northernbook Chapter 190 Settling down
Chapter 190 Settling down
Sun Lei followed behind Gu Qingyu, looking at the freshly issued property certificate, still a little dazed.
You bought the house right away? How come it was just like buying cabbage? It took less than an hour!
"Okay, come back to your senses and stop daydreaming!" Gu Qingyu waved the property certificate in front of Sun Lei, then pulled him towards the car.
"Professor Wen, let me take you back to the yard first!" Gu Qingyu said to Professor Wen behind him.
"Well, thank you for your help!" Professor Wen nodded in thanks.
"Since the house has been transferred, I will go back and pack my things in the next two days and prepare to leave the day after tomorrow!" Professor Wen said to Gu Qingyu after returning to the yard.
"Don't be in a hurry, Professor. Take your time to pack. There's no need to rush!" Gu Qingyu quickly advised after hearing this.
"There's no question of selling the house. I was planning to leave the day after tomorrow!" Professor Wen waved his hand and said indifferently.
Gu Qingyu didn't try to persuade him further after hearing this. She just said to Professor Wen with concern, "Then take care of yourself. If you need any help, just let us know!"
"No, there's nothing to pack. Just go and do what you need." Professor Wen politely declined.
Seeing that there was really nothing she could do to help, Gu Qingyu stopped insisting. She pulled Sun Lei back into the car and prepared to go to the flea market to buy some things to decorate the house.
By the way, there are also those illegal buildings in the yard. Gu Qingyu really can’t stand it, so he has to find someone to tear them down.
Thinking of this, Gu Qingyu said to Sun Lei who was driving, "Leizi, tomorrow you can find a few experienced people to come over and take a look at the house. Repair any damaged parts. By the way, tear down the illegal buildings in the yard and make it more tidy!"
"Those illegal structures in the yard are easy to deal with. We can just call two people to clean them up. But experienced craftsmen are hard to find right now. You'll have to wait a few more days while I look for them for you!"
"Well, there's no need to rush. Just take your time looking for it." Gu Qingyu nodded when he heard that, not in a hurry.
"Qingyu, don't you have any furniture you like?" Sun Lei asked curiously after seeing Qingyu wandering around the flea market for a long time without buying anything.
"Well, I want to make the yard more classical and orderly. The style of those old furniture is too modern, which is not the style I want."
"Oh, you should have told me earlier!" Sun Lei slapped his thigh and said excitedly.
"The furniture you mentioned is not available in the flea market. I know where to find it. Come with me!" Sun Lei pulled Gu Qingyu into the car, stepped on the accelerator and drove towards the suburbs.
"Where are you going?" Gu Qingyu was confused by Sun Lei's actions and asked hurriedly.
"South City Scrap Collection Station!"
"Those old-fashioned furniture you mentioned can only be found at scrap yards. Just follow me, and I guarantee you'll find the furniture you want."
Fortunately, the scrap collection station was not far from the second-hand market. In just over ten minutes, the two arrived at the door of the scrap collection station.
"Lao Wenzi, are you there?" Sun Lei started banging on the closed iron door of the scrap collection station.
"Here he comes, calling the soul back!" Gu Qingyu saw a disheveled young man coming out of the duty room next to him.
"Hey, you grandson, why are you so cheap as to come to my place today?" The man said jokingly to Sun Lei while opening the door.
"Stop talking nonsense and open the door! I have something to talk to you about!"
"Don't rush me, I'm coming here!" Da Wenzi said as he opened the locked gate.
Sun Lei led Gu Qingyu in and introduced her, "Qingyu, this guy is my aunt's cousin Wenhua. They often receive some old-fashioned furniture. Let's go in and browse around."
"Wenhua, the girl next to me is Gu Qingyu. It turns out she is also from our family compound. You can just call her Sister Qingyu!" Sun Lei introduced her to his cousin.
Wenhua knew Gu Qingyu was one of his own when he heard Sun Lei's introduction, so he said to Gu Qingyu without any hesitation, "Sister Qingyu, if you came here hoping to pick up a bargain, I'm afraid it won't work!"
"Those furniture made of precious woods have been divided up before they can be sent to the recycling station." Wenhua was afraid that Gu Qingyu also had simple thoughts, so he spoke frankly.
Seeing his cousin talking like this right from the start, Sun Lei was afraid that Gu Qingyu would not regret it, so he quickly interrupted him and said, "What are you talking about? Our Qingyu is not that kind of person!"
