Before the Fan family and Guan Guiling had finished their discussion, Zhuang Zhiyuan had already started choosing a house. As they had guessed, Zhuang Zhiyuan was in the third-to-last position, so there were really few options.
It was almost a foregone conclusion that his family could only choose the top floor location.
They were assigned to six buildings this time, with six families on each floor. The last few were near the toilets on the top floor, which no one liked. People who were at the back of the line could only choose the toilet door. The corridor and toilet of this building were not in the house, but at the end of the corridor, with a public kitchen on one side and a public toilet on the other. stay at the toilet door.
That is to say, the last six people definitely had no choice and must have been at the toilet door on the top floor. Or, maybe the next dozen or twenty people didn't make a choice because no one wanted to choose the toilet door. Some people could have chosen the fifth floor, but chose the sixth floor. Isn't it because they didn't want to be at the toilet door?
So the further you get to the end, the less choice you have.
Everyone is the same.
But even at the toilet door, those who were able to get a house were very happy. After all, there were more people who didn't get one. Who knows when the next house allocation will be. Take Zhuang Zhiyuan for example. He started working on the railway after graduating from high school and became a glorious train attendant.
If the next time is another five or six years, then Zhuang Zhiyuan would still hope to have a separate room. Others think the same way. Even if it is right next to the toilet, it is better than not having a separate room. Who knows when the next time will be?
These days, every household is short of a place to live! Zhuang Zhiyuan led his family to see it, and the family climbed up to the sixth floor with great effort. This area is all six-story tops. That is, people nowadays are busy. If it were a tech geek, he would have to take the stairs halfway up. You know, the stairs in this old building are different from those built in the 1990s, but are much steeper.
The family went upstairs all the way. There were people cleaning the houses downstairs, basically railway workers. Mingmei's brother also lived in this building. Her brother was in the middle position, but it was impossible for him to choose the second or third floor, so he simply chose the first floor.
But Mingmei's brother didn't move in, so the door was locked. Mingmei went upstairs with everyone else. Zhuang Zhiyuan opened the door with the key. Zhuang Zhiyuan said, "This is 35 square meters."
He said, “Come in and take a look.”
Hu Tou looked back, pursed his lips and said, "Dad, our new home is right outside the toilet."
Zhuang Zhiyuan: “…”
Xiaoyanzi frowned, her big eyes watery: "Stinky."
Xiao Tuantuan and Xiao Yuanyuan often interact with their older brothers and sisters. As soon as they heard their older brothers and sisters' voices, they immediately started to whine. The two little ones also waved their little hands and almost hit their father Zhuang Zhixi who was holding them.
Zhuang Zhixi: "Oh, I'm going~"
He sighed and said, "You guys are really..."
Xiaotuantuan and Xiaoyuanyuan were still babbling, and I didn't know what they were saying, but their saliva was flowing out.
Mingmei took out a handkerchief to wipe the child's mouth and said, "Be good."
Xiao Yuanyuan showed her mother a big smile, opened her little hands and asked for a hug.
Mingmei was unmoved and said firmly: "Let your father hold you."
Little Yuanyuan seemed to understand, and also seemed to be angry because her mother didn't catch her, so she waved her little fists and whimpered.
Mingmei didn't care whether the little girl had a bad temper or not. She turned around and followed her into the house. The whole family came, a total of eight people, oh no, ten people, they are still human beings.
After came in, the house seemed very crowded. This house is not new, but a bit old. It was rented out by the street office. Now it was taken over by the railway for other reasons. The time for vacating the house was not long, so although the house is empty, some garbage is everyone still on the ground. No one dealt with it. After being stuffy in the hot summer, the house smelled weird.
But it wasn't just this one house, the other houses were like this too. As they walked up, the whole building was filled with a strange smell. Liang Meifen hurried over to open the window. She said, "I thought the building was so nice."
They had always dreamed of living in a building, but when they really came up to see it, Liang Meifen's heart was really chilled. Not to mention that the whole family couldn't live there. Just the fact that it was opposite the toilet was enough to make people drink a pot.
It might be okay in winter, but I don't dare to think about it in summer.
She looked around and realized that there was only one room and one hall. If she separated another room for the child, she would have no place to put her feet if she wanted to buy some winter vegetables. Thinking of this, Liang Meifen shook her head.
She didn't say anything else, went out and walked to the end of the corridor. There was a stove here, one for each family, a total of six. However, six people definitely couldn't cook at the same time. Even if three families cooked at the same time, it would be very inconvenient.
She shook her head again, went back to the house, and said, "I still think this building is good."
Not to mention her, Hutou and Xiaoyanzi disliked it even more.
They kept muttering, "Mom, this place is not as good as home."
To be honest, their room is not 35 square meters, but they have several rooms, and each person is a person! Unlike here, the total is 35 square meters. Everyone walked around, but there was actually nothing to see, the place is quite small.
Zhuang Zhiyuan: "What do you think?"
Zhao Guihua squinted her eyes: "How else can I see it? This is the house you got. As a mother, I can only give you advice and can't make a decision for you. I think it would be better for you to change the house."
Zhuang Zhiyuan nodded: "I think so too."
He said, "Shall we go back?"
