Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 1234 The Consequences of Chatting with Mom

Han Li just needed to listen to this kind of thing to increase his experience. He never expressed any opinions on things he didn't understand, but he still had to give some advice.

After this topic ended, everyone quickly changed the subject to other aspects, chatting about recent events, complaining about someone or something in the unit, and talking about what "big thing" they had recently saved money to buy.

The "big items" that Han Li's childhood friends mentioned were certainly not things like bicycles, watches, sewing machines, and radios.

Those things might be rare items in remote counties and villages, but they are nothing in the current city of Beijing. At least Han Li and his friends already have them at home.

Because everyone will give most of their salary to their parents after receiving it every month, as long as their parents are fair and the family is not too poor, they don't have to worry about buying the big items for the wedding.

Therefore, the "big items" that Han Li and his childhood friends mentioned refer to the cameras that are currently the most popular among young people, dual-card recorders with four speakers, and so on.

Some people even said they wanted to buy a motorcycle, which was recently allowed to be purchased by individuals. However, most of these things are just imaginations. Not to mention the price of the motorcycle, the motorcycle ticket alone is not something that most people can get.

Han Li discussed the pros and cons of a certain item with his childhood friends as they were talking about these topics.

At this time, even if someone asked Han Li to borrow money, it would not be a problem. However, the men in Sijiu City cared more about their own face, and none of these childhood friends asked for money.

The most important thing is those big items they talk about. Even if they hand over most of their salary to their parents every month and can only keep a small portion for themselves, it is just the difference between buying them earlier or later. It is not worth losing face for such a small amount of time.

In addition to the fact that the men in Beijing want to save face, there are two very important reasons for this situation.

First, in this era, everyone’s monthly salary is basically fixed.

Second, prices are now quite stable, and some things have not changed in price for even 10 or 20 years.

In this situation, whether the family wants to add a big item or they want to buy something they like, as long as they are not in a hurry to use it, they basically don't need to borrow money from others. It's just a matter of delaying it for a while.

Some things are just like this, when many people are still trying to solve the problem of food and clothing.

Those who have a formal job with the government have started to think of ways to improve their lives, enhance their taste, or start to show off.

This situation is not unique to Beijing. Many cities and many working-class families are like this. Otherwise, jobs in this era would not be called "iron rice bowls" by everyone.

(Of course, this does not apply to families with too many people but few working people.)
Not saving money to buy a house?
This question is difficult to answer, because in this era, as long as a person has a formal job, it can be said that he lives a happy and stable life.

If this person has not offended his superiors too much in the workplace and has some popularity among his colleagues, he will be able to get a house one day even if he is ranked according to seniority.

In fact, even renting a house doesn’t cost much money. Many units will provide certain subsidies to subordinates who rent a house. For those units with better welfare, if the subsidies are counted, it’s the same as free housing.

Moreover, the vision of most people is constrained by the times, or they have seen or heard some things in the past.

They would rather rent a house and wait for the company to allocate housing than spend their own money to buy a house.

Therefore, among the workers of this era, those who quarreled and fought over houses were basically those from large families who lived a difficult life.

As for those unemployed people in the city, they are often "choked" by a part-time job and fight with each other until they are bleeding, not to mention when it comes to the fundamental issue of living, which is housing.

During this period, 85% of the disputes handled by the police stations and street offices were contributed by these people.

("Qiao": "Qiaoxing" means to grab business in the dialect of Sijiucheng.)
When Han Li felt that everyone had drunk enough, he found an opportunity to go to the boss to settle the bill.

When he was calculating the bill, Han Li felt that the price was not expensive at all. Some dishes were even cheaper than those in state-owned restaurants. He said with a smile while waiting for the boss to give him the change.

"Boss, the prices you set for your own business are not high. Wouldn't you make more money if you set them higher?"

Han Li's words made the boss forget about giving the change. He just waved his hands repeatedly while speaking.

"Brother, don't say that. Although I am a self-employed business, I set the price strictly in accordance with the relevant regulations of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.

Not only will I not exceed this range, some dishes are even a little lower than the regulations, just to reassure the superiors and let us neighbors eat comfortably. "

Han Li chatted with the boss for a while before finding out that the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, for various reasons, had stipulated that the profit percentage of these individual restaurants should be between 30% and 40%. This ratio was a high-voltage line that no one could cross.

But no matter what, Han Li achieved his purpose of getting together with his childhood friends after returning home tonight.

Everybody was feeling dizzy, and they hugged each other and sang along the way back to Mianhua Hutong. After being teased by the neighbors who were enjoying the cool air and chatting in the hutong, they went back to their homes.

At this time, Han's father and mother had already returned from Houhaizi. Han Li had limited time to make phone calls while abroad, so he didn't have the chance to talk about many things.

