In 1959, what's wrong with me pedaling a tricycle?

Actually, Director Zhao's meaning was very simple: just find some nobody to sign a white contract, and take the land deed and house deed to him!

If a yard is listed as an unclaimed property, it will usually be rented out quickly because these houses are only given a certain period of time for the owner to claim it. After that period, they will be rented out to people who need them.

According to Wang Xingguo's understanding, since no one has moved into the house yet, it proves that it is not on the list of confiscated property and should belong to another list.

Therefore, we need the property deeds and land deeds to see if the house is being targeted by someone else or if it belongs to the neighborhood's private property.

Because there are more and more small workshops under the jurisdiction of the subdistrict office, they will reserve some houses to be used as dormitories for their workers.

If it's been targeted by someone, then we need to see who is targeting it and whether we can negotiate with them. If it's a house reserved by the local government, then it's simple: just return the house to Wang Xingguo, who holds the land deed and house deed!

Owning a courtyard doesn't affect the Wang family's social standing, which is why Director Zhao was so annoyed. Why make things so complicated with a notary and a white contract?

Wang Xingguo happily pedaled his bicycle towards Uncle Niu's place. He now had 975 yuan in his hand. He would sell some fish and some Moutai liquor to raise 1,000 yuan to get the house and land deeds. He would take them to Director Zhao tomorrow to have him take a look. If there were no problems, the house issue would be resolved.

When Wang Xingguo arrived at Niu Ye's place with nearly 20 kilograms of crucian carp and carp, as well as five bottles of Moutai liquor, he knocked for quite a while before someone came to open the door.

Upon seeing that it was Master Niu who opened the door, Wang Xingguo exclaimed in surprise, "Master Niu, why did you have to come and open the door yourself?"

Old Niu rubbed his eyes and said, "Don't even mention it. I sent some people to Tianjin, and I won't have enough manpower for the next ten days. Wang Er, you came so early, are you planning to eat here? The cook isn't here today; I sent him out to buy supplies, so he didn't help with cooking."

Wang Xingguo whispered, "No, I came here today to sell some things and buy some things too."

Grandpa Niu nodded, helped take the bucket down, and together they pushed the tricycle into the yard.

Wang Xingguo didn't stand on ceremony and sold the wine and fish directly to Master Niu for 65 yuan. Then he counted out 935 yuan in cash and placed it in front of Master Niu.

Old Niu laughed and said, "Not bad, Wang Er, you've raised the money so quickly. When I was your age, I couldn't even come up with ten silver dollars."

Wang Xingguo chuckled and said, "I scraped together half of it from relatives and friends. I really went all out for this house."

Uncle Niu counted the money, took it back to his office, and soon came out with the land deeds and house deeds wrapped in oilcloth, which he placed in front of Wang Xingguo.

He asked, "Wang Er, when do you plan to sign the white contract? I'd like to arrange people for you in advance."

Wang Xingguo scratched his head and said, "Uncle Niu, I asked an elder, and he told me to take the land deed and house deed over to check, saying that he wanted to make sure that the house hadn't been targeted by anyone. If it had, I might have to sell the house to someone else and find a new one."

Old Niu paused for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and said, "Your elder isn't the director of the neighborhood committee, is he?"

Wang Xingguo chuckled twice, neither confirming nor denying.

Old Niu exclaimed, "You're amazing! You even managed to handle Director Zhao, and he's still looking after you like this. You were born for this. No need to ask anymore, you can transfer the house as soon as you get it. Just tell Director Zhao to keep an eye on the person watching this house, and I'll talk to him and resolve the issue."

Wang Xingguo's pupils contracted slightly, and he asked in confusion, "Uncle Niu, what's wrong with you...?"

Uncle Niu waved his hand and said with a smile, "Originally, I wanted to use this house to get a big favor from you, but now that you've found Director Zhao to help, I won't get that favor. To avoid offending Director Zhao, you can rest assured and take the house. I'll settle things with the people watching it as compensation. How about it?"

Wang Xingguo frowned as he looked at Master Niu, speechless for a moment. He was just buying a house, was Master Niu setting a trap for him?

Uncle Niu chuckled and explained, "Don't look at me like that. I'm not trying to scam you. It's just that if you don't understand the ins and outs, you'll have to come to me for help to settle down in this house. I'm just doing you a big favor. Business is business. I'll give you the money to buy the house first, and then I'll help you solve your housing problem. It's not too much to ask for a big favor for those two things, is it?"

Wang Xingguo said speechlessly, "No, Master Niu, why do you want me to do you such a big favor? Do you want me to risk my life for you? Do I look like the kind of person who would do that?"

Old Niu sighed, "Ah, I'm good at judging people. You always seem so carefree and irresponsible, but I know you're a loyal and devoted person. So many people come here, but who do you think I treat like I treat you? Regarding the house, I did intend to take advantage of your lack of knowledge and try to get something out of you. But you can't deny that we're judging by actions, not intentions. If it didn't happen, there wouldn't be any consequences, right?"

Wang Xingguo nodded. If, as Niu Ye said, it was just about wanting a favor, then this was indeed not excessive.

Uncle Niu pointed to the property deed and said, "This house has been targeted by someone. It's not an unregistered illegal house; it's a registered house with an owner, but the deed hasn't been changed. The owner had no choice but to ask me for help selling it. But whoever buys this house will offend a powerful figure. I originally wanted to sell the house to you, and then when you get into trouble, I would help you settle things with that powerful figure. That way, you would owe me a favor."

Now that you've found Director Zhao, he can easily find out what happened to the house and smooth things over with that guy. So my plan has been exposed. That guy who's after the house happens to owe me a favor, and I'll use that favor to help you with the house. I'm not asking you to remember that favor, but at least you can't hold a grudge against me because of this. Can you do that?

Wang Xingguo couldn't quite understand why his personal connections were so important.

He couldn't help but ask, "Brother Niu, why are you going to all this trouble? Just for my worthless favor?"

Uncle Niu smiled and didn't hide anything, speaking frankly: "Wang Er, you always underestimate your own abilities. You can get along so well in the police station and the street office, and you can even get chicken and duck eggs from Gaobeidian to sell. Do you think we don't know about your connections in Gaobeidian? You're wrong. The second time you went to Gaobeidian to collect eggs, we knew where your goods came from, because our people used to collect chicken and duck eggs there!"

Do you know what Wang Changshun said to our people when he found out we were investigating you? He said that if we dared to touch you, a descendant of the Wang family, there are 723 adult males in this branch of the Wang family. Unless we wipe them all out, we will definitely kill whoever tries to harm you!