The Great Era of Siheyuan

"Is Master Niu home?"

Li Wenqiang stood at the door of Niu Ye's house and knocked, then stood at the door waiting. It was almost time for dinner, so everyone should be at home.

"I'm coming!"

Hearing this voice, Niu Ye had no time to think about anything else. Li Wenqiang came to see him most likely because the food for the next two days had been delivered. He had not had time to prepare the money for the next time, so now he was busy again.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw a tricycle parked at the door. Li Wenqiang was standing straight at the door and had no other reaction after seeing him.

"The food has been placed in the yard for you. Do you still want to order some? If not, I'll leave first!"

After Li Wenqiang finished speaking, he was ready to leave. It was almost time for him to go to Xu Huizhen's place for dinner.

"Hey, brother Wen Qiang, wait a minute. I'll order it! I haven't raised the money yet, I'll give it to you later. There's something I want to discuss with you. Of course, if you don't think it's possible, just ignore what I said, haha!"

Uncle Niu called Li Wenqiang embarrassedly.

"If you haven't raised the money yet, then wait until you have. If you think I won't agree, then don't say anything. Why are you asking? Let's go!"

After saying this, Li Wenqiang turned and left. He was too lazy to ask him what the matter was. After getting in the car, he stepped on the accelerator and drove away.

Looking at Li Wenqiang's departing back, Niu Ye stood at the door and sighed, thinking about what Li Wenqiang's reaction just now meant.

In the end, it was because they had known each other for too short a time, and they were too wary of him and didn't trust him. Thinking of Li Wenqiang's bad attitude, he sighed and turned back to the yard.

"Dad, who called you just now? Why did you choose a time like dinner time? You really have no tact at all."

Niu Youcai muttered that the man just now was not following the rules and came to the house during other people's meal time. Fortunately, he didn't come in to eat for free, otherwise he would have wanted to chase him away.

"Shut up, who do you think you are? No matter who you are, you are a guest. Do you have the right to speak?"

Niu Ye was already a little worried, and when he heard him making up stories about others, he immediately got angry.

"Youcai, stop talking and stop making your dad angry. Boss, who was that person just now? I couldn't tell who it was from the voice. Could it be the one who brought us the food?"

Niu Ye’s wife reacted and said.

"Well, he just said the vegetables have been delivered and asked us to go get them!"

Uncle Niu said calmly.

"It really is him. Where is he? Is he gone?"

My wife asked.

"Well, let's go."

Uncle Niu said helplessly.

"I just wanted to discuss the price of vegetables with him, but he didn't even give me a chance."

"You too, you didn't say anything earlier or later, but had to wait until the other person was about to leave before saying anything. Now that the other person has left, what's the point of you saying all this?"

My wife complained.

"I haven't figured out how to start yet."

Uncle Niu argued that this was not like buying vegetables at the market, where prices were clearly marked and all you had to do was give money and a ticket. To put it bluntly, their current private transactions were all speculation.

"Alright, alright, stop thinking about it and eat first!"

My wife said.

Uncle Niu nodded and went straight into the house with his family.

Niu Youcai walked at the end, his eyes flickering constantly, remembering the voice just now in his head, and was ready to go back to find Fan Jinyou to inquire more.

Just because his family is rich doesn't mean he is rich, so he can't miss out on this opportunity to make money.

"Stop working, let's eat together first! You've been working hard all morning, why are you so busy lately?"

Seeing Xu Huizhen bring the dishes to the table and then go to the kitchen to clean up, Li Wenqiang couldn't help but shout.

"Go eat. I'll wash the pot while it's still hot so it won't get cold and hard to wash. I've asked Cai Quanwu to get you the wine you wanted. There are more than a hundred jars, about 7,000 to 8,000 kilograms of Niulanshan Erguotou. There are too many things, so I'm putting them in an abandoned yard next door. I'm borrowing the place temporarily. If you take it away in the next two days, I'll give you the key first. If you need it again, I'll tell the neighbor and rent her yard."

Xu Huizhen was busy in the kitchen, while Li Wenqiang was watching from the side and couldn't help.

Watching Xu Huizhen busying around, Li Wenqiang felt some breath of life.

"Are there still abandoned yards here? That shouldn't be the case, right? The subdistrict office hasn't taken them away?"

Li Wenqiang asked curiously.

"Of course there are none. This place used to be under the Bordered Blue Banner, and they have so many houses! Didn't the authorities say a few years ago that private courtyard houses should be handed over to the government? Some have been handed over, and some are still holding on to see how the authorities react!"

Xu Huizhen said slowly.

Li Wenqiang naturally understood this matter. Although he had not seen it in detail, what she said was definitely true. That Mr. Niu was an example.

After the liberation of the city of 1949, a large number of former officials, military police, secret agents, landlords and reactionary capitalists who owned properties in the city had their properties confiscated. However, many ordinary bannermen, merchants and those who escaped the net still retained most of their properties.

With the liberation of the city and the development of the new society, a large number of migrant workers poured into Beijing and became urban residents. However, due to lack of housing, they could only live in temporary collective dormitories. The attempt to publicize the Siheyuan provided a solution for young people facing marriage and childbirth.

In 1958, the people of the whole country launched the Great Leap Forward and the people's commune movement. In , a massive urban people's commune movement was launched, and one of the important contents was the attempt to publicize the Siheyuan.

According to statistics, most of the courtyard houses in Old Beijing are privately owned. There are about 120 million houses in the city, of which 92 are privately owned. Public houses are mostly occupied by government agencies, schools, the military, etc.

The huge amount of private housing was out of touch with the status of the capital and the spirit of the times. In order to adapt to the needs of socialist transformation, in response to the general line, the Great Leap Forward and the people's commune movement, it solved the housing problems of a large number of migrant workers, employees and their families.

Private owners of courtyard houses in the suburbs of the old city either actively or passively surrendered their property rights to housing management departments at all levels, and the property rights were changed to public ownership. The housing management departments at all levels systematically distributed the surplus properties of private owners other than their own homes to the households in the city that lacked houses.

"Tell me, if I buy that house, will your neighbor agree?"

Li Wenqiang said thoughtfully.

"You want to buy? Now is not a good time. The supervision is very strict. Wait a little longer!"

Hearing this, Xu Huizhen advised him.

"I have this idea. Think about it. There are so many people in the city looking for jobs. If we buy a house, we can make money even if we leave it unused. Isn't this better than doing business?"

Li Wenqiang touched his chin and said.

"If you're not afraid of the street office asking you for the house, then go ahead. Let's go and eat first!"

Xu Huizhen gave him a displeased look. Buying a house was a good idea, but now was obviously not the right time.

"Forget it, don't think about it anymore, let's eat first! I'll think about this later!"

Li Wenqiang thought about it and found that this matter was really difficult to deal with. He really had to think of a way to solve it.