Grandma Long led the married women and old ladies from courtyard number 95 to the street office to demand housing allocation.
The demands are excessive and exceed the regulations for housing allocation.
However, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the policy of encouraging more births and increasing the population has created hidden housing problems.
With more families having several children, housing shortages have become a problem.
The situation is the same for every family, such as Qin Huairu's family of five living in one room, Liu Haizhong's family of five living in one and a half rooms, and Yan Fugui's family of six living in two rooms.
Aside from the examples of Yi Zhonghai, who has no children and lives in a room and a half, and Old Lady Long, who lives alone in a room, which do not appear crowded.
For other large families, housing has become a major problem.
Without a house, the son cannot get married.
With a large family, the parents had to live with their youngest son and daughter.
Over time, this can subtly affect the couple's sex life and the healthy development of their children, leading to numerous conflicts.
Right after liberation, the street and related construction units organized people to build houses to resettle the people from Beijing and other places, without estimating or building housing for people with multiple births.
The number of people who are born, grow old, get sick, and die is far less than the population trend of each family having three to five more children, or even seven or eight.
This situation has led to an increasing housing shortage.
In years marked by frequent natural disasters and shortages of food and supplies, relevant authorities were unable to build houses to provide housing.
This has evolved into the current housing difficulties.
Director Wang knew perfectly well what was going on and was very annoyed that Old Lady Long had gathered a crowd to demand a house. He smiled and politely refused, saying, "Old lady, the housing shortage isn't just a problem in your courtyard house."
This situation applies to every household in Tongluo Lane.
How am I supposed to solve your housing problem?
"Hey, old lady, I know that the comrades in your street office work hard and diligently for the people. It's not easy for them."
We're just here to ask where Zheng Ya went.
I haven't seen him for three or four days. If he went to school and didn't tell anyone in our compound, he must have told Director Wang, right?" Old Mrs. Long implied that it was a waste to leave Zheng Ya's three rooms empty.
At the same time, they urged Director Wang to search for Zheng Ya, the missing person.
Zheng Ya is dead, and he cannot be found.
The house belonging to Zheng Ya should be allocated to people in the courtyard who need housing for marriage.
It's not okay to say this outright, but exaggerating the facts on the surface is acceptable.
After gathering a group of women and old women to make it clear that they had housing difficulties, Director Wang was not worried that he would not allocate Zheng Ya's three rooms to the people in the courtyard.
Gathering crowds to cause trouble is a potential threat.
The overt demonstrations and pressure were something Director Wang personally experienced, so he replied with a forced smile, "You don't need to worry about Zheng Ya's whereabouts."
I will respond to your housing issue in the next two days.
Is there anything else, sir?
At this moment, she began to believe Zheng Ya's plea: there were no good people in the courtyard, and they were disliked.
Is this also a test to see what move Granny Long and the others are going to make?
Grandma Long realized that her assertiveness seemed to be a show of loyalty to Zheng Ya, so she stood up to take her leave: "Alright then?"
Let's not keep Director Wang from working any longer, let's go back!
Director Wang will help everyone solve their housing difficulties in the next couple of days. Shall we go?
"Director Wang, you're busy, sorry to bother you!" An older woman helped Old Lady Long take her leave.
The others got up and followed, walking out of the hall indignantly.
Director Wang watched them leave the street office gate, and in anger, he slammed his cup on the table: "You bastards, taking advantage of your age, daring to gather the people in the compound and cause trouble at the street office?"
"Director, why don't you punish them?" Clerk Xiao Liu asked, puzzled.
Shouldn't they be reprimanded according to normal procedure?
Since liberation, the subdistrict office and various units have organized training courses to popularize cultural knowledge.
At the same time, we teach everyone to know and abide by the law.
However, popularizing cultural knowledge only targets young people and fails to reach middle-aged and elderly people.
The middle-aged and elderly people cling to the old ways and believe in superstitions, which has led to the emergence of many stubborn old men.
These individuals suppress the thoughts and progress of teenagers and children, causing numerous disputes for the neighborhood committee.
When encountering such people, the staff of the neighborhood office will conduct legal education for them, guide them onto the right path, and prevent them from being misled, causing trouble, or making unreasonable demands.
For the neighborhood committee, handling this kind of matter is routine.
Director Wang deviated from this usual way of doing things today, which puzzled Xiao Liu. But Director Wang smiled and said, "Xiao Liu, you are still young."
It's understandable that they didn't catch the hidden meaning in Old Lady Long's words.
If we follow the old approach, we would persuade them that the housing allocation regulations do not allow it, and then educate them to abide by the law?
That old woman, surnamed Long, is just taking advantage of her age and is plotting to incite those women and older women to cause a scene at the neighborhood committee office. What should we do?
"Wow, does she really dare to do that?" Xiao Liu exclaimed in surprise.
Director Wang rolled his eyes: "What do you think?"
If this situation escalates, it will damage the prestige of our neighborhood committee.
What can we do to those women and old hags?
"Hey, it seems like the only way to deal with this is to persuade people to do good and abide by the law. I understand now!" Xiao Liu learned something.
Director Wang waved him off to do his own thing, poured himself a glass of water, and pondered as he drank his tea. Something's not right!
A group of women and older women gathered at the neighborhood committee office, claiming that Zheng Ya had been missing for three or four days. What exactly happened?
Does this imply something?
Does this imply that Zheng Ya's safety and the house should be given to the people in the courtyard?
What are the people in courtyard number 95 trying to do?
"I hope nothing bad happens to Zheng Ya," Director Wang thought in an instant, considering many possibilities, fearing that Zheng Ya had been murdered.
At this moment, there is an even stronger hope that the information being investigated in the Red Qu Commune regarding Zheng Ya is indeed about Zheng Ya himself.
Otherwise, something terrible will happen!
At this time, Zheng Ya distributed meat to the villagers as requested by the old village chief, with each person receiving two and a half ounces of pork. The pork bones, pig heads, and offal were left for the village's communal canteen to handle.
In principle, collective resources should be distributed uniformly.
During the era of the communal dining system, the wild boar that Xu Qi hunted was considered collective property and would not be distributed to individuals.
Zheng Ya asked the old village chief what was going on.
The old village chief told Zheng Ya that during the early years of famine, it was common for people to starve to death. To prevent people in the village from starving to death due to lack of food, the villagers organized people to engage in sideline businesses, and hunting was one of them.
If all the goods and supplies gained from side jobs are confiscated, people will lose their motivation and the desire to hoard goods and supplies, making it a losing proposition.
Why not take a portion of the profits from the side business and distribute the rest to motivate the villagers?
Xu Qi, who possessed martial arts skills, volunteered to go hunting instead of participating in daily labor to earn work points, which led to his encounter with Zheng Ya while hunting.
"Shasha," Xu Erdan hurriedly returned, whispered something in the old village chief's ear, and made the old village chief glance at Zheng Ya from time to time.
Zheng Ya was busy distributing meat to the villagers so that they could contribute Zhengde Points to generate income. Noticing Xu Erdan's unfriendly gaze and his lack of loyalty points, he asked, "How was it? I didn't make you come for nothing, did I?"
"Hmph, that's not necessarily true. You'd better confess yourself!" Xu Erdan solemnly beckoned his men to surround him.
The group of over thirty unmarried men immediately became incredibly excited, rubbing their hands together and swarming around him.
Enemy agents, something big is about to happen!
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