Concerned that a young girl walking out with a suitcase full of cash wouldn't be safe, the police officers helped Yuanchun buy a 150-square-meter, four-bedroom, two-living-room apartment in a newly developed residential area not far from the police station for 180,000 yuan.
At that time, housing prices in Jing City were only 1,200 yuan per square meter, without any shared areas, as calculations were based entirely on the actual usable space.
Learning that storefronts along the perimeter of the complex were also for sale at just 3,500 yuan per square meter, Yuanchun spent another 280,000 yuan to buy two small 40-square-meter shops. With the real estate company's help, she found a decoration company and hired them for 15,000 yuan—covering both labor and materials—to renovate the apartment and one of the shops.
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