"I don't regret it, but you still need to explain this certificate to your superiors." Li Baichuan didn't want the team to shirk responsibility if they investigated later.
"Don't worry about that. Other brigades have the same situation. I'll go to the commune to get approval for you in a bit. As for Er Gou's house, just write a transfer certificate."
“Those are houses that were already built in the brigade. They don’t need to go through the commune. They’re all registered.”
The captain was even more worried than they were, since he needed to be transparent about how he accepted the money.
"That's good." Li Baichuan didn't even try to negotiate the price with them, mainly because there wasn't much room for negotiation on the price they wanted.
It would be better to give Jinwei some face and ask them to put in a little more effort when repairing the house.
Li Baichuan signed the papers and paid the money. The brigade leader first issued a certificate, and then without saying a word, he rode his second-hand bicycle to the commune to complete the formalities for them.
“Brother Wei, take this hundred yuan. I want to build a wall around this area, and also fence off this land next to it.”
“I see that the houses here are all built with stone, so I’ll do the same as yours, and then please help us tidy up the houses.”
"We'll add more things to the house next time we come. Just ask someone in the brigade. You can use this money first, and I'll make up the difference next time if it's not enough."
"You've helped us so much, I really don't know how to thank you enough. Next time you come to Beijing, let me be your host."
Judging from the price of the houses here, Li Baichuan knew that repairing the houses wouldn't cost much.
Even if the space they want is not small, the walls are made of stone, and apart from the labor cost, it doesn't cost much else.
But he remembered Jinwei's kindness; Jinwei had helped them a lot.
“You don’t need that many. There are quite a few skilled builders in our brigade. I’ll talk to them later and ask them to help you build it sturdier.”
Li Baichuan was unaware of the market prices, but Jin Wei was. Even with food expenses included, the cost of materials and labor wouldn't be that high.
"Let's keep it for now and settle it next time we come," Li Baichuan said, thinking that he couldn't mention giving the rest as a tip.
But you should always give someone a kickback for making them worry. If something can be solved with money, don't involve personal favors.
Jinwei didn't say anything more, thinking that he could find people in the brigade, there were plenty of older people who were willing to do it.
People here stop going to sea when they reach a certain age, because their legs hurt so much from being soaked in water for so long that they can't walk.
They're all quite young, and they can earn two yuan helping with house repairs, so plenty of people are willing to come.
Li Baichuan is generous with money, and he will definitely give him the best things.
He can just return it later if he has any leftovers; he doesn't know how much he's going to spend right now.
The guy named Er Gou was a straightforward person. He handed the house key directly to Li Baichuan and even forced them to eat a few fish they had never seen before.
"I'll get you a basin later, fill it with water and keep them alive for two or three days. You can try them when you get back; they taste really good steamed," Jinwei explained with a smile.
Li Baichuan readily accepted, since the people here had no shortage of fish.
The brigade leader returned quickly, and the commune didn't question anyone about building a house.
As long as their brigade agrees, they have no objections. Nowadays, there's no such thing as not being able to buy a house if you're not a local resident.
After all, they're not locals; who would travel this far to buy a house?
Li Baichuan and Su Ti took the land certificate and the house ownership certificate issued by the brigade, handed the keys to Jin Wei, and left after repeatedly asking for his help.
"Wife, why are you so quiet?" Li Baichuan thought that his wife would always be very happy when they bought a house in the past, so why was she so quiet this time?
Suti was greatly shocked. Who would have thought that in places where land was so valuable in the future, a house could now be bought for just a few dozen dollars?
Even with such a large piece of land behind it, it's still less than two hundred coins?
Suti wanted to buy more, but she knew she couldn't, as land couldn't be freely bought and sold yet.
These were all excuses they found. Fortunately, the land belonged to the brigade's residential area. If they had bought too much, the brigade leader would definitely not have sold it.
However, Suti was very satisfied; it was an unexpected delight for her.
"I'm so happy! I'll be rich in the future!" Su Ti thought for a moment. Now he owns houses in Shanghai, Beijing, and Shanghai.
She can sit back and collect rent even if she does nothing from now on.
Li Baichuan just smiled and didn't say anything. He was better off making money by going to the port city a few more times than by hoping to get rich from the dilapidated houses in the brigade.
This trip had taken quite a while, and after finishing their business, they hurried back.
It was already the early morning of the third day when I got home.
"Honey, you go back and rest first. I'll take the things to the warehouse with Lu Guoan." Li Baichuan first escorted his wife to the alley entrance.
Only after watching her enter did Lu Guoan and others unload the goods into the warehouse.
"Brother Chuan, you go back and rest first. I'll sleep here tonight." Even though they were on his own turf, and there were a few brothers guarding the area, Lu Guoan was still worried.
He kept an eye on these things the whole way, fearing something might happen.
"Okay, we have to go to work tomorrow. Let's sort out the goods at noon and then prepare to sell them as soon as possible."
Li Baichuan was thinking that he had to get everyone out of the house tomorrow and have his wife come over to put away his things.
Some of those items are kept here, while the rest are transported to Shanghai.
Li Baichuan and Su Ti were exhausted from the journey. When they got home, they told their grandmother and went to sleep.
The two of them were still groggy the next day; they were utterly exhausted from the journey.
"I'm going to school now. I'll come back during my lunch break to help you organize the goods." Suti felt she hadn't slept enough and still struggled to get up.
She has already taken several days off and can't afford to delay any longer. She can only spare some time until things get back on track with Baichuan, then she'll leave it to him.
When she arrived at noon, Li Baichuan had already tidied up the things there as she had asked.
"How's the shop setup going?" Suti thought that she should set up a stall to sell these clothes.
The shop will be used to sell lipsticks and perfumes for now; we'll talk about other things once the clothing business is on track.
"That's about it." Li Baichuan saw that his wife had divided the clothes into batches, but she hadn't taken so many at once.
"I reckon there are a lot more vendors on the streets while we're gone these past few days, so these clothes probably aren't as popular as they used to be."
“We’ll take it slow, the advantage is that the styles are different.” Suti was right, a lot of stalls have suddenly appeared these days.
There were vendors selling fabrics, shoes, and clothes, but in smaller quantities; they were probably selling the same black market goods as before.
But finding a suitable source of goods was only a matter of time. Li Baichuan and his men were already prepared and weren't angry. They still arranged for their brothers to set up stalls.
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