It would be even better if Liu Hengbo could introduce someone who can help repair the house. Liu Hengbo said he would take them there after the transfer of ownership tomorrow.
After returning, Yu Xiangan counted out one thousand yuan in cash. At that time, the largest denomination was ten yuan. In later generations, one thousand yuan was ten Mao Zedong notes.
If all the notes here are ten yuan now, then they will be a hundred pieces of great unity.
She didn't use all the big unity notes, she used both small and whole notes, mostly in ten-yuan denominations and a small part made up of some small change.
This looks more realistic.
Otherwise, they are all united, but I always feel that they are too rich, which gives people an unreal feeling.
Lin Chuanbai: "In this case, we will postpone our plan to buy bicycles."
Spending money too lavishly can easily make others suspect whether they have some illegal income.
"Then let's postpone it. It's not far. Walking can be considered exercise."
The Old Xia that Liu Hengbo mentioned is a teacher in the Foreign Languages Department. He looks much older than Liu Hengbo. From Liu Hengbo's words, we know that they are about the same age.
It seems that he has been through a lot over the years.
Teacher Xia had already learned about the general situation of the two of them from Liu Hengbo, and had a preliminary confirmation of their financial capabilities, so without any nonsense, he confirmed that they knew what the house looked like and were planning to buy it, and then went to transfer the ownership.
They exchanged money for property and after the transfer of ownership, they both became homeowners in the capital.
Teacher Xia really didn't seem to be reluctant to part with the house. After the transfer, he took the money and left. Liu Hengbo shook his head and said, "Let's go. I'll take you to find someone."
He took Yu Xiangan and the others to find a foreman he knew. "I've dealt with him before. One of my senior brothers hired him to repair his house. His craftsmanship is good. The house he repaired is strong and durable, and it also looks beautiful."
Private individuals are not allowed to answer the calls at this time, they are all registered under the name of the collective, so it looks more formal today.
There are two options, one is to include both labor and materials, and the other is to include neither labor nor materials, and the prices are also different.
After asking clearly, Yu Xiangan chose to contract the materials and labor. They knew few people here, and it would be too much effort to buy the materials themselves.
Maybe you can't buy it.
They stated their requirements: the main frame should be retained, the doors and windows should be knocked down and reinstalled, the messy buildings built haphazardly nearby should be demolished, and some sections of the wall that had collapsed should also have their small doors built for convenience repaired.
After they looked at the scene, they asked them if they wanted them to help clean up. If they did, they would charge them a fee. Yu Xiangan and Lin Chuanbai had no intention of cleaning up themselves. Although there was a cleaning fee, they were willing to pay it.
They paid a deposit of 50 yuan first, and after receiving the money, Xu Gong and his team immediately started work.
Finish the work earlier, get the money earlier, and take the next order earlier.
While this house was being renovated, they continued to rent Aunt Jiang's house. When this one was completed and ready for move-in, the rent for the other house was almost due, so it was just right.
"Manager, thank you for making it so smooth."
"I didn't help much, I just asked. If you want to thank me, please take some time to come to my dormitory and cook me a delicious meal." Liu Hengbo smiled.
It’s different to have a house, it’s like having roots here.
Your mind will also be more stable.
"No problem, manager, when is convenient for you?"
…
Now that I have found a house here, I have to tell Zhao Li about it. I asked him to help me find out before.
Zhao Li: "I see, your teacher helped me. Do you have enough money? If you encounter any difficulties, don't be polite to me."
Lin Chuanbai: "Uncle Zhao, if you hear any news here, can you tell us? We have it now, but my uncles don't have it yet. I guess they want to buy it too."
"Is your uncle here too?"
Lin Chuanbai: "Yes, my second uncle and his wife were both admitted to the university here."
It is impossible to satisfy just one house in the capital.
I can use them as an excuse to continue asking questions.
Zhao Li gave a thumbs up: "Great!"
Two more college students!
As if it's common among college students.
