Siheyuan: The Rebirth of the Silly Pillar in the 50s

"There's no need to be so polite, Lao Yan."

He Daqing deliberately pretended not to understand and said quickly: "As long as you agree to exchange it, why should we pay for the difference?"

"Why should I make love to you?"

Yan Bugui glared and said, "I want you to love me."

"Did I hear you correctly? Lao Yan!"

He Daqing's face immediately darkened and he said, "Our house is obviously bigger than yours by more than one square meter, yet you still want me to make up for the price difference? Are you loose on your abacus? Don't break my face!"

"If you take the initiative to find me, of course I'll let you go!"

Yan Bugui smiled, his face full of calculations.

He Daqing was a little anxious.

He Yuzhu quickly pulled him aside, and said to Yan Bugui with a smile: "Uncle Yan, my dad didn't mean that. We take the initiative to find you, and we must not let you suffer. Of course, we can't lose money and make a profit. Your calculation That’s not right.”

"What's wrong with my algorithm?"

"Look, you only calculated the area of ​​our two houses and did not include the area of ​​the courtyard in front of our house! This calculation is of course wrong."

"Isn't the area of ​​the compound belonging to the compound? How can this be compared?"

"You see you still can't turn this corner."

He Yuzhu took Yan Bugui to see it.

"The house we originally lived in was in the middle of the compound. There were yards at the front and back. Don't you think that when you plant flowers or something, you take up the area in the front yard? After you changed it, you got an extra yard at the front and back of the house. . Can you plant more flowers? After all, even if you don’t need us to pay the difference, it’s still a good deal for you!”

The neighbors suddenly realized.

"It seems to make sense!"

"Lao Yan, you are simply getting a huge bargain!"

"The front and back yards are all yours, don't you just plant whatever you want?"

Yan Bugui made the neighbors feel a little confused.

It seems to make sense and not make sense.

This is the case but not the case.

"But Zhuzi, if I want to plant it, I can plant it all over the compound and no one will say anything to me?"

"That's okay!"

He Yuzhu immediately turned into a big liar and said: "You have changed the environment of our compound by planting flowers. The neighbors can't say anything. But if you are not in front of or behind your house, they don't say it, but they still have a grudge against you in their hearts? The yard in front of their door , they might want to dry some grain or something. You have planted flowers for people, how can they use them?"

"Zhuzi is right."

Neighbors nodded.

"We can't control you in front of your own house."

"But if it's planted right in front of our house, we definitely won't be happy about it."

"Then according to what you mean, you have to include the square footage of the yard in front of your house?"

"That's natural!"

As he spoke, He Yuzhu snatched Yan Bugui's ruler and began to measure the front and back of their house.

"The area of ​​the courtyard in front of our house is only fifty or sixty square meters, and there is also fifty or sixty square meters in the back."

He didn't wait for Yan Bugui to answer, and returned after measuring the front yard.

"The yards in front and behind your two houses add up to only eighty square meters. Calculated this way, your house's area is twenty square meters less than ours. I don't think it's too much. I'll just add it up. It’s twenty square meters. Just pay me the difference of twenty square meters.”

“It’s a perfect match for me!”

Yan Bugui shook his head repeatedly.

"This won't work, this won't work!"

"Don't refuse in a hurry!"

He Yuzhu said with a smile: "You see, you are getting a good deal by trading small for big. We don't feel that we are at a loss, but you still feel that we are at a loss."

“The size of the yard doesn’t count!”

"Why can't it count?"

He Yuzhu explained: "This is called the common area."

The neighbors were stunned.

"What is the common area?"

"To put it simply, we live in this compound. In addition to our own house, do we also need to use the space in the yard?"

"Yes!"

"Then the area that everyone can use is considered public. The common area belongs to the shared area. We have agreed not to put personal belongings in front of other people's houses. So whose house has the largest front and back area, whose shared area is Isn’t it just big? Doesn’t the big shared area mean the big house?”

"Oh!"

The neighbors were instantly deceived.

He nodded repeatedly and said that what He Yuzhu said made sense.

"So Uncle Yan, when we change houses, I actually suffer a little loss. But it's different for you. You still get a big deal!"

He Yuzhu gave He Daqing an immediate look.

He Daqing understood the idea and echoed: "That's right, Lao Yan. If Zhuzi hadn't said that living in the front yard was clean and convenient for studying, I wouldn't have asked you to change. My father in our family told me that at that time, the two of us lived in the middle courtyard. I lived in this house because of the large front and back yards.”

Yan Bugui was completely fooled by their theory.

It seems to be such a truth!

The yards in front and behind the house can be used to store things and plant flowers. It seems to have a lot more area.

With twenty square meters, you can do a lot of things with the extra space.

"Then the price difference of twenty square meters is too much for you to make up. Doesn't this translate into a lot of money?"

Yan Bugui asked tentatively.

"We are all neighbors, so raising money is so vulgar!"

He Yuzhu knew that if he really wanted more, Yan Bugui would definitely not be able to give it to him.

But it doesn’t matter if you don’t have to be firm at all.

Wouldn't that give him an advantage in vain?

"I think this is good. Let's make a compromise. It's definitely unreasonable for you to ask us to make up the difference. It doesn't seem to make sense if I ask you to make up the difference. Then I'll offer you a plan, that is, you can use our original one when you move here. As for the yard, you can rent it. Just give us [-] yuan a month for rent. We are neighbors and this is a friendly price."

"Twenty thousand a month?!"

Yan Bugui continued to shake his head.

Twenty thousand a month, not two hundred and forty thousand a year!

His entire month's salary went into it.

In the past, the front and back yards of his house were a bit small, but at least it cost nothing to live in!

"Then you choose, pay the difference and buy us out or pay us rent every month."

"How much is the buyout?"

"You can just give us [-] yuan to buy it out."

He Yuzhu almost frightened Yan Bugui when he opened his mouth.

"You're like a lion."

"Do the math. If you want to rent our yard, it will cost you [-] yuan a year. I want you [-] yuan. Do you still feel it is a loss? One square meter only costs [-] yuan!"

"It seems to be..."

Yan Bugui took the abacus to settle the accounts.

"Don't forget it. It's your choice anyway. If you give us the money, we'll move immediately today."

Neighbors also persuaded Yan Bugui.

Said Zhuzhu was already very benevolent. When houses could be bought and sold before, two hundred thousand couldn't buy such a big house.

Yan Bugui couldn't listen to other people's advice. He figured it out as soon as others advised him.

He made a decision directly: "Okay! Two hundred thousand, I'll buy it out!"

"Dad, take the money and we'll pack up and move right away!"

He Yuzhu's face showed a smile again.