Chapter 83 An unusual first meeting

The beginning of spring has just passed, but it’s still chilly.

In the biting cold wind, the students walked out of the New Year holiday.

On the 16th day of the first lunar month, Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School welcomed the start of the new school term, and the quiet campus became bustling again.

A little farewell is better than a wedding.

Those classmates who looked so hateful when they were hated became extraordinarily lovable after being separated during the winter vacation.

Yu Xiaorui and several other girls who were good friends and were studying in the boarding school brought some local specialties from home and often shared them with Zhang Yunqi and his group during breaks. This made Wang Xiaokai and Yang Wei as excited as male dogs in heat. They sang love songs to the air and shouted that they should return the favor. Everyone shared all the edible things they brought back from home and had a meal together in the cafeteria.

At the end of last semester, the old classroom of Class 168 that suffered a fire has been repainted, and new seats, doors and windows have been installed. The students are still quite uncomfortable with attending classes in this newly renovated old classroom.

The old classmate Jiang Lihua is still as perverted as ever except that he has become a little uglier.

On the first day of school, he asked to rearrange his seat.

The rules for changing seats remain the same, and seats are arranged according to grade ranking.

Chu Jian is still the top student in class 168. What's more horrifying is that in the final exam of last semester, her score was already among the top ten in the whole school. Such a transcript made her classmates unable to even utter a word of admiration.

However, this girl is neither impetuous nor proud. She always does her own things quietly. She is the first one to arrive in class and the last one to leave. In addition to studying, she also often helps her classmates solve difficult problems.

When she had some free time, she would sit under the window framed by the sunlight, reading Walden attentively. It was as if she was a girl from a different dimension, standing in the ordinary Class 168. Everyone could only look up at her, and they couldn't even see her toes.

The second place was still taken by Zhang Yunqi.

He has been improving steadily, and his scores have improved slightly compared to the last midterm exam. Although not as impressive as it seemed at first glance, he has also made it into the top 100 in the school.

Zhang Yunqi had asked his brother-in-law Niu Fen to find a house, and he didn't have much time to live in the dormitory. Of course, he didn't tell Wang Xiaokai and the others about this, but when he was lying in the dormitory at night, listening to these little fools bragging and talking about beautiful girls, hey! He was really reluctant to leave this coquettish atmosphere.

The handheld game console business is also about to be restarted.

Even Gao Ming knew that the Chinese New Year had just passed and students had money in their pockets, so it was a good time to sell handheld game consoles. How could Zhang Yunqi not know this? However, he did not intend to get involved in the specific matters. Except for the purchasing channels, he handed over the entire stall to his eldest sister Zhang Qiulan.

After half a year of training, my elder sister is very familiar with the entire process of selling handheld game consoles and is very proficient in it. To be honest, there is no technical content in this job. She just goes to the market, delivers the goods on time every day, and handles the relationship with retailers. It is a bit tiring, but she can handle sales, delivery and customer service all by herself.

It was noon on Wednesday.

Zhang Yunqi, who returned to the dormitory for a nap, received a call from his elder sister.

Eldest sister Zhang Qiulan told him that his brother-in-law Niu Fen had found a more suitable house and they could go and see it in the afternoon.

Zhang Yunqi took a leave in the afternoon and waited at the gate of No. 1 Middle School of the city until his brother-in-law Niu Fen came over. The two chatted about the details of the house and then went to see it.

Niu Fen found this house according to Zhang Yunqi's requirements. It is only a ten-minute walk from the No. 1 Middle School in the city. It has a good location, next to the Municipal Education Bureau, and is one of the few quiet places in the south of the city. There is a four-lane driveway in front of the door and both sides are planted with camphor trees. Not only is the transportation convenient, but the place is also very quiet under the shade of green trees.

Zhang Yunqi was quite satisfied with the external environment and just needed to take a look at the house.

Accompanied by Niu Fen, he met the owner of the house next to the Education Bureau. The owner was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a tone and demeanor that made him look like a rich man. He was a little surprised to see that Zhang Yunqi, who wanted to buy a house, was a young man, but he didn't say much and took Zhang Yunqi upstairs to see the house. The house was a frame building with a large area, four bedrooms and two living rooms, covering an area of ​​132 square meters.

