Professor Jin went to Shanghai this time to visit his surviving old friends, some of whom have been rehabilitated like himself, some are in progress, and some are waiting, and the other is to see his own house and wonder if he can come back.

Soon after Professor Jin left, the results of the college entrance examination came down.

He Jianguo went to see the results instead of Qi Shufang, and came back with a happy face to tell her that she was ranked second, with a total of thirty-two points deducted, and thirty points deducted from the first place, she was a person who had never heard the name. He Shengnan, Ou Mingxiang, Chen Ning, etc. are all on the list, of which Chen Ning is located in the upstream, and He Shengnan and Ou Mingxiang are both downstream, so I don't know if they will be admitted.

Qi Shufang was deducted so few points and ranked so well, she was guaranteed to be admitted to university.

Not even the top of the list?

Qi Shufang bit her lower lip, a little unhappy. I've been studying for seven or eight years, but I'm not the first! I am ranked second in this examination room, and the entire Gupeng City is not well-known, so I am not ranked even more famous in the province.

She had thought about taking the top spot before, but now she ...... Tsk, she felt complacent that she was standing on the shoulders of giants.

He Jianguo saw his wife's depression, and comforted him repeatedly: "My grades are already very good now, and I was far inferior to you in the exam at that time." If it weren't for this little guy being trick-or-treating, you might have done better. "My wife usually vomits dimly, she doesn't eat or sleep well, and she loses a lot of weight, which must have affected her performance during the exam.

"This little guy!" Qi Shufang put her hands on her lower abdomen, which was a sweet annoyance.

As soon as he finished speaking, Ping An jumped over, tiptoeing, and his white and soft little hand was attached to the back of Qi Shufang's hand, "Mom, Mom, Mom, when will my little brother play with me?" I left the little frog for him to play, and I also asked my brother for a spinning top, Grandpa dyed me red, but it was fun." ”

Qi Shufang smiled: "I have to wait until next year to see my little brother or little sister." ”

"When is next year?"

"Next year......" Qi Shufang couldn't answer, and motioned for He Jianguo to come out.

He Jianguo fished his daughter into his arms and immediately diverted the topic: "An An, Dad will take you to see the birds, okay?"

"Okay, okay!" Ping An clapped his hands, and immediately forgot about his own problem.

The bird is a nest of sparrows that He Jianguo took out from under the eaves, raised in two bird cages, and is now the new favorite of Professor Jin and his two children.

Although the two children are not perfect, they are very well-behaved and caring, they must correct their mistakes, and they are not selfish, even if they are naughty, it is the nature of children, and they are not annoying bear children, such as Li Chengyuan.

may be because he was not punished after pushing He Sheng's male director zhì to miscarry, and Li Chengyuan became even more lawless under the doting of his elders.

Compared with Li Chengyuan, Qijin and Ping An are simply angels.

Grandpa Li and Grandma Li wanted to discipline him well, but he was old and great-grandparents, and he was separated from the child by several floors, and what he said didn't work at all, even Li's father and Li's mother couldn't compare, not to mention the child's parents Li Wu and Bai Yingcui.

Qi Shufang felt that the main reason was that the Li family had already divided their property and family, and there was nothing worth their plot on the old man, so Li's father and Li's mother, together with Li Wu and his wife, showed their original personalities and took the words of Grandpa Li and Grandma Li as a deaf ear. Fortunately, Li Er and Li Ying are very filial to the two elders, and they don't have to worry about being helpless in their old age.

The second elder should have noticed it, so he simply let the two families eat separately, the old couple took turns to eat with the two sons' families according to the season, Li Er and Li Ying built another kitchen and added kitchen utensils, Qi Shufang had eaten several times in their room, and the two guys did not eat separately before, and Qi Shufang never went.

Li Xia's test score reached 300 points, and Li Ying came to thank Qi Shufang.

