Coming out from another lane, I inquired and found the location of the neighborhood committee.

When I arrived, it was a very small quadrangle courtyard.

There were people busy inside!

Many people were arguing there.

They were all arguing about trivial matters.

Someone was mediating.

When they saw him coming, someone asked, "Comrade, what are you doing? Who are you looking for?"

The person asking was also a middle-aged woman.

"Oh, Auntie, the people from the Housing Management Office asked me to find Auntie Liu and have her take me to see the house."

Hearing this, the other person called out to Auntie Liu, who was mediating a headache for someone, and said, "Auntie Liu, someone is looking for you to see the house."

Auntie Liu was in the middle of mediating and, upon hearing the voice, hurriedly said to the people in front of her, "Alright, you are all neighbors, and when the upper and lower lips meet, it's time to go! Go back first, and I'll come over after I'm done."

After saying that, she ignored the pulling of a few people, picked up a bunch of keys, and left the house directly.

When she arrived at the large courtyard, she said to Yang Xiaole, "Let's go out first."

After speaking, she walked outside.

Yang Xiaole naturally followed.

After coming out, Auntie Liu visibly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to him, "Which family are we going to see? Where is the proof? Where are your parents?"

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole hurriedly handed over the proof issued by the Housing Management Office.

"Here, this is the proof! My mom is busy now, so she asked me to come and take a look."

Auntie Liu took the thing and squinted at it, "Oh, it's X6! Let's go, it's right next to my house. Not far."

After speaking, she took the lead and walked along the lane towards the front.

Yang Xiaole looked and saw Old Scrooge Hu in a lane.

When they got close to the intersection, they stopped at the entrance of a large courtyard.

"It's this house. Let's go in."

After speaking, she led the way in.

Yang Xiaole looked at the door and knew that this house was definitely not small, because there were regulations on the front doors in the capital.

The deeper the door, the higher the status of the family in the past.

Except for the gates of the royal palace and those specially approved, the remaining gates were all on the side.

Although this house was also on the side, the door was very deep.

There are five types of gates in a quadrangle courtyard: Guangliang Gate, Jinzhu Gate, Manzi Gate, Ruyi Gate, and Xiaomenlou.

The gate of this house was very deep, at least a Jinzhu Gate.

It's either official or wealthy.

There were at least a dozen rooms in the outer wing alone.

"Sister Liu, (Auntie Liu)"

"Director Liu!"

……

After entering the gate and passing through the hanging flower gate, they met many middle-aged women and men, as well as young women and daughters-in-law, all of whom greeted Auntie Liu.

In the courtyard, a group of people were washing clothes and sheets by the water pool.

Auntie Liu greeted everyone with a smile.

"Hey, Guilan! Washing clothes!"

"Yeah, washing clothes! Sister Liu, what's going on?"

"I'm bringing someone to see the house where the Zhang family used to live. You're busy, I'll take him in!"

……

Everyone was curious and looked at Yang Xiaole one after another.

How come only a child came?

Yang Xiaole saw everyone and nodded and smiled, without saying hello, after all, he didn't know them.

Without taking him to the back rooms, Auntie Liu took him directly to the east wing room.

The outer perimeter of the house was a cloister, but each household was separated and used as a kitchen.

When they arrived at the east wing room, Auntie Liu opened the door with the key.

"Alright, go in and take a look. The Zhang family was transferred to the northeast some time ago, so it's temporarily empty. If you don't rent it soon, we'll have to build an additional room next to it, and then there will only be two rooms for rent."

Yang Xiaole looked at the house.

It was basically undamaged.

A kitchen was also set up at the entrance, but apart from an old cabinet, there was only an empty shelf inside.

I don't know where the things went.

Inside was a living room, with some furniture such as tables, chairs, and benches, as well as an incense table.

There were two rooms on the left and right.

The furniture inside was quite complete, with a bed, a desk, and a wardrobe, but they were all old and peeling, looking very dilapidated.

After looking around, Yang Xiaole was quite satisfied.

