Han Yixian understood Gu Qishen's words very well. He nodded and said, "That's why I lent out all the houses in my family home in Kyoto. At least it's much better to lend them to some organizations as office space than to some residents. Many of the old mansions are now occupied by many families and have become tenements. The houses have also been ruined by illegal additions and alterations."
This is also due to the housing shortage and lack of supplies in the city. This situation won't be alleviated anytime soon. Let's do as the Romans do.
"Qi Shen, you should find a house first. Ideally, you could find two adjacent courtyards so you two can live in one and we can be neighbors. Or, two courtyards that are close together would also be fine. If not, a larger courtyard is also acceptable, and we can live in the same courtyard. This way, we can look after each other and avoid having to ask others to move in."
Gu Qishen's eyes lit up when he heard Han Yixian's words. If that were the case, wouldn't he be able to see He Yuhan every day? This was fantastic news!
Gu Qishen was very grateful for Qianyuan County's regulation, which gave him such a great opportunity.
He said calmly, "Then Zhenhua and I will look for it first."
He Zhenhua also said, "It would be great if we could live in the same courtyard. The children wouldn't have to be separated from us, and we could see them every day."
He Yuhan said, "That's really good. You won't have to cook for yourselves anymore; you can just eat with us."
Han Yixian felt uneasy upon hearing this. Wouldn't there always be a third wheel around him and his wife when they were together?
He said, "It would be best to find two small courtyards, so that if we have children in the future, they won't disturb you."
Gu Qishen also felt that it wasn't appropriate for everyone to live in the same courtyard. It was somewhat better for He Zhenhua, who was He Yuhan's older brother, but he should avoid suspicion to prevent others from gossiping.
Gu Qishen said, "Then I'll go to the housing management department tomorrow and ask. They should have suitable properties. If we can buy them, we'll buy them."
By the way, isn't Beili Village going to build a school? I got you a permit for cement; Beili Village can just come to the county to pick it up.
Han Yixian said, "That's great. With some cement, the classrooms can be built better."
He Zhenhua suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, a few days ago, Yixian, your friend Zhou Zhengye came to our place and asked for your address. We could only give him the address of Beili Village."
Gu Qishen said, "Yes, Zhou Zhengye came to our house a few days ago. I didn't expect him to be in H City as well, and that he knew we were all here. So he came to our house to ask for your address."
Han Yixian said, "I ran into him when Yuhan went back to City C last time, and that's when I found out he was also in City H. I figured he'd come looking for me anytime soon. There's no harm in telling him the address of Beili Village; I can't hide it from him anyway."
After discussing the house purchase, everyone went to rest. Han Yixian and He Yuhan stayed at He Zhenhua's house.
After resting for a night, Han Yixian and He Yuhan returned to Beili Village the next morning with two sacks of textbooks.
When they were almost at Beili Village, He Yuhan took out some pre-prepared school supplies such as pencils, erasers, and notebooks from her spatial storage and packed them into two large bags.
Before the two men even reached the edge of the village on their bicycles, a group of children spotted them. Leading the group was Gao Hongbin, who ran up to Han Yixian and the others and asked, "Uncle Han, do we have textbooks for school now?"
Han Yixian said, "I've got it! Everyone can go to school now."
Upon hearing this, Gao Hongbin exclaimed, "Oh, we have textbooks! We can go to school now!"
The children cheered as soon as he finished speaking.
He Yuhan was very happy to see the children's innocent smiles, full of longing for school.
She and Han Yixian pushed their bicycles and walked back with the children. Soon, Gao Shuwen came over and asked, "Yixian, Yuhan, how did it go? Did you get the textbooks?"
Han Yixian said, "We got them. We have textbooks for grades one through three, enough for all the children in our village. Qi Shen personally helped us get them. You know this yourself."
Upon hearing this, Gao Shuwen said, "That's great. I know what to say to outsiders. We can't cause trouble for Gu**. It wouldn't be good if other villages went to Gu** too. Keep these textbooks at your house for now, and we'll talk about them after the school is built."
He Yuhan said, "We also got some pencils, notebooks and other school supplies, which we will donate to the school and give to the children as prizes to encourage them to study hard."
Gao Shuwen said happily, "That's really too much trouble for you. I thank you on behalf of the villagers. The site for the school has been chosen, and the foundation work has already begun. The school will be completed soon."
Han Yixian took out the cement approval slip that Gu Qishen had given him and said, "Uncle Gao, Qishen also got me a cement approval slip. You can find someone to go to the county to pick it up later. It will be useful for building the school building."
Gao Shuwen happily accepted the approval slip from Han Yixian and said, "Oh, this is wonderful! With this cement, our school can be built very well. We've discussed it. Let's build three buildings first: two classrooms and one teacher's office. We can expand later if needed, but we'll reserve the space for now."
By the way, it seems you have guests at your home. They even drove here. You should go back and check on them.
He Yuhan and Han Yixian were both very curious about who had found their way here.
Gao Shuwen told Han Yixian and the others to take the books home first, while he went back to the school to keep an eye on things. The goal was to get the school built as soon as possible so the children could start school quickly.
He also needs to arrange for people and horse-drawn carts to go to the county to pick up cement tomorrow. Having connections in these places makes things much easier; since the Han family came, Beili Village has benefited greatly from their connections.
He Yuhan and Han Yixian rode their bicycles to their doorstep and saw the Jeep parked there.
Han Yixian immediately thought of Zhou Zhengye, whom Gu Qishen and the others had mentioned yesterday. When he entered the door, he saw that it was indeed Zhou Zhengye who had come to visit.
Zhou Zhengye was delighted to see Han Yixian and the others return and said, "You're finally back! I was afraid I wouldn't see you again this time."
Han Yixian laughed and said, "I never expected that we would meet here again."
He Yuhan also said, "I just heard that we had guests at home. It turns out it's Brother Zhou. I'll go cook. You all have a good get-together today."
Zhou Zhengye said, "Just do something simple, don't make it too complicated."
He Yuhan greeted her elders and went to the kitchen to cook, with her two mothers helping her.
Han Xiao and He Chenglin kept Zhou Zhengye company while Liu Zhongyi watched Xiao Xurui and his two older brothers playing with building blocks in the living room.
A straw mat was laid out in one corner of the living room, and a cushion was placed on top of it, perfect for the children to sit and play. The two older boys were even lovingly coaxing their little brother to play. Liu Zhongyi liked it more and more; his own children were so sensible.
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