Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student

Chapter 369 - 248: Pay Back the Money or Work the Sewing Machine!

After having different ideas in her mind, Xu Huili no longer focused on the house in the county town.

While Li Guilian was haggling with the homeowner, she pulled her boyfriend Liu Xiaojie aside and whispered, "Xiaojie, how about we buy a house in Sanjiang?"

"There’s not much development staying in this small county town, then we’ll go work in Sanjiang together."

"Uh, houses in Sanjiang are quite expensive, right?"

Liu Xiaojie looked troubled.

"Houses in big cities are definitely expensive, but the income is high too. Once you get to Sanjiang and work hard, it won’t be a problem!"

"Don’t you believe in your own ability?"

Xu Huili started to use psychological tactics. She actually didn’t plan to stay in the small county for long either; this time she returned home just to lay low because she had some trouble while working in Sanjiang.

A friend introduced Liu Xiaojie, and she just wanted to have some fun, not expecting him to have the means to pay in full for a house and give an 180,000 yuan bride price.

"Besides, isn’t your sister a university lecturer? She must know many influential people. It’s not hard for her to introduce you to a job either!"

Seeing Liu Xiaojie hesitate, Xu Huili immediately spoke up again.

"Uh, that’s true!"

"Actually, I really want to develop in Sanjiang too!"

Liu Xiaojie was quite indecisive himself, and he really wanted to see a big city like Sanjiang, so he was persuaded.

Since they reached an agreement, the house was naturally not bought.

"What?"

"You want to buy a house in Sanjiang??"

While eating together, Liu Xiaojie told his mother about their idea at the instigation of his girlfriend.

Upon hearing it, Li Guilian immediately frowned.

With over 300,000 yuan, you can buy a ninety-some square meter house in a small county town, but in Sanjiang, that might just get you a bathroom.

"We could pay a down payment first, and then I’ll earn money to pay off the mortgage gradually."

"Besides, there are many development opportunities in Sanjiang. Maybe once I’m there, I’ll make a fortune and bring you over to enjoy life."

Liu Xiaojie casually painted a grand picture for his mom.

"Auntie, only in a big city like Sanjiang are there opportunities for development. Xiaojie and I are still young, we should go out there and take risks."

"Besides, his sister is in Sanjiang too, with her looking out for us."

Xu Huili immediately chimed in.

After hearing her words, Liu Qingwu was left speechless. This "sister-in-law" was really presumptuous, even planning her into their "development."

But Liu Qingwu had no desire to speak at this moment, she just silently ate.

Anyway, her delaying tactic had worked. Since Liu Xiaojie and Xu Huili had made up their minds to move to Sanjiang, the house-buying money wouldn’t be touched for now.

Li Guilian certainly opposed her son’s intended move to Sanjiang, but with it being two against one, she couldn’t outlast Liu Xiaojie and Xu Huili, so she had to compromise in the end.

"Why don’t you two go to Sanjiang to have a look around first, see how much houses cost and if there are any cheaper ones."

"Qingwu, you know a lot of people, help Xiaojie and Lili find a job."

Li Guilian seemed to take it for granted.

"By the way, isn’t the person who transferred money to me yesterday a big boss? What’s your relationship with him?"

The transfer had the name on the phone message. Li Guilian actually knew her daughter couldn’t come up with that much money, yet this person with the surname Shen transferred 280,000 yuan in one go, he must be rich.

"A friend."

"What kind of friend would transfer so much money in one go?"

"A boyfriend?"

Li Guilian curiously pressed on. In her plan, her daughter must marry a rich person and then provide a generous bride price.

Otherwise, raising this daughter would seem like a waste.

"No."

Liu Qingwu shook her head in denial.

Hearing this answer, Li Guilian was somewhat disappointed, and she immediately advised, "Men who can give you so much money in one go are to be cherished."

"He kindly lent us the money."

Liu Qingwu gave Li Guilian a sidelong glance.

Li Guilian pretended not to hear and directly changed the topic, "Xiaojie, Lili, if you really want to buy a house in Sanjiang, just go have a look in these couple of days."

"Mm-hmm, we’ll go tomorrow!"

Liu Xiaojie nodded repeatedly, he could hardly wait.

"Qingwu, find them a place to stay, or maybe the dorms at your school have a vacant room for them?"

Li Guilian started assigning tasks to Liu Qingwu again.

"How could the school dorm let outsiders stay? Besides, I’m just an intern teacher, I don’t have any say!"

Liu Qingwu was rendered speechless again.

"We can find a place to stay ourselves, it won’t cost much."

Xu Huili stepped in to mediate.

When the meal was almost finished, Liu Qingwu used the excuse of taking a call to leave the restaurant first, and after waiting for a long time and not seeing her daughter return, Li Guilian had to pay the bill herself.

Leaving the restaurant, Liu Qingwu didn’t return home but took a bus back, citing work at the school, and didn’t mention money again.

The next day.

Liu Xiaojie and Xu Huili also got on the bus to Sanjiang.

Since Xu Huili had previously worked in Sanjiang and was familiar with the city, under her arrangement, they stayed at a pretty good hotel, with, of course, Liu Xiaojie paying for the hotel.

Back home, Li Guilian was happily playing mahjong.

Now she had over 400,000 yuan in her bank account. Having lived for half a lifetime, she’d never had so much money before and even thought of not buying a house for her son anymore.