Chapter 30 The new family has money, and the first thing Li Daohua does is...
Now that he had money, the first thing Li Daohua did was to buy the courtyard house in a great location that he had set his eyes on a long time ago.
The courtyard house is next to the Nanhai Lake, with an excellent location. Most importantly, it is large and well preserved. It has a large courtyard of more than 600 square meters and a cross courtyard.
What satisfies Li Daohua is the lighting and public security. Being next to the Nanhai Sea, there is almost no need to worry about public security issues, except at very rare times.
The whole yard has light all day long, and there is a big locust tree in the yard. It was once home to high-ranking officials and nobles.
This family also wanted to go abroad. In the 1980s, many people sold their houses to go abroad, mostly from Beijing and Shanghai. It was mainly because people from other places wanted to sell their houses to go abroad, but they couldn’t get a good price for their houses.
Only people in Beijing and Shanghai are able and willing to buy houses in these two places.
Because of its good location and large yard, it is both easy and difficult to sell.
It is easy to sell because there are people who want to buy it, and it is difficult to sell because there are not many people who can afford the price they expect, which is $50,000.
According to the current exchange rate, it is about 70,000 to 80,000 RMB. Some people are willing to pay 70,000 RMB to buy it, but the other party insists on US dollars.
Li Daohua also shook her head at the time. She only had 40,000 yuan before, and she gave 10,000 yuan to Dennis and Li Ziran. It was far from enough for the house.
Unexpectedly, she would have another chance to buy the house so soon.
I took the bus to a nearby place and walked to the outside of the house. There was still a piece of for-sale paper on the door, which meant it hadn't been sold yet.
There is only one middle-aged man living there, and it looks like he won't give in any time soon.
The middle-aged man obviously remembered Li Daohua. There were not many people who came to see the house, and most of them were men. Only Li Daohua came with her husband, and it was Li Daohua who was looking at the house the whole time.
After hearing the price, those people would often say that it was fair and then prepare to convert it into RMB. After being rejected by him, they would pester him for the next few days.
Only Li Daohua remembered clearly that after he said the transaction must be conducted in US dollars, the other party nodded, left without saying anything, and never came back.
The next year, the other party came again, and he had a strong premonition that he would get the 50,000 US dollars.
“This locust tree in the yard is more than 30 years old. Remember to remove it and replant it in a few years, otherwise it will damage the foundation.
Remember to replace the glass windows here. No one has lived here for a long time, so they don’t keep much heat in winter. Oh, when you renovate, remember to ask the master to check if there are any beams that have been eaten by insects. If there are any, they need to be replaced..."
Perhaps knowing that they would soon be separated, the middle-aged man took Li Daohua through the entire yard in a rambling manner, telling her what places should not be touched, what the meaning was, and what places needed attention...
Li Daohua still didn't say anything, but she took note of what the man said, especially some important parts.
After giving him every instruction, Li Daohua finally said that if he wanted to buy a house, he would pay in US dollars, depending on when he had time.
"I have time anytime, the sooner the better, and it's time for me to go back and reunite with my family."
The three of them took the materials and documents and left the yard. The man tore off the sale sign on the gate and locked the door.
Once the house is sold, he will leave as quickly as possible without having to pack anything.
This house is quite far from Ouyang Yuan’s workplace, and it takes nearly an hour to get there by bike. Before the house was renovated, they still lived in the previous courtyard house.
After the house was renovated, Li Daohua wanted to buy a car to make it easier for Ouyang Yuan to go to work and for her to travel.
"Living there, how are you going to eat every day? You can't cook."
"There is a restaurant nearby. I'll go eat there."
"How about...let mom and dad come over. We can live together and eat together. I'll eat at work in the morning and at noon, and come back to eat with you guys in the evening."
Li Daohua also had the same idea, but she was more worried about safety issues. She didn't earn much before, so it was not a big deal. But this time, Li Qingquan asked her to pay attention to safety issues.
I called the town and it was Zhang Qingshan who answered the phone. This phone number was also specially left by Zhang Qingshan.
"Okay, I know. I'll have someone tell your father. It's okay. Don't worry."
As a representative figure of domestic literature going global, Li Daohua has always been at the forefront of publicity. Publicity is all-round and can be both a good thing and a bad thing.
Zhang Qingshan also understood Li Daohua's concerns, and he was ready to help her persuade Li Sanzhu.
Li Sanzhu was maintaining his gun. At that time, there were militiamen in the village. As a veteran, Li Sanzhu naturally had a gun and could shoot.
Not only him, his elder brother Li Zhuzi is also an expert in using guns.
Not all people in the village are good people. As the team leader, Li Sanzhu knows this very well. Especially in recent years, most young people in the village are unwilling to endure the hardship of going to school or the hard work of working.
After Daohua was reported, he could clearly feel that some young people in the village were looking at him with strange eyes behind his back.
