Chapter 30 Buying a Car
There have always been several major problems in the Kang family's Xiguan mansion. Before, they had no choice but to make do with it. This time, during the renovation, Kang Qirui wanted to solve it all at once.
In Kang Qirui’s view, the primary problem is not enough rooms. The five brothers of the Kang family, plus the second elder, and Tiantu have grown up slowly. At this stage, they all need at least seven rooms.
Secondly, there is only one bathroom. There are currently 11 people in the Kang family, and it takes more than two hours for each person to take a bath for 10 minutes. Going to the toilet is a constant problem.
The second guy also raised a problem, that is, they cannot open the windows in their room because it is too humid. Offered to change rooms. The boss didn't want to change the room, but he wanted to open a skylight so that the light would be much better.
After everyone’s discussion and the comprehensive opinions of the decoration company, the decoration plan was finalized. No. 189 Changsheng Street, Xiguan Mansion bought from Ming Tsai, originally had a layout of three bedrooms, two living rooms, one utility room, one kitchen and one bathroom. The living room was renovated. The original master bedroom, two guest bedrooms and utility room remain unchanged. The dining room has been transformed into an entertainment hall, which is very convenient for singing Cantonese opera, playing cards and mahjong. One kitchen and one bathroom were transformed into two bathrooms. After all renovations are completed, two more doors will be opened on the Kangjia Restaurant side, connecting the two Xiguan houses.
After all this was done, the second brother moved into the master bedroom, while Tianxiu lived in the guest bedroom near the dining room. Now the second brother's room was demolished and transformed into a patio garden together with the patio. Finally, a skylight was opened for the big brother's room.
The entire renovation period is one month and will be completed before the Spring Festival. After completion, the Kang family house will be a super Xiguan house with three living rooms, eight rooms, one kitchen, three bathrooms, a garden, and two attic rooms. The second brother will always say Kang Mansion every time he answers the phone. This time it really lives up to its name.
As soon as Master Zhu saw that the Kang family was renovating, she couldn't wait to come to discuss Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling's marriage with Kang Ershou and Wang Yulian. She was really anxious. The date was finally decided on February 13th, the twenty-first day of the first lunar month. According to Zhu Shinai, this day is suitable for getting married, traveling, moving to a new house, setting up a bed, and offering sacrifices, and everything related to marriage is suitable.
Both Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling had no objection, but the auspicious Guimao hour (5:00-6:59 in the morning) was too early. Originally Kang Qirui was going to object, but Master Zhu insisted that 7 o'clock in the morning was the time for Dog Sha Nan, which was an unlucky time, and Zhu Wanling was born in the Year of the Dog. Kang Qirui did not dare to raise objections anymore.
"Where's A Zong? Why haven't you come back yet?" It was already half past six and the second brother hadn't come back yet, so Wang Yulian, the old woman, asked the second sister-in-law.
"Grandma, how about we eat first and leave some food for him." The second sister-in-law was embarrassed to delay everyone's meal, so she suggested that everyone eat first without waiting for her husband.
"Uncle, please leave some food for Azong. Let's eat first. We don't know what he is doing." Old Dou Kangershou was already hungry.
After dinner, the second guy still didn’t come back.
“I’m not back yet.” The second sister-in-law looked at the clock and it was already seven o’clock.
"Second sister-in-law, why don't you call the second brother?" Kang Qirui was also a little worried. He was wondering if Snake Zaiming was back to take revenge.
“I’ve beaten her several times, but no one listened.” The second sister-in-law replied.
"Will something happen?" Wang Yulian, the old woman, asked worriedly.
"He must have gone out to fool around after delivering the goods. I will let him know how to write the word "death" when I get back later." The second sister-in-law said in a very angry tone, thinking that the second brother must have gone out to fool around.
"Die, die, have you wanted me to die for a long time?" The second brother finally came back. As soon as he entered the door, he heard his wife saying that he was dead, and he was very angry.
"Second brother, what's wrong with you? You're covered in paint." Kang Qirui saw that his second brother was all dirty.
"Did you fight with others?" The second sister-in-law also asked.
"What are you fighting for? I repair cars." The second guy said angrily. He was almost pissed off by that broken car today.
"Repair the car? Isn't it? The car broke down again?" The second sister-in-law felt very distressed.
"It's always been bad, but today it's even worse. Even the nose of the plane is burned out." The second guy said in a bad tone.
"I told you to take good care of it. You only know how to eat, drink, and have fun, but you don't care about the car. Now it's broken." The second sister-in-law blamed. She felt that the car broke down because the second brother didn't take good care of it.
"What are you talking about? Do you know that that motorcycle burns oil faster than gasoline." The second guy retorted.
"Isn't it? So exaggerated?" Lao Dou looked unbelieving after hearing this.
“Whether it’s an exaggeration or not, you’ll know just by looking at me like this. I pushed that broken iron all the way across Xiguan Avenue today. Those people thought I was working as a coolie when they saw me like this. "The second brother felt very unhappy when he thought about the scene where he was being pointed at while pushing his cart through the street today.
