Chapter 22 Buying a House(1/2)
Early the next morning, Ning Fu got up and washed up, but heard something moving in the kitchen.
Just when Ning Fu was about to go into the kitchen to check, he saw Liu Qingxin walking out of the kitchen.
"Master, get up, come and have breakfast!" Liu Qingxin said very naturally.
I saw that Liu Qingxin's face was a little haggard, and her eyes were slightly red. She obviously didn't sleep well last night, but she was in good spirits.
"You...have thought it through?"
Ning Fu pondered for a moment and asked.
It wasn't the first time Liu Qingxin called herself an official, nor was it the first time she made breakfast, but the meaning this time was a little different.
"Think it through!"
Liu Qingxin reached out and brushed the tangled hair around her ears, her expression particularly calm.
"As you said, the entanglement between you and me is too deep. Perhaps our marriage was destined by God from the beginning!"
When Liu Qingxin said the last words, her face showed determination, and she had obviously made up her mind.
Ning Fu stepped close to Liu Qingxin, almost touching her body.
Liu Qingxin instinctively wanted to hide, but in the end she controlled herself and did not retreat. Instead, she raised her head and looked at Ning Fu.
"Are you sure you won't regret it?"
Ning Fu looked directly into Liu Qingxin's eyes and asked.
"If you don't let me down, I will definitely not let you down!"
Liu Qingxin answered him with Ning Fu's words.
Looking at Liu Qingxin's little face so close, Ning Fu couldn't help but lower his head suddenly and quickly pecked her little mouth.
"You..."
Liu Qingxin, who looked determined just now, broke through in a second, stamped her feet with a red face, covered her face and ran towards her room.
Ning Fu laughed loudly from behind and said, "Didn't you say you don't regret it?"
Ning Fu's answer was a "bang" sound of the door closing.
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In just a few days, Ningji stir-fry has already become famous in Beijing.
At first, people in the officialdom were just curious, wanting to see what kind of young man dared to "scold" two prime ministers into silence?
After they tasted Ning Fu's craftsmanship, they found that the cooking here was not only more novel, but the price was less than one-third of Fan Lou's. This made many people become regular customers of Ning Fu's shop.
Through the mouths of these regular customers, the reputation of Ning Kee Restaurant has quickly grown. There is an endless stream of customers every day, and the restaurant has once again regained its former bustle.
But too many guests is also a problem.
Stir-fried dishes are not like braised noodles. Some dishes take a lot of time to prepare. Even if you prepare them in advance, you will not receive too many guests in a day.
In addition, the main reason why Ning Fu sells braised noodles is because he doesn’t want to be too busy.
So in this case, Ning Fu had no choice but to put up a sign again. The store received twenty customers every day, and other customers could only wait in line.
Originally, Aunt Wang and Hu Tou were worried that doing so would offend the guests, but unexpectedly more guests came, and some of them had already been queued up until after the new year.
It was New Year's Eve, and Ning Fu took a day off from work. Together with Liu Qingxin, he cleaned the house inside and out.
"The house is still too small and life is inconvenient. How about we buy a bigger house after the Chinese New Year?"
Ning Fu asked Liu Qingxin with a smile. He used to be alone and was not very particular about where he lived, but since two people want to live together, of course they must improve their living conditions.
"I think it's better to forget it. It's just the two of us now. This place is enough to live in."
Liu Qingxin hesitated for a moment, but finally shook her head.
Although she knew that Ning Fu was making a lot of money now, the thought of Tokyo's housing prices still made her feel desperate.
Ning Fu also saw Liu Qingxin's thoughts, and he smiled slightly and said nothing more.
In fact, making money is not difficult for him, but Ning Fu still has a lot of worries about the future, so he is not in a hurry to do many things.
In the afternoon, Ning Fu was preparing the New Year's Eve dinner in the kitchen, while Liu Qingxin was preparing the meal beside him.
At this moment, there was suddenly a rapid knock on the door from outside.
"Isn't it closed now?" Liu Qingxin was a little surprised when she heard the knock on the door.
"I gonna go see!"
Ning Fu wiped the handle, walked to the front and opened the store door.
But Liu Zheng burst in with an anxious look. When he saw Ning Fu, he immediately asked: "How much money do you have left?"
"Uh? You want money?" Ning Fu was stunned for a moment before he realized what he was saying.
"Don't worry about this, tell me how much money you have in total first!"
Liu Zheng looked very anxious.
"This... there are about five hundred strings."
Ning Fu calculated his answer secretly. These were mainly the money from selling noodles, plus the income from his recent store opening.
"Five hundred guans, that's still a thousand guans missing!"
Liu Zheng frowned.
"What's the difference of a thousand dollars? Father, why do you need so much money?"
Liu Qingxin happened to hear Liu Zheng's words and thought something had happened at home, so she immediately asked anxiously.
"It's not that I need money, it's that you need money!"
Liu Zheng said something incomprehensible.
"Uncle, what do you mean?" Ning Fu was also confused.
"A house! A house with two entrances. I plan to buy it and give it to you!!"
Liu Zheng finally opened his mouth to explain.
"Give it to us?"
Ning Fu was shocked when he heard this and immediately wanted to refuse. After all, this gift was too expensive.
"Don't say no!"
Unexpectedly, Liu Zheng saw Ning Fu's thoughts at a glance and immediately waved his hand to interrupt.
"Qingxin is my daughter, this is my dowry for her!"
"Father, how much does this house cost in total?" Liu Qingxin asked calmly.
"Three thousand five hundred guan." Liu Zheng replied with a sigh.
“So expensive!”
Liu Qingxin was shocked. She had no idea about money before, but after coming to Ningfu, she slowly realized the value of money.
"It's not expensive anymore. If you want to buy it normally, you won't be able to get it without four or five thousand guan. Now the other party is in a hurry to make a move, plus my face, so they lowered the price to such a low price." Liu Zheng explained again.
"How come it's so much cheaper?"
Ning Fu showed a suspicious expression. He knew that the house price in Tokyo, for a two-bedroom house, would hardly be less than 5,000 guan.
"This matter is thanks to Mr. Zhang!" Liu Zheng said with a smile.
"Zhang Dun?"
Ning Fu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "Could it be that this house is the property of those demoted officials?"
"That's right, one of the demoted officials is an acquaintance of mine. This guy is also unlucky. It took him ten years as an official to save enough money. He just bought this house. However, less than a month after moving in, he was demoted to Lingnan.
I guess I won’t be able to come back again in this life!”
When Liu Zheng said the last words, his face was full of gloating expression.
However, Liu Zheng soon discovered that his daughter and son-in-law were looking at him, and he immediately retracted his expression in embarrassment and said seriously: "Of course I sympathize with his experience, but the house is indeed a good house. If he hadn't been eager to sell it, it would have sold for four
Five thousand strings is not a difficult task."
"But we only have 500 strings in hand, which is too far behind!"
Liu Qingxin asked again.
"I still have two thousand guan in my hand, which adds up to 2,500 guan. As for the remaining one thousand guan..."
At the end of the sentence, Liu Zheng suddenly showed a pained expression, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "I'll find a solution for Qian Guan!"
"Father, you don't want to..."
Liu Qingxin suddenly thought of something, and immediately shook her head and said: "No, absolutely not, that is your most beloved thing!"
"It's just something external to me, it's nothing at all!"
Liu Zheng said firmly.
To be continued...