The first version said that the houses were sold out by the morning of the same day, and not a single one was left!

Another account says that although many people looked at the houses, not many could afford them, and only 250 houses were ultimately sold.

So, which of these two statements is correct?

Let Fatty tell you, it's all true!

It's true that they sold out quickly; in fact, only 250 units were sold.

Because these 350 houses haven't even been publicly sold yet, but various organizations are already eyeing them.

We're short of housing, everyone!

There are far too many employees who lack housing.

The application process for building a dormitory is too complicated; it's better to just buy one!

I wonder if anyone remembers this time, when it was said that in the summer evenings, men and women would hug and kiss each other in the park, which was very indecent!

When the police went to check, guess what happened?

Hey, they all have marriage certificates!

There's nowhere to go! The company dormitories are so cramped, you could practically squeeze two people into a mouse hole. Where would you find a place to cultivate your marital relationship?

I wonder if we can go to the park now?

So, all the remaining apartments in these three communities were purchased in bulk by various work units.

But it's expensive, it really is expensive.

The average salary in Beijing this year has reached 175 yuan.

In other words, it would take a year's salary, without eating or drinking, to buy just one square meter of housing.

Even so, there was still a huge buying frenzy!

For example, right now, isn't that old man eyeing the houses there?

Can you say that people in this era have no vision, and are not as good as the fat guy who traveled back from the future, who didn't know to buy houses and hoard them?

There's no such thing as a fool!

"..."

After Sha Zhu left, Yu Li asked the fat man, "You don't want to buy a house too, do you?"

The fat man pointed outside: "I've had my eye on this courtyard for a while now."

Yu Li frowned: "You're still thinking of buying this whole courtyard? I've heard that the old courtyard houses in Beijing are going to be demolished. The demolition has already started outside Dongzhimen, and every household is getting compensation."

The fat man said calmly, "Don't worry, this courtyard won't be demolished."

What makes you so sure?

"How about we make a bet?"

Yu Li blushed again when she heard about the bet.

She's four years older than the fat man, she's 47 this year, and her daughter is already in college!

At this age, everyone's become an old woman.

She should live like the mistresses of old mansions, spending her days in quiet contemplation, detached from worldly desires, rarely smiling, and devoted to Buddhist scriptures and lamps.

But the fat man's enthusiasm for her remained undiminished...

Yu Li nudged the fat man and asked him, "What about this apartment?"

The fat man pulled her into his arms and whispered, "We won't buy it ourselves, but we'll encourage them to. If they don't have enough money, we can even lend it to them."

Yu Li chuckled, "You're really wicked. They owe you a favor so they can vacate a house for you in the future, right?"

There are no walls that let the wind through.

The news that the old man wanted to buy an apartment quickly spread throughout the entire compound.

Sha Zhu, quite puzzled, asked him, "Why did you suddenly decide to buy an apartment?"

An old man took a sip of tea and said earnestly, "I'm doing this for Xiao Dang and He Sui."

Why are Xiao Dang and He Sui together? They're not even close to each other!

Then, Sha Zhu thought of a terrifying possibility and stammered to the old man, "You, you wouldn't actually want He Sui to marry Xiao Dang, would you?"

An old man suddenly sprayed a mouthful of tea all over Sha Zhu's face, not wasting a single drop.

Sha Zhu wiped his face and even picked a tea leaf from it...

An old man, coughing furiously, demanded, "Who said such absurd things?!"

Sha Zhu looked completely innocent: "It's that bastard Fatty. He even said something like, 'A woman three years older is like holding a gold brick, a woman thirty years older is like sending her to the river...'"

The old man was completely dumbfounded. He Sui is only 22 this year, and Xiao Dang is already 29. Can this be called three years old?

However, the old man quickly came to terms with it. Wasn't Yu Li four years older than the fat man? Maybe he just liked that type!

When Sha Zhu came back after washing his face, the old man said to him, "I've been traveling around these past few days, and I've learned a lot. I think that apartment buildings will be the mainstream in the future."

Sha Zhu became interested: "Could you tell me about it?"

The old man actually likes Sha Zhu because he was separated from He Daqing when he was young and had to shoulder the burden of life at a young age, so he severely lacked fatherly love.

Back then, the old man treated him well, after all, he had received money from He Daqing; he would invite Shazhu to his house for meals every few days, and have his aunt do his sewing and mending, and they would go out to play together in the future.

The old man was very capable, and while he was dignified, he was also kind, fulfilling all of Sha Zhu's fantasies about his father.

So, Sha Zhu and the old man are really close.

The old man himself also enjoyed this affectionate gesture, since he had no children of his own.

So from that time on, he started thinking about whether he could take Sha Zhu in and raise him, so that he could take care of him in his old age.

Unfortunately, He Daqing was too difficult to deal with, so the matter was dropped.

An old man offered Sha Zhu a cigarette, lit one for himself, and then said, "Apartment buildings are great. They're detached, with their own kitchens, sewers, and you can use the toilet at home. In the dead of winter, you no longer have to go out to use public toilets."

Sha Zhu imagined the scene and couldn't help but show a look of longing.

"It's not over yet, Pillar, do you know what the biggest advantage of buildings is?"

"What is it? Oh, old man, stop keeping me in suspense! You're driving me crazy!"

An old man said happily, "There's heating!"

Heating? Of course Sha Zhu knows about heating. There's one in the break room at their factory.

There are also leaders living in that building, and now they're selling apartments as private housing, doesn't that mean...?

An old man took a big gulp of tea and let out a satisfying burp: "Most importantly, this building has two bedrooms and a living room, do you know what that means?"

Sha Zhu shook his head decisively: "I don't know."

An old man took out a floor plan he had drawn and pointed it out to Sha Zhu: "These are two rooms, the middle one is the living room, and there is also a balcony, kitchen, and bathroom."

How could an eighth-grade fitter's drawing skills be bad? The floor plans he drew without a ruler were almost identical to the floor plans drawn by computers later on.

An old man said dreamily, "I'm thinking of buying a set for the two of us, the big one for you and the small one for Xiao Dang."

Sha Zhu objected: "No, then where do you live?"

An old man pointed to the two balconies: "Isn't there a front balcony and a back balcony? You can use the front one to hang clothes or something, and if you modify the back one, it'll just be a room."

Sha Zhu shook his head, saying, "No way! That place isn't even as big as a public toilet. If you were to live on the balcony, people would gossip about me behind my back, making up stories about me abusing you!"

Yi Zhonghai didn't argue, and pointed to the living room: "Then let's use wooden boards to partition this living room, isn't that still living?"