Reborn in 1977

Chapter 665: Custom-Made

It was still early before school dismissal, and Chen Fan wouldn't just wait idly, so he drove to the back gate to check on the construction progress of Literary and Art New Village.

Just outside the back gate of Jiang University, one could see three rows of buildings erected on the island extending into the lake, arranged in high, medium, and low tiers.

The highest part was elongated, appearing as a whole from a distance, but it was unknown what the interior was like.

The mountainside and the base of the slope were two unconnected, white-walled courtyard houses with blue tiles.

Across the hundred-meter lake surface, Chen Fan could still see his own small courtyard, as well as the fishing platform outside the courtyard gate at the corner of the island.

Huang Tianzhi hadn't lied; he had indeed set up a small awning boat there, and there was also a small boat outside each of the other small platforms.

Chen Fan didn't have to worry about anyone stealing his boat now.

He drove slowly forward.

At the entrance of the residential area, there was a granite rock engraved with "Literary and Art New Village." It was unknown whether it was a single piece or pieced together, but it looked very impressive without being ostentatious.

Going inside along the residential road, there were buildings that had already been capped.

Even the road surface had been hardened, and it was a low-noise asphalt road surface. The construction materials in other places were also cleaned up, at least from the outside, it looked neat and orderly, and there were even flower beds, just waiting for people to move in.

Unfortunately, the flower beds were empty, and it was estimated that green plants would be added after the spring.

Chen Fan drove in and strolled around. There were only a few workers inside finishing up, and they were all inside the houses, presumably doing renovation work.

In this day and age, there was no such thing as delivering bare houses. All houses were uniformly renovated and completed, with only differences in area and layout.

Of course, don't expect the decoration to be too exquisite.

Through the open windows, one could see the scene inside: a flat cement floor with some dust, and the walls were plastered with a layer of white ash. Even the common sanitary wall paint from the 1980s, one meter above the ground, was not there.

(Sanitary wall paint is the green section on the wall)

All the windows were fitted with glass, and there was also a layer of dust on the window frames waiting for the owner to clean when moving in.

There was no way to do anything about it. Not to mention that such a large-scale real estate project couldn't be done too carefully, and move-in ready service was not the style of this era.

If you wanted to decorate the house more beautifully, you would need to do secondary soft decoration yourself, such as buying a beautiful, ceiling fan and light combination, or painting a layer of paint on the wall, or getting a set of fashionable furniture.

In any case, such a living room with a kitchen and bathroom was enough to make most people crazy. What bicycle did they need?!

After a brief visit outside, Chen Fan drove to his own small courtyard with great interest.

The courtyard was not surrounded by high walls, only a circle of wooden fences about one and a half meters high, with a simple appearance but very particular workmanship. The fence was only painted with a layer of varnish, and the courtyard gate was also two fence doors, not only not as high as the circle of fences, but also much lower, only about one meter.

This thing was really just a decoration, barely counting as a defined area, and it didn't prevent chatting with the neighbor eight meters away.

At this time, the fence door was open, and the small courtyard was not a dirt ground, but paved with a layer of bluestone slabs, which connected from the small courtyard to the asphalt road outside.

Chen Fan drove the car directly into the courtyard, pushed the door and got out of the car, carefully looking at his small courtyard.

Like the Chen family's old house in Yunhu, it was a three-bay house with a total area of 120 square meters, just missing a large backyard and a kitchen in the yard.

Walking in, the layout inside was also slightly different.

The entrance was the living room, behind the living room was the bathroom, the east side was two bedrooms, and the west side facing the lake was the study and master bedroom, separated by a hollow bookshelf. There was also a small bathroom in the master bedroom.

Adjacent to the small bathroom and against the mountain was the small half room, which was the kitchen.

Going out from the corridor opposite the kitchen and the living room bathroom was the backyard. In fact, it was just a small open space separated from the mountain, and five or six meters away was the earthen slope, and above the earthen slope was the road and houses on the mountainside.

Further up was the public building on the top of the mountain.

The layout was quite satisfactory, and the decoration was similar to that of the building over there.

Cement floor, white ash walls, Chen Fan was wondering whether to get some paint and brush a layer of sanitary wall paint to create a new style of interior decoration?!

Maybe it was because it had already been completed here, and there was no one in the entire residential area, which seemed particularly quiet.