There must be a lot of people who want to come to the scrap recycling station to shop, otherwise Wenhua wouldn't say such words to her as soon as they met.
"Cousin Wenhua, don't worry. I just bought a small yard. I want to come here to buy some old-fashioned furniture. Ordinary wood will do, and the style should be retro!" Gu Qingyu explained to Wenhua with a smile.
So that's how it is. Wenhua knew that he had misunderstood Gu Qingyu just now, so he said to Gu Qingyu embarrassedly, "We just received a batch of red ash furniture recently, and there are some cypress furniture in the warehouse. How about we go take a look now?"
Sun Lei was listening nearby, and before Gu Qingyu could say anything, he urged, "Really? That's great! Hurry up, lead the way!"
So, Wenhua led Gu Qingyu and the other two to a large warehouse behind the scrap collection station, where broken stools and chairs were mainly piled up.
However, when Gu Qingyu glanced over the pile of wood, he didn't see any intact furniture.
"Cousin, you didn't bring us here to see this pile of broken junk with limbs missing, did you?" Sun Lei frowned and looked at the things inside, and asked Wenhua in confusion.
"Don't be anxious, all the good stuff is inside, just follow me!" Wenhua said, taking Gu Qingyu and the other person and continued to walk towards the innermost part of the warehouse.
After passing through the pile of junk, Gu Qingyu discovered that there was another world inside the warehouse!
This area had been cleared out, and a lot of intact furniture was neatly stacked there, many of which were antique styles.
"How about it? Is there any style you like?" Wenhua pointed at the furniture and said proudly to Gu Qingyu and the others.
"Old Wenzi, I didn't expect you have so many good stuff here!" Sun Lei touched left and right in front of those things, and said in surprise.
"Alas, I am nothing. The real good things will never flow to me!"
"Compared with those mahogany and nanmu furniture, mine is not worth mentioning at all." Sun Lei said to Sun Lei with a look of regret on his face.
"Even if I have the mahogany furniture you mentioned, I can't afford it. These are just right for me!" Gu Qingyu said to Wenhua.
"Haha, that's true! Sister Qingyu, do you have any furniture you like?" Wenhua was stunned when he heard what Gu Qingyu said, and asked after he reacted.
"Well, there are a few nice ones. I think they'd be perfect for my yard."
Wenhua thought that Gu Qingyu was one of his own, so he wanted to sell it to him at a good price. So he said to Gu Qingyu, "As long as you like it, I will give you this batch of furniture at the same price as the junk I bought before!"
Ok?
Gu Qingyu was stunned when she heard this. She didn't expect the other party to give her this benefit, but she didn't intend to take advantage of it.
You have to know that this was still the end of the chaos. She was repairing the house, and there must have been neighbors coming to watch. Who knows if any of them was dissatisfied and would report her.
If it turns out that there is something wrong with the origin of her furniture, then she will lose more than she gains!
So, Gu Qingyu said to Wenhua with gratitude, "Cousin, you can't do this!"
"I know that once your furniture is put on sale, it will definitely be very popular. We are all family. I can't let you suffer losses after you help me, right?"
"Just give me the normal price!" Gu Qingyu said to Wenhua with a serious face and a firm tone.
Wenhua didn't expect Gu Qingyu to say that. He didn't know what to do for a moment and couldn't help but look at Sun Lei who was standing next to him.
Sun Lei knew Gu Qingyu's personality. Seeing her determined look, he knew that she had made up her mind and would not change it.
So, he nodded at Wenhua who was looking at him, "Since your sister Qingyu said so, then you can just go with the normal price!"
Wenhua saw that his cousin also said the same thing, so he stopped insisting and said, "Okay, then I'll just go with the normal price!"
"Thank you for your hard work, cousin!" Gu Qingyu smiled and thanked Wenhua.
Just as Gu Qingyu had chosen the furniture and was negotiating the price with Wenhua, a soft female voice suddenly rang out from the yard of the scrap collection station, "Brother Wen, are you there?"
When Sun Lei heard that it was a girl outside calling his cousin, he immediately perked up. He moved closer to Wenhua, nudged her body slightly with his elbow, winked at Wenhua, and asked in a low voice, "Who is that person outside? Is she the one you're dating?"
Gu Qingyu, who was standing nearby, clearly noticed that Wenhua's expression was not right when he heard the girl's voice, and his brows were tightly furrowed. Only the naive Sun Lei didn't notice it and was still gossiping enthusiastically.
