Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

The little sister blinked her cute big eyes and nodded. She was not stupid, so how could she tell this to anyone?

Afterwards, Li's father told Li Tianyi about what had happened recently. Li Tianyi felt that Yi Zhonghai had gone too far. No one in the courtyard was a fool. If he didn't stop the donation issue, who knows what would happen in the future.

"Dad, I'm going to the street office tomorrow to find Aunt Wang and ask about the land first. There's one more thing. This weekend, my girlfriend's grandfather wants to meet you. I'll take you to his house then."

"Ah? Tianyi, are you dating someone? When did it happen? What does her family do?" Li's mother was shocked at first, then happy, and kept asking questions after Li Tianyi.

Li's father also looked at Li Tianyi with shining eyes. Someone had come to propose marriage to Li Tianyi before, but because he had not graduated from university yet, and Li Tianyi had told his family before that he didn't need to arrange the marriage, he would solve it himself, so although Li's father and mother were anxious, they did not urge Li Tianyi.

Unexpectedly, their son came home today and brought them two good news, which made Li's mother and others so happy.

"Mom, please sit down first. I will explain it to you slowly. So when I came back today, Grandpa Shen asked me to discuss the meeting between the two families with my family."

"Oh, you stupid kid. You and Xue'er have known each other for such a long time. Why didn't you tell me earlier? And Xue'er's family are all cadres. Would they be interested in our family?"

Li Tianyi could sense his mother's worry, so he comforted her, "Mom, don't worry, Xue'er's family is easy to get along with, and Grandpa Shen also came from a poor family, so how could he look down on us?"

"So what should we take with us?"

"Just bring some common things. We are so short of supplies right now. What good things can we get?"

Afterwards, Li's mother asked Li Tianyi many more questions before letting him go to rest.

The next morning, after everyone in his family had gone out, Li Tianyi strolled to the street office with the letter of introduction.

"Hey, comrade, who are you looking for?" Uncle Wang, the gatekeeper, stopped Li Tianyi.

"Uncle Wang, you don't recognize me. I am Li Tianyi from Courtyard No. 95."

Uncle Wang took a closer look and saw that it was indeed him. "Hey, it's you, kid. Why haven't you been here for so long?"

"You are still in college. Now that you have graduated, you come to see me, Aunt Wang. Here, these are the oranges I just bought. Take a few."

As he said that, he took out three oranges from the bag in his hand and handed them to Uncle Wang. Uncle Wang was not polite either. He was very familiar with Li Tianyi and Li Tianyi had come to the street office many times before.

After Uncle Wang let him go, Li Tianyi came to Director Wang’s office and knocked on the door gently. After hearing “come in” from inside, Li Tianyi pushed the door open and walked in.

"Auntie Wang, I'm here to see you."

Director Wang looked up and saw Li Tianyi carrying a cloth bag and walking into the office with a smile on his face. "Tianyi, how come you have time to come and see Aunt Wang today?"

"Hey, I just graduated from college. I just came back yesterday evening and came to see you today."

"Come, sit here. Time flies. You've graduated from college, have you got a job? Are you interested in coming to Aunt Wang's place?"

"Hahaha, Aunt Wang, you're a step late. I've been assigned a job in the Ministry of Industry, so I can't come to your place."

"That unit is good. Tianyi, you have to work hard, okay?" Director Wang advised Li Tianyi.

Li Tian nodded slightly, and then told the purpose of his visit today: "Aunt Wang, in addition to visiting you today, I also want to ask, is there an owner of the ruins across from our courtyard?"

"I knew you wouldn't come here for no reason. Let me check for you. Why do you want to use it?" He stood up and walked towards the filing cabinet.

After a while, Director Wang sat back on the sofa and said, "Tianyi, the ruins are still here at the subdistrict office. We had planned to build a house there before, but the subdistrict office didn't have much money, so we kept putting it off."

"It's just that Tianyi, after you get a job, your company will allocate you a house. You don't have to buy this land."

When Li Tian heard Director Wang mention buying calligraphy, his heart was moved, "Auntie Wang, doesn't the country prohibit the buying and selling of houses now?"

"It's not allowed, but the superiors did allow the land. Because more and more refugees have come to Sijiu City recently, the pressure on the street office has become heavier, so the street office applied for support from the superiors, but the superiors were also in a difficult position, so they let the street office solve it on its own. The street office held a meeting to discuss, and the final solution was to sell the ruins that were hanging on the street office."

"But, it's not easy for everyone now, and we don't have that much money to buy these, so this matter has been put on hold."

"How much is this land?"

"1000 yuan, and this is not a big place."

Li Tianyi didn't say anything. He calculated the area of ​​the place in his mind. He could build three main rooms and one wing room on the east and west sides. He could also build a toilet in the yard. That way, he wouldn't have to go outside and squeeze with others to use the toilet.

"Auntie Wang, do you have the property certificate?" Li Tianyi asked the core question. If there was no property certificate, he would not buy the house. He did not want to go to court with others over property rights in the future.

"Yes, the ruins were blown up by the enemy during the war, and no information about the previous owner could be found, so they were nationalized."

"Okay, then please help me with the paperwork, Aunt Wang. I'll go back and get the money now."

After that, Li Tianyi quickly ran out of the street office. Half an hour later, Li Tianyi returned to Director Wang’s office with one thousand yuan.

"Tianyi, think carefully. Building a house will probably cost several hundred or a thousand dollars, which is not a small amount of money. If I stamp it, you won't be able to regret it." Director Wang gave a final reminder.

"Auntie Wang, I've made up my mind. Please do it for me."

Director Wang saw that Li Tianyi was determined, so he asked him to call the accountant of the street office over, and Director Wang processed the property certificate for Li Tianyi.

The formalities were completed quickly and Li Tianyi received the newly issued certificate.

"Auntie Wang, is there a master in the street office who can build houses?"

"Yes, I'll ask Xiao Zhang to take you to see Master Lei later. His ancestors once built the Forbidden City."

"Thank you, Aunt Wang. I'll come to see you again when I have time."

Afterwards, Xiao Zhang took Li Tianyi to find the yard where Master Lei lived, explained the purpose of his visit to Master Lei, and then took Master Lei to take a look at the ruins.

Master Lei measured the size of the land, estimated the cost, and then said to Li Tianyi: "Boss, the size of this place is more than enough to build according to your plan, and we can also find a flush toilet for you, but the cost will be higher."

"It's okay, Master Lei. Just give me a price and I'll see if I can afford it."

Master Lei observed the owner before the New Year and said, "I estimate it to be around 1200 yuan. What do you think, owner?"