Rebirth to the Eighties to Get Rich

Translator: tarararawr

Chapter 31 – Let’s Buy the Apartment!

Su Danhong naturally did not know what happened at the old Ji’s home.

After Mother Ji went back, Su Danhong returned to being busy in the kitchen. Ji Jianyun could stay until the fifth day of the year. After that, he would have to leave and could not stay for a few more days.

Thus, she wanted to make him more food. There was so much meat in the house. If he didn’t eat it, then it would be given to Xiao Hei since she didn’t eat a lot of food.

Ji Jianyun came back after he finished making the phone call and smelled the food.

When he went to the kitchen, he saw his wife making him something to eat.

“You’re back?” Su Danhong smiled.

“What delicious food have you made?” Ji Jianyun smiled back.

“Red braised pork1, mutton soup2, beef stew with radish3, and fried ribs4.” Su Danhong glanced at him. “It’s all your favorite food.”

Ji Jianyun smiled and told her about the things regarding the fruit trees. “I talked to Lao Qin, and he is still selling saplings. He promised me that he would drive over soon. I ordered a lot of fruit trees from him.”

“Did you order everything I mentioned?” Su Danhong asked.

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“Yes, Lao Qin is very cheap, and the saplings will be good,” Ji Jianyun replied and nodded. “It will be delivered at the beginning of the spring.”

“Okay.” Su Danhong nodded and continued to fry the meatballs. Her Jianyun really deserved to be a soldier. He ate almost as much as two or three ordinary men.

Ji Jianyun hesitated for a moment and then said, “Honey, but this will cost a lot of money.”

“Didn’t I say it to you before? I have a lot of money at home. If you don’t believe me, go and have a look in the cabinet. It should be about 1,000 yuan, and that should be enough.” Su Danhong was not particularly serious.

If there was money available to use, then it should be used. She didn’t plan on buying the mountain and planting the fruit trees. She was going to buy an apartment in Jiangshui City with Hong Jie after the New Year when Ji Jianyun went back to work.

Jiangshui City was not far away. There was a private van5 that went back and forth twice a day. Naturally, this was due to the fact that Hong Jie was familiar with Jiangshui City.

However, buying an apartment could only be put off right now. Let’s start with the orchard first.

Ji Jianyun smiled and never mentioned it again.

Time passed quickly, and five days passed in the blink of an eye.

During the New Year, the couple also visited the old Su family and came back after a meal. In the past few days, they had been intimate together, which Mother Ji liked and thought: Who knows, maybe Danhong will bear a child after the New Year? 

When Ji Jianyun went back, he had put on at least five jin. His face was beaming in good spirits. Everyone knew with one glance that he had a good New Year.

“Jianyun, do you want to take up this mission? If you complete it, then not only will you be recorded for the merit, but you will also be paid 50 yuan.” The leader told him this when he came to check in.

Ji Jianyun hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice, “I’ll do it!”

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On Su Danhong’s side.

Ji Jianyun left and now there was only one person at home. It took her two days to regain her spirits.

She began to embroider “A Hundred Birds Paying Respect to the Phoenix”, because she had nothing to do all day besides embroidering. She finished embroidering “A Hundred Birds Paying Respect to the Phoenix” in seven days.

She took advantage of the sunny day and took her embroidery work to town.

Hong Jie was very surprised at her arrival, and saw her take out “A Hundred Birds Paying Respect to the Phoenix”. Hong Jie’s eyes widened at the glistening phoenix. “Danhong, is there anything you can’t embroider?”

Su Danhong smiled and said, “Hong Jie praises me too much.”

Zhen Miaohong shook her head and looked at the design several times before she reluctantly put it away. Then, she asked, “Meizi, do you have a price in mind?”

“It took a lot of time and effort to embroider this design, so my price is 1,300,” Su Danhong said. It was actually about 1,100, but 200 more was really fine.

Zhen Miaohong was shocked. The price was obviously a little higher than what she expected. However, she gritted her teeth and said, “Fine!”

“Thank you so much, Hong Jie,” Su Danhong nodded and said.

Zhen Miaohong counted 13 one hundred yuan bills for her. “Danhong, you count.”

“Okay.” Su Danhong counted it and then nodded.

Zhen Miaohong said, “Did you think about buying an apartment when I told you about it last time, Danhong? The apartment in that neighborhood is really good, and I, Hong Jie, am going to buy one.”

She had thought about it, but with her east wind6, she was surprised by the nice profit she made. It was almost enough to buy an apartment.

Now that she had “A Hundred Birds Paying Respect to the Phoenix”, if she used the money freely, then she could still save at least 4-500 yuan!

Su Danhong hesitated for a moment and then asked, “How much is an apartment over there?”

She really wanted to buy one.

“It depends on the size. There are 80 square meters, 95 square meters, and the largest is 108 square meters. It has three bedrooms, two living rooms, one kitchen, one bathroom and one balcony,” Hong Jie explained. “I plan on getting 108 square meters.”

“That one is more than 2,000 yuan, isn’t it?” Su Danhong was shocked and asked.

Hong Jie smiled and whispered, “The manager who is selling the apartment is my younger cousin. If I buy one, then I can save more than 200 yuan. But I’m only telling you this, Danhong. I won’t tell anyone else.”

Su Danhong nodded. “I know Hong Jie takes care of me, but I don’t have a lot of money now.”

Hong Jie was confused. “You should have enough. Do you want to buy the 108 square feet one?”

“Something happened at home, so I took the money to use as an emergency,” Su Danhong briefly explained.

Hong Jie knew that every family had their own difficulties, so she didn’t ask any more questions. She hesitated for a moment, and said, “How much do you need? I still have 500 yuan here. I can lend it to you to buy this apartment first. My cousin said that it is in a key neighborhood in Jiangshui City. The house price will definitely rise, and there is absolutely nothing to lose if you buy it!”

Su Danhong shook her head. “I don’t know how much it will cost to buy it. Hong Jie, tell me the exact number. I’ll go back and have a look. If I don’t have enough, then I’ll borrow some from my parents. You’re in a hurry to buy a place for yourself, so you don’t need to lend me money.”

“I already discussed it with my cousin. You and I have the same price. It’s about 2,200, but it was originally about 2,400. My cousin gave me the internal price,” Zhen Miaohong said with a smile.

Su Danhong hesitated and then said, “I can do that. Hong Jie, when you are free, I’ll go with you!”

Zhen Miaohong thought for a moment and said, “Tomorrow then. My cousin is also urging me to buy it as soon as possible. It might not be cheap when spring comes.”

“Okay!” Su Danhong nodded in response.

If it was about 2,200, then she could still take the money out for it. However, her savings would be almost empty. She would have to take advantage of the time before the snow melted to make more embroidery, otherwise, she would have no money to pay for the saplings.

Early the next morning, Su Danhong got Xiao Hei a big bowl of food to eat. She instructed him to take care of the home and went out.

Zhen Miaohong was waiting for her.

“I thought you forgot about the time and it almost scared me,” Zhen Miaohong said with a smile. It was almost five minutes before the van left.

“It was a bit far. I made Hong Jie wait a long time,” Su Danhong giggled.

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“What do you mean? It’s fine as long as there’s still time,” Zhen Miaohong said.

The two women excitedly went to Jiangshui City by van.

tarararawr’s rararamblings: The author isn’t very consistent with the price of things. Just remember that Su Danhong made a lot of money!

Footnotes

Pic. Probably more known as hong shao rou or Shanghai style braised porkPicPicPicPic东风(dōngfēng) – east wind is like an analogy for the momentum or driving force.