1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 73

Shi Tiesheng had only known Lin Weimin for half a year, during which time he published two short stories in magazines, and wrote a bunch of other bits and pieces, but they were not published.

Look at Lin Weimin's past six months, not to mention "The Death of Yura" and "Latent", "The Cliff" is a 20-word novel, and the script written for Yiyi must have at least [-] to [-] words. The efficiency is really enviable and jealous!
Lin Weimin was chatting with Shi Tiesheng in the house. Their house had a cast iron stove, and the wooden windows had some air leaks. The temperature in the house was not high. Father Shi came here to fill up some coal on purpose, lest they would be cold in the house.

"Oh, that's right. Tiesheng, is there a house near your house for sale?"

"You want to buy? Why don't you buy a building?"

"Which building is not as comfortable as a courtyard house?"

Shi Lan interjected, "Why is it comfortable? It's not convenient to go to the bathroom, and you have to run outside the yard, and your butt freezes in winter."

Lin Weimin said: "Won't it be over if you spend money to build a toilet?"

"The yard is not our own." Shi Lan muttered.

"Wei Min, what you mean is that you plan to buy a house with a single family?"

"Yes!"

Shi Tiesheng, brother and sister immediately cast envious glances at Lin Weimin.

The house they live in next to the Lama Temple has just moved here this year. The two houses add up to less than [-] square meters. It took Shi Tiesheng two years of running around in a wheelchair to get down.

Lin Weimin opened his mouth to buy a single-family house, which is beyond the cognition of the siblings.

"Brother Lin, it costs a lot of money to buy a yard!"

"Hey, I'm just asking first. After all, it's impossible to find the right one so quickly. It's too expensive, and I can't afford it."

What Lin Weimin said made the brothers and sisters of the Shi family feel better. Shi Tiesheng said: "I just remembered what you said. Aunt Li's relative's house next door is about to be sold. It seems to be a house with a single family."

"is it?"

As soon as Lin Weimin became interested, he pushed Shi Tiesheng and knocked on the door next door.

As soon as Aunt Li heard that Lin Weimin came to ask about the house, she immediately dragged him to see the house enthusiastically.

"Aunt Li, it's twenty miles away from Caishikou. We'd better go there after lunch."

"What Tiesheng said was, look at me, I lost track of time in this rush."

Back at Shi Tiesheng's house, I ate the boiled mutton brought by Lin Weimin for lunch today. Shi Lan was as busy as a bee, but she was willing.

Now she is looking forward to Lin Weimin's coming. Every time Brother Lin comes, their family can improve their meals.

In winter, the stove was fired, and it was very convenient to eat hot-boiled mutton. Everyone gathered around the table and had a delicious lunch.

Lin Weimin originally planned to go to see the house with Aunt Li alone, but Shi Tiesheng wanted to go with him worriedly. He knew that Lin Weimin was a foreigner, and if there was something wrong with the house, he would be in trouble if he couldn't see it.

After tossing all the way for more than an hour, several people came to the yard near Caishikou.

This is a quadrangle courtyard with one entrance. Not counting the huts and coal sheds, there are seven rooms in size, three in the main room, and two side rooms on each side. The yard is less than 7 square meters.

The owner's surname is Zheng, and he is Aunt Li's distant nephew.

He introduced that this house was bought by his grandfather, who spent more than 20 yuan in the 500s, and then spent more than 200 yuan on repairing the house, and finally paid more than 800 yuan including taxes and agency fees.

Lin Weimin made some calculations. When the great man worked as an administrator in the Yanda Library, his monthly salary was eight yuan. If he didn't eat or drink, he could buy it in more than eight years.

The house in the courtyard house was rather dilapidated, and the interior decoration was also extremely old. Even if Lin Weimin wanted to buy it, he would have to spend a considerable amount of money on decoration in the future. However, the courtyard as a whole is relatively neat, so you can ask the price first.

After viewing the house, Lin Weimin took the initiative to ask, "Brother Zheng, how much do you plan to sell this house for?"

"6000 yuan!"

Lin Weimin and Shi Tiesheng looked at each other, the price is not usually expensive.

"It's too expensive! It's too expensive! Are you taking advantage of me here?" Before the two of them could speak, Aunt Li quit, "I brought the man here, how can you ask for such a price?"

"Auntie, my price is really not expensive. The two rooms next to us cost 1000 yuan. My seven rooms, as well as the hut and coal shed, plus the yard, cost 6000 yuan. Conscience price."

Lin Weimin didn't know if Aunt Li was playing along with his nephew. The price was much higher than his psychological expectation. The main reason was that the price did not match the location of the house.

The vicinity of Caishikou belongs to the south city. There is an old saying in Yanjing, "The east city is rich and the west city is expensive, while the north city is poor and the south city is cheap."

"There is a proverb in the capital: 'The east is rich and the west is expensive'. Most of the nobles live in the west city, but all the warehouses are in the east city."

At that time, all the princes and nobles lived in Xicheng, and the princes, county kings, Baylor, and Beizi's houses gathered here, and their status was respected, so it was said that "Xicheng is expensive".

The country's warehouses are all located in Dongcheng. At that time, Yanjing had a total of [-] large warehouses, of which seven were located in Dongcheng.And due to the large concentration of warehouses, Dongcheng has also become the financial center of the capital.

At that time, the famous "four constant" banks in Beijing, Hengxing, Henghe, Hengli, and Hengyuan, were all located in Dongcheng.At the end of the Qing Dynasty, foreigners even set up many banks here, such as the famous HSBC Bank and Citibank, so it is called "Dongcheng Fu".

The Beicheng area in the Qing Dynasty is now the area around the Bell and Drum Tower, which is a residential area. At that time, ordinary poor people lived here, so it was "poor Beicheng".

As for the "Nancheng cheapness", it is because there was an overpass in Nancheng back then, and it was the most prosperous and lively civilian entertainment place in Yanjing. All of them are cheap, so naturally, Nancheng was given the title of "cheap".

"Brother Zheng, your asking price is too expensive!"

Lin Weimin shook his head at the landlord, not even having the desire to bargain, and was about to push Shi Tiesheng away.

"Hey, don't mind, you're paying back the price!"

Lin Weimin didn't intend to stay, and went out of the yard directly.

Aunt Li got angry at her nephew, "I finally found you someone who wants to buy a house, but you are lucky, you just called him away for a one-buy price."

"This guy doesn't know how to bargain when he buys something?"

"Nonsense! Do you think this is shopping on the street? They came to buy a house sincerely. 4000 yuan is too much for your crappy house. If you just call 6000 yuan, they will think you don't want to sell it! I won't care about your family in the future. What a mess."

After Aunt Li finished speaking, she left in a huff. When she left the courtyard, Lin Weimin said politely, "Aunt Li, I really trouble you today. It's a waste of time."

"It's all right. I can't even see my nephew asking for prices."

"Hehe, it's okay. It's a business, it's up to you and I'll do it."

(End of this chapter)