My Beloved Super Fierce Wife-Chapter 113: What on earth is happening?

"The system is an upright ’Three-Provisions System,’ not one of those fake and shoddy ones outside. Please do not maliciously speculate," the system’s voice seemed somewhat indignant.

Lin Tang was walking home from work.

Talking to the system in her mind didn’t affect her walking at all.

"Do you not need to consider the current social background when you issue tasks?

This is one thing, but one month! One month! Where am I supposed to obtain real estate from? Are you not setting me up to fail?"

Every time she thought about losing two thousand points if she failed the task, Lin Tang felt terrible.

"..." She shouldn’t have let the prospect of a two thousand point reward cloud her judgement.

The system’s face was emotionless.

"This is the host’s task. Please complete it as soon as possible. Complaining is useless; finding a solution is the only way out."

Lin Tang: Who doesn’t know that?

Huh!

In any era, buying a house is difficult.

What a situation...

Thinking of ways to solve the problem, Lin Tang arrived home and entered the courtyard.

She was just about to pour some water to wash her face.

When she heard the elder Mr. and Mrs. Jiang speaking in the other room.

Mrs. Jiang sighed heavily.

She glanced around the somewhat empty room.

Her tone was full of reluctance.

"We’ve lived here for over a decade, and suddenly having to move, it doesn’t quite sit right with me."

Every brick, every corner was filled with memories!

Hearing this, old Mr. Jiang stopped tinkering with his beloved radio and patted his wife on the shoulder.

He comforted her with a smile, "If you want to come back, it’s no big deal for me to come back with you, it’s not a big deal, no need for you to worry so much."

Mrs. Jiang shook her head, smiling.

Her eyes crinkled with laughter lines though softened by the passage of time.

"No need! It’s the same wherever we are. We’re getting older, and it’s not practical to keep moving back and forth; our son would worry too.

We should just take good care of our grandchildren, help our son manage the home, and take care of ourselves."

Mr. Jiang nodded, "Alright, we’ll do as you say."

"You always listen to me," Mrs. Jiang felt secretly pleased, yet she gave him a stern look.

Half a minute later, her face grew concerned again.

"You don’t think we’ll have to come back every year to collect rent, do you? We might not come back to live here.

It would be so much simpler if we could just sell it; renting it out really is troublesome."

At that time, houses weren’t very valuable.

Families with workers could save up and buy one.

However, the reality was that even though housing was in short supply in the city, houses couldn’t be easily bought or sold, and those willing to sell were few and far between.

Random buying and selling of houses, if caught, would lead to public criticism and self-criticism.

People were cautious about their reputations then and wouldn’t easily break the rules.

If not for various restrictions, the Jiang couple would have sold the house long ago.

Mr. Jiang felt that women tend to overthink, but he couldn’t bear to say that to his wife.

He could only keep comforting her, "Maybe in a few years we will be able to sell it.

By then, Tangtang would have saved up some money, she might want to buy this courtyard.

Thinking so much now is of little use. Let’s just see how things go."

Lin Tang, outside in the courtyard, perked up when she heard this.

She had just been worrying.

This was like a sleeping pillow had come to a sleepy head.

She had almost forgotten about elder Mr. and Mrs. Jiang.

She thought the elderly couple only preferred renting out, not selling.

What fortunate timing...

Lin Tang set down the basin and knocked on the elderly couple’s room door.

Grandma Jiang of course knew that Lin Tang had come back.

Thinking she needed something, she quickly opened the door.

"Tangtang, you’re back. Is there something you need?"

Having lived under the same roof for a few days, they had become quite familiar with each other.

It was evident from the way they addressed each other.

Lin Tang thought about how she had unintentionally overheard the private conversation between the two elders and felt embarrassed.

"That... Grandma Jiang, I need to apologize to you first."

"I just happened to overhear what you and Grandpa Jiang were saying..."

No matter what, not leaving immediately and listening to the entire conversation was indiscreet of her.

Grandma Jiang was stunned for a moment and then suddenly laughed.

"It’s alright, what does it matter? It’s broad daylight, and your Grandpa Jiang and I weren’t saying anything shameful. If you heard, you heard."

"We’re living in the same courtyard. Isn’t it normal to overhear? Don’t worry about it."

Such a small matter didn’t warrant an apology.

The little girl was just thin-skinned.

Seeing that Grandma Jiang didn’t mind, Lin Tang smiled, "...Thank you, Grandma Jiang, for not taking it to heart."

Grandma Jiang really liked her and took her hand as they walked into the house.

"You came to us for something, right? Let’s talk inside."

After entering the house, Grandpa Jiang saw Lin Tang and smiled affectionately, "...Tangtang is here."

Then he looked at his wife, "Quickly get some food for Tangtang. She must be hungry after work."

The little girl always brought them some tasty food.

They weren’t stingy in return.

They might not have much to offer, but enough to fill a stomach was possible.

Lin Tang hurriedly declined, "No need. I have food in my room. I’ll eat when I go back."

Grandma Jiang didn’t listen to her and brought out some pancakes.

"What you have in your room is yours; what we give you, you should just accept."

After handing her the pancakes and pouring a bowl of water, she finally sat down.

Unable to refuse further, Lin Tang expressed her thanks, "Then thank you, Grandpa and Grandma Jiang."

Only then did Grandma Jiang smile satisfactorily, "That’s more like it."

"By the way, did you come to see me and your Grandpa Jiang for something?" she asked.

Grandpa Jiang also looked curiously at Lin Tang.

Lin Tang’s face turned slightly red, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"...I just overheard at the door that you were discussing selling the house, so I wanted to ask about it."

Both elders looked surprised.

They hadn’t expected her to inquire about that.

Grandma Jiang didn’t hide anything and spoke openly, "Your Grandpa Jiang and I are indeed looking to sell the house.

It’s not a sudden idea. Before renting out the house, we had already considered it.

We’re moving to Provincial City, and if nothing goes wrong, we probably won’t come back."

"Renting out the house and then coming back to collect the rent isn’t convenient, so we thought of selling it outright.

But... since we can’t sell it now, we have to abandon that idea..."

Grandma Jiang appeared slightly worried when mentioning this.

They trusted Tangtang; renting to her was fine since she was careful and clean.

If she stopped renting in the future and they had to rent it to someone else, they wouldn’t necessarily feel at ease.

Hearing this, Lin Tang’s eyes brightened.

It was good that there was an intention to sell.

"If you could sell, how much would you want for this house?"

If the price was right, she would buy it.

Owning a house was better.

Renting was never a long-term solution.

"Could you possibly have a way?" Grandma Jiang laughed and shook her head, saying, "If we could sell it, we would ask for two hundred yuan plus one hundred kilos of grain."

Then she changed her tone.

"However... if you, Tangtang, want it, your Grandpa Jiang and I could ask for less, one hundred and eighty yuan and one hundred kilos of grain."