But he has been on the battlefield and killed people, so his aura is different from that of ordinary people. These young people don't dare to take action yet.
Lin Jinfeng complained: "I said at the beginning that I would follow my daughter to Beiping, but you refused to go, saying that you couldn't let my daughter down. Look at you now."
"Okay, let's pack up." They were preparing to pack up and go to Peking, taking their guns with them to stay safe on the road.
"Li Sanzhu!"
"Secretary? Why are you here?"
Zhang Qingshan saw how the family was tidying up and knew that he didn't need to persuade them: "That's great, I'll take you to the train."
There are also police officers and militiamen brought by Zhang Qingshan outside. After Li Sanzhu leaves, Lijiazhuang will have to re-elect a team leader.
When they left, the young people in the village regretted secretly in their hearts. They still believed that Li Sanzhu's family must have a lot of money, otherwise why would he run away so quickly? Why run away if he had no money?
The people who came to see him off were Li Zhuzi's entire family, as well as Li Fengshou and his mother. No one notified Li Sizhu.
Li Sizhu has been acting like a madman lately. Li Sanzhu doesn't want to pay attention to him, and Li Fengman calls him dad whenever he sees him.
"I'm going to Peking. Daohua is right. I'm over fifty, the right age to make a breakthrough. I'll go first. If you can't make it, come to Peking to find me."
Li Fengshou nodded heavily. Originally, his family wanted him to join the army, but he wanted to visit Peking.
"'18 Again'?" The editor took the manuscript and made sure it was for him before opening it.
Just reading the beginning is amazing. After Ye Wu's life of wasting away, he returned to his eighteenth birthday after his death and changed his destiny from then on.
Harvest is the soil that breeds avant-garde literature and complements avant-garde literature.
Therefore, they also attach great importance to Li Daohua's innovative novel "Back to Eighteen" and believe that this is a novel tailor-made by Li Daohua for their harvest.
If they knew that the previous name of this novel was Rebirth: One Life, One World, One Couple, I wonder if they would want to flip the table.
The biggest highlight of the whole novel is rebirth, while the rest is just average.
But it can also be a kind of literary pioneering, a novel of rebirth.
If we could do it again, I believe many people would be willing to do it, and regrets can be made up for.
"But why did all of us brothers and sisters disappear in the end?" Ouyang Yuan was a little unconvinced.
"Because if your mother didn't marry your father, how could you brothers and sisters come into being?" Li Daohua said as a matter of course.
“We were born by my mother.”
"You have half of your father's genes in your body."
Seeing that Ouyang Yuan still wanted to comment on this ending, Li Daohua said directly: "Then let me ask you, there is a chance now, you can travel back to the time when your parents were dating to stop your father and your mother from being together, the price is that you will disappear.
Only you, your brother and your sister don't count for now, are you willing to stop it?"
"I definitely would." Ouyang Yuan said firmly.
"That's right, then why are you still entangled in this ending? Isn't this ending good for your mother?"
Ouyang Yuan was a little at a loss. It seemed that there was no problem, but also that something seemed wrong.
They were tidying up the room when they received a call saying that Li Sanzhu and his companion had already boarded the train and would arrive soon.
"So, the house is still too small. Once my parents come, it will be tight."
When Li Sanzhu and his friends came over, they walked in the alley and whispered, "I feel that the living conditions of people in Beiping are no better than ours. It's too crowded. I should have known not to come and cause trouble for you."
Lin Jinfeng was a little nervous at the moment. If her daughter also lived in such a crowded place, they might as well not come.
"Their house is rented, so of course the landlord wants more people to live there so he can collect more rent. Our house is our own, and although it's not big, it's enough for us to live in. I bought a bigger one, and we'll move in after it's renovated."
After opening the gate of the courtyard and seeing that the house was not as small as they had previously thought, Li Sanzhu and his companions breathed a sigh of relief and took out things from the sacks they had brought.
There is everything, and many of them are local specialties brought from home.
"Go and deliver some to your neighbors and maintain good relations with them so that you won't get bullied." Lin Jinfeng taught Li Daohua how to deal with the world.
Ouyang Yuan had a strange look on his face. The relationship between the neighbors had already been established, and no one would dare to bully their family.
Whenever he goes out, he is protected by the rice flowers and walks around in the alleys with his head held high. He doesn't even need to give way to bicycles because others always make way for him in advance.
Last year, after that old lady returned home, she was said to be no longer as arrogant in their yard as before. Every time she acted up, the people in their yard would scare her with rice flowers, and she would be scared every time.
However, they will be moving away soon, and it is hard to say whether the other party will dominate the alley again.
Ouyang Yuan did not tell his colleagues about buying a new house, as he felt it was unnecessary. Only Guo Weimin knew about it.
Guo Weimin also told him a good news. The staff housing of their joint venture company has started to be built. He will be able to move in by the end of this year at the latest. By then, Ouyang Yuan can rent out the house again.
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