50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 575 Women's Preferred Unit

Soon after, under Master Lu's leadership, his son and apprentices gathered together and jointly won the modern renovation project for these two courtyard houses.

The main problem was that Sun Zhiwei demanded a short construction period and a lot of work, which none of the other companies could handle.

In addition, Sun Zhiwei couldn't stand seeing some young people looking down on veteran craftsmen, so he only recognized Master Lu. Suddenly, the young people all showed more respect to Master Lu.

For this renovation of the house, Sun Zhiwei plans to remodel it entirely in a modern style.

All non-load-bearing walls were replaced with floor-to-ceiling windows, air conditioning and underfloor heating were installed in every room, the master bedroom was converted into a two-story building with an attic, and a garage was added at the entrance.

While he was working overtime to prepare wedding rooms for his children, Tong Jiajia was not idle either. She started asking acquaintances about the situation of eligible young people.

At that time, young men and women had only a few channels to find partners: one was through their workplace, and the other was through introductions from relatives and friends.

In addition to focusing on family planning, community and street women's directors have another important responsibility: to introduce potential partners to young people in their neighborhoods.

This is no small matter; young people only settle down when they have a partner and start a family.

Unmarried young people like to wander the streets in groups; these are called "street loafers," and they are the main targets of street security.

For Sun Aiguo, his unit is the military, where there is a tradition of matchmaking. Often, the regimental headquarters will hold matchmaking events to introduce potential partners to officers at the company level and above.

A few years ago, Sun Aiguo was underage and hadn't yet caught the attention of the regiment, political commissar, and other officials. This time, Tong Jiajia specifically called the military unit to inquire about the matchmaking events organized by the regiment.

Since even his own mother was urging him, the troupe couldn't delay any longer and immediately included Sun Aiguo in the list of people they were focusing on caring for.

Sun Aiguo was unaware that he was about to face pressure to get married from both his military unit and his family.

With care from both sides, Sun Aiguo is likely to be enjoying a comfortable life with his wife and children soon. However, Sun Hongying is a troublesome matter.

Sun Zhiwei's daughter is good-looking, has a good job, a good family, and is easygoing and always smiling. In short, she's perfect in every way.

Everyone says that girls who smile a lot are more likely to find happiness, but that doesn't apply to Sun Hongying. This girl doesn't care at all about finding a partner; she just leaves it to fate.

How could anyone just come along like that? Good young men would fight over her, and given Sun Hongying's qualifications, someone with too poor qualifications wouldn't be suitable. At least, she wouldn't pass Sun Zhiwei's test.

This is exactly the kind of situation that causes the most headaches. Throughout February after the Lunar New Year, Tong Jiajia tried everything she could to get Sun Hongying to go on a blind date, but to no avail.

Sun Aiguo, who had returned to the army, heard that he had found a girl he liked, but his family did not know the specifics of the girl.

Having already stayed at home for over a month, Sun Zhiwei and his wife felt it was inappropriate to stay away from work any longer, so they entrusted their daughter's important life event to her workplace, namely Xu Yimin.

Sun Zhiwei's words to Xu Yimin were simple: "My job keeps me away from home all year round, and now even my wife is away with me and can't come back often, which is why my children's marriages have been delayed."

"This is all your responsibility, so you also need to take responsibility for introducing potential partners to my daughter, Sun Hongying."

Xu Yimin was speechless and had no choice but to accept the hot potato.

The reason he dared to agree to this was not because he himself was so capable, but because his wife, Aunt Wang, was so capable.

Aunt Wang works for the Women's Federation and is a member of its executive committee. Don't let the name of this organization fool you; she's grown alongside our organization.

Those who hold leadership positions here must be cadres of the organization, and their salaries are paid according to their rank. Their benefits are also better than those of ordinary units.

When he was choosing a workplace for Tong Jiajia, he had considered the Women's Federation, but he changed his mind because he thought about the enormous pressure that the unit would face during the family planning era.

If you were choosing a workplace in the new century, the Women's Federation would actually be a good place that is easily overlooked.

As a member of the public sector, her salary and benefits are comparable to those of civil servants.

She has her own smooth upward mobility channels from the grassroots to the central government, and from domestic to international levels.

After the one-child policy was implemented, her work pressure became much less, and her income was stable with comprehensive benefits, making it one of the best workplaces for women.

When Aunt Wang from Xu Yimin's family heard that it was to find a partner for Sun Zhiwei's daughter, she naturally patted her chest and gave her a guarantee.

Because of the nature of Aunt Wang's work, the families who ask her to arrange blind dates for their children are not ordinary people.

Putting everything else aside, the quality matchmaking resources she has are top-notch; whatever kind of partner you want, Aunt Wang can find them for you.

But after Xu Yimin revealed a little bit of Sun Zhiwei's other identity, Aunt Wang felt that things were getting a bit tricky.

In terms of rank, Sun Zhiwei is now a leader; in terms of wealth, although Xu Yimin didn't say much, it's clear that his family is quite well-off.

That girl is a college graduate with a good job in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; even in her hands, these are top-tier resources.

Even if we don't care about social status, at the very least, a couple should have some common ground. A life where the man and woman are too different is not a good one.

Just as Aunt Wang began to list the suitable young men she had in mind, new news arrived: Sun Zhiwei was preparing a three-courtyard siheyuan (traditional courtyard house) as dowry for his daughter.

My goodness, even though things have changed and there are more rich people now, the best-off people living in Aunt Wang's neighborhood are still those living in government-owned apartments.

But those are public houses. There aren't many private houses with courtyards, let alone three-courtyard houses.

Although she didn't know the exact price of a three-courtyard siheyuan now, she was aware that it was at least in the five figures.

She had only considered the price of an old courtyard house; she never imagined that Sun Zhiwei would spend more than the original price of the house to modernize it.

Everyone says young people don't like living in courtyard houses, but that's not because they don't like them, it's simply because they don't have the money to decorate them. If they really had the money, even a tree hollow could be turned into a five-star hotel.

Housing prices in Beijing have skyrocketed in the new century, with a courtyard house now worth over 100 million yuan. Outsiders say that every old Beijing resident is a multi-millionaire.

But how many courtyard houses can actually be sold at that price? Most of the courtyard houses that haven't been demolished are still old, dilapidated, and small.

Why are there so many old Beijing residents living in courtyard houses who haven't become billionaires? Is it because they don't want to sell their properties?
It's simply a matter of having few buyers and no market for it.

With that spare money, wouldn't it be better to build your own villa in a more distant place and not have to worry about traffic jams in the city center?

(End of this chapter)