Since there's a solution, we should do it quickly; delaying it might lead to unforeseen changes.
"Don't mention work beforehand; Brother Shen has gone to inquire about it for you."
"Please ask Commander Shen to handle this matter."
"Well, he came to the hospital to chat with me yesterday. He said he couldn't stand being idle at home lately and wanted to go back to the army. Uncle Wang said his health still needed another six months of treatment, but he felt he could go back to the army. He went to see Minister Chen, but the higher-ups didn't agree. They said he needed the doctor's approval and the test results first. Since that's the case, I remembered what you and I talked about with Sister Wu's family, so I asked him to help. Anyway, he can't stay idle at home. I asked him to go and find out the situation first, and he'll come over in a few days."
"Okay, I'll go ask in a bit."
After finishing what she was doing, Mom went out. I saw her leave, then looked at Dad, as if to say I wanted to go too.
Li Zilong hadn't expected his daughter to be so amusing; she seemed like someone who would listen to gossip. He said, "Daughter, you can listen, but don't tell anyone, okay?"
"Yes, Dad, I know," I quickly nodded.
"Alright, go ahead."
Hearing my dad's words, I quickly ran outside and sat on a small stool outside the kitchen, pretending to watch the ants play. Then I heard...
"Big sister, I'll speak frankly and directly to you, I won't beat around the bush."
"Xiao Liu, please feel free to speak your mind. I'm not the kind of person who doesn't know what's good for me."
Sister Wu knew that Xiao Liu's family was good. She had worked there for almost two years, and now that her child was growing up, she knew it was time to leave. Besides, when Sister Fang first introduced her, it was only for a month; she never expected to work there for more than two years.
"Alright, I'll just ask directly then."
"You ask?" Seeing how serious Xiao Liu was, Sister Wu quickly said.
Do you have a property deed for the courtyard at number 186 in front of your house?
"Why would you ask that?" Sister Wu's heart skipped a beat. She did indeed have the deed to that courtyard house; when she was evicted from the house, she hadn't had time to take anything else but the deed.
Looking at Sister Wu's expression, Liu Linjuan understood immediately and said:
"If you have a property deed, I'll arrange for Comrade Xiao Fang to accompany you to the housing management office to change the name on the deed to yours. After that, I'll have the people at the housing management office help you take the house back."
"This, this, is this really possible?" After hearing this, Sister Wu thought, "The house can be back in my hands. My husband is gone, and I haven't been able to provide warranty service for the house; I've already wronged him enough. If I can get the house back before I die, it'll be worth it even if I have to die now. Then I'll have the face to face him again, won't I?" Then she said:
"I do have it. It's here with me. I was in a hurry when I left, and I didn't have time to think about anything else, except to bring the property deed with me."
"Okay, today is Monday, the housing management office is open. I'll have Xiao Fang go with you after lunch."
Will this work?
Don't worry, big sister.
And so, accompanied by Uncle Fang, Sister Wu got the house back, which originally belonged to them. The next morning, the staff from the housing management bureau went to check on the people living there.
After Sister Wu returned from the housing management office, she kept telling my mother about these things. My mother, watching Sister Wu holding the property deed, both cried and laughed, saying:
"Elder sister, when you go over tomorrow, I'll have Xiao Fang accompany you again. If that family causes trouble, just say that your child is now a People's Liberation Army soldier, and you've been occupying this house for over ten years under the pretext of providing for your stepmother's old age. Now your stepmother has been gone for several years, and you're still occupying it. What do you mean by that? This house was allocated to my husband when the family property was divided. Although my husband is gone, he still has a son, and my son is now a People's Liberation Army soldier. Your occupation of this house is nothing but the exploitation of the people by nouveau riche. Do you understand?"
“I understand, Xiao Liu. Don’t worry, the house is in my name now. Even if I fight them to the death, I won’t give it to them. You’re right, my son is a soldier in the People’s Liberation Army. What am I afraid of? Our ancestors were indeed wealthy, but back when the old man was still alive, after squandering most of the family fortune, we only got a small courtyard. Everything else belongs to their eldest son’s family. We are just ordinary people now, while they are capitalists.”
Yes, that's exactly it.
Unfortunately, I can't go see the excitement tomorrow.
The next morning, Sister Wu returned home in high spirits and said to her mother, "Little Liu, thank you so much! You have no idea how relieved I felt today!"
"Yeah"
Then I heard Aunt Wu talking to my mother:
"This morning, after you went to the hospital, Xiao Fang, Shan Shan, and I went to the housing management office. We met a few people waiting there; you'll find out they were there to check housing information."
"No, sister, I didn't understand."
"Here's what happened: Yesterday, a colleague from the housing management office told us that when he left work yesterday, he told the people currently living in the courtyard that the homeowner of this house would come to collect the house first thing tomorrow morning."
He didn't say anything.
He is the brother of the daughter-in-law and her son who live in this courtyard now.
"This is to go back and inform them."
"yes"
"They are tenants,"
"Yes, because we felt the housing prices were too high and we couldn't afford to buy, we've been renting there. Who would have thought that the landlord would suddenly change? But my daughter-in-law's brother told me that the owner of this courtyard has always been our family. The landlord information they got from someone else is completely wrong; they lied. They were afraid they'd have to pay more rent, so they were at a loss for what to do."
“The daughter-in-law’s brother said that tomorrow you should take this information to the housing management bureau and check it against the information to see if it is correct. Also, you should ask the housing management bureau to provide proof that you have been deceived.”
"After I heard that, I said, I don't care if you've been scammed or not, I'm telling you now, move out within three days,"
"The son of that family disagreed, saying there were still ten days' rent left."
"I don't care about that. The house originally belonged to our family. We're just here to take it back. If you have any problems, go find the right person." He shut them up with just one sentence.
"that's all"
"Is it not over yet? On the way back, we happened to pass by that shop and saw the child's uncle's family there."
"This family rushed over and punched Shanshan's uncle, saying he was a liar who rented out a house that wasn't his and cheated them out of money."
"Who says it isn't? That's my house."
"Where's the property deed? Show everyone the property deed."
Upon hearing this, Shan Shan's uncle, clearly feeling guilty, said, "Me? Why wouldn't I show it to you?"
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