Ding Qiunan turned her head slightly to look at her husband and said, "As for the courtyard where my parents live now, they definitely won't want it. They told me that before."
"We'll see when the time comes; there's always a solution. It's too early to talk about this now; let's wait until registration actually begins."
Li Chu is still here, pondering whether he can buy a few more courtyards.
In a few years, when the trend of going abroad begins, that will be the perfect time to buy a yard.
He still remembered a joke he had seen in his previous life.
It is said that in the 1980s, a man wanted to go abroad to make a lot of money, so he sold his family's courtyard house in Beijing and went to America.
Thirty years later, he earned three million dollars and wanted to buy back the house he had sold. However, when he inquired about the price, he realized that the money he had earned over the decades was not enough to buy back the house, let alone buy a well-located apartment in Beijing outright.
So, has he been working for nothing all these decades?
Li Chu knew perfectly well where the housing prices in Beijing would soar to in a few decades, so he only thought about leaving his children a few courtyards or a few houses to solve their worries about the future.
As darkness fell, the lights in the backyard came on. Xiao Yu, who was already sleepy from playing, ran over and snuggled directly into Li Chu's arms.
"Xiaoyu, come to Grandma." Li Qin clapped her hands at her grandson.
Unexpectedly, Xiaoyu shook his head, took Li Chu's hand, and placed it on his lower abdomen: "Uncle, rub it, my tummy hurts."
Ever since Li Chu treated his illness once, Xiao Yu remembered that whenever he felt unwell, he would consciously go to his great-uncle for help.
Li Chu smiled and helped Xiao Yu, who was sitting on her lap, to sit properly, then gently rubbed his stomach.
Li Qin looked at her grandson, feeling both amused and exasperated. Other children, when feeling uncomfortable, would either go to their parents or grandparents—whoever they were closest to. But her grandson never seemed to seek out his maternal uncle.
As Li Chu began to rub his stomach, within minutes, Xiao Yu fell fast asleep in his arms.
"Qiu Nan, go and get some hot water to wipe the baby down. He can go straight to sleep when we get back," Li Chu said softly to his wife sitting next to him.
"Let me take him back, I'll clean him up when we get home." Li Qin stood up to pick up the child.
"It's okay, sister, sit for a while longer."
...
As time slowly passed, September 1st arrived in no time.
Just after eight o'clock in the morning, He Yuzhu and Qin Huairu walked out of the courtyard of the street office.
At the entrance of the courtyard, He Yuzhu stood there, looking at the freshly issued marriage certificate in his hand, smiling like a fool.
Qin Huairu looked at the man beside her, rolled her eyes speechlessly, and felt a mix of emotions. After more than ten years of entanglement, they finally got their marriage certificate today.
But she wasn't very happy. It seemed that she only married this man out of habit. As for love, forget it. At her age, where did she have that kind of thing? It was just about finding someone to rely on for the rest of her life.
As for He Yuzhu, he was genuinely happy; his buddy was finally getting married!
"Alright, look at you like that, stop staring here and go home." Qin Huairu tugged at the arm of the man who had become her husband.
"Hey, let's go home, let's go home!" He Yuzhu was so happy he couldn't stop smiling.
On her way back, Qin Huairu thought of her son Banggeng and the man she had brought home that day.
The two had reached the point of discussing marriage, and on the day he came to my house, he also brought the conditions from the woman's family.
Honestly, the conditions they proposed were not excessive at all. The woman only asked that they have their own room and a bicycle when they get married.
This requirement is far less than those who demand three turns and one sound, or seventy-two legs.
The bicycle can be bought right now, but the most crucial issue is how to solve the housing problem.
Both daughters are still unmarried and at home, and even if they were married, they wouldn't have a house.
Should He Yuzhu vacate his house so his son can get married there?
Where do they live?
Let the mother-in-law and daughter move to He Yuzhu's place, and make room for the son in this house.
There's no room there either!
This housing problem is really worrying Qin Huairu.
We've already built one room; we can't build another one.
"Hey, Zhuzi," Qin Huairu nudged He Yuzhu's arm.
"What's wrong?"
"You're talking about a Korean couple getting married, what about the house the woman wants?"
"Um... how about we divide my house into two rooms, and we can live in one room and they can live in the other?"
"The woman doesn't agree."
"Then have your mother-in-law and Xiaodang Huaihua move over here, and give the other house to Banggeng."
"Can't you think of another way?"
"Other ways? What other ways are there?" He Yuzhu raised his hand and scratched his hair, feeling that he really had no good ideas.
"That old lady in the backyard is really something. When she was alive, she told everyone that you were her eldest grandson, but when she passed away, she didn't even say that she would leave the house to you."
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Hearing Qin Huairu's complaints, He Yuzhu felt quite helpless. It was someone else's house, and they could give it to whomever they wanted. Besides, the old man and woman had taken care of the old lady for so long.
It's normal for an old lady to leave the house to an old man before she passes away.
Seeing that He Yuzhu didn't speak, Qin Huairu became even angrier and pinched his arm.
"Ouch... Why are you pinching me?!"
"Zhu Zi, could you borrow the house belonging to Li Chu in the front yard? They don't live there anyway."
He Yuzhu stopped and stared at Qin Huairu with wide eyes.
"What are you thinking? How could you possibly borrow it?"
"It's not like he hasn't let others stay here before."
"They're someone's relatives. What's our relationship with them?"
Qin Huairu pursed her lips and muttered under her breath, "His family occupies so many houses, what's wrong with vacating one room?"
He then ignored He Yuzhu and walked forward on his own.
Standing still, He Yuzhu stared at Qin Huairu's retreating figure in astonishment. He couldn't understand how this woman had changed so much.
Why should we have ideas about other people's things?
"Are you coming or not? If you're not coming, I'm leaving!" Qin Huairu turned around and called out angrily when she saw that He Yuzhu hadn't followed.
"They're here! They're here!" Today is a happy day, and He Yuzhu didn't want to make everyone unhappy, so he hurried over.
"Huai Ru, it's not that I don't want to find Li Chu, but you know how many people have their eyes on that room over the years. Look at who succeeded."
He Yuzhu really didn't want to offend Li Chu because of this. Although he didn't know Li Chu's current identity, could they afford to offend someone who always traveled in a car?
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