When She Stops Being Dramatic novel Chapter 418

Chapter 418: Chapter 151: Green Tea Female Side Character in a Period Piece (38)

People now took pride in living in clean, convenient apartment buildings. It was a symbol of status, and you weren’t even qualified to apply without a position of some rank.

A single-story house of the same size, however, came with a sizable courtyard and a row of rear-facing rooms, making its total area equivalent to two apartments.

The only downsides were that the single-story houses had more mosquitos in the summer, their water pipes were prone to freezing in the winter, and the toilet was a public outhouse. Any city dweller with a preference for modern comforts flocked to sign up for the apartment buildings.

Chi Yun’er’s brow furrowed slightly. "Brother Hua, could we renovate a single-story house?"

She had barely started speaking when Jiang Yihua knew what she was thinking. He glanced at the brand-new red apartment blocks for staff families, gleaming in the sun, then looked at the low-lying single-story houses surrounding them.

Compared to other work units, the agricultural institute didn’t have that many employees. However, because it was tasked with increasing grain production—a matter of feeding the nation—the unit had been allocated a large area of land.

The leadership valued the agricultural institute highly. The year before last, they had even shut down an underperforming factory and transferred its land to the institute, which was how this large residential compound for staff came to be.

Only with good benefits could the technical staff and researchers pour all their energy into their work.

The single-story houses had also been built recently. They were beautiful and orderly little courtyard homes with gray-green bricks and red-tiled roofs. They came in various sizes to accommodate the needs of employees at every level. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Jiang Yihua was considered a key member of the technical research staff. However, he hadn’t been with the institute for long, so despite his immense contributions, he still had to wait his turn behind some of the senior employees to choose a house.

The larger apartments were basically on the Fourth Level and above. He could get a lower-floor unit if he chose a slightly smaller layout, but if he wanted a ground-floor apartment with a yard, he’d have to settle for a standard-sized one.

This meant his options were more limited than with the single-story houses. He thought it over for a moment, then pointed at an apartment building and asked, "Comrade, where are the septic tanks for these buildings located?"

The official was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and pointed. "There are two in total, one on each side of the block, both located in the central area."

He then personally led them over for a look.

There were single-story houses right next to both locations, and one of the houses in particular was quite large.

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