Chapter 33: A good time to buy a house The tide of the times, individuals have no choice but to…
The tide of the times cannot be reversed by individuals. What Li Daohua can do is to try to make as many people have fewer regrets.
"One Roof" tells the story of two families. One family knows that they have no hope of getting a separate house, but because there are too many people in the family, they have no choice but to buy one house.
The other family used connections everywhere, gave gifts, and invited people to dinner, but every time they distributed houses, they were always just a little short, just a little short... as if they could get this little bit with a little effort.
A family who bought a house with a loan lives a tight life. In order to repay the mortgage, they have to budget carefully every day and dare not spend any more money for fear that they will not be able to repay the loan and lose both the house and the money.
Because of this house, the whole family has had countless quarrels, complaining that they should not have bought a house, and that the company would definitely not give them a share of the house even if they bought it.
They suddenly lost the house allocated by the company and the money to buy a house. Even Zeng Fang, who had originally decided to buy a house, had doubts several times whether what he was doing was right.
The Meng family, who did not buy a house, also had a hard time. A lot of the money they earned was spent on connections. Once, they bought some canned food and left it at home, but before they had time to deliver it, it was accidentally broken by a child who tried to eat it.
There was another big fight at home, and the children were scared and sad. The landlord also raised the rent, so the whole family had to move to a more dilapidated, smaller and farther place, which made the two families accidentally become neighbors.
The house where the Meng family lived had many co-tenants, but the Meng family remained steadfast in living there.
From the unit being prosperous to being unable to adapt to the reform and opening up and eventually closing down, the work of the two families also experienced tremendous changes.
Both of them are unemployed, one has to earn money to pay the mortgage, and the other has to earn money to pay the rent.
The house the Meng family rented was already the cheapest in the city. If they wanted to get a cheaper house, they would have to move to the countryside, where they would not be able to find a job. Besides, their registered residence was not in the countryside.
"Do we really have to buy our own houses in the future?" Li Daohua earned money and bought the house because she didn't want to live in a small office building.
At least, Ouyang Yuan believed that Li Daohua bought houses just to live comfortably, including the courtyard house she bought later.
He had never thought about being forced to buy a house, take out a mortgage, and earn money for the house all his life. After all, his family had a house that had been passed down from generation to generation.
"Housing reform has already begun, and the commercialization of housing will become more and more serious, until finally no company will distribute housing." She has seen too many things like this.
For those born after the 21st century, allocating housing to their company is a fantasy. For such a good company, they would have to take one.
"I plan to submit this novel to People's Literature."
"Ah? So sudden?"
People's Literature is a unique publication, a truly national mainstream publication.
"Only People's Literature can suppress this novel, and this novel is also very consistent with People's Literature."
If reform and opening up is something that the people of the whole country are looking forward to, then housing reform is something that no one is willing to touch, especially ordinary workers.
Although he knew that they would break up one day, Liang Ning still felt a sense of loss when Li Daohua told him that her new novel would be published in People's Literature.
"I understand, I understand. However, the door to our Peking literature will always be open to you. You are welcome to come back and take a look."
Li Daohua is also a famous author. Her first short story, "Li Yaomei's Laid-off Story", was also nominated for the National Outstanding Short Story.
When her new novel was sent to her, it was also highly regarded.
"I knew before that Teacher Daohua was a pioneer in reforming literature. Now it seems that it is indeed the case..."
In recent years, People's Literature has been trying to change its style. After the resumption of publication, it opened the door to scar literature and reflective literature.
Jiang Zilon's "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office" is a test for People's Literature. It seems to be having a good effect so far, and many reform literature writers have emerged.
Li Daohua is one of the best among them, but unfortunately, her manuscripts have never been submitted to People's Literature.
This time I read Li Daohua's new novel, the writing is much more concise than before, and the contradictions and conflicts between the characters are logical and reasonable.
The issue they were most satisfied with was the housing reform. The higher-ups required publicity so that the people would gradually accept the reform, but they didn't know how to publicize it.
The authors also don’t know how to write about housing reform, and don’t know what impact housing reform will have on people, good or bad.
If one cannot imagine the subsequent consequences, then naturally one cannot write a reasonable novel, and it will not be accepted by the people.
Li Daohua’s reform literature was previously criticized as utopian literature because everyone felt that what she wrote was too abstract and unrealistic, and was purely her own fantasy.
It was not until real cases emerged that it was proven that Li Daohua's reforms were not just fantasies.
The same is true of the current "A Piece of Roof". When Wang Meng looks at it, he always feels that the Meng family who does not buy a house is someone he seems to have seen countless times.
Every time before and after the unit distributes houses, the whole unit is in a state of unrest and noise. No matter whether they get one or not, there is always something to say.
