Chapter 291: The Alleyway
When she finished school in the afternoon, Qin Xiangnuan did not go home, but instead went to a small alley not far from her house. The alley was filled with old houses built in the past, with clothes drying outside and the sound of people everywhere. Some families were crowded into a single room, and there were also many outsiders who rented here because it was very cheap.
The houses here were all quite old, belonging to another era; many of them dated from before the founding of the People’s Republic.
Coincidentally, she saw a woman come out of a house and quickly approached her, asking.
"Big sister, is there anyone selling a house around here?"
Buying a house, not renting? The woman looked Qin Xiangnuan up and down for a while, failing to reconcile how a girl who appeared so bright could have something wrong with her head.
"Young lady, who would buy a house here?" the woman curled her lip, "Who would like to live here, it’s so noisy it’s deafening, those doing business have ruined our local atmosphere, it’s dark and cramped, everyone wants to take extra advantage, building houses out over the road, you build, I build, now you can only fit one person through, even tricycles can’t get through, and there are more and more tenants, the more people, the worse the environment, and some people irresponsibly don’t dispose of their garbage at the designated areas, just dumping it at the front door, imitating each other, the atmosphere has completely deteriorated."
"Who would buy such a rundown place?"
"Big sister, I’m also looking at houses for someone else," Qin Xiangnuan smiled, a gleam of light shining in her eyes, "I don’t have much spare cash, and it’s closer to the school, renting is never truly yours, so I thought of buying, although the conditions are poor, it’s cheap at least."
"That’s right," as soon as the word ’cheap’ was mentioned, the woman opened up, "Our houses here aren’t great, but they are all about being cheap, are you really looking to buy?"