Courtyard House: Drunk and barging into the Xu family's house, I woke up numb.

Liu Guangtian slapped the table in approval.

"Dad, you're so smart! It's just the deaf old lady's house, how about it, can you do it?"

After hearing this, Liu Haizhong remained silent, lost in thought.

Liu Guangtian didn't disturb him; he ate his meal while quietly waiting for Liu Haizhong's reply.

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After leaving the courtyard, Liu Haizhong headed towards the home of Qian Aihua, the deputy director of the street office's housing management office.

He had thought it over, and his second son's idea was indeed good; he might as well give it a try.

Qian Aihua used to work in the steel rolling mill workshop, just like Liu Haizhong. Later, during the Great Leap Forward in 1958, by chance, he became a junior leader because of his slightly higher education than Liu Haizhong.

In 1961, he somehow got lucky and was transferred to the housing management office of the subdistrict office. After five years, he is now the deputy director of the housing management office.

The power they wielded wasn't huge, but it wasn't insignificant either; at least on this street, the redistribution of houses reclaimed by the government depended on their approval.

After Liu Haizhong knocked on the gate, a middle-aged man who looked a few years younger than Liu Haizhong came out of the courtyard.

"Old Liu, what brings you here? Please come in."

Qian Aihua was quite surprised by Liu Haizhong's arrival, but since he was an old friend, he still warmly welcomed him inside.

Once inside, Qian Aihua didn't put on any airs of authority, immediately offering tea and cigarettes, making Liu Haizhong feel somewhat uncomfortable. 010

At that moment, Liu Haizhong understood something and realized why the leader had chosen Qian Aihua instead of him.

Given Qian Aihua's attitude towards his past competitors, he would likely be even more respectful to his superiors.

Which leader wouldn't like a subordinate who knows how to take care of others' feelings and how to treat others?

Regardless of what people are really thinking, at least on the surface they handle things very politely, making it acceptable for everyone.

With that in mind, Liu Haizhong decided to stop playing games with his "old friend" Qian Aihua.

He's straightforward with this kind of person; otherwise, he'll dodge your questions in just a few words.

"Director Qian, I don't come here unless I need something. I've come today to ask you for help."

As soon as Qian Aihua opened the door and saw Liu Haizhong, she knew that the old man had come to ask her for help.

He didn't know why Liu Haizhong had come to see him.

"Old Liu, we're at home now, why call me Director Qian? Besides, I'm just a deputy director."

"Well, why don't you just call me Lao Qian like before? It sounds more friendly."

Qian Aihua's words were actually meant to shut him up. First, he explained that he was at home, and only Old Qian was there, not Director Qian, so he didn't want to talk about work.

If you really want to say it, then say it. He's already said he's just a deputy director.

He has a superior above him, and his power is limited. If what you need to do is too troublesome, then don't even mention it. Even if you do, he can't do it.

However, these suggestive remarks are likely to be understood by those within the system or those with quick minds.

However, when it comes to Liu Haizhong, Qian Aihua clearly overestimated his abilities.

Liu Haizhong took Qian Aihua's words as just being sentimental and polite, and didn't think about it at all.

In his view, since Qian Aihua didn't care about the past, what did he have to do with it? So he spoke more casually.

"Alright then, I'll still call you Old Qian. It's definitely more comfortable to call you Old Qian than Director Qian."

Once the conversation started, Liu Haizhong went straight to asking about the deaf old woman's house.

"You all probably know that the deaf old lady in our ward has passed away."

"I'd like to ask about her house. What are the street's plans for dealing with it?"

"As you know, I'm the second oldest in our compound, and I'm in charge of this backyard. I need to get to know my new neighbors beforehand."

Liu Haizhong's words were indeed correct, Qian Aihua said, taking a sip of tea.

“The deaf old lady’s house is not easy to deal with now. We’ve asked several places, and they all want to go to your compound.”

“Some families agree to move into your yard, but as soon as they hear it’s a deaf old lady’s house, they immediately refuse.”

“Especially since the deaf old lady in your compound came back to life once, and then died violently in the street, it makes people feel a bit uneasy.”

