"Siheyuan courtyards, especially older ones, were built with quality materials. Burn down two rooms, and you're looking at several thousand in compensation. They'd asked him to look after the house, but he thought there was no one left in the Wang family and moved his whole family in. That's illegal occupation! Then the descendants came back. Not only did he have to pay for the damage, he had to pay them rent too! If he couldn't afford it, off to jail he went!"
"Hey! Come to think of it, there's a whole stretch of old houses over in Heping Lane too, isn't there? Siheyuan courtyards just like the Wang family's!"
"There is! I heard there's one belonging to the Qiu Family that someone else is looking after right now! If they behave themselves, fine. But if they think they can live there for free and take advantage of the owners, they'll end up just like the Li family!"
"Exactly!"
"All right! Let's go have a look too! We can't leave the chief to do everything himself! Thanks for the tea, Comrade Wu!"
The two Public Security officers picked up their caps and went out as well.
Wu Tao Ying stood behind them, holding a thermos, but her heart had gone cold.
Chief Jin pointed out quite a few problems to Chief Jiu and instructed him to make proper improvements.
Zheng Chunzhi saw them out with an ingratiating smile.
Well, the factory was on the verge of closing down. How good could its electrical system and fire safety equipment possibly be?
Only after they had walked some distance away did Chief Jin turn around and ask, "Did you get the message across clearly?"
Xiao Wang thumped his chest. "Crystal clear! Any more direct, and I'd have spelled it out! To be