There was no place to sit in the house, so Chen Fan didn't stay long, drove out, looked at the small boat hanging outside the waterfront platform, and then drove out again.

Just out of the island, he saw someone standing by the roadside, seemingly looking at himself.

Chen Fan thought for a while, this face seemed a bit familiar, he had seen it when he came last time?

He stopped the car in front of him, took out a cigarette and offered it, "Master, is everything here completed?"

The old master took the cigarette, grinned with a mouthful of yellow teeth, and said with a smile, "Yes, yes, it was just completed last week. In the past few days, all the garbage has been cleaned up, and there are only a few sets of houses left with a little something to be repaired. After finishing today, the houses will be handed over tomorrow."

Handed over tomorrow?

Chen Fan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Handed over tomorrow? To everyone?"

"That's not."

The old master quickly explained, "It is handed over to several receiving units, namely the Writers Association, the Artists Association, the Musicians Association, the Dramatists Association, and the Department of Culture."

After a pause, he said with a slight doubt, "The last time you came, Director Huang seemed to say that you were from the Writers Association, right? Don't you know?"

Chen Fan chuckled, "Oh, I was on a business trip some time ago, and I just came back today. Besides, this matter is being handled by our Secretary-General Xu, so it's normal that I don't know."

"Oh, so that's how it is."

The old master nodded in realization, and then said mysteriously, "Then you have to hurry back to the unit and find your Secretary-General Xu to choose a house. I heard that except for one house that was decided from the beginning, all the other houses have to be drawn by lot. If you go late, you may not be able to choose a good house."

Chen Fan blinked, and asked in confusion, "If they are all drawn by lot, how can you choose?"

The old master was stunned for several seconds, his old face turned red, and he forcibly tried to save face, saying, "If you have a good relationship with the leader, and then go to your leader first, you can draw several times. If you don't draw well once, just draw again, and pick the best one, wouldn't that be fine?"

Chen Fan said "Oh", "So that's how it is."

Then he handed another cigarette over, "Thank you."

Seeing that this young man driving the car was very sensible, the old master said with a smile, "Seeing you driving the car, you are the driver who drives for the leader of the Writers Association, right? The driver is close to the leader, you will definitely be able to get a good house."

Chen Fan nodded in agreement, "Yes, I think so too."

Then he waved his hand with a smile, "You go ahead with your work, I'll go first."

The old master quickly waved, while stepping back two steps, "Okay, okay, you go ahead."

He did not forget to instruct, "Go find the leader now, it will be too late if you are late."

Chen Fan slammed on the accelerator, "I'm going right now."

The car drove out of the residential area, Chen Fan gripped the steering wheel, turned right, and continued driving forward.

He hadn't come to see this side before, and now that he looked, it was almost completely built.

Adjacent to the western wall of the residential area was the "Jiangnan University Affiliated Hospital," which Chen Fan had spent a lot of effort to build.

The entrance was a large courtyard, with a considerable area, and further inside was the outpatient building.

Chen Fan didn't go in, but slowly drove forward, when suddenly a road leading inward appeared.

This used to be wasteland, with rugged and uneven terrain, not even qualified for cultivation and grain planting, so this road must have been built later.

And it certainly looked like a new road.

He stopped at the intersection and looked, and further ahead seemed to be another residential area, even the compound walls hadn't been built yet, and various old construction machines were visibly scattered everywhere, each performing its own function.

From time to time, construction workers could be seen shuttling around the construction site, creating a lively scene.

And the sides of the already built road were similar to those inside Wenyi New Village, with newly built houses standing there, appearing particularly desolate?

Chen Fan shook his head, why did he feel desolate?

There was no need to go to the construction site, he turned the steering wheel and drove along the road next to the hospital.

To the west of the road was a long row of two-story buildings.

Although the wooden doors were tightly closed, and there was no sign on the lintel, it was obvious that this place should be prepared for various storefronts.

According to the nature and scale of the units here, it might even open several departments related to people's livelihood. For example, police stations, post and telecommunications offices, and banks are all possible.

But the unit behind the hospital was somewhat unexpected to Chen Fan.

There were even schools arranged here?

And even the signs were hung up.

Adjacent to the hospital was the Jiangnan University Affiliated Middle School?

