Chapter 14: The Inner City
Rich! In the past, Zhou Qi always didn't like to call people by this name, but after Qiu Xiang's wave of reverse bargaining, he recognized her as a friend in his heart.
After taking a few deep breaths in a row, Zhou Qi only felt that his heart stopped a few beats, "Twenty is twenty!" He was afraid that Qiu Xiang would regret it, so he quickly finalized the reward.
"I need to prepare something, can you wait for me a while?"
Qiu Xiang nodded and took the initiative to remind him:
"You don't need to bring a lot of things, the accompanying convoy has supplies, you can prepare some handy weapons or something."
Motorcade!? How does the convoy get to the wilderness? Zhou Qi felt that he couldn't keep up with the eldest lady's train of thought. He nodded, went to the kitchen to dry some of the squirrels that had been ground into powder last night for easy access, and brought a spare set of short knives. Looking back, Qiu Xiang was already waiting for him at the door.
"Then let's go to the inner city first, and gather there and go out together, shall we?"
Qiu Xiang took Zhou Qi past the sentry on duty and entered the inner city, which was the first time Zhou Qi set foot in this place that was said to be drunk and golden.
It seems that the city made of steel dazzles Zhou Qi, all kinds of machines and equipment that have only been seen in books can be seen everywhere here, and most of the busy pedestrians on the road are looking down at the narrow rectangular equipment in their hands, Zhou Qi has seen it in the book, this is called a mobile phone.
Zhou Qi only felt that he had come to another world, and he didn't react until Qiu Xiang shook in front of his eyes.
"Don't get distracted, there's still a long way to go, or let's take a taxi?"
Qiu Xiang said something that Zhou Qi didn't understand, take a taxi? Why take a taxi? Don't they all say that the car is very expensive and has to be repaired after scratching? But following the local customs, he nodded subconsciously.
A few minutes later, Zhou Qi sat in the back of the car that suddenly stopped to greet them, and he couldn't understand the world anymore.
"Qiuxiang, how much are the houses in the inner city?" Zhou Qi fantasized countless times about leaving the wilderness and entering a peaceful life within the walls, but not many people in the middle and outer cities knew about the situation in the inner city. The old cat knows a lot, but it's a pity that every time he tells the old cat that he wants to retire, the response he gets is a contemptuous and disdainful punch in the face.
Qiu Xiang thought for a moment and stretched out three fingers.
"Three hundred gold coins?" Zhou Qichang breathed a sigh of relief, that's okay, he has saved up for so long and is more or less enough to buy half a house.
Fortunately, Zhou Qi heard a cold voice that seemed to come from another world, which dealt a heavy blow to his heart accurately and elegantly:
"The outermost part near the isolation zone is cheaper, and it may be more expensive inside, generally 500 gold coins per flat, and my house is near the city center, and it is 1300 per flat."
Ichiping ??!?!!?!!? Zhou Qi's face instantly turned a little pale, one square meter? One meter by one meter? He never thought that the house would be sold according to the area, so calculated, his house in the middle city is about 120 square meters, and he wants to buy the same house in the inner city, 60,000 ?!!!! Gold?!!!
Zhou Qi's eyes were dark, and he almost fainted.
As if noticing Zhou Qi's pale face, Qiu Xiang remembered something, and she continued:
"Ah, I mean the kind of single-storey or double-storey villa, if you want to move in, I recommend choosing a townhouse, the kind is cheaper, about 7 to 8 gold coins, right? I don't know either, driver? ”
A smiling electronic face appeared in front of them.
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Mechanical, but somewhat warm electronic audio plays:
"Retrieved.
Hello, sir, madam, this is Yiqing Dafu Co., Ltd., we have just registered a set of Huale community listings, this house is very in line with your needs, not only fine decoration, the surrounding supporting facilities are very complete.
The key is that this house can be sold for about 15 Laurens according to the market, but because it is not safe on the sixth floor, as long as 12 Laurens can be taken, we also provide an introduction loan here, and the community is next to ......"
Qiu Xiang didn't expect to directly access the advertisement of the real estate agency, and was stunned for a moment before he stopped it: "Okay, okay, we don't have any demand here!" ”
The electronic face disappeared in response, and Qiu Xiang looked at Zhou Qi, as if he was a little embarrassed.
"Haha, let you see the joke, I don't usually take a taxi, it's usually a special car, and I won't load these advertisements."
The corners of Zhou Qi's mouth twitched slightly, obviously quite uncomfortable with everything in the inner city.
"It's fine, but who is that Lauren?"
Qiu Xiang continued to suck the drink in his hand and gave Zhou Qipu science:
"Forget that you are from the outside, Lauren is the currency used in our inner city, well, one Lauren is equal to a hundred gold coins."
"That 15 Lauren is 1500 gold??? MD is only enough for a third of a house for so long? Or the outermost? Zhou Qi complained in his heart, but his face was silent, after all, the old cat said that under no circumstances should you show cowardice first.
"People in the inner city seem to have a high income, right? After all, there is no place to live at the low income. Zhou Qi asked his most curious question, there are not many people in the inner city, and his income will take thirty years to have the opportunity to buy a house, I don't know how much money people in the inner city usually make.
Qiu Xiang thought about it and gave a completely different answer than he imagined:
"Okay, I remember the average salary is 6 gold coins a month?"
Zhou Qi fell into serious doubt and self-doubt for a moment, and he continued to ask Qiu Xiang this question, but his voice was already a little trembling:
"It will take more than ten years to buy a house without eating or drinking at this salary, right? Where did they live before buying a house? ”
Qiu Xiang was also confused, and didn't seem to understand Zhou Qi's question. But soon she seemed to think of something, and suddenly explained to Zhou Qi:
"Hey, look at my memory, I always forget that there are things that are not outside! Although they are not enough to buy a house directly, they can take out a loan. ”
"Loans? I think I've heard that word just now, what does that mean? ”
In the next ten minutes, Qiu Xiang explained to Zhou Qi in detail what a mortgage is, what a mortgage is, and what a down payment is. For the first time, Zhou Qi realized that there were things in the world that were more obscure than classical Chinese, and there were things that were more ferocious than mutant beasts and killed people intangible.
Soon, the taxi stopped, and Qiu Xiang added some things to Zhou Qi: "By the way, if you see someone with the same badge as me, then you can talk about the outside casually, if you see someone wearing a badge that is different from me, then you must not tell him that you are from the outside, they seem to be a little unkind to the people outside." ”
The badge Qiu Xiang said was a rose inlaid in a shell, she had been wearing this badge, and she had seen Zhou Qi many times and remembered it to some extent, he nodded, indicating that he knew.