Siheyuan: I am a big capitalist after the founding of the People's Republic of China

In a parallel universe, it was the evening of mid-November 1949.

Mr. Li, who had just returned from the Military Control Office, asked his grandson to notify the residents of the courtyard to come to the central courtyard for a meeting.

Taking this opportunity, Li Zihang walked around the whole courtyard. The gatehouse was in the back house, no one lived there. The front yard was a private school, which was where the third uncle lived in the play. Yan Jiedi was not even born during this period.

He Daqing's family lives in the main house in the main courtyard. The uncle and aunt live in the east wing. The main house, the east wing and the ear room were bought by He Daqing. The Jia family lives in the west wing. The second uncle Liu Haizhong's family lives in the east wing of the backyard. Xu Damao's family lives in the west wing, and the deaf old lady lives in the back room and the middle room.

The deaf old lady is only over 60 years old. The others have not moved in yet or are just strangers who are not recognized. As soon as you enter the courtyard, except for the gatehouse, which is owned by the family, the rest are still empty.

There were only about ten households in the courtyard. It was far from being crowded as it was at the beginning of the story. All the men and women in the courtyard had returned home from work. When they heard Li Zihang calling them to a meeting, they all carried their small stools to the middle courtyard.

In the middle of the courtyard, there was an eight-person table. On the left and right chairs sat my grandfather and a young man in his early 30s. My grandfather drank tea and chatted with the young man.

After 3 minutes, people from the front, middle and back yards gathered around the octagonal table, forming a semicircle.

Seeing that everyone was present, Mr. Li began to introduce the young man next to him: "This is Liaison Officer Wang from the Military Control Office. He is also the director of our Nanluoguxiang Sub-district Office. I called everyone to this meeting today to inform everyone that Director Wang is here to convey some new government policies. Please applaud and welcome him." After saying this, he led the applause.

Amid the applause, Director Wang waved his hand to ask everyone to stop clapping.

Director Wang: "Let me introduce myself first. I am the director of the Nanluoguxiang Street Military Control Office. My last name is Wang, and you can call me Comrade Wang. Today I am here to inform you of the following matters.

First! Huaxia just established and issued our own money in early November, also called RMB. So everyone should go to the street office or bank to exchange the currency in their hands, that is, the ocean, legal tender, gold yuan, and US dollars (knives). In the future, those currencies cannot be used. Huaxia can only use our own money, RMB. As for the exchange rate, the street office will notify you.

The second thing is that the subdistrict office will provide running water and electricity to the entire quadrangle at the end of the month. It will be convenient for you to get water and light in the future. The subdistrict office will issue a document with specific information.

As for public health, the government will build public toilets in alleys and streets. People will no longer be able to relieve themselves on the streets at will.

The third point is to go to the military control office to re-register your household registration and the property rights. Another point is that the remaining property rights of your courtyard, except for the property deeds, have been donated to the state by Comrade Li Xianmin in your courtyard. In other words, the rent for comrades who rent houses in your courtyard will be collected by the street office staff from next month.

Point 4: If you find any suspicious persons or spies, you must notify the street office as soon as possible. Do you have any other questions?

Finally, Mr. Li was praised for his ideological awareness of supporting the government and was given a certificate as a commendation.

Then within half an hour, the young and old men in the courtyard began to ask questions about policies they did not understand, and Director Wang answered them one by one.

Finally, Grandpa Li Zihang blocked the moon gate leading to the back garden, and also notified his friends of the idea of ​​installing a door in the corridor leading to the gatehouse as soon as one enters the yard.

"In the past year, three children were injured while playing in my abandoned backyard.

The boy from the Liu family was hit by falling tiles in March, and the boy from the Xu family was hit by the collapsed door in the back garden.

Also, a few days ago, my grandson fell off a rockery and was in a coma in the hospital for 2 days and almost didn't wake up.

So I plan to seal the moon gate in the back garden, otherwise it will be too late if something bad happens to the child. Please forgive me if I have disturbed you in any way."

With the agreement of all residents in the courtyard, the meeting in the courtyard ended.

Li Ziheng stood beside his grandfather and looked at the expressions of the crowd. He thought that the characters in the original play were still young and did not have so many intrigues. After the meeting, several people in the yard helped to move the eight-immortal table and two armchairs back to their own house. Then they sat and waited for dinner!

In those days, only the wealthy families could afford to eat three meals a day. Ordinary people could only eat two meals a day, and some even only one meal a day.

Li Zihang sat at the table and watched his grandmother serve all the dishes. He was filled with emotion. In this day and age, there were not many families in the whole city who could have a simple dinner of pigeon soup, roasted lotus root, pork head, and a dish of pickles.

The old man took half a bottle of Lianhua Bai and sat down at the dining table, and the family of three started eating.

While eating, the old couple started chatting again: "Mother, when I was doing my work today, I asked Director Wang about the renovation of our house. Director Wang approved it. What do you think about the renovation of our house?"

Li Zihang's grandmother: "Grandpa, you can install it as you see fit. But what about the three two-story warehouses in the back garden?"

After drinking a cup of wine, the old man said, "I plan to find someone to replace the beams and pillars of the two-story house, repair the roof tiles, replace the doors and windows with new ones, and repair the overall structure. I will lay the floor tiles and paint the walls. I will not touch or renovate anything else. I will leave it for my grandson to grow up and marry his grandson's wife before I renovate it."

The old man smiled and touched his grandson's head again.

After eating a bite of food, Li Zihang's grandmother said, "So you're not going to maintain the back garden?"

The old man said: "No need to repair it. It can't be too outstanding. Filling the back garden with soil and planting some vegetables is better than anything else. Repair the fish pond in the garden and raise some fish. These days, having food and drink and a safe family is better than anything else. Add a chicken coop. As long as it's not like when the Japanese invaders entered the city, there's nothing to worry about."

Li Zihang listened to what his grandparents said and quickly interrupted: "Grandpa, can you also build a toilet like the one in the hospital, the kind that can flush?"

One day, he went to the toilet and was disgusted by his own toilet. Fortunately, the weather was cold and the smell was not so strong, otherwise it would be even more unbearable. The maggots in the toilet were so disgusting. Rural people born in the 1980s and 1990s should have a deep understanding of this.

The old man looked at Li Zihang and said, "Grandson, is there anything else you want?"

Li Zihang thought for a while and said, "We also need to build a kitchen. Otherwise, grandma will have to cook in the stable. She will be very cold when it's cold, and she won't have to carry the food to the main room with an umbrella when it rains. Also, we need to build the kitchen and the dining room together. This way, grandma won't have to run back and forth after cooking. And I don't want to sleep with grandpa anymore. Grandpa, your snoring is so loud and it's noisy. Can you build a room for me?"

The old man said with a smile: "You little brat, you still look down on me, your grandpa. Okay, I will agree to it."

At this moment, Li Zihang’s grandmother also smiled and said: "My dear grandson now knows how to feel sorry for grandma."

Li Zihang quickly said, "Grandpa, can you plant some grape trees in our yard and some fruit trees in the back garden? Then when I grow up, I can climb the trees and pick fruits for grandpa and grandma to eat."

The old man said: "You little brat, I think you want to climb the tree and play by yourself." Li Zihang: "Grandpa, I want to wait for the fruits to grow up and pick them for you to eat."

The old man said: "I believed your lies, little brat, is there anything else you want?"

Li Zihang: "Grandpa, I don't want to sleep on the kang." Grandpa Li: "Okay! Got it. Let's continue eating." The family of three discussed how to renovate their house while eating...