Buy a house with 30,000 yuan and live in a small town

Seeing that Xu Qingsong just smiled but didn't answer, Liu Wangxue was about to do something to him. The elevator stopped on the eighth floor with a ding. After the door opened, two people in home clothes came in with garbage bags in their hands. They seemed to be going downstairs to throw away the garbage. Liu Wangxue didn't say anything else, and moved sideways to Xu Qingsong to make room for them.

When the elevator went down to the basement floor and the two of them came out, Liu Wangxue continued the previous topic and poked Xu Qingsong's lower back with her finger: "Tell me, which home are you going back to?"

Xu Qingsong put his arm around her shoulders and walked towards the parking lot: "You'll know when we get there."

Liu Wangxue made a "tsk" sound in his heart, stopped and started to act like a spoiled child: "If you don't tell me, I won't leave." In fact, he already had a guess in his mind.

Xu Qingsong moved his hand from her shoulder to her back, half pushing and half leading her to the car, smiling happily: "Get in the car first, I'll tell you when you get in, okay?"

As he spoke, he took out the key and unlocked the car, then brought Liu Wangxue to the passenger door, opened the door, let her get in, then closed the door for her and went to the other side.

As the car started to drive out, Xu Qingsong said, "We're going to the house under my name. It's not far from here. It's only about ten minutes' drive if there's no traffic jam."

Liu Wangxue guessed correctly, but it was the first time she heard him say that he had his own house, so she was a little surprised: "You bought a house?"

She thought that the housing prices in Beijing were not cheap, and in such a location, the prices would only get higher. But then she thought again, he also had this family background, the wealth of the previous generation, and his own accumulation, so whether it was full payment or loan, it would be no problem for him to buy a house.

Xu Qingsong shook his head and said with a smile, "I didn't buy it. I never planned to buy a house. I have a place to live at home and a small courtyard in Taojia Village. I have planned to live in Taojia Village when I am old for a long time. So, I don't think it is necessary to use the hard-earned money to buy a pigeon cage in the city. It is better to spend the money on other practical and enjoyable places."

Liu Wangxue asked: "What is your house?"

"My uncle gave it to me." Xu Qingsong said, and added, "It's to urge me to get married."

Liu Wangxue thought she heard the sound of abacus beads moving, and she agreed, "Wow, this way of urging marriage is really popular." Then she asked, "When did it start?"

Xu Qingsong really had no ulterior motives at this time. He was just stating the facts: "When I just graduated from college."

When Liu Wangxue heard this, she suddenly remembered the romance he had in college. She turned her head and squinted at him and asked, "Isn't he urging you to marry your first love?"

Xu Qingsong was startled, then quickly turned his head to look at her, as if he smelled jealousy, and was in a very happy mood, but he hurriedly swore, "It's really not! Before my uncle gave me the house, I had already broken up with her."

Liu Wangxue chuckled: "I just asked casually, look how nervous you are."

Xu Qingsong glanced at her quickly again, and the joy in his heart immediately dissipated: "I thought you were jealous, can't you just have a bite?"

Liu Wangxue thought, what is jealousy? Aged vinegar? Wouldn't that make her sour to death? But seeing Xu Qingsong's expression and tone, she decided to have a bite: "Then I'll gloat over your misfortune. I guess the reason you broke up with your first love is definitely not just that you are not ready to enter into marriage, but also the house."

After hearing what she said, Xu Qingsong remembered, "It seems that we did discuss the issue of the house."

"See, I guessed it!" Liu Wangxue adjusted the angle of the chair and leaned back comfortably. "Did you tell them that you didn't plan to buy a house?"

Xu Qingsong recalled: "Really——"

It was the second semester of the senior year, and the students were busy with internships and graduation papers. Of course, amidst the busyness, there were also some happy news of marriages. For example, a couple in Xu Qingsong's class got their marriage certificate before the start of the school year, and planned to take their graduation photos as wedding photos. All the students in the class received their wedding invitations, and the wedding banquet was held on the graduation day.

At the end of March, the results of Xu Qingsong's postgraduate re-examination came out. He passed successfully and his supervisor was also decided. His girlfriend at the time wanted to treat him to a meal to celebrate.

In fact, he felt that there was nothing to celebrate, because he was recommended for admission, and the retest was just a formality. His tutor was also the tutor of the teacher who tutored him in high school. He had attended many of this tutor's classes during his four years in college and was already familiar with him. But his girlfriend asked him to celebrate, so he definitely couldn't spoil her mood, so he went to the appointment.

