Siheyuan: Fishing for All Things

After a while of noise, the donation meeting was over.

West Wing Courtyard.

Lin Shaowen was sitting under the awning, warming himself by the fire, and Qin Huairu and others immediately surrounded him. Fortunately, the awning was big enough and there were enough stools in the house, otherwise there would not be enough space for so many people.

"Shaowen, how did Yan Fengyu get together with Sha Zhu?" Qin Jingru asked in confusion.

"This is very simple, right?" Lin Shaowen leaned on the stool and chuckled, "Among the men in our courtyard, the only ones with good conditions are Xu Damao and Sha Zhu..."

"No, no, the two brothers Liu Guangfu and Yan Jiefang both have units, so their conditions are not bad, right?" He Yushui interrupted.

"It depends on how you think." Lin Shaowen said softly, "Liu Haizhong's family has three and a half houses... Liu Haizhong and the second aunt live in one, and now Liu Guangqi and his wife are back and live in another one. If Yan Fengyu and Liu Guangfu get married, where will they live?"

"This... You can apply for a house from the unit, right?" Zhang Xiaoyu was surprised.

"Do you think it's the past now, you can apply for it just by saying it?" Lin Shaowen smiled bitterly, "Yu Li is now a director, have you seen Dongcheng Pharmaceutical Factory mention that they will give her a house?"

"The street office has no house to rent?" Zhang Xiaoyu frowned, "Wouldn't it be fine if you pay for it yourself and rent a house at the street office?"

In fact, there are still many vacant houses now. After all, it's a city, and people come in and people go out. Some people have been transferred to other places, or lonely elderly people have passed away, so won't the house be vacant?

Although there is no such thing as a private residence now, all houses are public. It's just that you have a real estate certificate or something, and you can live in the house until there is no one in your household registration book.

Of course, if you have money, you can choose to donate it.

But compared with a few years ago, the conditions for donations have changed. For an annex like Qin Huairu's, you can't even mention it without a thousand yuan.

This also leads to many houses having owners, but the elderly have gone to other places to live with their children, but you can't take them back, after all, the person is not dead yet, if the person comes back, it will be terrible.

So many houses can't find anyone to take over for a while, so they are put on lease at the street office, and even many lonely elderly people occupy two rooms, and they can rent out the other one.

This is all a matter of people not reporting and officials not investigating, and it is not considered speculation.

"Renting a house now costs at least five yuan a month, right? Take Yan Jiecheng as an example. He pays ten yuan and has no worries about food for two people. Isn't it better than renting a house outside?"

Lin Shaowen said helplessly, "Otherwise, Yan Jiecheng's salary is 27.5 yuan, and he has to give a subsidy of five yuan to Old Yan, and maybe he also has to give pension money to the third aunt... If he rents another house, how can he make ends meet?"

"Well, can't Yan Fengjiao paste matchboxes or do some handicrafts?" Ran Qiuye frowned.

"Yes, of course." Lin Shaowen shook his head and said, "But in reality, women have to be busy with housework all day long. Take the second and third aunts for example. The clothes of the whole family are enough for her to wash, and there are still three meals a day?"

...

Zhang Xiaoyu and others were silent.

They are all educated intellectuals, and few can understand the difficulties of a housewife.

"Shao Wen is right." Qin Huairu sighed, "Don't think that these old ladies in our yard seem to be idle, but in fact they have a lot of things to do... The biggest pastime every day is to get together and chat."

"That's true." Yu Li also smiled bitterly, "When I got married with Yan Jiecheng, I had to wash the clothes of the whole family for a long time... Not to mention sweeping the floor, cleaning the table and cooking, and even then I had to be scolded by the three aunts every day."

...

Zhang Xiaoyu and others were even more silent.

They originally thought that after getting married, they would live like this with Lin Shaowen.

No one cares about you, you can do whatever you want, just cook and wash clothes every day. But they didn't expect that there would be so many things after getting married, and just serving the parents-in-law was already a headache for them.

"I say... You are so gossipy, are we not going to eat today?" Lin Shaowen laughed.

"Oh."

Qin Huairu and others shouted immediately and ran to the kitchen in a hurry.

I was so busy chatting that I actually forgot about dinner.

Fortunately, there is strength in numbers. In less than 20 minutes, dinner was ready.

After everyone finished eating, they started to take a bath.

Zhang Xiaoyu, Ran Qiuye and others went to the basement to take a bath, while Qin Huairu, Qin Jingru and Yu Haitang took a bath with Lin Shaowen in the bathroom.

It was really comfortable to take a bath in this winter.

Late at night.

Lin Shaowen was lying in the bedroom reading a book, He Yushui also took a book to read, and others were watching TV in the basement.

At this time, the bell under the eaves rang.

"This bigWho is it in the middle of the night?" He Yushui said dissatisfiedly.

"I think it's Xu Damao." Lin Shaowen got up and dressed, "This guy was beaten by Sha Zhu in the afternoon. I guess he's up to something."

"Hey, he won't mess with Sha Zhu, right?" He Yushui said nervously.

Sha Zhu just got the marriage certificate, so don't let anything happen.

"I don't know about that. I'll go out and take a look."

Lin Shaowen opened the door and was pulled out.

The three brothers of the Liu family and the three brothers of the Yan family were at the door, and Xu Damao was holding a few bundles of firecrackers. Although it was dark, the bruises on his face could still be seen.

"Brothers, what do you mean?" Lin Shaowen said with a smile.

"Old Lin, this Sha Zhu is really a piece of shit. How about we give him a shot?" Xu Damao grinned.

"Wait. "Lin Shaowen was surprised, "Shazhu beat up Lao Xu, Lao Xu can understand that he was bullied, but what are you doing here, Liu Guangqi and Yan Jiecheng? You two are married, right?"

"That calf is really a piece of shit." Liu Guangqi said angrily, "He said Li Ling is an old hen that doesn't lay eggs... Li Ling was so angry that she cried all night."

"Hmm."

Lin Shaowen was slightly stunned, and then smiled bitterly. Shazhu really said this.

"Uncle, I was dragged here by Jiefang and Jie Kuang." Yan Jiecheng pointed at the gauze on his hand and said, "I'm like this, what else can I do?"

"No, what are you doing with him?" Lin Shaowen looked at Yan Jiefang.

"It is said that brothers fight tigers together, and fathers and sons fight in battle. Since we want to get Shazhu, then the three of us brothers must go together." Yan Jiefang said righteously.

"How did he offend you? "Lin Shaowen said helplessly.

"He said that we were both street urchins that no one wanted." Yan Jiekuang gritted his teeth and said, "Yan Fengyu would rather find him, a second-married man, than us... Bullshit."

...

Lin Shaowen was speechless.

Sha Zhu and Xu Damao are actually the same kind of people. Once they are in high spirits, they will offend people to death.

No wonder these guys are so determined to get rid of him.