Zhao Guihua: "Okay. I feel relieved after reading this. Let's go now."
As soon as the door was opened, I could smell the toilet. Although I got the key last night after get off work, many people were ready to move in today. There were people coming in and out, fetching water, going to the toilet, etc., which made the corridor smell bad.
Zhuang Zhiyuan: "Let's go downstairs first."
"become."
Although they had originally decided to exchange their house, Zhuang Zhiyuan and Liang Meifen still had a little expectation in their hearts. After all, this is a building, a building, and they have never lived in a building. But let's take a look at it in reality.
It was like a click, and the beautiful dream was awakened.
This building is just like that, and as they walked down from the upper floors, they felt that the space was not enough for everyone. Zhao Guihua said, "There is not enough space here, and when things are needed, they will have to be put in the corridor. At that time, let's not talk about who takes up more and who takes up less, but what if something is lost?"
"Uh, Mom, you're right."
Zhao Guihua added, "Everyone gets off work at the same time. As you saw just now, we all cook at the other end of the corridor, one stove per family. But it's impossible for all six families to cook together. If the time comes, there will be conflicts over who gets off work first and who gets off work later."
This is what Liang Meifen agrees with the most. She immediately thought of this when she saw it just now. This old woman is always very aware of this kind of thing. She said: "It's the same when going to the toilet in the morning. If everyone goes in, they have to fight for it."
In fact, they also have to queue up in the morning to use the public toilet in the compound, but there are many public toilets, and the queue will not reach their doorsteps.
This is right at their doorstep.
The family finally went downstairs. The two children ran forward quickly, making Xiaotuantuan and Xiaoyuanyuan jealous. Zhuang Zhixi did not chase them, but the angry children kept grumbling and criticizing their father.
Zhuang Zhixi: "Little kid who can't walk yet, just listen!"
I saw the child running away.
Zhuang Zhiyuan said, "Third brother, if we exchange rooms with someone, will they agree? This place is really not that good."
Zhuang Zhixi: "It depends on how you look at it. Under normal circumstances, buildings are better than houses. In many people's minds, no matter how good a house is, it is not as good as a building. And if we talk about our courtyard house, we can find many shortcomings, but we are used to living in it and don't notice it. If you say that this building is old, then it is not short, so't our courtyard house even older? But we are used to living in it and don't notice it."
"That's right."
"So when do you think we can find Chen Yuan?"
Zhuang Zhixi: "We won't look for Chen Yuan. It's not a good deal. We'll let them come to us. Sister-in-law, you've been sullen at work lately. If someone asks you, just say..."
Zhuang Zhixi whispered something and Liang Meifen nodded: "Okay, I'll cooperate with you."
Zhuang Zhixi nodded and said, "That's fine."
The family looked at the house and there was really no surprise. No surprise at all! Zhuang Zhixi thought of something and asked, "Mingmei, is your brother-in-law moving in? He got 35 square meters, right? He has two children, right?"
Zhuang Zhiyuan and Mingcheng were really similar. They had almost the same life. They both graduated from high school, both were admitted to the railway department, and both had two children, the eldest was a son and the second was a daughter.
Of course, we were also allocated houses in the same year.
Mingmei whispered, "My brother won't move in."
Zhuang Zhixi raised his eyebrows, and Mingmei said in a lower voice, "My brother lent the house to someone else."
Zhuang Zhixi: “Huh?”
He immediately stopped asking, saying that there were too many people around and they could talk about it when they were alone at home. Mingmei didn't continue talking, but fortunately, no one else paid attention to it because everyone's attention was on their house.
Zhuang Zhiyuan: "If this is a room change, it's actually really good."
He thought about it carefully. He couldn't live with the child. He really didn't want to live apart without the child. He didn't spend much time with the child because he was often on business trips. Wouldn't it be even less if they lived separately? That wouldn't work.
He said: "Let's change it, and hope everything goes well."
Zhuang Zhixi glanced at his brother and thought, with me here, how could things not go smoothly?
Sure enough, the next day, Liang Meifen started to look sullen when she went to work. She looked a bit unapproachable. She had been in the workshop for a while and got along well with several female colleagues in the workshop. One of them, Wang Fang, was the one she got along best with. She asked her, "What's wrong with you? Did you have a fight with your husband?"
Leung Mei-fun: "No, why would I quarrel with him? We have a good relationship!"
"Why are you looking so unhappy? Did your mother-in-law bully you?" The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is an eternal topic.
Priscilla Leung: “Not really.”
She sighed, pretended to be embarrassed, and said, "Actually, my man separated the rooms."
"ah?"
"This is a good thing, why are you so upset?" At this time, not only Wang Fang, but others also came over and asked about it, because allocating houses was a very big deal.
Liang Meifen smiled bitterly and said, "Of course it's good to have separate rooms. I'm happy about that. But my family can't live together. I have two children, a boy and a girl. They can't live together, right? But I was given a 35-square-meter apartment..."
She said helplessly: "Our house is not spacious enough, and the children don't want to live there. They cry at home. Their friends are all in our family compound. They don't know anyone in the new place, and the children don't like to go there. My mother-in-law wants the two children to live with them. My mother-in-law's house is spacious enough, but you want me, as a mother, to live separately from the children. I feel uncomfortable..."