Han Li also had no time to talk to his parents after returning home. Now it was absolutely a son's duty to let his parents scold him and talk to him. Therefore, Han Li did not go directly to Houhai, but returned to his parents' home amid the jokes of the neighbors.

At this moment, Dad Han was changing the water for the goldfish in the yard, and Mom Han was sitting in the room sorting clothes.

After praising his father in the yard, Han Li came into the house to praise his mother. No matter how old the words or the words are, as long as they are useful, it is fine.

After a while, the family of three sat together and started chatting. Han Li had nothing much to say, as he had already said everything that could be said about what happened abroad. His main task now was to listen to his family and he just had to be a good supporting actor.

Dad Han was smoking and drinking tea on the side, and would only interject a few words when talking about his grandson. Most of the time, it was Mom Han who talked.

However, there are only so many topics to talk about children, even though there are three grandchildren. After talking about the children, Han's mother talked about the situation of the houses in the family.

Since April last year, before Han Li went abroad, "that person" published "Talks on the Construction Industry and Housing Issues".

"Urban residents can buy houses or build their own. Not only new houses can be sold, but old houses can also be sold. Payment can be made in one lump sum or in installments."

This has led to more and more people wanting to get their original homes back, which has caused a lot of trivial matters and attracted the attention of many people.

At that time, Han Li suggested that Han's mother temporarily stop purchasing houses, at least to avoid the limelight in the next two years.

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Therefore, Han's mother did not buy another house in the year after her son went abroad.

But even so, the Han family now has a total of eight houses and courtyards of various sizes.

The house in Mianhua Hutong is their old house, and the courtyard house Han Li lives in now near Houhaizi was given to him by "Aunt Liu".

Later, under Han Li's persuasion, their family bought a three-in-one courtyard house in the southeast corner of Nanguan Hutong.

However, due to various reasons, this courtyard house was not finally vacated until Han Li went abroad.

At that time, Han's mother considered that her own house was big enough for her to live in, and she was not sure whether to renovate it and let the whole family move in when her son was not at home. Also, it was not good to leave such a large courtyard empty, so she rented it out temporarily.

However, Han's mother said that the rental contract for the courtyard in Nanguan Hutong was signed for two months. If the family wanted to renovate the place, the time spent finding someone to plan, design, and purchase materials would be enough for them to move out.

About three or four hundred meters north of the three-courtyard house in Nanguan Hutong, next to Yinding Bridge, there is a two-courtyard courtyard facing the street. When they bought it, their family could not live in it, so they rented it out not long after.

Han's mother said at the time that this two-courtyard courtyard house in Yinding Bridge was bought for He Mi, but the owner's name was registered under Han Li's name like the other courtyards.

In addition to these, Han Ma later bought two and a half west rooms and two east rooms in Yangrou Hutong, half of which had a street door, and a very irregular small courtyard, which is now rented out.

On the other side of Xiaohoucang Hutong, there are two northern rooms, one eastern room, and most of a southern room. It is also a small courtyard that has been cut out and has also been rented out.

There is a small courtyard house without a north room in Dongguanying Hutong. Han Li used an excuse to keep this place and did not rent it out. It is usually used as a place for him to meet and talk with Li Xiaoyuan.

Before going abroad, Han Li asked Li Xiaoyuan to go to Dongguanying Hutong to clean up when she had time. If she wanted to move there, she could, but she didn't know what the current situation was.

The last house is a courtyard in Laohudong Hutong near the south gate of Yanda University. It is the house where Han Li, Yun Yingying, He Mi, Hou Yuhua and others lived when they were in school.

Mother Han paused here, but her next words made Han Li feel a little amused.

"Son, it's been a year. When do you think our family will buy a few more yards?"

After hearing this, Han Li subconsciously said, "Mom, we now have eight courtyards of varying sizes, and we can't live in all of them, so there's no rush, no rush."

After hearing this, Han's mother glared at him, stretched out her hand and started to settle the score with Han Li.

"Where did your cleverness when you were in school go? Do you feel stupid for saying this now? The idea of ​​having too much space and not being in a hurry are all just brainless words.

At first glance, it may seem like a lot that we have eight yards, but think about it, you already have three sons, and in two years it won't be too much if the number increases to six, eight, ten, or even more.

With so many children, you have to prepare some inheritance for each of your sons. By this calculation, not only are the houses in our family not that many, they are also below the poverty line.

Don’t say that a three-courtyard house can accommodate many people. Now you are young and don’t consider anything, but think about it, for the sake of family harmony, can so many people live together all the time?

Even if you have the ability to let them live together forever, when your grandchild reaches the age of marriage, who will live in the north room? Who will live in the side room? Who will live in the back room? If you don’t handle any of these well, they will become alienated.”

Han Li
(End of this chapter)