"Buy a house? Are houses allowed to be bought and sold privately now? Aren't all houses public property now? How come they're being allocated to private individuals?"

Xu Hong was very interested in hearing this. After all, even though the two of them had respectable jobs and lived relatively well, they were still struggling compared to ordinary people.

They didn't have children to worry about before, but they have elderly parents at home. Now that they're getting old, they might fall ill someday. If there's a way to make money, Xu Hong would definitely want to know.

"Yes, they're ahead of us here. After all, it's a special economic zone, and they've already let things run wild. Buying a house now is definitely more expensive than before the policies came out, but it's much easier now. Now you can buy any house you want to sell. Back then, we had to go to a place quite far away to find an ancestral home in order to get one early."

Xiang Anqi asked, "Didn't you say last time that Shen's teacher was Teacher Jian Shao?"

“Yes, it’s him,” Bai Jiaojiao confirmed.

"Professor Jian Shao?" Xu Hong found the name somewhat familiar.

Xiang Anqi said, "Jian Shao not only holds a position at our school, but he also has an administrative post. If he's involved in this, we can't go wrong by buying from him."

“We don’t want to draw too much attention, so each of us bought a courtyard. Otherwise, with the mountains and rivers so far away, it would be difficult to manage if something happened. Here’s what we’ll do, godmother, Shen Heng will be back next week. I’ll bring him over then and we can talk about it in detail. Actually, I only have a vague understanding of these things myself.”

What Bai Jiaojiao knew was only what she had heard in the news and her own personal experience. If you really asked her to explain it in detail, she really couldn't give a coherent explanation.

As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Hong was even more satisfied: "You are really reliable. Then call him over and tell me what he likes to eat, and I will make it according to your tastes next time."

"That's too much trouble. Next time you come, just cook a table of home-cooked dishes. He eats everything and isn't picky, but he has a big appetite, so godmother, please don't charge us meal tickets."

"What are you talking about? We have plenty of food at home. You wouldn't eat us out of house and homeless in one meal," Xu Hong laughed.

Xiang Anqi laughed as well: "We ate together last time. That kid has a big appetite. But he's also tall and slender. You can tell he must have been a good worker in the countryside back in the day."

“He was a key member of our production team back then. Our brigade leader was really reluctant to let him go. With him gone, the production team would have to have two more people doing the work.”

"Really? Is your son-in-law that energetic?" Xu Hong looked at Bai Jiaojiao, still imagining that the man she found would probably be a refined and cultured young man.

Before Bai Jiaojiao could speak, Xiang Anqi said first: "You'll know when you see him. I don't know how your own father could have agreed to let you marry him."

If we go back a few years, when Bai Jiaojiao recognized him as her godfather, based on first impressions alone, Xiang Anqi would never have married his daughter to him. Bai Jiaojiao is only twenty-two this year, why is she in such a hurry to get married? There are plenty of good options out there.

"Didn't they say you're good at working? In the countryside, it's people like you who have a hard time finding a partner."

Xu Hong glanced at Xiang Anqi's thin arms and legs.

Xiang Anqi was thin when he was young and didn't gain weight in middle age, but now he's started to twitch.

"Look, how did this turn into me? What am I, an old man, looking for?"

As Xiang Anqi spoke, he took a sip of wine. Xu Hong usually wouldn't let him drink this wine; they only drank one cup each during the New Year. He took this opportunity to quickly sip a few more mouthfuls.