Mixed in 1980

Chapter 164 Just a casual
"I plan to use the first sum of money to buy a house."

Chen Fan had originally planned to buy a house, but buying a house these days basically depends on luck. Wanting to buy a lot of houses at once is nothing but a pipe dream.

Many houses are in government hands. Even private courtyard houses are managed by the Housing Authority and rented out as slums until they are vacated.

Chen Fan was able to buy the "Chen Family Courtyard" purely out of luck; the factory just happened to have completed building the building and vacated the courtyard.

This way of buying a house involves a lot of luck.

It would be a different story if it was an official move. Currently, many courtyard houses are in the hands of some units, which use them as dormitories and offices.

Foreign exchange can force the government to vacate some courtyards.

Give way to foreign exchange earnings, this is the principle!

"Not only in Beijing, but also in other areas. I plan to find a few places for vacation, and I'll give priority to houses in ancient towns."

What Chen Fan wants to do is to leave a solid foundation for his family.

In the 1980s, there was no concept of ancient town tourism. Places like Dali, Lijiang, Wuzhen, Zhouzhuang, Pingyao, etc. are still very ordinary places.

Houses are also worthless.

If you can get some houses in these places, after twenty years, you can become rich by collecting rent every year, which is better than doing any business.

There's nothing better than doing this in real estate.

Now that the government is short of foreign exchange, it can take advantage of this window to acquire houses in some ancient cities, towns and villages, so that there will be no worries for five generations.

Chen Fan made a long list, and finally took out a pen and paper to write it down: "Brother Sun, I want as many houses as possible in these areas."

Sun Shaojie held the list with a slight twitch in his mouth. It had only been a short time since the reform and opening up, and this little guy wanted to follow the old path of the ancient landlords?

But after the reform, private transactions of houses are allowed.

There is nothing wrong with doing so.

If you want to get 1000 million Hong Kong dollars, you have to sell more houses. Houses in the mainland are not like those in Hong Kong. Even buildings are not worth much.

Chen Fan doesn't want a building either.

Among the areas on the list, some of them were unknown to Sun Shaojie, and some of the ones he knew were very remote. It was unknown what this young man was thinking.

"If I don't have enough foreign exchange, I can go to Hong Kong and borrow some more."

Hearing this, Sun Shaojie's mouth twitched even more violently.

What a prodigal!

No wonder in the investigation data, the most common curse word Chen Fan's mother used to scold him was "a spendthrift". It can be seen that Chen Fan does have the potential to be a spendthrift.

But Chen Fan was willing to buy, so why should he refuse? Getting the foreign exchange was the key point: "I'll coordinate with the people above me later and I guarantee you'll be satisfied."

"Then I'll trouble you, Senior Brother Sun. In addition to the house, I also want to purchase a batch of Hetian jade and jadeite, either finished products or raw materials."

When Chen Fan bought a Hetian jade concentric ring for Xu Jinqiu last year, he thought that when he had sufficient funds one day, he would definitely stock up on a batch of Hetian jade.

Twenty years later, Hetian jade will be sold by gram.

If you have the opportunity to stock up a batch, even if you do nothing in 20 years, you can still become a collector tycoon in the jade circle.

There is also jadeite, the price is equally scary.

"That's no problem. I can transfer a batch to you soon." Sun Shaojie agreed without hesitation. They were all ready-made commodities and easy to coordinate.

To be frank, there is still a lot of inventory in the mines and factories, and not many people are willing to spend money to buy these things these days.

If someone wants it, I’d love to have it!

In this way, the cooperation between the two parties was quickly agreed upon. Before Chen Fan sent the two people out, he also instructed them to help find a large yard as soon as possible.

I have to make arrangements with my father-in-law first.

You can't let your two fathers-in-law lose their heads and be criticized just because you have two wives. This is not the era where people laugh at the poor but not at prostitutes.

After leaving the Chen family compound and helping the old man into the car, Sun Shaojie asked, "Teacher, what do you think of Junior Brother Chen buying these things?"

“This kid is a visionary.”

"Hmm?" "You'll know when you see it again in ten or twenty years. As for me, I won't be able to see it anyway. I'm old, and my thinking can't compare to that of young people." The old man sighed.

