Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

"If you want a house, I have a small courtyard with two entrances. No one goes there on weekdays. You can live there."

Look, look.

What is a rich woman.

Two entrances.

Small yard.

Cao Wei was jealous, wondering when he could become so rich.

"That won't do. If I leave, what will you do? What will Qin Huairu do?"

"It's easy for me." Lou Xiao'e said indifferently: "I can go with them, as for Qin Huairu..."

"Tsk." Cao Wei made a "tsk" sound.

A hand was inserted into Lou Xiao'e's back and turned her over.

"Hey? What are you doing?"

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

"Do you know you're wrong? And you're still trying to sow discord! Let's see if you dare to do it again in the future?!"

Lou Xiao'e hummed softly and looked at him provocatively: "Again?"

"Oh, if I don't make you obedient today, I will be unworthy of my name!"

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"Auntie Wang, Auntie Wang."

In Nanluoguxiang, Director Wang was rushing back home when he heard a familiar voice calling him from behind. He turned around and saw that it was an acquaintance.

Director Wang was riding a bicycle, which made Cao Wei very tired.

"What's the matter, nephew? What's the matter?" Director Wang got off his bicycle and asked with a smile.

Director Wang and Cao Wei are relatives, but they are not that close. Director Wang told Cao Wei about this when he found him. At that time, Cao Wei's parents had passed away.

Director Wang also learned by accident that he had such a nephew.

Nowadays, there are too many relatives who are separated, and Cao Wei is not surprised.

After the two of them talked about it, they acknowledged each other as relatives.

In the days that followed, Cao Wei often visited Director Wang, and Director Wang would occasionally come to see how his nephew was doing. What she didn't expect was that Cao Wei, this nephew, was quite capable. His parents were gone, but he lived well on his own and even worked as a cook in Fengze Garden. She was not someone who knew nothing. The skills of the cook who worked in Fengze Garden were not bad.

There was no need for Cao Wei to bother anyone, and with occasional visits, the relationship between the two families was connected.

"Hey, I need a favor from you. I want to go to your house for a meal."

"Hey, kid, you're asking me to do something for you, and you're even going to my house for dinner? Your way of asking for favors is really new."

"Hey, aren't they all relatives?"

"Okay, let's go. We can talk as we walk."

"Okay."

"That's right, I didn't get married a while ago."

"Jingru is pregnant and wants to move to a new house?"

"How do you know?" Cao Wei was stunned.

"You told me last time. Now that you suddenly bring it up, I know what you are thinking." Director Wang said unhappily.

Cao Wei wanted to change it when he got married last time.

But he didn't change it. On the one hand, he didn't meet the requirements. On the other hand, he just wanted to stay in that courtyard. He didn't want to move. It would be troublesome. After discussing it with Qin Jingru, he decided to stay there. There was enough space for two people. There were only two people around. It was no big deal. He would look at it later when he had the chance. Director Wang kept this matter in mind.

"It just so happens that there is a house for sale in your courtyard. The price is not low. If you really want it, you can buy it."

"Is this true?" Cao Wei was stunned for a moment: "Didn't our street sign an agreement with the steel mill?"

"The agreement is the agreement. The steel mill itself owns the land. They can't possibly buy these houses in Nanluoguxiang. Most of them are rented from us."

This is true. The steel mill has houses, but they are either allocated to it by the government or built by itself. It is unlikely that it will directly buy a courtyard house. The property rights structure of courtyard houses these days is actually very complicated. You can say it is owned by the state, but it is not. You can also say it is owned by individuals, but it is not true. In one courtyard, you can even find more than a dozen owners.

If this goes on, it remains to be seen whether the land will belong to the steel mill after it is purchased.

Most of the time, the street offices are responsible for coordinating these things, and no normal person would consider taking over.

However, individuals can buy and sell it, but the transaction cannot be made public.

It can only be said to be a transfer between relatives, such as distant relatives.

"It's in your backyard, next to Xu Damao."

"Isn't that the room next door mine?" Cao Wei pointed at himself.

"Your room is against the wall, and the other one is next to the moon door."

"Oh! The big one with a small room." Cao Wei immediately understood and became excited: "Which one is he willing to exchange for?"

"Well, that room is also giving me a headache. It belongs to an individual. That person is going out this year and doesn't want the room anymore."

"Wait a minute." Cao Wei interrupted Director Wang and said, "Hasn't that place been uninhabited for a long time?"

After deciding to marry Qin Jingru, he actually inquired about the entire courtyard. At that time, there were actually empty houses in the front yard, the middle yard, and the back yard. But later, people moved in one after another. At that time, Cao Wei did go to see Director Wang, but was rejected because those houses had been allocated at that time.

The only room left is the one in the backyard, one large and one small. Judging from the outside, it is estimated to be about 50 square meters.

That’s pretty good. But at the same time, I also wondered why it was suddenly sold again. Hasn’t anyone lived there for a long time?

"He has more than one place to live in this city. The old man is a miserable man." Director Wang sighed. "Both of his sons died in the battlefield. The place he lives in now is the former residence of his eldest son. The house in the courtyard belongs to his second son. Originally, the old man thought he had no descendants and no hope. He didn't want to rent or sell the house. He just wanted to leave it empty and see if his son could live in it when he came back one day."

Hearing this, Cao Wei also sighed.

This kind of thing is too common these days, and you can't blame the old man for leaving an empty house. This is his hope for the rest of his life.

"What?"

"There was news from the north that the old man's second son had left a child. After hearing this, the old man rushed over overnight. Later, the old man brought his little grandson back. I don't know what happened, but the old man said he wanted to take his little grandson home and wanted to sell the house. Logically speaking, it would be more appropriate for the street office to pay for this, but we have regulations, you know."

"I know." Cao Wei nodded. There were strict regulations on what kind of house and what kind of price it was. In those days, it was different from later times. If the old man's two houses were really sold to the street office, one or two hundred would be a lot. But if they were sold privately, they could be sold for more.