After hearing this, everyone began to understand Priscilla Leung's difficulties, but in this situation, no one really had any better ideas.
"Your situation is indeed a bit difficult to handle. If nothing works, just ask them and your parents-in-law to pay attention. My child was sent to live with his grandmother in the countryside. Although it is a bit hard, there is no other way. My husband and I are both working and cannot take care of him. We are thinking of bringing the child back when he can go to school. Fortunately, your family is still in the city, so it is actually not bad."
Liang Meifen shook her head: "These two in my family have never left me and his father since they were young. How can we feel at ease? Anyway, I am worried."
Liang Meifen was gloomy and looked depressed when she met Zhuang Zhixi in the cafeteria. The publicity department staff smiled and said, "This is your sister-in-law, what's wrong?"
Seeing Director Chen sitting at a table eating, Zhuang Zhixi walked over with his plate and sat at the table next to him. Others followed him, but no one knew that Zhuang Zhixi was going to see Director Chen. Everyone usually just found a place randomly.
Zhuang Zhixi said nothing after sitting down.
Sister Cui asked, "You haven't told me yet, what happened to your sister-in-law? Did you offend her?"
Zhuang Zhixi: "Where am I from? How could I, such a good person, offend anyone? She was suing me because of the house. My eldest brother got a room, but they couldn't live in it. If they move out now, they will have to separate from their child. Both husband and wife are upset."
"Allocated housing? Which unit?"
"The railway."
Zhuang Zhixi: "I was given a 35-square-meter one-bedroom apartment, but it's too small to accommodate my child. How can I not feel bad?"
"That's right." Sister Cui is a woman, so she can understand. She said, "What else can we do? It's the same for every family, so just make do with it."
Zhuang Zhixi: "Actually, I told my eldest brother that if he didn't want to be separated from the children, it would be better not to move out. Ask if there are people nearby who want to exchange. But my eldest brother was very hesitant, after all, it's a building. Although the floor and location assigned to my eldest brother are average, it is still a building after all. And the location is pretty good. This building is better than a private house anyway. Especially in winter, it's a pain to go to the toilet. So my eldest brother was also very hesitant. In fact, he really wanted to exchange, but he felt that he was at a disadvantage."
"What you said makes sense."
Zhuang Zhixi: “Isn’t it?”
Director Chen at the next table moved his ears when he heard this.
He immediately had an idea. To be honest, he had had this idea in his mind for a while, especially recently, he had been very anxious. Chen Yuan had now left the machinery factory to work at the food factory. He felt a little relieved.
But the couple definitely couldn't let Chen Yuan continue to live in the compound. If he had to face Zhou Qun and Bai Fendou all day long, he would feel uneasy. He was his only child, and he absolutely couldn't let a man bully him.
So he also agreed that Chen Yuan should not return to Siheyuan.
But the whole family lives together, and although they can barely live together, his wife, his mother, and his daughter-in-law, three women, are a drama, and they have conflicts every day, which makes him worried.
What's more, Director Chen hoped that Chen Yuan and his wife would move out quickly, because he always felt that his daughter-in-law treated him a little differently. Don't think that only women are more sensitive, in fact, men are the same. He always felt that Tao Yuye treated him better than Chen Yuan. And she always came to him, serving tea and water, rubbing his shoulders and legs. Director Chen really couldn't stand this, so he hoped that Tao Yuye would move out.
He is a man with many thoughts and is good at making money, but he is not that keen on sex. If he were a bit more romantic, given his status, he would not have only one son, Chen Yuan. He really didn't take this matter seriously when he was young.
He felt that what he liked were only power and money, and this woman had somewhat hindered him from doing these things. He would not let such a thing affect his reputation and hinder his advancement, so Director Chen did not want to continue living under the same roof with Tao Yuye.
The best way is to let Tao Yuye and the others move out as soon as possible.
But they couldn't go back to the compound. If they did, their only son would be in danger. If Tao Yuye were to move out, he would still be worried. Tao Yuye could seduce him, but that didn't mean she couldn't seduce others, so Director Chen was really worried.
I couldn't sleep all night, wondering how to get these two children to live outside.
His wife didn't understand what he was worried about. She wanted the old couple to move to a larger compound so they wouldn't have to change houses. It would be much easier. But Director Chen was adamantly against this. He demanded that Chen Yuan and his wife move out. This made his wife very unhappy. Neither of them was happy with each other. But he couldn't just say, "Your son's wife has taken a fancy to me, right?" So Director Chen could only bear this bitterness alone. He had recently asked his friends to help him find someone to change houses.
But how can I say this! This compound is really famous. There have been so many big and small incidents over the years, so when ordinary people hear about it, they really don’t dare to exchange with them. Even if they want to, they don’t dare. After all, there are many amazing people in this compound.
Zhou Qun is one of them. When he was young, he pulled a cart to exchange for his future. When he was older, he set his sights on the behavior of the old men. Everyone knows that. Although he doesn't seem to be like that now, he used to look like a gentleman. You can't judge a person by his appearance. That's how it comes out. How dare you believe it! Then there is an old lady who plots against her in-laws and is feudal and superstitious. Oh, Zhou Qun's mother.