Isn’t this what it means when people are divided into groups?
Zhao Lin: "Sister Xiaoan, when your house is finished, we want to go and see it too."
Yu Xiangan: "When the time comes, please all of you go."
Lin Chuanbai: "When the house is built, Uncle Zhao, please take some time to go to the warm-up room together."
Zhao Mi sighed a little: "Let's go, maybe we can get some literary air when we go."
The house issue came to an end, and Yu Xiangan's life at school returned to normal.
When Yu Xiangan wants to integrate into the group and get along with others, this goal can be easily achieved.
She quickly became familiar with the female classmates in the class. At that time, she was still more concerned about the differences between men and women. As for the male classmates, she could mostly just call them by their names. Only those who were eager to show themselves would leave a deeper impression. Some were forced to show themselves, such as the class monitor Wang Haiwen. Yu Xiangan knew the most about him because they had dealt with each other the most.
One of them is the class monitor and the other is the deputy class monitor. Although they are both temporary, there were no other class leaders in the initial stage, so they took on most of the work, including communicating with teachers, class assignments, lists of tutoring materials, etc. They were the ones who handled it.
Yu Xiangan feels that, generally speaking, whoever is assigned a position will have a great advantage over other students if they compete for it.
Because the students are already familiar with it.
Unless the class monitor is indeed an introverted and dull person, and there is a cheerful, smooth-talking and well-connected classmate among his classmates, then the possibility of change is great.
Wang Haiwen is not a talkative person, but what he says is taken seriously. He is the kind of person who is fine if he doesn't speak, but once he opens his mouth, others basically won't refute him.
He is very sensible in dealing with people and things.
He must have reached a certain level as a worker before, otherwise he wouldn't be so adept at it.
Wang Haiwen also thought so, and felt that Yu Xiangan, the deputy monitor, could not be just an ordinary clerk in the bookstore. The clerks in other bookstores did not have this ability.
This was something Yu Xiangan developed when he was the assistant to the deputy factory director.
Among these classmates, Yu Xiangan and Liu Mingyue got along best.
She has a cheerful personality and speaks her mind, making her very comfortable to get along with. She generously shared with Yu Xiangan the pine nuts she brought from her hometown.
Yu Xiangan told her that she also liked to eat the food her cousin was stationed in the army over there, which would be sent to her every once in a while, and she would eat it all every time.
After hearing this, Liu Mingyue immediately gave her a small portion. "There are a lot of pine nuts in my home. Go up the mountain to get them. If you are free, people will ignore you. We don't have much else but pine nuts. I like to eat them, and I like to grab a handful when I have nothing to do."
Yu Xiangan accepted it and turned around to give her a can of mushroom sauce. "This is more suitable for your taste. Try adding some when you eat."
After trying it, Liu Mingyue was so amazed that her tone turned into an aria: "This tastes better than the ones I bought! How did you do it? I have tried to make it myself, but the taste... I don't dare to make it a second time, for fear of wasting ingredients."
Yu Xiangan smiled and said, "Didn't I say before that I'm good at cooking? I always like to think about how to make things more delicious. I'll ask you to taste my cooking skills someday."
Liu Mingyue was looking forward to it: "Okay, I'll make a note of this."
Yu Xiangan: “I can’t forget it.”
"What are you talking about? What did you forget?" Ke Manyun came over and asked in a soft voice.
Liu Mingyue: "We are talking about making delicious food. Take some time to try the cooking skills of the deputy class."
Ke Manyun looked left and right with an envious look, "You guys have an appointment, so I just walked away for a while..." She was a little embarrassed, but unwilling to give up, with obvious desire in her eyes.
"Do you want to go too?" Liu Mingyue laughed twice.
Yu Xiangan was willing to invite Liu Mingyue to his rental place, but Ke Manyun let it go. She thought about it and said, "Let's pick a date some other day and organize an autumn outing. What do you think?"
Liu Mingyue became interested: "Autumn outing, what does it mean? Tell me in detail."
