Chapter 36 Viewing a House
Then there are the official zone and the military zone, which cooperate and are located very close to each other.
Both officials and the military lived in ordinary buildings and detached houses that were added later.
Only some of their researchers live in slightly more upscale rooms.
After listening to this, Bai Tang decided to buy a detached house next to the military and government offices, so that she would feel safe and secure.
As the group talked, they arrived at the sales office of the base.
When the staff saw a customer arrive, they hurried over and asked, "Hello, are you interested in buying a house? We have some discounts available right now."
Bai Tang remembered that when she received the cold-weather supplies, the staff member said his name was Duan Jia and he worked in the real estate department.
Bai Tang said, "Excuse me, we're here to find someone. We'd like to ask if there's a guy named Duan Jia."
Upon hearing this, the man realized it might not be about buying a house, and his enthusiasm instantly waned. He then shouted towards the workbench, "Duan Jia, someone is looking for you."
Then the staff member walked away.
Duan Jia hadn't had any clients lately, and he was having a tough time. When he heard someone was looking for him, he didn't pay much attention and just said, "I'll be right there."
Less than two minutes later, Duan Jia came out of the workbench and looked up to see Bai Tang and the others. He said excitedly, "You guys still remember me! Are you looking to buy a house? I have a few left. We have a discount for buying a house now, and we'll give you land for free."
Duan Jia rattled off a whole bunch of things, and Bai Tang and the others couldn't get a word in edgewise.
After Duan Jia finished speaking, Bai Tang said, "Our family has just arrived at the base and we're not familiar with buying houses. We just remembered that you said you were selling houses here, so we came to help you boost your sales performance."
Duan Jia said excitedly, "Thank you for remembering me. I still have a few houses. See which one you want to buy, and I'll introduce them to you one by one. I can take you to see the houses in the base's car later."
The vehicle Duan Jia was referring to was originally a tour bus for the scenic area, which was requisitioned by the base as a means of transportation for the base.
After all, the base is so big, it would be exhausting to walk the whole way. Their sales department just happened to get five vehicles.
This also saves Bai Tang and her family from having to walk to look at houses in the freezing cold, and it also saves Guan Tou from walking in the snow.
Before leaving, Li Ping told Bai Tang that all the pets at the base were required to wear leashes, so Bai Tang also put a leash on Guantou.
At first, Guantou didn't want to wear it, but under Bai Tang's coercion and enticement, Guantou gave in for the sake of the meat.
Bai Tang no longer needs to hold the canned food all the time; she can be let out to walk and run around, but only within the leash's range.
After all, the canned food is now the same size as an adult domestic cat. If someone in the shelter tries to grab it, it will be a big problem.
Duan Jiaxian introduced them to several detached courtyard houses.
The first apartment is in the intermediate district, near Liping Town. It's in a good location, but the security management isn't very good.
The second property is in an affluent area, also a detached house, but its location is remote and heating is unavailable, which is why it has remained unsold in Duan Jia's possession for a long time.
The third property is located near the official area and not far from the military area. The security is excellent, and it has heating and water. The only downside is that the land included with this property is one acre less than the other two properties.
To encourage people to buy houses and cultivate land on the back mountain, the base's official incentive is to give away three acres of land on the back mountain with every house purchase.
However, when the land was allocated to the third unit, all the land had been allocated, leaving only two acres of land for the homeowners.
After a brief discussion, Bai Tang and the others decided to look at the third house. Although the land they were given away was one acre less, Bai Tang had so much land in his space that they didn't care about this tiny bit of land.
Seeing that they had temporarily chosen the third apartment, Duan Jia turned around and went to the counter to get the key to the front door of the third apartment. Then he asked his colleague for the keys to two cars and prepared to take them to see the apartment.
Bai Tang and her group were quite large, and one car couldn't carry them all. Seeing this, Li Ping said, "Sister, I won't go with you. I'll just wait for you to come back here."
Gu Yanxu turned to Li Ping and said, "There are seven of us, and we can't fit in one car. We can take your place in the second car. Come on in. If we buy this house, we'll need your help in the future."
After listening, Li Ping got into the car.
Duan Jia drove a car with Li Ping, Bai Jiyang, and Lin Fan.
Lin Zhou drove another car with Gu Yanxu, Bai Tang, and Lin Feng.
After driving for about half an hour, they finally arrived at their destination. Duan Jia stopped the car and led them eastward.
They arrived at the gate of the small courtyard after walking for only a few minutes.
Duan Jia took out his key, opened the door, and let Bai Tang and the others go in to see what it looked like inside.
Gu Yanxu looked at the gate and thought it was alright, at least it was made of iron. The layout of the houses in the courtyard was also acceptable, and there was a small patch of empty land in the courtyard.
Duan Jia explained, "This courtyard house alone has a building area of 240 square meters. Because it is so big, not many people can afford to buy it all at once, so it has been left unused. Actually, the location here is quite good."
There are five single rooms, each 30 square meters, and the remaining 90 square meters are a 20-square-meter living room, a 10-square-meter kitchen, and three 20-square-meter bathrooms.
There is no dining room; you can use the living room as a dining room.
Also, although the bathroom has a wet and dry separation, there is no shower installed for bathing.
It's freezing outside, so there's no point in taking a nice shower.
Bai Tang asked, "The house is quite nice. After we buy the house, can we arrange the open space in the yard ourselves?"
Duan Jia said, "Yes, you can park your car and plant something, if you can grow it."
It wasn't that Duan Jia was being a spoilsport; after all, even the biological experts at the base couldn't grow food in the freezing cold, and could only barely manage to grow a little bit in the greenhouses built at the base.
Duan Jia added, "Although the land allocated to this house is only two mu, it's not far from here. It's right behind the mountain. Every plot of land there is marked and has signs. Would you like to take a look?"
Bai Tang said, "Let's go take a look. Anyway, we don't have anything urgent to do for the time being. We think this house is nice, so we'll take it."
Duan Jia was ecstatic. He earned a substantial commission from selling a house, which made life a little easier for his family.
Bai Jiyang and the others tacitly refrained from asking how many contribution points the apartment would cost, knowing that Bai Tang could definitely afford it.
After walking for a short while, they saw signs stuck in the ground on a large area of wasteland behind the mountain.
Duan Jia said, "This is the two mu of land allocated to this house. The base said that once the extreme cold is over, we can grow grain here."
Bai Tang smiled and remained silent. The extreme cold wouldn't end for another two years, which was why she wanted to buy a house.
At least you can live in a house within the base with peace of mind. The buildings outside have been soaked and eroded by the flood, so their foundations must be unstable long ago. They might collapse one day.
Most of the houses in the base are newly built, and they are not built on ice, but on solid foundations.