Seeing that Su Keke had no intention of helping him, Du Huairen did not continue talking about this topic. He chatted with Grandma Qiao about drinking tea for health, and then went back with Du Yichen.
"If opening the villa can save more people, I really have no problem with that."
Grandma Qiao said this to Su Keke after the Du family and their son left.
"It's not that I don't want to help him, but I really can't help him."
"The fact that the two officials came to say hello in advance is already a courtesy. If they were a little more powerful and sent troops to take over the villa area, we wouldn't have any way to stop them. What's more, the officials' starting point is to save people."
Su Keke thought that everything would be fine after the earthquake was safely over. After all, she had been killed by an earthquake in her previous life, so she had to be more careful in this life.
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On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Su Keke received a call from Manager Zhou, saying that the first batch of housing purchase notices from the official base would be posted all over the streets and alleys of Lingcheng on the tenth day.
By then, even if people have points, it will be like a thousand troops crossing a single-plank bridge. Whether they can grab a house with a good location and a slightly larger area depends on their luck.
Many people who have inside information have rushed to the office to grab houses in the past two days.
On the fourth day of the New Year, Su Keke went to Lu Mei's house for dinner with Grandma Qiao and met Manager Zhou and his family on the way.
Seeing Manager Zhou coming over to greet her enthusiastically, Su Keke gave him a New Year gift package of drunken crabs and chocolates, saying it was a New Year gift for his daughter.
While making polite remarks, Su Keke asked Manager Zhou to help keep an eye out for houses in the official base, as she was interested in buying two.
This week the manager was very dedicated and called Su Keke as soon as he got any news about this.
The drunken crab that Su Keke gave him earned him enough face in front of his father-in-law and mother-in-law. And the big box of chocolates was hidden by his daughter like a treasure, and she only ate one chocolate a day.
The building prepared for the families of municipal officials was officially named the Municipal Family Compound.
Starting from the second day of the first lunar month, people began to move in. They knew that there would be an earthquake in February, so they thought that the sooner they moved in, the safer it would be.
Although this housing estate is smaller than their original residence and the conditions are worse, nothing is more important than life, right?
The building near the family compound is the official office building. Due to the geographical location and the lack of materials and equipment, the houses on Arashiyama can only be built up to five floors.
The official office building has the fifth floor housing the offices of the highest municipal officials and their subordinates, and the fourth floor housing the police station and security patrol.
The third floor is the official exchange hall and material storage warehouse.
The first to second level is to move the original official breeding base here.
Previously, vegetables were basically grown in greenhouses, but now it should be easier to adapt to moving indoors. However, this building is used to raise pigs, cattle, chickens and ducks. There is a bit of odor in it, but the officials have no choice for the sake of survival.
Building 1 and Building 2, which are closest to the official building, have an area of about 60 square meters for each household. They are all built with the specifications of two bedrooms, one bathroom and one kitchen. They all have no living room. In the end times of natural disasters, who would care whether there is a living room or not?
These two buildings are considered to be the better houses in the official base besides the municipal staff housing estates. Once the news gets out, many people with big points will surely come to grab them.
Su Keke doesn’t know exactly how many points are needed, because Manager Zhou doesn’t know either.
Buildings 3, 4, 5, and 6 at the back are all single rooms, with shared kitchens and bathrooms on each floor. Such houses are not suitable for families, as the single rooms are small and you have to queue up to cook and go to the bathroom.
Su Keke quickly called Lu Mei and the others, asking them to come over to the base as soon as possible, as if they had to wait until the tenth day they would probably only be able to stay in a single room.
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After receiving the call, Lu Mei quickly took Chen Da, Shi Huan and the other two and drove the electric three-wheeler to Lanshan Base.
Chen Li and Meng Yi's patrol team started working on the sixth day of the New Year, so they were not at home today. However, they had already discussed the issue of buying a house at the base, and the two families wanted to buy one together so that they could look after each other.
After Su Keke hung up the phone, she and Grandma Qiao drove to the official base to wait for Lu Mei and the others.
If there is a good house, Su Keke also wants to buy one. Although she and Grandma Qiao already have a place to live, she is afraid that it may be useful in the future, so it will definitely not be a loss to buy it first.
"Why are you here today too?"
"My great uncle is an official there. He asked us to come and look at the house today, saying that the sooner we come, the more choices we will have."
"Oh! It's the same in my family! My relative said that if we don't grab it soon, we will have to live in a single room in the future. How can we, who are used to living in big houses, live in a single room?"
When Su Keke and Grandma Qiao were waiting for someone in the car, they heard a few people chattering at the gate of the base. It seemed that they had also received internal information and came to see the house.
Su Keke opened the car window and saw them from afar talking and laughing as they entered the official office building.
The two waited at the door for half an hour, and Lu Mei and her friends' electric tricycle finally showed up.
After everyone arrived, Su Keke led them directly to the official office building.
"Hello! What can I do for you? We haven't started work yet. If you have anything to do, you can come back after the tenth day."
There were two guards on duty at the main entrance on the first floor of the official office building. When they saw Su Keke and the other four, they immediately raised their hands to stop them and refused to let them in, saying that work had not started yet.
"We are here to see the house. Didn't a few people who came to see the house go in just now? Why can't we go in?"
Su Keke asked with a sullen face.
When those people went in, the two guards let them in without asking any questions. Why were they interrogated when it was their turn, and not allowed in even after the interrogation? Could it be because those people have connections with those higher-ups?
"They are here to look for family members, not to see the house, so please go back!"
Just as Su Keke was arguing with the guard at the door, the few people who had just gone upstairs came downstairs following a man wearing a dark cotton jacket with a badge on his chest.
Su Keke knew at first glance that this man was a staff member of the Municipal Office. He was holding a bunch of keys in his hand and talking and laughing with the people behind him. It seemed that he was taking them to see a house.
"Why can they see the house but we can't?"
Su Keke asked the guard another question in front of so many people.
"Please come back to work on the tenth day!"
The guard did not answer Su Keke's question directly, but instead wanted to drive them away quickly.
"Wow! I don't know where these ordinary people heard the news! They are here to look at the house too. If you don't know, you would think they are here to collect garbage."
Lu Mei and the other two went out right after they received the call. What they wore at home were the same clothes they usually wore to work. Although they were old, they were clean.
I didn't expect that this would give these people a sense of superiority!
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