On June 1st, the annual Children's Day, Xu Dong took a day off and took the Coco sisters to the Yanjing Universal Resort for a whole day.
We also rode the Decepticon roller coaster in the middle, finally fulfilling the promise we made before.
On June 5, the largest river in the Yanjing area, the Changhe River, completely stopped flowing due to the deepening drought.
At this point, all five major water systems in the capital were lost, and Yanjing officially became a city without rivers.
On June 10, in order to cope with the increasingly serious drought, the entire Yanjing area began to implement a water supply plan based on regions and time periods.
Taking the block where the courtyard house is located as an example, there are only two water supply periods every day, one from 6 to 7 in the morning and one from 7 to 8 in the evening, which is roughly equivalent to the time for breakfast and dinner.
On Monday, June 13, after waiting for half a month, Xu Dong finally got the property certificate for his new house.
At his strong request, the names of Xu's father and Xu's mother were written on the real estate certificate.
Xu's mother didn't care, she simply thought her son was filial and was afraid that they would not feel safe staying here.
In order to celebrate the addition of a new house in the family and to show her son's filial piety, Xu's mother happily cooked a large table of meals.
During the meal, Xu Dong showed his absent-minded appearance and wanted to speak several times, but finally held back.
Xu's mother had long noticed her son's performance. She was the kind of character who couldn't tolerate sand in her eyes, so she simply made it clear:
"Son, if you have something to say, just say it. Don't look so bitter and make the whole family lose their appetite for food."
Xu Dong's face stiffened for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal, and then said cautiously: "Dad, Mom, there is something... I want to discuss with you."
"What's the matter? Tell me quickly!" Father Xu said impatiently.
Xu Dong considered his words and said slowly: "Dad, I want to move your and my mother's household registrations separately."
In his family's household registration book, Xu Dong is the head of the household, and Xu's father and Xu's mother belong to the parents who took refuge with their children.
When Xu Ma heard this, she immediately became furious and cried at the top of her lungs:
"My life is so miserable...Xu Dong...you touch your conscience and say, how have your father and I been sorry to you? Do you think we are getting in the way here?
Let me tell you, how did you transfer the new house to our name? It turned out to be premeditated.
Okay, you don’t have to rush, I don’t want the new house either, your dad and I will go back to Luyang tomorrow..."
While Yang Lina comforted the children, she gave Xu Dong a reproachful look, asking him to take back his words quickly.
Xu Dong has a black thread. Where does this go? Why does it involve returning to Luyang again?
So he quickly stood up and explained:
"Mom, where are you thinking? No one in our family can leave you! What I mean is that we are only separated in name, but in fact we still live together. It is no different from now."
Xu Ma seemed to realize that she might have made a mistake, but she couldn't let go. She became angry and said:
"Okay, why do you need to divide the households? Aren't you just taking off your pants and farting? Isn't it unnecessary?"
Xu Dong smiled bitterly and explained:
"I've read a lot of news in the past two days. It seems that the country is going to start collecting property taxes. Our family now has two houses, so we will definitely be taxed heavily, so I thought of this tax avoidance method."
In fact, this has nothing to do with property tax, and Xu Dong doesn't care about the money.
The real reason is that in the near future, Daxia will launch a top-down real estate reform, referred to as housing reform.
There are many contents of housing reform, but the core one is to limit each family to only own one property, and the extra properties will be expropriated by the state at a low price.
Moreover, before the housing reform, the state will first freeze the household registration of all citizens to prevent anyone from taking advantage of policy loopholes through fake divorces and other means.
It is precisely because of this that Xu Dong plans to let his parents live alone to avoid future housing reforms.
"Old man, is our country really going to collect property tax?"
Xu's mother usually doesn't care much about national affairs, so she can only ask Xu's father for confirmation.
Father Xu nodded: "Dongzi is right, there are indeed many rumors in this regard recently."
Now it was Xu's mother's turn to hesitate. Since property taxes had to be collected, household division was not unacceptable, but she still couldn't get over that hurdle in her heart.
Elderly people tend to be conservative in their thinking and do not want to be separated from their children, even in name only.
Xu Dong decided to add fuel to the fire: "Mom, isn't it just a few hundred thousand yuan a year? It's not a big deal. If you don't want to, then forget it."
"What, hundreds of thousands every year, how come there are so many?" Xu's mother exclaimed.
"Of course, when the state levies real estate tax, it must be on the more expensive house. Our courtyard house is valued at 100 million, which is no problem. According to international practice, even if it only levies a tax of 0.5%, it will still cost 50 million a year.
One hundred thousand."
Xu Dong is actually talking nonsense. Even if property tax is levied, it will be levied based on the area of the house. It is impossible to simply regard the number of houses as the tax standard.
"Forget it, isn't it just a household division? Your father and I agreed."
Xu's mother immediately changed her attitude. It was not easy to make money at home, hundreds of thousands a year. It was scary to think about it.
Xu Dong was secretly happy, but he was still trying to persuade him: "Mom, it really doesn't matter, our family is not short of this little money."
Xu Ma waved her hand fiercely, indicating that the matter was settled and there was no need to waste any more words.
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Early the next morning, Xu's father and Xu's mother came to the district government affairs hall with their ID cards (including Xu Dong's), household register, real estate certificate, and certification materials issued by the street office.
We queued up to get a number, and soon it was the old couple's turn.
"Hello, we would like to apply for household division." Dad Xu said.
The clerk glanced at the old couple and reminded them kindly: "If the household is divided between children, the children need to come in person."
"We want to divide the households ourselves. My wife and I are the ones who settled in the households because of our children." Father Xu explained.
"Oh, in your case, you need to provide the local private property ownership certificate. If you cannot provide it, you will not be able to split your household, or you can choose to move back to the place of your original household registration."
Father Xu took out the real estate certificate and handed it over, "Is this it? This is the house we just bought."
The clerk took it and took a look and immediately nodded: "Yes, since you have independent real estate in Yanjing, according to the regulations, you can divide the households."
"Thank you then." Father Xu said politely.
Ten minutes later, Xu's father and Xu's mother finally got the fresh household registration book. From now on, they and their youngest son's family are nominally two families.
Although she was a little reluctant, thinking of the hundreds of thousands of real estate taxes every year, Xu Ma simply threw this unwillingness out of her mind.