After agreeing to the patrol team, Li Xuewu smiled and said to Director Wang, "Mother Wang, do you have any information about my house?"
Director Wang stood up with a smile and walked back to his desk, took out a map and said, "It's done for you. It's just the four reverse rooms. I'll give them to you."
Director Wang pointed to the location of the courtyard on the map and said, "Call me Mom, don't say I don't miss you, do you see? This is the location of your courtyard. Your courtyard used to have a west cross courtyard, which has the same layout as the courtyard."
Li Xuewu straightened up and said excitedly, "Mom, give them all to me?"
Director Wang rolled his eyes at him and said, "What are you thinking of? It's not like calling a big yard grandma. What I'm talking about is the original sitting room and front yard of Xikuoyuan. It used to be the open-air warehouse of the supply and marketing cooperative. It's no longer used.
The door has been blocked, and the courtyard wall has been re-divided. The door does not open this way."
Li Xuewu took the map and looked at it carefully. The courtyard was equivalent to the front yard where Li's family lived plus the courtyard with the reverse side of the house.
Director Wang smiled and said, "You happen to want a house. You pay another 200 yuan to the street, and I will add the yard to you."
Li Xuewu said simply, "I want it. I'll pay another 300, and you can give me the middle courtyard and the backyard."
Director Wang laughed and scolded, "Don't be ridiculous. We have already moved out to live with the master. The front yard is also occupied by the supply and marketing cooperative. I built a warehouse this year, otherwise it would still be your turn."
Li Xuewu took out the money and put it on the table.
"Just the front yard, the 200 yuan is well worth it."
Director Wang smiled and put the money into an envelope and wrote his name and location. "Hey, young people are quick to respond. I wouldn't give it to you if it wasn't because of you or me who grew up watching me."
Li Xuewu's face is thicker than the city wall, how can he let these words fall to the ground?
"Who makes you my mother? Mom, I will go to your house to eat in the evening. Remember to buy groceries."
After saying that, he took the procedures written by Director Wang and left the room. Before going out, he didn't forget to turn around and shout, "What I said is true! No need."
Buy meat!”
Li Xuewu didn't care that Director Wang was scolding him from behind, got in the car and rode home.
After entering the alley, I went to the courtyard next to the courtyard to wander around.
The south courtyard wall was reopened, with a large closed iron gate locked.
Li Xuewu took out the key given by Director Wang and opened the door. The large iron door made by the supply and marketing cooperative was quite honest, and it clicked "ding".
I pushed the car into the courtyard and saw that it was completely bare. The walls were high and there were wire security nets. It seemed like things here had been stolen.
The ground has been leveled, and there is still a room near the door of the original inverted room, which should be used for duty.
Li Xuewu opened the door of the back-seat room. It was quite clean inside. It seemed that the supply and marketing cooperative had not canceled the lease not long ago.
The layout of the inverted house is very simple, it is just a room, about 20 square meters, with all the window glass, which is okay, and the glass has not been removed.
Li Xuewu went out and looked around. It turned out that the foundation of the house was flat, and some bricks, tiles, beams and wood left over from the demolition of the house were piled up in a big pile in the corner.
Not bad, 200 yuan buys a small courtyard of almost 600 square meters, although I have to return the favor.
Li Xuewu pushed the car out of the gate, locked it, and walked toward the courtyard.
As soon as I entered the second door, I saw the third uncle cleaning the car.
Li Xuewu grabbed the bamboo shoots and asked with a smile, "Third uncle, you didn't go out all day today, why did you clean the car all day?"
The third uncle turned his back to Li Xuewu. He stood up and said to his side, "Where are you? I came back early because I had no classes in the afternoon. Oops! New bicycle! As expected of a cadre. I bought a car on the second day of work! What a great person!"
Li Xuewu pushed the car and stopped by the window, saying, "The ticket was given by the chief before I came back. Besides, you didn't buy it earlier!"
After playing with the third uncle, he went into the house.
