In April 1981, a full year had passed since the "Great Man" "Conversation on Construction Industry and Housing Issues".
During this period, in addition to "responding" to the talk, a considerable number of the earliest residential communities funded by government agencies, enterprises and institutions were completed and put into use. In addition, in the five years from 1976 to 1980, Beijing City successively
The completed residential area also reached 11.264 million square meters.
In addition, in order to solve the problem of completed houses being thrown around and unable to be put into use as soon as possible, on February 16 this year, the top level of the country held an enlarged meeting and issued a resolution requiring any government agency to put all completed houses within three months.
If no one lives inside, the property will be confiscated by the capital city government.
Therefore, under such a social environment, a relocation frenzy gradually set off throughout the capital.
All of a sudden, like the carpenter who was making furniture, the chef who was cooking ladles, and even the individual "ban'erye" who was riding a tricycle was also very busy.
It must be said that compared with the past, newly built residences have relatively complete public facilities and living facilities, and the construction standards of residences have also been greatly improved.
Therefore, this month, the playwright Su Shuyang said goodbye to the alley where he had lived for more than 20 years, and moved to a new home. It was with a very happy mood that he began to write the movie script "Sunset Street".
Perhaps also influenced by real life, at the end of this film, the people of Xizhao Street also bid farewell to their past lives that they have maintained for decades.
Large courtyards, public toilets, and crowded alleys gradually disappeared with the setting sun. The appearance of future life vaguely emerged on the distant horizon, waiting to be shaped and formed.
Of course, it is a common phenomenon in society that workers' demand for housing has increased sharply. No matter how many houses are built and how fast they are built, it will be a drop in the bucket compared to the hundreds of thousands of returnees who return to the city every year during this peak period.
Those who cannot solve it will eventually be the majority. This is like a food chain, and it is destined that not everyone will be lucky enough to move into a new unit with bright and clean windows.
But some people are really short of housing and can no longer wait, so letting young couples live in Tongzi Building is a good way to temporarily alleviate the housing difficulties of the unit.
Also this month, actor Yang Lixin also moved into a small room with an area of less than 15 square meters on the third floor. He and his wife moved into the backstage of the Capital Theater.
Although there is really not much space in the room, including a double bed, a large wardrobe, and a tea cupboard with sliding glass doors, but compared with those who still haven't spread out the room, Yang Lixin has already deeply felt that
Satisfied.
The only thing that made him feel uncomfortable and a little embarrassed was that his new life was full of anxiety and haste.
Because we live in a Tongzi building, most of our privacy and habits can only be exposed to the eyes of our neighbors. Others will soon know what happens to someone’s family. No one has any special privacy. You can sleep with the door closed and open the door.
This door can be worn in every house.
It's a coincidence. The movie "Neighbors" that will be released soon this year exactly reflects the contradictions and realities of social housing tension.
At the same time, it also has a relatively detailed reflection on the way of life in this kind of shared tube building with long corridors, toilets, water rooms, and kitchens. Each family has one light, one faucet, and one electric meter.
This makes this movie a record of the living conditions of Chinese people in that period. Even today, we still have well-documented knowledge of what kind of lifestyle it was like for multiple families to live together in a large building.
But the tube building is not the worst solution. More people who have no hope of housing allocation can only expand on the basis of the 1976 earthquake shelter. Like a bird's "cotton nest", they continue to build various materials.
Small houses of various styles and sizes.
It doesn't matter whether it faces southeast, northwest, triangle, trapezoid, or anything else. As long as you can push a bicycle through the corridor between the rooms, the neighbors won't say anything, so it's "miscellaneous" for sure.
Even this situation is divided into three levels.
Some people are lucky. The land in the courtyard is quite large, and there is room to take over and renovate a house. They rely on the bricks they pick up from everywhere and start first. When they are done, they can build a building of 20 square meters that is tall and regular enough.
But following the people behind, the conditions they faced must become more and more difficult. Some people tried their best, but in the end they could only build an eight-square-meter "burrow" with an asbestos tile roof.
Make sure there is a double bed so it doesn't leak.
But this is not the most distressing situation.
For example, there was a girl who came back from the army. Because there were many children in the house, there were only two rooms. Unfortunately, she had not been at home for many years, and her brothers and sisters were incompatible with each other because she suddenly came out, and they often quarreled.
She had no place to live, so she had to live on the ground floor for a long time. Finally, a male educated youth from Qiqihar who had a good impression of her, but she had never been too "cold" wrote to her. It turned out that it was because there was a house there that she could get married. She didn't hesitate.
, transferred his household registration and left the capital.
It can be seen from this that in an era of housing shortage, many ordinary people would pay a heavy price just for a small shelter. This is really an extremely cruel and helpless choice.
So compared with the above situations. In this district government housing allocation, Hong Yanwen and Xu Chongya were lucky enough to be able to place their newlywed family in the new building of the Chongwen District Government compound. It can be said that they are as happy as flowers.