"Therefore, people would rather continue to wait in line for the next batch than accept this house."

"Housing allocation is a major life event, and we can only treat this special case specially."

"We plan to leave the house empty for now. If we still can't find a place to rent it out after a while, we'll see if we can."

Upon hearing Qian Aihua's words, Liu Hai immediately felt reassured. He took out a pre-prepared envelope and placed it on the table.

Looking at the envelope containing the contents, Qian Aihua picked it up and peeled it open layer by layer, revealing four milk powder coupons.

Qian Aihua's grandson is a week old, but his daughter-in-law can't produce enough milk and has to rely on formula to feed him.

However, milk powder is limited in quantity, and the milk powder in the supply and marketing cooperative has run out. If you want to buy it, you can only go to the department store.

He has no connections at the department store, and he can't get baby formula coupons anytime soon, so he's really worried about this.

Qian Aihua's eyes lit up when she saw the four milk powder coupons that suddenly appeared. With these, her grandson's food supply would be solved.

"Old Liu, what's going on?"

Having said that, Qian Aihua's mind cleared, and he looked at Liu Haizhong and asked.

"Old Liu, you're not thinking of taking advantage of that house, are you?"

“But your eldest child has already moved out, and it's not difficult for the two of you to take care of the two children. That doesn't meet the requirements for housing allocation.”

Liu Haizhong said.

"How can it not be difficult? Our family is also struggling now."

"The second son is getting married, but he doesn't have long working hours and can't get a company-provided apartment. The third son is also getting on in years and is a young man now."

“Before, we could share a room and our two sons could share a room, and we could manage to live there.”

"But if the second son gets married now, our house won't be big enough for everyone."

“You can’t let the third son share a room with his brother and sister-in-law, so he has to stay with us, but it’s not convenient for him to squeeze into a room with us.”

Is it possible that Qian Aihua loves money?

"But your family's circumstances really aren't enough to divide this among yours."

"The eldest son has left. The family consists of four people, two of whom are employees. If the daughter-in-law marries into the family, then it will be a family of five with three employees."

"If you were given a house in this situation, people would probably smash my office window."

Liu Haizhong put his teacup on the table, looking determined to succeed.

"Old Qian, I can't just let my second son and daughter-in-law sleep on the streets, can I?"

"If you don't give me a house, I'll take a hammer and smash the lock on the deaf old lady's door myself."

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Upon hearing that Liu Haizhong intended to break the lock without permission, Qian Aihua instinctively shouted.

"Let's see if you dare!"

After finishing speaking, Qian Aihua softened her tone.

"Old Liu, do you know how many people are lining up for houses on this whole street right now?"

"These houses are being allocated to the first batch, and just because they don't want them doesn't mean the later batches won't want them either."

“Although we are old friends, I am also the deputy director of the housing management office, so I have to treat everyone equally.”

Qian Aihua emphasized this point.

"If you dare to break the lock yourself, don't blame me for being ruthless and reporting you to the neighborhood committee for punishment according to the rules!"

Liu Haizhong said calmly.

“Old Qian, I know this is difficult for you, but there are precedents for this.”

"The old Yan family in our compound, the one who occupied that back house, wasn't it because they came to you asking for a house and you wouldn't give it to them, so they broke the lock and moved in themselves?"

“Yan Jiecheng and his wife have lived in that house for so many years, and I haven’t seen our neighborhood committee punish them. That’s how things are.”

"It's not right that other families can take advantage of public resources, but we can't."

“If you don’t allow me to do it, then you have to take back the old Yan family’s house, otherwise this is too unfair.”

After saying this, Liu Haizhong saw that Qian Aihua's expression softened, so he took out a red envelope containing ten yuan from his pocket.

"I missed your eldest son's wedding, so I'm making up for it today. Don't think it's too late."

"Now that you're in a leadership position, you should care more about the hardships of us ordinary people."

After hearing Liu Haizhong's words, Qian Aihua began to consider whether the house could be given to him. Just then, Liu Haizhong's words came over again.