675: Chapter 664 675: Chapter 664 “Raise your sister!” Song Yun said irritably, “Come on, Hu Zi, why are you so nosy?”
“Yeah, yeah, my bad for being nosy!” Wang Hu chuckled awkwardly, “Boss, as far as I know, there aren’t many developers working on small-sized apartments anymore.
There was a project called Shengshi Classic that launched a while back, over in the west side of the city near the urban-rural fringe.
But overall, it’s still located within the urban area, and it’s not expensive—a whole set is just about five to six hundred thousand!”
“West side of the city, huh?
Alright, I’ll go have a look.
I’ll come find you at headquarters when I’m free,” Song Yun said, and then he hung up on Wang Hu and drove towards the west side of the city.
“Oh right, big brother, I need to buy some stationery, we have a lot of homework for winter vacation!” Xiao Hua suddenly spoke up.
“Okay, let’s go buy it now,” Song Yun replied casually.
Xiao Hua nodded, took out an old wallet to check it, and then said helplessly, “Brother, I’m out of cash.
Is there a bank nearby?
I’ll go withdraw some money.”
“How much do you need?
I have some!” Song Yun offered.
“Not much, just a few tens of yuan.
I have a card with just over seventy yuan in it.
I can’t even withdraw it; better to take it out, otherwise, it’s a waste,” Xiao Hua explained.
“Over seventy yuan?
Then there’s no need to withdraw.
Here, take mine.
You should set up online banking some day, and then you can use that money!” Song Yun suggested.
“I’d rather not.
I’ll just withdraw it.
I heard from Yu Xue that once you get online banking, you spend money even faster!
It’s all just numbers being traded, and you don’t feel anything.”
“That Yu Xue, that girl…” Song Yun also knew Xiao Hua’s nature, so he didn’t insist further and found a bank.
After parking the car, he accompanied Xiao Hua into the bank.
There were quite a few people inside the bank, but only two service windows were open.
The other windows were unoccupied, and several bank clerks stood behind the bulletproof glass, apparently talking about something.
“Let’s wait then,” Song Yun said, looking around without finding any place to take a number.
He decided to queue up at the end of the line with Xiao Hua.
The line was at least ten people long.
Despite so many people waiting outside, the other windows still stubbornly remained closed!
“What a waste of resources!!” Song Yun remarked as he saw many windows closed while several clerks idly chatted.
“This is ridiculous.”
“It’s always like this,” a middle-aged man standing behind Song Yun scoffed, “Why do so many people want to work in public institutions?
Because the jobs are easy.
Look at them, chatting so comfortably.
And look at us, how frustrated we are waiting.
They simply refuse to open another window.
What can you do?
Our society’s true skill isn’t how many civil servants we have, but how well we waste resources.”
“Good point!” Song Yun agreed with the middle-aged man’s view and said, “With just two more windows open, there wouldn’t be such a long queue.
We ordinary folks’ time isn’t worth money, so we wait, because wasting this bit of time isn’t going to make us millionaires.”
“Ah, the young man has quite the insight!” the middle-aged man said with a look of approval.
“Raised by the state,” Song Yun said with a smile.
“What high position do you hold?”
“Unemployed, and you?”
“Aha, the same.”
As the two chatted away, time passed quickly, and after more than half an hour, it was finally Xiao Hua’s turn.
She handed her bank card to a female clerk inside and said, “I’d like to withdraw all my money, please.”
“Okay!” The clerk nodded, swiped the card through the reader, and then said, “Enter the password.”
Xiao Hua entered her password.
The female clerk glanced at the computer screen and asked with a frown, “Are you sure you want to withdraw everything?”
Xiao Hua nodded and responded, “Withdraw it all, please.”
“Just withdraw the seventy-two yuan?” the female clerk emphasized once more.
“Yes, what about it?” Xiao Hua was puzzled by the clerk’s repeated questioning, only to see the clerk’s eyes show a hint of impatience.
Then, with a couple of quick motions on the machine, while still attending to her tasks, the clerk muttered under her breath, “Unbelievable, coming to the bank for a lousy seventy-something yuan.
Don’t they know we’re busy?
People nowadays just make you speechless.”
Xiao Hua’s face turned red in an instant.
As a girl who had not yet entered society, although she knew there was a saying about ‘a dog looking down on people,’ she had only come to withdraw money and was now being looked down upon.
Was despising others really trending in society now?
The female clerk quickly withdrew the seventy-two yuan, counted it quickly, and pushed it under the bulletproof window without even bothering to straighten it out.
Staring at the several ten-yuan bills and the two one-yuan bills, Xiao Hua’s face flushed as she gathered the money and turned to leave.
Song Yun, however, gently grabbed Xiao Hua’s hand and said, “No rush, I need to withdraw some money.”
“Huh?” Xiao Hua had no idea that Song Yun also needed to withdraw money.
Although eager to leave, she still stood there with a red face.
“Have you brought the card where you deposited your last bonus?” Song Yun inquired.
“Yes!” Xiao Hua nodded, explaining, “I brought it because we were planning to look at apartments this afternoon.
If something looks good, I can pay for it right away.”
“Good, hand it over,” Song Yun said without hesitation, extending his hand to Xiao Hua.
Xiao Hua didn’t know what Song Yun was up to, but she quickly handed over the card.
Song Yun asked, “What’s the password?”
“This…” Xiao Hua hesitated, her face reddening, but she didn’t speak.
“Come on, tell me.
I’m not going to take your money,” Song Yun assured her.
“It’s… the last six digits of your phone number,” said Xiao Hua, still blushing.
Song Yun was momentarily taken aback, then laughed, “Ha, who would have thought my number would come in handy!”
Continuing to laugh, Song Yun handed the card over to the female clerk.
The clerk, still puzzled why this man was using the card of the person who had just withdrawn seventy-two yuan, looked at him as Song Yun presented the card and said, “I’m sorry, sir, this card has no more money.”
“This card isn’t the same one as before,” Song Yun calmly clarified.
“I want to withdraw money.”
Seeing Song Yun’s expression, the clerk became a bit confused, but eventually took the card from him, and Song Yun proceeded to enter the password.
“How much would you like to withdraw?” the clerk asked.
“That’s it,” Song Yun requested while holding up an index finger, “One thousand at a time, until the account is empty.”