Li Chu never expected that something he thought would be easy with his sister's help would take so long to be accomplished, and it wasn't until after Labor Day that it was finally done.
As he left the neighborhood office, he looked at the land certificate and property certificate that had been integrated in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.
This was the most troublesome time he had ever bought a house.
Yes, he has already acquired the entire courtyard house, including the three rooms belonging to the Yi family.
It was thanks to He Yuzhu's help that we were able to buy these three rooms.
Actually, when that woman first came to his house and made a scene, saying she was pregnant and demanding he take responsibility, Yi Ping'an realized he had been set up by her. But what could he do? It was his own fault for not being able to control his little brother.
When they first got together, the woman assured him that she had an IUD.
So their relationship started because of money.
It was only because the woman changed her mind that things ended up like this.
So, after being taken to the police station and unable to even bury his own parents, Yi Ping'an had no intention of being friendly with this woman.
He's already made up his mind; he'd rather go to jail than accept the blackmail.
The woman was stunned. This was not the outcome she wanted. However, with the police already involved, she had no control over how things would ultimately turn out.
In the end, Yi Ping'an was granted a five-year government job, while the woman was taken away by family planning officials after he was detained.
If they were to eventually get married, she could definitely keep the baby, but now...
She had schemed and plotted, but in the end she not only didn't get a penny, but also suffered physical harm. Most importantly, her reputation was ruined, and she was fired from her temporary job at the supply and marketing cooperative. After that, she took her child and disappeared.
After Yi Ping'an was formally sentenced, He Yuzhu went to see him and told him about how everyone in the courtyard was selling their houses. Unexpectedly, Yi Ping'an asked He Yuzhu to help him sell his house without even thinking about it, and to keep the money safe for him.
Li Chu didn't cheat Yi Ping'an; he still paid him the same price as everyone else.
The planned wage increase after the Lunar New Year was not officially implemented until April, along with some pricing policies.
In other words, there was a unified pricing system within the planned economy, and market pricing outside the planned economy. This system only disappeared after the abolition of ration coupons in the 1990s.
This wage reform is the first major adjustment since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Workers' wages have increased significantly, even temporary workers' wages have been uniformly raised from eighteen yuan to thirty yuan.
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And their family's wages are even more impressive.
Wage increases are accompanied by price increases, but since most goods are still priced uniformly, the price increases are very limited. So, it is still easy to support a family of three on 30 to 50 yuan.
This is why a college student who has just graduated can be said to be independent.
The housing was allocated by the work unit, medical care was free or very cheap, the work unit had a canteen and even provided subsidies. Under such circumstances, how could anyone not save money?
"Tian Jun, go to the house near Shichahai," Li Chu said after getting into the car.
Zhu Wen and the others have finished cleaning up Xu Damao's old restaurant. He Yuzhu has officially taken a leave of absence without pay at the steel plant and started working as a full-time chef here.
This year, private restaurants have sprung up like mushrooms after rain in Beijing, but so far no one has been able to shake the position of Xu Damao's family in the catering industry.
When the car arrived at Shichahai, Zhu Wen was standing at the entrance directing several people to load cement and sand onto two tractors.
Seeing Li Chu's car approaching, he jogged over.
"Brother Li, you've arrived."
"Zhu Wen, do you know where my old house is?"
"Brother Li, are you talking about that three-courtyard house on the east side?"
"Yes, that's the place. Go take a look when you have time." He tossed him a key.
"This is the key to the courtyard gate."
Zhu Wen hurriedly took the keys, but Li Chu's words made him stare wide-eyed again.
"Brother Li, you didn't buy that courtyard house too, did you?" Although he was used to this man buying a courtyard house from time to time, he still couldn't help but tremble when he heard that it was that three-courtyard mansion.
"Yes, I bought it. The formalities were just completed today. You can go and take a look when you have time. There's no rush."
"I have only one request: all the houses must be torn down and rebuilt. The timber must be of high quality. If you don't have the connections, then ask your master craftsman to come out and help out the old man. And the back garden, make it exactly like the one in my house."
"Phew~" Zhu Wen exhaled softly and said, "Don't worry, Brother Li, if I can't handle it, I'll definitely get my master to take care of it."
"Alright, take your time. Just bring me the sketches when you're done, and I'll handle the paperwork."
"Understood, Brother Li, please take care!"
After the car drove away, Zhu Wen looked down at the keys in his hand and couldn't help but sigh again. Having too much work is a kind of happy trouble.
"Senior, what was Dean Li doing coming over here just now?"
Upon hearing the question, Zhu Wen looked up at his junior brother who was walking out of the courtyard and raised the key in his hand.
"Come here and give me the key."
"A key? Don't we have one?" His junior brother thought it was the key to the courtyard.
"It's not this courtyard. Do you know the three-courtyard mansion in the alley to the east of Master's house?"
"I know, Dean Li's old house is right there."
"Yes, this key is the key to the front door of that house."
"Ahem... Senior brother, you're not trying to tell me that Dean Li bought that house too, are you?"
Zhu Wen, the junior apprentice, almost choked on his own saliva.
"Yes, you guessed it. He asked me to go over and take a look when I have time, and to come up with a rough sketch."
"My goodness!" The junior apprentice looked back at the yard where they were working, then turned back and said, "Does that mean we won't have to look for work for the next two years?"
“You’re not wrong in thinking that way, but you know Dean Li is quite picky. When you go in, tell your junior brothers that the work can be done slowly, but it must be meticulous. Don’t think that just because I’ve given you the key now, it’s okay. If someone wants to take it back, it’s just a matter of a word.”
"Don't worry about that, senior brother. We've been working for Dean Li for a long time, and we know his preferences very well."
"Alright, you go in first. I'm going to see Master. This time, Master and Uncle-Master might have to handle things at that mansion."
"Okay, senior brother."
"Remember, it's better to be slow and meticulous,"
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