Moving house

  Chen Haosheng knows how to say it more convincingly.

  Mom was moved, of course - for that sentence about not wanting to earn less than Dad - said let me think again, and I haven't decided yet whether to really advance retirement.

  After she hung up the phone, Pang Hua grinned mischievously, "The house next door was bought just in time, wasn't it?!"

  "That's not the point. The house was originally bought in my mom's name - if she wants to retire early, her pension might be greatly reduced, so it's better to sell it and make up for it."

  "...You're really filial." It's rare to see children who consider their parents. Pang Hua acknowledged that he definitely couldn't do it!

  "I'm not in front of them, so I can only do more physically." Moreover, her soul is too old, and even the daughter who made herself heartbroken in that memory has faded away - it's really impossible for her to make some little girl-like gestures or movements.

  Before her mother finalized the early retirement procedures, Chen Huaicheng had already helped her complete the house sale procedures. She seemed to remember that after a while, the housing prices and economy would be in a trough, but she had forgotten the specific situation and time.

  When the house was sold along with some electrical appliances and furniture, it turned out to be more than double what they had paid for. My parents were overjoyed and generously gave Chen Huasheng the extra amount that exceeded the original price - an amount almost equal to the mortgage she had paid all these years, which meant she had lived in the house rent-free for so many years!

  Everyone is delighted.

  "The warehouse is gone." Chen Haotian looked regretfully at the "new home" with no extra space.

  She spent two weeks packing, transporting and unpacking, but hiring a moving company to move the large items took only three hours and cost 400 yuan.

  "Why don't I just move over and exchange for a bigger one? How convenient!" Convenient to get free meals and cultivate that kind of relationship?! Pang Hua was secretly delighted.

  "No! What if the elevator breaks down? Wouldn't that be a huge loss?"

  "We're only on the fourth floor! I live in a place that's six floors high, no elevator, and every day going up and down is more tiring than when the elevator breaks down."

  "Just consider it exercise."

  "But it's actually convenient here. It's closer to the new subway exit, and there are so many subway shops now, I live on the 6th floor but it's more troublesome to find food."

  "Let's cook ourselves." Chen Huan said irresponsibly.

  "...If I cook for myself, it's not like no one else has anything to do." Pang Hua hit the bullseye.

  It's no wonder that Chen Hui had long wanted to move into the building, as parking in her previous neighborhood was a nightmare. Most of the time, she would park her car in the underground garage of this building - and the property management fees weren't cheap either - then walk back. Hmm, the electric skateboard had broken down, so she wasn't happy about being an agent for that brand anymore. And to avoid any more trouble, she also closed down the ordinary online store she had opened under her personal name in a non-electronic shopping mall. Now she only runs stores on the shopping platform. If Pang Hua, this ready-made labor force, is right at hand... hey, it's no big deal to make him work all night!

  "You deal with it yourself." She gave in.

  Pang Hua walked away with a smile. In fact, he had already found the buyer and seller - several families upstairs and downstairs were crying and shouting to sell him "cheap" houses, the feeling was great - now in some sense it was just to inform Chen Huacheng, huh, if this thing happened three years ago, it would not have been possible.

  Most of the raw materials purchased from new suppliers have been made into finished products or sold as packaged goods. The annual capital turnover rate is about 2 times, but all profits are used to repay loans, and this year's financial statements will definitely be loss-making.

  Chen Hua sat in front of the small table, looking at Pang Hua who was washing dishes - she had seen his clothes for several years. As far as she knew, he had hardly bought new clothes in recent years, and his down jacket had also been worn for several years, which was a bit off the fluff and not very warm.

  Financially, Pong Wah is actually more strapped because company dividends can be ignored, so he mainly relies on those rents to make a living.

  She calculated that the new house he's exchanging for is a bit cheaper than what he sold, so he still won't have much cash on hand... Hmm. She seems to know a female store owner who does discounted specialty shopping. There are men's brands too... Why not exchange some clothes and accessories that Peng Hua can wear?

  She was browsing through the men's section of that shopping mall when Pang Hua received a phone call, um, in the restroom.

  “…md, no way! My face is still recovering, can't be exposed to the sun too much... and I don't have money, I'm studying, you know my relationship with my family, living costs money, even if I don't need to pay tuition, I still need to save up for laser micro-surgery, it's already a bit of a struggle... The school just knows how to squeeze out my remaining labor power...... Hehe, now that I've applied some concealer, you can't see it anymore. Thinking about my face back then, I would have nightmares and wake up in the middle of the night...... Yeah, this kind of acne will leave scars, severe ones like mine two years ago, all pitted and ugly... Hmmph! Go die! She's very pretty, even without makeup she looks great, with makeup she's even more beautiful——can your girlfriends show their faces after washing off their makeup?...... All fake! Padded! I'm now at least half a professional in beauty products......”

  When Pang Hua came out, Chen Xiao Cheng had already picked out over a dozen clothes and was waiting for the master to come out.

  The person who had just bragged walked by with a guilty conscience to see what kind of terrible thing was happening that required his attention.

