Chapter 186: Did You Know You Built Illegally? (Requesting Monthly Votes)

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There is a psychological law called Murphy's Law, which states that the more you don't want something to happen, the more likely it is to occur.

Just as Jing Shu was hoping no one would cause trouble, a few people arrived at the villa armed with flashlights and umbrellas. They circled around, spotted the coal house, and wanted to open the door to see what was inside.

The group whispered among themselves:

"Director Zhang, this place is so impressive. According to the records, he worked at the Animal Husbandry and Agriculture Department, but it seems like no one from the agency is here."

"Exactly. Look around, there are so many small houses built here. They'll have them demolished later. These are illegal constructions. I wonder what's inside all these houses. Could it be rice?"

"Are you stupid? If it were rice, they'd keep it inside the villa. Who would store it outside? But that house just now was so tall and large, it looked like a warehouse. This family must be a big fish, well-resourced."

Director Zhang waved his hand and quietly said a few words.

Jing Dad, who was outside cleaning the drainage pipes of red thread worms, heard the voices and rushed over, shouting, "What are you sneaky people doing?"

In the dim heavy rain, the three men shone their lights onto Jing Dad, revealing that there were indeed other people below.

"Ah, hello, comrade. Are you the owner of this villa?"

"I am. And who are you?"

The leader of the three was a middle-aged man wearing glasses. His balding head still had two tufts of hair that he stubbornly refused to cut. His natural oil was so greasy that even red thread worms disliked it. He pushed up his glasses and said:

"I am Director Zhang, the residential allocation director for this area."

"Oh, Director Zhang, hello, hello." Jing Dad was perhaps a bit too enthusiastic, knowing that it's best not to offend government officials.

After seeing the surveillance, Jing Shu hurried out and stood right beside her father, her brows gently furrowing.

Director Zhang adjusted the few strands of hair on his head and adopted a stern expression:

"Comrade, did you know you built these illegally?! Now that Wucheng is submerged, millions are homeless. Do you know how difficult housing has become? These houses you’ve privately constructed in public areas cover such a large area—they can accommodate at least dozens of people!"

Another young man added, "Not only are these illegal constructions, but your four large water tanks also occupy space. Plus, the extra fencing around the villa takes up quite a bit of room. They all need to be removed."

Jing Dad realized the gravity of the situation. Before the floods, no one would have lived in these houses, but now that the city of Wucheng is submerged and so many people have nowhere to live, they can’t all stay in waterlogged caves every day.

With continuous heavy rains, the floods wouldn’t recede easily. Even government buildings had to relocate. This time, it might be the second disaster settlement, meaning wherever they settle, they would stay until the floods subside. As a result, their community suddenly became highly sought after.

"Director Zhang, look, our warehouse isn't built in a public area of the community. Strictly speaking, it's outside the community's boundaries. Although it occupies a bit more land, it's considered part of the hinterland. This barren hinterland won't have anyone living there, right? However, you mentioned that coal house does occupy four square meters of public space. What should we do about it?"

"As for the water tanks and the extra fencing in front of my house, since they are public, I can use them. According to previous laws, as long as they don’t interfere with neighbors, it’s acceptable."

Jing Dad had gone to the animal husbandry farm, dealing with difficult people every day. After half a year of experience, Jing Shu noticed significant improvement in him. His response was articulate and well-crafted, partly thanks to Jing Shu constantly instilling these ideas in him.

The young man behind Director Zhang pointed to the tall and large garage and said:

"With the current shortage of land, any construction is considered illegal, whether it’s four square meters or four hundred square meters. They’re all houses and can accommodate people. Now, we’re giving you two options: the first is to relinquish all these houses so we can allocate them to our personnel."

"The second option is to demolish them all!"

Jing Dad frowned but restrained himself from getting angry.

Director Zhang pressed the young man's hand down, saying, "Hey, young people these days are too impatient. Everyone will have to live together in the future. We leaders need to show more empathy towards the people. What you’re doing is a bit inconsiderate."

After laughing and adjusting his oily hair, Director Zhang continued, "Your water tanks can stay as they are. The sheds you’ve built are fine, and the extra fencing was originally for landscaping. Now that it's useless, you can use it yourself. It’s no problem. We can compromise a bit since the new policy has just been released."

"For self-built houses, a new monthly rental fee will be imposed, charged per square meter in virtual currency. Whether it’s in the community or the hinterland, it applies. However, the new policy isn’t fully implemented yet, so for now, just pay a monthly rental fee of 100 virtual currency. If you don’t speak up, no one will know about this."

"Director, you… if the higher-ups find out, you'll be punished."

"Isn’t this too cheap for them?"

With the effect of one person playing the antagonist and the other the protagonist, Jing Dad almost believed the act. Director Zhang was genuinely trying to accommodate him.

Regarding the illegal construction, Jing Shu had discussed it briefly with him yesterday, mentioning that they would pay some money to resolve it. Today, the issue had come knocking at their door.

"Are you really from the government?" Jing Dad had the slightest doubt left.

"What do you mean? Suspect us? Open your eyes and take a good look at my position title in the big data system." One of the young men showed Jing Dad his phone.

"Look, this is our director’s information. See? This is the QR code for paying the virtual currency for your illegal constructions. Scan it. You should know that only supermarkets can trade virtual currency; individuals are not supported for such transactions."

Jing Dad took out his phone and scanned the code, finding that it indeed followed the same process as supermarkets. He was convinced halfway because his balance showed: 960 virtual currency.

Since getting married, Jing Dad had never possessed such a large sum of money. If it weren’t for the unavailability of the trading system, he couldn’t have even saved up this much salary.

Director Zhang and the other three men’s eyes immediately widened. The man in front of them… was truly a big fish.

They couldn’t fathom how a small manager from an animal husbandry farm could have accumulated so much virtual currency. Didn’t he spend any?

After all, even in their positions, the government provided daily meals, but they also had large families to support. Every day, they needed to buy white rice and vegetables, all of which required virtual currency. Sometimes, they even used virtual currency to exchange for paper and other daily necessities.

They guessed correctly: Jing Shu’s family didn’t have much need for virtual currency at the moment. After all, virtual currency could only be used to buy food and simple daily necessities.

Other things, like electricity, were limited and only available at seven o’clock each day. Strategic resources like natural gas, oil, and coal had already ceased to be available to civilians.

Therefore, it wasn’t until the virtual currency system was fully opened up to support personal transfers and transactions that it might be useful for Jing Shu’s family.

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