Yu Xiangan: "If everyone is interested, it can become a class-wide activity. Many of us are not native to the capital, and visiting tourist attractions can increase our understanding of the city. It can also promote communication and enhance friendship among our classmates."
Liu Mingyue nodded, thinking it was a good idea.
"We can go to a park for a picnic. When we go there, we can pick up dry leaves and branches to cook. We just need to bring pots, ingredients and seasonings. Each person can contribute enough ingredients for a meal, and the cost is not too high."
The more Liu Mingyue listened, the more interesting it became. "We study hard every day, so we can find a day off to relax. I think that's great. I'm the first one to raise my hand in agreement. Xiao An, then you can discuss this with the monitor."
Yu Xiangan: "Okay, I'll discuss it with him first."
Ke Manyun looked at Yu Xiangan with admiration: "You are really amazing."
Yu Xiangan smiled and said, "No way, that's it for now, I'll go find her."
Ke Manyun liked to run behind Liu Mingyue. When Liu Mingyue was talking to her, Ke Manyun would interrupt from time to time. There was nothing wrong with her talking, but Yu Xiangan really couldn't stand her personality.
There's no point in having a nice conversation. This isn't the first time they've met. After being classmates for such a long time, they still speak in such a low voice and don't dare to look people in the eye. It's very tiring to get along with them.
Avoid it if you can.
Yu Xiangan told Wang Haiwen her idea, "Let's go out together and cook a meal together. This way we can increase mutual understanding and promote relationships, and there won't be any extra expenses. We can just use our own food coupons to pool together and cook a meal. The park is free and has a large enough venue."
Wang Haiwen thought about it carefully and decided that it was indeed very feasible. None of the classmates knew each other before and there were no activities now. Some introverted people only had the opportunity to get to know others when they introduced themselves. If they organized an event outside, they could indeed generate more interactions.
"Let's prepare the staple food in advance."
"I can help with cooking and steaming buns, and the rest can be done on site." Otherwise, it would take a lot of time to do everything slowly, and it would be difficult to carry the tools.
"So should we arrange one or two programs, such as everyone telling a joke or a short story?"
"That's fine. Everyone can take turns and talk about their feelings about coming here and the specialties of their hometowns."
"Can."
They also told Wu Zhusheng their ideas, and Wu Zhusheng nodded, "You can leave in the morning on your day off and come back in the afternoon. It won't affect your studies and can enhance the relationship between classmates. It's a good thing. I still support it. But you have to control the cooking. Some students have difficult families."
"Yes, teacher, we understand."
After getting his consent, they consulted everyone's opinions during the break just after class, when everyone was still in the classroom. "If you want to go, you have to sign up and pay for a meal ticket. If you don't want to go, don't worry about it. It's voluntary. If you want to bring others, you can also pay for an extra meal. Please note that there are family members."
This was the first time they organized such an activity, and since they were going to the park, they only had to pay for their own meals, so there was no loss, so everyone voted in favor of it.
Liu Mingyue was very excited. "Xiao An, what are you going to bring? I'll bring some pine nuts for everyone to taste."
Yu Xiangan thought for a moment, "I'll bring the chili sauce and mushroom sauce I made to see which flavor everyone likes more. I also made olive sauce first, and I still need to figure out the flavor. I'll bring some back for you to try and see if it tastes good."
Yu Xiangan and Wang Haiwen both became busy. They acted separately. Wang Haiwen went to the park first to check out the location and asked the staff if his classmates could come there for a picnic. Yu Xiangan took the money and tickets handed in by everyone to buy the things they needed.
Liu Mingyue went along to buy things, as Yu Xiangan couldn't carry so many things by himself.
Yu Xiangan asked Lin Chuanbai, and Lin Chuanbai said, "Go!"
He wants to assert his sovereignty.
On the rest day, Yu Xiangan got up at dawn and pulled Lin Chuanbai to get ready.