This family is nothing but gods, the neighbors next door are not easy to mess with either, Bai Fendou, from falling into the toilet to fighting in the hospital to being a man killer, he kicked his balls! He wasted one after another, this guy and Zhou Qun can be called the dragon and phoenix of the Siheyuan.
In addition to them, there is also the young widow Wang Xiangxiu who is suspected of having an affair with a man. Although she seems to have changed for the better, who knows? After all, she has a mother-in-law who has been sentenced to life imprisonment and a thief son who is still in juvenile detention.
In short, this compound is so big that people are afraid to enter.
Anyway, ordinary people can't afford to offend him.
Director Chen’s idea of changing rooms is even more distant.
However, now an opportunity came out of nowhere, and Director Chen was almost overjoyed. He had heard something about the railway department's housing allocation, but they had just allocated housing, so how could they be willing to exchange their apartment for his?
But I never expected that when you seem to have no way out, there will always be a new village.
There actually was a turn for the better in his case.
Director Chen turned his head to look at Zhuang Zhixi, and thought that this man looked handsome! What a good man! He thought that God must have given him such an opportunity because he couldn't stand it anymore. He was smiling, and when he saw Zhuang Zhixi and the others finished eating and got up to leave, he immediately called out, "Xiao Zhuang, wait a moment."
In fact, he didn't know Zhuang Zhixi's name, he just heard someone call him Xiaozhuang just now.
However, he had an impression of this person. After all, the Propaganda Department was able to report the article, so this was considered an achievement.
Zhuang Zhixi turned around and said, "Director Chen, what's the matter?"
Director Chen: "I have something to talk to you about. Please come to my office with me."
Zhuang Zhixi: "Okay."
The other people in the Propaganda Department looked at Director Chen curiously. They didn't know why Director Chen suddenly looked for Zhuang Zhixi. They didn't have much contact with each other.
Zhuang Zhixi waved to everyone and followed Director Chen upstairs to his office. Director Chen took out a cigarette, which was rare. Zhuang Zhixi smiled and said, "Thank you, I don't know how to smoke."
Director Chen said meaningfully: "This man must not smoke, otherwise he won't be able to socialize with others."
Zhuang Zhixi nodded in agreement, but also said, "My children are still young, and I'm afraid they might choke. Did you ask me to do this?"
Director Chen also sat down and said, "I just heard that your brother wants to change rooms?"
Zhuang Zhixi hesitated for a moment and said, "I advised him, but he was actually still very hesitant."
Director Chen looked at Zhuang Zhixi, made a judgment, and said, "Well, I'm not going to beat around the bush. Actually, you know that my husband and wife Chen Yuan are not very comfortable living in the compound, and I, as their father, am worried about them going back to live there, so I want to change their house."
Zhuang Zhixi looked at Director Chen in surprise, and then said, "I can understand that, but you also know that my brother lives in a building, so he has been hesitant to make up his mind whether to replace it or not. Who doesn't want to live in a building now?"
Director Chen: "I understand this, so I didn't look for your sister-in-law, I came to look for you."
He took out ten yuan, pushed it over, and said, "Please help persuade your brother."
Zhuang Zhixi smiled: "Maybe it would be more useful for you to find my sister-in-law?"
Director Chen: "Well, I have heard some rumors about your sister-in-law. She is a little confused. I'm afraid your brother can't listen to her. If I go to her and she messes up for me, it will be even more difficult to talk, right?"
Don't think he doesn't know, that Liang Meifen is not very clear about her work, her salary is collected by her husband. This is really unique to Scorpio.
Zhuang Zhixi looked down at the ten yuan, and seemed a little hesitant. Director Chen said, "If you help me persuade your brother successfully, I will give you another ten yuan."
Zhuang Zhixi smiled and said, "Then I'll try."
Director Chen: "Okay."
He said, “I look forward to hearing good news from you.”
Zhuang Zhixi: "I have to work hard for twenty dollars! Just do your best."
After a pause, he said, "My brother's colleagues are all moving recently. He must be anxious. I will try my best to force him to make a decision quickly."
Director Chen was very happy that Zhuang Zhixi was a smart man and nodded: "Then I will wait for your news."
Zhuang Zhixi: “Sure.”
Zhuang Zhixi talked to Director Chen and went back quickly. The people from the Propaganda Department curiously asked Zhuang Zhixi what he wanted. He smiled and joked, "He asked about the situation in our compound. After all, Chen Yuan's house is also here."
"That's true."
Zhuang Zhixi walked home with Liang Meifen after get off work. In fact, the uncle and sister-in-law usually walked separately after get off work. There were three employees in his family who worked in the machinery factory, so they usually went their own way. Today, Zhuang Zhixi was waiting for Liang Meifen.
Liang Meifen walked with Zhuang Zhixi, and it was a bit awkward. She said, "Old Third, what do you want to tell me?"
Priscilla Leung was stunned.
She stammered, "Why, why, why? Some of them who live there just moved in and didn't clean up at all."
Zhuang Zhixi: "Just because they didn't clean up doesn't mean you don't have to. They live there by themselves, and you're exchanging money. Is that the same? Do you want money?"
Miriam Leung: "...Who wouldn't want that?"
