Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

On the way back, Dong Qiangqiang quickly figured out: If he could neither visit Dong's mother nor come to Dong's father again within two days, then he had only two choices: either read reports and books at home, or finish the house as soon as possible. The report can be read anywhere, even during the break of buying a house, but if he wants to buy a house, he can only do it now when neither Father Dong nor Mother Dong can control it.

He parked the car on the side of the road, called Tong Lele and asked her if she had time to visit Tiantongyuan with him the next day. Tong Lele readily agreed. Tong's mother's condition has remained the same recently, not getting better but not getting worse. Before the doctor gives the final treatment plan, the Tong family can't do anything and there are no new tests to do, so Tong's father is there during the day. It's enough to accompany Tong's mother. She can go to the hospital to pick up Tong's father and take him home in the evening.

Tong Lele agreed to look at the house together, which made Dong Qiangqiang feel more at ease. In addition to having an acquaintance to exchange ideas with at any time when looking at the house, Dong Qiangqiang also hoped that Tong Lele could help him negotiate the price. In the past two years in Germany, he has never seen any place where he can bargain except flea markets, so his bargaining skills are completely zero. Although Tong Lele, like him, has no place to practice bargaining in Germany, he believes that girls are talented in bargaining. After all, buying a house is not buying cabbage. If you don't bargain, you will definitely suffer. When it comes to bargaining, the two of them can make a red face and a white face. Tong Lele is a beautiful girl, so even if the price is cut too hard, the other will not tear each other apart.

Now that he decided to buy a house, Dong Qiangqiang was not in a hurry to go home. Instead, he drove to Zhongguancun first. As he expected, the housing agency was not closed yet.

When the salesperson heard that Dong Qiangqiang wanted to buy a house, his happiness was written on his face, and he worked hard to introduce the house purchase process in detail and comprehensively. Dong Qiangqiang originally thought that he could buy it with money, but after listening to it, he was depressed to find that the house purchase process was far more complicated than he imagined. It feels more troublesome than buying options.

The intermediary told him that if he planned to buy an affordable house, in addition to regular personal supporting documents such as household registration book, identity certificate, and income certificate, he first needed to confirm with his parents whether his existing property was an affordable house. Once he has acquired an affordable house, he has no right to buy a second one. But even if his parents' house is not an affordable housing, Dong Qiangqiang cannot just pay and buy it. Instead, he must first go to an affordable housing review agency to review his qualifications and permitted area for purchasing affordable housing, and then after a period of publicity and no objection at all. Only when you are eligible for payment, this process may be completed in a few weeks if it is normal, but now is a special period, and it is possible to complete it in a few months. Of course, if Dong Qiangqiang did not buy affordable housing but only commercial housing, he would not have any worries in this regard.

Secondly, he needs to confirm with the bank in advance how to pay for the house purchase, or he can withdraw more than 5 cash per day, or his daily transfer limit exceeds the purchase price, although he does not yet know how big a house he wants to buy, and this problem He would only know his answer when he saw the house with his own eyes. In addition, if he wants to use a commercial loan, there will be more procedures to go through.

After walking out of the agency, Dong Qiangqiang called Dong's father: "Dad, I have something to ask you. Is our house an affordable house or a commercial house?"

"Commercial housing, affordable housing is our target. Your mother and I plan to keep it for you to use as a wedding room when you get married in the future," Dong's father asked suspiciously, "Why do you suddenly think of asking this?"

Dong Qiangqiang was afraid that his unclear words would arouse Dong's father's suspicion, so he immediately made nonsense: "I just went home and passed the housing agency at the gate of the community. I heard an advertisement and thought of my own house. If you didn't buy affordable housing, you must have spent a lot of money. Now you My mother and I are both sick, and I don’t know if I still have enough money. I have some savings now. You can tell me the number, otherwise I can only watch and wait."

When Dong's father heard this, he hurriedly stopped him: "We have enough money, so we don't need you to transfer it. You can save some money on your own. Don't be lavish when you go out, and eat less fast food."

"I remember." Hearing Dong's father say this, Dong Qiangqiang knew that Dong's father had been deceived by him.

"Have the tickets been issued?" Dong's father is always concerned about this question.

"I've contacted the travel agency. There are plenty of tickets within the week. Just tell them 12 hours in advance." Dong Qiangqiang lied.

"Is there anything else?"

"Gone."

"Then you go to bed early, issue your tickets as soon as possible, and don't run around these two days. School starts in half a month, right?"

"Yes."

"Read more books when you have time, remember to never leave your fists, and never leave your mouth. That's it." Father Dong hung up the phone after neatly assigning tasks.

Dong Qiangqiang knew Dong's father's temper and his thoughts very well, and he was already used to it. He called the agent of the old house again, but the agent sounded more helpless than last time. He bluntly said that Dong Qiangqiang would consider other houses in his hands more. Reliable.

While waiting for the traffic light to turn green, Dong Qiangqiang thought of another thing: there were no places to eat near the tall buildings. Not only were there no fast food restaurants like McDonald's or KFC that are common in the city, there were not even any fly restaurants on the street. one. It would be unreasonable to ask Tong Lele to run with him for a day and still be hungry, but there was really no place to eat at noon. It would be inappropriate to eat donkey meat on the street and burn it. After thinking about it, he decided to go to the bank early the next morning. and the review agency. After finishing, we will eat in the city and then go to Tiantongyuan.

