Chapter 78 Helping Teacher Lin to Lose His Family
The name Baimixie Street originated in the Ming Dynasty. In the early years, there was a Baimi Temple, so it was named Baimixie Street. It belonged to Rizhongfang and has been used until now. Different from the chessboard layout of Yanjing City, which runs from south to north and horizontally and vertically, Yandaixie Street is an S-shaped alley with a total length of more than 300 meters.
Zhang Zhidong, a famous official in the late Qing Dynasty, and Wenxiu, the last imperial concubine, once lived here. In addition, many celebrities from the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China also lived here.
This also makes the courtyard houses here in Baimixie Street not only magnificent but also well-preserved.
Compared with the surrounding houses with two or three courtyards, Lin Weimin's house with one courtyard is a bit shabby, but it just meets his needs.
He lives alone in a large house with three entrances. Isn't he afraid of being haunted at night?
The courtyard is very exquisite and is well maintained, but since Lin Weimin is going to live there, he will definitely have to renovate it.
The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is considered the beginning of the Chinese New Year. Lin Weimin is a little busy today. He contacted several workers to come to the courtyard.
The masters' first task was to renovate the toilet in the courtyard. The temperature in Yanjing in winter was not much higher than that in Lin Weimin's hometown. He didn't want to spend 5,000 yuan to buy a house only to have a frozen butt when going to the toilet.
The courtyard originally had a toilet, including a sewage system, all from the Qing Dynasty, but it was not placed inside the house. This time, Lin Weimin planned to move the toilet to the main house.
The water supply problem has been solved. In 1976, Yanjing City achieved running water access to every household. Lin Weimin's house has its own door and yard, so he has only one faucet to himself, which is very convenient.
If you want to bring a toilet into the house, you need to solve two problems. One is to have a squat toilet or a sit-down toilet, and the other is a pipe for running water into the house.
The two problems raised by the master that Lin Weimin found need to be solved by Lin Weimin.
Li Guangfu knew that Lin Weimin was looking for someone to tidy up the courtyard today, so he rushed over specially. When he heard the master's request, he patted his chest and said that he could handle it.
He also asked Lin Weimin if there was anything else in the hospital that needed to be touched so that they could solve it all at once.
Lin Weimin then told him about his renovation plan for the courtyard, and he classified the houses in the courtyard according to their functions.
Among the three main rooms, the middle one is used as a living room for receiving guests, the main room on the west side is his bedroom, and the main room on the east side is converted into a bathroom and washroom.
The main room on the west side should be connected with the wing room on the west side. The room next to the main room will be made into a study room. The room faces east and has good sunlight during the day, which is suitable for work. The other room will be converted into a guest bedroom, and the wing room on the east side will be converted into a kitchen and dining room.
The toilet and coal shed in the yard will be demolished later to avoid being an eyesore. The three rooms at the entrance can be used as storage rooms.
Li Guangfu felt a toothache after hearing this. Teacher Lin’s action was a bit too big!
Not only is the movement cumbersome, but it is also wasteful.
After all, it's a yard with ten rooms. After he arranged it like this, it feels like it can barely accommodate a family of five.
When Li Guangfu raised his doubts, Lin Weimin lowered his head and looked at his more than 100 pounds of flesh.
Li Guangfu understood what he meant instantly.
Buddy, I’m single!
Li Guangfu discussed with several masters for a long time and checked what materials or convenient conditions needed to be provided. He said to Lin Weimin, "Okay. Teacher Lin, leave your family's matter to me. I don't have any other skills, but I am familiar with the area of Yanjing City. I guarantee that I can make your yard beautiful."
Lin Weimin was also happy to be a hands-off boss. Although he owed Li Guangfu a favor, it was worth it.
After buying the house, Lin Weimin had more than 2,000 yuan left, and he planned to spend this money on the renovation of his courtyard.
After hearing this, Li Guangfu couldn't help but sigh that this person really didn't know how to live. This amount of money was enough to buy another nice yard.
But he thought again, people only get one or two thousand yuan in royalties for writing a novel, which is equivalent to three or four years' salary of an ordinary worker, so what's wrong with spending money lavishly?
If you can spend, you can earn!
Li Guangfu decided that he would help Teacher Lin to make ends meet.
The appearance of Li Guangfu really helped Lin Weimin a lot. Lin Weimin was a man who could not beat anyone in talking, but he was not good at taking action. In the evening, he specially invited Li Guangfu to dinner to express his gratitude.
The task of renovating the courtyard was handed over to Li Guangfu, and Lin Weimin only had to pay the money and rest easy.
According to the Western calendar, it is already 81 years.
The first issue of the revised "Contemporary" magazine has been officially launched and sales are very good.
Since the album sales exceeded 600,000, the sales of the fourth issue of the magazine last year and the first issue of the magazine this year have been steadily increasing.
The first issue of the bimonthly magazine sold over 300,000 copies within a week. According to estimates, it would not be difficult to exceed 650,000 copies.
In addition, the Chinese New Year is approaching, and the editorial department is filled with joy.
That afternoon, Qin Chaoyang walked into the editorial office and said, "Weimin, the proofreading of The Cliff is almost done. Find someone to write the preface and put it in later."
The preface is very important for writers, especially new writers. It is best to ask some literary seniors to write a preface for a book.
"Editor-in-chief, I'd like to ask you for a favor." Lin Weimin said with a smile.
The old comrade was very pleased to see that Lin Weimin was so sensible, but he did not agree.
"You are not using Mr. Wan, the real Buddha, but you want me to write a preface for you?"
"Look at what you said. How snobbish I am?"
Qin Chaoyang smiled but said nothing.
"You really won't write to me? That's a pity."
"I don't believe you!" Qin Chaoyang scolded with a smile, "Hurry up and don't delay the typesetting and printing."
"Okay, don't worry."
After Qin Chaoyang left, Lin Weimin thought about it and realized that "The Cliff" was his first book after all, so it was still very memorable.
He first went to Mr. Wan's home in Muxidi and told him that he was going to publish a book. Mr. Wan readily agreed to let him write the preface.
Then he went to the home of a teacher he hadn't seen for several months.
"Lin Weimin?" Teacher Tang Yuqiu stood at the door and looked at Lin Weimin in surprise.
"Hello, Teacher Tang!" Lin Weimin greeted with a smile.
"Come in, come in." Tang Yuqiu hurriedly let him in and asked, "It's been a long time since we last met. Why are you here?"
"I came here today to ask for your help with something." Lin Weimin went straight to the point.
Tang Yuqiu asked, "What's the matter?"
"Do you remember the novel 'The Cliff'?"
"Of course I remember. I even bought your Contemporary album."
Lin Weimin continued, "The publishing house has decided to publish a separate volume for The Cliff. I came here this time just to ask you to help write a preface."
Tang Yuqiu was stunned for a moment, "You want me to write the preface?"
"yes!"
Tang Yuqiu suddenly felt her throat dry. She blinked quickly and asked, "Why did you think of asking me to write the preface for you?"
"You are my teacher. This is the first time for a student to publish a book, so of course I need help. Not only you, but I've also asked Mr. Wan for help."
"Mr. Wan?"
Tang Yuqiu felt her throat getting even drier.
(End of this chapter)
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