During the meal, the girlfriend mentioned that there was a couple in her class who were planning to get married right after graduation and would work together to buy a house in Beijing. Then she changed the subject and asked Xu Qingsong about his future plans, such as work, house, and children.

Liu Wangxue asked: "So you told her what you just said to me?"

Xu Qingsong nodded: "About the same, because I really don't think I need to buy a house. You've seen my house, it's really spacious. Even if I get married at that time, and even if I have children later, six or seven people can still live there."

Liu Wangxue said: "I guess your first love doesn't think so, right?"

Xu Qingsong hummed, "She wanted to buy a new house so that she could have her own little family, but I had different ideas at that time. My parents got married late, and they lived with my grandparents all the time. Even after I was born, when they moved to a new house, my parents never asked to live alone, so my grandfather bought two adjacent floors and installed them into a duplex. Like my grandparents, my uncle and my aunt also lived with the old couple after they got married. So when I talked to her about this topic, I subconsciously felt that the whole family must live together."

"So this is where the disagreement comes from," Liu Wangxue said. "Some people just don't want to live with their elders. Let's not talk about private space for now. The main reason is that they are afraid of conflicts caused by different life philosophies. If both parties are willing to make concessions, it's fine. But if not, it will really bring unhappiness everywhere."

"Yes, my parents and my grandparents basically don't have any conflicts. Even if there are, they are resolved on the spot after a few words. My uncle and aunt and my grandparents are the same..." Xu Qingsong said, as if he had suddenly realized something, "It turns out that the reason for the breakup is not just that I don't want to get married after graduation!"

Liu Wangxue put her hand into the pocket of her down jacket and touched two mints. It seemed that Jing Yujun had handed them to her after lunch yesterday, so she put them in.

Liu Wangxue took it out, peeled one and handed it to Xu Qingsong. There was a red light ahead, so Xu Qingsong stepped on the brakes to follow the flow of traffic, then turned his head and ate the candy from her hand.

Liu Wangxue peeled another one for himself and continued, "I think your first love must be a very thoughtful and long-term person."

The mint candy in his mouth gave him a cool feeling. Xu Qingsong took a breath and looked at the red taillights in front of him: "It's true."

At that time, his girlfriend was revealing that she also wanted to get married after graduation. Xu Qingsong was not stupid, so he could tell. He was not a playboy, and he also wanted to be like his parents, cousins, and walk into marriage with the partner he met in college, but he was really not ready to get married at that time.

After graduating from university, he will go to graduate school. After graduating from graduate school three years later, he will have to consider finding a job. He is not sure whether he will stay in Beijing to develop his career. He is worried that he will get married too early and will not be able to take care of his family, studies, and career. He does not want to see either side being sacrificed.

Xu Qingsong controlled the car and moved slowly forward with the convoy. He said, "So when I understood her thoughts, I immediately told her the truth."

Liu Wangxue also took a breath and felt the coolness in her stomach, which was very comfortable. She asked, "You didn't tell her to wait for you, did you?"

"No." Xu Qingsong denied it at first, then thought about it and said, "That's not called waiting. I just said that we should at least wait until we graduate from graduate school and then decide on a job. I wanted her to focus on her studies first. It wasn't too late to take the postgraduate entrance exam. If she didn't want to continue studying, she should find a good job. After all, a person's future is in their own hands."

"You're right," Liu Wangxue said, playing with the candy wrapper in her hand. "That's true, but under the circumstances at the time, it must have meant something different to her."

"I find that you really understand and see things clearly." Xu Qingsong stepped on the brakes again. The red taillights in front of them had not yet passed, and the light at the intersection turned red again. He turned his head to look at Liu Wangxue, his eyes full of admiration for her, "No wonder she said I didn't care about her at all when we broke up."

Liu Wangxue smiled, remembering that Xu Qingsong had told her that he was the one who broke up with her, so she reached out and touched his face: "Mr. Xu - I never thought that someone as gentle, considerate and caring as you could be so straight sometimes."

Xu Qingsong took her hand and squeezed it: "Alas, I was too young at that time and didn't think so much."

They discussed the issue of whether to get married or not from March to June. As the graduation ceremony was approaching, the girlfriend gave Xu Qingsong an ultimatum, saying that if he really didn't plan to get married, they would have to break up because she had no reason to stay in Beijing. Her parents had already found a stable job for her and had been urging her to go back.

