Two generations of military wives compete for time

Chapter 314: Grandma Huang’s Ancestors’ Old House in Beijing

Ming Yuanhui came home from get off work and went to the bedroom. While changing his clothes, he said, "Yizhen, my comrade who works in the Beijing Housing Management Department called and said that there is some progress on the matter of Grandma Huang's house and land deeds.

He said that when Beijing was just liberated, the government took over the vacant houses left by the wealthy families who had fled abroad. Since the new China had just been established, the government and state-owned units were short of housing, so the vacant houses of the wealthy families were allocated to the families of public officials who had no housing.

Later, the state implemented policies and clearly stipulated that real estate that was supported by house deeds, land deeds and other evidence was considered personal property, and the relevant government departments should handle the property return procedures in accordance with the law.

If Grandma Huang's house and land deeds are verified and certified by the relevant departments and are indeed authentic, the housing management department will return them to Grandma Huang in accordance with national policies."

Qian Yizhen said, "That's great. It means that the dream that Grandma Huang entrusted to me will soon come true. I will go to my great uncle to discuss it and accompany Grandpa Kuang to Beijing as soon as possible, so as to avoid more troubles at night. It will be easier for me to land early and feel relieved, hahaha."

Qian Yizheng didn't wait for Ming Yuanhui to respond before he hurriedly ran to find his uncle Chen Haoyu.

Qian Yizhen came to his great uncle Chen Haoyu's study, knocked on the door, pushed it open, and walked in: "Great uncle, what are you doing? Have you finished writing the letter of entrustment to the son of Mr. Shi Dewang in Beijing? Can we go to Beijing in the next few days to handle the land deed and house deed for Grandma Huang?"

Uncle Chen Haoyu said, "Okay, okay, I've already written the letter. I'll give it to you. Yizhen, how confident are you?"

Qian Yizhen said: "Uncle, Ming Yuanhui's comrade who works in the Beijing Housing Management Department said that as long as the house deeds and land deeds are verified and confirmed to be authentic, the relevant local government departments will handle the property return procedures according to the law. I think there is a 99% certainty, hehe."

Uncle Chen Haoyu said, "Then hurry up and act. Old man Kuang is not young anymore. He is very lucky to be alive and still be able to help his wife get back the property. Be careful when you go out. Ask Cui Qingquan to go with you."

Qian Yizhen said, "Uncle, yes, hey, I'll talk to Grandpa Kuang now and go to Beijing to handle the land and house deeds for Grandma Huang's house."

Three days later, driver Xiao Sun drove a business car and brought Grandpa Kuang, Taoist Priest Yuan Yanqin, Qian Yizheng, and Cui Qingquan to Beijing.

Xia Juxiang and Jin Shan had already cleaned and tidied the room early and prepared a sumptuous dinner to welcome Qian Yizhen and his party.

Yuan Daoqin held five-month-old Wang Yian in his arms and walked forward with a smile: "Grandpa Kuang, Mom, Aunt Yizhen, Uncle Sun, Uncle Cui, hello, baby Wang Yian is here to welcome everyone, hahahaha."

Qian Yizhen happily stepped forward, took Wang Yian from Yuan Daoqin's arms and said, "Little Wang Yian, it's our first meeting. Please take care of me."

Chubby Wang Yian stared at Qian Yizhen with eyes wide open and exclaimed "Ah", which made everyone laugh loudly. Taoist Priest Yuan Yanqin opened her arms and said to Wang Yian, "Come here, grandma will hug you."

Wang Yian looked at Taoist Master Yuan Yanqin, then looked at Qian Yizhen, and immediately lay in Qian Yizhen's arms, saying that she wanted Qian Yizhen to hold her. As they talked and laughed, they came to the restaurant. Nanny Song Xiaokui took Wang Yian from Qian Yizhen's arms and said, "Jingjing, Auntie will hold you. Let Grandma Qian eat."

The next morning, Grandpa Kuang, Qian Yizhen, Taoist Yuan Yanqin, and Cui Qingquan knocked on the door of Mr. Shi Dewang's house, which was a very imposing old house in a Beijing hutong.

Mr. Shi Dewang's eldest son received them warmly. Qian Yizhen took out the letter written by his great uncle Chen Haoyu, handed it to Mr. Shi and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you. Thank you."

Boss Shi, who was short, bald, and slightly plump, said with a smile, "You're welcome. My father and Uncle Chen Haoyu have been friends for many years. I must help you. Please sit down and have some tea."

Qian Yizhen and Cui Qingquan placed the specialties of the northern province, Daoguan Township green tea, Kuangfu family wine, etc., next to the coffee table in the living room. Mrs. Shi, who was wearing a cashmere sweater and a jade pendant around her neck, had a well-proportioned figure and a ruddy complexion, hurried forward and said, "Come if you want to, and you brought so many gifts. Thank you, thank you."

Qian Yizhen said with a smile on his face: "These are all specialties from our Northern Province. They are just a small token of my appreciation, just a token of my gratitude. I hope you will accept them."

Grandpa Kuang handed the house deed and land deed to Boss Shi. Boss Shi took the house deed and land deed, walked to the huge mahogany desk, turned on the desk lamp, put on his reading glasses, and began to look at them carefully.

Boss Shi was more and more surprised as he looked at it. He took off his reading glasses, rubbed his eyes and said, "Mr. Kuang, that's great. The old house on the title deed is located in this alley of ours. It's very close. I'll take you to see it in person later. However, in my impression, it seems that there are many families living in it."

Grandpa Kuang said, "Really? This is something I didn't expect. I thought I would need to search everywhere in Beijing for half a month or twenty days to find it. Now it's great that I found it right away. I'm so lucky, hehe."

After drinking tea and chatting for about half an hour, Boss Shi's wife stood up and said, "Let's go. I'll go with you to identify the gate of the house and take a look inside. There are many families living in it. It is said that one house is one family."

Boss Shi and his wife led Grandpa Kuang, Taoist Priest Yuan Yanqin, Qian Yizheng, and Cui Qingquan, introducing the surrounding situation as they walked. It took about twenty minutes.

Mrs. Shi stopped at the gate of a courtyard, pointed and said, "This should be it. The gate is open. Let's go in and take a look."

Qian Yizhen supported Grandpa Kuang and walked forward slowly. As they walked, they looked around. There was a bright gate and five rooms on the west side of the gate. There were three main rooms in the first courtyard, three main rooms in the second courtyard, five main rooms in the third courtyard, and seven rooms in the back of the fourth courtyard.

Grandpa Kuang was amazed. It turned out that Huang Wanying's ancestors had such a big house in Beijing.

Boss Shi said: "This house has a long history. It is said that it has existed since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. After the war, the government managed and used these vacant houses whose owners were unknown.

Now the policy is good, if the house deeds and land deeds in Mr. Kuang's hands are verified to be correct, the government will handle the property return procedures according to the law."

Qian Yizhen said, "Boss Shi, thank you so much. We will go to the housing authority to check and consult tomorrow. It turns out that it is not as complicated as we thought. This way, it will be much easier, hahahaha."