Chapter 941: US dollars to open the way, it's really useful

Gu Xiao Yu's stepfather was named Huang Jiuzhang, a small leader in a state-owned enterprise. Before marrying Gu Xiao Yu's mother, Fan Wenli, he was just an ordinary cadre. After marriage, Fan Wenli pointed out that he should rely more on the leaders, and later, because he stood on the right side, he was promoted to a small leader.

This was also an important reason why he was willing to provide for Gu Xiao Yu to go to school and didn't let Gu Xiao Yu change her surname.

Her stepbrother was named Huang Yufei, who couldn't continue school after graduating from junior high, went to the countryside to join the team for a few years, and after returning, was arranged by Huang Jiuzhang to enter a factory, and now he was a formal worker, just not married yet, mainly because the girl he liked required their family to have a new house for marriage.

Although Huang Jiuzhang was a small leader, he wasn't good at making money, and although his salary was higher than ordinary workers, it wasn't enough to afford a new house.

So Huang Yufei could only save money slowly. Fortunately, the girl was willing to wait for him, which gave him some comfort.

Fan Wenli, who came back first at noon, was cooking. When Gu Xiao Yu returned, the meal wasn't ready yet, so she put down her bag and went into the kitchen to help.

The Huang family also lived in a dormitory building. Although Huang Jiuzhang was a small leader, he couldn't be allocated a three-bedroom house. A family of four, originally separated the two rooms with boards, which was only convenient after Gu Xiao Yu took the university entrance exam and moved out.

After graduating from university, Gu Xiao Yu worked at the school again, and Fan Wenli immediately let her apply for a dormitory, so at least it wouldn't be so crowded at home.

It was precisely because she had always lived outside that Gu Xiao Yu was relatively free, and Fan Wenli couldn't manage much about her wanting to go to Northern Xinjiang to find her father and sister.

"Mom, this is for you, wear it and take a look." Gu Xiao Yu washed her hands, and when she went to the kitchen, she first gave the jade bracelet to her mother.

"Yo, a jade bracelet? So beautiful..." Fan Wenli also knew a little bit, looking at the luster of this jade, and then looking at the jade quality, she knew this must be a top-grade one.

"Not cheap, right?" Taking the bracelet, Fan Wenli asked, "Bought in Northern Xinjiang?"

"No, my sister gave it to you." Gu Xiao Yu stretched out her arm and said: "Look, I have one too."

"Your sister... so rich? Last time you came back, didn't you say she got married, her husband is a peasant, and your sister works in the Education Bureau? A small county Education Bureau, can she afford to buy this?"

"One is that my brother-in-law is quite capable of making money, and the other is that this jade is not so expensive in Northern Xinjiang."

"Don't fool me, even in Northern Xinjiang, this jade quality is not cheap." Fan Wenli wanted to take off the bracelet, but was a bit reluctant.

She remembered that a few days ago, a colleague at the library showed off her jade necklace, saying it was bought by her son to show filial piety to her. That proud expression at the time really made her feel... disgusted.

Hmph, she had one too!

"Your brother-in-law is quite capable, then your father? I'm afraid he relies on your brother-in-law's family, right? He's not the material for farming, and he's stubborn and arrogant..."

"No, my father has his own work." Gu Xiao Yu took out a stack of money from her bag again and said: "This is the money he earned. Said that we mother and daughter have suffered for these years, he knew you were married, no way to compensate, so he gave this..."

"So much money?" Fan Wenli was startled, "Did he steal or rob? How could he earn so much? Didn't they say Northern Xinjiang is bitter and poor?"

"My brother-in-law opened an acquisition station, my father and he partnered, said it was very profitable..." Gu Xiao Yu just said a general idea, "Mom, take it, my father has always regretted it, knowing we were safe made him feel better."

"He can be considered to have a conscience..." Fan Wenli took the money and asked: "How much is this?"

"Five thousand."

"Fine, then I'll accept it, it's not in vain that I followed him for a while... but tell your father clearly, I've been married to Yufei's father for so many years, it's impossible to divorce... let him give up this idea."

Hearing this, Gu Xiao Yu felt uncomfortable in her heart, she endured her tears and said: "My father said, he only wishes you happiness, hoping we live well..."

"Did he find someone?" Fan Wenli suddenly asked.

"No, my father has always been single."

