When Li Chu saw Qin Huairu arrive with her people after dinner that evening, he knew it was a done deal!
He could say he had the entire courtyard in his possession, and the three rooms in the middle and back of the Yi family's house were also practically his.
What's giving him the biggest headache now is the back garden. Should he ask his sister for help?
In less than an hour, they agreed on a price. As Qin Huairu had planned, they would have seven hundred yuan per room for the east and west wing rooms.
Because the main house was indeed large and only divided into two rooms, Li Chu didn't charge him by the number of rooms, but gave him two thousand to settle the matter.
He'll go over tomorrow to help them with the paperwork.
After seeing them off, Ding Qiunan looked at her husband in the living room with a gloating expression.
What do you mean by looking at me that way?
"Because I've found that no matter how thoroughly you think things through, there are always times when you overlook something."
"Huh? Did I forget something again?" Li Chu was in a panic. He hoped that something else would go wrong.
"Again? Looks like you missed something earlier."
"That's right, I did misunderstand earlier, that back garden..."
After listening, Ding Qiunan smiled and said, "It's not that complicated. It's just that you missed calculating one room in the Intermediate Court."
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"Less one room? That can't be right. There are four rooms on the east and west sides, plus the main house, what else is there?"
"Haha, it seems you've even forgotten about that person."
Li Chu was even more confused now. What was going on here? How did this involve someone else?
"You really forgot, Yu Shui, He Yu Shui, you forgot her."
"Huh? Her house isn't..."
Wait a minute, Li Chu suddenly realized that He Yushui didn't live in the main house back then. The house she lived in was a small room in the corner between the main house and the east wing. In the past, that room would have been a storage room for storing miscellaneous items.
Although the room was small, it did indeed have separate ownership rights.
Seeing that her man remembered, Ding Qiunan's smile became even more cheerful.
"My God, this is so complicated, I have to go find her!"
"Alright, leave her to me. I'll go see her tomorrow."
"Oh, thank you, honey! Come here, give me a kiss~mUA"
"Hey, can't you two close the door?" Li Qin, who had just lifted the curtain to come in, saw this scene and quickly went back out, unable to help but complain from outside.
"Get out of the way, your sister will see you."
"Oh, we're a married couple, what's wrong with being affectionate in our own room?" Li Chu said nonchalantly as his wife pushed him away.
"Don't even mention it." Ding Qiunan rolled her eyes at her husband, then walked to the door, pushed open the curtain, and let her sister in.
"Sister, come in quickly. Weren't you playing cards at Huihui's house? Why did you stop?"
"I came to talk to Xiao Chu for a few minutes, let Huihui play." Li Qin rolled her eyes at her younger brother who was sitting on the sofa as she came in.
"Sis, I also need to talk to you about something. You go ahead and say it," Li Chu said, ignoring his sister's eye roll.
“A former colleague of mine in the Cultural and Historical Affairs Office has a grandson who isn’t in good health. The child keeps coughing and has been to the hospital many times. He’s taken a lot of medicine, but he just doesn’t get better. He came to me today. Could you take a look at him later?”
"Sure, you can have her take the child to the hospital or come to our house."
"Let's watch it at home tomorrow night. The child has suffered a lot at the hospital, and now he cries nonstop whenever we go there."
How old is the child?
"He's only one year old and can't even say two words yet. I saw him this morning; his face turned red as soon as he coughed. It was heartbreaking to see."
"No problem, home is fine."
"Okay, I'll tell her during the day tomorrow and ask her to bring the baby over tonight. She can stay at my place."
"Sister, you can arrange it."
"Xiao Chu, what are you planning to tell me?"
"Sis, what I was going to tell you about is the courtyard house over there. You know that back garden over there, right?"
"I know, that's right!" Li Qin slapped her thigh, realizing that this was where she remembered.
"Is the land certificate for that backyard in the hands of the neighborhood committee?"
"That's right, sis. What do we do now? If the neighborhood committee won't sell it to me, what am I supposed to do?"
"Don't even think about selling it to you, it's simply impossible," Li Qin said decisively.
"Why?"
"Don't you know about the land system? The land certificates you can get now are all historical legacies from the past. It's impossible for such a thing to happen again in the future."
At most, you'll be given land use rights; the ownership will remain public.
"Sis, what's the difference? As long as I can use it, that's fine. I don't plan to do anything with it." Ding Qiunan asked in confusion.
"The only difference is that one belongs to you, while the other is essentially rented to you, but the rental period is longer and the rent must be paid in full upfront."
At this point, Li Chu finally realized that this was the same as in the future: the land use right was for seventy years, and after seventy years, the renewal fee could be paid to continue using it. But that was fine.
"Sister, could you talk to the neighborhood office for me? I don't care about any power, as long as I can use it."
"I can make a trip there tomorrow, but the paperwork will probably take a few days to complete. It seems like it needs to be approved by the district."
"Deceiving Emperor Kangxi"
"That doesn't matter." Hearing that things could be done, Li Chu and Ding Qiunan were relieved. Otherwise, it would be too disgusting to be unable to use such a large open space in their own yard.
"Alright, I'm going back to playing cards." Li Qin stood up, but stopped abruptly as she was about to leave.
"You two can get intimate, but at least close the door."
After saying that, she didn't wait for her younger brother and sister-in-law to say anything, turned around and walked out of the living room, leaving the two of them staring at each other.
Ding Qiunan's face flushed red instantly.
"It's all your fault, you're so annoying, hmph~" She turned and left.
Li Chu was left scratching his head dumbfounded, muttering to himself, "I'm being affectionate with my wife in my own home, who does it bother?"
He stood up and walked out of the living room.
Uncle Wang hasn't returned from the meeting yet. He'll be retiring completely in April, and he doesn't have much work left. Meetings like this that go on until late at night are becoming increasingly rare.
Li Chu went to the boiler room and added some more coal, then went into the kitchen and took out two cans of meat. Looking at the few cans of food left in the cupboard, he knew the dogs' good days were coming to an end.
He was even thinking about going back to the cannery to see if he could buy some more, since it would be so convenient to feed the dog.
Uncle Wang didn't return from his meeting until after 9 p.m., and Li Qiaoyun, who was attending the Spring Festival Gala rehearsals, was also busy until now.
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