Rebirth to the Eighties to Get Rich

Chapter 199: Saving Is Not That Good When the Prices Are Rising

Chapter 199: Saving Is Not That Good When the Prices Are Rising

This year's celebration was similar to last year's, but at this time last year, Su Danhong was still pregnant with Qiqi. Currently, this kid was able to grab things and could sort of stand up on his own. He could take a step or two when he felt like it, and then sit down and continue to crawl happily.

The same celebration was the same as previous years in having relatives and guests visit.

It's just that there were significantly more people coming to pay a visit to them this year than last year.

In addition to the long-term workers from the village, workers from the shops came to pay New Year's greetings. In the town, there were also Sister He and Sun Dashan's family, who came to visit on the fourth day.

Although it had not even been more than a year, Sister He and Sun Dashan looked more active than before.

Especially Sister He, who was chubbier and whiter than before, and looked great. Sun Dashan, who was thin before, also gained some weight last year. They lived in the city, where there was good water and supportive people.

Ji Jianyun gave the couple a monthly salary of 30 yuan each, with an additional 10 yuan for food expenses. This added up to 70 yuan.

The front courtyard was filled with various goods, but the back courtyard was habitable since the shop was spacious. The couple saved on renting elsewhere and only had to spend for their meals.

Whether it's Sister He or Sun Dashan, they were willing to save their money. After all, they had a few children and the elderly in their family to support. The whole family relied on the couple, and naturally they needed to save their money.

However, that did not mean they didnt spend any on good food. When they helped with killing the chickens, they did not want parts like the chicken intestines. Some city dwellers did not even want chicken liver or chicken head.

As for the vegetables, that's easy. Nearby was the market. Buying things in the morning was enough for the couple to survive on for a few days.

In addition to that, they occasionally bought a few eggs from the store to cook with. It could be said that they were living pretty well. A month of living expenses for the couple was only four yuan, and it was basically the same every month. If there was something to eat, they would not save it.

The couple had 66 yuan left over in a month. After deducting 30 yuan that they sent back to their hometown, they still had 36 yuan left.

They saved quite a bit these days, and they had savings from before. In the past, Sun Dashan and Sister He had stable jobs. Including what they saved before, the couple has almost 500 yuan.

This was already considered very good, but if they wanted to buy an apartment in the college town, it was not possible yet.

When Sister He and Sun Dashan came to visit during the New Year, Ji Jianyun talked about this matter. Are you guys going to consider buying an apartment over there in the college town? There is a community near it. The shop is about fifteen minutes away by bike and there's also a school over there.

Ji Jianyun felt they were always busy and the family only had one summer vacation and winter vacation during the entire year. He was a bit apologetic about it since they were workers under him.

Sun Dashan and Sister He had been thinking about it for a long time. They had lived in the college for a long time, and they had experienced the prosperity of living in the college town. They were both able to continue working because Ji Jianyun's business was really good, and their income was stable.

While they have thought about it, an apartment in the college town was not a place the couple could think of living at right now with what they have saved up.

Seeing their predicament, Ji Jianyun said, If you want to buy a place, then I can let you borrow some when I have some extra money.

We can't do that, Sun Dashan said immediately.

Sister He also said quickly, No, we just need to save up. We are saving money quickly.

If they save 36 yuan a month, they could save around 400 yuan a year. They were saving money quickly.

If you are saving money that quickly, can you surpass how fast the housing prices are rising? Su Danhong asked. I heard from Sister Hong that our province is going to develop a lot in the next few years. Look at how many factories have been built in our town and county town recently.

Indeed, there has been a significant number of factories built, with some to make clothes and some to make shoes. It was to the point where prices on things were much higher.

For example, during the New Year celebrations this year, the price of meat had creeped up.

For this reason, Ji Jianyun was perceptive of this business opportunity and decided to increase the number of pigs to raise from 21 to 30.

As for housing prices, it had indeed risen again. It was slow, and not as aggressively as at the beginning, but still rising.

I dont have any money now. If you want to borrow some, then itll be during June or July of this year, Ji Jianyun said.

Summer was the peak fruit season. He would definitely have the money. It would be a good idea to lend them some money to buy an apartment and establish a foothold in the college town. At that point, their family would be reunited and they would be able to work with a peace of mind.

That's fine, Sun Dashan accepted.

When the couple brought their children back, Sister He said to her husband on the road, Why did you agree so readily? By June or July, we won't have enough saved, we'll have to borrow more from Jianyun.

She put out three fingers.

It meant 3,000 yuan.

In this era, whether it was 30 or 300, it was a considerable amount of money. For 3,000 yuan, it was impossible to imagine what a huge sum that was!

I want to take my parents and children to live in the college town together, I like it there, Sun Dashan explained.

Sometimes when everything at the store was sold out, he would go out and walk around. He noticed that he really liked the college town compared to his hometown. If he could buy an apartment in the college town, the family could live together there.

He had seen how there was everything in the college town, whether it's elementary school, middle school, high school, or higher education. Moreover, the education was obviously much better there than in his hometown. It didnt matter if he could only buy a small place. The main thing was that he would be living there. As for his hometown, he had no plans to come back again.

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After living in the college town for a long time, Sister He also liked it a lot. She missed her three children at home.

I think Jianyun really wants us to borrow from him, so we will borrow from him and he can deduct it from our salary, Sun Dashan suggested.

The most important factor in his decision was what he heard from Su Danhong. No matter how fast they saved money, the housing price would increase faster. The price he inquired about five months ago was completely different from the price he inquired about now. Although the price had increased by a few yuan per square meter, it meant that the price of a 100 square meter apartment had increased by several hundred yuan. This was more than what that couple saved in a year!

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