In 1958, attempts to publicize the courtyard houses in Beijing began.
At that time, most of the courtyard houses in the capital were privately owned. Due to urban construction, a large number of migrant workers came to the capital and converted to urban household registration, enjoying the same treatment as the people in the capital.
But they did not have a house and initially lived in temporary dormitories built by their work units. The attempt to publicize the courtyard houses opened the door to many migrant young people who were facing marriage and childbirth.
The houses in a courtyard are generally evenly distributed according to the population. Generally speaking, a family of three or less can only be allocated one room. There are about ten families living in an ordinary courtyard, with a population of thirty or forty. Some have more rooms.
There are even dozens of families living in the courtyard, with the number of people generally exceeding one hundred.
The house assigned to Su Yi was in a three-in-a-siheyuan, located in the famous Nanluogu Lane in later generations.
This courtyard is, of course, the courtyard in the plot.
They all say that there are no good people in this courtyard and that the courtyard is full of animals. In fact, this is superficial.
What is a good person? What is a bad person?
Excluding the heinous criminals and the bottomless villains who regard public morals and customs as nothing, the vast majority of people are ordinary people.
To distinguish between good and bad is too subjective and biased.
This person is half human and half ghost. When he has a lot of ghost nature, you think he is bad; but when he has a lot of humanity, you think he is good.
No one is perfect, so remember one principle when getting along with others - if you are close, you will not be inferior.
While controlling yourself, you should also grasp the scale, distance and propriety, accept the human side of others and reject the ghost side of others. Over time, you will find that the world has always been neither good nor bad.
The three-entry courtyard has a "mou"-shaped structure and is divided into three spaces: the front yard, the middle yard and the back yard.
The room assigned to Su Yi is in the front yard and in the east wing.
In fact, in the early years, the front yard of a wealthy family was also called the "outer house", which was a place where cars and horses were kept and where servants lived.
There was originally a "screen wall" when entering from the courtyard gate, which was used to block the view and increase the momentum of the residence.
Now that the courtyard has become a mixed-use courtyard, the screen wall has long been out of date and has been demolished for many years.
So as soon as you enter the courtyard gate, you can have an unobstructed view of the entire front yard.
Next to the gate of the courtyard, facing south and facing north, with its back to the alley, a row of houses is called a row of houses. It is usually a house where accountants, concierges or servants live. Now it is divided into three rooms and houses three families.
The southwest corner is the only toilet in the courtyard, and the stench can be smelled from a distance.
There are three households in the row of houses on the west side, but there are five rooms. This row is the west wing.
On the north side of the front yard is the hanging flower door, which separates the front yard and the middle yard.
As the old saying goes, a lady from a rich family cannot go out through the front door, nor through the second door. The second door refers to the hanging flower door.
There were originally two walls on both sides of the hanging flower door, but now the east courtyard wall has been demolished and converted into two rooms, where two families live.
Finally it's to the east.
Because the east wing is close to the courtyard gate, the space for the gate needs to be freed up. In addition, the courtyard wall on the east wall of the hanging flower gate was renovated for housing, so there are only three rooms here, and the inner one has collapsed.
"This is it." Zhai Baoguo opened the door of the southernmost room.
There are three houses. The collapsed one is independent. The middle room is connected to the south house, so it has no door.
After opening the door and going in, the room was filled with dust, which made them choke their noses. The two of them waited outside the door for a while before going in.
The doorway between the two houses is close to the west. There is no door, but there are nail holes in the doorway. It is obvious that a curtain was hung in the past.
Even the nails hanging the door curtain were pulled out, so you can imagine how empty the house was.
The two rooms combined are only over 30 square meters, but there are echoes in the conversation.
"How nice will it be when you move in, sleep inside, and eat, cook, and store things outside?" Zhai Baoguo now came out of the shadow of losing fifty yuan, and returned to his talkative nature, smiling and nagging.
He got up and said, "With your brother's ability, it won't take long to fill these two rooms with everything and have thirty-six legs."
The so-called thirty-six legs actually refer to furniture with legs.
The bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers, pantry, and dining table, these five things have twenty legs, plus the four chairs have sixteen legs, no more, no less, exactly thirty-six legs.
In later generations, every household had common furnishings, but in this era, those who could get these pieces of furniture together were considered wealthy. Most families had a bed, a table, a cabinet, and a few benches.
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"Then let's borrow some money from Brother Zhai." Su Yi said with a smile.
"Maliciousness from Zhai Baoguo +31..."
"Look at my mouth, why did I return the favor?" Su Yi looked at him apologetically, "It should be auspicious words. But I also borrowed auspicious money, thank you Brother Zhai..."
