1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 990 I'll have to trouble you to keep this a secret from my fiancée.

Hearing him say that, Fang Ruyu assumed it was a small courtyard: "Which courtyard is it? Tell me the address."

When Fu Yancheng mentioned the address of the three-courtyard house, not only Fang Ruyu was stunned, but Sun Bingzhu was also stunned. The two looked at each other and asked at the same time, "Courtyard No. 73?"

Fu Yancheng nodded: "Yes, what's with those expressions?"

Fang Ruyu works at the subdistrict office, so she naturally knows the most about this matter: "That courtyard has been empty for several years. It's not that no one has been interested in it. Before the Lunar New Year, someone from higher up came to go through the formalities. The people at the subdistrict office have been guessing who the owner of that house is."

Fu Yancheng was unaware of this: "Aunt Sun, I need to trouble you to keep this a secret for my fiancée. She doesn't want too much attention, so I'm thinking of entrusting you with the matter of renting a house."

Firstly, since you work at the neighborhood office, you're familiar with everyone's situation. Secondly, we know the neighborhood well, so we can be completely at ease.

Fang Ruyu asked, "Do you have any requests?"

Fu Yancheng recalled what Chu Xue had said before: "There is one requirement for renting this house, that is, the family members must be clean and tidy, and at the very least, they must treat it as their own home. They can't live here for a few years and then make the house look terrible. That won't do."

Another point is that you can't build or construct anything after you rent the place. The house is only rented out temporarily and will definitely be taken back in the future. To avoid trouble later, it's best to make that clear in advance.

Also, it's best not to rent out rooms in a three-courtyard house; ideally, one courtyard should house one or two households.

Fang Ruyu now understood, and slapped her thigh, saying, "Hey, no need for all that trouble. You've come to the right place. Before the New Year, our director was still worried about not having enough office space. If you're willing, you might as well rent it to our street office."

Fu Yancheng hadn't expected this good thing, but then he thought about how it was a three-courtyard house: "Aunt Sun, that courtyard isn't small. Is it your neighborhood office?"

Before he could finish speaking, Fang Ruyu interrupted him, saying, "Don't worry, even if our subdistrict office can't rent that many houses, there are still local offices in Beijing. I'll make sure you rent out this courtyard." It wasn't that she was boasting; someone had approached their subdistrict office before the Lunar New Year, wanting to rent houses in this area to set up their Beijing offices.

She knew the situation in that courtyard; those people would definitely be interested in it.

However, thinking that it's better to be safe than sorry, she said, "Xiao Fu, but this matter still needs our director's approval. Why don't we go together while it's still early?"

The reason for the urgency is that this matter has been a headache for the director for a long time. Housing is extremely scarce now, and it is really not easy to find a courtyard larger than the one currently occupied by the street office.

Those empty courtyards either have owners or are owned by higher authorities. The local street office has applied to higher authorities, but they haven't given a clear answer, only telling them to overcome the difficulties first.

Now, four or five desks are crammed into one of their offices, and with so many people, there's not even room to stand.

Fu Yancheng naturally wouldn't object: "Then I'll have to trouble you, Auntie."

Fang Ruyu stood up with a smile: "This is not troubling you, Auntie. If it works out, it will be a great achievement for you."

Fu Yancheng smiled broadly upon hearing this: "It seems I really made the right choice coming here today."

Fang Ruyu said a few words to her husband, then turned around and replied with a smile, "Of course, if this works out, everyone will probably have to thank me."

(End of this chapter)