The furniture didn't matter. In the countryside, his family didn't even have a broken wardrobe, only two large wooden boxes, and they were even older than this.

And the place was not small, the living room was close to 20 square meters, and the two bedrooms were about 16 square meters each.

With some pots, bowls, pans, and quilts, it would be almost ready to move in.

It's just the price, which is close to 11 yuan a month, and if Mom knew, she would probably go crazy.

As he was speaking, an old man came in at the door, probably in his fifties, with half of his hair white.

The skin on his face was already a bit loose.Wearing a set of labor cloth worker's uniform.

Labor cloth is actually similar to denim in textile technology, or it can be said to be denim, but now it is just pure cotton.

This stuff is wear-resistant and is the first choice for work clothes in various factories.

"Director Liu! How about the house?" The old man came in and greeted Auntie Liu.

Auntie Liu smiled and nodded, "Hmm, bring him over to take a look, I don't know if he'll rent it or not!"

The old man nodded lightly.

Seeing Yang Xiaole's gaze, Auntie Liu smiled and said, "This is Grandpa Wang, the representative of the neighborhood committee in the large courtyard. If you rent here in the future and have difficulties, you can talk to him. He is also an old comrade in the street."

"Grandpa Wang."

Upon hearing this, Yang Xiaole smiled and greeted.

Immediately understood the other party's identity.

The neighborhood committee representative, is that kind of "Grandpa" or "Uncle" in TV dramas.

The other party smiled and nodded, "How is it? Is the house okay? If it's not too expensive, the people in our courtyard would have rented it."

Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "It's pretty good, but I have to go back and tell my mom, see what she says."

After that, he looked at Auntie Liu and said, "Auntie Liu, I've seen it, let's go back."

"Okay, let's go back then."

Seeing the situation, Auntie Liu left the house and locked the door.

"Grandpa Wang, we're leaving first!"

After that, he said goodbye and left with the people.

"Director Liu, our house leaks, when can the street repair it for us!"

A lady in the large courtyard shouted at Director Liu.

Auntie Liu smiled and said, "It has been reported, and it will be repaired for you as soon as the approval comes down. Don't worry, it will definitely be fixed before winter."

"Ah, that's great, thank you, Director Liu!"

"You're welcome, I'll leave now!"

After that, she left with Yang Xiaole.

After coming out, Director Liu looked at him and said, "You've seen the house, whether to rent it or not is up to you. Go back and make it clear to your parents. I have something else to do, so I won't accompany you."

"Okay, thank you, Auntie Liu!"

"You're welcome!"

After that, the other party turned and left, going to the next courtyard.

Yang Xiaole took a look and probably went home.

Then he rode his bike to the housing management office.

"Hey, you're back so soon? Did you find a place?"

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The other person looked at him and smiled.

"Brother, I found a place, I'll rent that house. By the way, how do I pay the rent?"

"Pay once a month, the neighborhood committee will come to collect the rent."

"Okay, I'll take that house! Brother, can you help me calculate how much it is?"

It's just that I have to pay the rent myself in the future. If I let Mom pay so much every month, it would be like cutting meat!

The man nodded when he heard this, "Okay, I'll show you! But are you sure you don't want your parents to come and pay?"

After saying that, he picked up the registration materials and calculated with an abacus.

"No, my mom gave me the money, and she has inquired about the rent."

The man nodded and continued to calculate.

In a short while, he looked up and said, "Three rooms, a total of 56 square meters, 11 yuan and 76 fen. Pay for one month first, and pay the water and electricity bills together with the rent next month. If you want, I can give you a receipt and proof, and you can get the key from the neighborhood committee."

"Okay, please do it!"

Yang Xiaole agreed and took out the money and proof to hand it to him.

The man took the money, counted it, and registered it there.

After more than ten minutes, Yang Xiaole went out with the receipt and proof, and the house was settled.

Without rushing to get the key, he took the proof and went to the sub-district office behind.

Inquired about the household registration.

The director happened to be in the office and naturally remembered him when he saw Yang Xiaole.

"Is the transfer certificate done?"

"It's done, what's next?"

