Chapter 199: Settling Down
After Yiyi and the others arrived in Shangjing, they first found a hotel to stay.
"After a day and a night on the train, everyone must be tired. Let’s grab something to eat nearby and then have a good night’s rest."
Hearing Yiyi’s words, no one objected, and after dinner, they went straight back to the hotel to rest.
The next day, Yiyi finally felt well-rested.
"Yiyi, are we going to look for a place to live today?" Ding Yuejun asked her daughter as she packed up.
"Yes."
Yiyi nodded directly and said, "If we find a suitable place, we’ll just buy it. Once we fix it up a bit, we can move in. Since we’ll be in Shangjing for a while, it’s better to buy our own house."
With the money from Xie Yuanzhou’s medicine, buying an average-sized house in Shangjing shouldn’t be a problem. Besides, the house prices in Shangjing are bound to skyrocket in the future, so buying now would definitely pay off.
Ding Yuejun naturally agreed with her daughter’s decision.
"Alright, let’s go check it out together then."
When the mother and daughter left the hotel room, they called on the others to have breakfast first.
"I’ve heard that Shangjing has a lot of special breakfasts. What should we try now?" Fei Er Ya was full of curiosity about Shangjing, finding everything interesting.
Yiyi laughed when she heard this, "Then maybe we should try some soy milk and fried dough rings."
"Sounds good."
No one else objected.
However, when they arrived at the place, Guo Ming didn’t want soy milk and ordered a bowl of tofu pudding instead, "I can’t get used to the soy milk."
Hearing this, Yiyi couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow. It turns out her master had visited Shangjing before, but she didn’t say much more and ordered soy milk and fried dough rings for herself and the others.
"Hmm..."
After taking a sip of soy milk, Fei Er Ya’s brows slightly furrowed; she found that she wasn’t quite used to the soy milk.
Seeing Fei Er Ya’s expression, Yiyi smilingly said, "It’s true some people can’t get used to soy milk. If you don’t like the taste, you can order something else."
"Since it’s a specialty, I’ll finish it anyway."
Although the taste wasn’t what she expected, Fei Er Ya still drank it all.
Once everyone had eaten their fill, they started to stroll around Shangjing City.
Like Fei Er Ya, Mo Ping found everything novel, but he was too concerned about appearances to show it on his face; however, his eyes were gleaming with excitement.
Yiyi first took them for a walk around the streets, and then she simply found them a guide while she went to look at houses.
But finding something she truly liked all of a sudden proved difficult. So far, Yiyi hadn’t seen anything worth buying.
"Young lady, what kind of area are you looking to buy a house in? What’s your budget?"
The person introducing the properties to Yiyi was a young man who looked very upright but already showed signs of impatience, mainly because the young girl before him seemed too young to truly be interested in buying a house.
Yiyi naturally caught on to this man’s impatience, her brows slightly furrowing, and her tone lost its previous softness, "Ideally, we’re looking for a courtyard house, priced around seventy to eighty thousand."
The housing prices in Shangjing were surely higher, but at the moment, that was all she had to offer. She hoped to buy a small courtyard house, but whether she could or not remained to be seen.
Upon hearing Yiyi’s words, the young man couldn’t help confirming, "You really want to buy a courtyard house?"
"Can I get one for that much money?"
The young man nodded and said, "You can, but it probably won’t be very big."
"Then just look for one like that."
Seeing Yiyi’s serious expression, the young man started to believe her a bit, "Alright, leave me your address, and I’ll let you know when there’s news."
Hearing this, Yiyi directly left the address of the hotel.
"Yiyi, how’s it going, did you find a house you like?"
Yiyi shook her head and said, "I haven’t found anything satisfactory yet, but I’ve got someone looking out for me."
"Buying a house isn’t something you can rush, so take your time."
Ding Yuejun didn’t expect them to find a house so quickly anyway.
It was Mo Ping who said from the side, "Boss, I’ll help look for a house too. Why don’t we rent a place for now and then look slowly?"
"That sounds good, but you’re not familiar with Shangjing yet. Take your time to get acquainted."
"Alright."
At this point, Guo Ming, who had been silent at the side, spoke up, "Leave the house hunting to me. What kind are you looking for?"
Yiyi looked at her master in surprise, then replied, "I’d really like a courtyard house, but I only have seventy to eighty thousand at hand now, so I’m not sure what kind I can get."
"You can probably get a courtyard house, and we can go check it out together later."
Mo Ping couldn’t help but say from the side, "Wow, Old Guo, I didn’t expect you to have connections in Shangjing as well."
Guo Ming glanced at him and said, "Doing slightly better than you."
The two had known each other for a long time, so Guo Ming occasionally joked with Mo Ping.
But what Yiyi didn’t expect was that the next day, Guo Ming directly took them to a house, surprising her with his quick actions.
"Master, this house is quite large. Is seventy to eighty thousand really enough?"
Guo Ming had brought them to a courtyard house near Shichahai. Although it was a bit desolate and overgrown, just looking at its size, it was quite substantial—likely a three-section courtyard house.
"Don’t worry, it’s enough."
Looking at the courtyard house before him, Guo Ming’s eyes held a bit of complexity before he directly smiled and said, "It’s been abandoned here for a while, so selling it is good."
"Master, this house isn’t yours, is it?"
Yiyi asked suspiciously.
Guo Ming smiled and said, "No, it’s a house of an old friend of mine, but she’s been gone for a long time, so it’s been left abandoned. Later, we’ll handle the transfer then fix it up well."
"Then... who will we find for the transfer?"
"Don’t worry, I’ve got most of the paperwork done. We’ll just go for the transfer directly later."
Yiyi naturally trusted her master, and after transferring seventy thousand to an account, the courtyard house became hers. "Master, thank you. Without you, we couldn’t have found such a good house." She felt a bit guilty for getting a bargain.
"No need to thank me. No need for thanks between us. Besides, the previous owner of this courtyard had intended to sell it, just hadn’t found the right person before."
Hearing this, Yiyi felt relieved since the house was meant to be sold, so she didn’t need to feel bad about buying it.
"Boss, this place is really nice, spacious for living, so when will we look for a factory?" Mo Ping was still concerned about starting a pharmaceutical factory, and now in Shangjing, they could finally make solid plans.
On this point, Yiyi also had some plans.
"Once Er Ya and I have registered, we’ll start looking for a factory site."
"Alright."
Seeing that Yiyi hadn’t forgotten about it, Mo Ping was very pleased.
After checking out of the hotel, the group went directly to the courtyard house near Shichahai to start tidying up together.