Reborn in a virtual world, before the house was taken away

Chapter 481 Gossip

About ten minutes later, the bricklayer arrived.

Director Ning gave a brief introduction to both parties and then handed over the remaining time to them.

As the director of the subdistrict office, she is extremely busy every day.

All sorts of things, big and small, kept coming in one after another.

He Yong'an stayed in Director Ning's office for a while and figured it out.

Since the bricklayers had arrived, they didn't stay at the neighborhood office any longer.

After greeting Director Ning, I left the subdistrict office.

The two walked and talked as they headed towards their own yard.

As soon as I entered the alley, I heard several women talking loudly:

"Really, would I lie to you? I passed by yesterday evening, and the courtyard was wide open, with no one there."

“You know what, my husband saw it yesterday too, and he told me about it when he got back.”

"What's going on with those other families? They're usually so capable, how come they all moved away so quickly? Why did they run away so fast, like they were being chased by dogs?"

"Yes, I'm wondering the same thing. We know what kind of people those families are, so it's really unexpected that they moved away so quickly."

"You said they're new here, do they have some connections? Otherwise, I think this will be very difficult."

As long-time residents of this alley, no one knows the situation of each household better than they do.

When No. 43 was going to be offered for sale, they were the first to receive the news.

These days, every household has a house. Number 43 is nearby, so if they could buy it for their son, it would be very convenient for them to move around.

In the end, none of the people nearby had this idea.

The courtyard was large enough that even if the seller lowered the price, it was still beyond the reach of ordinary families.

Another reason is that, as neighbors, no one knows better than them how difficult those households are.

This isn't just one or two companies, but a total of four.

In their view, spending so much money to buy such a big problem is really not worth it.

Even if you buy the house, without pulling strings, it might take at least a year or two to completely take it back.

After all, the rental of courtyard No. 43 was handled by the subdistrict office, following the proper procedures.

The neighborhood committee notified them to move out, but with such a large family and their current housing conditions, it's not certain they can find a suitable place in time.

If they use this as an excuse, the neighborhood committee will not be able to forcefully expel them.

And so, the house remained vacant for a while.

Those who hold the property ownership certificate cannot move in.

Those who have already moved in absolutely refuse to move out.

They were puzzled when they heard that the house had been sold, wondering how it could have been sold so easily.

This was somewhat unexpected for them.

But what surprised them even more was that the house had been sold, and less than a month later, the original residents had slunk away and moved out.

That's incredible speed!

But it did open their eyes.

Could it be that they misunderstood before, and those original residents were just empty shells, like paper tigers that could be easily broken?

Just when they were doubting themselves, one of the older women cleared up their doubts.

Perhaps sensing the sensitive nature of the topic, she looked around before speaking in a low voice:

"You know, right? There was that widow Wang who used to live at number 43. I heard she went to her son's factory and caused a scene twice, all because of the house."

They said that the factory had originally planned to keep dragging things out because they saw their difficulties.

Unexpectedly, after Widow Wang made a scene a second time, her son was given a major demerit by the factory. The factory's union chairman said that if he didn't move out within two days, he would be fired.

My brother-in-law works at her son's factory. He said the notices of demerit and punishment have been issued and are posted on the bulletin board.

That's how Widow Wang and her children managed to move them so easily.

After all, compared to a formal job, this rented house is far less important.

These days, if a family loses a permanent employee, it's no different from the sky falling down.

That's how they managed to subdue that widow Wang.

When the others heard her say that, they all covered their mouths, their eyes widening in disbelief.

"My God, is this for real? Does the factory handle this so strictly? I've never heard of that."

This is truly bizarre. A similar incident happened in the alley next door, and the two sides ended up arguing at the factory.

But what could the factory do? They could only try to smooth things over between the two sides.

That's truly a case of each side having their own version of the truth.

They still remember that incident to this day. It dragged on for a long time, and now there's still one family living in that house, and they're still arguing about it.

“It’s absolutely true. My brother-in-law was also very surprised, which is why he told the family about it.”

"Hey, if the factory could handle things like this in the future, it would save us a lot of trouble and worry."

"What good ideas are you having? I think this is unlikely."

The factory doesn't usually get involved in things like this; this is probably a special case.

The person speaking didn't explain things clearly.

Last night, her husband told her that the person who bought house number 43 was probably someone important.

After all, four families lived at number 43 before. Even if Widow Wang's family was an exception, what about the other families?

It should be noted that, apart from Widow Wang's family, the other three families among those four households were not to be trifled with either.

But this time, all four households moved away quietly.

It didn't even cause a ripple.

If someone hadn't seen the front door open yesterday and there hadn't been any noise in the yard, many people who were at work during the day wouldn't have known what had happened.

This is not something ordinary people can do.

Her husband told her that she absolutely must not offend such a person.

Tell her to keep her mouth shut.

But the woman was always quick to speak, and seeing that the others were talking back and forth without getting to the point, she couldn't help but say a few words.

But she knew what was important and didn't say anything more.

This alone was enough to surprise the people around them.

Seeing this, she didn't say anything more and just listened silently to the gossip of others.

The group was still chattering amongst themselves when suddenly two people turned into the alley.

One of them was a bricklayer from the alley next door. This bricklayer was skilled and paid reasonably. Most people in the area who needed house repairs would go to him.

The person next to him was wearing a military uniform.

Upon closer inspection, it was still an unfamiliar face.

The two walked side by side, exchanging a few words occasionally.