Chapter 865: Chapter 866: 1960s Quadrangle 114

“Sis.”

“Brother-in-law.”

“Xiao Min.” Zhang Li pushed the trolley to the arrival area, only to see Zhang Yu holding a bouquet of flowers.

“Sis, you even brought me flowers.”

“Didn’t think you would bother.” Although Zhang Li verbally seemed unimpressed, her hands honestly took the flowers.

“For my sister, who I’ve not seen for so long, of course I should bring you flowers.”

“Right, sis, don’t you think I’m prettier than the flowers?” Zhang Li held the flowers next to her face, asking Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu kept nodding, “Yes, yes, yes, of course my sister is the prettiest.”

“Let’s go, let’s head back.”

“Oh, by the way, sis, we’ve got a few more places in the four courtyards.”

Though he never asked Zhang Li, Zhang Yu knew they would probably want to live in the four courtyards.

A few more places in the four courtyards? Zhang Li was perplexed, “Did the work unit distribute houses?”

“But that’s not right either; most of the houses are owned by the steel rolling mill.” Although there are some under private names, more of them are owned by the steel rolling mill.

“Yi Family’s house was sold to us, and Xu Damao’s house was given to us as well.” And the price wasn’t very high, it’s certainly an opportunity not to be missed.

Of course, after this news spread, many people said that Zhang Yu was a fool; having money but not knowing to buy apartment buildings, insisting on buying houses in the four courtyards.

“Why would they sell the houses?” Zhang Li knew their houses were privately owned, just curious why they would sell them.

“Yi Zhonghai’s grandson is getting married, but the bride doesn’t want to live in a four-courtyard house, so the two elders plan to buy two adjacent apartments.”

“As for Xu Damao, he cheated the neighbors’ money and took off. Qin Huairu didn’t have a job, later found a man, sold the house, and didn’t care about Bang Geng and the others.”

Zhang Yu knew what Qin Huairu was like, she really was quite heartless, but he never thought she could be heartless to this extent.

Zhang Li’s mouth opened wide, “Oh my god, Qin Huairu actually abandoned her kids?”

“She could ignore Lady Jia Zhang, ignore Sha Zhu, but she did so much, wasn’t it all for her children.”

Zhang Li didn’t know what to say, “This woman is really incomprehensible.”

“It’s not surprising. Treating Bang Geng well because he’s a son, but now he can’t carry on the family line, Qin Huairu has long disliked this son.”

“As for Xiao Dang, just a girl, she doesn’t like her either.”

“Plus they don’t go out to work, just waiting for Qin Huairu to feed them, she definitely won’t keep it up.”

If someone is willing to pay for raising the kids, of course Qin Huairu is happy to be a good wife and mother.

But now that there is no one to help raise the kids, how could Qin Huairu continue?

“Let’s drop it, don’t mention them anymore, anyhow, all those annoying people in the four courtyards are gone now.” Zhang Yu’s consideration is, if possible, he hopes to buy up all the four courtyards.

However, there’s no rush, especially since the property rights currently belong to the steel rolling mill; without housing reform, it’s truly a risk.

Of course, even if it can’t be bought, with the few houses currently in hand, sprucing them up a bit, life can still be good.

“Oh right, He Yushui came to see me before, said he wanted to sell the house in the four courtyards.” Zhou Zhitao remembered encountering He Yushui the day before.

He Family wants to sell their house, hearing this news, Zhang Yu was not too surprised, “Indeed, their kids are also growing up.”

“And together with Sha Zhu, they’ve opened a restaurant and have made quite a bit of money.”

“Along with Bang Geng and the others.” After Qin Huairu left, leaving behind two kids who only occasionally go out to work, as long as they have money on hand, they don’t want to go out and earn money.

Knowing that the He siblings were making money from the restaurant, Bang Geng set his sights on them. Yushui was worried that Sha Zhu might become confused again, so she wants to sell the house.

“Buy it?” Zhou Zhitao didn’t understand why his wife was so fond of buying courtyard houses.

Living in a house for a long time does create attachment, but that doesn’t mean you have to keep buying courtyard houses.

“Yeah, no high-rise building can compare to a courtyard house.” Slowly buying up all the courtyard houses, the price of these houses can definitely be astounding.

“Sister, I support you, really, if possible, buy the entire courtyard house.”

“Whether we rent it out or resell it later, we can make a lot of money.”

Zhang Li, who had spent a long time abroad, thought that Zhang Yu’s idea was excellent, “Looking across the whole Capital City, how many such courtyard houses are there?”

“Not selling, not renting, I want to keep it for our family to live in.”

“When the time comes, I’ll properly renovate the house, then plant flowers and such; it’ll surely be the perfect place for retirement.” Zhang Yu had it all planned out; they wouldn’t go anywhere and would stay in the courtyard house.

Retirement? Zhang Li, who had just returned to the country and was ready to make a name for herself domestically, felt uneasy upon hearing this.

“Sis, why talk about retirement all of a sudden?”

“We should strive for the construction of the Four Modernizations.” Zhang Li said passionately.

Looking at the passionate Zhang Li, Zhang Yu felt helpless and kept agreeing, right, right, right.

Zhou Zhitao watched his wife nodding continuously and held back for a long time before he could keep himself from laughing.

“By the way, sister, next week, when do you and brother-in-law have time for both families to meet?”

“What?” Zhang Yu was shocked and looked at Zhang Li incredulously, not believing this kind of news was generally startling.

Zhou Zhitao, as the brother-in-law, shouldn’t be too involved in his sister-in-law’s marriage matters. He too was shocked when he suddenly heard that she was getting married, “Getting married?”

Zhang Li nodded, “With someone I studied abroad with, but he returned to the country two years before me.”

“So you maintained a long-distance relationship? No, an international romance?” Zhang Yu had never imagined that Zhang Li could stick through an international romance.

Zhou Min couldn’t stop nodding, “Right, sis, you’re really amazing.”

“When you meet the right person, you want to give it a try. I never thought we could persevere.” Zhang Li was also surprised.

“Since we have persevered, let’s get married.” Zhang Li was not a timid person.

Okay, that statement was fine. Zhang Yu just wanted to know if the other party was aware of her return.

“Of course, he knows, but he is on a business trip and won’t be back until next week.”

“I also have to wrap up my work before I can return.” Although it was a bit regrettable, it didn’t matter; their relationship didn’t hinge on these things.

Even though they hadn’t seen their future brother-in-law, they still needed to know about him. Being able to study abroad implied that he had the necessary capability.

“He works in scientific research,” Zhang Li briefly mentioned, “in mechanical research.”

“As for the specifics of his research, I don’t quite understand.” Her suitor had briefly mentioned it, but unfortunately, Zhang Li didn’t understand and didn’t remember.

Working in the field of mechanical research, huh? Zhang Yu gave an acknowledging sound, “Right, where are you going to work?”

Zhang Yu knew that this girl had said her job was already settled, but exactly where was kept a secret.

Now that they’ve met, it was natural to ask seriously.

“I’m going to the High Court, and then I’ll go back to teaching students.” Zhang Li said excitedly.

Both a judge and a teacher, Zhang Yu was really worried, “Can your body handle it?”

“No problem.” Just these trifles, Zhang Li expressed that for her, they were not difficult at all.

Looking at her arrogant little sister, Zhang Yu sighed and didn’t bother talking to this show-off any longer.