After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 275, Episode 0290: Preparing to Return to Beijing
Lin Yuexi was snatched away by Hao Suo.

During her exchange with various researchers, Lin Yuexi received the appointment from above.

From the day the appointment letter arrived, she was no longer a sent-down youth, but was officially appointed as the deputy director of a research institute in Beijing.

Logically, since her appointment was in Beijing, she should return to Beijing.

That was indeed the case. She had originally planned to return to Beijing, but Hao Su did something and had the Second Elder call her personally, saying that Jiuquan had several projects stuck and he wanted her to help. He said that she didn't have to go if she didn't want to, but since the Second Elder had personally asked, how could she not give him face?

Lin Yuexi was busy in Jiuquan for more than half a month.

After finally finishing her work here, she began preparing to return to Beijing.

Zhang Hongying wanted to pack everything back for her, big and small. "I heard from your dad that the higher-ups have allocated you a house. It's a three-courtyard siheyuan (traditional courtyard house). If you don't want to live in the military nursing home, you can renovate the siheyuan and live there."

Leng Zhi, who was helping to pack things up, chimed in, "Your two weeks of teaching them wasn't in vain."

What kind of communication?
In his view, it was his daughter who had been teaching those who wanted to freeload.

Zhang Hongying: "What do you mean? You're not going to pay me wages?"

"Honey, I have to criticize you today. Your vision is still a bit lacking. Your salary is so low."

Zhang Hongying ignored his antics and said, "Explain yourself."

“After our daughter finished building the power station, the higher-ups told Grandpa that they would reward her with a house. You know Grandpa, he was afraid our daughter would suffer a loss, so he secretly inquired about which house the higher-ups wanted to reward her with. He found out that it was a two-story house of about 100 square meters with a small yard.”

Zhang Hongying wasn't greedy; she was already very happy for her daughter when she heard that the reward was a two-story house with a small courtyard.

However, "how did it later become a three-courtyard house? Could it be related to the people our daughter taught?"

"Yes, when the reward of a two-story building was initially set, the higher-ups didn't know how much of a contribution our daughter had made. They only considered the overall contribution of the power station. Her military rank jumped one level, and the little girl was already a senior colonel at only eighteen years old. The bonus was 20,000 yuan. I was envious of all those rare tickets. The higher-ups were already very generous."

"After Qiu Lao and his people went back, regardless of their motives, most of them wrote letters to the higher-ups, praising our daughter to the skies. They were practically saying outright that our daughter had taken a step forward in China's science and technology."

"And then there's the steel mill. Our daughter left them the information, and the first batch of steel they produced based on that information has already come out. Some of it has been shipped to Beijing, and the quality..."

Leng Zhi proudly gave a thumbs up, "This is it. The old man said that even the Grand Elder laughed so hard when he saw it."

"So, the elders felt that the original rewards were a bit too lenient."

Fearing his daughter inside might overhear and have bad thoughts, Leng Zhi whispered in his wife's ear, "Our rank definitely can't be raised any higher. With our daughter's restless nature, who knows what she'll do next? If we raise ranks too quickly, we won't be able to advance any further in a few years."

The old man and Leng Zhi naturally understood this, and they wouldn't feel it was unfair just because Lin Yuexi was family. They were just worried that their daughter was too young to understand the intricacies of the situation and might feel uncomfortable about it.

Therefore, Leng Zhi did not mention this matter to Lin Yuexi.

“Giving money wouldn’t be appropriate, and people would complain if it were more, so the higher-ups changed the house. It was originally a two-story building within the first ring road, but they changed it to a large courtyard house that’s almost close to the second ring road. I heard it used to be a prince’s residence.” Zhang Hongying looked a little conflicted. “The one you’re talking about, you’re not talking about that biggest courtyard house on Dongqiao Street, are you?”

Leng Zhi didn't know why his wife's expression suddenly didn't seem happy, and he suddenly felt a little insecure, "...Ah."

Hearing this answer, Zhang Hongying's face darkened even more. "I know that courtyard house. It was indeed a prince's residence before. Later, it fell into the hands of a man surnamed Zhang. In 1955 or 1956, the Zhang family sold off their property and moved to Hong Kong. The courtyard house then fell back into the hands of the government. Then, a man surnamed Wang in the committee took it, saying it was for the committee's branch office, but in reality, it was for his relatives to live in."

Leng Zhi slammed his fist on the table in anger and stood up, shouting, "These parasites!"

Afraid that he would get sick from anger, Zhang Hongying quickly pulled him back to sit down, patting his back as she said irritably, "Have we seen enough of this kind of thing over the years? The fact that the house can be redistributed means the matter has been resolved, so why are you so angry?"

"What I'm worried about is whether the house has really been successfully taken back."

Zhang Hongying had Leng Zhi firmly under her control, successfully changing the subject with a single move. Leng Zhi promptly started to worry as well, "They should have been completely collected by now, right? After all, it's a reward, we can't expect to collect it ourselves."

Beijing has a large population and limited housing. Even a single-courtyard house cannot house only one family, let alone a three-courtyard house. The most common scenario is that one family lives in one or two rooms within a single courtyard house.

Even though the man surnamed Wang on the committee wanted to take advantage, he didn't dare to actually change the name of the courtyard house to make it his own. He didn't have that ability either, because the property rights were with the housing management office, which was under the jurisdiction of the State Taxation Administration. The State Taxation Administration now had a lot of power and was not afraid of the committee. On the contrary, if they wanted to, they could even restrain the committee.

The maximum he could do was to rent the courtyard house to his relatives, which also had its limitations; the allocation of the space had to follow the rules.

In other words, at least twenty or thirty families originally lived in that courtyard house.

They said they would award the courtyard house to Lin Yuexi, but the tenants who owned the property hadn't moved out, so this could also be considered a reward to her.

The couple both thought of this at the same time.

Then I also thought about the difficulties those courtyard house owners faced in reclaiming their properties…

Leng Zhi slammed his hand on the table again. "No, Dad has to find out the truth. Our daughter can't stand this injustice."

Lin Yuexi, who had been listening the whole time inside the room, was speechless.

Should she be touched right now, or should she remain silent for a moment?
It seems that her parents' concerns tend to veer off-topic whenever it comes to her.

The next day, Lin Yuexi visited Leng Xingran and the others, bringing them gifts.

Leng Xingran received a fountain pen and a battery-powered electric shaver; Xu Zhichuan and Zhang Ze also received fountain pens, and Ren Yan's shaver looked like a fountain pen, but it was actually an electric pen.

After teaching Ren Yan how to use it, Lin Yuexi instructed her, "Remember, don't easily trust anyone, and don't forget to study."

The security situation in the Northwest is significantly worse than in the Northeast, at least for the time being. Lin Yuexi is always protected by someone, and any danger is eliminated early on, so she doesn't feel that way.

Ren Yan nodded heavily, her eyes red, "Don't worry, I know, I will."

Although I don't know what the point of studying is if there's no college entrance exam, anything Xi Bao asks me to do must be for her own good.