Lin Mai pondered for a while, then pointed diagonally across the road: "Uncle, I will open a shop there.
If I can't come up with the money to buy a house after three months, you will confiscate the deposit as usual, and I will help you sell the house."
The landlord snorted disdainfully: "Why do you think I sold such a good-looking house?
It's because both of my sons have established a firm foothold in Hong Kong. Otherwise, even if they beat me to death, I would not sell my ancestral property.
You said that you would have no money to buy a house in three months and you would help me sell the house. I would already be in Hong Kong at that time.
If you dig a hole for me to jump into, it won't be easy for me to come over and expose you.
How could I give such a big house to a stranger like you to help me sell it!"
Lin Mai was speechless for a moment. It was normal for the landlord not to trust her.
After a long time, she whispered: "I really want to buy your house, and I can guarantee that I will have the money to buy it in three months."
The landlord was a little impatient and frowned: "Verbal guarantees are useless! Unless you are willing to put up a deposit of five thousand yuan, I will keep it for you for three months!"
Lin Mai stuttered a little: "I, I don't have that much money."
The landlord said angrily: "If you don't have money, you can talk nonsense!"
Lin Mai returned to the snack bar dejectedly.
Zhou Caiyun was shocked when he saw her: "You went out without wearing a straw hat? You don't want to turn gray, right?"
Lin Mai was a little upset: "Don't control me like a mother, okay? I'm just crossing the street. In just a few minutes, how much tan can I get?"
Zhou Caiyun said seriously: "Who gets tanned all at once? Not everyone gets tanned over time!
I’m telling you, you must wear a straw hat when going out from now on, don’t take my words seriously!”
Lin Mai responded perfunctorily and went upstairs listlessly.
Only then did Zhou Caiyun realize that something was wrong with her, and followed her upstairs: "Why did you lose your mind just after going out? What happened?"
Lin Mai sighed a few times and told her about his troubles about wanting to buy the three-room house across the street, but couldn't afford 10,000 yuan.
When Zhou Caiyun heard that the house cost 10,000 yuan, she immediately gasped: "It's so expensive, even if Mingcheng Doudou and I were sold, we wouldn't be able to get 10,000 yuan."
Doudou was sitting on the side holding a peach and chewing on it. Hearing this, he rolled his eyes and said in a sweet voice: "Uncle the seller, Uncle Fang is valuable."
Zhou Caiyun was so happy that she burst into laughter and scratched her little nose: "Uncle the seller, why don't you borrow money from him, maybe you can borrow 10,000 yuan."
When Lin Mai heard this, his heart moved, but he immediately gave up the idea of borrowing money from Fang Zhuoran.
People have already helped her so much, so she can't trouble them any more.
Zhou Caiyun advised: "If you can't afford it, don't buy it. Whatever you do, you have to do within your ability."
Lin Mai warned her: "Whether I can afford it in the end or not, don't tell anyone about it."
Zhou Caiyun nodded: "I know." and went downstairs to work.
Lin Mai did not give up and sat in front of the window to think of a solution.
She remembered a time in her previous life when she was negotiating business with a particularly tricky client, but she couldn't reach an agreement no matter what.
Finally, she cooked a delicious meal herself, and the customer actually signed a contract with her after eating it.
I heard that delicious food can make people lower their guard. Can I test it again with the landlord opposite?
Thinking of this, Lin Mai was a little excited and immediately went to the freezer downstairs to select meat ingredients to make delicious food.
There are a lot of meat ingredients in the freezer now, including pork knuckles, pork trotters, and pork belly.
Lin Mai made a Dongpo pork elbow, a five-spice pork trotters and a red date and pork belly soup.
Zhou Caiyun thought she was making it for Fang Zhuoran: "Professor Fang, can you eat so much?"
Li Mingcheng listened on the sidelines and felt a little sad. Professor Maizi Fang is so kind~
They are not the only ones in the kitchen, there are other employees as well.
Lin Mai didn't want to tell the truth, so he lied: "It's not for Professor Fang, it was ordered by an old man."
When Zhou Caiyun heard this, he understood and said no more.
Li Mingcheng didn't know what was going on and volunteered to help Lin Mai deliver food.
Lin Mai said: "You are not familiar with this place. If I ask you to deliver food, you can't even find the way."
Pack those few dishes in lunch boxes and get ready to go out.
Zhou Caiyun quickly covered her head with a straw hat.
Lin Mai not only brought the food to the landlord, but also brought ten bottles of beer.
She wanted to make the landlady so drunk that he might agree to keep the house for three months.
Although this possibility is very small, you should always try.
Although the landlord was not driven crazy by Lin Mai's ten bottles of beer, he was a real foodie.
Dongpo elbow is soft and juicy, fat but not greasy, and rake but not rotten.
The five-spice pork trotters are rich in flavor, soft and glutinous in texture, and the skin is elastic.
The red date and pork belly soup is delicious.
There is not a single dish among these dishes that the landlord is not satisfied with.
He ate the two kilogram Dongpo elbow with great enthusiasm, he chewed the five-spice pig's feet cleanly, and drank the red date and pork belly soup until not even a drop of soup was left. He wanted to lick the plate.
Sure enough, good food can make people feel better.
After the landlord had a good meal, he became talkative.
He took the initiative to lower the deposit to 3,000 yuan and reserved the house for Lin Mai for three months.
If he breaches the contract, the deposit will be refunded in full and she will be compensated one thousand yuan in liquidated damages.
The landlord kindly advised Lin Mai to make an estimate as to whether he would be able to spend 10,000 yuan to buy his house in three months.
I couldn't afford another house, so I gave him the 3,000 yuan deposit.
Lin Mai smiled: "You can get it."
She can definitely make 10,000 yuan by reselling agricultural products within three months, which she still has confidence in.
What worries her is that even if the landlord lowers the deposit to 3,000, she won't be able to get it out.
At present, she can only come up with a deposit of 1,000 yuan at most, which includes the money she plans to spend to build a house for Grandma Tian.
Lin Mai left the landlord's house dejectedly, wondering where he could get three thousand yuan.
If it doesn't work, just ask Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang for a loan. They will definitely be able to lend her three thousand yuan.
Fang Zhuoran performed a major operation on a critically ill patient as soon as he got to work in the afternoon.
After the operation, he poured a glass of water and stood in front of the office window to drink and relax.
I accidentally looked at Lin Mai wearing a straw hat crossing the road and couldn't help but frown.
The little girl is so elegant and refined in a floral skirt, but her temperament is affected by this straw hat. What a pity!
As soon as he got off work, he went straight to Jiangcheng Shopping Mall across the street.
In this era, the off-duty hours of shopping malls were the same as those of ordinary workplaces, and they also closed at 5:30 p.m.
The only difference is that the place needs to be cleared at 5:30 to persuade customers to leave.
When Fang Zhuoran rushed there, it was time to clear the place.
The salesperson smiled and persuaded him to come back for shopping tomorrow.
Fang Zhuoran smiled brightly at the salesperson: "I'll just buy a sun hat, please be accommodating."
A beautiful woman's smile can captivate a city, who can withstand it?
The salesperson had no choice but to be patient: "Hurry up, we're going to close soon."