Comfortable life in Siheyuan

The next morning, the yard was already filled with the smell of fireworks. Liu Qingshan rubbed his still groggy head and walked to the pool. He felt more awake after washing his face.

"Qingshan, are you awake? Are you still dizzy?" The eldest brother Liu Qingsong was used to getting up early, and he was already practicing military boxing in the yard.

"It's okay, there's still a little. Brother, did you sleep well last night?" Liu Qingshan suddenly remembered that with so many more people in the family, sleeping at night had become a problem.

Now that the college entrance examination has been relaxed, we can prepare to build a house. I will go to Captain Sun tomorrow and rebuild the house in my courtyard.

"There are too many kids at home and there's not enough space. I had to make do with the stools in the living room last night." The eldest brother said helplessly.

"I plan to find a construction team to clean up my yard and build a few more rooms so that everyone will have a place to live when they come back in the future." Liu Qingshan said with a smile.

The Liu family now has only four houses in total, and there is also a kitchen and a toilet.

Last night my eldest brother and his family and my sister's family all came back, and suddenly there was not enough space for us to live in. And now the children are all grown up, so they will have to sleep in separate rooms in the future.

The two were still discussing when their sister and brother-in-law came over with a towel.

"Qingshan, you drank too much yesterday! You have a good alcohol tolerance. I think you drank more than a pound." My brother-in-law joked with a smile.

Liu Qingshan often drinks, but he has never drunk as much as he did yesterday.

"I don't have much of a tolerance for alcohol. Half a catty is too much. It's the same if I drink more. I'm drunk anyway. It's just that I took a bite yesterday, so I can hold on for a while."

Before the banquet started yesterday, Liu Qingshan chatted with Nan Yi and Zhuzi in the kitchen for a while, and his mouth was not idle.

"What were you two talking about just now? I heard that you were going to build a house." The second sister stared at the eldest brother and Liu Qingshan with suspicion, not knowing what the two were talking about.

"I told my eldest brother that our house is a little too small and the kids have grown up. I plan to clean up my yard and build a few more rooms so that you will have a place to live when you come back in the future." Liu Qingshan explained with a smile.

My sister wiped her face roughly and started to get interested. She started to wander around the courtyard, and several people followed her.

"Qingshan, your yard is not small. You can build a row of back houses on the south side against the wall and our parents' house. You can build three rooms in total." My sister said excitedly, pointing to a row of walls on the south side.

Liu Qingshan had already made a plan, but the sunlight in these rooms would not be very good, so he might build it a little higher and open a few more windows on the south side.

"We can also build on the east side. When the time comes, we can build both sides of this door. We can build four or five rooms in a row."

In this way, this small courtyard became a not-so-standard courtyard with one entrance, which is completely enough to accommodate a family of seven or eight.

"Qingshan, do you have enough money on you? It will cost a lot to buy such a big house." The eldest brother knew that Qingshan had money, but this place was also for his parents to live in, so he also wanted to contribute.

"Brother, don't worry about the money. I have plenty of it. It's just that houses can't be bought and sold now, otherwise I would have wanted to buy a bigger courtyard house."

Liu Qingshan was not lying. Not to mention that Lou Bancheng left him several thousand yuan when he left, his salary for the past ten years was about two thousand yuan per year.

Feng Yu’s salary is not enough to cover the family’s daily food and daily expenses, and his wife has saved at least 30,000 yuan.

And if we really need to buy a house or something, my parents still have some money, and the total amount will not be less than 40,000.

"Why do you need so many houses? Nowadays, formal workers will be allocated houses, and various factories are also building employee housing. Wouldn't it be a waste to buy them?" My brother-in-law was a little confused. Nowadays, not many people buy and sell houses.

Liu Qingshan pondered for a while before speaking: "Brother-in-law, look at how many people there are in our city now. After so many years, Xixi and her generation have grown up. Houses are becoming increasingly scarce. They are all waiting for the factory to allocate houses, but how many regular employees are there?"

After Liu Qingshan's speech, everyone fell silent.

After a while, the eldest brother asked, "So, if we have some money, can we buy some houses?"

"Yes, Qingshan. If we can buy one, I will pool some money with your brother-in-law and buy one too. The children in our family are all grown up, and housing will really be a problem in the future."

My eldest brother and his family are now living in the army, and they have never thought about this. After listening to Liu Qingshan's explanation, they also think it makes sense. Besides, my eldest brother and his wife both have a good salary, and the expenses in the army are low, so they have saved a lot of money.

My sister's family doesn't have as much savings as my eldest brother, but her father-in-law can also provide some support, and if there is a suitable house, they can really buy it.

"If we want to buy a house, we should buy a courtyard house. We should buy a whole house. We don't want to buy a house like ours, where there are so many people living there. It would be meaningless to buy two rooms."

Liu Qingshan's words also frightened several people. Houses are really not sold like this these days.

"How much does that cost?" my sister asked in surprise.

"Aren't buildings better than these courtyard houses? Don't people with status and position nowadays like to live in courtyard houses?" The eldest brother has been in the army for a long time, but he also knows that people nowadays like to live in tube-shaped buildings, commonly known as cadre buildings.

"That building only sounds nice, as if it's a cadre building. But is it really as comfortable to live in as a courtyard house? I don't think so." Liu Qingshan said with a smile.

Nowadays, even the toilets in the tube-shaped buildings are shared, and each house is only a small size, so it is not as comfortable as his small courtyard.

"Yeah, my parents live in a cadre building, and it's not as comfortable as your courtyard, Qingshan. A while ago, I heard someone say that there was a courtyard house for sale, but I didn't take it seriously. I'll ask later."

My brother-in-law and sister now live in a house allocated by their work unit. They used to live in the cadre housing of the meat processing factory. Not only was the space not big, but it was also not ventilated in the summer and was not comfortable to live in.

"Help me find a bigger one. I've been in the army for so many years, but I don't have my own house. I've always lived in the army's house. The house your sister-in-law's unit has is not big either. The children in your family are not young anymore." After hearing what Liu Qingshan said, the eldest brother was also moved.

Liu Qingshan was thinking of buying two more houses, preferably one along the street.

"Brother-in-law, please help me look for it, and I'll look for it here too. But don't be in a hurry. The house sale cannot be made public right now, so let's be careful." Liu Qingshan said.

Thinking of this, Liu Qingshan was ready to go to the street office to ask Director Yang if he could handle the formalities. But it shouldn't be a problem. Didn't the street help Sha Zhu to inherit the deaf old lady's house?

"Okay, I got it. I plan to look for one in our East City. Then I can live nearby and visit more often, and your sister will be closer to her parents' home." My brother-in-law said with a smile.

"Okay, let's look for houses in this area. Most of the houses in this area are not slums and are built beautifully, which is good. We can all live close to each other in the future." The few of them had agreed to this.

"Come and eat, stop chatting there." Liu's mother shouted from inside the house.