The elderly have a set of ways to do things on their own, the old couple finished eating, brushed the pot and washed the dishes, squinted for a while, took a nap, changed into clothes to go out, and first came to Deputy Secretary Liu's house, that is, Zhou Wen's father-in-law.

Originally, my father was reluctant to come, he didn't like Deputy Secretary Liu's personality in his heart, but my mother said that since they were all retired, they would not mention the past, so they insisted on visiting, and the two bought some fruit at a street stall and knocked on Deputy Secretary Liu's door.

It was Liu Xiaojing's mother who opened the door, and when she saw someone coming to the door with a gift in her hand, she quickly turned around and shouted, "Lao Liu, someone has come to see you." Deputy Secretary Liu paced out of the living room with glasses and a newspaper, and when he saw that it was a retired worker from the factory, he beckoned: "Come and buy something, really, come in and sit." ”

Sitting down in the living room, picking up the fruit and washing it, my father greeted him for a while and talked about some things in the factory, and then turned to the topic and asked: "Secretary Liu, I want to ask, how to apply for this affordable housing, and what conditions are required?" ”

Deputy Secretary Liu raised his eyebrows and began to talk eloquently: "Affordable housing is a policy implemented by our Jiangbei Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government in order to protect the housing problem of low- and middle-income families, all eligible permanent residents of the city can apply, the government will conduct a review and evaluation, and finally determine who can apply, this process is very complicated, in fact, our family conditions are not qualified, you know, my son-in-law is now also at the county level, that is, the son is not angry, not doing business, idle, this house is for him to apply for ......"

Dad asked, "Which department is in charge of this?" ”

"That's more, there is a special leading group in the city, there is a housing reform office, and the affordable housing development center, they are responsible for the formulation and implementation of the general policy, when we people declare, they go to the street office to fill out the form, by the way, your son didn't open a company as the boss, why hasn't he bought a house?" Deputy Secretary Liu said......

Dad shook his head: "Don't mention it, you don't make money by opening a company, my son never pays money to the family, and often borrows money from the family. ”

Deputy Secretary Liu said with deep feelings: "Just like the uncompetitive son of my family, I know that opening a company and opening a company has almost cheated our old couple of hard-earned money, but my son-in-law is quite competitive, and he has been mixed up at the county level in more than a year." ”

Liu Xiaojing's mother came over with the washed grapes and said: "Don't listen to his nonsense, you know that you show off your son-in-law, no matter how good your son-in-law is, he is not your own son, and it will not be your son who will make flags in the future......"

My father and mother smiled: "A son-in-law and a half, Zhou Wen, this child is really angry, among the children of our factory, he is the most promising." ”

As soon as Deputy Secretary Liu talked about his son-in-law, he became excited, shook off the folding fan and said: "Zhou Wen has come to this day, the time and place are favorable, and the secretary of the provincial party committee also values him very much......"

After listening to him talk endlessly about his son-in-law's great achievements, his parents asked some details of applying for affordable housing, Deputy Secretary Liu knew everything, and said that his eyebrows were dancing, and half an hour later, the old couple looked at the almost understood, got up and said goodbye.

When they left, Liu Xiaojing's mother came over and complained: "Why do you say anything, this affordable housing has a limit, what if their family declares and squeezes out our Xiaozheng's quota?" ”

Deputy Secretary Liu shook the folding fan in his hand and said: "In the woman's opinion, you think this is so easy to apply for affordable housing, there are more ways to ...... it."

……

After the demolition of Gaotupo, the residents' committees were withdrawn and merged into the Binjiang Community Neighborhood Committee, and the parent body of these neighborhood committees was the Jiajiang Sub-district Office......

When the old couple came to the office, it was three o'clock in the afternoon, and it was supposed to be time to go to work at half past two, but there was no one in the office, so they had no choice but to wait, and only a few people came after a full hour. ”

A young man looked back at him and asked, "Yours from that neighborhood?" ”

"We are under the original Gaotupo Neighborhood Committee, and now we rent a house outside to live in ......"

"High soil slope, it's not in the hands of this side." The young man opened his office and entered the room, the door slamming shut.

My father and mother looked at each other, and the question just now was clear, after the demolition of Gaotupo, it will be under the management of the Jiajiang Office, why do you say that it will not return at this time, this matter still has to be asked, so I knocked on the door and went in, and asked the young man just now: "Little comrade, I have to trouble you, and inquire which office is in charge of the residents of Gaotupo." ”

The young man sorted out the documents on the table, and said without raising his head, "Riverside Office." ”

"Thank you." The old couple came out of the Jiajiang office, looked at the watch was already four o'clock, afraid that the time was not enough for people to get off work, for the first time to take a taxi straight to the Binhe office, half an hour later to the place, knocked on an office and then asked about the suitable room, but was told that the original residents of Gaotupo do not belong to the Binhe office, but to the Jiajiang office......

This time, my father was anxious, saying that he had just come out of the Jiajiang office, and he said that he was in charge of it.