At that time, Xu Qingsong felt that he was being forced to compromise by the other party. He was sad and a little angry. He didn't understand why she had to get married so early, and why she couldn't wait until both of them had stabilized their studies and careers before talking about starting a family.

The conversation ended unpleasantly. Two days later, Xu Qingsong was called by his supervisor to join the research group. He forgot about the matter and didn't contact his girlfriend for several days. When he received the suggestive message from her again, he was very depressed. She was the girl he liked for nearly three years, and he couldn't bear to let her go. It was precisely because of this that he didn't want to get married to her without being ready. So he went home to seek answers from his parents.

No matter big or small, Meng Wanqing and Xu Chonglin never make decisions for him. They only help analyze the pros and cons, and the final choice is up to him. However, in this matter, parents are still selfish and will be more biased towards their son. From childhood to adulthood, Xu Qingsong has never been forced to make a choice. The girl outside actually broke up with him to force him to get married. They think this marriage really doesn't need to be concluded, because they believe that happiness cannot be exchanged for coercion.

Xu Chonglin said: "If you choose to get married now, we support you because you may have a happy family, but it is only a possibility. Marriage is a responsibility. It is easy to take on this burden, but it is not so easy to let go. You should consider it carefully."

Meng Wanqing said: "If she wants to leave, it's her own choice. You can win her back by satisfying her demands, but you have to think clearly that the way to satisfy her demands is also the way you don't like. If something unpleasant happens after marriage, you may think of this day, and the love between you may soon be worn away."

In a word, since we have different outlooks on life, it is better for us to make our own choices and go our own way.

On the day after the graduation ceremony, Xu Qingsong took his girlfriend to attend a classmate's wedding. At the dinner table, he was asked when they would get married. Everyone was cheering and waiting to eat wedding candy, but Xu Qingsong just dealt with it with a smile.

After the show, Xu Qingsong sent his girlfriend back to school, and they talked about this topic again on the way. Xu Qingsong tried to keep her, but she said there was only one way to keep him.

Xu Qingsong explained a lot, but she didn't listen. He got angry and blurted out, "Let's break up." Then he heard his girlfriend say "OK" and saw the sadness in her eyes - only sadness, no surprise, as if this was the ending she expected. After she said she wanted to break up, his girlfriend calmly expressed her feelings.

Without Xu Qingsong's retelling, Liu Wangxue could guess: "Did she say that you didn't include her in your future plans?"

The green light came on, and the car in front finally started to move again. Xu Qingsong also held the steering wheel and moved forward at a snail's pace. Every word the girl said that day came to his mind: "Well, she said that I don't plan to buy a house, nor do I consider starting a family with her. I only have graduate school and future work in my mind. She can't see herself in my future. She also said that no long-term relationship ends with 'happily together'. A girl's youth is only a few years, and the best childbearing age is also a few years. She can't wait. She also said that I am selfish..."

When Xu Qingsong said this, he smiled self-deprecatingly: "Maybe I am just selfish."

Liu Wangxue looked at him from the side. If the car wasn't still moving, she really wanted to go over and hug him: "I don't think you are selfish. I think what Auntie said is right. This is a choice made by individuals based on different outlooks on life. What you said is very right. The future still needs to be in your own hands. It doesn't matter whether others have your future or not. What matters is that you have to live well every day."

"Liu Wangxue!" Finally, they could pass the intersection. Xu Qingsong turned left while steering. He had no time to look at her, so he called her by her full name. He was in disbelief and deeply hurt. "What do you mean by 'it doesn't matter whether you have other people's future or not'? When you said that, didn't you consider how I would feel when I heard it?" Liu Wangxue wanted to say that she was comforting him, but she knew what Xu Qingsong was trying to say, so she smiled flatteringly and said coquettishly, "That's not what I meant~"

Xu Qingsong drove the car and turned left, then drove straight ahead. He quickly turned his head to look at Liu Wangxue, not responding to her coquettish words: "What do you mean?"

Liu Wangxue deliberately changed the subject: "Look, now you deeply understand the feelings of your first love girlfriend! She was 100% feeling the same way you are now."

Xu Qingsong was suddenly speechless, and finally managed to squeeze out a sentence: "Thank you so much!"

Liu Wangxue waved her hand and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, we're on good terms!"

