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.
