Four years have passed in the blink of an eye.
In 2010, Song Liyun finished her final exams for the first semester. This September, she will be starting junior high school!
She and her brother Song Mingzhou attended the same middle school; all the children in the Song family attended the same middle school.
On January 19th, Song Mingzhou, who was already on winter vacation, accompanied Song Liyun to the elementary school to pick up her grades and go home. The two of them strolled around and ate some barbecue skewers before leisurely heading home.
Although Chen Zhou is not tall, Song Mingzhou inherited Song Jianmin's height and has been well-fed since childhood. At only thirteen years old, he has already grown to 1.7 meters tall. By the time he is eighteen, he will be over 180 centimeters tall. His father is 185 centimeters tall. If he works hard, he might even grow taller than Song Jianmin.
Needless to say, Song Liyun has grown into a graceful young lady. She is not even twelve years old yet, but she is already half a head shorter than Song Mingzhou. After her face has matured, her features are exquisite.
This girl is quite headstrong; she does everything in a carefree and unrestrained manner. She has good grades, and the teacher asked her to be a class leader, but she refused. Apart from sleeping in class, she likes to read comic books and is incredibly carefree.
This time, Song Liyun got the highest score in the class.
The brother and sister slowly returned to Heping Lane, where they saw Director Zhang coming out of their grandparents' house first.
The alley was buzzing with excitement. Several neighbors, uncles, aunts, grandpas, and grandmas, pointed at the brother and sister, some with envy and others with expressions that the brother and sister didn't understand.
The two children first went into their grandparents' house and got some water to drink.
Several people were standing in the courtyard. The great-grandparents had a mix of excitement and complicated emotions on their faces. Xu Guiying and Song Xinfu were much calmer. The second aunt was extremely surprised and, unusually, didn't speak to the two children when they came in.
Song Mingzhou couldn't help but ask, "Grandma, why aren't you saying anything?"
Song Liyun: "That's right, Grandma, don't you care how many points I got on the test this time?"
Xu Guiying: "Do I not know you? Are you number one again?"
Song Liyun chuckled, "That's right!"
Song Mingzhou: "Grandpa, why aren't you saying anything?"
Suddenly, the words "moving," "demolition," and "deadline" came from the alley outside.
Song Mingzhou was taken aback: "Moving? Moving what? Who's moving?"
Song Liyun fell silent, staring at the group in disbelief.
Song Xinfu spoke first, "Mingzhou, Junjun, our alley is going to be demolished, and we'll have to move somewhere else!"
Song Liyun's eyes widened: "Huh???"
Song Mingzhou frowned: "What??????"
Song Liyun immediately followed up, saying, "I'm not moving, I'm going to live here!"
Song Mingzhou didn't move either, and couldn't help but ask, "Grandma, why do we have to move all of a sudden?"
This morning, Director Zhang went door-to-door to inform residents that a shopping mall would be built in the Heping Lane area, and all residents would have to relocate. Compensation would be given per square meter of demolition, depending on whether residents wanted money, a house, or additional money for smaller houses.
The specific amount and method of compensation will be detailed in subsequent documents.
Actually, the demolition had been brewing for a while. When Aunt Wang talked about it with Xu Guiying more than ten years ago, some people in Heping Lane already knew about it. However, there were only two empty houses left at that time, so they bought houses nearby. Anyway, such a big shopping mall is not enough for Heping Lane alone. The vegetable market and empty fields behind it will also be occupied.
Rumors had been circulating for the past year or two.
Those with enough money and who met the policy requirements all went to buy houses.
Xu Guiying and her brother Xu Songyuan have bought a lot of houses over the years. They spent tens of millions of yuan on demolished properties in the capital alone. They used the money to buy buildings in other places, and Xu Guiying also donated a portion of it. In addition, several companies they invested in in Hangzhou a few years ago have also yielded results. In previous years, they received several million yuan in dividends, and last year they received nearly ten million yuan.
Starting in the 1990s, Xu Guiying intentionally or unintentionally encouraged Song Yun and Song Zhicheng to buy houses. As long as the conditions were met and they had enough money, they would buy houses, regardless of size, because they believed that buying a house would never be a loss.
For Xu Guiying and her husband, the demolition of Heping Lane was only a matter of time. They had lived there for decades, and the bricks and tiles bore the marks of time. The couple were reluctant to leave. Not to mention Grandpa and Grandma Song, who had spent their final years in Heping Lane.
The neighbors are all familiar faces, and when they were suddenly told that the area would be demolished, everyone was reluctant to leave.
After being shocked, Grandpa Song felt a pang of sadness. Grandma Song was even more reluctant to leave, as there were many elderly people in Heping Lane, and she didn't know where they would move to in the future.
The alley was noisy. By evening, the neighbors who hadn't been home during the day and had returned from get off work also learned about the demolition. People from both sides of the family came, and the area around Heping Alley was full of people.
When Song Liyun returned home, she looked longingly at her father.
"Dad, do we really have to move?"
Wang Ya knew about this and had spoken to Song Anmin about it a couple of years ago. The couple had saved up some money over the years of their marriage and bought other shops and properties. They were used to living in their big house, and if they were to move to a small apartment, Song Anmin would be the first person who couldn't stand it.
Fortunately, they had paid off their uncle's money years ago, and the couple bought three more houses. If they sell one of them, and with the compensation from the demolition of their house in Heping Lane, and raise some more money, they should be able to buy a small villa.
Song Anmin patted his daughter's head and said, "Don't worry, even if we move, we'll choose a place closer to your grandparents and your brother Mingzhou. Maybe we'll even live in the same neighborhood."
If everyone moves to resettlement housing together...
That's impossible. The resettlement houses are all single-story. With grandparents, parents, and second brother, a family of four, there's not enough room. They'd probably have to move to a villa.
The situation with Song Jianmin was similar to that with Song Anmin. The third and fifth brothers always had to communicate in advance before doing anything. As for Song Guomin, it goes without saying that he worked at a bank and was now a high-level leader, so he had better access to information than they did.
Yan Yan and Le Le graduated from university a few years ago. Yan Yan became a lawyer and opened a law firm in Shanghai with her classmates. They had already bought a house in Shanghai. Le Le works in finance and also stayed in Shanghai. The two siblings don't need to worry about each other at all.
Song Guomin's large apartment was in a good location, and its price kept rising. He had bought a house in the suburbs in 2000, but it was demolished in 2006. Song Guomin used the demolition compensation to buy another house. After going through two or three such transactions, he had accumulated a considerable amount of assets.
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