The car stopped in front of a large supermarket three streets away from home. Dong Qiangqiang bought the food rations for the past few days and was about to pick some convenient fruits when he heard his cell phone ringing wildly.

He thought it was Dong's father calling to nag him a few more words, but when he took it out, he found that the ringing phone was a German cell phone. When he looked again, it was Zheng Chunhua.

"Dong Qiangqiang, did you receive the email I sent you?"

"received."

"Then do you have time to go take a look recently?" Zheng Chunhua never speaks in roundabout ways.

"Sorry I can't go."

"May I ask, are you busy or do you feel in danger?"

"The main reason I came back this time is because my father has SARS, and my mother has been sick again in the past two days, so even if I have time, it is not appropriate to visit other people's parents at this time, in case they are fine but end up being infected by me. , isn’t this causing trouble for others? My classmates will also be unhappy. Besides, I’m really busy recently. Thank you for your understanding.”

"Is that so? I'm so sorry. I didn't know about your family situation."

"It's okay."

"Is your parents feeling better now?"

"They are all still undergoing treatment." "Then if...the classmates don't mind, is it convenient for you to go and see them?" Zheng Chunhua paused for a few seconds and asked tentatively, "Three classmates wanted to trouble you before, but... The situation with one classmate is more troublesome now, but they can figure out their own solution for the other two."

After the incident in the cafeteria, Dong Qiangqiang didn't want to have much contact with other classmates. He thought that not expressing his position or replying to Zheng Chunhua's email after receiving it would let her understand his attitude towards the matter, but it was obvious that Zheng Chunhua was not So understood.

"Is this matter... very important?" Dong Qiangqiang said disdainfully, "If he is really anxious, why doesn't he fly back to see his parents?"

"Isn't it because the exam is approaching and I'm afraid that I won't be able to get out when I go back?" Zheng Chunhua sighed, "Nowadays, most of the children are only children. Once the children go abroad, the parents become empty nesters. The parents can't contact the children and they are anxious. The children contact It’s the same thing if you’re not a parent. They say that parents in the world are pitiful, but in fact it’s not easy for children either.”

"Then my classmate doesn't have any relatives in BJ?"

"She said that her father's relatives are out of town and haven't moved around much since she can remember. She has many relatives on her mother's side, but they all went to the United States and lost contact with her mother. After she went abroad, she only had BJ. Her parents leaned on each other.”

Dong Qiangqiang was speechless for a moment. This was similar to his family's situation.

"I know this is quite troublesome, and I don't want to kidnap you morally. If you really don't have time, just forget it."

Now that Zheng Chunhua had said so, Dong Qiangqiang was too embarrassed to refuse. After all, he had received a lot of help from Zheng Chunhua and wanted to ask her for help.

"It's okay to just look at one. Then you first tell that classmate about my family's situation. If the other student doesn't object, you can send his family's address, name and phone number to my email. I'll check back later, but I can't guarantee it. As a result, I’ll send you an email even if you don’t see it.”

"Okay, thank you." After hearing Dong Qiangqiang's agreement, Zheng Chunhua's tone became obviously much more relaxed when she spoke, "I know you are sensible."

Dong Qiangqiang thought: "By the way, is there any news about the university recently?"

"News?" Zheng Chunhua didn't understand what Dong Qiangqiang meant, "What kind of news? Are you talking about SARS?"

"Is there any news related to the Chinese in major departments such as the Department of Economics, Department of Psychology, and Department of Sinology?" Dong Qiangqiang was still a little nervous when he spoke.

"I haven't heard of it. Is there something wrong?"

"No, just asking." Dong Qiangqiang breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe Feng Chong hadn't told the department about Lu Wei yet, "I heard there's another strike there?"

"Yes, trains and buses are on strike, but planes are not available yet."

"Is there any change in the policy for international students?"

"It's not official, but there have been rumors among international students that customs will be tightened. I don't know whether it's true or not, so everyone doesn't dare to go back. What about you? When do you plan to come back?"

"I don't know yet. Let's wait until my parents' condition becomes more stable. One more thing, does anyone still care about the seven-country European tour mentioned at the party?"

"When you said that, I remembered that someone called me two days ago and asked me whether the seven-country tour would still be possible."

"What did you say?"

"I said that there is also a (military) situation in Germany now. Whether it can be implemented depends on the situation. After all, the safety of all students is the first priority. When I said that, the classmate was quite unhappy and complained to me a lot. I Ignore her."

"I have a friend named Lao Bai who works as a travel agent. You two met at the Christmas market at the end of last year. Do you still have any impressions?"

"Have."

"He asked me to give him the statistics of the number of tourists to the seven countries as soon as possible so that he can arrange the travel schedule. But I am beyond my reach in China, so I have to trouble you. I will give you his contact information and your contact information. Give it to him, you can contact him directly without waiting for me."

"Okay, leave this to me."

By the time Dong Qiangqiang got home, it was already late at night. He checked his grades online as usual, but the official website of the subject seemed to be broken, and it was the same page every day.

Zheng Chunhua's confirmation email was already in the mailbox. The other party had already understood what Dong Qiangqiang said and expressed her great gratitude to him for being able to help her see her parents. By the way, she also sent her home address, parents' names, student names and phone numbers. he.

To Dong Qiangqiang's dismay, Lu Wei neither responded to his email nor called him, evaporating again just like last summer.