Siheyuan: Why is my crossing so ugly?

Chapter 8 Xu Damao is going on a blind date
Humming all kinds of melodies with unknown tunes all the way, Du Weiguo returned to the courtyard.

To say that he now lives in this courtyard house is actually very grand.

Guangliang Gate, Hanging Flower Gate, and Moon Gate. It turned out that this was a five-entry mansion with a garden pavilion and corridor, but now it has been destroyed and divided, and now it has become a three-entry courtyard. The original garden pavilion The corridors have also become large courtyards.

There are 23 households living in the courtyard now, with more than 110 people.

Du Weiguo lived in the backyard, with two rooms in the east wing and one side room, which should be the room of the eldest son.

2 rooms plus a side room, the total area is 78 square meters. In this era, there is no so-called shared area. 78 square meters is the indoor usable area. According to the calculation of later generations, it should be about 100 square meters smaller, which is very arrogant.

Don’t think that the relatively small population in the 60s meant that the size of the houses was very rich. My friends, there were fewer buildings in the city in that era than the courtyards now.

Moreover, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it has been calling for more people and more power, and every household has children. Even after the natural disasters have just passed in 63, the population of China has approached 8 million.

At that time, not only the Forty-Nine Cities, but also the densely populated big cities actually lived in very crowded places with limited housing, but the population was increasing, and as the children grew up, got married, and had children, the per capita living area would decrease. more embarrassing.

It reached its peak in the 70s, especially after the educated (youth) returned to the city. At that time, there were often 7 or 8 people in a family or even more people. It was good for several generations to squeeze together in a house of only 30 to 40 square meters. that's it.

At that time, there were all kinds of partitioned houses. Sometimes the partitions in a room were only 3 or 4 square meters, and there was nothing to fit except a bed and a cabinet.

This is not a story. Even in 2022, there will still be houses like this in Dazayuan in the capital. There is no water, and the rent for only 4 square meters would be more than 3000. The location is good.

Taking Du Weiguo's current house as an example, if his grandfather, parents are still alive, then the two and a half houses must accommodate at least 5 people, because Du Weiguo will definitely have more younger brothers and sisters.

Then according to Du Weiguo's age, he will soon face the problem of getting married and having children, and at least 2 more people will be added.

So there are 7 people living in 2 rooms, and this is the situation that Xiaodu's uncles and uncles are no longer there.

So like Qinhuai Rujia, before Jia Dongxu's accident, there were already a family of 6 people, squeezed into a house of more than 40 square meters, barely separated by an inner and outer room.

It's fine when the child is small, but once the child grows up, it becomes overcrowded, and when the child grows older, it becomes difficult to live in.

Now Du Weiguo occupies a 78-square-meter two-and-a-half-room house by himself, which is still the east wing of the original main courtyard. In the entire Forty-Nine City, except for the high-ranking leaders (cadres) who live in high-rise buildings, and a small number of people who own bungalows and independent courtyards, basically It's also at the ceiling level.

The more he understands this era, the more satisfied Comrade Du is with the welfare of the system.

Really fragrant.

Going a little further, when Xiao Du returned to the courtyard, he met Xu Damao coming back. At this time, the workers in the rolling mill hadn't left work yet.

Xu Damao is a projectionist, who belongs to the literary and art propaganda department. In addition to the rolling mill propaganda department, the district projection station is also his leading department, so his working hours are relatively flexible.

Moreover, Xu Damao often goes to the countryside to show movies. This is a job arranged by the district projection station. Going to the countryside to show movies can also earn some extra money. If you have money and things, farmers are really poor in this era, and it is a luxury to have enough food. , but the commune brigade is not poor at all.

Everyone understands this.

So Xu Damao is 24 years old this year and is now a level 9 projectionist with a salary of 34 yuan, which is considered very high.

Coupled with the fact that there are outsiders and free time, in this day and age, it can be regarded as a relatively fairy job.

Xu Damao dressed quite vigorously today, gray Lenin-style lapel short-sleeved shirt, dark blue trousers, small leather shoes, parted hair as if being licked by a calf, and he was neatly groomed.

In his hand, he was holding two bottles of Fenjiu, a large strip of pork, a large carp, and eggs in a net bag, which also contained peppers, persimmons, cucumbers, green onions, etc., and in the other hand, he was carrying two bags of kraft paper. Cooked food, it looks like it should be beef sauce and peanuts.

The feeling of carrying these things in 1963 is almost equivalent to carrying two super beautiful and interesting girls in the elevator at the same time in later generations.

Good guy, it's just this little stuff, I really can't get down without a big unity, and I need a ticket.

So Xu Damao is indeed the most generous spender in the compound besides Xiao Du.

"Oh, Brother Da Mao, you have a happy event at home? Buy such good things?"

"Hey, Xiao Du, what a coincidence, I'm going on a blind date today, and Aunt Huang from the compound next door brought the girl to dinner. I heard that the girl is a lady, so we can't show our timidity."

"It's nothing to say, Brother Da Mao's conditions are first-class in our compound or even in the rolling mill. Coupled with Brother Da Mao's good eloquence, it is absolutely appropriate."

"Oh, hello, then I will lend you a good word, Xiao Du, I will order good food another day, and we two brothers will have a drink alone."

"Okay, Brother Mao, then I wish you a smooth blind date in advance, and you will return home with the beauty in your arms!"

Well, it is estimated that Xu Damao's blind date today is the number one silly girl in the courtyard, Lou Xiao'e.

While talking, the two of them entered the yard. The third lady in the front yard was drying clothes. Seeing Xu Damao carrying these good things, her eyes were straightened, and she forgot to speak.

The family motto of the third grandpa’s family is that if you can’t eat and spend money, you’ll be poor if you can’t figure it out. Almost every day, it’s stick batter, steamed buns, Chinese cabbage and potatoes. Even pickles have to be counted. Vegetable dumplings stuffed with meat.

The last time San Niang ate meat was during Chinese New Year. It has been more than half a year, and she is really greedy.

The situation of the third uncle's family seems ridiculous, but in fact this is the real situation of ordinary people, only with some artistic processing.

The third uncle is a language teacher in the elementary school for workers in the rolling mill. His salary is 27 yuan a month. There are three sons and one young daughter in the family. Two of them are studying in middle school. The eldest has not yet found a job. The six people depend on the third grandfather. One's wages live.

In this way, the four children have all gone to junior high school, and the girl seems to be going to college later, and the family can buy bicycles and radios one after another, but they are all born out of mouth.

When they arrived at the middle courtyard, Jia Zhang and Bang Geng, who were enjoying the shade, saw it, and their eyes turned green. They stared straight at the things in Xu Damao's hands, and their saliva almost flowed out.

Mrs. Jia Zhang extorted 300 yuan from Yi Zhonghai yesterday, but the money has not yet arrived. The uncle said that he went to the credit union to withdraw the money today. Mrs. Jia Zhang is not afraid of Yi Zhonghai's repudiation. The whole hospital has seen this matter. Can't afford it.

"This exorbitant Xu Damao bought so many good things, and he didn't even mention sending some to my house," Jia Zhang cursed.

"Grandma, I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat!"

Stick is only 9 years old this year, but this white-eyed wolf courtyard robber has already begun to show signs of it. He has learned the truth from Jia Zhang. He is wolf-hearted, shameless, and selfish.

"Wait for Yi Zhonghai, an old man, to give me the money at night, and I will buy meat for you."

While talking, Jia Zhang's saliva dripped out, he was really too greedy.

(End of this chapter)