Chapter 574 — Harboring Designs
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"We are counting your sheds and storehouses toward the floor area. With all that added together, it will be no problem for each family to buy a small unit of thirty or forty square meters." Zhong Fabai said flatly. "All right. If there are no problems, let us start signing the agreements now."
Everyone was stunned. The compensation figure they had agreed upon was three thousand, with a bottom line of two thousand. With that kind of money, they could buy a decent large apartment elsewhere. Who would have thought the developer would offer only eight hundred. Was that gap not far too wide?
No one was more disappointed than Tang's mother. Her family's floor area was small, with neither storehouse nor shed. She had only hoped that after demolition she could use the money Wei Zhao had given her to buy a shop and run a barbecue business. Yet returning households got no discount on shop units. What kind of logic was that?
"Then we will not demolish! What kind of compensation is this? Once we demolish we will have nowhere to live. Am I right, everyone?" Someone began to shout.
With one man leading, many more voiced their anger, all declaring they could not accept such compensation and resettlement payments. It was simply far too little.
"Three thousand, not a cent less! If it is less we will not move. Go build your houses wherever you please!"
"Li Erlan, are you in league with them? You dog of a spy, selling out the interests of our shantytown!"
"We are all on the ground floor. Why is there no discount when we buy shops? If that is how it is, we might as well not move!" Tang's mother could not help questioning aloud. She cared less about the amount of compensation. Even at two thousand, it would only mean a few tens of thousands more.
Tang's mother had not wanted to stick her neck out. After all, on such an occasion it was hardly fitting for a woman to take the lead. But now that everyone else had spoken up, she stopped caring and shouted along with them.
Yet strangely enough, it meant nothing when others spoke. The moment she opened her mouth, Zhong Fabai pointed at her and said, "You want a shop? Then come over here!"
Tang's mother froze, but she could read nothing from Zhong Fabai's tone. Could he mean to give her a better deal on a shop? Her heart stirred at once, and she started to walk over.
Tang Yun was frightened, however. "Mom, do not go. The bird that sticks its head out gets shot!"
"Silly child, can you not see everyone is making a fuss? If you do not fight for your interests now, when will you?" Tang's mother glared at her daughter. "There is strength in numbers, do you not understand? Are you counting on dealing with them in private? Do not forget what happened to your father. Going to make trouble on our own will solve nothing. Now that we are many and powerful, if we raise our demands together, they will surely settle them!"
"Then... I will go with you." Tang Yun was still worried. After all, recent days had shown her just how wicked bad people could be.
Tang Yun walked over with her mother, and Zhong Fabai's eyes lit up at the sight of Tang Yun. That Wei Zhao certainly had an eye. This little girl was quite pretty. What a pity.
Young Master Bing's eyes lit up as well. He glanced at Li Erlan with approval. The living person was indeed even more beautiful than in the photos. Young Master Bing loved this kind of decent young girl best, youthful and charming, and afterward there would be no trouble to clean up.
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