Every family has its own troubles. After learning about Qin Huairu's situation, Cui Chunmei felt only sympathy for the woman.
She knew how difficult it was for a woman to raise three children.
However, she also knows that you have it tough, and you can seek help from others, but that's not a reason for you to cheat people.
Therefore, her attitude towards Qin Huairu was lukewarm; she would chat with him if she could, and if not, she would just leave it at that.
As for Qin Huairu's feelings towards He Yuzhu and Cui Chunmei, she herself was not sure what her current state of mind was. It seemed that she had become indifferent to them. In addition, both of her daughters now had jobs and each of them would contribute thirty yuan to the family every month. The family's life was much better than before. She was also saving money for her son's wedding. She felt that living like this was quite good.
It would be even better if both daughters could marry into good families.
Li Chu chatted with these people for a while longer, then handed the Third Uncle a piece of black cloth as a gift from his family, and then took his leave.
As soon as I stepped out the gate, the Third Uncle chased after me.
"Dr. Li, may I have a chat with you for a bit?"
Li Chu noticed that Yan Bugui was quite polite to him this time, whereas he had always called him Xiao Chu.
"Uncle, please speak."
"Let's move over a bit. Dr. Li, to be honest, my family is short of money right now. I just wanted to ask if you'd like to take this house?"
What's going on?
Yan Bugui's question left Li Chu somewhat bewildered. He turned to look at his wife beside him, then turned back and asked, "Wait, Uncle, why are you selling the house? Where will you live if you sell it?"
"To tell you the truth, my third son's workplace is raising funds to build houses, and they're still short of money, so..." Yan Bugui smiled somewhat embarrassedly.
"Uncle, please don't think I'm being long-winded."
"No, no, Dr. Li, please tell me."
"Where will you live after you sell this house?"
"That's what I wanted to discuss with you. How about this: if you buy my house, you can lend it to me to live in first. Their company's new house will be completed in a month or two, and we'll move out immediately. Of course, we won't live there for free; we'll pay you rent. Just give us a slight discount."
Li Chu wanted to buy the three-courtyard house, but did he not?
He definitely wants to, but he wants to buy the entire courtyard and land, not just one or two rooms. The courtyard is currently a large, dilapidated tenement. If he can only buy a part of it, what's the point of having it?
"Oh, Uncle, you're asking me this because you know I like buying houses. But to be honest, I'm really not interested in one or two rooms."
Upon hearing this, Yan Bugui's face was filled with disappointment. He opened his mouth to say something, but was stopped by Li Chu's next words.
"How about this? Could you help me ask around in the yard and see who else wants to sell? I can buy them all together, or better yet, I can buy the whole yard."
"Huh?" Yan Bugui exclaimed. Good heavens, how much money did he ask for? He wants such a big yard. Does your family have that many people?
"Dr. Li, you're not joking?"
Do I look like I'm joking?
"Phew~" Yan Bugui let out a soft breath, thought for a moment and said, "Dr. Li, as far as I know, the Zhao family in the backyard also wants to sell their house, and with your connections, it shouldn't be difficult to buy the Xu Damao family's house. The Yi family has a total of three rooms, and now that such a big thing has happened, I guess Yi Ping'an can't stay here anymore."
As for other people, I can ask around for you, but... selling a house is a big deal, and I can't guarantee anything.
"Uncle, could you please ask them first to see if they are interested? If they are, we can discuss other things later."
"If that's what you're saying, then I can ask around for you. But what are you going to do with my house?"
"Please give me some time to think about it. I will give you an answer by tomorrow or the day after at the latest."
"No problem, thank you, Dr. Li."
"I should be thanking you, Uncle, for your trouble."
"It's alright, it's alright. Everyone in the courtyard is here, I can ask for you today."
"Alright, Uncle, we'll head over now."
"Uncle, we're leaving now. Please take care of yourself."
"Oh, thank you. You two are the same."
Watching Li Chu and Ding Qiunan leave with their dog, Yan Bugui pushed up his glasses, shook his head with a smile, and said, "Look at the life they're living. You can't compare people."
He turned and walked into the courtyard.
"Li Chu, do you really want to buy a house here?" After walking a short distance, Ding Qiunan turned her head and asked her husband.
"Yes, I would like to, but I want to buy the whole yard."
"I think that's difficult, with more than a dozen families involved."
"Take your time. We're not in a rush to move in anyway. Look at the state of this once grand courtyard. It was the residence of a prince from the Qing Dynasty."
“It really doesn’t look right anymore. I remember the Intermediate People’s Court didn’t build things haphazardly before.”
"Sigh, what a waste." Li Chu shook his head helplessly.
There's also a back garden behind this courtyard, but it's now been turned into a dumping ground for miscellaneous items.
Li Chu felt that if he could take over the entire courtyard and renovate it properly, he would never want to look at any other house again.
Ding Qiunan thought for a moment and said, "If you really want to buy it, I can help talk to Qin Huairu and her family, but where they'll live after moving out is a problem, isn't it?"
"If she's willing, we'll exchange the house under Wenhui's name for her."
"Wenhui? You mean the one from that residential compound?"
"Well, but the prerequisite is that I can get all the houses first. Otherwise, I won't change them. So, let's not rush hers. Let's see how things go with Uncle San first."
"Okay, do whatever you want, I support you."
Ding Qiunan expressed her support without hesitation this time because they had already held a meeting at the end of December last year. It was a foregone conclusion that wages would increase after the start of spring this year. Although they did not know exactly how much the increase would be, there was no problem that their family's income would double in the future.
My husband earns so much money, what's wrong with wanting to spend a little more?
But she didn't know that her family's income would do more than just double in the future.
It's been decided that health care doctors like Li Chu will no longer receive a salary from the Health Bureau, but rather an allowance of one thousand yuan per person per month, without considering other factors such as technical level.
His salary at the main hospital is calculated separately.
Then there's the stipend for the class representative, which will also be increased to 100 yuan per month in the future.
In other words, Li Chu's total income after the salary increase would probably be close to two thousand.
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