Qi Shufang took her eyes off her husband and daughter who were looking at the sparrow, looked at Li Ying's mother and daughter, and said with a smile: "What is there to be thankful for? I also ran in person? I just did what I could." Since I have this set of books, I can't have them to myself. Watching my friends anxiously looking for information is not my character. ”

Li Ying said: "How can you not thank you? Your book has helped everyone a lot." To be a human being is to be grateful, and I will not allow my children to be ungrateful. ”

Li Xia smiled shyly and said softly: "My mother is right, I don't know if others are coming, but I have to come." I copied your books and notes, and got such a good score, 300 points, which is already at the upstream level, and my mother said that with such results, as long as I pass the physical examination, I will definitely be able to be admitted to the normal school. ”

I have already filled in the college entrance examination volunteer when I registered, and now that the college entrance examination results are out, I need to go for a physical examination according to the process. If you can't pass the physical examination, you can't go to school, which is a sign of its harshness.

He Jianguo accompanied Qi Shufang to the hospital, and there were many students who came to participate in the physical examination, some were elated, some were depressed, and it was Qi Shufang's turn for half a day. Coincidentally, the doctor in charge of the candidate's physical examination was Dr. Lin, who gave Qi Shufang a physical examination very kindly. After the physical examination, followed by the political examination, no problem, and then wait for the admission notice.

Qi Shufang completely relaxed and devoted herself to raising the fetus.

She filled in three choices, all of which are famous universities in the capital, and there is always a school willing to send an admission letter, right?

Xue Feng did not take the college entrance examination, thinking about her sister's college entrance examination results, and learned that she had a good score of 468 points, she was immediately full of joy, this result was enough for her to be admitted to the university of her choice.

Mu Xuexun's grades were not as good as her, she took more than three hundred exams, and sat opposite Xue Feng with a pout.

"Okay, your grades are good, you've only been reviewing for a few months?" Xue Feng poured a cup of tea, and suddenly remembered that Mu Xuexun was pregnant, so he put the tea bowl in front of him, and asked the nanny to warm up milk for Mu Xuexun and send it over, "Now, drink a glass of milk, your family Ah Chi will see it once and tell it once." ”

Mu Xuexun's face flushed slightly, and she turned the topic back to the college entrance examination results, "Shufang reviewed later than me, why did she take more than 100 points more than me?"

"Later than you?" Just kidding, when she lived with Qi Shufang, she knew very well whether Qi Shufang's learning progress was good?

Hearing that Qi Shufang had been studying for a long time and had mastered all the university courses, Mu Xuexun was in a better mood.

"I'm not jealous of Sister Shufang's grades, knowing that she did so well in the exam, there is a great possibility to come to the capital to go to school, I am very happy for her, I just feel that I have been studying for so long and have been so low in the exam, and I am very depressed. "It's okay now, she knows that it's not that she's stupid, it's Qi Shufang who has worked hard.

Xue Feng shook his head and smiled, and asked her what else was going on, "It won't be for Shufang's grades, right?"

"It's not. ”

Mu Xuexun drank the milk, "Grades are trivial, I'll be depressed." I came this time for two things, the first thing is that do you remember what I said about transferring Sister Shufang to work in the capital?"

"Remember, what's wrong? I had a chance last time, but she was preparing for the exam, so she didn't mention it. ”

"Now there's another vacancy. ”

"What vacancy?" Xue Feng was interested, and she had been paying attention to it, but unfortunately she didn't find a suitable one.

Mu Xuexun smiled and said, "From the Propaganda Department of the Ministry of Railways." Although it is a transfer at the same level, this is the Ministry of Railways, and it has a much higher status than Sister Shufang's current work unit. If Sister Shufang is willing, I will ask Ah Chi to help, Sister Shufang has done an excellent job enough to hold this position, not counting our use of power for personal gain. ”

Xue Feng thought for a while, "Not necessarily." If Shufang is admitted to university, she will have to go to school in March next year, and if she goes to school for several years, even if she retains her position, it will make people gossip. ”

"This ...... What should I do?" Mu Xuexun looked anxious.

"What a dilemma! I think it's better to ask Shufang what she means, she keeps the job in Gupeng City, and no one will say anything, after all, she has worked there for so many years and has won a lot of honors. It's not okay to be transferred here, and she went to school for a few years just a few months after being transferred, and there must be people who are dissatisfied, and she has to send someone else to take charge of the work that belongs to her. ”

"Okay then, I'll ask Sister Shufang. ”

Mu Xuexun sighed, she was really happy, she thought she would be able to see Qi Shufang soon.

