Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 166: Bad Bamboo Yields Good Shoots

Chapter 166: Chapter 166: Bad Bamboo Yields Good Shoots

The aunts suddenly felt dread in their hearts, this girl could really be ruthless! What if...

As they considered this possibility, they suddenly all wilted.

They felt the deep malice from Zhen Yu, but were helpless against her.

In this day and age, as long as a fight wasn’t caught on the spot, or there were no eyewitnesses, even if someone got beaten up, it amounted to nothing!

They had heard of such incidents more than once and didn’t want to fall victim to them someday.

But could they really let go of the shop’s money? Impossible!

In the end, amidst Third Aunt Zhen’s cursing and swearing, the group threw a few harsh words and left in embarrassment.

Zhen Yu, of course, didn’t know that after the aunts retreated, they gathered again to discuss how to extort the money.

But even if she knew, Zhen Yu wasn’t worried. No matter how much fuss her aunts made, she wouldn’t budge! She’d meet force with force and cover with dirt like water, any problems that arose!

Peace returned to the Zhen Family.

——

Not two minutes later, Mrs. Fu arrived with Fu Yu.

"Old Cheng!" Mrs. Fu called out as soon as she entered the courtyard, then took Mrs. Zhen’s hand and began to sigh, "What about the Zhen Family, why can’t they have a single good person!"

After saying that, Mrs. Fu caught herself first, "Ah! That, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu are different! The kids are lucky to take after you!"

Zhen Yan was talking to Fu Yu and didn’t hear a word Mrs. Fu had said.

Zhen Yu, however, did hear, but didn’t feel anything. Instead, she gave Mrs. Fu a faint smile.

In Zhen Yuxin’s heart, whether she took after the Zhen Family or the Cheng Family, it was all the same! They were all rotten to the core!

Two nests of bad bamboos only produced the good shoots that were Mrs. Zhen and Zhen Yan.

One was a long-suffering donkey, and the other seemed upright and honest, but Zhen Yu suspected he was a genetic mutation!

Even she herself wasn’t a person who fit the socialist core values! Being able to live by "do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself" was already her high standard and strict requirement!

Mrs. Zhen and Mrs. Fu chatted and walked towards the house, with Zhen Yu silently following behind.

——

"Old Cheng! The news that those shops at the station front are going to be demolished is spreading like wildfire around the station!" Mrs. Fu said anxiously while sitting on the kang bed with Mrs. Zhen’s hand in hers, "You three must come up with a plan!"

"Right! My daughter and son and I have discussed it." Mrs. Zhen mentioned without elaborating on the outcome of their discussion.

"That’s good!" Mrs. Fu did not pry further, "Can you believe it! Zhen Hailong hasn’t even taken action, but his sisters couldn’t wait to jump out first! Really all about the sight of money! How can there be such people!?"

"Sigh!" Mrs. Zhen was also fuming with anger, too exhausted to complain.

Come to think of it, when she married Zhen Hailong, this residential area didn’t even exist.

Those row of shops weren’t shops back then but houses for living.

Grandpa Zhen thought the location was close to where his son worked, so he bought a house there for her and Zhen Hailong to use when they got married.

Yet less than a year after marriage, the houses there turned into shops because they were street-facing.

Neighbors all around started businesses, except her and Zhen Hailong who kept their jobs while living in "shops" and going to work.

Mrs. Zhen and Mr. Zhen lived there for three full years waiting for the unit to allocate housing, even Zhen Yan was born there, before they finally moved to the current courtyard.

Then both husband and wife were laid off and started a hardware store...

Now, how can those little aunts have the nerve to come begging for money with a straight face? And have the audacity to say the apartment wasn’t bought by Grandpa Zhen as a wedding home for his son!? Is there no justice left!

"Look at the state of your home now," Mrs. Fu frowned and muttered, then suddenly glanced stealthily at Zhen Yu.

Seeing her seemingly distracted, she then leaned in close to Mrs. Zhen and whispered, "You really should find someone new! Having a man in the house, no one would dare come to bully you!"

"Ha." Mrs. Zhen gave a bitter smile and shook her head.

Mrs. Fu saw that Mrs. Zhen still wasn’t keen on the idea and had to change the subject, after all, both children were present, and it wasn’t convenient to urge her further.

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The next morning, Zhen Yu followed Mrs. Zhen, and the two first made a round at Shoe City, then headed straight for the Demolition Office.

After a large number of workers at the transshipment station were laid off, the yard had practically no one left.

Inside the Demolition Office was deserted, with only a man sitting behind a desk, drinking tea.

The man immediately warmed up upon seeing Mrs. Zhen enter, clearly recognizing her.

"Yo! Old Cheng! Never thought you’d be the first one!" The man stepped forward a few steps, raising his right hand, "Sit! Sit! Let’s sit down and talk!"

"Old Li! You’re in charge of the Demolition Office?" Mrs. Zhen, following the man’s gesture, led her daughter to sit down beside a long bench and coffee table.

"Hey! Top brass just dumped it on me!" Old Li chuckled: "Work is work! Better than sitting idle every day."

"That’s true." Mrs. Zhen agreed, then got straight to the point, "How’s the compensation for the demolition?"

"We’re all old acquaintances here! I’ll tell it to you straight! It’s either housing swap, or a direct cash payment!"

"Housing swap?" Zhen Yu picked up on the phrase, "One square meter for one square meter? And is it a ground-floor unit?"

Old Li was surprised to be questioned by the young lady, but then nodded, "Right! You exchange whatever area you have. If you want larger or smaller, you either top up or get refunded."

Zhen Yu changed tack and asked, "And what about direct cash compensation? How much can you give?"

"Compensated at market price!" replied Old Li promptly.

"Mom! How much could our shop sell for per square meter if we decided to sell?" Zhen Yu turned to ask her mother.

Mrs. Zhen thought it over; since they had decided to go for the money, she’d certainly aim high!

"This is the town center, properties are more expensive than in our residential area, let alone shops! How could it be less than 500 yuan per square meter!"

"That expensive? No way!" Old Li immediately contradicted, "At most, it’s around 350 yuan per square meter."

"About how much more than 300?" Zhen Yu pressed.

Old Li hesitated a bit. Although their compensation regulations were flexible, but...

"Three hundred and fifty max! No more than 350!"

They were the Demolition Office; obviously, they were responsible for discussing compensation. Before releasing demolition news, they always conducted market research. "500 is the inflated price in the market after the demolition news spread! Unrealistically high! No one would sell their shop at this time! And nobody would spend so much to buy!"

"Sounds about right." Zhen Yu seemed to agree with a nod.

Then she suddenly broached another subject, "Uncle Li, speaking of which, after the new building is up, how much do you think the units obtained through housing swap could sell for per square meter?"

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