

【……】

……

Xie Yang successfully met the two generations of the Zhou family: the elderly couple Zhou Tiehan, as well as three uncles and three aunts.

The younger generation were either at work or at school, so none of them came.

"Yang Yang, your complexion is good!"

"It seems the doctors at the city hospital are indeed more capable than those at the county hospital!"

"That goes without saying! Capable doctors definitely prefer to stay in big cities."

"We can rest easy now that Yang Yang's illness is cured!"

"I told you all when I came back last month that Yang Yang's complexion was much better, but you didn't believe me and insisted on coming to see for yourselves." Zhou Anguo chuckled as he teased his family.

As expected, he received a round of eye-rolls from everyone:

"If we didn't see it with our own eyes, of course we wouldn't be at ease."

"Exactly, what if you were only reporting the good news and hiding the bad?"

"Besides, we haven't seen our niece for over half a year; aren't we allowed to come and see her?"

"Oh my, stop standing here chatting. Yang Yang, hurry and take us to the place you're renting."

Zhou Anmin carried a bulging woven bag on his back and winked at Xie Yang with a mysterious look on his face.

Xie Yang asked curiously: "Third Uncle, what did you bring?"

Zhou Anbang, standing to the side, held back a laugh and said: "He brought the big goose that your grandparents have been raising for over a year! He said he wants to make us that iron pot stewed goose that's been so popular in the Northeast."

"Third Uncle knows how to make Northeastern dishes?"

"Heh heh, I saw it on the Television."

"That's right! As soon as it's evening, he hogs the Television at home and even fights with the kids for it; he really has no shame." The third aunt bluntly exposed her husband.

Zhou Anmin felt a bit uncomfortable: "My niece is here, can't you save me some face?"

The third aunt spat at him: "How much is your face worth per jin? Is it more expensive than the goose on your back?"

"……"

Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this.

Xie Yang couldn't help but laugh too.

She led them to the bus stop; one of the bus routes only took a few stops to reach Shiyi Yiyuan, and her rental was right next to Shiyi Yiyuan.

Except for Zhou Anguo, everyone else was here for the first time.

On the bus, Xie Yang pointed out the buildings along the way to introduce them to everyone:

"That tallest building is People's Mansion; it has 98 floors."

"The one next to it is the city's largest City Library City."

"The one with the red flag flying is People's Road Primary School; it's said to be one of the top five primary schools in the city, which makes the housing prices in the surrounding area incredibly high."

"That area surrounded by greenery is City Heart Park, and just past that is the residential complex where I'm renting; those buildings next to it are Shiyi Yiyuan."

The Zhou family listened to Xie Yang's explanation the whole way, looking at the city's appearance, which was vastly different from Pingcheng, with great novelty, asking a few questions from time to time:

"Whoa! 98 floors? That's almost 100! It's so high, don't you get dizzy living there?"

"As expected of a big city! Even the bookstore is built so grandly!"

"With such a good primary school, high housing prices are to be expected. Even the rent near our town's primary school is more expensive than near the village school."

"Top five in the whole city? Does that mean the graduates are all good candidates for university?"

"With both a park and a library, and being close to the hospital, this location for a primary school is really quite good!"

Xie Yang took the opportunity to persuade them: "First Aunt, isn't Tao Tao starting primary school next year? Should we buy a unit here and transfer him to study here?"

Don't look at how much more expensive school district housing is compared to other complexes; compared to later generations, this is nothing.

Buying now is truly akin to picking up a bargain.

And you don't have to worry about not being able to sell it; as long as the primary school doesn't relocate, there will always be people who want school district housing, no matter how old or dilapidated it is.

People's Road Primary School only expanded last year, so it certainly won't be moving anytime soon.

The Zhou family isn't short on money now; if they are, they can just sell some Relocation Housing—they have plenty of units anyway.

Therefore, not only was the first aunt tempted, but the second aunt was also moved:

"I wonder how much a unit costs? If the price is right, should we buy one here too? Although Dan Dan won't start kindergarten until the second half of the year, children grow up fast; in the blink of an eye, they'll be in primary school."

A citizen nearby heard their conversation and interjected with their nose held high:

"The school district for People's Road Primary School is expensive; it's said to have already risen to 5,000 per square meter this year!"

Thinking to themselves, *That should scare the life out of you! *

They looked like bumpkins from the countryside; they didn't even have a decent suitcase, using tacky snake-skin bags and woven bags instead.

With such a pathetic, poverty-stricken look, how dare they ask about school district housing for People's Road Primary School? Pretending to be rich!

"5,000 per square meter?" The eldest aunt counted on her fingers, "Buying a unit of about sixty square meters would cost 300,000? That really is expensive!"

"But didn't Yang Yang say it? This is one of the top five primary schools in the whole city. If it weren't expensive, everyone would be fighting to send their children here to study."

"That's true! Thinking about it that way, 300,000 a unit is worth it!"

"Then should we buy a smaller unit for the children to use for school?"

Anyway, after the demolition of Zhou Family Village, they had no farmland left, and since they were idle anyway, they would come to the city to accompany their grandchildren while they studied.

"That's great, that's great! We'll buy them close by, door-to-door or one floor above the other would be best, so it's convenient to visit each other later."

The third aunt was still a long way off from having grandchildren, but seeing the eldest aunt and second aunt unanimously decide to buy property here, she also made the call: "Then our family will join in too!"

"..."

The citizen was so angry they laughed.

Did this bunch of poor, pathetic country bumpkins really think school district housing for People's Road Primary School was cheap Chinese cabbage?

You buy, I buy, everyone buys?

That's 5,000 per square meter! Not 50 cents or 1 yuan!

However, before they could interject with their nose held high again, the next part of the three aunts' conversation left them completely stunned—

Eldest aunt: "300,000, plus renovations, we might have to sell three Relocation Housing units."

Second aunt: "Three units is three units. At least it's a house in a big city; later on, when we tell people, we'll have a home here too. How much face that will give us."

Third aunt: "I plan to sell four units; keeping four units to rent out will be enough."

Citizen: "!!!"

Was the clown actually themselves?