Chapter 298: Choosing a Room and Seizing Power

"Director Wang, the dean asked me to inform you that tomorrow morning, everyone from the institute and the hospital will go to the conference room to choose a house in the order of the previous lottery.

By the way, all employees have unanimously agreed that you will be the first one to be selected tomorrow."

In the office, the dean's secretary said to Wang Mengde with a smile on his face.

The building built by the Chinese Medical Research Institute with funds raised was finally completed in May.

Considering that many employees were waiting to get married after receiving the houses, President Lu discussed with other vice presidents and decided to divide the houses tomorrow.

It's a good opportunity to take advantage of the weather now while it's not too hot and let those people get married quickly to avoid suffering in July and August.

"Okay, please make the trip. I'll be there tomorrow morning."

Wang Mengde said with a smile.

As for letting him choose first, he accepted it with peace of mind.

After all, it was thanks to him that their unit was able to build the house smoothly.

At that time, he could tell at a glance that Wilson had a health problem and prevented the other party's condition from developing to an uncontrollable level.

Then Wilson donated one million dollars to Guang'anmen Hospital out of gratitude.

Of course, this foreign exchange could not be kept in the hospital, so the state converted it into Chinese currency according to the exchange rate, and the money was temporarily placed in the Guang'anmen Hospital's small treasury.

Later, with the unanimous consent of all employees, the money was used to build staff dormitories.

noon.

In the cafeteria, Qian Dayong still had his beard and his arms were muscular. People who didn’t know him would never think that he was a doctor.

He, Zhu Tao and Wang Mengde found a corner with few people and asked curiously:

"Meng De, we will be assigned houses tomorrow. Which floor do you want to choose?"

In the winter of the year before last, before the money arrived, President Lu had already started preparing for building the house.

The first thing is the drawings, and we are prepared to build according to the drawings that have already been completed.

That is, a long corridor connects many single rooms. The two ends of the long corridor are ventilated and shaped like a tube, a typical tube building structure.

The goal is not to provide living comfort, but to build as many rooms as possible so that every family can have a room.

It is a simple one-bedroom and one-living room layout, and the kitchen and bathroom are shared by several families.

Later, as the number of foreign patients increased and more foreign exchange was earned, Wang Mengde proposed to apply for more funds from his superiors to build family housing.

Dean Lu took the initiative to do so and went to his superiors, where he persuaded them with many tricks and finally managed to apply for a large sum of funding.

With this money, all the employees, including President Lu, started to think about it. No one wanted to live in that kind of cramped tube-shaped building.

So, there were new building drawings.

The new buildings abandoned the tube-shaped building structure and, under the suggestion of Wang Mengde, formed the residential style of the millennium.

It is planned to be built in a six-story building with five units in each building, based on the structure of one elevator and four households.

Of course, this ladder is a staircase, not an elevator.

Elevators are rare in this day and age. If you really use an elevator in a residential building, you will probably be inspected before the building is even completed.

“Haha, I’m going to choose the third floor.

The fourth, fifth and sixth floors are too high, and it is inconvenient to go up and down. The first floor is too low and a bit shady. The sunlight on the second floor is not good and is easily blocked. The third floor is the most suitable.”

Wang Mengde said with a smile.

Since he learned that he would have to choose a house soon, he discussed it with his family.

Although Ran Xiaomei and her family have no experience of living in an apartment building, they often discuss the pros and cons of each floor with their neighbors in the alley.

In addition, he came from the future, so he naturally knew which level was the best.

"I also wanted to choose the third floor, but unfortunately my hand is too smelly, and I drew a number over 700. I guess by then, all the good floors will have been chosen."

Beside him, Zhu Tao said with a sigh.

"Haha, Taozi, you're not the last one, there are still about 200 people behind you."

Qian Dayong said with a gloating look.

He was lucky this time as he was ranked within the top 100. He thought about it for a while and felt that he could probably choose a better floor given his level.

Moreover, his position was higher, which was just enough for him to choose a two-bedroom house, which was better than Zhu Tao's one-bedroom house.

Most of the dozen or so buildings built this time are one-bedroom units, with a small number of two-bedroom units and only more than thirty three-bedroom units.

"Alas, there is no difference between me, who is ranked over 700, and over 900. I guess they are all the top floors left over after being selected."

Zhu Tao sighed again.