"Maliciousness from Zhai Baoguo +44..."
Zhai Baoguo reluctantly smiled at Su Yi and said: "Xiao Su, you clean up first. Look at the house. It has been unoccupied for a long time and there is ashes everywhere, as well as the oil smoke left behind... brooms and other things
You ask the neighbors in the yard to borrow it. From now on, they will all be neighbors. No one will lend it to you as soon as you ask. After you finish packing, go have a meal and then return to the factory. Deputy Director Li will definitely be back.
Then you go directly to him."
"Where is this?" Su Yi looked serious, "Brother Zhai has helped me so much, how can I bypass you and go directly to Brother Li? Let's go together. I will definitely talk to Brother Li about whether you can lend me five dollars."
For ten yuan, let him be my guarantee!"
"Maliciousness from Zhai Baoguo +57..."
"Brother, brother..." Zhai Baoguo held Su Yi's hand with a constipated look on his face, "Given your relationship with Deputy Factory Director Li, it's not like you're just a drop-in, just seeing each other? What's wrong with me... This doesn't matter.
Next! Also, don’t mention the matter of being a guarantee!"
"Aren't I afraid that Brother Zhai won't worry about lending me money? I'll give you an extra layer of insurance." Su Yi said seriously.
"Maliciousness from Zhai Baoguo +37..."
"Thank you, brother!" Zhai Baoguo's face twitched a few times, "But brother, you have misunderstood, I am too trusting of you! There is no need for anyone to guarantee this, I lend you the money because of our friendship.
It’s because I want to make you my friend. It’s not about anyone else’s face. It has nothing to do with Deputy Factory Director Li! You, please don’t ask Deputy Factory Director Li to be your guarantee. It seems like I’m a stingy person.
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"If anyone dares to say that Brother Zhai is stingy, I will fight with him!" Su Yi said with a straight face.
"Haha, I just need you to understand what I mean." Zhai Baoguo seemed relieved.
"Maliciousness from Zhai Baoguo +13..."
"Brother, please clean up first. We'll see you later." Zhai Baoguo didn't want to stay any longer.
"Okay, I've wasted your time. Brother Zhai, please go and do your work first." Su Yi said politely.
"The joy from Zhai Baoguo +66..."
Huh? So happy?
Zhai Baoguo left in a hurry.
Su Yi walked around the room twice with his hands behind his back and then walked out the door.
This early in the morning, there were very few people in the courtyard. Every household was going to work and doing whatever they were supposed to do, so it seemed a bit deserted.
Cleaning...
Su Yi was a little helpless. It seemed that the first thing he did in many worlds was cleaning. This was really not a job that made people happy.
When Su Yi walked out of the door, he saw a chubby-faced boy standing by the hanging flower door looking at him curiously.
Next to him poked out two little heads, one tall and one short. They were two little girls. The older one had braids and looked about five or six years old. The younger one still had snot bubbles on her nose and was only two or three years old.
No need to ask, these must be the three children of Qin Huairu, the widow of the Central Court.
"The Holy Thief" Banggen, and his two sisters, Xiaodang and Huaihua.
This guy was used to stealing things by the adults, so he was dubbed the "Holy Thief". In addition, this guy is a mother if he has breasts, and he is suspected of being a white-eyed wolf.
Children aged 11 or 12 are difficult to teach, their personalities are difficult to change, and they will become rebellious if they are not good enough. In addition, it is too late for the child to be a baby, and his mother and his grandmother probably do not have the awareness to teach him, so he is spoiled.
The stick figure is half useless.
Of course, Su Yi would not meddle in other children's business, but right now he was too lazy to clean the house, so he brought his two younger sisters to his door.
"Baby, come here!" Su Yi waved to him.
"Maliciousness from Jia Geng +9..."
"Fear from Jardan +3..."
"Fear from Jia Huaihua +17..."
"Who are you? You said you would go ahead? Who do you think you are?" Bangge choked unceremoniously.
"Fear from Jia Huaihua +22..."
Su Yi said with a smile: "I am a new neighbor who has moved in. My son, I want to find someone to clean the house. I will give you 50 cents for cleaning these two rooms. Can you earn this money?"
"Brother! Fifty cents!" Before Banggeng could say anything, Xiaodang behind him suddenly widened his eyes and shouted in surprise.
"The joy from Jia Dang +47..."
"The joy from Jia Gan is +23, the malice from Jia Gan is +4..."
"Fear from Jia Huaihua +16..."
