rebirth of cataclysm

After resting in the hotel for a night, when they got up the next morning, Hu Mingchen and the others walked around the alley again and had breakfast.

I have been here twice before, but Hu Mingchen and the others have not visited all of this alley, and they still lack an overall understanding of this alley. Anyway, I can’t leave now, so I came to take a walk and get a feel for the situation of this alley.

A field investigation.

"This alley doesn't look big from the outside. I didn't expect so many families to live in it. I'm afraid there might be forty or fifty families." Hu Jianqiang said after looking around carefully from beginning to end.

"Yes, this does not include those who rent. Otherwise, there are anywhere from sixty to seventy households. I estimate the area to be between 5,400 and 6,000," Hu Mingchen said.

"Xiaochen, do you mean to buy all these old houses?" Hu Jianqiang already knew what investment project Hu Mingchen took him to see.

"Well, if possible, buy them all." Hu Mingchen said while standing in the alley, looking at the dark black alley.

In this alley, except for the stone strips that have been paved on the ground for who knows how many years and the door gods and couplets posted on the doors of each house, the overall color is dark black, with black tiles, black wooden walls, and black beams.

, even the small wooden stool brought out by the local old man and placed at the door to sit on was dark in color.

Maybe when the house was built, the wooden walls and beams were not black, but day after day, year after year, the color has completely changed.

"I see that these houses were basically all built before liberation. Some of them may be more than a hundred years old. What are these houses for?" Hu Jianqiang asked, "Do you want to renovate this place?"

"Third uncle, look around here. There are all high-rise buildings. Next to it is the city hall. In front is the old department store. Not far away is the most prosperous Zhonghua Road in the south of the town. Haha, this location is better than other places in the south of the town.

There are not many good ones." Hu Mingchen said, looking up at the tall buildings not far away.

Hu Mingchen counted that within a radius of 200 meters, there are 14 residential buildings and office buildings with more than 30 floors. Three of them are office buildings, one is Jinjiang Hotel, one is a bank office building, and the other two are office buildings.

Not counting the government, there are countless shopping malls and shops. This location is definitely a prime location in the south of the town.

"The key point is that it's not easy to build after buying it. You can't demolish all these houses and build a building, right? This location is not suitable for building a building at all. The area is not small, but it is irregular. Otherwise, this investment will not be worth it at all.

It's not a good deal." Hu Jianqiang frowned.

"You're right. It's impossible to just build a building here. The building will be very strange. Unless the city hall next to it is demolished, at least the wall of the city hall must be demolished and occupy a foot of its garden.

." Hu Jianqiang is no longer Wu Xia Ameng, there is no way he can't even see this.

"How could the city government's garden be occupied, let alone demolished? Who would dare? I'm afraid it would be life-threatening," Fang Guoping said.

"Haha." Hu Mingchen smiled and pointed at Fang Guoping and Hu Jianqiang, "You are right. If part of the city government is not demolished, this place will be useless. There is the street on one side and the city government on the other. This makes the alley not only long and narrow

, and it’s irregular. I guess this is the reason why this land can still be maintained to this day, otherwise, I don’t know how many developers would have taken action long ago.”

"That's right, do you think it's good? Those people can't see it? They didn't do anything, it's just that it's hard to deal with after buying it. Then why should we buy it? Nothing can be done after buying it, the streets can't be changed, and the city government won't do anything about it.

Maybe they will be taken over and burned at both ends." Hu Jianqiang said with some resistance in confusion.

"Haha, of course I have my own reasons. Places that everyone likes may not necessarily bring much profit. Real profits are found in places that others cannot see." Hu Mingchen said with an enigmatic smile, "Let's go

, you are hungry, go to that grandma’s house for a bowl of glutinous rice balls with rice rolls.”

Hu Jianqiang understands that profits are directly proportional to risks, but no matter how he looks at it, there are only risks in this place, not huge profits. This place is not suitable for commercial development at all. If it is bulldozed and transformed into a small urban square and a small garden

, which is quite suitable. The small square and small garden do not need rules at all, rhombus, triangle, polygon, whatever it is will not affect it.

But Hu Mingchen and the others couldn't spend a lot of money to buy such a place and then do this kind of environmental protection charity. If there is no income and they have to pay a lot of money, they can't turn it into a small park that can be charged. Who would be willing to pay two yuan a piece?

I'm afraid no one will come.

It's just that Hu Mingchen seems to be full of confidence, and he seems to have made up his mind. Hu Jianqiang has no choice. Maybe this place really contains treasures that he can't see.

"Hey, young man, why are you here again?" The grandmother who was selling things was a little surprised to see Hu Mingchen coming again.