Up to now, there are more than 900 new employees in the Chinese Medical Research Institute and Guang'anmen Hospital.

"Okay, don't sigh. It's good enough to have a house to share. My childhood friends are still living in the same room with our parents.

We slept on the same kang with a curtain covering it, which made it inconvenient to do anything at night. Now that you have your own room, you should be happy. "

Seeing that he was unhappy, Qian Dayong tried to persuade him in a low voice.

He was not saying this to comfort himself. There were not enough houses in the capital to begin with. In the first few years after liberation, a large number of rural people poured in to develop industry and commerce.

Among these people, a large number of them eventually stayed in the capital.

Coupled with the rapid population growth, the generation around the founding of the People's Republic of China is now almost adulthood.

This has led to an extreme housing shortage, especially in large courtyards, where it is very common to see a whole family of three generations squeezed into one room.

Not to mention anything else, this is the case with the Jia family, with six people living in one room.

"Yes, we are all lucky. I also have two childhood friends. After they got married, they also lived with their parents, which was inconvenient in many ways."

After being reminded, Zhu Tao also reacted. He perked up and said with a smile:

"This is all thanks to Brother Meng De. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have been able to live in the apartment allocated by the company so early, and without spending a penny.

I have a friend whose company is also planning to build a house this year, but they need everyone to raise funds, and everyone will have to contribute a lot of money. "

Originally, after estimation, it was found that the money allocated by the state might not be enough, so it was planned to let all employees chip in some money.

Later, Wang Mengde cured more and more foreign patients.

Many patients, perhaps in order to please or to establish good relationships, will give extra money as a reward for their hard work.

As expected, the money was taken back by the superiors.

Then, there will be enough money to build the house, and even a lot of surplus.

Early the next morning.

As soon as I arrived at the research institute, I was surrounded by Wei Ming and a few others and walked towards the conference room.

"Director Wang is here, please come in."

Director Gao, who was in charge of logistics, saw Wang Mengde coming and hurriedly bent down and said with a smile on his face.

When I entered the conference room, I saw a huge floor plan hanging on the wall. Although it was a bit simple, it was still clear enough to see.

Next to them, there were three people sitting there, ready to register.

Wang Mengde didn't waste any time and directly chose the building with the best location, the third floor of the middle three units.

"I want this one, unit 3, 303." "Wow, Director Wang, you picked a good location. Two of the three-bedroom apartments are on the sunny side. Although the living room faces north, it does not affect the lighting."

Director Gao gave a thumbs up.

I was also very envious of the house chosen by Wang Mengde.

Unfortunately, with his level, he could only choose a two-bedroom apartment, and the number he drew was at the back, just like Zhu Tao's.

"Thank you, Director Gao. I want this one.

Nothing else, I'll go back first, I can't delay other comrades from choosing a room, and I have things to do at the hospital."

Wang Mengde said with a smile.

"Okay, Director Wang, you go ahead and do your work first."

Director Gao smiled as he escorted him out of the meeting room, then began to call on others to line up to choose a room.

On the way, Wei Ming and a few others were excitedly discussing the issue of dividing the houses.

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"You guys should study hard. After a few years, if you can stay in the Chinese Medical Research Institute or Guang'anmen Hospital to work, you will also have a share of this house.

You may not know this, but there are more than a thousand houses being built this time. All regular employees will receive one house, so there are still more than three hundred houses left.

These houses are reserved for employees who join later, so you know what to do now.”

Wang Mengde told everyone the news he knew.

In fact, there were a few people who gave up on dividing the houses, such as Mr. Pu. He was used to living in a courtyard house and was not very willing to live in an apartment building.

In addition, there are quite a few rooms once you enter the courtyard, enough for a family to live in.

"Master, don't worry, we will study hard and strive to work in the research institute in a few years."

Sure enough, after hearing his words, Wei Ming and his friends were excited and secretly decided to study hard.

night.

arrive home.

When Ran Xiaomei and He Shengnan learned that the house had been chosen, they couldn't sit still anymore.

After they finished their meal and did their housework, the two of them sat in the living room discussing when to move in.

"There are three rooms. Shengnan and you two will live in the largest one. Your dad and I will take Yuanxun and the others to live in the smaller one. The smallest room will be for the Yuanchao brothers."

Ran Xiaomei spoke up.