Zhuang Zhixi: "That's it. You exchanged your nice house with theirs, shouldn't they give you some subsidies?"
Priscilla Leung: "Ah??? Ah!!!"
Zhuang Zhixi: "You guys clean up the house and buy some paint. It won't cost too much. Twenty yuan will be enough. It shouldn't cost more than twenty. At most it will cost some labor, but you're working for your own family, so it's not a big deal. Once you're done, go and see if there's anyone selling sandalwood. There's no sandalwood in temples now. There aren't many of them, but you can definitely find them on the black market. Buy some and light them to make the house smell better. Then we'll ask the Chen family to look at the house. Your house is already five or six square meters bigger than Chen Yuan's. And the room looks great, shouldn't the Chen family give us some subsidies? As long as Chen Yuan and his wife like it, you and your eldest brother can ask for a lot. Replacement is replacement, so if we replace the broken one with a good one, shouldn't we get some subsidies?"
Priscilla Leung: "Ah! Yes!"
Zhuang Zhixi: "Okay, I've explained everything to you now. Go home and tell your brother that I have to pick up my wife today."
Priscilla Leung: “Okay.”
She hurried home so she could clean up after dinner.
Zhuang Zhixi strolled leisurely and went directly to the bus station. It was not that he was not in a hurry, but Mingmei had to do statistics in the next two days, so she would be delayed for a while after get off work. He came at the right time, and Mingmei saw Zhuang Zhixi and went downstairs.
She smiled and said, "You have a very accurate time."
Zhuang Zhixi: "I'm afraid if I come too early you won't have finished your work."
Although it was not dark when Mingmei finished her overtime, Zhuang Zhixi was still worried. Whenever she worked overtime, he would come to pick her up. The couple rode their bikes back together. Zhuang Zhixi carried Mingmei, and Mingmei hugged his waist and asked, "How did the house matter go today?"
Zhuang Zhixi: “No problem.”
He said, "Come to think of it, I forgot to ask you yesterday what's going on with your eldest brother."
Mingmei: "My eldest brother actually sold the house, but it was called a loan."
Zhuang Zhixi was dumbfounded: "Brother-in-law is too awesome, isn't he? What can he get? Your brother must get something, right? It's not right if he only wants money."
Buying and selling are not allowed now, and most people don't dare to buy, for fear that the seller will go back on his word. But this buyer is quite brave and actually dared to buy the house.
Mingmei smiled and said, "My brother didn't take the money. He changed my sister-in-law's job. You know, my sister-in-law was a temporary worker selling tickets at the station. She has never been regularized for so many years. Now that the quota is so tight, it is even more difficult. But this time my eldest brother seized the opportunity. My sister-in-law can be regularized. The price is that my eldest brother gave up the house. Although it was sold, my brother didn't get a penny, but my sister-in-law was regularized."
Zhuang Zhixi was silent for a moment and said, "It's hard to say whether your brother is suitable or not. But if you calculate it, he should be suitable."
"Of course it's suitable. Besides, there's nothing we can do about it. If young people don't want to go to the countryside, they have to have formal jobs. Temporary jobs are not acceptable. Isn't this driving up the price of jobs? Besides, a job can be passed down, so who would be willing to sell it? Scarcity makes things valuable, and the railway department is a good unit, so it's naturally more difficult to get in. This is also because my brother is popular and can build good relationships in all aspects, otherwise it wouldn't be my brother's turn."
Mingmei still agreed with her brother's decision. His parents' house had three bedrooms and a living room, which was not small and spacious enough for them to live in. If her brother really moved in, he would face the same problem as Zhuang Zhiyuan, and would have to be separated from his children.
The current situation is not bad.
"Actually, a job now costs about 500 yuan, and my brother's house is not worth 500 yuan, so our family is still suitable. Of course, the buyer over there is also suitable. They didn't pay a penny and got the house. The buyer is a leader of my brother. He has a quota to arrange jobs. But his children all have jobs, so he wanted to change the house for his children. Of course, he could sell the quota first and then buy a house, but this involves too many people, and he is afraid of something going wrong, so he still wants to save some effort. An was willing to do it because he saw that my brother really couldn't regret it."
Zhuang Zhixi: "I understand. Since the leader of their family is in charge of your brother, they naturally know that your brother will not turn against them. That's why they dare to do this."
Mingmei: "Yes, they wrote an agreement, and we are all from the same unit, so normally we won't quarrel. We can't afford to lose face. After all, he is still in the railway department. His family doesn't want to quarrel, and my brother is the same. This matter is convenient for both parties."
Zhuang Zhixi nodded.
He said: "Brother, this is considered to be a bit of a plan."
Mingmei: "That's right. I have many military advisors in my family, so naturally I know what to do best."
Zhuang Zhixi smiled and said, "Your brother is quite smart."
Mingmei pursed her lips and said, "My grandpa said that each generation in my family is worse than the previous one. My uncle and my mom are not as good as my grandpa himself, and we, the younger generation, are not as good as my mom and my uncle. It's really true that each generation is worse than the previous one."
Zhuang Zhixi burst out laughing.
Mingmei pinched Zhuang Zhixi, and Zhuang Zhixi said, "Hey, hey, hey, hey. Don't do it, I can't even smile."