No common area!
Such a large house was not the mainstream housing type in the early 90s. Because in that era, urban employees were allocated housing by their work units, and commercial housing was relatively rare. Generally, the housing allocated by work units was mainly one-bedroom and one-living room. If one had two bedrooms and one living room, he was at least a cadre, and a popular cadre. As for the four-bedroom and two-living room house, it was basically impossible to be a work unit house.

While looking at the house, Zhang Yunqi chatted with the owner and learned that he was the boss of a building materials business. The reason he was selling the house was because his son had been admitted to a university in the capital, and with some connections, his business was doing well there. He planned to develop in the capital for a long time, and now that his whole family had moved there, he felt it was a waste to leave the house empty, and he was also short of money, so he planned to sell it.

The house has been simply decorated. In addition to some common furniture, there is a 22-inch imported color TV, a Xinfei washing machine, and a Sony VCR.

After reading it, Zhang Yunqi thought it was pretty good.

Niu Fen had already had preliminary discussions with the homeowner about the house price, and the homeowner asked for 7 yuan, all-inclusive.

My brother-in-law Niu Fen got 6 yuan from someone else, which is about 5 yuan per square meter.

It must be said that the housing prices in that era were really low. Even if the price appreciated tenfold, it would only be 4900 per square meter. Zhang Yunqi thought that in twenty years, buying such a house in Jiangchuan City would cost at least one million yuan. He did not bargain and paid the money very quickly.

Niu Fen, who was standing next to him, was a little nervous when he saw this.

Because his wife Qiulan has been working with this brother from her natal family, he knows that this brother from her natal family is a little different. Not only does he have excellent grades, he also has a good business sense and is not short of money. But when he saw the actual 6 yuan handed out, he was dazzled so much that he could hardly open his eyes. After working in the cannery for so many years, he didn't even save this fraction.

He didn't know if he was stimulated, but he suddenly had a bold idea to ask his brother to show him a way. He knew that Zhang Yunfeng would come to the city to make a living, so maybe this was an opportunity for him.

However, he quickly calmed down after thinking about it.

This won’t work, it’s too unstable!
The state-owned cannery is a stable job. The income is a bit low, but you can get a stable income regardless of the weather, and the work is easy. If you want to work for Yunqi, you will have to resign first. You can't take such a big risk.

Zhang Yunqi didn't know that his brother-in-law had so many thoughts in his mind. If Niu Fen mustered up the courage to speak up, he really wanted to have a good talk with his brother-in-law about this.

After negotiating with the homeowner, you still need to go through some procedures.

Although he is only 17 years old, he is already eligible to buy a house. He can apply for a real estate certificate by showing his household registration booklet and ID card. The real estate certificate has only been available since the housing reform in 92 and is used to record the ownership of a personal house in an individual's name.

After settling on the house, Zhang Yunqi decided to move in over the weekend.

This was a happy event after all, and he planned to invite some of his good friends in the class to have a meal.

In addition to his loyal friends Wang Xiaokai, Tian Zhuangzhuang and Yang Wei, he also invited some close girls, Lin Yueying, Yu Xiaorui and Zhao Han. Of course, he didn't mention that he was going to buy a house, but simply told everyone to have a meal together.

As for their first meeting, Zhang Yunqi told her about it during the last self-study class in the afternoon.

Before she could answer, her head teacher Jiang Lihua happened to appear at the classroom door. When he saw Zhang Yunqi talking to Chu Jian, his expression did not look good.

He came over and asked Chu Jian to go to his office.

About ten minutes later, Chu Jian came back from Jiang Lihua's office. Zhang Yunqi found that her face looked a little strange and pale, so he asked her what was wrong.
Chu Jian smiled faintly: "It's okay."

After a pause, she asked again: "When is the dinner?"

Zhang Yunqi said, "Tomorrow night at seven o'clock."

Chu Jian pursed his lips and said, "I'm sorry, I have something to do at that time, so I may not be able to go..."

(End of this chapter)