Chapter 010 Family Crisis

Luo Jia walked into the kitchen

Mother, how is the matter we discussed?

Father has always been serious. While watching television, he frowned and said, "Why are you rushing home when there are no holidays? Can you keep up with your courses?"

Surrounding the area are many newly developed high-end residential buildings, with massive glass curtain walls shimmering in the sunlight, and the underground parking lots frequently seeing luxury cars coming and going. In contrast, the community where Luo Jia resides is quite old and worn, with more than half of it consisting of townhouses, which indeed has considerable development potential

Luo Jia sighed, a frown on his forehead, "The one-bedroom apartment in the vegetable market, where not even the sun can be seen, is pitch dark. It costs six hundred yuan a month, and no one wants to rent it. Moreover, that is borrowed money, not a gift. If you two old folks are willing to live there, I am still worried that the place might not be good for your health."

Mom, I am going out to buy a bottle of cola

Father mumbled, his sharp tongue belied his soft heart. Luo Jia had long since grown accustomed to this. If he truly thought the lamb chops were expensive, would he buy three jin at once? It was not because he was worried about the cost, but rather that he feared his son would not have enough to eat

Luo Jia lifted the lid of the pot and immediately frowned, saying: "Another bowl of barley and red bean porridge? Mom, have you been reading too many articles on social media? If drinking this stuff could help with weight loss, then what do we need the law of conservation of energy for"

Mom, I heard that our area is going to be demolished. If we can't keep the house, our family will suffer a great loss. Please tell me the truth, who do we owe money to? How much do we owe?

Luo Jia was slightly taken aback, "Is that so? I haven't heard about it."

The ones who owe the most are your maternal uncle and your elder maternal uncle

Luo Jia frowned, "Our house is indeed a row house, although it is not very large, there is a yard in front, and there are sixty-four similar row houses in the community"

The driver smiled mysteriously and said, "How could such matters be disclosed to the common people in advance? Recently, I had a passenger from the south, who seemed to be a project manager from Vanke or Country Garden. He was on the phone in my car, and I overheard him secretly."

The car stopped outside the community, and Luo Jia got out with a backpack, looking around.

"But we live in the north, where is the humidity coming from?" Luo Jia felt a bit like crying without tears

No wonder the uncle-in-law is so eager to buy the house; he must have already heard the news about the impending demolition.

Luo Jia's mother said, "It is a bit low, but your little uncle has agreed to lend us that old house next to the vegetable market, saving us the money for renting a place."

This is akin to the business class on high-speed trains; both can reach the destination, but why is business class so expensive? What they are selling is service and environment. The second class is different; there are seat hoggers, unruly children running around and making noise, and people talking loudly on the phone, which can be quite bothersome. Business class is much better, allowing one to rest peacefully and comfortably arrive at the destination, not to mention the complimentary meals and snacks.

It is unclear who initiated this trend, but in this era, many cities have constructed high-speed railway stations in remote areas, subsequently enclosing large tracts of farmland to create new urban districts, all under the pretext of stimulating economic development

Luo Jia's mother felt somewhat troubled; she had lived here for over ten years, and the neighbors were amicable. She did not wish to move, and she also knew that the house mentioned by her brother-in-law was simply not suitable for habitation, and living there would be a torment.

In fact, he does not have enough money to repay the debt. Xu Changge made an agreement with him to transfer 250,000 every week. After all, although Luo Jia is nominally the founder of Sky Eye, Sky Eye has not yet been registered with the industrial and commercial bureau, and Xu Changge is also afraid that he will run away with the money.

Then your family is bound to prosper, as houses with yards in the city center are quite precious The driver's eyes lit up, and he spoke many words of envy and jealousy, but Luo Jia did not take it to heart

Luo Jiaduo immediately felt in a bad mood, "How much is the little uncle planning to contribute?"

900,000

Child, not only can Job's tears and red bean porridge help with weight loss, but it can also eliminate dampness. If the dampness is severe, it can lead to water retention.

"Pengcheng is situated by Yunlong Lake, where the humidity in the lake can be quite heavy," my mother insisted on explaining

Mother spoke softly while glancing into the living room, fearing that her conversation with Luo Jia would be overheard by Luo's father

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Luo Jia smiled and said, "Master, you certainly know quite a lot. I have never traveled in business class; I must try it when I have the opportunity."