Mingmei snorted and hugged Zhuang Zhixi tightly. The bicycle swayed, but Zhuang Zhixi held it steady and said, "Then your grandfather must like me very much, because he said that I would be good if you train me."
Mingmei snorted.
Zhuang Zhixi: “Hehehe.”
Mingmei: "What are you laughing at?"
Zhuang Zhixi: "This is so domineering that you can't even laugh."
Mingmei: "Humph."
Zhuang Zhixi: "You can only hum..." Seeing Mingmei's little hands were not honest again, he quickly said: "You pinched me, I'm riding a bike."
Mingmei pouted, but asked again: "How is your eldest brother's work going?"
"No problem!"
Zhuang Zhixi: "Why can't I help? I think Director Chen wants to change the house more urgently than I thought. He seems to be very anxious and even gave me ten yuan. He said that if I can persuade my eldest brother, he will give me another ten yuan."
Poof! Mingmei burst out crying. She was stunned and said, "This, this, this..."
Zhuang Zhixi: "Didn't expect that?"
"I didn't expect it. I really didn't expect it."
Mingmei felt that all kinds of things happened.
"You won't give the money to your brother?"
Zhuang Zhixi: "No, I earned it, why should I give it to you? But I plan to treat the whole family to a meal."
Mingmei: "???"
Zhuang Zhixi: "Use this money to treat us."
Mingmei: "Okay. Twenty bucks is a lot. I can't finish it."
Zhuang Zhixi: "I just want ten dollars, use this as a treat. I will ask him to include the other ten dollars in the price difference in front of both parties. Anyway, we should make it clear in public so that he won't accuse me of making money in the middle later."
"That's good."
The two of them went home together mumbling...
You know what, Zhuang Zhiyuan and his wife were really obedient. They got to work very quickly. It only took them two or three days to clean up the place neatly. After everything was cleaned up, Zhuang Zhixi didn't even go to look for Director Chen.
It was not until Director Chen came to see him that Zhuang Zhixi took Director Chen to meet Zhuang Zhiyuan the next day.
Director Chen and Zhuang Zhiyuan didn't know each other, but Zhuang Zhixi was there in the middle, and he led both parties and quickly made the place lively. Of course, Director Chen was not alone, there were also Director Chen's wife and Chen Yuan and his wife.
Zhuang Zhixi: "There's no need to introduce your family's situation. We all live in the same compound, so we definitely know what it's like and have seen it. Let's go take a look at my brother's house. But there are some things we have to say in advance."
After a pause, he smiled and said, "First of all, the building is better than the house. Secondly, my brother's house is also bigger. We definitely can't just replace it directly. We should at least make up the difference, right? Don't you agree?"
Director Chen and the others had already thought of this. After all, the banker was not stupid. Although he had to change houses for the sake of the children, he would not really suffer a loss. Director Chen: "I understand this. Let's go."
Zhuang Zhixi smiled and said, "Okay, let's go and have a look. Because there is a price difference, let's take a look at the actual situation. If you think the price difference is too much, it's okay if you disagree. Anyway, even if the deal fails, we still have our friendship. Don't you agree?"
Director Chen nodded.
The two Zhuang brothers led Director Chen and his family to the family building. Needless to say, the location here is really good. Even Director Chen and his wife couldn't find any faults. They went upstairs together, and Director Chen's wife covered her nose and said, "It's quite dusty."
Zhuang Zhixi smiled and said, "Yes, everyone is moving recently, and it's not just dusty. But after a few days when we officially move in, there will be people cleaning here, and it will be much better. Although there is a sanitation fee, where can we not have a sanitation fee? We also have a sanitation fee in our compound."
"That's right." Tao Yuye said, "There are some in the Siheyuan too."
She would definitely prefer living in an apartment and would love to change houses since she doesn't have to pay for it anyway.
They went upstairs together, and Director Chen's wife started to complain again: "Oh, this is the top floor, it's too high."
Zhuang Zhiyuan didn't want to hear that and ignored her. Zhuang Zhixi smiled and said, "Yes, it's the top floor, but isn't the top floor better than a courtyard house? You don't know because you haven't lived in a courtyard house, but I think Chen Yuan and Tao Yuye have some experience."
If this were to happen, Chen Yuan would agree. What he couldn't stand the most was going to the toilet in such cold weather. It was like going to kill him.
He said: "Indeed, the Siheyuan is really not good."
Zhuang Zhixi smiled and said, "That's not the case. Although we are on the top floor, it is still quiet. Think about it, if you live downstairs and there is a lot of commotion upstairs, you can't even sleep in, right? If the people living upstairs have children, it's even worse. It's really annoying to hear them making a fuss upstairs every day. But there is no such problem on the top floor, because others are at your feet. There is no one jumping up and down above you. Only you make others uncomfortable, but no one makes you uncomfortable."
After he said this, not only Chen Yuan and his wife, but even Director Chen nodded.
Zhuang Zhixi took a breath and thought to himself that it was a good thing that his mother was smart and could think of this. It really is true that you can’t judge a person by his appearance. She has never lived in a building, but she could think of this. It really shows that the old ones are the wisest.
