Chapter 1351 Entering the Courtyard

In 1958, attempts to publicize the courtyard houses in Beijing began.

At that time, most of the courtyard houses in the capital were privately owned. Due to urban construction, a large number of migrant workers came to the capital and converted to urban household registration, enjoying the same treatment as the people in the capital.

But they did not have a house and initially lived in a temporary dormitory built by their work unit. The attempt to privatize courtyard houses has opened the door to convenience for many young migrant workers who are facing marriage and childbirth.

Houses in a quadrangle are generally evenly distributed according to population. Generally speaking, a family of three or less can only be allocated one room. There are about ten families living in an ordinary quadrangle, with a population of thirty or forty. Some often enter courtyards and even live in dozens of families, with the number of people generally exceeding one hundred.

The house assigned to Su Yi was in a three-in-a-siheyuan, located in the famous Nanluogu Lane in later generations.

This courtyard is, of course, the courtyard in the plot.

They all say that there are no good people in this courtyard and that the courtyard is full of animals. In fact, this is superficial.

What is a good person? What is a bad guy?

Excluding the heinous criminals and the bottomless villains who regard public morals and customs as nothing, the vast majority of people are ordinary people.

To distinguish between good and bad is too subjective and biased.

These people are half human and half ghost. When there is a lot of ghost nature, you think he is bad; but when there is a lot of humanity, you think he is good.

No one is perfect, so remember one principle when getting along with others - those who are close are not inferior.

While controlling yourself, you should also grasp the scale, distance and propriety, accept the human side of others, and reject the ghost side of others. Over time, you will find that the world has always been neither good nor bad.

The three-entry courtyard has a "mou"-shaped structure and is divided into three spaces: the front yard, the middle yard and the back yard.

The room assigned to Su Yi was in the front yard, in the east wing.

In fact, in the early years, the front yard of a wealthy family was also called the "outer house", which was a place where cars and horses were kept and where servants lived.

There was originally a "screen wall" when entering from the courtyard gate, which was used to block the view and increase the momentum of the residence.

Now that the courtyard has become a mixed-use courtyard, the screen wall has long been out of date and has been demolished for many years.

So as soon as you enter the courtyard gate, you can have an unobstructed view of the entire front yard.

Adjacent to the gate of the courtyard, facing south and facing north, with its back to the alley, a row of houses is called Daizangfang. The houses are usually occupied by accountants, concierges or servants. Now they are divided into three rooms, housing three families.

The southwest corner is the only toilet in the courtyard, and the stench can be smelled from a distance.

There are three houses in the west row of houses, but there are five rooms. This row is the west wing.

On the north side of the front yard is a hanging flower door, which separates the front yard from the middle yard.

As the old saying goes, a lady from a rich family cannot go out through the front door, nor through the second door. The second door refers to the hanging flower door.

There were originally two walls on both sides of the hanging flower door, but now the east courtyard wall has been demolished and converted into two rooms, housing two families.

Finally it's to the east.

Because the east wing is close to the courtyard gate, the space for the gate needs to be freed. In addition, the courtyard wall on the east wall of the hanging flower gate was renovated for housing, so there are only three rooms here, and the inner one has collapsed.

"This is it." Zhai Baoguo opened the door of the southernmost room.

There were three houses, and the one that collapsed was independent. The middle room was connected to the house on the south side, so it had no door.

After opening the door and going in, the room was filled with dust that was choking their noses. The two of them waited outside the door for a while before going in.

The doorway between the two houses is close to the west. There is no door, but there are nail holes in the doorway. It is obvious that a curtain was hung in the past.

Even the nails hanging the door curtain were pulled out, so you can imagine how empty the house was.

The two rooms combined are only over 30 square meters, but there are echoes in every conversation.

"How nice would it be to wait for you to move in, sleep inside, and eat, cook, and store things outside?" Zhai Baoguo now came out of the shadow of losing fifty yuan, and returned to his talkative nature, laughing and chattering. Get up, "With your brother's ability, it won't be long before you can fill these two rooms with everything and have thirty-six legs."

The so-called thirty-six legs actually refer to furniture with legs.

The bed, the wardrobe, the chest of drawers, the pantry, the dining table, these five things have twenty legs, plus the four chairs have sixteen legs, no more, no less, exactly thirty-six legs.

In later generations, every household had common furnishings, but in this era, those who could get these pieces of furniture together were considered wealthy. Most families had a bed, a table, a cabinet, and a few benches. .

"Then let's borrow some money from Brother Zhai." Su Yi said with a smile.

