In the evening, sister and brother Li Lijun came home from get out of class and almost got into a fight over who should take a shower first.
Finally Wang Xiaojuan stood up and said, "Lijun, you are the elder sister and you can't give way to your younger brother?"
Li Lijun snorted and turned her head, and the quarrel between the two ended.
Li Dawei sat under the electric light and read the newspaper, asking Li Manjun repeatedly about how he made money.
Li Manjun said what she could about picking up trash, and Li Dawei said nothing more about her making a career out of picking up trash.
"The soy sauce factory is going to be rebuilt. It seems that they are planning to build a building to serve as government welfare housing. Should we also apply for one?" Li Dawei said suddenly.
Wang Xiaojuan, who was handing her son a clean school uniform, asked in surprise: "Is it true?"
Li Dawei nodded, "What Director Jiang said is probably true. I used to envy other people's workplaces for being allocated welfare housing. This time it should be our turn."
"It's just that the place is a little remote." The soy sauce factory is still some distance from the town, and I don't know why the house was built there. It's only half an hour away, surrounded by farmland, and the roads are not easy to walk.
It is said that the road will be built in conjunction with it, but it is not clear how to do it and when it will be completed.
The most important thing is that Li Dawei feels that this matter is not that simple.
But when he inquired about it, everyone said that there was nothing happening there, and that it might just be a separate welfare house.
"The relationship is great. Does our family meet the standards? How much do we have to pay?" Wang Xiaojuan asked enthusiastically.
The house in the unit is worth the money, and they may not be able to afford it.
Maybe it was because Li Manjun had just bought a water heater for her home, and the couple treated her as an adult and asked Li Manjun what she thought.
What the couple means is that it will be of great benefit to live in a separate apartment, whether they live in it or not.
Li Manjun asked doubtfully: "Does our family have money?"
Although the work unit allocated welfare housing, she still had to hand over two or three thousand. She remembered that Wang Xiaojuan had previously said that she was going to use the money to send Li Jianjun to the city to attend high school.
"How much do you have to pay?" Li Manjun has never lived in this era and is still a little unfamiliar with it.
She has no idea about housing in the town, but Heather Town is only an hour and a half drive from Rongcheng. If there is a highway in the future, the value of houses in Heather Town will definitely increase.
But that will be at least ten years later.
Li Manjun only regretted that she was not a native of Rongcheng in her previous life, otherwise she would have known the future development direction of Heather Town.
But no matter what, it is always good to buy a house.
"It might cost three to four thousand." Li Dawei looked at Wang Xiaojuan. She had the financial power in the family, and he didn't know how much money the family had.
Wang Xiaojuan hissed, her excited expression gradually faded away, and she made a calculation in her mind.
Taking into account the expenses for her son's high school education, her daughter's tuition, and the family's living expenses, even the money Li Manjun left in her hands was worth six thousand yuan.
If we really pay three to four thousand, it won't be enough for our son to go to high school.
Wang Xiaojuan was very persistent in sending Li Jianjun to high school in the city, and Li Dawei was also supportive. He felt that academic qualifications were very useful, so he would definitely give the children the best education within his ability.
Li Manjun also made a calculation in her mind. She was wondering whether she could buy this house.
The market economy is going to be completely liberalized next year. After the above-mentioned symposium, the real estate industry in the south will also enter a blowout era.
Then came the real estate speculation craze and the real estate bubble.
In a few years, with the rise of commercial housing, welfare housing will be cancelled, and housing prices will soar like wild horses running wild.
And Heather Town does have development potential.
If she remembered correctly, Rongcheng in later generations continued to expand to surrounding villages and towns, and all adjacent villages and towns were planned to be within the scope of Rongcheng.
Now that the country's high-speed network has just been rolled out, the geographical advantage of Heather Town is not obvious yet, but as long as transportation develops, it will take at most half an hour from Heather Town to Rongcheng.
If the two places are connected by subway, Heather Town might be able to squeeze into the fourth and fifth ring roads.
Li Manjun's heart moved slightly when he thought about the house prices of nearly 20,000 yuan in the fourth and fifth rings of Rongcheng in later generations.
Li Dawei and his wife were stumped by money and were still hesitating.
Li Manjun returned to the bedroom, opened the newly bought facial cream to do skin care before going to bed, and suddenly felt that this investment was very cost-effective.
Four thousand yuan is no burden to her now, but if she pays for it, what will be written on the property title of the house?
Will her parents agree to put her name on the property deed?
Li Manjun was a little hesitant again. She didn't want to be the one to blame. There were three siblings in the family. She didn't mind who would live in the house in the end, but she had to control the right to sell the house.
"It's so comfortable to take a shower." Li Lijun wiped her hair and walked in. When she saw her sister sitting at the desk applying facial cream in front of the mirror, she rushed over in surprise.
"Wow, it's a colorful face cream!" Li Lijun looked at her sister expectantly, "Sister, please let me use it~"
Li Manjun nodded funnyly and motioned for her to get it herself.
Li Lijun immediately threw away the dry towel, scooped out a little bit of milky white cream with her hands, dabbed it on her face, and then spread it all over.
"It smells so good~, how much does it cost?" Li Lijun felt that it was great to be able to make money. She could buy whatever she wanted without having to ask her parents for it and be told that she was spending money indiscriminately or dressing up.
Li Manjun covered the cream and put it in his own drawer. He smiled lightly and said, "It's not expensive, just a few dollars."
It is a small iron box with a capacity of 40 grams. There are flowers printed on the lid, giving it a feeling of old Shanghai during the Republic of China.
Compared with the big-name skin care products that cost tens of thousands in later generations, Li Manjun really feels that the old domestic products are so cheap that it feels distressing.
She doesn't have high requirements for skin care products, just moisturizing and moisturizing is enough. She streamlines her skin care, goes to bed early and gets up early, and exercises more. She has never had any problems with her skin.
She also has this face. Her skin is naturally good and resistant to sun exposure. She was running outside throughout May and didn’t wear much sunscreen, so she didn’t get much tan.
Li Lijun dried her hair and couldn't help smelling the fragrance remaining on her fingers, and sighed again:
"It's great to be able to make money."
Li Manjun took off his shoes and lay down on his little bed, smiling and saying: "It's better to study."
Li Lijun pouted, "What's so good about studying? Reading, doing homework and writing papers all day long is not good at all!"
She didn't do well in the exam and was scolded by her parents, saying that all her reading went into the dog's belly, as if she had never worked hard.
Some people are born with good brains, like Li Lanfang, who studies while doing farm work, and can easily get the first place.
Moreover, she doesn’t study anymore, which shows that she also feels that studying is not good at all.
"Sister, isn't it fun outside? Why do they all want to work outside?" Li Lijun sat on the edge of the bed and asked curiously while combing her hair.
Li Manjun closed her eyes and felt sleepy. When she heard Li Lijun's question, she felt as if she was looking out to the outside world.