Jiang Shiyue waited until everyone had finished arguing before she stood up and took down two drawings from the wall.
One picture shows the future new houses in Shajia Village, and the other is a picture of the community that has been well received by everyone.
The paste hasn't dried yet and the drawing is wet.
Jiang Shiyue pinched the two corners of the paper and gestured to everyone: "Please be quiet for a moment, I will give you a detailed introduction."
The onlookers rarely cooperated and soon quieted down, staring at Jiang Shiyue eagerly.
Jiang Shiyue first shook the blueprint of Shajia Village in his hand and said, "This is the future Shajia Village. I've calculated that there are more than 300 households in our village, and each family can at least get a house of 50 to 60 square meters, with two bedrooms and a living room, or three bedrooms and a living room. Of course, when I say every household, I don't mean according to the current household registration, I mean after the household division.
I know some people in our village currently have three or even four generations living under one roof. If they no longer want to live together, they can split up. Of course, the specific division will depend on the existing living space and population. Some families may even have to pay a small price difference.
Everyone looked at each other, but no one objected, as they thought it was particularly reasonable.
Jiang Shiyue glanced at the crowd and curled her lips slightly, "It seems that everyone has no objection to their future residence. The only objection is here."
She pointed with her index finger at a beautiful and somewhat retro two-story building in the corner of the community.
"Sister Shiyue, where is this?" Sha Yu couldn't help but ask, "Is this the library?"
Jiang Shiyue shook her head and pointed at two words that she couldn't clearly see in the distance: "Ancestral Hall."
"Ancestral hall?"
"Yes." Jiang Shiyue nodded. "I know that the biggest reason everyone opposes demolition right now is because they don't want to disturb their ancestral graves. To be honest, even if you don't want to demolish it now, it will be demolished sooner or later, within the next three to five years at most.
You can use filial piety to argue with an outsider like me, but if the country issues an order one day, will you still oppose it?"
"How is that possible? Why would the state care where someone's ancestors are buried?"
"That's right! Even the national law can't be without human feelings, right?"
“…”
Jiang Shiyue raised her hands flat on her chest and pressed them down. "Everyone, listen to me. We all know that the country encourages cremation now. At the current rate, cremation will definitely be mandatory in three to five years. No matter what, you can't just push it into the crematorium and out comes this small box."
Jiang Shiyue extended her hands outwards to measure the size of the urn. "Such a small box takes up two meters in radius. Isn't that a waste?"
“It’s quite a waste.”
"You believe everything she says? When did the country mandate cremation? Don't listen to her nonsense."
"That's not true. I heard from my eldest aunt's third nephew's uncle that cremation is indeed being promoted vigorously now, and it is very likely to be mandatory in the future."
Jiang Shiyue rolled her eyes secretly. What's so good about this lie?
Mandatory cremation began in the 1980s, but she couldn't remember the exact year.
The village chief had obviously taken her words to heart and motioned for everyone to be quiet: "Listen to her."
"In Shajia Village, we have the same ancestor for several generations. There's nothing wrong with sharing the same ancestral hall. Look everyone..." She gestured at the location of the ancestral hall: "I've left enough space. In the future, we can place urns and memorial tablets. Everyone can still hold memorial ceremonies during the New Year without any impact..."
Jiang Shiyue explained the benefits of the ancestral hall to everyone in detail for a long time, and he was so thirsty that his mouth was dry.
Sha Yu was more considerate and handed Jiang Shiyue a glass of water.
Jiang Shiyue drank it all in one gulp without hesitation.
The village chief pointed at the map in Jiang Shiyue's hand and said, "I have one last question. If you say so, do we not need to move our ancestral tombs? Your community only takes up half of our homestead. Our current place is large enough, so there's no need to move our ancestral tombs. What do you mean by giving us two different drawings with two different building designs?"
Jiang Shiyue looked at the empty cup and suddenly felt a headache again.
As soon as my throat cleared up, I had to start talking at length.
"Grandpas, grandmas, uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters, and younger brothers and sisters from Shajia Village, I'd like to ask you, does building this building cost money?"
Everyone nodded in unison.
"Can you raise funds to build a building?"
Everyone shook their heads.
Sha Hai couldn't help but ask Jiang Shiyue: "Didn't you say you would help us build the building?"
Jiang Shiyue: “…”
"Brother Hai, can you count how many buildings there are? Do you know how much it costs to build one? Do I look like someone with that much money?"
Sha Hai shut his mouth awkwardly.
Yes! Building a few rooms would cost thousands of yuan, let alone building so many buildings.
This is not a matter of tens of thousands of dollars.
I'm afraid it will cost several million yuan.
"Let me run the numbers for you. You all know the market prices for things like sand and cement, so I won't go into details. Besides building materials, you also need to hire workers. You all work, and you know how much a worker earns per day. Then there are the various paperwork and approval fees. So, one square meter costs about three hundred yuan, right? Ten thousand square meters costs three million yuan. I'm asking everyone here, who can come up with three million yuan?"
Everyone shook their heads.
Jiang Shiyue thought that not only you guys couldn’t afford it, but even the local government couldn’t afford it.
The local government did not have the money to build dormitories for the workers, so it was forced to use the excuse of trade compensation to build the first batch of commercial housing with Hong Kong real estate developers.
The local government provides land to real estate developers for free. In addition to providing resettlement housing for the original villagers, they also have to pay a certain amount of money. The local government also has to provide policies such as settlement for those who buy houses.
"So..." Jiang Shiyue picked up the other more luxurious blueprint, "These houses are to be built and sold. The profit from the sales will be used to build houses for everyone."
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