They had to prepare the staple food first, feed the two children and send them to the nursery.
When they were halfway through, Liu Mingyue came with two girls to help.
"There are so many people in the class, we can't leave it all to you alone. There will be a few male classmates coming over to help carry things later."
"Since you are here, I won't be shy. Come and help wash the rice and light the fire."
Yu Xiangan's own kitchen utensils were not enough, so he borrowed some from Aunt Jiang next door.
If we all come together, things will go much faster.
When the sun rises, the multi-grain rice and multi-grain steamed buns are ready. They are put into clean buckets, covered with lids, and given to the male students to carry to the park.
Yu Xiangan and his group arrived on time.
The other students have already arrived.
Wang Haiwen counted the number of people and when it matched the number on the list, he asked everyone to go in together, pick up the things they had brought, and find a suitable place for a picnic to put them down.
He already had an idea about this place and had already surveyed it when he came to scout the area.
They arrived at an open space beside a stream.
There are not many trees here, but mostly smooth pebbles washed by running water, so you don't have to worry too much about arson, and it is also convenient for cooking.
The stones here can be used to build a simple stove.
After putting the things down, some people stayed nearby to collect dry leaves and branches, while the others dispersed in groups of three or four, agreed on a time, and came back again.
Yu Xiangan didn't go far, and neither did Wang Haiwen. The two of them were here directing people to build the stove.
Wang Haiwen greeted Lin Chuanbai: "You must be the lover of the deputy class. Hello, I am Wang Haiwen."
"Hello, my name is Lin Chuanbai."
"I heard you are in the medical school?"
"yes."
"You are so skilled at building the stove, I almost thought you were studying architecture."
Lin Chuanbai smiled.
He has honed his skills. The stove in his medicine garden was built bit by bit by him. It is no big deal for him to build a temporary stove now.
Liu Mingyue and Ke Manyun were washing vegetables by the stream. Liu Mingyue even caught two small fish and prepared to make soup with them later.
Mosquito meat is also meat.
Those who stayed to help were all volunteers. Yu Xiangan discovered that Xu Ke, who usually didn't like to talk to people and acted a little aloof, also stayed to help. He even took out a piece of bacon from his bag and said, "Let's do this together later."
Yu Xiangan was stunned for a moment, then took it and said, "On behalf of all my classmates, I want to thank you. Today's meal is really sumptuous."
Many people gave her the specialties they brought so that they could share with everyone.
Liu Mingyue gave a bag of pine nuts and dried mushrooms, Wang Haiwen gave two sausages, and Ke Manyun gave half a pound of dried vegetables...
She brought some sauces with her and prepared a pot of braising liquid. She just needed to prepare the ingredients and start braising.
They built the stove, lit a fire, washed the ingredients, and washed the large clay pots they brought and placed them on the stove.
This is making soup.
Fish head tofu soup.
Gradually, the other people who had gone out also came back. Some came back empty-handed, some brought dry branches, some brought wild vegetables, and some brought back three bird eggs that they had found from somewhere.
The place suddenly became lively.
"Hey, the soup is ready, everyone come and serve it."
"Do you want to eat rice or steamed buns?"
“The toasted buns are delicious.”
"I put some roasted sweet potatoes on the fire, who wants some?"
"This is steamed pumpkin. It's very sweet. Do you want some?"
“This stew is really delicious.”
"Deputy class, your cooking skills are superb. This dish tastes absolutely amazing."
…
Everyone talked while eating lunch, which lasted more than two hours. Then they returned everything to its original owner, broke up the simple stove and turned it back into pieces of stone, cleaned up the garbage, and sat under the shade of the trees telling stories or jokes.
Wang Haiwen: "I'll go first. Once upon a time, there was a scholar who went to Beijing to take an imperial examination. On the way, he encountered a heavy rain that was rarely seen in a century. He went into a dilapidated temple to avoid the rain..."
