[Chapter 419 Chapter 419 Three Visits to the Courtyard]
"Then I want it too!"
Shen Yuyao didn't care what her husband thought. She had finally found the big yard she had been longing for for a long time. She would never give up such an opportunity!
Besides, no one said that we have to move there immediately after buying the yard!
Not to mention that she is still in school, it is very convenient to live in the small white building.
Just by listening to Wu Zhengjun's tone, one can tell that the reason he wanted to sell his yard was not only because he really didn't have a lot of space, but there was another important reason, which was that he couldn't afford to redecorate it.
Most of the things that Wu Zhengjun's mother left to him and his sister were probably real estate.
Not too much cash or anything like that.
It's easy to imagine that their mother was already a state official at that time. Given people's awareness at that time, any money they had would definitely be used to support national construction.
Therefore, the house became useless to Wu Zhengjun.
I can't live in it, and I want to sell it. It's so large that it's hard to find a suitable buyer in a short time.
Although she didn't see the house, Shen Yuyao already felt that the house was truly destined to be with her.
So, in line with the principle of avoiding unnecessary trouble, Shen Yuyao made an appointment with Wu Zhengjun to go house hunting together this weekend.
This time, Cheng Liyan also came along specially.
As for the two children...
Mrs. Ding picked me up and said they were going to make dumplings together.
Cheng Liyan drove to pick up Wu Zhengjun, and then the three of them drove to the yard he mentioned.
There has always been a saying in Beijing, "The East is rich and the West is noble."
It means that in the early days, people living in Dongcheng were all wealthy, either businessmen or rich people who owned land in the countryside.
The real officials and their families mostly lived in the west of the city.
The main reason is that this place is close to various government offices, making it convenient for officials to go to the offices.
Even now, West City is full of government agencies. Although it is not as lively as East City and does not have many prosperous commercial streets, it is obviously more livable.
Just these trees, the parks and green spaces next to each other make it seem more comfortable to live here than in Dongcheng.
As she walked, Shen Yuyao became more and more satisfied, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously curled up slightly.
Wu Zhengjun's big house is located at the innermost part of the street.
There is a middle school where the street starts, and next to it is a Chinese medicine hospital.
Walking along the street, we gradually saw more and more people coming and it was obvious that this was also a relatively mature living area.
Vegetable stores, grain stores, small markets, and supply and marketing cooperatives are almost all next to each other.
Because it is next to the street, the space in front of the courtyard gate is very spacious. Shen Yuyao took a look and found that the small space at the gate alone is more than enough to park three cars side by side.
This made her very satisfied.
Now that Cheng Liyan's rank has been raised, he doesn't have to do everything by himself, so he doesn't have to stay in the barracks at night.
Even though the company has dormitories, he will still try to go home as much as possible.
In this case, parking space is very important.
Several people got out of the car and Wu Zhengjun led them inside.
This courtyard looks similar to the two-story courtyard we saw before. Both are red-painted wooden doors with horse posts at the entrance.
The only difference is that the one with two entrances has been renovated and looks particularly pleasing to the eye, while the red paint on the door of this house has almost peeled off, and it looks very dilapidated at first glance.
After opening the door and walking in, facing the gate is a brick-carved screen wall with five bats (Fu) filling the door, and on the left is a row of back houses.
There is an arched door on the left side of the screen wall, and after entering it is the hanging flower gate.
There should be corridors on both sides of the hanging flower gate, but the original corridors in this courtyard have all been built into houses.
The house was made of all kinds of materials, some were made of bricks and tiles, and some were made of wooden boards.
Now the building is empty, leaving only a pile of broken bricks and tiles.
The original style of the house's columns were also destroyed beyond recognition.
After passing the hanging flower gate is the inner courtyard.
This inner courtyard is much larger than the previous one with two entrances, more than twice as big.
There is a pressurized well in the yard, and there is a pool next to it with a row of faucets in it.
Looking at this situation, Shen Yuyao didn't know whether she should be glad that there was running water in the yard, or feel sorry that the overall layout of the yard was destroyed and shattered.
There's nothing much to see in the yard.
There should have been several families living here, and the courtyards were clearly divided.
A chicken coop was built on one side and a kitchen was built on the other.
There are also two brick houses with back roofs, which obviously were used by people before.
In short, the originally large yard still feels very cramped even though there is no one there now.
The areas of the east and west wing rooms are not small, with five rooms each.
These five rooms were what Wu Zhengjun mentioned, but what Shen Yuyao saw was that the house was divided into several small rooms.
It should be because the population increased and there were not enough houses, so the area was divided again.
The main house was probably allocated to a family of relatively high status, so it is relatively well protected.
At least the layout inside was not damaged.
Shen Yuyao also saw several relatively intact wooden lattice windows inside.
She stared at the wooden lattice window and thought the pattern was nice and matched the overall style of the house.
I think when I renovate in the future, I can rebuild it based on this wooden lattice window.
The main house later became the backyard and the back room.
After entering, Shen Yuyao couldn't help but frowned.
Wu Zhengjun couldn't help but smile bitterly.
“This was originally a garden.”
He pointed to the yard and said, "I remember when I was a kid, there was a small pond here with a lot of goldfish."
But now the garden has been shoveled, the pond has been filled in, and the whole yard is in ruins!
If you look at the front, you can at least see some of the original building's appearance. But here, probably because there were not many buildings originally because the courtyard was built, there are all kinds of illegal buildings built later.
Red bricks, green bricks, all kinds of materials are available.
This is not the most important thing. The important thing is that those who moved away later were obviously angry with the landlord.
They are full of malice.
Before moving away, they not only demolished all the original buildings that could be demolished, but also smashed and destroyed those that could not be demolished.
They didn't dare to destroy the wall in the backyard, but they wrote dirty words all over it, and the ground was filled with garbage and all kinds of dirty things.
Even though Wu Zhengjun had apparently cleaned it up later, when he came in again now, there was still a stench of someone playing around!
Cheng Liyan frowned and asked, "Didn't you ask someone to come and watch over the demolition?"
Wu Zhengjun smiled bitterly: "At that time, Jun Ran and I hadn't returned to the city yet. When I came back to take over the house, it had already become like this."
Seeing this situation, no one stayed behind for long and everyone got back into the car.
At this time, Shen Yuyao finally had the chance to ask, "How much do you want for this yard?"
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