Xue Feng smiled: "Don't be like this, if Shufang knew, she would definitely think more." What if you don't live together? If you don't live together, your relationship will fade?"

"Auntie, I suddenly feel that what you said makes sense. ”

"you. Xue Feng scolded with a smile, "What's the other thing?"

Mu Xuexun immediately remembered, "Didn't Sister Shufang say that she wanted to buy a house?"

"Yes, do you have news?" Xue Feng blinked his eyes, and then reacted, "When did Shufang say that?" With her character, she is not sure if she has been admitted, so she shouldn't let you help her look at the house in advance, right?" The reason why she was entrusted by Qi Shufang to find a house was because He Jianguo would soon enter the party school for further study.

Mu Xuexun pursed her lips and smiled: "It's very early! But it's not for the college entrance examination, but she said that she likes the courtyard, let me help her pay attention to it, now there are two courtyards she wants to sell, I don't know which one she prefers." ”

"Which two?"

"One is just behind our house, is a small courtyard house, the original courtyard people moved to the new house built by the unit, the courtyard is empty, a total of seven or eight rooms, the yard area is not small, the price is five or six thousand. "Because the state can't return a lot of things that were either lost or destroyed after being copied from the Yu family, according to Chen Chi's request, the Yu family's ancestral house was given to him, Mu Xuexun very much hopes that Qi Shufang will live there, so that the two families can come and go often, it is really beautiful.

Xue Fengdao: "Five or six thousand yuan? Shufang is afraid that she doesn't have so much money in her hand." What about the other one?"

"The other one is even more expensive! The family had an accident in the catastrophe, and the family was ruined, and now there are only two left, an old man and a young grandchild, who do not plan to continue to live in the capital, and want to sell the yard given back to them by the state to find an opportunity to settle in Hong Kong. Uh, auntie, don't tell others, their grandson has a good relationship with Ah Chi, so he revealed it to us and wanted us to help find a buyer to do it quietly. This is a three-entry courtyard, located in Shichahai, the scenery is quiet, and the asking price is 50,000 yuan or eight catties of gold. ”

"So expensive?" Xue Feng took a breath of cool air, she held the savings of Father Xue, Mu Qingyun, and herself in her hands, a total of only more than 30,000 yuan, and a courtyard actually cost 50,000 yuan!

Mu Xuexun nodded: "Don't look so expensive, some foreigners want to buy it!"

"With such a large yard, it is not easy to repair and preserve, and it costs money everywhere. If you send a telegram to Shufang to explain the situation, I don't think she can afford it. You ask her...... Forget it, I asked her if she wanted me to help, I still have some money in my hand, and I don't think I will need it for three or five years. Xue Feng began to count the gold in his hand.

Qi Shufang is her own sister, and her personality is very likable, and she very much hopes that Qi Shufang will settle in the capital.

Moreover, she has the same idea as Qi Shufang, living in her own yard is the most comfortable, living in a building or sharing a yard with others, although the neighbors are very affectionate, it is also easy to have right and wrong.

Mu Xue said: "I also have a lot of money in my hand, if Sister Shufang needs it, I can lend it to her first." ”

A couple of urgent telegrams were sent with a brief explanation.

Qi Shufang was stunned.

She knew that in history, the courtyard would be sold at a sky-high price, could it be that it was already a sky-high price now?

Fifty thousand yuan or eight catties of gold, she ...... After buying some cultural relics and taking away a hundred for Professor Jin, she now has more than 1,600 yuan left in her hand, which is dozens of times worse!

She overestimated her savings and underestimated the price of the courtyard.

There is no housing reform yet, it's so expensive, and when the housing is reformed, do you have to double it several times?

