My courtyard shelter

On June 1, the annual Children's Day, Xu Dong took a day off and took Coco and her sister to Yanjing Universal Resort for a whole day.

In the middle, they also rode the Decepticon roller coaster, finally fulfilling the promise they made before.

On June 5, the largest river in Yanjing, the Hengding River, was completely cut off due to the continued deepening of the drought.

So far, the five major water systems in the capital have all been lost, and Yanjing City has officially become a city without rivers.

On June 10, in order to cope with the increasingly serious drought, the entire Yanjing area began to implement a water supply plan in different regions and time periods.

Taking the block where the courtyard is located as an example, there are only two water supply periods every day, one from 6 to 7 in the morning and the other from 7 to 8 in the evening, which is roughly equivalent to the time for breakfast and dinner.

On Monday, June 13, after waiting for half a month, Xu Dong finally got the real estate certificate for the new house.

At his strong request, the names of Xu's father and mother were written on the real estate certificate.

Xu's mother didn't care. She just thought her son was filial and was afraid that the couple would feel insecure staying here.

In order to celebrate the addition of a house to the family and for her son's filial piety, Xu's mother happily cooked a large table of food.

During the meal, Xu Dong was absent-minded and wanted to speak several times, but he finally held back.

Xu's mother had seen her son's behavior for a long time. She was the kind of person who couldn't tolerate any sand in her eyes, so she simply said it directly:

"Son, if you have something to say, just say it directly. Don't look so bitter that the whole family will lose their appetite for food."

Xu Dong's face froze for a moment, but soon returned to normal, and then said carefully: "Dad, Mom, there is something... I want to discuss with you."

"What is it? Hurry up and say it!" Xu's father said impatiently.

Xu Dong considered his words and said slowly: "Dad, I want to move you and my mom out of the household registration separately."

In the household registration book of his family, Xu Dong is the head of the household, and Xu's father and mother are parents who rely on their children to settle down.

When Xu's mother heard this, she immediately flew into a rage and cried out:

"My life is so miserable...Xu Dong...Tell me honestly, where did your father and I let you down? Do you think we are a nuisance here?

I was wondering why you transferred the new house to our name. It turned out that it was premeditated.

Okay, you don't have to drive me away. I don't want the new house either. Your father and I will go back to Luyang tomorrow..."

While comforting the children, Yang Lina threw a blaming look at Xu Dong and asked him to take back his words quickly.

Xu Dong was very upset. What was going on? Why did he bring up going back to Luyang again?

So he stood up and explained:

"Mom, what are you thinking? No one in our family can leave you! What I mean is that we are only separated in name, but we still live together, which is no different from now."

Mother Xu seemed to realize that she had misunderstood, but she couldn't let go of her face. She was angry and said:

"Why do you want to separate the households? Isn't it unnecessary to take off your pants to fart?"

Xu Dong explained with a wry smile:

"I have read a lot of news in the past two days. It seems that the country is going to start collecting property taxes. We now have two houses under our name, and we will definitely be taxed heavily, so I thought of this tax avoidance method."

In fact, this has nothing to do with property taxes, and Xu Dong doesn't care about this little money.

The real reason is that in the near future, Daxia will launch a top-down real estate reform, referred to as housing reform.

There are many contents in housing reform, but the most core one is to limit each household to own only one property, and the extra properties will be collected by the state at a low price.

Moreover, before the housing reform, the state will freeze the household registration of all citizens to prevent people from exploiting policy loopholes through fake divorces and other means.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Dong plans to let his parents register as separate households to avoid future housing reforms.

"Old man, is our country really going to collect property taxes?"

Xu's mother usually doesn't care much about national affairs, so she can only ask Xu's father for confirmation.

Xu's father nodded: "Dongzi is right, there are indeed many rumors about this recently."

Now it was Xu's mother's turn to hesitate. Since the property tax was to be collected, it was not unacceptable to separate households, but she could not get over the hurdle in her heart.

Elderly people tend to be conservative in their thinking and do not want to be separated from their children, even in name.

Xu Dong decided to add fuel to the fire: "Mom, isn't it just a few hundred thousand yuan a year? It's no big deal. If you don't want to, forget it."

"What, a few hundred thousand a year, how can there be so much?" Xu's mother exclaimed.

"Of course, when the state imposes property tax, it will definitely tax the more expensive house. There is no problem with the valuation of our courtyard house being 100 million. According to international practice, even if only 0.5% tax is imposed, there will be 500,000 a year."

Xu Dong was actually talking nonsense. Even if property tax is to be imposed, it will be levied according to the area of ​​the house. It is impossible to simply use the number of houses as the tax standard.

"Forget it, isn't it just a division of households? Your father and I agree."

Mother Xu immediately changed her attitude. It's not easy for her family to make money. Hundreds of thousands a year, just thinking about it makes people panic.

Xu Dong was secretly happy in his heart, but he still advised: "Mom, it really doesn't matter. Our family doesn't lack this little money."

Mother Xu waved her hands fiercely, indicating that the matter was settled and there was no need to waste words.

...

Early the next morning, Xu's father and Xu's mother came to the district government affairs hall with their ID cards (including Xu Dong's), household registration book, real estate certificate, and certification materials issued by the street office.

We queued up to get a number, and soon it was the old couple's turn.

"Hello, we would like to apply for household division." Dad Xu said.

The clerk glanced at the old couple and reminded them kindly: "If the household is divided between children, the children need to come in person."

"We want to divide the households ourselves. My wife and I are the ones who settled in the households because of our children." Father Xu explained.

"Oh, in your case, you need to provide the local private property ownership certificate. If you cannot provide it, you will not be able to split your household, or you can choose to move back to your original place of residence."

Father Xu took out the real estate certificate and handed it over, "Is this it? This is the house we just bought."

The clerk took it and took a look and immediately nodded: "Yes, since you have independent real estate in Yanjing, according to the regulations, you can divide the households."

"Thank you then." Father Xu said politely.

Ten minutes later, Xu's father and Xu's mother finally got the fresh household registration book. From now on, they and their youngest son's family are nominally two families.

Although she was a little unwilling, Xu Ma immediately threw her unwillingness away when she thought of the hundreds of thousands of real estate taxes every year.