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm just a daydreamer who wants to find something for nothing at a scrap recycling station!"
Sun Lei didn't expect Wenhua to answer him like this. He asked in surprise, "Huh? Not your girlfriend?"
"no!"
While a few people were talking, the girl came over by herself.
The girl was of average appearance, but had fair skin. Her jet-black hair was not tied up like most people's hair, but tied behind her head with a colorful silk scarf, giving her an overall delicate and fragile look.
Now she was in front of Wenhua and asked weakly, "Brother Wen, I asked you to do something before. How is it going today?"
"I don't know where you got the news from, but I can tell you clearly, no!"
"All the recycled waste is piled up in the warehouse. If you don't believe it, you can go and find it yourself!" Wenhua pointed to the warehouse not far away and said to the girl opposite.
"No need, I, I'll come next time!" The girl said hesitantly, but her eyes were fixed on Wenhua, looking at him with hope.
Wenhua ignored the girl opposite and continued to calculate the price of the furniture with Gu Qingyu. The girl stood there for a long time, and when she saw that no one paid any attention to her, she had no choice but to leave.
As soon as Sun Lei saw the person leave, he immediately rubbed his arms and let out a long sigh of relief, "Oh, why does this girl speak in this tone? Look, I have goose bumps!" As he said this, Sun Lei stretched out his arms to show the two of them.
"What's going on?" Gu Qingyu had just noticed that something was wrong with Wenhua and couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Oh...you ask me, but who should I ask?" Wenhua said helplessly.
"I don't know this girl at all. She came here for no apparent reason a while ago, mumbling about wanting a nanmu jewelry box!"
"I thought it was just another person looking to find a bargain on Taobao, so I didn't pay much attention and let him go in and find it himself!"
"My goodness! This person searched inside for a whole day and couldn't find what she wanted. Suddenly, she went crazy in my yard, muttering: 'It's right here, why is it gone?'"
"After acting crazy for a while, he ran off on his own. After that, he basically came to my place every day!"
Wenhua spread his hands and said to Gu Qingyu and the others with a sad face, "I don't dare to kick him out. What if he has some kind of mental illness and irritates the other party? That would be bad!"
After hearing Wenhua's words, Sun Lei didn't know what to say to comfort Wenhua. He could only pat his shoulder and said comfortingly, "Ah? Is that so... Then take care of yourself!"
"Well, take care of yourself!" Gu Qingyu also patted Wenhua's shoulder and added.
"Oh, what can I do? I really hope that jewelry box can be found soon, otherwise it will be so annoying every day!"
When Gu Qingyu and Sun Lei heard Wenhua say this, they couldn't help but cover their mouths to hold back their laughter. What a unlucky kid!
Gu Qingyu had picked out all the furniture she needed at Wenhua's place today. Wenhua was asking someone to help load it onto the car and take it back to the courtyard. Gu Qingyu also took a ride back home to the courtyard.
Thinking that she would be living in Beijing for the next few years, Gu Qingyu felt that she needed to tidy up this small courtyard for the sake of living comfortably.
So after Professor Wen left, Gu Qingyu began a drastic renovation, demolishing all the illegal structures in the yard and restoring it to its original appearance.
Considering the cold winter in the north, Gu Qingyu also spent a lot of money to upgrade and renovate the heating facilities in the house.
Just a few days later, when Sun Lei stepped into Gu Qingyu's house again, the place had changed a lot.
"Of course, Qingyu! This house is really nice. It makes me want to buy a yard like this and renovate it myself!" Sun Lei said with emotion after visiting Gu Qingyu's home.
Gu Qingyu's heart moved when she heard this. Thinking of all the years that Sun Lei had been running around for her, she couldn't help but remind him, "Then hurry up and buy a house while the house prices are still not too expensive!"
Sun Lei didn't expect Gu Qingyu to persuade him to buy a house. He couldn't help but ask hesitantly, "Um...really?"
"Buy it! Think about the price I paid for the house, and then look at the price of the house now?" Gu Qingyu reminded.
Sun Lei has been busy helping Gu Qingyu buy houses several times. In just a few years, the house price has almost doubled.
Thinking of this, Sun Lei's heart warmed up, and he gritted his teeth and said to Gu Qingyu, "Buy it!"
"Qingyu, I won't say any more to you. I'm going to go look for a house!"
Seeing that the other party had listened to his advice, Gu Qingyu was relieved. He did not try to persuade Sun Lei to stay and said to him, "Go and get down to business!"