Xu Qingsong glanced at her from the corner of his eyes. Seeing her smile, he wanted to kiss her until she was speechless. He also felt that she must have said such a thing because of the disappointment she had accumulated in her previous relationship, so he couldn't help but feel sorry for her and thought that he had to love her a little more in the future.

Liu Wangxue didn't know what Xu Qingsong was thinking, and was worried that he would continue to harp on this sentence, so she changed the subject and asked him, "Are you still in touch with your first girlfriend?"

Xu Qingsong deliberately misinterpreted her meaning to tease her, raised his eyebrows and smiled, and asked back: "Why, do you want to ask me if I still have feelings for her?"

Liu Wangxue immediately counterattacked: "Then do you want me to sing "Unforgettable" for you?"

"Okay!" Xu Qingsong said happily, "Now, please invite Miss Liu to sing a song for Mr. Xu, "Unforgettable", applause to encourage--"

"You're so beautiful!" Liu Wangxue laughed while leaning back in her chair. She turned her head and looked at Xu Qingsong. "I'm just curious. Didn't she say anything about youth or childbearing age? Did she really go home to get married and have kids after breaking up with you?"

Xu Qingsong first distanced himself from the connection: "I heard about it later at a class reunion. Her parents found her a stable job, and not long after she returned, she met a guy from the same unit. They got married soon after, and I think they had a son and a daughter."

"So you see, it's just a different outlook on life." Liu Wangxue comforted him again, "Our Mr. Xu must not blame himself."

"Okay!" Xu Qingsong responded with relief.

There was a slight traffic jam on the road, and it took them nearly half an hour to drive to the entrance of the community.

The gate of the community was decorated with lights, and the outline could be basically seen. It was in imitation of the European style. Liu Wangxue looked up and commented, "Wow, it's quite gorgeous."

Xu Qingsong chuckled, "They worship foreign things. Many real estate projects developed at that time were like this. The advertisements were all about European-style gardens, as if they would allow them to have picnics and afternoon tea on the lawn every day after moving in."

"Hmm, it has that flavor." Liu Wangxue instantly had a picture in his mind.

The car was stopped by the security guard at the gate, and the outside vehicle needed to be registered. During the registration process, the security guard found that Xu Qingsong was the owner and had a parking space, so he asked him if he wanted to enter the license plate number into the system.

Xu Qingsong said: "No, thank you, the car belongs to my friend."

After registering and driving through the gate, Liu Wangxue remembered a curious question and asked him, "You said your uncle gave you this house to urge you to get married, but you had already broken up at that time, so how could you accept it? Didn't your uncle set any conditions like blind dates?"

"I'm thick-skinned." Xu Qingsong said as a matter of course, and then he couldn't hold it back and burst into laughter.

"I'm asking you a question, answer it carefully." Liu Wangxue reminded him.

Xu Qingsong understood: "The point is the blind date, right?"

Liu Wangxue's thoughts were exposed, so she simply admitted generously: "Yeah, is there?"

Xu Qingsong was happy and emphasized when answering: "No." Then he explained: "Giving the house as a gift was actually a bit of a surprise."

The time goes back to the Spring Festival when Xu Qingsong was a junior. Shortly after the Spring Festival, a painter who was relatively famous abroad passed away. After the funeral, it was reported that his family was going to hold a traveling memorial exhibition for him.

After Xu Qingsong's uncle Meng Duanyang got the news, he asked people from various parties to help contact them and invite them to hold an exhibition in Country Z, and hoped that the stop could be in Beijing. He then volunteered to be the organizer of the exhibition.

After the deal was settled, the Beijing Station's touring exhibition was successfully held that summer.

The exhibition is not just about showing the paintings, but also selling them. Meng Duanyang had just met a real estate developer at the time. The developer was a pretentious and wealthy man, and after being invited to the exhibition, he wanted to buy a painting.

The developer didn't know much about the business, so he asked Meng Duanyang to help him with some reference. Of course, Meng Duanyang would not cheat him just because he didn't know much about the business, so he recommended two paintings worth collecting based on his own opinion, and the developer immediately bought the more expensive one.

Half a year after the successful conclusion of the exhibition in Beijing, which was the Spring Festival when Xu Qingsong was a senior, a foreign publishing house published a biography of the painter. Two months later, a movie based on the painter was released simultaneously around the world.

Since the film was directed by a well-known director, the role of the painter was played by a popular international movie star, the film itself was well-made, and had a lot of publicity and promotion, the box office and word of mouth were both very popular, and the valuation of the painter's paintings also soared.