The comrade of the Binhe office had a very good attitude, and took out a document to show him, which indicated that the residents of the original high soil slope area are now under the management of the Jiajiang office, and my father realized that there was a mistake over there, so he quickly turned back again, and when he arrived at the Jiajiang office, the building was already empty, and his father sighed: "It's really difficult to do something." ”

But my mother said, "It's so difficult to do good things, if it's done simply, I'm not at ease." ”

Early the next morning, the old couple came to the Jiajiang office downstairs at half past seven to wait, and waited for an hour to finally get to work......

The director of the office, surnamed Wu, was sitting behind the desk making tea, and after listening to the meaning, he said: "The matter of applying for affordable housing is the responsibility of Xiao Shen of the Housing Management Department, just get the form from him." ”

My parents said thank you, and came to the housing management department, but I saw that the door was closed, and no one answered after knocking for a long time, and asked the person next door, and was told that Section Chief Shen went to the district for a meeting, and he might come back in the afternoon.

No way, I had to go home to eat first, along the way my father sighed, said why is it so difficult to do things, my mother was speechless, went home and ordered a pot of noodles, hastily eaten, and did not dare to take a nap, came to the office downstairs early, waited in the shade, after going to work at two o'clock, went straight to the door of the housing management department and stood, did not wait for Section Chief Shen to swear......

After standing for more than half an hour, when the people from the office next door came out to go to the toilet, they looked at them suspiciously, and asked, "Looking for Section Chief Shen?" ”

"yes, he should come back, right?"

"Oh, Lao Shen has gone to study in the provincial capital, and it may take half a month to come back."

Dad wondered, "Didn't you say you were going to the district for a meeting in the morning?" ”

The man said: "Going to the district for a meeting is to mobilize to study in the provincial capital, don't wait, go back." ”

Dad didn't give up and continued to ask: "Then we want to apply for affordable housing, who should we go to?" ”

The man shook his head: "I don't know, you can ask someone else." With that, he left.

My parents had no choice but to go out, and met an old acquaintance at the door, a member of the family planning committee of the Gaotupo Neighborhood Committee, this woman in her fifties was a warm-hearted woman, and asked in a loud voice: "Why do you have time to come to the office?" ”

My mother complained: "Sister Ma, we want to apply for affordable housing, but after looking for two days, we can't even find the person in charge......

Sister Ma patted her chest: "Find the director directly, come with me." Saying that, he took the old couple directly to the director's office, and said straight to the point: "Director Li, I am looking for you to do something and get a form, which is the application form for affordable housing." ”

Director Li said with a smile: "Sister Ma, your family is not a low- and middle-income family. ”

Sister Ma said: "It's not me who applied, it's these two, their son is a representative of our district people's congress, by the way, and he is a classmate of County Magistrate Zhou......

As soon as he heard this, Director Li's reaction was different, and he took out a blank form from the drawer and said: "Oh, fortunately I left a few forms here, otherwise it would be really troublesome, this declaration work has ended, you should hurry up and fill it out and send it over, tomorrow afternoon at the latest." ”

My parents got the form, thanked me a lot, and when I left the office, my mood was different, as if I didn't get the application form, but the keys to the new house.

"With this, our house is not far away." Dad said.

My mother pouted: "The Long March is the first step, and the conditions of our family are not the worst." ”

Dad said: "Our family is qualified, I retired, you were laid off, the retirement salary is not high, now I don't even have a house, and my son doesn't have a formal job, if our family doesn't meet the conditions, then there is no qualification." ”

The two left the office with a smile and went home to fill out the form, but the father couldn't get down with the pen, and thought for a long time and said: "I think this form should still be given to others, you are right, the conditions of our family are not the worst, although the son does not make money now when he opens a company, but he can't make a lot of money in the future, and the house we live in now, Li Kun does not charge a penny of rent, and he comes to see it during the New Year's holidays, in fact, this house is equivalent to giving it to us to live in, so the conditions of our family are really not bad." ”

My mother asked, "Then what do you want to do?" ”

"I thought about it, let's give it to others, Deng Yunfeng's family conditions are worse than ours, the children are still in school, and his daughter-in-law's salary is not high."

The old mother said: "Forget it, Xiao Deng is now the director of the workshop, more beautiful than you, his son is a good student in No. 1 Middle School, and he will definitely go to a famous university in the future. ”

Dad said: "Yes, how did I forget him, he is the real houseless, renting a broken house on the top floor, dying of sun in summer, low salary, not to mention poor health, and a girl who goes to college, now the college tuition is amazing, this affordable housing should be given to him." ”

Just do it, the old couple took the application form and went to the house rented by Lao Wen, and came to tell the matter, but Lao Wen directly refused.

"You still have to keep this form, hehe, I can't afford affordable housing with this condition, so I can only live in low-rent housing." Old Wen said.

"Did you apply?" Dad asked.

Lao Wen said: "Low-rent housing, public rental housing, these projects have not started yet, I heard that they will start next month, and I will go back to apply at that time, thank you, I am often troublesome, I'm really sorry, Xiaoxue will be on summer vacation soon, and let her see you when the time comes." ”