Wang Yunxiao certainly didn't casually mention planting maple trees just to impress girls and show off.
Ever since Cui Xiaoying asked him if he had heard about the demolition news, he had kept it in mind.
Later, through various channels, he found out that the school had indeed acquired the land nearby and even found a developer, currently planning the relocation work. If all went well, after they graduated from junior high the next year, they could go straight to high school.
In those days, building a house wasn't as troublesome as in later years; they weren't constructing skyscrapers that required considerations for concrete cooling—they were just brick buildings, without even rebar. The country had many uses for steel, and a small decrepit school couldn't possibly have access to it.
