Chapter 105 Lei Minghu borrows money

Most of the newly joined volunteers have 1 star. Veterans who have not been recalled will have 2 stars if they become volunteers from the beginning.

Three-star volunteers have either been members for a long time and made great contributions, or they hold unusual positions.

The volunteer's star rating does not affect the amount of the subsidy, but it does affect the additional material subsidies.

The higher the star rating, the more material subsidies you can receive.

"Hello, I am a volunteer here to register household information. May I ask how many people are there in your family now?"

The volunteer was holding a device similar to a mobile phone and ready to register.

"Brother Lei?"

When Han Ying heard the volunteer's voice, she recognized him as Lei Minghu from next door.

"Haha, I didn't expect you to recognize me. Xiao Lu also recognized me right away just now."

Lei Minghu didn't expect that they recognized him so immediately.

"Your voice is easy to recognize, Brother Lei, you're not bad. You've only been on the job for a few days and you've already got three stars?"

Han Ying glanced at the ribbon on his arm and said.

"When the country recalled veterans before, I had been discharged for more than ten years, so I didn't have to go. However, our veterans became 2-stars directly after becoming volunteers."

"A few days ago, I found a supply point. After I reported it, I was directly upgraded to three stars. After the upgrade, I happened to be responsible for the registration of our area."

Before the tsunami, the country recalled soldiers who had been discharged within 10 years. Lei Minghu had just not had to go for 11 years. Wu Tingfang had told Han Ying about this.

"So what is this registration for?"

In the previous life, there were no volunteers to come door to door to register. At that time, the building managers of each building were just asked to submit the names.

After all, too many people have died because of the virus, and we have to re-register.

"I'm not sure, but I seem to have heard that they would arrange for disaster victims from other cities to live here for a fee."

Lei Minghu seemed to know what Han Ying was worried about, so he continued, "It's voluntary, not mandatory, but if it's an empty house..."

"Has Brother Lei told Lu Yuan about this?"

Since it is voluntary, Han Ying has nothing to worry about.

However, there is another house on the floor above Lu Yuan’s across the street, and it is empty.

"I told you, he asked me if our house was big enough to live in, and he could rent the upstairs house to us. I registered my mom's name on it, and Xiao Lu was very polite, not only did he not ask us for rent, he even gave us a box of instant noodles."

This is not a secret. Everyone lives on this floor and will know it sooner or later, so Lei Minghu has no intention of hiding this from Han Ying.

But this is a good idea. As long as the house is not empty, it will not be mandatory.

After Han Ying registered the information, she saw that Lei Minghu was not about to leave yet, so she guessed that he might have something else to do.

"Brother Lei, is there anything else?"

"There is one thing I want to ask you to borrow 30,000 yuan. I'll use my supplies as collateral. When I serve as a volunteer for a while longer and receive subsidies, I'll redeem it."

Lei Minghu had already noticed that Han Ying and Lu Yuan were not short of money.

It would have been better if his wife asked Han Ying to borrow money, but Lei Minghu didn't want his wife to bow to others for money.

"Your volunteers' subsidies are not low. Is there anything urgent you need?"

Han Ying also knew that the family next door had no shortage of supplies, and Lei Minghu was a volunteer, so 1,000 yuan a day was not a low amount.

He is still asking her to borrow money at this time, so he must be in urgent need.

"Although the water has been flowing these days, the flow is very small. I am always worried about when the water will be cut off again..."

"I went to the mall a few days ago and saw water storage towers for sale, but they were a bit expensive."

Lei Minghu himself planned to buy one for his home, but his family even used up the money saved for the mortgage to buy protective clothing.

Although there is a subsidy of 1,000 yuan a day now, it will take a long time to save enough money to buy a water tower.

No one knows when the water supply will be cut off again. Being without electricity is bearable, but being without water is absolutely unacceptable.

So he must prepare early.

“How much is a water tower?”

Han Ying still has a lot of money, which she will have other uses for in the future. However, after deducting the necessary expenses, there will be some money left, which she will spend when the time comes.

"A 1-ton water storage tank costs 50,000 yuan, and a 1.5-ton tank costs 70,000 yuan. I want to buy a 1.5-ton tank."

Supplies can still be purchased outside. In addition to the official online shopping channels, several offline shopping malls have also opened under the supervision of soldiers.

However, there are purchase limits on everything and one must purchase with an ID card or household registration booklet, in order to prevent people from hoarding large quantities of goods and reselling them.

"Then I also want to buy a 1.5-ton one. Let me know when you are ready to buy one."

There are also many water towers in Han Ying's space, but now there is a clear road, so it would be better to buy another one.

"Okay, Xiao Lu also wants a 1.5-ton one. I'll go to the mall after get off work this afternoon to ask, and I'll call you when I'm done."

When Lei Minghu went to Lu Yuan to register just now, he also mentioned these things to him.

He also borrowed 30,000 yuan from Lu Yuan and moved a bunch of supplies over as collateral.

"Okay, wait for me."

Han Ying turned around and went home and took out 30,000 yuan in cash.

"I'll go back and move the supplies here later, and I'll come to redeem it when I've saved enough money."

In fact, Lei Minghu has other friends who can lend him money, but they all live far away.

No one knows what will happen in the future.

Han Ying and Lu Yuan live next door, and as long as he saves enough money, he can redeem the supplies immediately.

If we borrow from others, it will be difficult for everyone now.

Without materials as collateral, he couldn't even ask for it.

There is a mortgage, but it is too far away. What if I can’t get my things back?

Compared to money, materials are more important now.

After thinking about it, Lei Minghu thought of his two neighbors.

The volunteer subsidy is paid once a week. Today is the 7th day, and he will get 7,000 yuan after get off work in the afternoon.

With the few thousand dollars left in the family and the money borrowed from Lu Yuan and Han Ying, it was just enough to buy a water tower.

After a while, Lei Minghu moved a bunch of supplies from his house. Han Ying did not refuse and accepted them directly.

A little bit of rice is a favor, a big bit of rice is a grudge!

She will not encourage others to sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor.

If Lei Minghu had not used these supplies as collateral today, she would not have lent him the money.

Han Ying took a look and found that there were quite a lot of things.

A whole box of bacon and sausage, two cans of salted eggs, two cans of pickles, a box of noodles, a dozen packets of salt and sugar, and 100 kilograms of rice.

I don’t know if Lei Minghu’s family is too careless, or he trusts her too much, or he is too confident in his own fighting ability.

With so many things, isn’t he afraid that Han Ying will become jealous?

In the evening, Han Ying and Gou Zi were having dinner when Lei Minghu called.

Let her go down with Lu Yuan, to the shopping mall where they went during the heavy rain.

Lei Minghu did not mention Wu Tingfang, so it seemed that she would not go.