Xu Damao's Thirty-Six Stratagems in Siheyuan

As time passed, Xu Jun's return to Beijing did not cause the splash that Xu Damao had worried about. At the end of the year, the successful convening of the Third Plenary Session of the 3th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China brought joy to the whole world.

"Boss, the village chief brought a letter, saying that it would be best if we could return to the village to celebrate the New Year this year. It seems that something big has happened in the village."

"Okay, it's a good opportunity to go back and see the changes in the countryside. I guess the village is going to respond to the call and divide the land among households. Who are you going to give the land of you, your daughter and your son to?"

"real or fake?"

"Didn't you hear on the radio that Anhui has taken the lead in distributing land to households? With a precedent, there will be actual evaluation. If it is indeed feasible, it will be promoted. It seems to be very promising, so Baishui Village will definitely follow suit. But Meifang, with the construction of Kyoto and its continuous outward expansion, Baishui Village will sooner or later change from a rural area to a city. In five years at most, I think Baishui Village will be full of high-rise buildings. So we still have to take the land allocated to you. Maybe you will become a small rich woman in the future, and then you can start your own business and be the master of the house."

"Really? How big is Kyoto?"

"I will. You see, I asked you to learn culture and accounting in the early years. Hey... you will use them soon."

It was true. During this Spring Festival, Xu Damao had never expected that Wenquan Township had already been changed from a township to a town during the National Day last year and incorporated into the overall urban and rural reform plan of Haidian District. The household registration had been frozen in early November.

Gu Meifang's family of six, one adult and five children, are all within the household registration range. This time, the village has received a notice from the township to resettle the villagers as soon as possible, with a unified format and standard for compensation and housing, and strive to complete the signing before June 79.

The Spring Festival is so lively.

After listening to the village chief Chen's story and reading the township's document, Xu Damao happily asked Gu Meifang to sign. In those days, each person was compensated 1,000 yuan. According to the existing housing and per capita housing area, the three houses that Gu Meifang could get in the future were already the limit.

What was even more gratifying was that during the Spring Festival, Fang Junru and his family of four came to sign the agreement. Fang Junru also followed the village chief's advice and signed the housing compensation agreement, and was allocated two houses.

This has to be a surprise.

It was truly like surrounding the city from the countryside. Overnight, Baishui Village became a registered urban area in the suburbs of Kyoto. Every villager became a town resident, and welfare was distributed according to the registered residence.

Xu Damao knew that this was the pain of history. The landless farmers in Baishui Village felt that the compensation was not enough, and some refused to comply, but they could not stop the tide of reform. Soon, within less than a year, Baishui Village was completely separated from the countryside, and all that could be seen were bulldozers and tower cranes standing on the construction site.

Gu Meifang also received two three-bedroom apartments and one two-bedroom apartment, which just occupied one floor of a unit.

The construction was so fast that in the blink of an eye, the old residents of Baishui Village could no longer remember what their village looked like before.

Farmers started working in factories, and they received living allowances for two years if they were not employed.

It felt like pie in the sky that Gu Meifang, a household of six with registered permanent residents, could receive a monthly subsidy of 48 yuan from the newly established street office.

"Boss, why do I feel like I'm dreaming?"

"How can that be possible? In fact, the farmers are the ones who suffer. How can they live if they can't find a job after losing their land? The two-year subsidy will eventually end, but what about after two years? You think it's nothing, but for people who have lived in the countryside all their lives, land is not as profitable as it is. Do you understand?"

This demolition was a major event in 79. Although there were various debates, the final conclusion was reached. Individual phenomena cannot stop the progress of history, especially in the suburban rural areas of Haidian District. In less than two years, Haidian was completely urbanized. Where can you find a piece of idle land?

It happened so fast that when Xu Damao took Gu Meifang to get the keys to her new apartment the following year, she couldn't even remember where Baishui Village was.

Time flies, and Xu Damao finally bought a TV. It was not that he couldn't afford it before, but he didn't want to buy it. For the sake of his children's studies and to keep a low profile. In fact, the TV only has a few channels.

If you are going to buy a TV, buy a big one. I spent money to buy a 17-inch TV and enjoyed watching it.

Life is changing so fast that it suddenly feels hard to turn around. During the day, the streets are full of gangsters dancing with four-horn speakers on their backs. At night, they watch the Hong Kong TV series "Huo Yuanjia" in front of the TV. The streets are empty. If you walk to the gate of the big courtyard or the quadrangle, you can hear the TV series "One Hundred Years of Sleep" played every day during prime time from the middle courtyard...

Xu Damao hadn't been back to Compound No. 95 for a long time. When he went back this time, he was really shocked. The changes were really huge.

Originally, I wanted to go visit Li Dongsheng’s mother, who is nearly 88 years old this year and will be turning 90 next year.

Yan Fugui has retired and is at home. He goes to Houhai and Shichahai to fish from time to time. Aunt Yang Ruihua sees that the 61-year-old old lady has a head full of white hair.

Xu Damao sighed, "I say, Auntie, how come Mi passed the exam so quickly!"

"Hey, Damao, it's you. You haven't changed at all over the years. You are still a cadre, young as hell."

"Third Auntie, I'm just a small cadre. Being young doesn't have much to do with being a cadre. Is my family well?"

It would have been fine if she hadn't mentioned her family. But now that she did, Auntie almost burst into tears. "Da Mao, your family is so unfortunate. The Jiecheng couple asked the Jiefang couple to start a business together, but the government seized all their money, saying it was smuggling. More than 10,000 yuan, it's all gone down the drain."

Well, Xu Damao didn't respond, so he quickly interrupted. When they got to the Intermediate Court, Li Dongsheng had retired early and was enjoying the benefits of a disabled soldier. Although he could still work for a few more years, he didn't want to work anymore and just went home. Li Yuanchao had been back from Jinxi for several years and married a girl who lived not far from Courtyard 95 and had a baby.

"Brother Dongsheng, life is better now. My son and daughter-in-law have secured jobs. Although my aunt is now 88 years old, she is in good health. Weihong graduated from university and was assigned an ideal job. Don't worry."

"Da Mao, it's true, it's true! I didn't expect that I would have such a good life in this life."

After a brief greeting, Xu Damao went to He Yuzhu's house in the central courtyard.

The couple and their three children are still at home.

"Da Mao, you are free today, can you come to our courtyard and exercise?"

"Brother Zhuzi, I really have something to talk to you about today."

After some words, Xu Damao suggested that Yu Li leave the Red Factory and work on her own.

"Brother Zhuzi, you see, two years ago, the first private restaurant in Cuihua Hutong opened for business. You must have heard about how lively it was. Don't you have any idea?"

"They are desperate, Damao. My husband and I are both regular employees. Our situation is different!"

"Yes, I've taken people to eat at Yuebin Restaurant. The food was really good, but the service was good, and they didn't need food coupons or anything, which was convenient. To my taste, if Zhuzi opened his own restaurant, serving Beijing-style Sichuan cuisine, I can guarantee that in one year, he could earn what you two earned in the factory in ten years. Wouldn't you be tempted? How many decades are there in a lifetime?"