Fan Wenli actually asked when Gu Xiao Yu went to Ma County last time, she asked this now mainly because she was married, Gu Bo Yuan was not married, she felt a bit psychologically unbalanced, feeling she was a bit in the wrong, wanting to find compensation.

"Then tell him, don't miss the past anymore, find someone." Fan Wenli held the money and said: "So many years, everything has passed, I resented him before, now he also knows how to compensate, this matter has passed."

Gu Xiao Yu was a bit puzzled, and a bit unfair for her father. When her father gave money, he was afraid that she and her mother would misunderstand that he only wanted to compensate with money, but here at her mother's, she felt that compensation with money was the best.

The world of adults, really realistic!

"I'll keep this money, I'll give it to you when you need it." Fan Wenli walked towards the bedroom with the money.

Gu Xiao Yu hurriedly said: "Mom, this money is for you, I don't want it."

"Hmm, Mom knows." Fan Wenli promised.

When Huang Jiuzhang and Huang Yufei returned, the meal was ready. Seeing Gu Xiao Yu return, both of them had some smiles on their faces. No matter what, they were a family on the surface, and there were feelings.

Facing Huang Jiuzhang, the "Dad" that Gu Xiao Yu used to call smoothly was very difficult to call out, but finally, it was called out, and then she took out two jade Guanyins.

"Yo, there's a gift for me too?" Huang Yufei took the jade Guanyin and was a bit surprised.

"This jade quality, not bad!" Huang Jiuzhang looked at the jade Guanyin, "Mutton-fat, this piece of jade should be seven or eight hundred yuan, right?"

"It's not so expensive in Northern Xinjiang." Gu Xiao Yu was a bit surprised, was every jade at her brother-in-law and sister's place so expensive?

She was already guessing the price of the two small seed materials in her hand.

"Anyway, it's not cheap on our side, such good material, hard to find, I can't see the carving, but the jade quality is very good." Huang Jiuzhang was very satisfied with Gu Xiao Yu.

"Then I'll sell it, one step closer to buying a house..." Huang Yufei didn't want to wear it as soon as he heard it was so expensive.

"Sell what? This kind of thing will be more and more expensive in the future." Huang Jiuzhang stopped him, "Besides, it's Xiao Yu's intention, what are you selling? Eat!"

After eating, Gu Xiao Yu left, Fan Wenli took out a stack of money from the room and handed it to Huang Jiuzhang: "This is what Xiao Yu's father gave, just take it to buy a house for Yufei."

"How much money?" Huang Jiuzhang didn't expect his wife to take out so much money at once, "Where did he get so much money?"

They all knew about Gu Xiao Yu going to Northern Xinjiang, and didn't stop her, thinking that as long as she didn't bring that poor relative over, it would be fine.

Didn't expect to bring a rich relative!

"Three thousand yuan." Fan Wenli said, "Is it about enough?"

"Then don't keep it for Xiao Yu? After all, it's..."

"I'll return it to Xiao Yu later!" Huang Yufei snatched it, "Knowing to buy a house for me, Xiao Yu must be willing too."

Huang Jiuzhang hesitated for a moment, and didn't speak again. One side was his son, the other side was his stepdaughter, where his heart leaned, no need to say he knew.

Seeing Huang Jiuzhang didn't speak again, Fan Wenli stuffed the money into his hand, and her heart also let go of some. Although Huang Jiuzhang complained to her over the years, at least he provided for Gu Xiao Yu to go to school. When she was in university, Gu Xiao Yu could basically take care of herself, but before that, without Huang Jiuzhang, she might not have been able to escape that bitter sea.

Now it was returned, she didn't know what Xiao Yu thought, at least some of the pressure she bore was reduced a lot, or even could be said to be gone.

Taking this money, it would be very difficult for Huang Jiuzhang to be bossy to Fan Wenli in the future, not to mention the change of offensive and defensive positions, at least the family status would have subtle changes.

After Gu Xiao Yu left the Huang family, she also felt much more relaxed. She carefully stepped on the ice and snow and walked out of the alley, out to the main street, turned a corner, and walked towards the university, and when she was about to arrive at the university, she changed direction, the courtyard her colleague mentioned earlier was here.

Since the other party was anxious to go abroad, could the US dollars in her hand play a bigger role?

With ice and snow, the scenery in the north in winter was about the same.

