"It's hard to say, but even if they're going to build a house, what does it have to do with us?" Aunt Zhang shook her head.
"If this news is true, could we sell this house and then negotiate with them to continue renting here? That way, we won't have a house, and we'll be eligible for the factory's housing. Then, once the housing is built, we can move in."
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Aunt Zhang was clearly taken aback by this bold suggestion; her lips moved for a long time, but she couldn't utter a single word.
"What do you think? The Li family has plenty of room to stay, so I think they should be able to agree to this suggestion."
How did you come up with this idea?
"I was just thinking about it randomly, what do you think?"
"I think it's a good idea, but we still need to see if the other companies agree. Otherwise, if it's just the two of us, they definitely won't want us."
"Shall we sit down together after dinner tonight and discuss it?"
"Okay," Aunt Zhang nodded, then thought for a moment and said, "But there's still a problem. We need to figure out whether the factory building project is reliable or not."
"Why don't you ask Old Meng's family about his daughter's boyfriend? That young man works in the factory office, so he should have good connections."
"Okay, then it's settled between the two of us. We'll call everyone together later and ask them."
The discussion in the courtyard that evening went very smoothly, and it was indeed true that the factory was building houses. This time, a total of four buildings were to be built, each with a floor area of more than 40 square meters. There were seven households in their courtyard, and if any household was eligible to apply, they would definitely be allocated a house.
The two women's idea of selling the house and continuing to rent there was supported by several other families.
Next, they discussed how much to sell the house for.
Except for the main house where the owner wanted 1,800 because of its large size, the remaining six households could have prices between 1,000 and 1,200.
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They wanted more, but when they considered that they would have to negotiate with the other party to continue living there, they didn't have the confidence to ask for more.
Ultimately, this was just a solution they came up with behind closed doors, and whether the other family would agree to it was still unknown.
Aunt Zhang was the person in their courtyard who was most familiar with the Li family, so naturally, she was assigned by everyone to make another trip.
When she arrived, Li Chu and his family had just returned from outside and reached the entrance of the alley.
Seeing this, Aunt Zhang quickly stopped Ding Qiunan and told her to talk to Li Chu directly, but she really didn't dare.
Ever since the neighbors learned what Li Chu's military rank represented, the only people who still dared to chat with him casually were those who were already in their seventies and eighties.
As for the other people, they would at most greet him and nod, which made him feel uncomfortable.
"Sister Zhang, what's wrong with you calling me?"
"Qiu Nan, do you still want that courtyard of ours?"
"I do want it, but didn't I tell you before that there are so many apartments available that we simply can't get one?"
"No need, no need," Aunt Zhang waved her hand and said, "We've discussed it and we can sell the house to your family, but you have to agree to let us live in the factory's new house."
"Huh? You'll only move in after the factory buildings are finished? No, Sister Zhang, if the factory buildings aren't being built, you're not leaving? Then why would I buy them?"
“Hey, I didn’t explain it clearly.” Aunt Zhang raised her hand and slapped her forehead: “Our factory has decided to build houses now, and you should know the conditions for allocating houses, so our plan is to sell the houses to you now, so that we can register at the factory.”
With our combined qualifications, getting an apartment from the factory shouldn't be a problem.
"Oh, I see." Ding Qiunan nodded. "Sister Zhang, are all seven households in your courtyard from the No. 3 State-owned Cotton Mill?"
"yes"
"What you said isn't a big problem, but I need to find out first whether your factory is actually going to build houses, how many they will be built, and whether you can get one if you don't have one. I need to find out all of these things before we can talk about anything else. Don't you agree, Sister Zhang? Let's be upfront about these things so there won't be any problems later."
Aunt Zhang was stunned for a moment. She hadn't expected it to be so complicated. But then she thought that what the other person said wasn't wrong. She couldn't just listen to one side of the story.
"Xing Qiunan, ask around. Let me tell you this: all seven households in our compound worked in the factory before the founding of the People's Republic of China. Back then, the factory wasn't called the Third State-Owned Cotton Mill. And, not counting children, all of us were dual-income households."
Wow!
Ding Qiunan was genuinely shocked after hearing this.
She really didn't know that. If those conditions were true, then there was no need to ask whether she would be allocated a house; she would definitely be allocated one, there was no doubt about it.
Now all we need to do is find out whether the Third Factory is going to build staff housing and how many buildings it will have.
"I understand, Sister Zhang. How about this, I'll give you a message tomorrow night, what do you think?"
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"Oh, right, I almost forgot to ask. Since you've decided to sell, what's your target price?"
“We just discussed it. The Meng family in the main house will ask for 1,800, while the other six families will ask for 1,200.”
Ding Qiunan nodded noncommittally: "I'll get back to you tomorrow night."
Aunt Zhang wanted to ask if the price was acceptable, but after thinking about it, she decided against it, as asking would only make her seem guilty.
"Then I'll head back now, Sister Zhang. We'll discuss it again tomorrow night."
"Okay, sure."
Is the price acceptable?
Ding Qiunan didn't think it was a big problem, but she was confident that she could cut another one or two hundred from each store. She would wait until tomorrow to discuss it.
That courtyard was much smaller than the one they lived in now, and it didn't have a back garden.
When she got home, she told him about it.
The whole family was sitting in the yard. Before Li Chu could react, Li Wenhui couldn't help but ask.
"Mom, why are we buying so many houses? Are you planning to buy up the whole alleyway?"
Shen Yi, holding his baby who had just finished nursing, stood behind his wife and looked at his mother-in-law. He couldn't understand why they still needed to buy more houses when they already had so many.
"I'd like to, but unfortunately I can't afford it. Besides, so many of them don't even have property rights. How can I buy them?" Ding Qiunan said, shaking her head with some regret.
"No way, Mom, we should have enough houses for each of us by now, right?"
"Who said that? You're only counting the people standing in the yard right now. Yueyue is pregnant with two more."
"ah?"
Wang Yueyue subconsciously touched her belly: "Qiu Nan's mom, there's no need. The staff housing at our school is almost finished. I even registered for it back then."
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