Literary Master 1978

Li Quanfu was still weighing the pros and cons of the deal in his mind. He sent the two out of the hospital in a restless mood.

When the two walked more than ten meters, he suddenly remembered and quickly caught up with Lin Chaoyang and his son and asked, "Uncle Lin, I forgot to tell you just now, how can I contact you?"

"If you have anything, just go to the Yanda Library to find my son."

When he heard the words Yanda Library, Li Quanfu's eyes when he looked at Lin Chaoyang changed slightly.

"So you're a university teacher."

"Just a librarian."

Hearing this position, Li Quanfu's attitude became better, "Good job, good job!"

After leaving Mianhua Hutong, Lin Erchun asked: "Do you think he can sell it?"

"About the same. A courtyard house with two entrances in Xicheng is only 6,000 yuan, and a better one is 7,000 or 8,000 at most.

I offered 5,500, but he didn't refuse it at all, didn't he?

You just heard that he wanted to put the money in the bank, and sold it a year or two earlier, that would still be a sum of money!"

"What if he really doesn't want to sell it?"

"If he doesn't want to sell it, then don't sell it. There are so many courtyard houses in Yanjing, are you afraid that you can't buy a house?" Lin Chaoyang said indifferently.

Lin Erchun muttered, "I've been looking for you for half a month."

He asked again, "Do you really plan to buy a house with the money, and not put it in a fixed deposit? One hundred yuan saved for a year is seven yuan, one thousand yuan is seventy yuan, and ten thousand yuan is seven hundred yuan. If you really have ten thousand yuan, you don't have to work in the future."

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said, "If our country continues to maintain the current level of economic development and inflation, it is indeed true in theory. But don't forget that we are now in reform and opening up."

"What do you mean?" Although Lin Erchun is smart and calculating, he has a low level of education and can't understand the subtext of Lin Chaoyang's words for a while.

"Nothing. Ideas like Li Quanfu's won't work in a few years. You just need to know this."

Lin Erchun looked at his confident and determined expression and couldn't help cursing, "You're playing tricks with your father!"

Two days later, Lin Chaoyang was working in the library when Li Quanfu came to him.

As expected, after two days of consideration, Li Quanfu decided to accept his offer.

The next day, Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu took time out to go to the Housing Management Office to handle the formalities, but during the process, Li Quanfu suddenly put forward a condition.

He wanted to wait until the house transaction was completed, and his family would have to live there for one or two years, and move out when the unit allocated a house. During this period, the rent could be paid to Lin Chaoyang as usual.

"My family is used to living here, and it is not suitable to rent another house suddenly. Don't worry, we will definitely pay you the rent without a penny difference."

Lin Chaoyang shook his head and refused firmly: "I'm afraid this won't work."

The house transaction was completed, but the owner still lived here. It's easy to explain the melon field and the plum field, and the longer the time, the easier it is to cause disputes, so Lin Chaoyang rejected Li Quanfu categorically and only said to give him one month to find a house.

Seeing Lin Chaoyang's firm attitude, Li Quanfu couldn't insist any more.

Renting a house is troublesome, but after all, the money is in hand.

Li Quanfu's heart was burning when he thought that 5,000 yuan could earn nearly 400 yuan in interest a year, which was almost as much as his salary.

With this money, renting a house is no big deal!

After spending two days to complete the procedures for the courtyard house in Mianhua Hutong, Tao Yushu was still a little dazed.

"We bought another house now?"

"What's wrong? Do you regret it?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

Tao Yushu looked at him, "No. I just can't believe it. How come we have two houses in such a short time?"

For thousands of years, the status of land and houses in the hearts of Chinese people has been deeply rooted.

With a house, there is a home, and with land, there is a place to live and reproduce.

Her tone was questioning, but her eyes were firm. She looked at Lin Chaoyang with her eyes full of smiles, knowing that this was inseparable from her husband's efforts.

"Life will get better and better in the future." Lin Chaoyang hugged her and said.