"Maliciousness from Zhai Baoguo +31..."

"Look at my mouth, why did I return the favor?" Su Yi looked at him apologetically, "It should be auspicious words. But I also borrowed auspicious money, thank you Brother Zhai..."

"Maliciousness from Zhai Baoguo +44..."

Zhai Baoguo reluctantly smiled at Su Yi and said: "Xiao Su, you clean up first. Look at the house. It has been a long time since it was occupied. There is ashes everywhere, and there are also cooking fumes left behind... brooms and other things. You ask the neighbors in the yard to borrow them. From now on, they will all be neighbors. Once you ask, no one will lend them to you. After you finish packing, go have a meal and then return to the factory. Deputy Director Li will definitely be back. Then you go directly to him.”

"How can this happen?" Su Yi looked serious, "Brother Zhai has helped me so much, how can I bypass you and go directly to Brother Li? Let's go together, and I will have a good talk with Brother Li. Please lend me five dollars." It’s only ten dollars, let him be my guarantee!”

"The malice from Zhai Baoguo +57..."

"Brother, brother..." Zhai Baoguo held Su Yi's hand with a constipated look on his face, "With your relationship with Deputy Director Li, it's just like visiting a neighbor, you can meet whenever you want? What do you mean by bypassing me... This is not even close! In addition, don't mention the guarantor thing!"

"I'm just worried that you, Brother Zhai, will not trust me when you lend me money. I'm giving you an extra layer of insurance." Su Yi said seriously.

"Malice from Zhai Baoguo +37..."

"Thank you, brother!" Zhai Baoguo's face twitched a few times, "But you misunderstood, brother, I trusted you too much! This matter does not require anyone to guarantee. I lent you money for our friendship. I want to make friends with you, brother, not for anyone's face. It has nothing to do with Deputy Director Li! You, don't ask Deputy Director Li to be a guarantor, as if I am a stingy person."

"If anyone dares to say that my brother Zhai is stingy, I will be angry with him!" Su Yi's face was stern.

"Haha, brother, just understand my intentions." Zhai Baoguo seemed relieved.

"Malice from Zhai Baoguo +13..."

"Then brother, you clean up first, and we will see each other later." Zhai Baoguo didn't want to stay any longer.

"Okay, I'm sorry for wasting your time, brother Zhai, you go and do your work first." Su Yi said politely.

"Joy from Zhai Baoguo +66..."

Hmm? So happy?

Zhai Baoguo left in a hurry.

Su Yi walked around the house with his hands behind his back and walked out again.

It was early in the morning, and there were few people in the courtyard. Every household went to work and did what they should do. It seemed a bit deserted.

Cleaning...

Su Yi was a little helpless. It seemed that the first thing he did in many worlds was cleaning. This was really not a job that could make people happy.

When Su Yi walked out of the door, he saw a half-grown boy with a round face standing by the hanging flower gate and looking at him curiously.

Next to him, two little heads, one tall and one short, popped out. They were two little girls. The older one had pigtails and looked about five or six years old. The younger one still had snot bubbles and was only two or three years old.

No need to ask, these must be the three children of Qin Huairu, the widow of the middle courtyard.

"The Thief" Bang Geng, and his two sisters, Xiaodang and Huaihua.

This Banggeng was spoiled by adults and developed a habit of stealing things, so he was named the "King of Thieves". In addition, this kid is a ungrateful person who only cares about his mother.

Children aged 11 or 12 are not easy to teach. If their personalities are not good, they will rebel. In addition, his mother and grandmother do not have time to love this child, and I am afraid they do not have the consciousness to teach him. This spoiled Banggeng is half useless.

Of course, Su Yi would not care about other children's affairs, but at the moment he was lazy and did not want to clean up, this Banggeng came to the door with his two sisters.

"Little boy, come here!" Su Yi waved to him.

"Malice from Jia Geng +9..."

"Fear from Jia Dang +3..."

"Fear from Jia Huaihua +17..."

"Who are you? You can just go ahead and go ahead? Who do you think you are?" Banggeng said bluntly.

"Fear from Jia Huaihua +22..."

Su Yi said with a smile: "I am a new neighbor who moved in. Kid, I want to find someone to clean the house. There are only two rooms. I will give you 50 cents for cleaning them. Do you want to earn this money?"

"Brother! 50 cents!" Before Bang Geng could say anything, Xiao Dang behind him suddenly widened his eyes and shouted in surprise.

"Joy from Jia Dang +47..."