The courtyard Gu Xiao Yu wanted to see was not on the street, it had to go in from the alley, walk inside for tens of meters, and then enter from a side door.

The courtyard was in the form of a courtyard, as soon as she entered the courtyard, when Gu Xiao Yu knocked on the door, the people inside were moving things.

The door was half-open, hearing the movement, the person inside responded and said:

"Come in." The person moving things was a young man in his twenties, although it was mid-winter and the fourth nine days, but he was hot from moving, the young man only wore a velvet shirt, and one could see a slight sweat on his head.

Seeing that the person entering the door was a beautiful girl, the young man was a bit embarrassed, then opened his mouth and asked:

"Who are you looking for?"

"Is your courtyard for sale?" Gu Xiao Yu remembered what her colleague said, knowing this was the right person, so she asked: "Seeing you moving things, is it already sold?"

"Not yet." The young man pointed at the furniture moved out and said, "The courtyard is not sold, these furniture were taken a fancy to by someone, they gave a deposit and want to haul them away, why, are you looking at the courtyard?"

"Hmm, I'm buying it for a friend." Gu Xiao Yu was observing while looking.

The courtyard was not as big as the one her sister and the others had in the county, just a bit more exquisite. There was a tree in the courtyard, couldn't tell if it was persimmon or what, it grew quite thick.

The courtyard was paved with bricks, there was no place to plant things, the main house had three doors, and it was about the same as the main room her sister and the others had, there were two side rooms on each side, looking a bit small, and the inverted room was also three rooms, looking okay.

The ancient architecture was preserved quite well, looking at the eaves and tiles, they were all neat, nothing broken.

"Can I go into the room and take a look?" Gu Gu Xiaoxia asked again.

"Sure."

The young man could see that this girl was sincere about buying, so he said: "However, most of the furniture in the room has been moved out, nothing to see. The wires in this room have been laid, inside is the old look, and I haven't painted it white. Of course, if you buy it, it's convenient to renovate."

This was true.

Gu Xiao Yu didn't take a fancy to the old furniture in the courtyard, it was too old-fashioned, and it was about the same as the courtyard her brother-in-law had, feeling it wasn't as good as the new style now.

The room was as the young man said, almost empty. Inside was also paved with blue bricks, some miscellaneous things weren't cleaned up cleanly, overall it looked okay, not very dilapidated.

"There are some miscellaneous things in the side room, if you buy it, I'll let the scrap collector in the alley collect those things in these two days." The young man saw Gu Xiao Yu looking carefully and immediately said, "This courtyard of mine has no trouble, it was left by my parents, the procedures are easy to handle. Unlike other people's courtyards nearby, there are many people living inside, if you want to buy, the tenants are more troublesome."

This was the truth.

"Then how much is this courtyard?" Gu Xiao Yu was quite satisfied. As someone who grew up here, she really knew that if there were tenants in the courtyard, it would be very troublesome.

Although this courtyard was also an old house, overall it was okay, and it could be lived in after buying furniture. Now it was just looking at whether the price was suitable or not.

"Ten thousand yuan." The young man said: "I'm telling the real price, you can ask around nearby, there really isn't a courtyard as good as mine—the courtyard of Erhai's house next door, there are at least three tenants inside, he also wants to sell, people take one look at the situation inside and turn around and leave, that courtyard is bigger than mine, he offered eight thousand and no one bought it...

And there's Hei Wu's house further east, this is a proper banner person from back then, the courtyard is a two-entry ancestral one, to be honest, the courtyard is even better than mine, but there are five families living inside, no matter how you talk, they just won't move, want to sell, a two-entry courtyard, ten thousand yuan, you guess what, it really didn't sell!"

Gu Xiao Yu asked:

"Then what if calculated in US dollars?"

"What? US dollars?" The young man exclaimed, then covered his mouth, and then asked in a low voice:

"Are you saying you have US dollars?"

"Hmm." Gu Xiao Yu looked at his expression as if she were to answer yes, he could eat her, so she subconsciously retreated a few steps to the door, felt something was wrong, and immediately ran.

"Don't, don't, don't, don't misunderstand." The young man saw Gu Xiao Yu's action, immediately knew he misunderstood, lightly slapped himself and said: "It's all my broken mouth, do you know how hard it is to exchange US dollars now? If you have US dollars, how about this, I'll calculate this courtyard at 1,500 US dollars, how's that?"

