Met the love during a blind date

Chapter 8 Make the most of the least rights

After paying the deposit, she started to prepare for the down payment. She had 20,000 yuan on hand, borrowed 30,000 yuan from a friend, and planned to put another 20,000 yuan on her credit card, which would be almost enough.

After calculating the money, she got all the relevant documents ready and put them in a file bag. Then she called her mother.

Her family had always known about her plan to buy a house and was supportive. After all, renting a house long-term wasn't a sustainable solution.

"Mom, I'm going to pay the down payment and sign the house purchase contract tomorrow," she said, not hiding her excitement in front of her family.

"Good. How much money are you still short of? Mom will transfer it to you," Wang Hua asked with concern.

"No need. I've got all the money together," she replied. Her family had bought a larger house two years ago to improve their living environment, and her younger brother was still in college. She figured she could manage with a bit of frugality, so she didn't want to take any more money from her parents.

"How much money can you have after just a few years of working? The prices are high now. After covering food, clothing, housing, and transportation, you still need to make friends and such. Don't make your life too tight. What do your dad and I want? It's all for you and Langlang. Just take the money when we offer it."

"Mom, really, I don't need it. I've already prepared the down payment. How about this? You keep the money for now. I'll ask you for it when it's time for the decoration."

Seeing her daughter so insistent, Wang Hua agreed to do as she said. This daughter had always had her own ideas since she was a child. She had hardly given her parents any trouble when it came to studying and working. They were quite at ease with her handling things.

"Be careful when you sign the contract. Check if there are any loopholes."

"Don't worry. I'll send the contract to my colleague who studies law to take a look. And several of my colleagues have bought the first phase of that property and have already moved in. It should be fine."

"Okay."

The mother and daughter chatted about daily matters for a while longer. Then, Jiang Xuerong, in a pleasant mood, washed up and went to bed.

The next afternoon, she went to the sales office as promised. She had originally wanted to ask someone to accompany her, but Lu Xiao had gone to a neighboring county with her boyfriend, and Shang Ling had returned to City B to be with her mother.

With a sigh of "Loneliness is a normal part of life," she took a taxi straight to her destination.

The floor and house number had been chosen when she paid the deposit. After confirming the contract, she could sign it directly. Including photocopying the relevant materials and making the payment, it took her less than an hour in total. Walking out of the sales office, although her wallet was empty, the house purchase contract in her hand made her feel extremely secure.

Although the building she bought had only just laid the foundation, she could now be considered someone with fixed assets.

Next, she just needed to wait for the building to be topped out, then apply for a housing provident fund loan and wait for the house delivery.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that life was full of hope. At this moment, she somewhat understood the eagerness of Guo Haiping in Dwelling Narrowness to fulfill her dream of buying a house.

In a few years, she would buy a car for commuting. Perfect!

To celebrate this happy event, she decided to treat herself to a full-sugar mango pomelo s**o cream.

This good mood lasted until Monday.

It was not until Zhou Yong, the office director, asked her to renew the rent for the public rental housing rented by the seconded personnel in the unit. The reason was that everyone else was busy with the year-end assessment.

"Director, I'm also busy with the year-end accounting. The final accounts report is due on January 10th."

"Yours doesn't involve any points deduction in the assessment. It's okay to work a bit overtime or submit it a day or two later," Zhou Yong said casually.

Jiang Xuerong tried to reason with him. "Finance staff aren't supposed to directly handle the unit's economic affairs. This doesn't quite comply with the internal control management regulations." She was extremely reluctant in her heart. After all, the finance department was already swamped at the end of the year, and now she had to do the office's errand-running work.

A faint smile appeared on Zhou Yong's chubby face. "Don't worry. You just take care of the task. I'll find someone to sign as the handler. Young people shouldn't be too rigid. Learn to be flexible."

After saying that, he walked away with his hands behind his back.

Jiang Xuerong sneered. If she were to report this to the discipline inspection commission and claim it was a slip of the hand, would anyone believe her? Although she thought this way, she still picked up the relevant materials and left the office to go to the district government affairs center to handle the payment.

When she arrived at the corresponding window, she was told that before making the payment, she needed to go to the District Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau to have the lease contract reviewed. Otherwise, the lease information couldn't be found in the system and the payment couldn't be completed. Following the procedures, she turned around and went to the office building of the District Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau. After finding the office of the relevant department, the staff told her that she needed to send the contract to the town government office under territorial management for stamping first.

Unable to bear it any longer, she complained to her sisters in a small group as she rushed to the town government office building.

The person in charge of the public rental housing in the town government office was a woman in her thirties, with an unfriendly expression.

After she explained her purpose, the woman casually flipped through the materials she brought and said in a cold tone, "Can't stamp it. You also need to provide a certificate of the unit's approval for the lease in this case."

After several rounds of such trouble, it was almost 12 o'clock.

Resignedly, she put away the materials and forced a smile. "Okay, then I'll come back this afternoon. Sorry to trouble you." The other party didn't respond to her politeness, but she didn't care and turned back to the unit.

As soon as she started work in the afternoon, she rushed to the town government with the certificate, thinking that this time it should be done.

It was still the same woman from the morning. She took a look at the certificate and shook her head. "Can't stamp it. This certificate only has the official seal but no signature from the leader."

"Miss, as we're both in government agencies, you should know that only materials with the leader's signature can be stamped with the official seal. The signed copy is kept in our office for filing," she replied with a smile.

"I can't stamp it without seeing the leader's signature here," the woman said lazily, then turned to look at the computer.

"Can I ask the office to take a photo of the leader's signed copy and send it over?"

"The signature has to be on this copy," she insisted.

This was a perfect example of using the slightest bit of power to cause the maximum amount of trouble. Jiang Xuerong experienced it firsthand this time.

"You didn't make it clear all at once this morning. I just followed the normal requirements. It's not easy to make all these trips. Can't you make an exception?" she pleaded.

"No exceptions."

Jiang Xuerong was taken aback and momentarily speechless.

It was common to treat people differently in the unit, but after several rounds of work style rectification in recent years, the situation had improved a lot. She never expected to encounter such a thing again today.

"Then could you please tell me all the areas that need to be modified at once? I'll fix them all at once."

"Let's leave it for now," came the extremely casual reply.

Jiang Xuerong clenched her fists, reminding herself to be patient. If this had happened at the government service center and if she had been prepared and turned on the camera to record the whole process, she would definitely demand an explanation from their leader.

Fuming with anger, she stormed out of the office, wondering whether to report this to Zhou Yong.

But based on her understanding of him, he would definitely tell her to follow the other side's requirements to avoid trouble, and might even scold her again.

Alas, it's so hard being a working drone.

She was so preoccupied with her thoughts that she walked with her head down, completely unaware that someone was coming around the corridor corner. She almost bumped into them.