"Second brother, buy a new one. You have been using this car for more than ten years." Kang Qirui remembered that the second brother bought that car when he was in elementary school, at least. Been using it for ten years.
"Motorcycles are no longer allowed to be registered. Now, even turning cards are not allowed." The second man took a sip of tea and spoke calmly.
"Then buy a tricycle." Wang Yulian, the old lady, suggested.
"Mom, the more you talk, the more exaggerated you are. Do you think I am a collector?" The second man felt that all tricycle drivers were in the business of collecting junk, and he couldn't lose face.
"What should I do with the motorcycle? Throw it away?" asked the second sister-in-law.
"What else can we do?" The second guy asked, he really didn't want that car anymore. "Fix it." The second sister-in-law felt that the car could be used again after it was repaired.
“If there’s anything to fix, don’t fix it!” the second guy said directly.
"Then what are you driving?" said the second sister-in-law angrily. If you don't repair it, why are you driving to load cargo?
“Drive a car.”
“Can you afford it?” Second sister-in-law sneered. The family's money was invested in a clothing store, and they just bought Ming Tsai's big house in Xiguan as a partnership. They spent a lot of money on renovations, and now they really don't have any money to scrape money.
"Actually, it's not difficult to buy a car now. You can go to a bank to get a loan, pay the down payment, and pay in installments over the next few years, and then you can own a car." The second brother has already thought of how to buy a car.
"Haha, you don't have to pay back the loan? Do you think there is no interest in installments?" The second sister-in-law was reluctant. How much interest will you have to pay for an installment of more than 100,000 yuan?
"Okay, let's change tomorrow. I'll go to the clothing store, and you'll come back to the hardware store to pick up the goods and deliver them." When the second brother heard that the second sister-in-law didn't agree, he immediately gave the second sister the heavy work. Sister-in-law does it.
"You are crazy. You are really unreasonable." The second sister-in-law was very angry when she heard what the second brother said.
"Why am I so unreasonable? Huh? Can't I buy a car? Huh?" The second brother and the second sister-in-law started to quarrel.
"Okay, okay, stop quarreling." Lao Dou and Lao Mazi quickly pulled them to stop them from quarreling, "Azong, you go take a shower first, second sister-in-law, stop quarreling, and speak slowly if you have anything to say."
"Huh? Fanshu Chang, what are you doing here?" After washing up, the second guy asked unhappily when he saw Fanshu Chang sitting on the sofa in the living room.
"Hey, Kang Qizong, don't be so stingy. Do you still hold grudges about what happened last time?" Fanshu Chang laughed and didn't take the second brother's anger seriously.
"Haha, it would be strange if you don't remember. You made a joke last time and I moved from the big room to the room below." The second brother said unhappily. He was originally in the room where the big brother Guang is now, but later It was after listening to Fanshu Chang that I changed to this room.
"Azong, why don't you just bring some lychees to apologize to you today?" Fanshu Chang said, pointing to a basket of lychees.
"Wow, these lychees are so fresh, Brother Chang, why are you spending so much money?" the second sister-in-law sighed after tasting a lychee.
"Oh, today I went to play at the fruit farm of my old classmate. After playing, he asked me to bring these to Azong. I'm coming over right away." Fanshu Chang explained.
"I told you that you were not so kind. It turned out that you were borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha. Who cares about me so much?" asked the second guy.
"Lin Xiaowen, do you remember?" Fanshu Chang said.
"Lin Xiaowen?" The second brother was a little confused and couldn't remember much.
"Oh, by the way, he also said that he will invite his old classmates to get together again tomorrow. He will treat him to a nice meal. It is up to you to decide whether you want to go or not. If you want to go, I will come with you." Sweet Potato Changbu He revealed the information that he owned a car calmly.
"Of course I'll take a ride if you can, but don't think that just because you're so easy to greet, you can atone for your sins." That's what the second guy said, but he still sat next to Fanshu Chang, obviously already Forgave him.
"Then what do you want?" Fanshu Chang estimated that the two men just wanted to treat him to dinner, so he went down the steps.
"Introduce a big business deal to me and I will let you go." The second guy said something shocking.
"Big business? Azong, look at the current environment, where does the big business come from?" Fanshu Chang was helpless.
"Then what are you doing now?" Erguo asked while eating lychee.
"Sorry." Fanshu Chang took out a business card and gave it to the second guy.
"Wow, new business card, Fugui Car Dealership? Is it easy to be a car dealer now?" The second guy asked curiously after seeing the introduction above.
“It’s pretty easy to do. I just made a few orders and earned the price of a car. Drive a good car and go out to do business. If you have a good reputation, people will give you more or less face. "Fanshu Chang said with certainty.
"Brother Chang, tell me more about the benefits of buying a car." The second guy asked deliberately with a roll of his eyes.
"Of course. Doing business now depends on whether you have a car. If you have a car, people will give you more face when you go out to do business." Fanshu Chang said.
(End of this chapter)