Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 21

Leaving the temporary resting point, Rock suddenly thought of how to quickly settle down in Cape Town.

Because of the British colonization, there are not too many Boers who leave Cape Town for the Boer country. Before they leave, they will sell their assets at a low price.

Of course, it’s too late to pick up the leaks now. The properties that were sold at a low price were bought by the British. What Roque is looking for is the houses that have been confiscated. The Cape Town City Government will organize an auction every once in a while. Rock is not eligible to participate in such an auction, and he has no capital. Now that he is, Rock is already an official Capetonian, and he still has some spare money. It would be cheaper to buy directly from the police station.

It should be noted that the judiciary in this era is far less detailed than that in the 21st century. Although the decision to confiscate real estate is made by the court, it is executed by the police station. Therefore, all confiscated real estate will be recorded at the police station, Roque Don't buy those conspicuous mansions, just a wooden house that can shelter from the wind and rain. There are many such houses in the police station. There are still many failed auctions in the past. The British don't look down on such houses.

Back at the police station, Rock first went to report to Henry, and then went to the file office to find the police officer in charge of file work, Hayley Hart.

Hayley Hart is of British descent. Although she was born in Cape Town, Hayley was not classified as a Boer because her parents were British. Many government employees employed by the Cape Town Municipal Government are this background.

"Confiscated real estate? Of course, what do you want." Haili knew that Roque had been naturalized, and also knew that Roque was the new vice-captain of the commando, so she was very polite to Roque.

"Don't be too good, I don't have much money, and don't be too bad, I don't want to live in a shack—and, Hailey, did you lose it?" Rock stretched out his hand to Hailey, with a golden stick in his palm. The necklace, which surprised Hailey.

As a patrolman, Rock used to have some gray income, so Hailey as a clerical staff should not think about it. Except for the dry salary, no one asked Haili to do business, so naturally no one gave Haili gifts, and Haili just A 20-year-old girl, she has not felt what is temptation.

"I, no, I don't know—" Hailey was obviously panicked, her eyes widened like a frightened deer, not knowing how to respond.

"This necklace really suits you. I knew it when I picked it up. You must have lost it. Can I put it on for you?" Rock didn't give Hailey a chance to refuse, and lifted Hailey's neck. Long hair, help Haili put on the necklace, and then carefully help Haili arrange her hair.

"Thank you—" Haili looked back at Roque again, and there was something inexplicable in her eyes.

The next thing is very simple, Haili directly took out the file and let Roque choose, and when Roque was choosing, Haili did not pay attention to maintaining a social distance with Roque, the distance between the two was very close, It was so close that Rock could smell the faint fragrance of Haili's hair.

Uh, or body fragrance, it really does exist, and it's not the kind of smell pickled by cosmetics. Rock doesn't know how to describe it, because in his previous life, when Rock learned to distinguish the body fragrance of girls, all he smelled was The smell of cosmetics and shampoo was gone.

From Roque's point of view, among the more than 130 houses in the file, there are three houses that meet Roque's standards, and one is on Government Street, which is similar to the house that Roque has seen before for 200 pounds. One is on Adley Avenue, the price is slightly lower, but the condition of the house is not good, the last one is a bit remote, at the foot of the Carbunker Hill in the Cape District, but this house is also the most suitable for Rock's requirements, and the house is very new , the area is large enough, the attached lawn area is more than 1.5 acres, almost ten acres in size, the previous owner was a Boer businessman, who was shot by the government for smuggling gold, his wife and children committed suicide at home, and the house became a haunted house, so no one wanted it purchase.

The point is, the house is a bit out of the city center, but it's close to the police station where Rock works, and even closer to the marina.

"This house has been auctioned twice. The first time was two years ago at £500, and the second time last year at £350. Both auctions failed. The starting price is around £200, but if you want to buy it, you won’t spend that much.” The information provided by Haili is very detailed, and the two pounds are well worth it.

"Not so much, how much?" Rock definitely wants a low price, preferably the one that is as low as the bottom.

Hai Li smiled at Rock, and then quoted a price that surprised Rock: "One hundred pounds, [-]% off the auction reserve price."

From five hundred to one hundred!

Rock was really surprised. He didn't know why the house was appraised at a price of five hundred pounds.

Soon Rock found out and thanked Hailey. Rock left the police station and went straight to see the house. Rock had already got the key, and the price was a pair of gold earrings. This made Haili very happy. Hailey was even willing to accompany Rock to look at the house when she was off work.

The house is really good. The Boer businessman spared no expense when building the house. All the materials are marble. The whole body is clean and white. It can be called an invincible sea view surrounded by mountains and rivers.

Pushing open the somewhat rusty fence gate, the lawns on both sides of the trail grow a little wild because no one takes care of them. There is a circular pool in front of the house, and there are marble sculptures of Greek gods in the center of the pool. It seems that there should be a fountain, of course. Now it can no longer be used normally, and it is even more dilapidated when you walk in. There are a few dead fish floating on the water surface of the pool, and the water is full of moss. It looks green and makes people feel creepy.

Rock touched the pistol on his waist, took a breath, came to the door and opened it.

A turbid smell of rottenness rushed towards his face with warmth. Rock covered his nose and walked into the living room. There was a full set of sandalwood furniture in the living room, and sterling silver tableware was scattered on the dining table. Rock could feel that a person who was originally The panic and desolation of the instant defeat of a prosperous family.

Going up to the second floor, the situation was even worse. There was a large pool of blood on the floor of the master bedroom, and part of the floor had been burned. Rock seemed to understand why this house was only sold for one hundred pounds. Say one hundred pounds, one thousand pounds may not be able to get it down.

Pushing open the back window of the bedroom, there is a garden and a large swimming pool outside the window. The green hills in the distance are lush and lush, and the sound of waves can be faintly heard in the ears. Rock immediately fell in love with this place.

Buy it, definitely buy it.

(End of this chapter)