Chapter 57 The back garden is a good place
Under the guidance of Section Chief Quan, Lin Sanqi finally saw his future "home".
When looking at it from a distance, Lin Sanqi was extremely satisfied with the water pavilion. Under the lush trees, there was an ancient water pavilion. How beautiful was the atmosphere?
But when you get closer, even a fool would know why no one chose this house.
One is being too lonely.
The back garden of the Gege Mansion is quite large. There is just one lonely house. There are no street lights in the middle of the night, and it is dark and windy. Living here is like living in Lanruo Temple. You can definitely shoot a movie like "A Chinese Ghost Story" here.
The second is that the environment is relatively poor.
The back garden should be filled with birdsong, flowers fragrance, and the scent of lotus in the wind.
But now is not a period of natural disasters. I don’t know if it is due to drought or the waterway is blocked, but there is almost no water in the pond behind the Princess’s Mansion, so there are no lotus flowers.
In addition, the property rights are unclear, no one comes to clean up, and there is no one to grow vegetables for fear of being cut off, so the entire back garden is an abandoned wasteland.
The third is that the waterside pavilion is too dilapidated.
The traditional waterside pavilion is a wooden structure. In order to convert it into a warehouse, it was partitioned off on all sides with wooden boards. It turned out to be leaky everywhere. It was okay in the summer, but it was completely uninhabitable in the winter.
Section Chief Quan took Lin Sanqi to the entrance of the waterside pavilion, took out his key and pushed the door open.
With a "creak" sound, Lin Sanqi saw the inside of the house clearly.
It was empty inside, with only some broken wood piled up. A few beams of sunlight shone into the house, which was the gap where the air was leaking.
A musty and dusty smell hit Lin Sanqi in the face, and it felt like an ancient temple encountered halfway in a martial arts movie.
The whole feeling it gives people is like "There are many fallen leaves at the gate, and I know it is autumn."
But there is good news. This waterside pavilion is quite large, with a floor area of at least 30 square meters. No wonder it was used as a warehouse.
Section Chief Quan was also embarrassed to see this:
"Comrade Sanqi, this is what the waterside pavilion looks like. You still have time to change your mind now. Anyway, I don't want to live in this damn place. There are no neighbors around, and it's completely deserted."
How could others know what Lin Sanqi was thinking?
"Section Chief Quan, hey, I'm quite satisfied with this place. Look at how spacious this room is. Even if I get married in the future, I can add three more rooms. There'll even be room for my children to live. How beautiful."
Section Chief Quan burst out laughing when he heard this:
"Haha, you're really thinking ahead, kid. Think carefully. If you choose this waterside pavilion, you won't be able to participate in the housing allocation in the future. This is your only chance."
Lin Sanqi thought, I may not live here in the future. Even if I live here for a long time, why would I be afraid of not being able to get a good house now that I have money and food?
"Chief Quan, I've chosen this one. This place needs some serious renovation. I'm wondering if it requires bricks, cement, or lime. Could the hospital help with that?"
"Ahem, well, well, the country is in trouble right now, and it's hard to secure all kinds of supplies. Our hospital doesn't have any extra building materials, well, well..."
Before Section Chief Quan could finish his words, Lin Sanqi had already stuffed a paper bag over to him:
"Chief Quan, this is a pound of the best jasmine tea. Please have some."
Section Chief Quan took it and then pushed it back as if he had been electrocuted: "No, no, no, this is a mistake."
But the look he gave the tea bag gave him away. At that moment, Section Chief Quan must have been torn between his conscience and his desires, and he was just about to give it a push.
Lin Sanqi put the tea bag back into Section Chief Quan's hands and said with a smile:
"Uncle Quan, I call you Uncle Quan. This is your nephew's way of showing respect to you. It's a normal human interaction. Besides, I'm in the purchasing department and you're in the logistics department. We're not superiors or subordinates. There's no conflict of interest here. What are you afraid of?"
Section Chief Quan swallowed his saliva and lied to himself:
"Well, then, uncle will accept it. Haha, Comrade Xiaoqi is very sensible. So, I'll take care of the brick issue. I'll find a way, but the hospital really doesn't have cement or glass right now."
In 1959, my country's cement production was only 7 million tons. The country was still engaged in large-scale infrastructure construction, and cement was an absolutely scarce commodity.
In comparison, the national cement production reached 2.33 billion tons in 2019.
Putting these two figures together, you can see how precious cement was in 1959, right? The same is true for glass. Any building material that is industrially produced is in short supply.
Others are worried, but Lin Sanqi is not in short supply. How much does it cost to get a few tons of cement and glass?
"Uncle Quan, I won't make it difficult for you. Just like this, you can help me find a way to get the bricks, and I'll pay for them myself. I can also find other materials like cement and glass, but you'll have to help me find a mason when the time comes."
When Section Chief Quan heard this, he patted his chest loudly:
"I'll take care of the workers. Our hospital's logistics department has a construction team. It's no big deal to get them over to help with the work for a few days."
When Lin Sanqi saw that the tea was working, he prepared to make all his requests at once.
"Also, Uncle Quan, I'm the only one living in this back garden. I want to fence off the entire area. Do you think it's possible?"
The water pavilion of the Gege Mansion was built facing south by the water. The south side of the water pavilion was originally a place for bonsai, so a wall was built in the middle of the garden with a circular arch in the middle.
If the arch is blocked, the area where the bonsai is placed will form a garden within a garden.
Lin Sanqi knew that no one wanted the back garden now, but after the natural disasters in the next few years, the population of the capital would increase, and even houses would be built in the yard. There would definitely be someone who would take a fancy to the back garden.
Instead of arguing with the residents in the future, it is better to occupy the land now.
Lin Sanqi didn't want to live in an environment like a slum, where even if he farted, his neighbors would hear him, and even if he ate something delicious, he would be discovered.
Section Chief Quan looked in the direction of Lin Sanqi's finger and laughed:
"You're such a shrewd kid, much smarter than your older brothers. This waterside pavilion is over 30 square meters, and this small garden is at least 200 square meters. Once the archway is closed, this will all be yours."
Lin Sanqi chuckled, as expected, his little thoughts were seen through, but he didn't care, so what?
"Uncle Quan, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but I'm worried that we'll have too many children and no place to live in the future. I can build a few houses in the yard, so I'm preparing for a rainy day."
Section Chief Quan didn't really care. They were all public property anyway, so he didn't feel bad doing a personal favor.
"Okay, you're lucky. While the ownership isn't completely clear yet, I'll register this waterside pavilion and small garden under our hospital. We'll use them as warehouses, and the subdistrict housing authority won't be able to interfere in the future."
After saying this, Section Chief Quan walked into the garden, looked around, and said to himself:
"Why didn't I think of the benefits of this garden within a garden before?"
(End of this chapter)
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