Then it was Yu Xiangan who said, "Let me tell you a joke. One day, a teacher asked a student to make a sentence using the Great Wall. The student answered that the Great Wall is very long. The teacher thought it was perfunctory and asked him to make another one. The student turned around and refused, saying, 'No! I'm not Qin Shi Huang, why should I?'"
This joke was told to Yu Xiangan by her grandfather. She has forgotten why she was unhappy at that time, but her grandfather specially searched the Internet for the joke to cheer her up, and she still remembers it.
…
This was a successful activity. Afterwards, the class organized an election for class leaders. Wang Haiwen and Yu Xiangan remained in their positions, while Liu Mingyue became the life committee member and Xu Keke became the study committee member.
Xu Ke came in third, and she successfully reversed everyone's impression of her in this event.
Not only did she generously take out the bacon and help from beginning to end, but she was also very serious when cleaning up afterwards, making many people feel that they had misunderstood her before.
Although she is not talkative, she seems to be a good comrade who loves to study and has good character.
This time, Yu Xiangan borrowed kitchen utensils from Aunt Jiang, washed them and returned them. Yu Xiangan was thinking about going "treasure hunting".
She saw the official kiln mark on the bottom of a cracked plate at Aunt Jiang's house.
This is the capital city. If you want to find a bargain, the chances are greatest here.
Lin Chuanbai thought for a moment and said, "Take the children with you? They can also look for anything they like."
If you see that you have gained something, it is safer to go again in disguise.
Going to the nearest recycling station, the twins started flipping through picture books and picture albums. They couldn't recognize all the words, so they liked looking at things with images.
Yu Xiangan and Lin Chuanbai asked the two of them to look for it themselves, and they also squatted down to look among the pile of old books to see if there was anything useful.
I flipped through it and found that there was not a single high school textbook here, let alone any junior high school textbooks.
normal.
It should have been collected by people who needed to take the college entrance examination after it was resumed.
This is normal, but when I passed a pile of books, I saw an old table. There was nothing special about the old table, especially this old table had one leg short. The problem lay with the short leg. In order to make the table balanced, a small tripod was placed underneath it.
Yu Xiangan choked. She had seen a similar one when she visited a museum in high school.
The more she looked at it, the more she felt it resembled him. Could it be that one???
sky!
Lin Chuanbai didn't recognize her, but he could tell something from her expression. Looking at the small tripod that served as a stepping stone, he wiped his face and said, "Uncle, why don't you replace this broken table?"
"Oh, this table is old. I'm used to it and don't want to change it. I was worried when the legs broke. This length is just right. It's something that was taken from a Taoist temple to break feudal superstitions. I can make use of its residual heat."
Lin Chuanbai and Yu Xiangan: "..."
The two looked at each other. They were bringing their child with them. They would come back to take the thing away after dressing up. This thing could not be owned by a private person. They could donate it sometime in the future. It would be a pity if it got bumped here!
Next, both of them were a little absent-minded, picking up some things at random and asking the twins if they found what they wanted.
Lin Yining, "Mom, I found three painting books, and I also want this one." She was holding a bronze mirror that she found somewhere.
The mirror is already scratched.
Lin Yihong found five picture books, a painting of Wu Song fighting a tiger, and also a small box that he liked. He wanted to use it to store his "treasures".
This kind of box is old and small, so it is relatively cheap, only costing 20 cents.
"Okay, bring your things here. You have to pay first before you can take them away."
After paying, their picture books could fit neatly into this small box.
"Go back."
After returning home and coaxing the two children to sleep, Lin Chuanbai asked, "Just now you saw that Ding looked unhappy. Do you know him?"
Yu Xiangan smiled bitterly, "If I remember correctly, I saw the cultural relics from the Han Dynasty in the museum when my high school organized an activity. I had to write a review at that time, so I still have some impression of it."
Lin Chuanbai: “!!!”
He also felt suffocated when he thought of the tripod lying on the dirty ground, covered in dust, supporting the weathered old table.
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