The amount of funds that Luo Jia can currently mobilize is just over 300,000. Whether this can resolve the family's crisis depends on this afternoon.

Indeed, my elder uncle has 270,000, and my younger uncle has 160,000. They are both my biological brothers. In fact, we did not pressure your father to repay the debt; it is your father's stubbornness. He believes that since we are relatives, if there is a debt, we cannot meet during the festive seasons. Therefore, he insists on selling the house to repay the debt

Your uncle called again this morning. He is currently raising funds and is still short by about 100,000. He is expected to come in the afternoon to sign the contract. Your father did not say much, so he is likely to have agreed.

Luo Jia was taken aback, "Nine hundred thousand wants to buy our house? Why doesn't he go pick up money on the street? A 110-square-meter townhouse with a yard, when the housing prices weren't this high two years ago, Uncle Liu's house sold for 1.2 million. Once, when I ran into him after school and greeted him, he said that he sold the house too cheaply back then. If he hadn't moved away, how nice it would have been to continue being neighbors with us."

How old are you to still be so attached to home? Take a break; your mother is currently frying lamb chops for you. Your academic performance isn't great, yet you have such high standards. Nowadays, three jin of lamb chops costs nearly two hundred yuan. In my younger days, lamb chops were only seven yuan per jin, and no one wanted to buy them

"Isn't it that I miss you all?" Luo Jia said

Rest assured, it will take at most half an hour to arrive, it won't delay your lunch. The driver chatted casually with Luo Jia, saying, "At this time, if you take the bus, it will take at least over an hour. Although riding in my car is more expensive than taking the bus, it is more efficient and the environment is better, isn't it?"

Dad, Mom, I am back. Luo Jia unlocked the door with the key, changed her shoes after entering the house, tossed her backpack into her room, and came to the living room after taking off her coat

However, after the establishment of the new urban area and the high-speed railway station, the supporting transportation has not kept pace, and every time Luo Jia returns home, she has to endure a long time on the crowded bus

Uncles

More than a decade ago, my father made some money by opening a factory. When he bought a house here, this area was still considered suburban. Today, with the expansion of the city, what was once the suburbs has become part of the city center

The situation is almost understood. Luo Jia finds an excuse to leave home and makes a phone call to her two uncles and Feng Youde in the community courtyard, informing them to come to her house in the afternoon

The collapse of the building is of no concern, but in your community, there are still dozens of two-story townhouses. When the time comes, if they temporarily add floors, raising the two stories to four, won't that drive the developers to bankruptcy? Surely your family does not live in a townhouse, do you?

Luo Jia sighed, this is what parents are like, they are stubborn, they do not understand science, yet you still love them unconditionally, fearing that they might suffer even the slightest injustice

In addition, there are also around 70,000 to 80,000 yuan, but that amount is not significant, and the creditors are past friends, so there was not much discussion about it

"Isn't it just boring to drive every day? I enjoy chatting with passengers," the driver said. "By the way, your area is filled with old houses. I heard they are going to be demolished next year. What good luck you have."

Another one is your Uncle Feng, to whom we owe a total of 300,000. He is the one pursuing the debt most aggressively. He even came to our house yesterday, claiming to visit an old friend, but in reality, he couldn't go three sentences without mentioning the repayment. This really angered your father, which is why he has resolutely decided to sell the house

The brother-in-law is being too ruthless, isn't he? Is he planning to drive our family to ruin

"Eat more slowly, how can you be like a starving ghost reincarnated?" said the mother, "In our family, I can decide what vegetables to buy and what meals to prepare, but I cannot manage your father's affairs.

However, Luo Jia is no longer the same as before. With the two orders from the mobile game company and Yang Shouting, Luo Jia will earn over one million this month. Moreover, with the development of Sky Eye, similar advertising orders will only increase, so he readily called for a Didi ride

The range hood was humming loudly, and my mother, wearing an apron, was frying lamb chops at the stove. Although the lamb chops were delicious, the cooking process produced quite a bit of smoke. A string of small beads of sweat formed on my mother's forehead. On the kitchen countertop, there was a plate of century eggs and a plate of lotus root slices, while porridge was simmering in the pot

Luo Jia picked up a freshly fried lamb chop from the plate and stuffed it into his mouth, finding it a bit hot, causing him to grimace.