The painting that the developer purchased on the recommendation of Meng Duanyang happened to be mentioned in the movie, and was given some meaning in an unclear way, so the valuation of the painting increased several times.

The developer bought the paintings not for collection but for investment. After waiting for a while, he asked Meng Duanyang to help him contact the buyer and made tens of millions of yuan by reselling them.

The developer was so happy that he made a profit from his investment, and it was a huge profit. Just then, the property he developed was completed and listed, so he gave Meng Duanyang the internal price and let him buy as many units as he wanted.

Meng Duanyang also bought the painter's painting, which was the slightly cheaper one he recommended to the developer, and the valuation also increased a lot. He bought the painting for collection, thinking that it would appreciate in value, but he did not expect the price to rise like a rocket in a short period of time.

After thinking it over, Meng Duanyang felt that it would be a fool not to make money. The valuation was hyped up and inflated. It might be difficult to sell it at that price after that period of time, so he sold the painting.

After selling the paintings, he had a lot of spare money. After hearing what the developer said, he immediately went to buy houses, spending all the money and buying six houses at once.

Xu Qingsong's aunt also asked him why he bought so much since he was not going to live there.

Meng Duanyang was thinking that his son would soon graduate from graduate school and was planning to marry his girlfriend. His daughter was in her first year of graduate school and had a good relationship with her boyfriend, and it looked like they would also get married after graduation. So he would give one house to his son as a wedding house and one to his daughter as a security.

Meng Duanyang planned this and thought of Xu Qingsong. He loved all three children at home and couldn't favor one over the other. He also heard from Meng Wanqing that Xu Qingsong's girlfriend also wanted to get married, but Xu Qingsong didn't seem to want to for the time being. Meng Duanyang thought, no matter whether he wanted to get married now or not, he would get married sooner or later, so he gave it to him first and used it as a wedding house in the future.

He renovated the remaining three sets and kept them, hoping that they would appreciate in value in the future.

Xu Qingsong briefly described the process to Liu Wangxue and said, "So the house was given to me just like that."

"How arrogant!" Liu Wangxue sighed, and at the same time she was also impressed by the luck of Meng Duanyang and the developer. She even wondered why she didn't have such luck?

The car turned a corner, and Xu Qingsong motioned Liu Wangxue to look to the right: "My cousin lives in this building, the one in front is my cousin's, and the one in front is mine."

"It's so close." Liu Wangxue looked at them one by one.

"I chose this on purpose," Xu Qingsong said. "We live in the same neighborhood anyway, so we might as well live next to each other. It will be more convenient for us to take care of each other if anything happens in the future."

Liu Wangxue smiled and said, "You are not here all year round. I think your cousins ​​should help you take care of the house, right?"

Xu Qingsong also laughed: "That's true. This house was bought as a rough-finished house. It has remained in my name for several years. I only did some simple decoration after I started working. But I haven't been back to live here, so I often ask my cousins ​​to help open the windows for ventilation."

As he spoke, he turned into the underground garage. After parking the car, Liu Wangxue took out the massager and handbag from the back seat, and Xu Qingsong went to the back to take down the suitcases, one for Liu Wangxue and one for his cabin. He didn't let Liu Wangxue get involved, and they pushed two suitcases each and led her to the elevator.

The floors in this community are relatively high, and there are two households per elevator. However, Meng Duanyang did not buy such a high floor, and basically bought a middle floor. The few units he chose also have a wide view. The one he gave to Xu Qingsong is on the twelfth floor.

The elevator arrived, and Xu Qingsong pushed a suitcase in each hand to the right. He reached the door in just two steps.

The lock was fingerprint plus password. Xu Qingsong took out his phone first, opened an APP, held Liu Wangxue in his arms, and took the things in her hand: "Come, record your fingerprint. If you come to Beijing again, don't stay in a hotel, stay here."

Liu Wangxue cooperated with him in recording fingerprints, and asked, "What do you mean by this?"

"What do you mean?" Xu Qingsong said, "Isn't it obvious? From now on, you will be the mistress of this house!"

After finishing the fingerprint recording, he held Liu Wangxue's hand and pressed the lock switch on the door. The lock light came on and a mechanical voice sounded: "Welcome home."

Xu Qingsong pushed the door inwards and walked in with Liu Wangxue in his arms: "Welcome home!" (End of this chapter)