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At that time, one thousand yuan could buy a single-entry siheyuan within the Second Ring Road, and that was truly a bargain.
She knew that many people's siheyuans were like this, although the government gave it back to you, you had no right to evict the people who had lived there before, but the property was yours. By the year 2000, when the houses were demolished, you could get a set of rooms and some compensation.
She remembered that not long after the year 2000, a rental policy was introduced. If the houses were not demolished by then, you could reclaim the entire property, which would become more and more valuable over time.