Tao Yushu nodded, her face full of happiness and sweetness.

After returning home, Lin Chaoyang took a photo of the documents for the courtyard house in Mianhua Hutong in front of Lin Erchun and his wife.

"Next, your task is to supervise Li Quanfu's family's move. After they move out, the house has to be cleaned up."

"I have helped you find a house, why is it our business? Why clean up the house in this solar term? Shouldn't it be cleaned up in spring?"

"Then clean it up in spring!"

"How can I have time to clean up the house for you in spring? Don't you care about the land at home?"

"This house is bought for you. If you don't live in it, won't it be abandoned? Do you want to leave the land to be abandoned? Or let the house be abandoned?"

Lin Chaoyang's ulterior motives were revealed at this time. He sat firmly on the sofa and asked the old couple a soul-searching question.

Lin Erchun jumped up from the sofa in shock, "Why buy it for us? We have to go back to our hometown."

"It's not that your hometown doesn't allow you to go back. You can go back and stay for a few days a year. I think it's just right to go back in the summer, just as a summer vacation." Lin Chaoyang made clear arrangements for the old couple.

Zhang Guiqin said, "That won't work. There are so many things going on at home, how can I stay here?"

"That's right, the team can't do without me."

Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but remind him, "Dad, the land has been distributed to each household."

"What's wrong with the land being distributed to each household? There has to be someone to take care of it, right?"

The son's words hurt Lin Erchun and made him very dissatisfied. He had been a production team leader for his whole life. If the production team was gone, he would not be able to adapt to the gap all of a sudden.

"Let me remind you, I spent 5,500 yuan to buy this house. If no one lives in it for one year, two years, three years, and finally the house collapsed, our money would be wasted."

Lin Chaoyang's words were heartbreaking, accurately grasping the calculating personality of Comrade Lin Erchun.

This is 5,500 yuan. Lin Erchun has never made so much money in his life!

On the one hand, there is the property that he has saved for half a lifetime in his hometown, and on the other hand, there is the house that his son bought at a sky-high price. Comrade Erchun fell into an unprecedented tangle.

He realized the trap that Lin Chaoyang had set for him and cursed: "You bastard! Are you really giving me a problem?"

"How can this be called a problem? Isn't it also for you two old people to move to the city to enjoy a good life?" Lin Chaoyang argued.

"Chaoyang, your father and I know that you want to be filial to us. But we have lived in the countryside for our whole lives. How can we get used to living in Yanjing?

It's good enough to stay with you for a few days a year. Why do we need to buy a house?"

Zhang Guiqin and Lin Erchun have the same idea.

Seeing that the two of them were united in resisting staying in Yanjing, Lin Chaoyang had to use his ultimate move.

"You two don't want to miss your grandson in the future, right?"

As soon as these words came out, the parents who had just argued and refuted together were silent in an instant.

Zhang Guiqin's eyes circled around Tao Yushu's belly and asked expectantly: "Yushu is pregnant?"

"Pregnant?" Lin Erchun was also led astray by her and couldn't help asking, his eyes full of expectations.

Tao Yushu was shy when her parents-in-law looked at her and gently touched Lin Chaoyang.

"No!" Lin Chaoyang denied.

Hearing this, the light of hope in the eyes of the two parents was disillusioned, and they turned into a sense of anger and shame of being fooled.

"You're not pregnant, what the hell are you talking about!" Lin Erchun cursed.

Then he immediately realized the inappropriateness of his words, and said to Tao Yushu with an apologetic face: "Yushu, Dad is not talking about you. It's all because of this bastard..."

Lin Erchun's expression changed as fast as the face-changing in Sichuan Opera.

Tao Yushu smiled brightly and persuaded: "Dad, Chaoyang also wants to be filial to you two."

When a well-behaved and sensible daughter-in-law spoke, he still had to give some face. Lin Erchun restrained his scolding and said: "What other ideas do you have, say them all at once, so that you don't have to calculate me like this every day?"

