A week later, Yu Ruiyuan found Su Xiaotian and said that the three items had been sold, totaling twenty-three thousand two hundred yuan.
Naturally, the valuable item was the Tang Sancai, which sold for twenty thousand eight hundred yuan.
As for the other two items, they fetched two thousand four hundred yuan. The golden toad sold for two thousand two hundred yuan, not only because its body was made of gold, but also because the bead in its mouth was a piece of ice-type jadeite that was crystal clear.
“Is it that valuable?” Su Xiaotian asked in surprise.
She had previously thought that earning three thousand yuan from this sale would be excellent. It seemed she was still too young, and perhaps she had been cheated on the previous two items.
Thinking of this possibility, Su Xiaotian’s small face creased, but then she relaxed.
Isn’t that just how it is?
She bought them at a low price from other vendors, and people who understood business better than her bought them from her at a low price. There was nothing wrong with that.
“Xiaotian, your expression keeps changing. What are you thinking about? Do you think you sold it too cheap?” Yu Ruiyuan observed very carefully, seeing Su Xiaotian’s expression was a bit off, and asked with a smile.
Su Xiaotian quickly shook her head and said, “It’s not like that. I was thinking that the good things I found last time seem to have been sold at a loss.”
The two items only fetched less than two thousand yuan.
That was a huge loss.
If she had known, she might as well have kept them in her storage box.
Her storage box had grown considerably since the beginning.
As an additional reward for studying diligently, Su Xiaotian really loved this storage box.
If nothing else, money put inside would never be discovered.
Yu Ruiyuan smiled, this child!
“What’s past is past, no need to dwell on it. You’re a child, and it’s normal for people to trick you.”
Yu Ruiyuan didn’t say the latter part aloud: Didn’t you also trick others because you are a child?
Su Xiaotian smiled and said, “Godmother, yes, I’ve already accepted it. If I find any more good things in the future, I’ll bring them to you, and you can help me sell them!”
Yu Ruiyuan was clearly very happy that Su Xiaotian was willing to trust her, and nodded repeatedly, “Leave this to me, and I definitely won’t let you suffer a loss.”
“Thank you, Godmother,” Su Xiaotian said with a sweet smile.
“By the way, I’ve also inquired about a courtyard house. It’s not far from here, in Huai Shu Hutong. I think the location and the house are quite good,” Yu Ruiyuan remembered another important matter for today and said with a smile.
When Su Xiaotian heard Yu Ruiyuan say this, she nodded, “Anything Godmother approves of must be good.”
Yu Ruiyuan was happy about Su Xiaotian’s trust, but still feigned a scolding.
“Godmother, are there any property disputes with this courtyard? For example, if a brother comes out to fight over the inheritance, that would be troublesome.”
“This family has been passed down through four generations of single sons, so there are no inheritance disputes, and the property rights are clear,” Yu Ruiyuan nodded.
This was the most carefully investigated information she had gathered.
After painstakingly spending tens of thousands of yuan to buy a house, only to be bothered every day by someone else, who wouldn’t be upset!
“Thank you, Godmother, for your trouble!” Su Xiaotian knew that it was not easy to find out all this information, so she immediately expressed her gratitude.
Yu Ruiyuan poked Su Xiaotian’s forehead with her finger and said, “You child, you’re being polite with me now.”
Su Xiaotian felt the roughness of Yu Ruiyuan’s finger and suddenly remembered that the books she had read before seemed to have recipes for beauty creams.
After the courtyard house matter was settled, she would calm down and make some beauty cream for her Godmother.
“I’m not being polite with you, Godmother, I just feel that one should be polite.”
“Good, good, my Sweet Treasure is a polite and good child,” Yu Ruiyuan smiled so wide her eyes disappeared.
“Godmother, what about the price?”
She now had over forty thousand yuan. Could she buy two courtyard houses?
She remembered reading a report in her later life about someone who borrowed forty thousand yuan in the early 1980s and bought three courtyard houses.
If she had forty thousand yuan, she could buy at least two decent courtyard houses, right?
Su Xiaotian didn’t consider buying very small ones; she preferred to live in a larger courtyard and was willing to spend a little more money.
“The price is reasonable. I negotiated it down to nineteen thousand,” Yu Ruiyuan said.
This child likes courtyard houses. Could she be planning to convert all her over forty thousand yuan into courtyard houses?
“Then let’s go take a look!” Su Xiaotian was ready to go out immediately.
“Shouldn’t you tell your grandfather and grandmother about this?” Yu Ruiyuan quickly stopped Su Xiaotian and asked.
Su Xiaotian shook her head, “It’s better not to. This courtyard house is my own property.”
On this matter, Su Xiaotian had no intention of making a muddled account.
She would do her best to help her brothers, but when it came to financial matters, it was better to settle them in advance.
This was the so-called “clear accounts make for good brothers”!
Su Xiaotian had thought it through clearly these past few days. By purchasing it in her own name, there would be no disputes over the property rights of the courtyard house in the future.
If it were purchased in the name of the elders of the family, the money would not be clearly divided, and if property disputes arose in the future, it would truly damage their relationship.
Yu Ruiyuan felt that Su Xiaotian’s words made sense and agreed.
She had actually been worried about this issue.
Su Xiaotian was young and very attached to her brothers. If these brothers were to develop selfish intentions in the future, Xiaotian would suffer.
Now, it was great that Xiaotian truly understood these principles.
Although Yu Ruiyuan and Du Tonghe liked the other children of the Su family, their feelings for Su Xiaotian were different.
Even if Su Xiaotian was not their blood granddaughter, she still had a formal title.
The old woman and the young girl soon went to the courtyard house Yu Ruiyuan had chosen.
A courtyard house that Yu Ruiyuan fancied was indeed different from ordinary ones. It had two courtyards, front and back, and the rooms were very spacious and not dilapidated. It could be lived in immediately after purchase without requiring extensive repairs.
The only regret was that there were no shops facing the street.
But it didn’t matter; the greatest use of this courtyard was for living, and then for waiting for future appreciation.
The price Yu Ruiyuan had negotiated was nineteen thousand. After Su Xiaotian inspected it, she felt that the price could still be negotiated.
However, the owner insisted on not backing down further, and finally agreed to leave the furniture in the house for Su Xiaotian.
Su Xiaotian was also satisfied with this. Although the furniture in the house was ordinary solid wood furniture, without antiques or precious wood, practicality was also very important for their family.
The owner was surprised that the person who was actually buying the house was a teenage girl.
When did children become so capable?
He, an adult, had sold his ancestral property in order to get allocated housing…
For a moment, the owner felt regret.
Why sell such a good house?