She quickly turned out all the gold bars and gold ornaments accumulated in her house, except for the seven catties of gold locks and the gold bracelets and gold anklets of peace, the others were found, including a few gold ornaments that Ma Tianlong excavated for the first time and the gold box that Ma Tianlong used to hide things, etc., weighed with a scale, a total of more than four catties and two taels, and there were three catties and eight taels away from eight catties of gold.

Three catties and eight taels is 1,900 grams.

Although the international gold price is relatively high, more than $200 per ounce, the bank purchase price is 112 yuan, and according to 12 yuan per gram, 1,900 grams will cost more than 20,000 yuan.

When He Jianguo came in, he saw the gold bars and gold ornaments in the gold box, and was very surprised, "What are you doing with these things?"

"I asked Xue Xun to show us the house, but there was not enough money or gold. Qi Shufang looked depressed, "People ask for 50,000 yuan or eight catties of gold." ”

He Jianguo was taken aback, "What house is so expensive?"

"The courtyard, a three-entry courtyard, has a very good geographical location, and the courtyard was almost not damaged during the catastrophe because there were big people living in it, on the contrary, it was specially repaired!"

"How do you think of buying a courtyard house?

"Yes, you can, but it's only cost-effective to buy the best! I want to buy a big yard to live in a family!" Qi Shufang said while closing the gold box: "Let me tell you, after this catastrophe, there are fewer and fewer intact courtyards, just like antiques, and the price will definitely increase when the prosperity is peaceful." "Housing prices in the capital have been recorded in the history books, oh, and there are two places in Shanghai and Guangzhou.

He Jianguo didn't quite agree: "The house is enough to live in, how can you have to be so demanding? Whether you buy something or buy a house, you have to see if you have the ability, and you can't overload, right?"

Qi Shufang's mouth pursed high, "I understand this truth." ”

However, she would feel sorry for not doing anything about the price of the courtyard house in the next few decades.

He Jianguo helped her lock the heavy gold box into the box, and came back to sit on the edge of the bed with her, "You understand, we may not necessarily settle in the capital in the future, my study time is undecided, you have only been in school for a few years, just because you have lived for so many years and buy a house, it is not cost-effective, it is better to rent a house." ”

"Renting a house, the house belongs to the landlord, people can take us away whenever they want, maybe we have to move several times a year, it's not troublesome enough! Buying a house, the house is your own, you can rent it out if you don't live in it! Xue Xun said that foreigners want to buy a courtyard house, and if they can't buy it, they will definitely be willing to rent it. After speaking, Qi Shufang let out a long sigh, "What's the use of talking more? ”

Even if she really wants to buy it, she will do what she can.

The taste of debt is not good, she doesn't plan to ask Xue Feng and Mu Xue to borrow money, people are also people with families and children, how can they borrow their money? If you borrow, you don't know that you will be able to pay it off in the Year of the Monkey.

She didn't plan to go to the sea to do business, which shows that she doesn't have a lot of money, and the things she collects, to be honest, can't be sold for any price in recent years, and the worth of millions and billions is decades later, and it's too early to mention it, which is equivalent to her owning a bunch of things that are not worth anything at the moment.

Hum!

If you don't buy a big courtyard, you won't buy it, and it's enough to buy a small courtyard, listen to Mu Xuexun's meaning, the small courtyard area is not small, and it happens to be behind Mu Xuexun's house, not far from Xue's house.

Decades later, if someone flaunts that they have a large courtyard house, she will ...... She wore her favorite glass imperial green jade and walked past the man, what is the great thing about you living in a courtyard house worth hundreds of millions, I have put hundreds of millions of dollars on my body! Who is more generous? Imagining that scene, Qi Shufang laughed.

He Jianguo touched her head and said inexplicably: "I was still sad that I couldn't buy a big courtyard just now, but what are you laughing at now?"