"Don't scream, I heard you!" Bang Gang pretended to be calm and scolded his sister, and then looked at Su Yi doubtfully: "Are you telling the truth or a lie? Do you really want to pay fifty cents for cleaning the room?"
"That's right." Su Yi said with a smile, "But you have to clean it up for me. The dust in the house needs to be wiped and swept. The oil smoke on the beams also needs to be wiped, as well as the glass and window sills.
, every corner has to be cleaned up."
It sounds like a lot of trouble, but how much trouble does it take?
That’s fifty cents!
It is equivalent to a day's salary of an apprentice. Now you can earn it by cleaning two rooms. You would be a fool not to earn it!
"Brother, please agree!" Jia Dang was already excited. "Huaihua and I will help you. The three of us can earn 50 cents in one afternoon and go to Daoxiang Village to buy a donkey for rolling!"
"The joy from Jia Dang +52..."
"Congratulations from Jia Geng +47..."
"The fear from Jia Huaihua +7, the joy from Jia Huaihua +99..."
"Brother, I want to eat donkey wallow!" Jia Huaihua looked at her brother with a milky voice, "Huaihua has never eaten donkey wallow in her life."
"Go, go, you're only so old, you'll live forever!" Banggan waved his hand, looked at Su Yi with twinkling eyes, and suddenly stretched out a finger, "One dollar! If you give one dollar, we will clean it for you!"
"Fifty cents! I only need fifty cents!"
Before Bang Gang finished speaking, a hurried cry came from the west wing opposite, and then a middle-aged woman with a round face rushed out, looking at Su Yi with surprise on her face.
She rubbed her hands and smiled coquettishly: "What, young man, I am the third aunt in this courtyard, you are the new neighbor, right? What do you call the young man?"
"The joy from the Yansun family +66..."
"Hello, third aunt, my name is Su Yuanchao. You can call me Xiaosu or Yuanchao." Su Yi said with a smile.
As soon as he entered the hospital, he found the third aunt hiding behind the window and looking out, but she never came out.
When I heard Su Yi's "heavy reward", I couldn't sit still in the room anymore.
"Then I'll ask you to help Korea." The third aunt laughed along with her, "You want a cleaner, give me 50 cents?"
Before Su Yi could say anything, Banggeng started shouting: "Third aunt, why are you like this? They told me first, I was the one who came first!"
"Go! Children are immature. This is not about getting tickets to buy food. Why should there be a first-come-first-served basis?" The third aunt waved her hand, "Go, go, go and play! Children, please don't interrupt when adults are talking!"
"Third aunt is unreasonable!" Xiao Dang also became anxious and shouted, "This uncle told us first, and we have to agree. I will sue you for my milk!"
A trace of fear flashed in the eyes of the third aunt, but was quickly replaced with determination: "Go, go, go, your brother asked someone for a dollar. He is quite greedy. He is a very greedy kid. If he cleans the house and asks someone for a dollar, is it a loss?
Besides, do people respond to you?"
"Fifty cents! We only need fifty cents!" BangGeng was so angry that he hurriedly stretched out five fingers and yelled at Su Yi.
It's a pity that the person he was angry with was not Su Yi, otherwise he would have gained dozens more anger.
"What kind of work can the children do? Can they clean it up?" The third aunt muttered, turned to Su Yi and smiled apologetically: "Then what, aid Korea, you leave this matter to your third aunt, I will do it."
I'll clean it up for you and make it look bright, just take a look!"
"We can also clean up, there are three of us!" Xiao Dang shouted, almost crying with anxiety, "The third aunt is bullying the children!"
"This kid is talking nonsense." The third aunt smiled awkwardly, "Go, go, come to the third aunt's house later, and I will give you each a handful of melon seeds..."
"I don't want melon seeds, I want to eat donkey seeds and roll around!" the little Sophora japonica cried out.
"Give me money!" Banggeng suddenly rushed to Su Yi, stretched out his hand and shouted.
"Hey, are you being forced to do this?" The third aunt's face changed and she became angry, "I'm telling you, why are you so ignorant?"
"I don't care, I was the one who came first!" Bangge was very angry.
"Yuanchao, what do you say?" The third aunt also looked at Su Yi, "Three little kids can't even clean up themselves. Do you believe they can help you clean up the house? Your third aunt has been cleaning it all her life.
Just tell me who you believe?"
Su Yi chuckled and said, "Of course it's you, Aunt Xinsan."
He calmly took out fifty cents from his pocket and handed it to Third Aunt, and said with a smile: "I'm in a hurry to go out to do something, otherwise I wouldn't bother you. Third Aunt, you must accept this little thought. Don't