"Not how, at 1,500, that is 1 to 6, this price is better than the official price, but in fact, it's not exchanged like this." Gu Xiao Yu was not stupid either, directly saying: "One thousand, at most one thousand!"

She retreated two more steps and said at the door: "You said so much, I'm not sure yet, I also have to take a look..."

As she said this, she took out a 100-dollar US dollar bill and shook it at the young man, saying: "I have this, it seems that houses shouldn't be hard to find. That Hei something, if he has this, his tenants should be easy to solve, right?"

"Fine, fine, fine, fine, big sister, I'm afraid of you, don't go, let me tell you this, I'm also anxious to go abroad, the procedures here are almost handled, but I really didn't save enough US dollars." The young man said: "One thousand US dollars is definitely not working, too low, can't exchange. Let's each take a step back, 1,300, how's that?"

"1,250, that is 1 to 8." Gu Xiao Yu said, "If you are willing, then do it like this, if you still bargain..."

"Fine, fine... can the procedures be handled now? You have a Yanjing household registration, right? If it's from out of town, it's not easy to handle." The young man felt 1,250 was also not bad, it should be able to solve his urgent need.

"I'm buying it for someone else, they don't have a Yanjing household registration, can't they buy it?" Gu Xiao Yu felt something was wrong, "I have it."

She also wanted to buy a house, but didn't think of a courtyard, buying a suite bungalow or a house in a dormitory building would be fine, living in such a big courtyard alone didn't feel comfortable.

"Without a Yanjing household registration, this procedure is not easy to handle." The young man shook his head.

Gu Xiao Yu found that she had always ignored this problem, she had to hurry to find Li Long to discuss it.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't go!" The young man saw Gu Xiao Yu turn around and leave, immediately chased out and shouted, "We can discuss, it's not that there's no way..."

"Wait for my news, I'll go ask, and come back later." Gu Xiao Yu said, "Rest assured, definitely come back."

She took a fancy to the courtyard, mainly because her colleague had seen it before, and the foundation was also touched, just couldn't afford it. Now looking at it, as long as there was no trouble, she really felt it was not bad.

It was just that this household registration was a big problem.

Gu Xiao Yu hurriedly came to the hotel, at this time Li Long and the others had returned and were resting.

Hearing Gu Xiao Yu explain the situation, Gu Gu Xiaoxia and Li Jianguo were both stunned.

Then they looked at Li Long.

"This matter... actually it's not impossible to handle." Li Long turned around in place, thought about it, and finally said:

"Since Xiao Yu can buy it, then let Xiao Yu buy it, and then sign a transfer agreement with you, Big Brother, and press a fingerprint. When private individuals can buy and sell here, then transfer the procedures."

Through these days of contact, Li Long felt this little sister-in-law was not bad, and didn't look like someone who could make a move to embezzle their own courtyard, so since they couldn't buy it, then retreat to the next best thing.

Li Jianguo felt this matter could also work.

Gu Gu Xiaoxia believed in her sister very much, it was just that one side was her sister, the other side was her own brother-in-law, so she couldn't say the words of not signing the agreement.

"It's just that it's more troublesome for Xiao Yu, you have a few houses on you, will there be any influence?"

"Influence shouldn't be there." Gu Xiao Yu said, "After I arrived at the unit, my household registration was transferred over, the procedure for buying a house can be handled, it's just that this courtyard falls on my head, can you rest assured?"

"So sign the agreement." Li Long smiled, "We put the words on paper, this signing has legal effect. This is also no way, who let us not be able to buy a house?"

"Then go take a look, I'll tell the landlord to come over later, and also discuss the price, 1,250 US dollars..."

"Fine." Li Long felt that this price to buy a courtyard was really okay.

"Then go, let's all go take a look."

"I won't go, Ming Ming and Hao Hao are asleep, I'll watch them here." Gu Gu Xiaoxia said.

"Then fine, after we buy it, we'll see then." Li Long said, "Just right, we can also ask if there are any suitable courtyards nearby."

Gu Xiao Yu walked and talked about the situation of those courtyards, Li Long thought to himself if this young man was anxious to use US dollars, he could use US dollars, let them get the other tenants out.

But this also had trouble, after all, they didn't live here, if those tenants were driven out, and then found no one in the courtyard and smashed the door to live in, it would also be troublesome.

Sigh, not living here, it's really a troublesome thing. (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 942 =====