Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 338 Can We Still Go On Living Like This?

After discussing the house with Engineer Wang, Xiaowei and Xia Maosheng drove towards Sanhao.

This area has many old buildings and houses, with five- or six-story tenement buildings, old residences, and large vegetable fields mixed together. To the north, it is adjacent to Fengtian Zoo. After crossing the river to Xiaoheyan Street, there are more high-rise buildings. There are cancer hospitals and 463 Hospitals there. To the south is Dongta Airport.

Xia Maosheng looked out the window and said, "This place is pretty good. It's close to the river, and the zoo is right outside. We won't have to worry about where our kids will play in the future. It just looks a bit run-down."

Xiao Wei glanced out the window and said, "Why think about all that? Having a house is good enough. This vegetable garden looks so nice, and the park has trees, water, and fresh air. Isn't it cramped with all these high-rises?"

Xia Maosheng said, "This is Fengtian. Look over there at Wulihe. Last year it was a wasteland, but this year it's all under construction. How could we leave this large area of ​​vegetable gardens and bungalows? Sooner or later, they'll have to build them up."

Xiao Wei said, "It's okay. I live close to the park. No matter how they build, they can't destroy the park. It won't have a big impact. Besides, there's an airport right next to me, and a park in front of me. I don't think they'll build too densely, and there should be restrictions on building height as well."

Xia Maosheng nodded, lit a cigarette, and said, "That's true. I've noticed you're really lucky. Chen Hui went over there and asked around. That riverside garden place, the houses there cost four or five thousand per square meter. They also have these detached houses, villas? Right? They cost over ten thousand per square meter. You can calculate how much your house will be worth after it's built."

Xiao Wei laughed and said, "How can you compare them like that? This area of ​​shantytowns is considered rural; what could it possibly be worth?"

Xia Maosheng glanced at Xiaowei and said, "I'm not joking. Let me tell you, once you've built this place, just live there. I won't sell it for any amount of money. Let Xiaohui handle all the property paperwork. It'll be valuable sooner or later. You do the math, how far is it from here to over there? Three or four kilometers."

Xiao Wei shook his head, smiled, and didn't say anything. The car drove down Wanliutang Road and turned onto Wenhua Road, quickly arriving at Anji's place. Xia Maosheng said, "Look, this is Wu'ai, this is Sanhao, and this is Nanta. All the businesses in Fengtian are concentrated here. This area will definitely develop very well in the future. I heard that, oh right, several five-star hotels are going to be built across from Riverside Garden."

Fengtian is surrounded by four white pagodas in the east, west, south, and north of the old city. The west pagoda, near Yanshou Temple, is a thriving area for Koreans, mainly based on the entertainment industry. The east pagoda, near Yongguang Temple, is home to China's No. 1 Air Force, which has a dual-use military and civilian airport. The south pagoda, near Guangci Temple, is the largest shoe and hat distribution market in Northeast Asia. The north pagoda is a Tibetan Buddhist temple, the only one of the four pagodas that has survived as a religious site. Parks have been built around each of the four pagodas.

These four white pagodas were built by the Qing Dynasty imperial family and are unrelated to the Wugou Jingguang Pagoda in Hunnan Baitabao, which was a water-suppressing pagoda built in the Ming Dynasty. Furthermore, the current Wugou White Pagoda in Hunnan is not the original pagoda it was before it was destroyed by the Japanese army; it is a mistakenly constructed Chenxiang Pagoda Mountain Pagoda, which is a Liao Dynasty pagoda.

Xiao Wei drove the car into the backyard of the restaurant and said, "We're just ordinary people, as long as we have food and shelter, that's enough. Why think so much? It's useless. How's your job going? Maybe we can benefit from your position someday when you become mayor."

Xia Maosheng smoothed his hair and said with a smile, "We'll have to wait, but there's still hope in twenty or thirty years." The two of them laughed.

As they entered the restaurant from the back, Chen Hui, Li Na, and Sister Jin were sitting there talking. When they saw them come in, they waved and walked over.

Chen Hui asked, "You went to see it? How did it go?"

Xia Maosheng pulled up a chair and sat down, saying, "Awesome! Once it's built, it'll be amazing. What will it be called? A villa. It'll be way more impressive than that one in the Riverside Garden over there. Xiao Wei's luck is unbelievable. By the way, we need to get the paperwork for his land and house done quickly and completely. I reckon that place will be worth something in the future, so we don't want to suffer losses because of the paperwork."

Chen Hui tossed Xiao Wei a cigarette and said, "It's alright. The land permits were all done a long time ago, and the house permits will be issued soon. It's fine. What problems can there be with normal transactions? You won't lose out. I'm going to check on the pig farm later. Do you two want to come? They've already brought back the piglets."

Xiao Wei took the cigarette, sat down, and asked, "What are you three talking about?"

Li Na said, "What else can I say? Boss Chen is lecturing us all morning." Sister Jin laughed on the side.

Xiao Wei asked Chen Hui, "What scriptures are you chanting?"

Chen Hui glared at Li Na and said, "It's just about things like the placement of items, the management of hygiene and etiquette, and the cleanliness of kitchen supplies, as well as dormitory management. Ask those two, how many arguments have they had in just three days? All over trivial things, doesn't it affect their work?"

Li Na said, "They're all young girls, how can we not argue a few times when so many of them live together? It'll get better over time. This isn't something you can just watch over. It's just a few arguments, nothing serious, it'll pass."

Xiao Wei asked, "What are they all supporting? Did you find out afterward?"

Xiao Wei nodded and said, "We still need to be more careful in this regard. Try to chat with them more often in the evenings so that everyone can get to know each other quickly. It wouldn't be worth it to cause a big problem over a small matter."

Li Na nodded. Sister Jin said, "Find someone to make a few drain grates. Didn't you say you were worried about the drain getting clogged? Make a few grates and put them there."

Xiao Wei nodded in agreement and said, "Kitchen hygiene is very important, so we need to pay close attention. When serving dishes, the servers and waiters must be careful, because over time, there's bound to be a hair or something, and we don't want the customers to notice. All the garnishes used in the kitchen must be thoroughly boiled and disinfected regularly."

Li Na cried out and collapsed into Jin Jie's arms, saying, "How can we live like this?"

Xiao Wei laughed and said, "If you have this attitude when I pay you, then I'll pay you less."

Li Na immediately sat up straight, smiling, and said, "Come on, go ahead, I'm listening." The others laughed, and Xiao Wei reached out and tapped Li Na on the head.

In the afternoon, the three drove to Liguantun, which used to be a sintering plant, a village-run enterprise. In the 80s, township and village-run enterprises sprang up like mushrooms after rain in China, but by the early 90s, a large number of them had died out, with an alarmingly low survival rate. This caused huge losses to a large number of farmers, but also made many "leaders" rich, and the impact continues to this day.

(End of this chapter)