Chapter 76 Announcement of Returning the House
Fang Mingche said: "If you want to have a baby, you really need to hurry up. Family planning has been talked about for several years,
but I'm afraid it will be enforced by administrative order." Family planning has been advocated since the 1970s, but it has not been enforced. Especially in rural areas, people don't take it seriously.
In rural areas, if you have several sons, you are a hero in the family. Only if you have sons, no one will dare to occupy your house foundation and land. To put it bluntly, if you have many brothers and uncles, you will have the upper hand in a group fight.
Lin Yan said: "Not that bad, right?"
Fang Mingche said: "I heard that the population census is coming soon. If there are too many people at that time, maybe the next step is to enforce family planning. The book says it very clearly, accounting for 7% of the world's arable land, we have to feed 22% of the world's population. This is the case for all resources. Do you think the country is under great pressure?"
Lin Yan said: "Then, then we won't use contraception after the exam, let nature take its course!"
Contraception in the first two years, wasn't it not long after Yanyan was born that the college entrance examination was resumed. She wanted to prepare for the exam, so she definitely couldn't get pregnant during this period. Everything
will be fine if she passes the exam. There are many college students with children on the university campus. Some have more than one child.
Some even walk around the campus with big bellies.
At most, if it affects her studies, she can just take a year off.
As long as she passes the exam, everything will be fine.
If she fails, she will have to continue to work hard to prepare for the exam. So, in order to have a second child, she has to pass the exam as soon as possible.
Fang Mingche looked at Lin Yan and didn't say, "Next year you won't even be eligible to apply for the college entrance examination. If you want to take the exam again, you have to go to high school for two years."
In that case, Yan would probably apply directly for a normal school or a technical secondary school. Study for two years and then go out to work. Normal schools and technical secondary schools were still quite popular in the 1980s.
He lifted the lid of the tin pot and felt the water temperature, "It's almost done. Get everything you need and I'll fetch water for you."
There is no bathroom in this kind of compound.
He always washes in a corner of the kitchen, where there is a drain that leads directly to the reservoir in the small garden outside.
He bought a big bathtub for Yanyan and put it there to wash. Pour the water directly after washing.
Lin Yan watched him bring the hot water to her, "I'm taking a shower, do you still need to avoid going out?"
"Yes. Otherwise, I will be distracted in the house. Close the doors and windows of the kitchen."
Lin Yan whispered: "What kind of life is this?"
"It's almost there, it's almost there, there are still seventy days."
Fang Mingche also sat under the eaves to watch the rain. Originally, the rain was crackling, and no movement in the kitchen could be heard.
But in my mind, I couldn't help but spread the wings of imagination.
Halfway through, Yanyan got up and went into the house. She put on her little rain boots and ran into the rain with a small flower umbrella to play. He didn't care.
The rain boots and umbrella were specially left from the defective products before.
Yanyan held the umbrella and stepped on the puddles in the courtyard, making a crackling sound. So happy!
When Lin Yan came out of the shower and saw it, she was so angry that she said: "Fang Mingche, you just watch her go out in the rain? You just spoil her."
As he said, he held up a big umbrella and went out to catch his daughter back.
Fang Mingche had just calmed down from the physical agitation caused by his imagination. He glanced at Lin Yan and went straight into the house.
Lin Yan grabbed Yanyan's arm, covered her with a large umbrella, and took her back under the eaves. After realizing what happened to Fang Mingche just now, she couldn't help laughing.
Yanyan felt relieved, "Mom, I didn't get wet in the rain."
"You can't step in the puddles even if you didn't get wet in the rain. It's raining, be careful not to catch a cold. Come into the house with me and have some hot tea." He
went into the house and poured out a bowl of tea from the large bowl that was kept warm on the stove.
Yanyan looked at the steaming hot tea, "Aren't you going to sell it for money?"
"It's raining, why sell it for money?"
No matter how upset she was, there was nothing she could do if it was going to rain.
Lin Yan went in after a while. Seeing Fang Mingche was reading as usual, she told Yanyan not to step into puddles again. Then she continued to read the part she hadn't finished in the morning.
The rain stopped at four in the afternoon. There was no need to go out to the stall now.
Aunt Yuan came out and said, "One person from each family, come out. I have something to announce."
Yanyan stood up and prepared to go to the meeting. Show her new rain boots to the neighbors.
Fang Mingche laughed, "What's the point of you going?"
"I'll go with you."
The father and daughter held hands and went to the slum. There, each household also had someone who didn't go to work and stayed behind.
For example, the Gao family had Xiao Xie who came out. Aunt Gao was recuperating in bed, and Teacher Gao hadn't gotten off work yet.
Those who didn't come out also poked their heads out of the window to listen. Everyone knew that Aunt Yuan was going to announce the spirit of the meeting, which was probably closely related to everyone.
"The subdistrict office received instructions from the higher authorities to return our compound to Grandpa Gu. From now on, everyone's rent will be paid directly to Grandpa Gu. Grandpa Gu, you have to take the old house deeds to register."
Grandpa Gu had heard about this before, so he was not too surprised.
But the other residents were furious.
"Why?"
Although the house did not belong to him now, he still had to pay rent to the subdistrict office.
But there is an essential difference between a state-owned house and a private one.
Moreover, Grandpa Gu suddenly became the owner of the house, and some people felt unbalanced. They had already divided the land among the local tyrants, so why should he give it back?
Fang Mingche said, "Aunt Yuan, is that it?"
"Yes, that's it."
"Then there will be no changes in my family. I'll go back to study first."
Aunt Yuan knew that he was preparing for the college entrance examination, so she nodded.
Fang Mingche took his daughter back.
Others were not as calm as him.
Aunt Yuan said quickly: "The street office said that Uncle Gu only has the right to collect rent from us, not to evict us. Don't worry, everyone! In fact, there is no change from before. You still live in the house and pay rent."
Uncle Gu did not argue with anyone that this was his ancestral mansion, and he was even driven to live in a small side yard.
He was an old man alone, and his son was not around. One person could not win over dozens of people.
He turned around and chased Fang Mingche, and whispered with some worry: "Xiao Fang, what if they don't pay the rent to me?"
He didn't have the ability to evict people.
"Only those who pay the rent are tenants. If they don't pay the rent, then there is no lease relationship. When the time comes, wait for your son to come back and have him go to the police station to file a complaint. If you don't pay the rent, it means that you have terminated the lease with you on your own initiative. Since the state is returning private property now, the police station has to take care of this matter. The police station has the right to go directly to their unit and deduct the rent from you."
If you have a unit, as long as the government wants to take care of you, can there be no way to deal with you?
Fang Mingche lowered his voice, "If the police station says that they don't have enough police force, they will ask you to register and send you back. Just say that you want to report to the leader! They will definitely handle it for you quickly. They are afraid that if the incident gets out of hand, it will make foreign investors worry about the investment environment."
What can the police do to an old man like Grandpa Gu? His son doesn't have a job either, so don't worry!
This is to protect legal rights.
Grandpa Gu immediately understood the clues and smiled, "You are the one who has a solution!"
(End of this chapter)
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