Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

“Even if we can raise enough money to buy this house, we won’t come back to live here. The government can still use it. We want to buy the house back just to leave an ancestral home for our descendants as a memento.”

Wang Tao said to Yuan Wenjie, "Your wife really loves you! She scraped together so much money to buy this house, but you two can't live in it. She just wanted to leave you with something to remember her by."

Yuan Wenjie: "Aru, it's such a large sum of money. We're not going to come back to live in the house even if we buy it. There's no need for that."

"Ah Jie, I want to buy it. I like this house."

Yuan Wenjie asked Wang Tao, "Where do we go to process the purchase of a house?"

“Through normal channels, given your circumstances, you probably don’t meet the requirements to buy this house. However, you could try contacting your grandfather. When your biological parents donated this house to the government free of charge, it was your grandfather, Mr. Luo, who handled the process. Now that you want to buy it back, going through him might simplify the procedures. You want to buy back your family’s ancestral home, so this reason is perfectly legitimate.”

Yuan Wenjie: "Okay! Then I'll go talk to my dad about this."

They went back inside and talked about what had happened since they parted.

Before leaving, Wang Tao asked, "How long will you be staying this time?"

Yuan Wenjie: "Not necessarily, maybe seven to ten days!"

"Then take some time to visit Old Hong. He's been talking about you a lot! He'll be disappointed if he doesn't go see you after he finds out you're back."

"Of course I will visit him, after the third year of junior high school."

Yuan Wenjie and Su Jinru left the courtyard house.

Yuan Wenjie asked, "Why do you insist on buying that house?"

Su Jinru wanted to buy back that courtyard house, partly to get Yuan Wenjie's ancestral home back, and partly because she thought it was a good deal!

At that time, it could be bought for 26,000. More than ten years later, the price reached more than 500,000, and fifty years later, it would be 100 million.

Whether it's to repay Yuan Wenjie's feelings or as an investment, this house should be bought.

However, she couldn't say it was for investment purposes. She could only say, "This house carries your childhood memories and is the result of your ancestors' hard work. In our area, we value ancestral homes the most. No matter how dilapidated or old they are, ancestral homes cannot be abandoned casually."

“The society is unstable now, and the policy does not allow houses to be left vacant. We bought it, completed the property transfer procedures, and the security committee will still use the house as their office for five years. After five years, we will take the house back and arrange for people to live there ourselves.”

Su Jinru knew that five years from now, the situation would not be as tense as it was now. At that time, she could take the house back and let someone she knew and trusted live there, or live there herself.

The situation has stabilized, and they can come back; they can't live on that island forever anyway.

Alternatively, five years from now, the policy may not mandate that houses cannot be left vacant.

The house can be locked up then.

After thinking for a moment, Su Jinru said, "Ah Jie, I don't know much about the current policies either. You can decide for yourself. If buying this house won't have any negative impact on your politics, you can buy it. It's not like we can't afford it. But if it will affect your career, then we'll hold off on buying it for now. You can decide for yourself. However, one thing is certain: regardless of whether you can buy the house or not, it's best to keep the fewest people who know about this matter as much as possible. You can talk to your father alone."

"Of course I know that, don't worry! If you like it, I'll buy the house."

On the way, Yuan Wenjie saw someone selling candied hawthorns and bought four skewers.

Back at the guesthouse, the two children were building a snowman in the yard, their hands and faces red from the cold.

Seeing the candied hawthorns in her parents' hands, Anxin ran over and asked, "Is this candied hawthorn?"

"Yes! Coming here and not eating candied hawthorns doesn't count as having truly been here."

As Su Jinru spoke, she handed one to her.

An Xin took a bite.

"It's sweet and sour, so delicious. I've been eating so much good food here every day. There are so many delicious things to eat here."

Yuan Wenjie handed another string of candied hawthorns to An Ran.

"It's snowing, so many vendors haven't set up their stalls yet. Otherwise, there would be even more delicious snacks. But there are still many special dishes from the state-run restaurant that we haven't bought for you to try. We're staying for many more days! Enjoy your meal!"

"Let's get ready and go to Grandpa and Grandma's house for New Year's Eve dinner. I'm sure their New Year's Eve dinner will be quite sumptuous."

They packed everything up, loaded it into the car, and drove to the military compound.

When they arrived at the Luo family's house, Jiang Yuting and her two daughters-in-law were busy in the kitchen.

Su Jinru wanted to help, but Jiang Yuting pushed her out.

"There are only two dishes left, so just sit still and it will be ready in a little while."

Upon seeing Anxin and Anran, the old lady took Anxin's hand and said with a smile, "Oh my! That's wonderful, our family finally has a girl. Look at this child, she's so beautiful."

The old lady went inside, took out a few red envelopes, and gave two to Anxin.

"This is a red envelope I gave, and this is from Grandpa."

An Xin declined, but Yuan Wenjie said, "An Xin, just take the New Year's money your grandparents gave you!"

An Xin turned to look at her mother.

Su Jinru also said, "Anxin, then thank you, Grandpa and Grandma."

"Thank you, Grandpa and Grandma," An Xin said, accepting the red envelope.

Jiang Yuting then handed An Ran two more red envelopes.

"Anran, right? You're a handsome and well-mannered grandson. Here's your New Year's money from your grandparents."

An Ran did not refuse and accepted it generously.

"Thank you, grandparents."

Jiang Yuting then handed two large red envelopes to Su Jinru.

“Aru, we weren’t there when you got married. This is a small token of our appreciation from your father and me. Please accept it.”

Su Jinru accepted the red envelope without hesitation.

"Thank you, Dad! Thank you, Mom!"

"You're welcome, you're welcome. We should thank you! Ah Jie! You work so hard and never take care of your health. With you by his side to take care of him, we feel much more at ease."

"Mom, this is what I should do as a wife!"

"Ah Jie! He's good at everything, except he doesn't know how to take care of himself. You'll have to put in more effort to look after him in the future."

"Mom, don't worry! I'll take good care of A-Jie."

Yuan Wenjie also took out three red envelopes and gave them to his three nephews.

He then took out two large red envelopes and gave one to his parents.

Jiang Yuting waved her hand.

"Don't give it to us. We have income, and we don't have anywhere else to spend the money. You can keep it for yourselves!"

"Mom, I only come back once every few years. Take this money and buy something you like to eat. Consider it a small token of my appreciation!"