Wang Weiping also inquired about the neighborhood office with Aunt Zhao, since he was going there soon.

"Weiping, are you planning to sell your house?"

Wang Weiping nodded with a wry smile: "There's nothing I can do. My parents are gone, and I probably won't be coming back. What's the point of keeping the house? I'll sell it while it's still in good condition."

"Sigh, you're right, there's no point in keeping it. But aren't private sales of houses prohibited now?"

“I know, that’s why I wanted to contact the neighborhood committee to see if they could help, since my situation is special.”

"Then you should go quickly, don't waste time here. It's not easy for you to make this trip." Aunt Chen patted Wang Weiping's hand, slightly saddened.

"Okay, I'll go right now. Aunt Chen, please take care of yourself."

"I'm doing great, I can eat and sleep well every day."

After saying goodbye to everyone, Wang Weiping walked towards the subdistrict office.

As Wang Weiping walked away, the neighbors began to murmur amongst themselves.

"Old Wang's house is so nice, who could afford to buy it?"

"Yes, I heard that Director Li's brother spent more than a thousand yuan to buy that detached house. Old Wang's house must be even more expensive."

"Tch, who knows whether Director Li's brother actually spent the money or not."

"You're not right about that. My husband works at the neighborhood office. He saw Dr. Li go there to pay the fees with his own eyes. Besides, back then, Director Li wasn't even the director yet. She could have all the power!"

"Exactly, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. You just can't stand seeing others doing better than you. They're both doctors, how could they not make money?"

"I hate people like you the most; you have no responsibility whatsoever when you speak."

"What responsibility can he possibly take? How can a grown man act like a woman, talking badly about people behind their backs? Do you even know the situation before you start spouting nonsense?"

...

The guy who had casually spoken ill of Li Qin earlier, seeing that he had incurred public outrage, turned ashamed as a monkey's backside and couldn't stay there any longer, so he had to flee in disgrace.

Wang Weiping arrived at the subdistrict office, explained his purpose to a clerk, and presented a certificate from the local police station.

This stumped the people in the subdistrict office. They could only report it up the chain of command. No one had ever encountered such a situation before. There had been cases of buying and selling houses before, but those were all sold by the subdistrict office, and very few of them were actually sold. Most of the houses were allocated to other areas.

They can't just buy it from their office and resell it; there's no such policy.

In the end, the matter came to Li Qin.

When the deputy director in charge of this area reported to her, Li Qin was stunned. Of course she knew that courtyard, and she also knew that her younger brother was envious of that courtyard.

I don't know what's wrong with him. Everyone else likes to live in apartment buildings, but he insists on living in a bungalow.

Although the courtyard they've built now is indeed quite nice, it's all thanks to the money they've spent.

She hesitated for a moment, but still had the deputy director bring the person over.

Li Qin looked at Wang Weiping in front of her, and then at the supporting documents, letters of introduction, land deeds, and house deeds he handed over, and felt a headache coming on.

If we do it, there's no policy; if we don't, they really have difficulties.

Moreover, judging from the situation, if she says it can't be done, this person will have to go to the district government, and then he will still fall into her hands.

Li Qin tentatively asked, "Comrade Wang, how much are you planning to sell this courtyard for?"

"Two...two thousand yuan."

"Um?"

Her words startled Wang Weiping, who thought the price was too high. He quickly replied, "It can be lowered."

Little did Li Qin know that she thought it was cheap. Compared to that, the one her younger brother bought from the office was actually expensive.

Looking down at what she was holding, Li Qin thought for a moment and said, "Comrade Wang, to be honest, we've never encountered a situation like this before. How many more days will you be on your business trip here?"

"I've already bought my train ticket for two more days; it's for around 9 PM the day after tomorrow."

"Well then, since we've never handled this kind of thing before, we're not very clear about the relevant policies. Comrade Wang, I'd appreciate it if you could come again tomorrow. We'll also discuss it with the office. Given your special circumstances, we'll definitely find a way to handle things for you."

"Thank you, thank you so much, Director Li." Wang Weiping stood up and thanked him happily.

"The neighborhood office is there to serve the people, you're welcome."

After seeing Wang Weiping off, Li Qin paced back and forth in her office twice, pondering what to do about the matter.

Did the office buy it from him?

The price shouldn't be expensive; on the contrary, it's quite cheap. But this kind of operation has never happened before.

Li Qin was indeed having a bit of a headache right now.

After thinking about it, she called over the deputy directors who were at home to discuss the matter together and brainstorm ideas to see if they could come up with a good solution.

After discussing it for a long time, they still couldn't come up with a clear solution.

At this moment, a deputy director who had been sitting silently in the corner and usually managed miscellaneous tasks spoke up.

"Director Li, comrades, is there any way we can help him find a buyer, and our street office can act as an intermediary?"

After he said that, the office fell silent.

Everyone looked at each other, and they had to admit that, upon closer examination, his idea did have some merit.

After all, national policy prohibits the private sale of real estate, but why is the neighborhood committee intervening?

This isn't considered a private matter, is it?

Finally, everyone's attention fell on Li Qin, since she was the director.

Li Qin sat behind her desk, rested her hand on her forehead, closed her eyes, and thought for a while.

"Alright, comrades, let's vote by raising our hands. Old Zhang, you'll make a meeting summary afterward."

Li Qin dared not make this decision herself, so she could only treat it as a director's office meeting, a collective decision, so that even if problems arose in the future, the superiors would not hold any individual responsible.

Ultimately, the resolution was passed unanimously.

The next step is to find a buyer.

The deputy director in charge of housing allocation took out the lists of people waiting in line for housing submitted by each neighborhood committee, and prepared to screen them to see if there was any potential buyer.

The list is long, but it's quick to filter because it includes not only names, but also workplaces and family members.

Whether someone can afford to buy a house or not is obvious.

If someone could actually come up with that much money, that would be a huge problem.

Well, what do we do now? We have a solution, but we can't find the people who want to buy the houses. We can't expect the staff from the neighborhood committee to go out on the street and sell them, can we?

If it could take longer, it would be easier to handle, but the homeowner is leaving no later than the night after tomorrow.