Xu Weiguo guessed that they were also unaware, so he patiently explained to them, "Temporary workers are not provided with housing."
"Let alone temporary workers, even regular workers nowadays generally find it difficult to be allocated housing. Being able to have a dormitory is already considered good."
Of course, as mentioned, it's generally difficult to get one, but that doesn't mean everyone is without one. Some skilled workers, or those who make significant contributions to their employers, may still be allocated housing.
Upon hearing this, Chen Ming fell into deep thought. If there was no housing allocated, his family couldn't just keep living at his brother-in-law's house forever, could they?
Xu Fang didn't think there was anything wrong with living at her older brother's house, but considering Chen Ming's feelings, she came up with a solution.
He then discussed it with Xu Weiguo and the others, saying, "Brother, sister-in-law, what do you think of this?"
“We live here and pay you rent every month.”
Xu Weiguo was the first to object: "You're my sister, why should you pay rent if you live in my house?! Isn't that looking down on me?!"
Zhang Yumei also felt uneasy, but she didn't react as strongly as Xu Weiguo. She simply comforted him gently, saying, "Let's discuss it first. Afang, you can stay here without worry. We can solve any problems together."
But Zhang Yumei wasn't so patient with Xu Weiguo, and said impatiently, "Why are you shouting so loudly? Do you want to show off your loud voice?"
Xu Weiguo suspected that Zhang Yumei was targeting him today, and he had evidence, but he dared not speak out, which made him very angry...
......
After lunch, Zhang Yumei stopped Huang Qinqin, who was about to take a nap, and said that she had some things to ask her.
Zhang Yumei cautiously glanced outside the courtyard to make sure everyone had gone back to their rooms before pulling Huang Qinqin to sit down on a small stool by the kitchen stove.
"Qinqin, Mom has a question for you. Can you help me think of the best way to ask her?"
Huang Qinqin nodded obediently: "Okay, Mom, you tell me, and I'll try my best to help you find a solution."
"That's right, Weiguo helped Chen Ming find a temporary job, and he plans to have Afang transfer her household registration to our family so that the whole family can receive government-supplied food and stay in the city."
Huang Qinqin said, "This is a good thing."
Zhang Yumei nodded in agreement: "It is indeed a good thing, but problems have also arisen."
“Chen Ming is a temporary worker and there is no housing allocation for him. We originally wanted him to live at home directly. But Afang and the others said they wanted to pay rent, and your dad got angry again and insisted that they could not accept it.”
"I also feel that it's not right to ask for rent. Now I'm in a dilemma, I don't know whether I should ask them for rent or not."
Zhang Yumei was really conflicted because her family wasn't short of money. If she wanted to rent out the house to make money, she could have done so already.
But if she didn't want to, Xu Fang and the others seemed quite upset. She felt that no matter what she did, it would be wrong, which worried her to death.
Huang Qinqin felt there was no need to worry about this at all; the problem was clearly easy to solve.
"Yes, Mom, you know that if we don't charge rent, my second aunt and the others probably won't feel at ease staying here. After all, they're not staying for just a day or two, so of course we have to charge rent."
"But..."
Huang Qinqin interrupted, "Mom, listen to me first."
"Here's what you'll do: charge your second aunt three or four yuan a month for rent, or thirty yuan a year. Anyway, you and your second aunt should agree on the amount. It can't be too high, but it can't be too low either."
"Mom, I have a question for you. After we collect the rent, Auntie's family can finally settle down and live there without worry, right?"
Zhang Yumei thought about it for a moment and realized that it made sense, so she nodded.
Huang Qinqin then said, "Now that your second aunt and the others have settled in, you can take their rent subsidy back to them."
"Of course, you can't just give them money directly, but you can buy your two younger cousins some more food and other necessities."
"Or the simplest thing is to buy more groceries every day so that my second aunt and her family can eat better. We all live together now, so we'll definitely eat together too."
"And have you and Dad forgotten that Auntie just received a compensation payment a few days ago? They're not short of money right now, they're just short of tickets."
These words were like a wake-up call; Zhang Yumei had indeed forgotten about that thousand yuan.
The biggest dilemma for her and Xu Weiguo was that Xu Fang and her family didn't have much money to begin with, and they felt bad about charging them rent.
Since they're not short of money right now, that's not a problem. You know, their family has more than a thousand yuan.
However, many families don't even have a few hundred yuan in savings, so if they spend this thousand yuan carefully, it might be enough for Chen Mai and his family to get married!
Besides, just like Huang Qinqin said, they've already settled in, so if we wanted to subsidize them, it would be a piece of cake.
Having found a solution, Zhang Yumei relaxed completely, happily hugged Huang Qinqin's face, and gently rubbed it.
She exclaimed with emotion, "Qinqin, my Junhui is so lucky to have married you!"
"Let me see whose wife is so smart! Hehe~ It's mine, that's great, hahaha!"
Looking at Zhang Yumei, Huang Qinqin also felt that she was very lucky to have married Xu Junhui and to have met such a good mother-in-law.
......
Huang Qinqin had just fallen asleep after chatting with Zhang Yumei for a while at noon when she heard a commotion in the courtyard next door.
Being suddenly woken up, Huang Qinqin was very unhappy and grumbled with her eyes still closed, "It's so noisy! Can't a person get any sleep?!"
Xu Junhui looked at her in surprise, never expecting that she would have a day when she didn't want to watch the excitement. It seems that sleeping is more important than watching the excitement.
Just as he reached out to coax her to sleep, Huang Qinqin suddenly opened her eyes wide, sat up, and asked, "Junhui, are people arguing next door?"
Xu Junhui: (⊙o⊙)…
"Uh, I think so. Aren't you going to continue sleeping?"
Huang Qinqin couldn't sleep anymore. Anyway, she wouldn't be able to sleep for long, so she might as well go out and watch the excitement.
He simply said, "I'm not sleeping, you go to sleep," and then quickly left.
When Huang Qinqin came out, she found that Zhang Yumei and Xu Fang had already found their spots.
Huang Qinqin nudged Zhang Yumei, who looked down and immediately understood, moving aside to make room for her.
"I thought you were asleep, so I didn't wake you."
"I fell asleep, but then I woke up again. Mom, Auntie, how long have you been out? What's all the noise from next door this time?"
Zhang Yumei replied, "We've only been out for a short time, so we haven't figured out what the argument is about yet."
Xu Fang was somewhat surprised as she listened to their conversation. She had thought that only people their age liked to join in the fun and gossip, but she hadn't expected that Huang Qinqin, who was so young, would also like to join in the fun.
It's just that Huang Qinqin didn't know what Xu Fang was thinking; otherwise, she would definitely have told her: "Gossip knows no age, and joining in the fun is the most fun!"
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