Chapter 206: Chapter 206: The Sadness of Parting
Buying houses has become the explosive news on everyone’s lips in the village.
However, once the initial price range leaked out, most people shut their mouths.
An apartment of modest size was starting at two thousand yuan.
Those with better floors and larger sizes were even more expensive, at least several thousand yuan more.
Such prices were out of reach for ordinary families.
Of course, for the Yue Family, the prices were still within an acceptable range.
After all, someone in the family was in business, and they had gotten nearly two thousand yuan in compensation from the marriage scam by the Yu Family.
With all the money on hand, they could afford to buy about two apartments.
The apartments in the city weren’t bigger than those in the village, and two would be just enough for their living needs.
Lin Chunju and Yue Xiaofang would live in one, while the eldest’s family would live in the other.
As for Yue Jianxi, he was set on staying in Daye Village, and Lin Chunju decided to respect her child’s wishes.
But she had always been fair and just, so if they were to use their savings to buy houses, she couldn’t treat the second eldest’s family unfairly.
The family’s land and the rented fishpond had been transferred to Yue Jianxi’s name.
Naturally, the old Yue Family house would belong to the second eldest’s family after they left.
With this calculation, no family would be at a loss.
Only Yue Jiannan hadn’t settled down yet.
After all, Lin Chunju didn’t know whether the youngster would become a city dweller by studying on his own or whether he would return to the village dejectedly.
They would make a plan when the time came.
As Lin Chunju arranged everything one by one, Zhang Ying and Wang Xiaoni were teary-eyed.
Lin Chunju could only reassure them, “The policy is just a rumor for now. Moving to the city would take at least half a year to a year, depending on when the houses are ready.”
At this time, houses on sale were existing properties.
Although the Yue Family had the money ready, they couldn’t buy a house yet.
With her saying this, the mood of the family members improved slightly.
In the following days, life became even more modest and harmonious.
Even Yue Xiaohu seemed to understand that his sister was leaving, and he no longer talked back to Yue Xingxing, becoming an obedient younger brother.
In the school, the children had already heard that Yue Qingqing and Yue Xingxing would be going to study outside in the future.
They were all quite envious.
To them, the city was like heaven.
They heard that every household had a TV, and one could wear new clothes not just during the New Year but at other times too.
The teachers were all happy for them as well.
Sun Yueyue took the two children back to the dormitory and gave each of them a notebook.
The cover was very cartoonish, featuring a gray cat brandishing its claws at a tan mouse.
“You are both smart kids. When you go to the city, you must study hard.”
Yue Xingxing’s eyes reddened as she whispered, “Teacher Sun, we will miss you.”
Yue Qingqing’s face was also full of reluctance.
Teacher Sun wiped the corner of her eye emotionally, “Good children, the teacher will miss you too.”
Yue Qingqing hugged Sun Yueyue’s arm and earnestly said, “Teacher, you and Brother Bing will definitely be very happy!”
Upon hearing her speak like a grown-up, Sun Yueyue couldn’t help but smile through her tears.
“Thank you, Qingqing. I’ve received your blessing.”
Actually, she had recently received news that her boyfriend was doing well in the army and had been promoted to an officer.
After demobilization, he would directly obtain a city residence registration.
But she couldn’t afford a house in the city, and her registration was still in Daye Village.
Lately, people had been telling her that her boyfriend would surely find a girl from the city.
After all, according to current policy, the residence registration tends to follow the woman, and her boyfriend would undoubtedly hope for his future child to be a city resident.
Sun Yueyue had originally had a lot of faith in their relationship, but as she heard it repeated again and again, she started to have doubts.
However, for some reason, today, after hearing the child’s blessing, that anxiety seemed to dissipate a great deal.
She hoped for a good outcome.
Sun Yueyue hugged the two children again and said gently, “Go back to the classroom now, class is about to start.”