Chapter 46 Buying a House
The houses in the underground city have almost no windows, and even if there are windows, they are virtual window views created by electronic panels.
However, with a complete ventilation and temperature control system, you can hardly feel the extreme cold after entering the underground city. The temperature inside the city is around 0 degrees Celsius, and it feels warmer when you enter a house.
Passing through the villa community and onto the other side of the passage, you'll find the gate to the villa community. Facial recognition access to the villa community isn't available to just anyone; only homeowners can enter, while real estate agents have the right to temporarily open the gate.
There are also security guards standing at the entrance, which greatly increases the sense of security.
Xu Tai used facial recognition to let Yu Miaomiao and Lu An enter first. He then entered after registering the entry time and number of people at the security office.
There isn't much difference in the interior decoration between villas and townhouses; they both feature uniform white walls and gray bricks.
It's the end of the world, who cares about home renovations?
The base was originally built to cope with war or natural disasters, not for pleasure.
Therefore, houses are naturally designed for practicality rather than aesthetics.
The villa that Yu Miaomiao had her eye on was located in a corner of this floor, away from the main road, a quiet corner amidst the hustle and bustle.
There is one neighboring house in front, behind, and to the left. The houses in front and behind are occupied, but the house to the left is empty.
Each household has a yard with an intelligent lighting system that simulates sunlight and moonlight. Vegetables or flowers can also be grown in the yard.
The interior has four bedrooms, two living rooms, and one bathroom. The bathroom is fairly clean and has a shower and a toilet, whereas other residences seem to only have squat toilets.
As expected, you get what you pay for.
Yu Miaomiao and Lu An have reached a conclusion, but the price... still needs to be discussed.
Yu Miaomiao took out a pack of cigarettes from her spatial storage and handed it to Xu Tai.
"Brother Xu, this villa is nice, but the price… you should have some discretion to negotiate it, right?"
Xu Tai's eyes lit up when he saw the cigarettes. Before the apocalypse, he was a top salesman and wouldn't even bother smoking anything other than Hua Zi cigarettes. But now, cigarettes are definitely hard currency. No matter what brand they are, even the cheapest ones can be worth two months' worth of food.
He's almost been forced to quit smoking.
"Oh, Ms. Yu, you're too kind. You've got your eye on the price... we can discuss it."
The same was true in the provincial capital's military base in my previous life; housing transactions and prices had a certain degree of fluctuation.
"Of course we're satisfied, it just depends on whether the price is reasonable. We'd like to each buy one set."
Their original plan was to buy two houses next to each other so that they could provide a relatively comfortable environment for the team members after they formed a small group. This was also a way for them, as the "big brothers," to show their sincerity and attract more outstanding and capable team members.
They still have the same plan.
"Oh my, I knew you two girls weren't simple. I won't argue with you, the lowest price I can get is 9600 per set of Asian crystals."
Xu Tai's face was beaming with joy, his already small eyes practically slits with laughter. His sales figures for this month… no, for the past six months, seemed to be beckoning him.
In the apocalypse, there are more renters than homeowners. Nobody knows how much longer they will live, so people are living for the moment and no one wants to be tied down by a house.
However, villas are only for sale and not for rent, so if you want to live comfortably, you have no choice but to buy one.
"Deal! We'll take both of these side-by-side units. But we don't have that many Asia Crystals with us right now. Can we sign the contract and pay a deposit first?"
"Of course, no problem. Let's go back to the property hall." Xu Tai led the way back to them.
"An'an, you and Brother Xu go sign the contract, I'll go to the exchange point, that way we won't waste time."
"OK".
They returned the way they came, and after exiting the elevator, the three went their separate ways.
Yu Miaomiao took the electric scooter out of her spatial storage and returned it to Xu Tai. Xu Tai and Lu An each rode one, while Yu Miaomiao walked to the exchange point.
Yu Miaomiao decided to use the potatoes she had stockpiled in her space beforehand.
I really don't know who bought so many potatoes. She was taking inventory of her supplies on social media that day and found more than 5,000 kilograms of potatoes.
If we keep eating like this, we'll all turn into potatoes by the time we finish.
It would be perfect to use it to exchange for sub-crystals.
She stood in front of the supply exchange window, taking out sack after sack of potatoes from her spatial storage, and a small mountain of potatoes was placed in front of the exchange point lady.
The young woman's jaw nearly dropped to the floor, but she quickly put on a standard smile. Calm down, she's a professional.
"Hello, this is to confirm the weight for you. 1800 kilograms of potatoes. Please confirm whether you want to exchange them all for Asian Crystals?"
I accidentally took too much. But it's okay, I'll just leave it at that. I'm going to browse the mall later and use Asian Crystals to shop there too. "Confirm."
And just like that, a five-figure balance appeared on Yu Miaomiao's bracelet.
As Yu Miaomiao walked out of the supply exchange point, a man wearing a baseball cap bumped into her. The next second, she felt a lightness on her wrist and grabbed the man's hand that was stealing things.
"Hey buddy, did you forget to check the almanac before you went out today?"
With a squeeze of two fingers, the man immediately howled. The bracelet he was holding, Yu Miaomiao, slipped from his grasp due to the pain and fell to the ground.
"Damn it, you just wait."
While Yu Miaomiao bent down to pick up the bracelet, the man jumped onto a small electric scooter and disappeared without a trace.
I have no intention of fighting, nor do I plan to pursue them. If they come to me again, I'll just take them out.
I rushed to the real estate transaction hall, and after two beeps on the transaction machine, 19200 Ya Jing disappeared.
There are still over three thousand crystals left on the bracelet.
One person signed a contract, and the other received a property certificate.
Although we bought two apartments, the two of us will still live in one. The other one, maybe we can live in when we have more teammates later.