"So why are you here today?" asked Sister Liu.
"I thought if they could sign me up for the rural program, why couldn't I sign Su Xiaoling up too? So I came here, but when I got here I found out I needed a household registration booklet, and I didn't have one. I was just thinking of taking a break on the steps when I heard your conversation."
"You don't have a household registration book, but you have Sister Wu. I'll get one for you. You don't need a household registration book." Sister Wu took out the registration booklet and said, "Write your stepsister's name on it. But where do you want to register her? Now the only place left is Northwest. Is Northwest okay?"
"That's great, big sister. You are really my sister." The Northwest is great. Su Xiaoling, I don't know if you like the gift I gave you, but you will be able to live a free life in the future.
"Sister, can I ask where I'm going to the countryside? My dad only said he signed me up, but he didn't say where I'm going?"
"Your name is Su Ruoli, right? I'll look for it for you," said Sister Liu, flipping through another booklet. "I found it. You're going to the Liujiatun Brigade in the Red Flag Commune in the Northeast Black Market. I heard it's awfully cold there, and I'm not sure if your little body can handle it. Oh no! You have to leave in two days."
"It's okay. As long as you work hard, you won't freeze to death. I heard that the working hours there are short, and people spend half a year hibernating there," Su Ruoli was happy. Maybe she could meet her grandparents when she went to the Northeast.
"Ruoli, how much do you plan to sell the house for?" asked Sister Wu.
Su Ruoli had no idea how much it would sell for, so she could only pretend to be ignorant and said, "Sister, I'm still young, and my mother passed away early, so I don't have much experience. I don't know what the current price of a house is. How about you give me what you think is right?"
Sister Wu thought to herself, "This kid is so smart! People say she's young and has already brought up her deceased mother. How can she take advantage of a little girl?" She was afraid that as soon as she took advantage of her, her mother would come to talk to her.
Ugh, uh, uh, uh, that's not something you can say now.
Getting back to the point, Sister Wu thought for a moment and said directly, "Housing is in short supply right now, and your situation is special. The market price of your house should be around 1,700 or 1,000. I'll round it up to 2,000 for you. What do you think?"
Su Ruoli didn't expect there would be so many. She thought that about 1,400 or 1,500 would be enough. After thinking for a while, she said:
"Big sister, I can't take advantage of you so much. Just give me 1,800 yuan. I just want to trouble you to help me exchange some tickets. You know my family's situation. No one prepared things for me to go to the countryside, so I have to prepare everything myself."
When Sister Wu heard this, she couldn't help but feel sympathetic: "Of course, my husband just exchanged some tickets recently. Just wait for me to get them for you." With that, Sister Wu took the bicycle key and left.
Su Ruoli chatted with Sister Liu for a while.
Not long after, Sister Wu came in with a tall and strong man. "Ruoli, this is my husband Liu Dajun, you can just call him Uncle Dajun."
Su Ruoli stood up obediently and greeted him.
"Girl, do you really want to sell the house?" Liu Dajun asked.
"Uncle Dajun, if you really want to sell it, I'm ready to go to the countryside. I'll leave in two days. Let's go to the Housing Authority to handle the paperwork now."
"Wait, I'll give you the subsidy for your stepsister's trip to the countryside, and you just go back and give it to your stepsister."
And there's a subsidy for going to the countryside? Then hers must have been taken by Su Shiqiang.
"Okay, thank you, Sister Wu. How much is the subsidy?"
"One hundred and twenty yuan per person, and thirty kilograms of food coupons." Sister Wu handed him the money and coupons.
"Then Sister Wu, let's go to the Housing Authority to handle the formalities now. The staff will have lunch soon." After saying that, several people went to the Housing Authority.
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