Chapter 383: Not an Adoptive Mother 24
They had to move out of the blue and leave their ancestral home. Aunt Zhang and Uncle Zhang were reluctant to leave and had no appetite. When their children saw this, they tried to persuade the old couple for a long time.

Yuanchun also reminded Aunt Zhang, "Aunt Zhang, more and more people from other places are coming to Beijing to work. With so many people, there won't be enough houses to live in. Houses will only get more and more expensive in the future. If you two have some spare money, you can buy a few more houses in old neighborhoods. Maybe they will be demolished. Even if they are not demolished, they will appreciate in value. It is better than putting money in the bank."

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhang family looked at Yuanchun with some surprise, "Yuanchun, are you serious? Can other old communities be demolished too?"

"Not necessarily. It depends on the city planning. Some old communities will be demolished, but some will not. Even if you buy a house that is not going to be demolished, the value of the house will still appreciate."

Those that are not demolished will be more valuable in ten years.

A courtyard house costs one hundred million.

More valuable than a building.

Therefore, in the 1990s, no matter what kind of house you bought in Beijing, you would make a profit.

After hearing Yuanchun's words, the Zhang family's children also felt that they made sense. In recent years, more and more people from other places have come to Beijing to work, and the housing supply has been in short supply.

It seems that they can no longer keep their money in the bank, but should invest in real estate.

Therefore, Yuanchun's reminder made the Zhang family's children see the prospects of real estate, and they used the spare money they had to buy several old houses.

Aunt Zhang got along well with Yuanchun. When she saw that Yuanchun bought a courtyard house in an old residential area, she and the old man discussed it and decided to reject her eldest son's proposal to live in his house. While helping Yuanchun move, the old couple bought a small courtyard house with two entrances near her new home.

During this era, Beijing was developing vigorously, with many high-rise buildings and new construction areas being built around it. Some locals who were tired of living in courtyard houses would sell their courtyard houses and save some money to buy buildings to live in.

Living in a building is quiet, clean, and has radiators. Living in a courtyard house means you have to go out to the bathroom in the middle of the night, which is okay in the summer, but it is a pain to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night in the winter.

Moreover, the courtyard house is very cold in winter. Those who have a kang in the house can heat it up, but those who don’t have a kang have to endure the cold no matter how cold it is.

Therefore, many local people sold their courtyard houses and bought apartments for convenience.

And this is a good thing for Yuanchun.

Yuanchun took the opportunity to buy five or six small dilapidated courtyards.

Because the yard was shabby and the price was cheap, Yuanchun bought it at the lowest price.

When Aunt Zhang saw Yuanchun buying so many houses and remembered her reminder, she gritted her teeth and took out money to buy another courtyard with two entrances, which she rented to two outsiders and collected two hundred yuan in rent every month.

After Yuanchun rented out all the houses, she opened a grocery store by connecting the other two-courtyard house next door and opened two doors on the outer wall of the back house.

Aunt Zhang said with a smile, "Your house is in a good location, right opposite the square, very suitable for opening a store. When my family is short of salt and oil in the future, it will be convenient for me to come to your place to buy things, and I don't have to go far to buy them."

Yuanchun smiled and pointed to the houses in the second courtyard. "I want to open an entertainment room with these unused rooms. I have a few sets of old tables and chairs. I just need to buy a few chess sets and chessboards, and a few decks of playing cards. When you want to play chess or playing cards in the future, you can invite a few old friends to come to my entertainment room to play."

(End of this chapter)