"Joy from Jia Geng +23, malice from Jia Geng +4..."

"Fear from Jia Huaihua +16..."

"Don't shout, I heard you!" Bang Geng pretended to be calm and scolded his sister, then looked at Su Yi doubtfully: "Are you telling the truth or not? Do you really give me 50 cents for cleaning a room?"

"Really." Su Yi smiled, "But you have to clean it for me, wipe the dust in the room, sweep it, wipe the oil smoke on the beams, and clean the glass, windowsills, corners, etc."

Although it sounds troublesome, how much trouble can it take?

That's 50 cents!

It's equivalent to an apprentice's day's salary. Now you can earn it by cleaning two rooms. You'd be a fool not to earn it!

"Brother, agree quickly!" Jia Dang was already excited, "Huaihua and I will help you, the three of us can earn this fifty cents in the afternoon, and go to Daoxiang Village to buy donkey rolls!"

"Joy from Jia Dang +52..."

"Joy from Jia Geng +47..."

"Fear from Jia Huaihua +7, joy from Jia Huaihua +99..."

"Brother, I want to eat donkey rolls!" Jia Huaihua looked at her brother in a baby voice, "Huaihua has never eaten donkey rolls in her life."

"Go away, how old are you for your whole life!" Banggeng waved his hand, looked at Su Yi with a twinkling look in his eyes, and suddenly stretched out a finger, "One dollar! Give us one dollar, and we will help you clean!"

"Fifty cents! I only want fifty cents!"

Before Banggen finished speaking, a hurried call came from the west wing opposite, followed by a round-faced middle-aged woman rushing out from inside, looking at Su Yi with surprise on her face.

She rubbed her hands and smiled awkwardly: "Well, young man, I am the third aunt in this courtyard. You are the new neighbor, right? What's your name?"

"Greetings from the Yan Sun family +66..."

"Hello, third aunt, my name is Su Yuanchao, you can call me Xiao Su or Yuanchao." Su Yi said with a smile.

As soon as he entered the yard, he found that the old lady was hiding behind the window and looking out, but she never came out.

Now he heard Su Yi's "heavy reward", he could no longer sit still in the house.

"Then I'll ask you to help Korea." Auntie smiled and said, "You want to find someone to clean the house and give him 50 cents?"

Before Su Yi could say anything, Bang Geng started yelling, "Auntie, why are you like this? He told me first, I came first!"

"Go away! Children don't know how to behave. This isn't like getting a ticket to buy food. What's the difference between first come and last come?" Auntie waved her hand, "Go away, go and play! Children shouldn't interrupt when adults are talking!"

"Auntie is unreasonable!" Xiao Dang was also anxious and shouted, "This uncle told us first, and we all agreed. I'll tell my grandma for you!"

A trace of fear flashed in Auntie's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by determination: "Go away, your brother asked people for one dollar. The little kid is quite greedy. Isn't it a shame to ask people for one dollar for cleaning? Besides, did they agree to you?"

"50 cents! We only want 50 cents!" Bang Geng was so angry that he quickly stretched out five fingers and yelled at Su Yi.

It's a pity that the target of his anger was not Su Yi, otherwise he would have been angry for dozens more times.

"What kind of work can a child do? Can he clean up?" The third aunt muttered, turned to Su Yi and smiled: "Well, Yuan Chao, leave this matter to your third aunt, I will definitely clean it up for you, bright and shiny, just wait and see!"

"We can clean it up, there are three of us!" Xiao Dang yelled, and he was so anxious that he cried, "Third aunt bullied the child!"

"This child, just talking nonsense." The third aunt smiled awkwardly, "Go away, come to the third aunt's house later, I will give you each a handful of melon seeds..."

"I don't want melon seeds, I want to eat donkey rolls!" Xiao Huaihua shouted.

"Give me money!" Banggeng suddenly rushed to Su Yi and stretched out his hand and yelled.

"Hey, you're asking for it?" The third aunt's face changed and she got angry. "Bang Geng, why are you so ignorant?"

"I don't care, I was here first!" Bang Geng was very angry.

"Yuan Chao, what do you say?" The third aunt also looked at Su Yi. "Three kids can't even clean themselves up. Do you believe they can help you clean the house? Your third aunt has been cleaning for a lifetime. Who do you believe?"

Su Yi smiled and said, "Of course I believe you, third aunt."

He took out fifty cents from his pocket and handed it to the third aunt, smiling, "I'm also in a hurry to go out to do something, otherwise I can't bother you. This little gift, third aunt, please accept it, don't be polite to me."