Qi Shufang shook her head and shook off his big hand, "It's nothing, I just think the small courtyard is not bad." ”

Picking up another telegram about work and showing it to He Jianguo, she said slowly: "I have thought about it, of course it is good to go to the capital, the prospects are good, to be honest, I also want our children to go to school in the capital, it is rare to have such a good opportunity." However, our unit is really good to us, paid school, paid school, paid school, if we leave for the future, it is really a bit unkind. Even if you are transferred, you have to come back and work for a few years after graduation and further study. ”

"Well, then don't mention the transfer for now, and wait until you finish your studies. ”

I replied to Mu Xuexun like this. Now that the decision has been made, Qi Shufang will no longer worry about these things, "After sending this telegram, I will contact them by letter in the future, the telegram is too expensive, we have to be frugal." "A telegram is three cents a word, an urgent telegram is more expensive, and a stamp is only eight cents.

He Jianguo said funny: "There is no need to overkill, it is more convenient to send a telegram for urgent matters." ”

Qi Shufang snorted in her nose, but nodded in agreement, that is for sure, in the case of telegrams and telephones, when there is a particularly urgent matter, write a letter and send it, it is a fool's business.

There was not enough money in his hand, so he retreated to the second, Qi Shufang was too lazy to go out, and wrote down the content and asked He Jianguo to send a telegram.

He Jianguo took a look, the content was that the transfer matter was temporarily stopped, and after graduation, he said that the big courtyard house could not be bought, so he planned to buy a small courtyard house and let Mu Xuexun help pay the deposit, if he was not in a hurry, he would wait for his admission notice to come down, and if he was in a hurry, he would send money to ask them to buy it for him.

Of course, there's no hurry, because this courtyard house is state-owned!

There was no need to pay the deposit in advance, Chen Chi directly arranged for a few soldiers under Mu Qingshan's subordinates who had been transferred to his subordinates to live in, and said that he would live for two months, and then move directly to the dormitory.

Xue Feng felt a little distressed about his sister who couldn't afford the big quadrangle, and he couldn't buy the good feeling in his heart, which was very bad.

Since she likes it very much, then she buys it, she is her sister, does she owe her money, and she will urge her to repay it immediately? Even if she doesn't pay it back, it doesn't matter, Xue Feng doesn't value money very much.

She thought about it for a day or two, took out more than 40,000 yuan in her hand, borrowed 10,000 yuan from Mrs. Zheng, bought the big courtyard, and registered it in Qi Shufang's name. Qi Shufang's hukou and work permit are needed in the process, but with the power of the Mu family, she has not evaded taxes, and she has a wide range of personal contacts, and she has done it well without documents, mainly because the supervision is not strict in this regard.

This money should be borrowed by Qi Shufang for herself!

Xue Feng sent a telegram to Qi Shufang, Qi Shufang was eating egg custard with a bowl, and almost dropped her rice bowl, staring at the suddenly very unfamiliar words, what? She is now in debt of more than 50,000 yuan? Didn't she just want to save a few cents, and didn't explain in the telegram that she didn't want to be in debt? The eldest sister actually bought it for herself?

More than 50,000, not 5,000, not 500!

Just like He Jianguo said, the big courtyard is beautiful, but in order to buy it, she is in debt, and it is not interesting, she finally reluctantly cuts her love, and now she ......

Qi Shufang really wants to cry without tears, "...... the founding of the country"

When will I have to pay back such a big debt? I really have to cut back on food and clothing in the future, woo......

"What's going on?

Qi Shufang directly sent the telegram to him, he looked down and read it, and was taken aback: "Eldest sister, she ......" is too arbitrary, right? They all said that they would not buy it, and they would buy a small courtyard house to live in, although they knew that she had good intentions, but this kind of behavior was very undesirable, and the monthly salary of the two of them was only more than 200, and 50,000 yuan was their salary for 20 years.

"What can I do about this, Jianguo. ”

"What should I do? The gold in your hand......"

As soon as gold was mentioned, Qi Shufang's heart crackled and calculated, and she said with bad intentions: "Since the eldest sister has given me such a big favor, I will pay her back in two years." "The price of gold is the highest in 80 years, if there is a way to exchange gold for dollars in line with international standards, and then come back to exchange it into yuan, at least 40,000 or 50,000, and you can pay off your debts at once.

She decided so decisively not to buy the big courtyard house because she knew that this courtyard house would not wait for her to sell the gold two years later before selling it, and now Xue Feng sent the opportunity to the door, and it would be a fool not to grasp it!