Zhuang Zhixi: "Let's go, the room is over here."
At this time, Director Chen's picky wife spoke again. She frowned and said with even more disgust: "Why is this right at the door of the toilet? Isn't this annoying? It also smells bad."
Zhuang Zhiyuan still remained silent, and Zhuang Zhixi really wanted to beat his elder brother to death.
He continued, smiling, "This is indeed a disadvantage, but there is nothing we can do about it. You see, there are six families in each building that must be close to the toilet, and six buildings means thirty-six families. My brother is already at the bottom of the queue for housing, and there is really nothing we can do about it. But think about it this way, although being near the toilet door is sometimes a disadvantage, it also has advantages. At least when you want to go to the toilet, you are always faster than others. In the morning when everyone is in a hurry to go to work, can you also get in before others? In the early morning when there is chaos and confusion, being closer to the toilet means being faster than others. So although it is a disadvantage, there are also hidden benefits."
After hearing this, Director Chen's wife still felt disgusted, but she didn't say anything.
At this time, Zhuang Zhiyuan also opened the door. When he opened the door, the Chen family's eyes lit up. It must be said that although there are shortcomings along the way, when you look at this house, you can't wonder why Zhuang Zhiyuan is entangled, because this house is really good.
Although the room was not big, it was clean and tidy. There was a faint scent of sandalwood in the room, and there was no smell of the toilet opposite. The walls were white. Director Chen's wife came to the window and saw that the window frame was lake blue, very refreshing, and the glass was also clean. She opened the window and nodded slightly.
Zhuang Zhixi: "You know, this room allocation is definitely not like that. My brother actually wanted to live here by himself at first, so he simply cleaned it up first. If I hadn't persuaded him to change rooms, he would have to continue cleaning up this house."
Director Chen asked curiously, "It's all cleaned up nicely, how can we clean it up again?"
Zhuang Zhixi: "You can see that this place is not very big, so we have to make use of the limited space to build more cabinets. So my brother originally wanted to build a row of small cabinets here, close to the roof, directly against the ceiling, so that we won't bump our heads when standing on the ground. Although we can't reach things, we can step on chairs. The upper row of cabinets can be used to store some things that are not often used, such as winter quilts and cotton clothes, and summer clothes can be put up when winter comes. This is how it is in a home. If you store things, you will have more, so you always have to leave enough space for things. We can also put a small stove down here. If there are many people outside, we can simply cook something at home. If you want to eat something good, you can also cook it in the house so that a lot of people won't see it, don't you think?"
Director Chen: “That’s a good idea.”
They might not have thought of it, but when Zhuang Zhixi said it, it seemed very real.
"And this side, what if we build one here..." The house is obviously not big, but after Zhuang Zhixi said this, it seems to be very big and has great potential.
Tao Yuye fell in love with it at first sight. Compared with the courtyard house, she liked this place even more. Even though this place had some minor flaws, they were very small. She felt that as long as she could change the house, it would be worth it even if she had to pay a little more.
Coincidentally, Chen Yuan thought so too.
Chen Yuan looked down upon the courtyard houses, thinking that only poor people lived in such places.
Although this place is not as good as his own home, he has lived there for many years, and it doesn't look as clean and tidy as here. Although, he knew his mother's plan from the beginning, and knew that the house they lived in outside was to be prepared for grandparents.
But, even if it's just a short transition, he doesn't want to suffer.
Not to mention, there is a sex maniac in the courtyard.
Good-looking boys like him are very dangerous. But it is different here, it is very well cleaned, he thinks it is no problem for him to live here for a few years. Originally he thought he would live outside for a year or two and then move back home, but now he wants to live outside for a few more years.
Because it's really annoying to live together and have quarrels at home all day long.
He and Tao Yuye also fight, but they fight with physical force. His mother, grandmother, and wife don't fight with physical force either, they just quarrel, like sparrows, which makes his head hurt. You say they can't fight with physical force? Really! He would rather they fight with physical force than with verbal force. It makes his head hurt just to hear that.
So Chen Yuan would rather move out, be free, and not have to listen to other people quarreling. He would rather fight than quarrel. He has no doubt that even if his grandparents move out, his mother and his wife will still quarrel.
So he would rather move out by himself.
He said, "I think it's a nice place."
Tao Yuye nodded: "I think this place is nice too."
Director Chen: "Look, if we replace them, how much is the difference?"
Zhuang Zhixi looked at his eldest brother, Zhuang Zhiyuan: "Eighty yuan."
"What? This is too much. We are just exchanging and making up the difference. This is not a sale. This is not an exorbitant price."
Zhuang Zhiyuan: "If you want to buy it, you can't buy it without three hundred."
After a pause, he continued, "Although we can't buy and sell it now, you should also know that when we could buy and sell it before, you could only sell the room in the courtyard for a little over 200 yuan. I only want the difference of 80 yuan, so you still make a profit."
Director Chen smiled and said, "That's true. A courtyard house used to sell for around 200 yuan. But your house can't sell for 300 yuan, right?"
