newbobooks Chapter 367: Aged Wine in the Basement
Chapter 367: Aged Wine in the Basement
The two went to the street office to apply for reconstruction, but they were quite direct and told them that after reconstruction the house would be rented out first to people introduced by the street office. They could help them apply, otherwise they would apply on their own.
How convenient is it for an individual to apply as opposed to an organization to apply? The purpose is too obvious.
Jiang Yanqiu thought of those top-notch people in novels who couldn't be driven away, and those people who felt like the house was theirs after living there for a long time.
We negotiated terms: "I'll give priority to people from the street, but I'll only rent to educated youth and veterans. We're all educated youth who returned to the city, and we share a deep connection with them. Those who stayed in the city more or less have a place to live, and they want to rent because they find the current living conditions poor. But the educated youth didn't even have a place to live, and they didn't have any money."
If the reconstruction is really completed, I can waive three months of rent for unemployed educated youth, disabled veterans and educated youth, as long as their conditions are verified.
You can get a year's rent waived. If your circumstances are special, you can even apply for a rent reduction.
But their families can’t move in. If they do, I’ll kick them out, even my parents.”
She bought the house to maintain its value, not to collect rent, so why did she only rent it to educated youth and veterans?
Today's soldiers are honest people. With them living in the house, the tenants will be much safer.
As for the educated youth, some of them have empathy, while others have a little selfish motive.
There are all kinds of talents among the educated youth. Maybe they will be useful to me or help me in the future.
When the street office heard that they could rent houses to the educated youth, they agreed without thinking. Their only worry was arranging accommodation for the educated youth.
After the movement ended, more and more educated youth returned to the city due to illness. Not only was it difficult to find jobs, but they also had no place to live.
Every household was arguing over the problem of where the educated youth had to live when they returned to the city.
Jiang Yanqiu can even rent the houses for free to the educated youth in need. How many of the educated youth returning to the city are not in need? If the family conditions in the Corps do not allow it, there is no need to come back.
Most of those who came back to wait for work arrangements were educated youth who had been sent to the countryside to work. Some of them did not even have the money to come back and had to hitchhike back on trains.
After returning home with great difficulty, I was treated as an outsider by my parents and brothers who stayed in the city. Nothing at home had anything to do with them.
Jiang Yanqiu originally thought that the street office would not agree, so she wanted to leave it alone for a few years before rebuilding it. Unexpectedly, the other party agreed without much hesitation.
Even if the street helps with the application, you still have to go through the normal process. Even those from the urban construction team have to queue up.
After returning, the two began to study how to rebuild the house deeds.
Chu Tingnan took a look at the title deed and said in surprise, "I've never seen a title deed before. I didn't expect this house to have two floors, with a height of twelve meters. This must have been a high-end restaurant or something like that."
Jiang Yanqiu was also surprised. "The floor height is twelve meters, so we can build a three-story building. Do the math. Let's not build the row of houses facing the street yet. It will be too late to build them later when the policy is released. It's not cost-effective to build shops now and rent them out. Let's rebuild the back yard into a three-story bungalow first. How much will it cost? I only have 4,000 yuan in cash."
Jiang Yanqiu didn't want to use too much of the money in the space. There were no ways to make money now, so it was better to save some for backup.
As for the shop in front, it was repaired too quickly. If it was rented to a state-owned unit, they might have to take it back later for fear of problems. It would have been better to repair it before the reform and opening up.
Chu Tingnan agreed and said, "I'll go survey it as soon as I get off work tomorrow to see if the old foundation can still be used. If it can, we won't have to rebuild it, which will save us a lot of money. If you don't have enough money, I can lend you some, but I only have 5,000."
Jiang Yanqiu shook her head: "No, I don't have any cash, but I still have small yellow croakers. It's just not worthwhile to exchange them now."
Chu Tingnan actually wanted to ask Jiang Yanqiu how she got so much money and gold, but in the end she didn't ask. After all, everyone has their own secrets, and Jiang Yanqiu wouldn't ask unless she told him.
When Chu Tingnan went to see the foundation, he unexpectedly discovered that there was another layer underground and there were things in the basement.
Even the basement was bombed and still was discovered without any problems. After so many years, the basement has not collapsed. The quality of the foundation is really first-class.
Chu Tingnan opened the exit of the basement, and Jiang Yanqiu went to see it after get off work the next day.
This should be the former warehouse. The food inside has rotted into ashes, but some tools can still be used.
The two of them actually discovered a wine cellar, which contained a row of wine jars, eighty in total, large and small, and there was wine in them.
Jiang Yanqiu discussed with her companions and decided to call Mr. Murong and ask him to come and deal with it. The wine was of no use to them, so it would be better to let the landlord deal with it.
Old Mr. Murong was actually staying in the guesthouse. He didn't want to come at first and let them deal with it as they pleased, but when he heard there was more wine, he immediately said he would come over in a while.
When they met, Mr. Murong, with a slightly embarrassed look on his face, began to explain, "To be honest, my family used to make their fortune by running a restaurant! Our wine and dishes were famously good, especially during the prosperous times. If you wanted to dine at our restaurant, you had to make reservations a long time in advance! But my father had always been in charge of the business. Then he passed away so suddenly, and I really don't know the situation in this basement at all!"
After hearing what Mr. Murong said, Jiang Yanqiu couldn't help but frown. After thinking about it, she couldn't help but express her thoughts: "Then can these wines still be drunk now? After all, so much time has passed."
This wine is at least thirty years old. After being stored for such a long time, I really don't know whether it is still drinkable.
Old Master Murong laughed heartily. "You don't understand. Aged wine is aged wine. If the wine is properly preserved, the older it is, the better. My wine should be well preserved. It's all good wine. If this gets out, there won't be enough wine for everyone to share!"
After saying that, he smiled proudly, with a hint of pride in his eyes.
After arriving, Mr. Murong smelled it carefully and said it was drinkable, but he did not take all the wine away. He only picked up a smaller jar of wine.
After leaving the wine cellar, the old man said, "The wine cellar and basement were fine despite the huge explosion, so there's definitely nothing wrong here. Let's just leave the wine here for now. Each of you take some home to taste, and remember to leave a few jars for me! If it weren't for the accident, fine wines like this, aged for years, would be hard to find! As for the rest, you can handle it as you see fit."
Jiang Yanqiu said to the old man with a smile on her face: "Why don't you go to other rooms and have a look? Maybe you can find the money!"