But he had never seen any of the Zeng family who had bought a house. Why did they buy a house? Would the whole family be happy if they bought a house? Was it really worth it to pay for a house in ten years? Would wages really increase in the future?
Many of the concepts in "A Piece of Eaves" are too advanced. Because the book was written from 1981, Li Daohua reasonably combined the reform and opening up in the text.
And it is bold to guess that prices will rise in the future, wages will also rise in the future. For a house purchased in advance, the mortgage will need to be repaid. If wages rise and the mortgage remains unchanged, the price of the house will actually decrease.
So at this time, it is more cost-effective to buy a house with a loan than to buy it in full. Of course, this varies from person to person, after all, work issues must be considered...
Every time Li Daohua puts forward a setting for the future, he will have a corresponding analysis to prove that what he says has substance.
"This teacher Daohua is really good at giving people difficult questions."
The work is of a high standard, it just depends on whether they dare to publish it. If this novel is published, it will definitely be criticized. Not only Li Daohua, but also the publication that publishes this novel will be criticized.
The fact that this novel will be published means that no matter how many disclaimers are put in the publication, it will not be able to stop everyone's thoughts.
"Deng."
In May 1981, Li Daohua's new novel, "Under One Roof", was quietly published in People's Literature without any publicity or prominent introduction.
It's like an ordinary monthly magazine, publishing an ordinary novel.
"What the hell is this! God bless you for encouraging people to buy a house! I want to see who wrote this."
Ma Changan was reading "People's Literature" as usual, and he unknowingly saw "A Piece of Eaves" and finished reading it unknowingly.
Only after reading it did I realize that this novel is telling everyone to buy a house as soon as possible.
His family has been waiting for housing allocation. He has been working in the company for ten years. It is a large factory and he is not a technical worker. In addition, he is an honest person and will not use backdoors. So for all these years, it has never been his turn to get a house.
It's not that his family members haven't complained about it, and they've also tried to get someone to help them through the back door, but he just can't save his face.
"Rice Flower? Rice Flower!" The pen name Rice Flower was quite popular this year, and her name could be heard every once in a while.
Ma Changan has read many of her novels in various forms, and was amazed by them all, especially the operability of the novels, which was simply amazing.
Unfortunately, their factory director is an old-fashioned man who is unwilling to reform, saying that it is a lie. Reform is the end of the world for a factory like theirs, and reform is what small factories should do.
This made many factory employees very angry. Many small factories had become more and more prosperous thanks to the reform and had even received overseas orders, but their factory was still half-dying.
The factory did not build any new houses last year, so no houses will be allocated to everyone, and everyone has to continue waiting.
I originally thought that "A Piece of Eaves" was just nonsense written by Ma Changan, but when I saw that the author was Li Daohua, I suddenly felt that it made a lot more sense.
If you think about it carefully, Zeng Fang's factory is just like theirs, lacking ambition and full of decadence.
The factory where Zeng Fang worked eventually went bankrupt. Ma Changan felt that if their factory did not reform, it would go bankrupt sooner or later.
Oh, if the company goes bankrupt, it will be even more impossible for him to get a house... Ma Changan was worried.
If the factory doesn’t build houses this year and don’t distribute houses to everyone, then go buy a house…
Ma Changan thought hesitantly that although he couldn't control whether the factory would reform or not, he could still control his own family.
Home is similar to a factory, you have to manage it carefully to live a better life.
“Bullshit, pure bullshit. I have always felt that this Li Daohua is a fraud who is trying to gain fame. What kind of crap were the novels she wrote before?
What reform literature? I think it is just fooling people. When there are no heroes, the little ones become famous. "
Dong Yu just fainted, not died. After recovering from his illness, he returned to the fight. Now he and Li Daohua are in a real life-and-death battle, and there is no possibility of reconciliation.
Dong Yu has a house, which was allocated by his work unit, so he is not worried about the housing problem and naturally does not pay attention to the housing reform.
But he has learned his lesson. The first bird to stick its head out gets shot. Last time, he stuck out too quickly and got targeted by Li Daohua. This time, he wants to criticize quietly and not shoot others.
He expected that Li Daohua was asking for trouble this time, and he didn't even need to call on anyone, as countless people would naturally come out to refute her.
Soon, the first group of people who saw "A Piece of Eaves" and wrote the manuscript began to question Li Daohua.
They believed that Li Daohua had earned money and bought a house, so she wanted to drag more people into it.
Few people understand Li Daohua, but many people question her. Almost every day one can see one or two articles criticizing Li Daohua in the newspapers.
"They are always like this, they can't get the point. What's the point of criticizing me? I will slap you in the face in a few days."
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