Zhuang Zhixi: "Director Chen, if this house is really sold, it can definitely be sold for three hundred yuan. Don't say that it can't be sold now. Even if it can be sold, why sell it? Look, if my brother really doesn't want the child to go home, then entrusting this place to the street can at least receive five yuan in rent a month. It's sixty yuan a year, and three hundred yuan in five years. The goes the same for you. You live here now, and after two years, when you have a child and it's too empty, or when Tao Yuye allocates another house, you can completely replace it and pay the difference for a bigger one. If you don't change it and move out, you can entrust the house to the street to rent it out. You can get sixty yuan a year. Isn't it nice? Don't tell me that the houses in the courtyard can also be rented out by the street. With the reputation of our courtyard, do you think it can be rented out? Who is not afraid of death? But it's different here. We are all railway employees and the atmosphere is good. Please calculate carefully. My brother wants 80 yuan. Is it too much? Didn't you tell me before that you would give me 20 yuan as a reward? You gave me 10 yuan, and you subsidized the remaining 10 yuan to my brother. In this way, you can give my brother 90 yuan. surplus in the next two years if you don't live in the rent. Isn't it quite suitable?"
Director Chen looked at Zhuang Zhixi deeply. He felt that Zhuang Zhixi was a talented person. His words seemed to have touched his heart and explained the bribe clearly. Even Director Chen's picky wife thought it was right.
When the son returns home to live with the old man, and the old man dies after living there for a few years, can the house still be rented out to the street? That's sixty dollars a year, which is real money! "What do you think?" Director Chen looked at his son and daughter-in-law.
Chen Yuan said firmly: "Dad, I think it's OK."
Tao Yuye also nodded quickly: "I quite like it here."
She actually had her own little calculations, so she was determined and willing.
Director Chen: "Since my son and daughter-in-law both think this place is good and like it, I won't continue to negotiate with you. Since you say so, I will give your brother another 90, and we're done!"
Zhuang Zhixi smiled: "It's okay, they are all my brothers."
Director Chen was smart and said, "We have to write the replacement agreement clearly." He was afraid that the Zhuang family would regret it.
Zhuang Zhixi looked at his elder brother. Zhuang Zhiyuan nodded: "It should be."
"That's fine."
This time the house-hunting went smoothly. Zhuang Zhiyuan himself did not expect that he could get 90 yuan for the house exchange. When the two parties parted ways, he was a little dazed. He said, "I really didn't expect..."
Zhuang Zhixi: "Don't you feel like you've lost out? I just gave you such a thorough analysis."
There were no outsiders at this time, only the two brothers. Zhuang Zhiyuan glanced at his younger brother and said, "When mom was analyzing at home, I also heard it. I'm not deaf."
Although Zhao Guihua didn't come today, she helped them analyze many situations thoroughly. Although it seems that there is a price difference of one hundred yuan between the two houses, but the same thing still applies, houses are not allowed to be bought and sold now! You said that the difference between these two houses is one hundred yuan, can the houses be sold?
It can't be sold! And even in private, no one dares to buy it. Who isn't afraid that the owner will take the money and then regret it? They can't transfer the ownership or change the name. They definitely don't dare to buy the house. Besides, this side can be sold for 300, and a room in the courtyard can also be sold for 220 or 300. In fact, the difference is not as big as 100.
As for entrusting the street to rent it out, that is even worse. The Chen family might be able to do it, but Zhuang Zhiyuan can't. Because he is a railway employee, if he does this, the leader may have a talk with him. The house is allocated to you for you to live in, not for you to make money.
If you do this, your character will not be very good.
People care a lot about reputation nowadays.
But if it is a replacement, there will be no such problem. Each family has its own difficulties, and replacement is a common way to deal with it now. The Chen family is not from the railway department. If they live in the house for a few years and then rent it out, others really can't say anything. It has nothing to do with Zhuang Zhiyuan.
So the Chen family will not suffer any loss, and neither will his family.
No matter what the situation is, it is a practical analysis based on the actual situation.
Under the current circumstances, Zhuang Zhiyuan's current situation is definitely the best. He sighed: "Ninety, that's a lot."
Zhuang Zhixi: "How much did you spend on paint and varnish?"
"fourteen."
Zhuang Zhixi smiled and said, "That's not bad, seventy-six left."
Zhuang Zhiyuan: "Yes. But fortunately we cleaned it up, otherwise they might not be so happy."
Zhuang Zhixi nodded. Although they had spent money, they couldn't just settle the matter. As I said, you can't sell it! It's just one room. It's useless to say that. If they don't clean it up, the Chen family will find 120 problems. Even if they give the difference, they will definitely not give much. This is inevitable.
Although it seems that they have the initiative in this matter, they actually have no other choice. They can only choose the Chen family, so if they insist on the price difference, they will definitely accept it.
But now it's different.
This matter was handled very smoothly and everyone was happy.
Zhuang Zhiyuan was really happy. He said, "I never thought that this could make money. This way, I can pay back all the money I borrowed from my mother last year."
Zhuang Zhixi: "That's really congratulations."
He said, "To celebrate your smooth move to your new home, let's use the ten dollars Director Chen gave me to go eat at Dong Lai Shun Er."
He smiled and said, "Let's celebrate as a family."
Zhuang Zhiyuan: "I think it's OK!"
Zhuang Zhixi: Retire after success!
(End of this chapter)
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