"Grandma, we are hungry. Let's come to your place to have something to eat. Why, we...can't come?" Hu Mingchen said with a smile on his face.

"No, it's not that I can't come, it's that, didn't you send Brother Xiong to the hospital? How is Brother Xiong? How did he get injured?" The old woman pulled Hu Mingchen onto a stool.

I sat down and asked.

It was not the peak period for this store yet, so although there were customers, it was not crowded yet.

"He was probably injured by a thief. We just sent him to the hospital last night to find out a little bit about the situation. His life is probably fine, but he may need surgery. As for whether he has woken up now, we don't know." Hu Mingchen said simply.

replied.

"Oh, how could this happen? Brother Xiong is usually a very nice person. I went to the hospital to see him after work in the evening. By the way, which hospital is he in? Are you still going to the hospital today?" asked the old woman.

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"Why should we go to the hospital? Are we going to be scolded and be blackmailed? We do good deeds with good intentions, but in turn we are treated like donkeys, and we pay 5,000 yuan in medical expenses in vain." Hu Jianqiang sat next to Hu Mingchen and complained.

"Huh? What's going on?" the old woman asked in confusion.

"Grandma, it's nothing. It's just his daughter who regards us as bad people. It's a huge injustice to say that we injured his father. Before we went to his house, we even asked you about it. We found out as soon as we went there.

He was lying on the ground, and I rushed him to the hospital, but I also asked you to pass

I know his family, but they never thought that it was just a matter of being misunderstood. They also called the police to arrest us. Fortunately, the police comrades knew everything, otherwise, we would not be able to eat glutinous rice balls at your old place." Hu Mingchen said calmly, and could no longer hear him.

There was still a lot of complaining in his words, but there was a hint of self-deprecating ridicule.

"How could Xiong Mei be like this? She was kind enough to save her father, but she repaid him with kindness. There really are people like this, but that's just the way he and his wife were." After hearing Hu Mingchen's description, the daughter-in-law who worked as a helper for her grandmother

, stood up and spoke uprightly.

"Cao Ping, please say a few words. Xiong Mei may be anxious. I'll go to the hospital later to check on her and let me talk about her. Oh, you came in and haven't asked what you're eating?" Grandma waved to her daughter-in-law.

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"Three bowls of roll noodles, two bowls of glutinous rice balls, and three bowls of ice noodles." Hu Mingchen said casually.

"Okay, just wait a moment and come right away. I'll do it for you myself." The old man is not young, but his hands and feet are still very agile and strong.

After Hu Mingchen and the others finished eating, when they wanted to pay, the old lady refused to accept it at all.

"It's not much money, take it back. If you can help send Brother Xiong to the hospital, just think of me as thanking you in advance on his behalf." The old lady declined politely.

"Grandma, this code is the same code. It's right for us to send him to the hospital. We can't just die without saving him. It's also right for us to pay for your food. We can't just eat for free. So, this

You have to accept the money no matter what." Hu Mingchen thrust the fifty-yuan banknote into the old man's hand again.

"No, no, young man, take it back. Grandma can afford to treat you two bowls of food. There are not many people who can be so kind nowadays. Take it back. I will talk to Xiong Mei later and try to get her to

The medical expenses you paid in advance will also be returned to you." Grandma said enthusiastically.

Grandma's hands are not as strong as Hu Mingchen's, but she refuses to accept money. Hu Mingchen can't use too much force, lest he hurt Grandma, which would be unsightly.

"As for the medical expenses, if he is willing to pay it back, we will pay it back. If he insists on not paying it back, it doesn't matter. We are from Liangcheng. We can't keep spending it with her family just for five thousand yuan. Anyway, when we advanced the money,

We didn't think about anything else," Hu Mingchen said.

"How can I not pay it back? What kind of person would I be? Brother Xiong himself won't agree. You just wait, I will tell her and her husband. Just keep the money. If you don't accept it, in the future

Don't come to my place to eat again." The old lady held Hu Mingchen's sleeve with one hand, and kept stuffing the fifty yuan note into Hu Mingchen's body with the other hand.

"Okay, I'll keep it then. Thank you grandma, I will come here again in the future." Hu Mingchen was stubborn and could only reluctantly take back the fifty yuan and put it into his pocket.

"This old man is really interesting. That's not her family. Does she need to thank others?" Hu Jianqiang said after walking a few meters away.

"Their older generation is very different from the younger generation. They value more emotions. Although they are not a family, their two families must have lived in this alley for decades. As the saying goes, they are distant relatives.

It’s not as good as close neighbors. After so many decades, we may not be a family but we are more of a family.” Hu Mingchen said with some understanding.

"That's true. What should we do now? Should we ask other houses to see if they are willing to sell their houses?" Hu Jianqiang nodded and suggested.