  Result——

  "If you buy at a discount, the cost-effectiveness of these two brands is still okay." Chen Huan indicated that he was picking out clothes, "I've already discussed exchanging products with the seller of this store."

  "Is it a girl?"

  "Uh, otherwise how can we exchange?"

  Pang Hua was silent for a moment, then pointed out two pieces and reported their sizes.

  "Alright." Chen Hua Sheng waved his hand, sending him to make tea. This loft house was more than a dozen square meters larger than the one she currently lived in and the studio type, and the attic was also nearly ten square meters larger, but unfortunately it was just as short - he had no way to live or use it, so it became a warehouse! And because of this, he didn't dare not clean up the room every day!

  These three houses, only Chen Huai's house has sunlight and can be naturally ventilated, so she now sleeps in the attic. Note that except for sleeping, nothing else can be done because there is only a large mattress and a row of low cabinets on the second floor attic, and nothing else can be placed. Yes, there is only a mattress, no bed - if there was a bed, she could only crawl up and down and couldn't stand up.

  This is the fatal flaw that makes this commercial and residential loft unable to bring added value to the landlord, but instead gets stuck with funds: the floor height of the attic is too low.

  Chen Haotian picked out four pieces of clothing and a suit, as well as two decent computer backpacks. After negotiating with the store owner, they agreed on a price that was the same as the online store's promotional discount price.

  Unfortunately, they are not in the same city, so Pang Hua cannot go try on clothes directly.

  Ten days later, the clothes arrived.

  Pang Hua was stunned at first, then burst out laughing.

  Thick and thin, long and short autumn and winter down jackets, a fine woolen commuting shirt. A woolen suit, a set of large-headed sweaters. The entire autumn and winter season is solved.

  "This is the thinnest down jacket I've ever seen. It's really, really good!"

  "This down jacket should have been compressed, it won't be too cold. Wait a minute and try wearing it outside to test the temperature. Take off your thick work clothes and sweater, put on this down jacket over your shirt, and go out for a try. Go to the door and try... zip it up all the way, don't catch a chill!" Chen Huan's face was smiling, but his heart was jumping: This is the most expensive one among the five pieces of clothing. Even at 30% off, it still costs four digits - this isn't four digits that won't be worth much in ten years! Hmmph, this clothes package could buy a pretty good watch..."

  Pang Hua ran back with a smile when Chen Rui had already started work.

  "This down jacket is very warm! Winter is almost over."

  Chen Huaixiang silently handed over the work task list. Hum, his workload will be increased in the next two months, increased again! Must bring her blood pressure back!

  "It's not cheap." Pang Hua hesitated for a moment. This wasn't what he had specified, and he was certain that Chen Xiang hadn't shown him this piece of clothing before. It also didn't seem to be the same brand.

  "It's an exchange for something in the store, almost a 10ml retail of peony essential oil. But it's all at special prices. The original price is really unbearable." Chen Xiao didn't want to deliberately hide it either. "Hmm, actually I should pay you storage fees too... Hehe, I won't give you cash then."

  Pang Hua didn't mention this matter again. Ten milliliters! It's indeed a warehouse fee without any discount!

  This is what winter clothes should be like... a warm and beautiful necessity for the long winter season.

  That night when the temperature dropped, Pang Hua wore this outfit to go out and buy dinner and the dishes Chen Huai specified - tomorrow she would cook in the kitchen.

  Looking forward to it!

  Chen Haotian suddenly remembered the cleaning problem of this clothes, sighed, and ordered two kinds of cleaning agents for dry cleaning and wet washing - at least to save two times of clothes dry cleaning costs.

  Good grief! She's just like a housekeeper or an old mother...

  Never mind, take this opportunity to think about what you want to do tomorrow.

  "Hey, wake up! Do you want to go to sleep a bit earlier?"

  Chen Haoteng suddenly woke up with a start. She had actually been dozing off just now!

  "I deliberately put less rice in the box for you. Eat a little less and go to bed early."

  "Hmm." Chen Huaisheng took the rice back to his own room next door and put it in the refrigerator. Then he came back and only ate vegetables.

  "Are you tired today?"

  "It's okay, I guess. Maybe this week is just too busy and there are too many orders." Chen Hui finally swallowed the topic of finding an intern back down. It's almost a financial crisis, isn't it? She can't be sure what kind of impact this crisis will have on her, not to mention the loan... What a fulfilling life!

  "Are you just doing these few highlights today?"

  "Uh-huh."

  "I'll do it. You go rest. What do you want to eat tomorrow morning?"

  "Whatever you see, buy it... Big pancake?"

  "Good."

  "Don't buy fried dough sticks."

  "Alright, go take a bath and sleep."

  "Good."

  Back in his own place, he unconsciously sized up the extremely simple decoration of the house - the carpet, curtains and furniture appliances, especially that mattress were all good - Chen Xiao's dazed brain suddenly cleared for a moment, just now, really, it was a bit like an old couple... The kind of old couple with no passion, little intense conflict, only a dull and uninteresting daily life.

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