"Okay, stop trying to trick me. Just come and see! It's just like that. You won't die."
Old Mrs. Liu was impressed by her mother's attitude every time she saw her mother.
"Get up! Go out and get some sunshine. Mom and I will tidy up your room. Put away the bed and move the cabinets."
Old Mrs. Liu nodded, got up and went out.
Zhou Xiang pulled his mother and dismantled the bed next to the dining table facing the door, and piled it on the bed next to the north wall. He then piled some things that had not been used for a long time on top, and soon the front half of the room was empty.
Move the cabinet to the corner where the bed was removed, and move the dining table over there, against the west wall, so that the space becomes larger.
Old Mrs. Liu dared not move the bed she slept in. Her bed had been fixed in the middle of the house for a long time, facing north, with the head of the bed against the east wall. No matter how crowded the room was, her bed had never moved an inch.
It was already half past twelve when they finished cleaning up. The mother and daughter started cooking again. They were squeezed in the small kitchen and couldn't turn around, so Zhou wanted to leave.
After dinner, at two o'clock, the mother and daughter went to the police station to inquire about the situation.
The police station replied that it would take at least a week, and they had already sent people to Jiang Province and notified Liu Shan’s unit.
Zhou wanted to drag his mother to the department store and said he wanted to buy a watch for his second sister. Shiliu didn't have enough time to report, and since he was only here for two days, he had no excuse not to buy it for her.
I looked at the watches and found a Shanghai watch with a slightly smaller dial than the men's watch. It had a leather strap and cost 248 yuan, plus a watch ticket.
Zhou Xiang bought it without hesitation. He didn't have time to waste on it. Even his mother didn't stop him. Zhou Xiang had already paid the money quickly.
I took the watch out of my pocket and put it into the space, then looked at bicycles with my mother. They were all 28-inch bicycles.
"Comrade, has this bicycle been put into the diagonal section?" Zhou Xiang asked the salesperson.
"You mean women's?"
Zhou Xiang nodded.
"I heard it will be included in this batch of goods. I wonder when it will arrive at home."
"Oh, thank you!" Zhou Xiang felt very disappointed.
Zhou's mother pulled her little girl away. She thought that the man was so good at spending money that it made her eyes and heart ache. She bought it for more than two hundred yuan without blinking an eye.
Zhou Xiang stopped a donkey cart and took his mother to the food company.
"Why are you here?" Zhou's mother felt strange.
"You'll know when you get there."
I went to the finance office and said, "I want to pay the rent for the approximately 240 square meters of the yard we live in for 70 years in one lump sum. I think it's called rent-to-sell. Is there a rule for this?"
The accountant looked up at the little girl who was speaking and nodded, "Are you really planning to pay the rent?"
"Yes." Zhou wanted to grab his mother's hand to stop her from speaking.
"Wait a moment, I'll call the manager over."
"Thanks!"
Zhou Xiang pulled his mother to sit down. "Have you forgotten what's going to happen? This is called preemptive action. I've spent so much money on renovations. What if someone gets jealous, finds out about this regulation, and insists on taking our yard? Will you be able to do it in time?"
Mother Zhou's heart skipped a beat. Yes, she had spent money on remodeling her house, and yet those people stopped her every day on her way home from get off work and spoke in sarcastic terms.
"Why is your family so well-maintained? Aren't you planning on returning to the county town?"
"Has your family become rich?"
"Your family will regret it if you let Zhou do whatever he wants."
Those malicious looks make me want to get angry, but I don’t have any reason to do so.
"Okay, you decide. Mom supports you."
Soon, the accountant called the manager.
"Huh? Jiang Weihui, are you the one who wants to pay the rent?"
Zhou's mother nodded, "Yes, Manager Zhang, it's the courtyard where I live in Xu Town."
"This regulation has been issued, but no one has come to pay it. Do you know how much it costs per payment?"
Zhou Xiang took over the conversation and said, "I know. I'll pay for 70 years at a time. According to the current rent, my family now has four houses, two main rooms and two kitchens. You can calculate it!"
Manager Zhang sat down across from them and looked at Zhou Xiang. "You're amazing, little girl! You know to only count the house, not the yard."
"Of course I know. The yard is an addition. If there is no yard, the addition is the space between the two rooms."
"Good, you know enough! Okay, Accountant Wang, calculate the rent for them. Let's calculate it according to the town's rent!"
Accountant Wang took the abacus and said, "According to the town's standards, the main house costs two yuan per room per month, the kitchen costs one yuan and a half per room per month, and your four rooms cost seven yuan per month. For 70 years, that's 5,880 yuan."
"There is another way to calculate the size of a yard. My yard is about 90 square meters. Can you calculate it for me?" Zhou Xiang wanted to get it done in one go.
Accountant Wang looked at Manager Zhang, who nodded and said, "Charge her according to the two main houses."
"The yard has two main rooms, and the rent is halved, which is 1,680 yuan, for a total of 7,560 yuan."
Zhou Xiang looked at Manager Zhang and said, "My mother has a third-class merit."
"Okay, Accountant Wang will charge 80% of the amount. You just need to indicate the reason. Little girl, do you have anything else to say?"
"Part of my yard was donated to the food station by the supply and marketing cooperative. You need to write a certificate to prove that we have paid the full amount to the food company."
"You're so smart, little girl! Your mother was awarded the Third Class Merit by the Supply and Marketing Cooperative! I even gave them a discount! How can they deny their debt?"
"A new emperor appoints new ministers. Who knows what will change in the future? Wouldn't it be better if all the formalities were complete?"
"Okay, okay, Jiang Weihui, you really raised a good daughter!"
Zhou's mother smiled. Her daughter really had the feeling of being in control of the situation just now, and no one could underestimate her.
Accountant Wang collected 6,048 yuan from Zhou Xiang and issued a receipt and certificate for the rental-in-lieu-of-sale transaction.
Although it was strange that it was the little girl who took out the money, but this little girl was too powerful, so he didn't dare to say more. If he said something wrong, he would be embarrassed in front of the manager.
Manager Zhang asked the accountant for paper and pen to write the certificate, took out his personal seal from his pocket and stamped it, and Accountant Wang stamped the official seal.
Zhou Xiang took the two certificates and a receipt, let the ink on them dry, then folded them, put them in her pocket, and entered the space. Zhou's mother let her put away her things.
Manager Zhang asked Zhou's mother, "Is she the head of your family?"
Mother Zhou nodded. "That's about right! She has her own ideas and a longer-term vision than us."
Manager Zhang agreed, "Yes, renting instead of selling will cost a lot of money at the moment, but it will be very cost-effective in the long run."
Zhou's mother nodded and thought: Of course it is a good deal. It will be private from now on. From the day it is private, it will be the first day of large property rights.
The mother and daughter returned to their grandmother's yard. Mother Zhou cooked dinner, and Zhou wanted to pull Old Lady Liu into the house.
"Mom and I plan to find someone to accompany you and take care of you. We don't know when we'll find someone, because we want to find someone who is alone. Such a person can stay with you in heart."
"No!" Old Mrs. Liu refused.
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