When Liu Yin saw Li Xuewu coming back, she asked the third uncle, "What kind of bicycle? Are you tired from the shift? Lie down for a while."
Li Xuewu shook his head while picking up his satchel and replied, "I'm not tired. I slept for half the night and arrested people for half the night. Oh, by the way, I bought a bicycle."
Liu Yin said in surprise, "You arrested people on the first day? What? Bicycles? Where did you get the money and tickets?"
Li Xuewu still had the same excuse he had thought up: "It was given by the chief before he retired from the army. It is convenient to ride to work."
Liu Yin slapped him in the face and said, "Why don't you discuss it with your family? You don't have any money left. If you need money, tell your mother."
Li Xuewu smiled and said, "Didn't my father separate from me?"
Liu Yin bitterly scolded him and said, "That's nonsense." After saying that, she went out to look at the bicycle. She touched the handlebars and beams with her hands while responding to the third uncle's harsh words.
My eldest grandma and grandma also went out to take a look. Li Xuewu went down to the cellar and took a piece of pork weighing about 20 kilograms. He also cut a piece of pork liver and pig heart and packed it in a lunch box.
Seeing Liu Yin and her grandma coming back, she said, "Mom, the street gave me the back-seat house and the area behind the screen door. I also bought a yard in the West Cross Courtyard for 200 yuan."
Liu Yin was shocked when she heard Li Xuewu's words, "Do you really want to separate?"
Li Xuewu said with a smile, "What if we go out separately? My eldest brother is taking care of himself and I can still get married at home. Can I live there?"
Liu Yin burst into tears. Li Xuewu hurriedly stepped forward and hugged his mother, comforting him and saying, "It's not like I left the capital and was right in front of your eyes. Why are you still crying?"
Liu Yin said with tears in her eyes, "Seeing that you have grown up, I will support you."
I am happy and sad at the same time after setting up a household.”
Old Mrs. Li went back to the back room with her hands behind her back. As she walked, she said, "You can't help your mother when you grow up. Chickens fly up the wall, hey."
Liu Yin knew that the old lady was trying to comfort her. Brother Li Shun and his brothers also lived in different parts of the country.
Liu Yin cried and said, "Then I'll help you clean it up."
Li Xuewu couldn't laugh or cry, "What are you packing? There's not even a place to stand in the house. It's all the belongings of the residents in the courtyard. I have to tell them to move out. Besides, I want to renovate it, so I have to wait a few days."
Liu Yin nodded and said, "Okay, what is the small courtyard used for?"
Li Xuewu said, "I plan to expand the screen door outwards and open the inner wall to the west courtyard. There is a gate in the west courtyard. In the future, the carriages and horses will be placed in the west courtyard. There is also a reverse-seating room in the west courtyard. Let grandma and Li Xue live in it."
At this time, the eldest grandma came into the house and said with a smile, "Don't let your mother and Xiaoxue bother you. I'll live there. The courtyard over there is wider than here, and it's just right for feeding the horses."
Liu Yin said angrily, "Dad, why are you joining in the fun?"
The eldest grandma waved her hand and said, "It's good to learn martial arts. If you learn martial arts, you can support the eldest grandma in her old age. All she has left is a carriage and a horse. How about giving them to you?"
My eldest grandma used to be a carpenter in a furniture factory outside Dongzhimen. She got her urban registered permanent residence in 1954.
But my grandma is from a rural area. She is the only daughter in the family and has to raise an elderly person who is in poor health. The dormitory in the city cannot accommodate her, so my eldest grandma lives with her in the countryside.
The two old men had worked hard all their lives, and all they had was this carriage and horse.
Li Xuewu looked at his eldest grandma and knew that his eldest grandma was not used to living here. His son-in-law's home was not spacious, so he felt a little sorry.
"The relationship is good, then it's agreed. The big green horse and carriage are mine. I will provide for you in your old age. You are not allowed to regret it!" Li Xuewu said with a smile.