"How can this be called calculation..." Seeing that his old father was staring at him with his eyes, Lin Chaoyang had to change his tone and said: "The house was indeed bought for you two to live in. You two will get older and older in the future, and the medical conditions in Yanjing are better than those in your hometown. I also said just now that if you are willing to go back, you can go back for a few months a year."

Lin Chaoyang's attitude was clear, that is, he hoped that the couple would stay in Yanjing for retirement.

When their son and daughter-in-law came to Yanjing, they didn't expect to enjoy their son's peace and quiet so soon.

At this point, Lin Erchun and his wife seemed to have no reason to refuse, but they had spent half their lives in their hometown, and it was not easy to give up.

"Your mother and I have to go back in the spring. The broken house is worth a lot of money. No matter how bad it is, it is our home. We will come back in the fall when everything is fine."

"Then you go back next year and arrange all the family affairs clearly. Don't raise chickens, ducks, geese and dogs. If the land is divided, rent it out privately to others. We will keep the house and let someone help take care of it. You two will have a place to live when you go back in the future."

Seeing that Lin Chaoyang had arranged everything for them, Lin Erchun and Zhang Guiqin didn't say anything anymore. They agreed first. Anyway, after returning to their hometown, the sky is high and the birds fly freely.

Lin Erchun and his wife's future plan has been temporarily settled. The procedures for the courtyard in Mianhua Hutong have been completed, but Li Quanfu's family has not moved out yet.

The next key task for Lin Erchun and his wife was to send their family away and then check what parts of the courtyard needed repair.

With this task, their lives in Yanjing at least had a goal.

For two people who have lived in the countryside all their lives, such a goal is very important if they want to stay in Yanjing for a long time.

Half of December has passed in a flash, and New Year's Day will be here in another half a month.

Most of the novels that Lin Chaoyang had been writing before have been created. These days, Zhu Changsheng will appear in the Yanda Library or the Overseas Chinese Apartment every two days, and he is almost following Lin Chaoyang all day long.

That evening, he ran to the Overseas Chinese Apartment after work.

Lin Chaoyang frowned when he saw him, "Old Zhu, if you are always like this, who will dare to submit articles to your "Contemporary" in the future? Once you stick to it, you can't get rid of it!"

Zhu Changsheng didn't take it as an offense, and said kindly: "Isn't it to help you correct the typos!"

This reason was so strong that Lin Chaoyang was unable to refute it.

It must be said that it was good for Lin Chaoyang to have him watching so professionally.

Zhu Changsheng showed up every two days to review the manuscript online, and found out some minor problems in the manuscript in time. He often discussed the next creation with Lin Chaoyang, which really helped Lin Chaoyang improve his efficiency.

After chatting for a few words, Zhu Changsheng asked Lin Chaoyang for the manuscript of the past two days. Lin Chaoyang handed the manuscript to him, and he leaned on the sofa and read the novel with full concentration.

"After the novel is finished, he shouldn't come again, right?"

Tao Yushu asked Lin Chaoyang quietly while cooking in the kitchen.

Lin Chaoyang asked: "Don't you welcome Lao Zhu?"

"That's not true. It's because Mom is muttering that she doesn't like Lao Zhu coming to help me."

In Ge You's words, in this era, whether it is an urban or rural family, in terms of diet, "the landlord's family has no surplus food."

Each household's food stamps are fixed for one month. It doesn't matter if friends come over for a meal, but it doesn't matter if they come every once in a while. It's equivalent to losing a child's food rations for nothing. Zhang Guiqin's mood is understandable.

But Lin Chaoyang laughed when he heard this, "You didn't tell her. We take care of one meal every two days, so we hired an editor to follow the manuscript. We made the profit."

Tao Yushu couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "I'll say that next time."

When the kitchen was done cooking, Zhu Changsheng sat quietly on the sofa reading a manuscript, which was extremely quiet.

When the food was ready, Lin Chaoyang came over to call him.

"Lao Zhu, Lao Zhu, it's time to eat!"