Same.
But good things often have a less than perfect side.
Since it is "special treatment", it will inevitably arouse the envy of others. This was most obviously reflected after Hong Yanwen got the key to his new house.
He never expected that the identity of the deputy district chief's son-in-law, which he had been deliberately concealing, would be spread out and become a "secret" known to everyone.
As a result, the entire archives room was full of sour rumors. When colleagues congratulated me, their eyes always flashed with amusement.
The words that seemed to be intentional or unintentional were "awesome, awesome, the real person will not show his face", or "I want you to take more care of me in the future", which undoubtedly pointed to one word - "nepotism".
In addition, he could always hear people scolding and complaining in private because they were dissatisfied with the housing allocation quota, and Hong Yanwen felt even worse.
So when he went to Xu's house one weekend, he couldn't help but express his emotions to Xu Chongya, saying that he didn't really want the house.
He said that in fact, they could live in the Hong family's old house on "Meishi Street". Although the house was too big, a little deserted, and a little inconvenient, he thought about it and just opened a door on the street...
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Xu Xiaojun suddenly broke into the room like a robber, and accused Hong Yanwen with a look of disdain. He said that he "doesn't know what is good or bad, so he has to be cheap and good." How dare he keep listening to gossip at the door.
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What happened this time? Needless to say, Xu Bingquan and Yu Wanfen must have been alarmed.
As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of bad things happening, you are afraid of not being good people. Even if you look at the same thing, it will have two different meanings if expressed in different ways. Under Xu Xiaojun’s extreme exaggeration, the evil person complained first, the emphasis suddenly became
Hong Yanwen’s ungrateful complaint.
Therefore, even though Xu Chongya took the initiative to help Hong Yanwen explain and quarreled with Xu Xiaojun. Xu Bingquan and his wife inevitably misunderstood when writing their feelings, thinking that Hong Yanwen "wasn't aware of the blessings in the midst of blessings."
For this reason, Yu Wanfen looked at Hong Yanwen with cold eyes, as sharp as an awl, with obvious contempt and disdain.
He opened his mouth and said, "I know your family has a house. There is room for dozens of tables, so it should be enough for living. But our Xiaoya has lived in a unit building since she was a child, and she will not adapt to life in a bungalow. I have an old house.
You know, it’s useless no matter how well you repair it. I don’t know how much dust falls every day, and you have to run a long way to go to the toilet. Besides, you still have brothers and sisters, and you won’t always live alone in the future. The complicated relationships between relatives, the daily politeness
It’s not easy to endure. Are you willing to let Xiaoya suffer like this?”
Xu Bingquan's eyes were also filled with suspicion and a touch of coldness.
He accused more decisively, "Yanwen. I thought you were a sensible person, but now I'm a little disappointed. You should know that people with private houses have little chance of getting a house. I spent a lot of time on this two-bedroom apartment.
Ah, isn't it just for your own good? But why don't you cherish it? And I also want to remind you that it is uncertain whether the state's recognition of private real estate will change again. What if the direction changes that day?
What will you do if your private property is to be changed back to public ownership? There are also those gossips. Of course I know what they are talking about. But if you can’t withstand this pressure, how can you hold a more important position in the future? One day you will
If you will take up a leadership position, will you be able to satisfy everyone? Think about it..."
What else can Hong Yanwen say in this situation? There is an important rule in officialdom, that is, the leader is always right. Even if he is wrong, don't criticize him in person, that is the worst option.
So Hong Yanwen knew that he couldn't tell the difference and explanations were useless. Such a result could only lead to a worse situation.
The only correct way to deal with it is that he must stay calm and accept criticism humbly in exchange for the other party's understanding.
So he bowed his head. The Xu family found spiritual satisfaction in his humility, just like a victorious general who plundered and then withdrew his troops triumphantly.
But they didn't know that it was because of this compromise that Hong Yanwen clearly understood his status in the Xu family, and he understood better the meaning of the word "uncomfortable" that his parents and Hong Yanwu had always reminded him of.
Therefore, it was also from this moment that he began to seriously consider his future path. Compared with enjoying the benefits of the Xu family's support, he was more eager to have the opportunity to get rid of the control of this family.
This is definitely not because he is overconfident. It is because he knows very well that the Xu family will cultivate him and have more capital to boss him around. So even if he gets an important position, what's the point?
The only thing in the Xu family that he cherishes is Xu Chongya's untainted love for him.
Afterwards, Xu Chongya kept apologizing to him for his family's attitude, feeling wronged for him, and even scolded Xu Xiaojun.
This gave him some relief. Thinking about it on the other hand, Xu Chongya was indeed not very happy to live in a bungalow. So this time it was considered a sacrifice for love.
It's all for her sake that I have to bear it this time.