Further north, respectively, were the Wenyi New Village Kindergarten and the Jiangnan University Affiliated Elementary School?

Chen Fan scratched his head, so this place was contracted by Jiangnan University?

If that's the case, then it should be normal for the adjacent new residential areas to have Jiangnan University dormitory areas?

So, once people move in, this will be a mature community?

Chen Fan shook his head and was about to turn around and drive back when he saw a large open space ahead.

Since he was already here, why not continue to take a look?

He stepped on the accelerator again, and the car quickly drove onto the open space.

Only then did he realize that this was actually a bus terminal?

And in front of the bus terminal was a park? ? ?

This time he was really shocked, even a bus terminal and a park were arranged, who had such a big hand?

It shouldn't be Grandpa Xiang and his people, right?

He scratched his head, pushed the door open, got out of the car, and walked to the bus stop to take a look.

Good heavens, there was more than one bus route, one of which started from here, connecting Jiangda and several literary-related units, while the other connected many other units, as well as the city center's cinemas, department stores, youth palaces, and so on.

Seeing these, Chen Fan was really convinced.

This was tailor-made?!

But this had nothing to do with him, he just wanted to buy a quiet little courtyard, hoping not to be disturbed, who knew that in the end, a large mature community would be created?

Chen Fan scratched his head, quickly got in the car and left.

If he stayed here any longer, he was worried that he would become inflated.

This energy was too great, it wasn't like decades later when the real estate industry exploded, as long as you were willing to invest, after reaching a certain level, not to mention schools and hospitals, even the subway could be rerouted.

But now? Hmph, I dare not think about it.

… …

Soon he returned to Jiangda, and after waiting for a while, he finally waited for school to let out in the afternoon.

Chen Fan kept his word, waited for Lin Liwen and Xia Yuping to come out, and drove them away.

The two of them walked hand in hand, sitting together in the back row, feeling Chen Fan's driving skills, Xia Yuping seemed very proud, "Xiaofan, you drive very steadily, I still remember that you only got your driver's license more than a year ago, if it were someone else, I'm afraid they wouldn't dare to drive alone."

Chen Fan glanced at the rearview mirror and smiled, "Isn't that thanks to you? If you hadn't greeted me, the old masters wouldn't have directly issued me a formal driver's license."

Xia Yuping was even happier when she heard this, grinning non-stop, "It has nothing to do with me, it's just that your technique is good and your level is high, the old masters all told my dad that you are the best driver they have ever seen, you can drive any car, and you drive very well, even they can't compare."

Lin Liwen rolled her eyes subtly beside her, secretly cursing a few times in her heart, and when she finished speaking, she immediately coughed lightly, looked at Chen Fan and smiled, "Xiaofan, I heard my dad say that Luwan Delicatessen has opened new stores in many docks, and the docks in the Yunhu area are all over, and there are a lot of people buying them, so the life in Lujiawan must be very good now."

Chen Fan glanced at the rearview mirror again and chuckled a few times, "Very good, very good. Speaking of which, I really have to thank your dad, if he hadn't agreed to let me open a store at the dock, Lujiawan wouldn't have developed so quickly, your dad helped a lot."

He saw the two of them turning their heads in the rearview mirror, and guessed that they were probably rolling their eyes, so he quickly changed the subject, "Well, you have been in the provincial capital for almost a year, have you found any particularly delicious places?"

Under normal circumstances, ordinary students entering the university campus will definitely study day and night, getting up before dawn to read aloud, and going to bed only after the lights are turned off at night.

Some students even bought flashlights specifically to be able to read for a while longer after the school lights were turned off.

They study so hard, they seize every minute and every second.

The phenomenon of eating all over the school street and visiting a city, which is common in later generations, is basically invisible now.

However, not all students are so hardworking.

Or rather, not everyone enters university with the mindset of changing their destiny.

At least these two are not.

Their family conditions are enough to ensure that they will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives, and even if they don't get into this university, they won't live too badly.

So they don't have the urgency of most students.

If Chen Fan guessed correctly, they have probably visited the provincial capital all over.

But unexpectedly, the two looked at each other and shook their heads in unison, saying very innocently, "No, we usually don't go out much, we just study at school, so we don't know anything."

Chen Fan looked up at them, were they so in sync?

You usually don't go out and don't know anything? I don't believe it!