Seeing that her daughter-in-law wanted to object, she hurriedly persuaded her: "After all, this is a house allocated by Meng De's unit. Just listen to your mother on this matter. Let's not argue about it."

Seeing her mother-in-law's resolute attitude, He Shengnan did not continue to argue, but talked about the matter of moving:

"Mom, when are we going to move in?

I heard from Meng De that there is heating in the winter, the house is very warm, and there is a separate toilet and kitchen.

I don’t need to go to the bathhouse to take a shower anymore, and it’s much more convenient to cook without being exposed to the wind and sun.”

"Don't worry, if we move now, the children will be in trouble.

It’s not a good idea to transfer to another school now, as it will affect your grades. It’s better to wait until August or September to move.”

Ran Xiaomei thought about it and then said.

The Wang Yuanchao brothers are about to graduate from junior high school. Their grades are at the bottom of the class and they can only barely get a junior high school diploma. It is extremely difficult for them to get into high school or technical secondary school.

But Wang Yuandi and his brother's grades are pretty good, and she doesn't want to lose the big picture for the small, and delay her grandsons' studies in order to move into their new home earlier.

“Yeah, then we’ll move in August.

Oh, by the way, Mom, now that we have moved away, what should we do with this place? It’s not a good idea to leave it empty.”

"Haha, how can we leave it empty? Even though we've moved over there, we'll keep this place as well. We can come and stay for a few days on weekends.

This house was bought with our family’s own money, so we can’t lose it. Yuan Chao and his family will need the house when they get married in the future.”

Ran Xiaomei had already made plans. In order to shut some people up, she planned to live back and forth between the two places to prevent some people with ulterior motives from doing bad things.

She guessed it right.

A few days later, the news that Wang Mengde's unit had been allocated a building spread throughout the compound.

The Jia family next door.

At the dinner table, Jia Zhang suddenly said:
"Dongxu, Wang Mengde and his family are planning to move out in a few months, so the house will be vacant. Go find Yi Zhonghai and ask him to be a middleman and sell the house next door to our family at a lower price."

After hearing the news today, she has been thinking about it in her mind.

My eldest grandson Banggeng is already in his teens. When he finds a partner in a few years, he will definitely need a house.

It's hard to find a job these days. Without a job and a house, you won't find a girl willing to be with you.

So she planned to use the pension money she had saved, plus the subsidy she received when Jia Dongxu was injured, to buy a house for Banggeng in advance.

“Why should I spend money on it?

Now that they have moved out, the house should be returned to the street. I will go to the street leaders tomorrow and ask them to rent the house to our family."

Jia Dongxu stiffened his neck and said as if it was a matter of course.

It was very inconvenient for their family of six to live in one room. He had looked for a house to rent on the street several times.

Unfortunately, houses are scarce nowadays, and there are many young people of marriageable age waiting in line on the streets for a house to use for their marriage.

Naturally, his request could not be met.

This time, Wang Mengde’s family was moving away, and he thought the opportunity had come.

Next to her, Qin Huairu had not intended to speak, but seeing her husband's childish thoughts, she said with some tiredness:

"Dongxu, the house next door was bought by Wang Mengde's family, and they still have the property title. Even if they move out, the street office can't take it back."

"Humph, I don't believe that the people on the street don't care."

In addition to the old Jia family, many families in the courtyard and even in the alley had various thoughts after hearing that Wang Mengde's family was going to move away.

Some were eyeing houses, while others were eyeing other things.

For example, Xu Damao sensed an opportunity for improvement. Once Wang Mengde left, one of the three uncles in the courtyard would be missing. The ideas that had been buried in his heart for a long time came to his mind again.

The time for me to seize power has finally come.

The next night.

The backyard is full of bangs.

Xu Damao walked into the Liu family carrying an old hen, some eggs, and two bottles of good wine.

"Auntie, this is an old hen given to me by a fellow villager. I can't cook by myself, so I'd like to trouble you to kill it and stew it for me and Uncle to drink tonight."

"Oh, Damao is here. You came just as you said you would, and brought so many things with you."

In the living room, Liu Haizhong, who was sitting on a chair listening to the radio, saw what he was holding in his hand and hurriedly said with a fake smile.

After three rounds of wine, the five flavors of food are over.

Xu Damao's face flushed. He stared at Liu Haizhong and said in a low voice:
"Uncle, someone is eyeing your position!"

(End of this chapter)