Siheyuan: All the incense in the family is counting on you

For now, you can only go to the street office to solve the housing problem yourself.

If you rent a house now, the policy of renting houses is implemented. If there are families with extra houses, the street office will collect statistics and rent them out, and then give some rent to the owners. Therefore, as long as you have a household registration and a job, and don't care about the price, it is still easy to apply for a house.

There was no other choice, so Li Bowen could only take Lanhua, his work permit and household registration certificate, and go straight to the street office.

The people from the street office were quite efficient and according to Li Bowen's request, they brought out several houses for them to choose from. In the end, Li Bowen chose a room in the east wing of a small courtyard.

There are two other families living in this small courtyard. The main house belongs to an elderly couple who own the house, and the west wing belongs to a young couple who work at a nearby food factory.

There are three rooms in the east wing, with a total area of ​​about 30 square meters. There is a living room in the middle and a bedroom on each side, which is enough for the mother and daughter to live in.

The price was 3 yuan per month, and Li Bowen paid her three years' rent at once. Seeing how happy he was, the people from the street office gave him a discount, and the total amount was only yuan.

The reason why Li Bowen chose this house was because there were fewer residents. Fewer people meant simpler interpersonal relationships and fewer messy things.

After getting the keys and proof of rental, Li Bowen took Lanhua to find the house according to the address, met the elderly couple who owned the house, and then returned directly to the rented house.

The house looked a bit shabby. There was nothing in it except empty rooms. Everything had to be bought new.

Lanhua was asked to clean the house first, while Li Bowen ran to the store outside and bought her tables, chairs, benches, beds, cabinets, stoves, honeycomb coal, rice, flour, grain, oil and other miscellaneous things. At least she could have a place to stay and eat, and if she needed anything else later, she could buy it herself.

"Okay, I think everything is almost ready. It should be enough for you to use for a while!" Li Bowen brushed the dust off his hands.

"You must be tired? Come and wash your face and wipe your hands!" Lanhua fetched water in the newly bought basin, wet the towel and handed it to Li Bowen.

Li Bowen took it in his hand and wiped his face. "I asked someone when I went out. The textile factory has its own special nursery and elementary school. We will take your work permit and household registration and go to complete the child's admission procedures. This way you don't have to worry when you are at work."

"Well, if you hadn't been here, I wouldn't know what to do!" Lanhua nodded obediently. What she said was absolutely right. How could a woman who had just come out of the village know these things?

Lanhua had her own ideas as to why she took the initiative to pounce on Li Bowen last night. As a single woman with a child, she arrived in a strange city where she was unfamiliar with everyone and didn't even know how she would live tomorrow. The only thing she could do was to hold on to the person in front of her.

Li Bowen was the only person she knew in this city. If she didn't deal with him, what would she do? What would happen to her child?

This is also Li Bowen's own fault. It was his fault for not being able to control himself. Although the pot was washed, it was still a pretty good pot.

Facts have proved that Lanhua was right. Li Bowen originally planned to go back after helping her complete the entry procedures, but since it has come to this, he might as well help her a little more and arrange everything for her before going back.

After completing all the procedures for the child's nursery, it was already mid-afternoon and there was nothing left to do. Returning to the dormitory, Li Bowen took out about a hundred yuan from his pocket and handed it to Lanhua.

"Take this money first, and buy anything you need!"

Lanhua waved her hands hurriedly: "No, no, I still have money!" Then she took out her wallet and showed it to Li Bowen.

Li Bowen took a look inside and saw that the maximum he could get was no more than 20 yuan, so he said with a smile: "What can you do with this little money? You are still an apprentice in the factory now, and you only make 17 yuan a month, and it will take more than a month for your salary to be paid. How can you raise a child with this little money? Take it!"

Finally, Lanhua took the money from Li Bowen and whispered, "Can you leave tomorrow?"

"Okay, then I'll go back tomorrow! It's a good opportunity to invite the neighbors to sit together in the evening so that we can take care of each other in the future!" Looking at Lanhua's expression, Li Bowen wavered again.

"Well, I'll go cook, you go get some help!"

By the evening, the couple next door came back from get off work, and Li Bowen went to their homes one by one to invite them.

Generally no one would refuse such an invitation from neighbors, but when they came, they all brought food coupons with them. After all, the difficult times had not completely passed, and it would be too embarrassing to go to someone's house for a meal empty-handed.

After the meal, Li Bowen still let them take all the food coupons back home. Since they were building relationships, they couldn't be stingy.

After Lanhua coaxed the child to sleep, she sneaked into Li Bowen's room, got into his bed naked, and put her arms around Li Bowen's neck: "You must be impatient!"

"Not bad! I was a little sleepy just now, but now I feel refreshed!"

"Hehe, I felt it too!"

"Then hurry up!"

"Virtue!" Lanhua's body began to twist.

The next morning, Lanhua sent her child to the nursery and went to work. Li Bowen also went straight to the bus station. As for when he would come later, it depended on Li Bowen's schedule. And who knows what will happen in the future.

Although Lanhua says that she will wait for him to come, maybe after some time she will fall in love with another man and get married.

Li Bowen just listened to it and thought that he had not treated her unfairly anyway, and there was no need to take it too seriously as a casual relationship.

After returning to Beijing, Li Bowen did not go home, but went directly to the factory. He had not been there for several days, so he had to show up. When he just arrived at the factory gate, he met Xu Damao pushing his bicycle out.

"Da Mao, are you going to the countryside?"

"Well, there are still a few screening tasks, so we have to hurry up and finish them!" Xu Damao answered weakly.

"Yes, I'm getting married in a few days, so I have to finish what I need to do. By the way, are you ready for your wedding? If you need anything, just let me know and I'll help you!" Li Bowen said seriously.

Hearing this, Xu Damao's expression became even more depressed: "No need, everything is almost ready, thank you Bowen!"

"You're welcome. Go ahead. I have to get back to the factory as well."

Looking at Li Bowen walking into the factory, Xu Damao sighed, hey, what's the point of having this wedding? In name, he has a wife, but he can't eat or touch anything. It's the same as not having a wife. And he even prepares a banquet? What's the point of preparing one? If the Lou family is willing to pay for it, then do it. If not, then forget it!

It’s better to go to the countryside to find my own excitement. Unfortunately, I don’t know where the orchid has gone. I guess it was scared and went back to the countryside. I’ll take a look at it when I go back. After thinking about it, Xu Damao got on the bicycle, pedaled hard, and gradually went away.

There is actually nothing to do in the purchasing department. As long as the task is completed, you can rest. When Li Bowen was chatting with a few people in the department, Li Huaide walked in: "Bowen, you are here, I just want to talk to you about something, come with me!"