Director Zhang took a look at the things, picked up the book next to him and registered it.

Then he returned the things to him.

"You take this thing to the police station, they will handle it for you. After it's done, come back."

Yang Xiaole thanked him and took the proof and hurried to the police station.

With Wang Qiuju's proof, household registration book, and transfer certificate, he registered at the police station.

When it was done, he hurried back to the sub-district office to handle the remaining procedures.

It was almost time for lunch, and he came out with two books.

One "Urban Residents' Food Supply Certificate"

One "Urban Residents' Staple Foods Supply Certificate"

These two books are the legendary ration books in the countryside, but they are not one book, but two separate ones.

With these two things, Yang Xiaole breathed a sigh of relief.

Mom has transformed into a city dweller who eats commodity grain.As for their Household Registration, Mom would have to come In the City before she could reapply for it. Only after it was approved here could they go back to their hometown to handle the transfer procedures.

Of course, there was still a Household Registration booklet from In the City, with only a single, lonely name listed inside.

He left happily with his belongings.

He needed to get the house keys.

After coming out, he rode his bike to the Neighborhood Committee, but found no one there, so he went to the Large Courtyard where Auntie Liu had just been and found her there.

He gave her the rental proof and got the keys.

The remaining task was to give his older brother the proof of residence, which didn't require his presence; his brother's workplace would handle it.

Then he rode his bike towards the direction of the paper mill.

Upon arrival, he greeted the security guard, and soon enough, his bleary-eyed older brother emerged from inside.

Seeing him, Yang Xiaole blinked: "How come you're back so soon? Is everything taken care of?"

"Mhm, just finished. Here are your documents, don't lose them, or it'll be a hassle."

Yang Xiaole handed over the documents and asked, "Have you eaten? If not, let's go out for something. I haven't had lunch yet!"

His older brother thought for a moment and then nodded slightly.

"Alright, I'll deliver these to the workplace first. Can't afford to lose them. I'll be back soon."

With that, he was ready to leave.

Yang Xiaole nodded, but his brow furrowed upon noticing a red mark on his brother's neck.

Had he been in a fight?

He certainly didn't think it was a love bite; times weren't that liberal yet, and his brother had only been here for a short while.

He probably hadn't spoken much to any girls.

With this in mind, he still asked with a frown, "Big brother? Has someone been bullying you at the factory?"

His older brother, about to leave, hesitated upon hearing this.

He shook his head: "It's nothing!"

And with that, he was ready to leave again.

Yang Xiaole watched his brother and quickly called out to him, "Hey, big brother, don't go. Tell me what happened, or I'll go to your Leadership! Or have Mom come talk to them."

Hearing this, his older brother quickly looked around: "Don't talk nonsense. If you take this to the Leadership and I get fired, what then? Isn't that how Xiao Hu ended up going back?"

"But you can't just let yourself be bullied. Tell me what happened! If you don't, I'll go back and tell Mom. You know she'll definitely come to your Leadership."

His older brother glanced around and hesitated.

Finally, he said, "I'll tell you, but don't go back and tell Mom, alright? Actually, I didn't lose out."

He then explained the situation.

It wasn't anything serious, just some minor friction in daily life.

His older brother was Honest and also from the countryside.

But that didn't mean he had no temper at all.

So, a fight broke out.

The other party consisted of two people, not from the countryside but city kids who had moved into the dormitory because their homes were too crowded.

They were no match for his older brother.

And so, no real harm was done.

After explaining, his older brother said, "Alright, don't worry about it. It's embarrassing to involve parents in such matters. Wait for me, I'll go submit the documents."

After hearing his brother's words, Yang Xiaole stopped him.

"Big brother, who is it? What's his name?"

"Wang Guolong. Why do you ask?"

"Oh, nothing. You go ahead."

His older brother nodded, "Okay, I'm going in then. Wait for me."

With that, he turned and left.

Yang Xiaole thought about his brother's words, pondering over the situation.

Such matters were not clear-cut in terms of right and wrong, but he was definitely on his kin's side. Otherwise, what's the point of having brothers?