Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

“What is being built here is currently mainly residential, but shopping malls, bus stations, primary and secondary schools, subways, and hospitals will also be built soon. After all, without infrastructure, it will not develop and people will not be willing to buy. "

"You're quite blunt." Dong Qiangqiang agreed, "That's true."

While the two were talking, the front windshield of the car was quickly covered with a layer of yellow dust. Dong Qiangqiang quickly rolled up the car window to prevent the inside of the car from being invaded by sand and dust.

"I see that none of these workers are wearing masks. Aren't they afraid that SARS will affect the construction schedule?" Dong Qiangqiang asked lightly.

The girl didn't want to face this hot potato directly, so she changed the subject: "Brother, how about we go to see a house first? Do you want to see affordable housing or commercial housing? We have them all here."

"What is a fitness room?" Dong Qiangqiang heard this word for the first time and was very unfamiliar.

Seeing that Dong Qiangqiang was confused, the girl explained: "Affordable housing is affordable housing, and the average price is cheaper than commercial housing."

"How cheap can it be?" There were many vehicles and workers coming and going near the construction site. Dong Qiangqiang didn't dare to be distracted. He drove carefully and answered wordlessly, "Can I use the money to buy one commercial house for two affordable houses?"

"That's not possible." The girl looked embarrassed. "According to the regulations, the same family can only buy one affordable house, and the applicant can only buy an affordable house corresponding to the size of the applicant's family, and the area is limited. And families applying for affordable housing Generally refers to the applicant, spouse and minor children. I am so young that I have no next generation, right? If my brother and sister-in-law have different household registrations or my brother and his parents do not have the same household registration, there should be no problem, but the same person applies for two sets of household registrations. No. To put it simply, you need to apply for one household registration. Brother, if you want to buy multiple units, you can only buy commercial housing. Commercial housing is more expensive, but it has more units than affordable housing and has fewer restrictions."

The road was bumpy, Fukang was swaying, and both people in the car were jolted.

Dong Qiangqiang thought to himself: It seems that if you want to buy two houses, you must have two household registration books. That means you have to separate your household with your parents before you can have two household registration books, one for yourself and one for your parents. In this way, you can buy one set for each family. But having said that, the prerequisite for being able to split up one's household is that he has his own house and address, and only then can the police station register him, otherwise the split will not be possible at all.

The construction site was getting farther and farther away from the two of them, and Fukang was driving more and more smoothly.

"Brother, the sales center of our company is in front of us. How about we take a look at the sand table first? You will have an idea after you see it."

Dong Qiangqiang knew nothing about buying a house, so he drove the car to the sales center.

To his surprise, there were many more people in the sales center than in the 4S. He didn't expect that so many people would gather to view the house. Don't they all have to go to work?

"Are there so many people here every day?" he asked, looking around.

"There have been fewer people recently. In January there were many more people than now." The girl sighed and pointed forward with her hand, "Brother, the sand table is over there."

The sand table of the real estate company was made magnificently and looked very grand. Just as the girl said before, hundreds of model buildings stood proudly at different locations on the sand table. Below the buildings were various infrastructures. Dong Qiangqiang took a look at them. , I feel more prosperous than Frankfurt.

The girl pointed at one of the model buildings and said with a serious look: "Brother, the ten buildings in this area are the Dongyuan District 1 that was just completed and delivered last year. The house types are very rich, including regular units and two-story duplex houses. There are bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens and bathrooms upstairs and downstairs. If you don't like these, there is also a loft room, which also has two floors, but the bedrooms and balconies are upstairs, and the living room, kitchen and bathroom are downstairs. In addition, All our buildings are equipped with elevators. To sum up, the community has many types of units, a good environment, complete community facilities, convenient transportation, and the feedback from the owners who have already moved in is very good."

Dong Qiangqiang's impression was that he didn't see any occupied buildings on the way here, but the girl said that there were already buildings that had been delivered, and he immediately questioned: "Has anyone already moved in?"

"Yes, many owners moved in last year."

“What’s the average price in this area?”

"They range from 2000 to 5000 (one square meter)." "How big (area) are they?"

"There are all large, medium and small apartments. Brother, this is the building." The girl pointed at a building some distance away from Dong Qiangqiang with the laser pointer in her hand. "Small apartments are mainly 55 to 72 square meters, and medium apartments are 80 to 120 square meters." (square meters).”

"Where's the big business?"

"All large-sized existing houses are sold out. If you are interested, you can only buy off-plan. All types of houses have model rooms."

"Then I'll first look at the affordable houses of medium and small sizes that are available in existing houses, preferably low-rise." Dong Qiangqiang intuitively felt that it was unreliable for off-plan houses to remain on paper.

"Okay, let's start from Building 6." The girl was happy when she heard this. She waved her arm forward and motioned Dong Qiangqiang to follow her, "What price do you want to see?"

"It doesn't exceed 3500 (one square meter)." He thought of the average price of old houses he saw in the morning, and couldn't help but sigh. The house prices in Tiantongyuan are still much cheaper than in the city.

The corridor was crowded with patients and family members with sad faces. Father Dong sat on a chair and looked helplessly at the huge number "12" on the TV above his head, and the waiting number in his hand was 18.

"Looking at it like this, it will probably take half an hour to get to me," Dong's father looked around at the patients coming and going and said to Dong's mother beside him, "I didn't expect it would take so long this time."

Dong's mother didn't answer.

Father Dong said again, but when Mother Dong remained silent, Father Dong turned his head and touched Mother Dong's arm with his elbow, and said with a hint of dissatisfaction: "I'm talking to you..."

But I saw Dong's mother closing her eyes tightly and frowning.

"What's wrong?" Father Dong asked with concern, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Mother Dong nodded painfully: "My chest is a little tight and a little painful."

"Then you go back to the ward and lie down for a while, or you can go home directly. I will take care of it myself in a while. I am finally cured after a long illness." Father Dong pretended to be relaxed.

The corners of Dong's mother's mouth twitched slightly, as if she was enduring pain: "Forget it, I'll be with you soon. I'll leave after you finish the examination. If not, just let Qiang Qiang pick me up later."

After finishing speaking, Dong's mother remembered that she had never officially acknowledged to her husband the fact that Dong Qiangqiang was still in Beijing, but the words had been spoken and there was no point in changing her words, and she could not care about these trivial matters.

Father Dong didn't seem to realize this problem. He just picked up one of Mother Dong's hands and put it in his own. He rubbed the wrinkles on the back of Mother Dong's hand distressedly and patted it twice without saying anything.

Mother Dong closed her eyes and slowly leaned her head on Father Dong's shoulder. She didn't want her husband to see how uncomfortable she was. (End of chapter)