Sun Shaojie frowned slightly, thinking about something.

But he quickly put the thought aside as the most urgent task was to complete the transaction and get the 1000 million Hong Kong dollars in foreign exchange.

After seeing off the old man and Sun Shaojie, Chen Fan went back to the courtyard. His mother and elder sister were there, talking to Xu Jinqiu and Zeng Ali. Zhao Yuanyuan was also standing nearby.

Seeing this, Chen Fan shrank his neck.

I got beaten yesterday, so you have to stay away today, otherwise I might get angry and pick up a broom or something and beat you again.

Chen Fan hid in the house and listened for a while. Then, laughter gradually came from outside and he felt relieved. Zhao Yuanyuan played an indispensable role in this. Her jokes made the atmosphere much better.

This girl is still useful.

Especially when it comes to coaxing my mother, the whole family together is not as effective as her alone.

Perhaps this is the natural mother-daughter bond. Ever since Zhao Yuanyuan first came to their house, Guan Yuemei has loved her. Soon she adopted her as her goddaughter and spoiled her like her own daughter.

It was not until after nine o'clock that Guan Yuemei took Chen Min away. Chen Fan and his companions carried their belongings to Xu Jinqiu's house. Before entering the compound, Zeng Ali even said, "Don't let it show."

Chen Fan hummed.

In order to prevent women's magical sixth sense, Chen Fan and Zeng Ali tried to reduce eye contact as much as possible, planning to wait until the house was settled and they moved out before confessing to their family.

With the contingency plan, everything went smoothly, except that Zeng Tuqiang and Chen Fan didn't get along well. The little guy always grumbled at him, blaming him for tricking his elder sister into going to Hong Kong and leaving no one to take him out to play during the summer vacation.

"Your eldest sister is not here, so you won't look for your second sister?"

"My second sister only knows how to beat me."

"Know why not?"

"Why?" Zeng Tuqiang was also very curious. His eldest sister doted on him so much, but when it came to his second sister, she became different. She liked to bully him no matter what.

"Who does your eldest sister look like?"

"With my mother."

"Where's your second sister?"

"Like my mom, like my dad."

"What about you?"

Zeng Tuqiang was stunned for a moment, and after a while he muttered, "He doesn't look like anyone."

Chen Fan hummed, "Your eldest sister follows your mother, your second sister follows your mother, and your father, but you just follow her. Now you know why, right?"

Zeng Tuqiang scratched his head, but still didn't understand.

Chen Fan patiently asked again: "Have you ever asked your parents how you came to be? What did your parents say?"

"My mom said I was picked up, wow..."

Zeng Tuqiang finally discovered the truth, and he burst into tears, with snot and tears, and ran to find Zeng Ali: "Sister, I really was picked up, wooooa ...

Zeng Ali didn't understand what was going on, so he coaxed his brother for a while: "Who told you that?"

Zeng Tuqiang sobbed and said, "Chen Fan said so. He said that my eldest sister took after my mother, my second sister took after my mother and my father, and I took after others. My mother also said that I was picked up. Wow..."

Zeng Ali didn't know whether to laugh or cry, what a stupid brother!
For a moment, she felt that she had entrusted her trust to the wrong person. Her stupid brother was about to become Chen Fan's brother-in-law, and would be ruined by Chen Fan sooner or later.

When the adults in the yard heard this, they were all at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Zeng Tuqiang was just unlucky. He chose to provoke Chen Fan when there were so many people to provoke.

But Chen Fan is a petty person.

Xu Jinqiu was speechless. She dragged Chen Fan over and slapped him several times in front of Zeng Tuqiang: "Why are you so mean? You feel very accomplished when you bully a kid, right?"

Zeng Ali looked at the man with a helpless look: "Hurry up and comfort Xiao Qiang. Don't force me to go back to complain to my godmother. I'll definitely get a beating when I get back."

"Don't worry, you'll be fine in a moment."

Chen Fan walked up to Zeng Tuqiang and raised the corner of his mouth slightly. "You little brat, you've been picking on me all day long. Today I'm going to make you fall into trouble."

PS: The second update is here~
(End of this chapter)