"My sister is pregnant?" Tao Yumo screamed, and then immediately reacted, "I'm going to be an aunt?"
"Your sister is pregnant, why are you so excited?"
"I'm not happy for you."
Tao Yumo ran to Tao Yushu, who had been pressed down on the bed by Lin Chaoyang to rest just after returning home, "Sister, are you really pregnant?"
"Nonsense! How can your brother-in-law lie to you about such a thing?"
"I was just asking."
Tao Yumo looked at her belly, his eyes filled with curiosity, "How can you say you're pregnant?"
It was difficult for Lin Chaoyang to explain to her that this was the result of several months of hard work by Comrades Lin and Tao. Tao Yushu scolded angrily: "Are you running out of things to say? If you run out of things to say, just go cook."
"My temper is really getting louder and louder!"
Tao Yumo muttered something in a low voice and ran away obediently.
Lin Chaoyang warned her again, "Don't tell your family about your sister's pregnancy until you tell her yourself."
"knew."
While eating, Tao Yumo stared at Tao Yushu.
"Sister, do you want to vomit?"
"Sister, do you want something sour?"
Tao Yushu was annoyed by her and glared at her. Tao Yumo immediately became honest.
"Your sister is only one month pregnant and has no symptoms."
"Then she was still confused yesterday?" Tao Yumo said.
"The doctor said it might be due to fatigue. There were too many people at home yesterday, and we won't be inviting guests anymore."
Lin Chaoyang regretted that Tao Yushu had done a lot of work during yesterday's treat, but she didn't care.
"What does it matter if you do some work? Li Tuo is right.
It has become a tradition to have dinner at our house after the awards every year, which is a good thing for us and everyone."
"The point is not to treat guests, but to do the work."
"Isn't it okay to let them work from now on? We can't stop eating because of choking," Tao Yushu said.
Lin Chaoyang humbly accepted her opinion and said seriously: "From today on, Ms. Tao Yushu's words will be the highest directive of the family."
Tao Yushu rolled her eyes at him in a coquettish way, while Tao Yumo on the side had a look of disgust on his face.
"Brother-in-law, you are really good at flattering me!"
After a few jokes, Tao Yumo stayed in the courtyard for the night.
It was already getting late today. Before she came, she told her family that she would stay at Mianmian Alley for the night.
The next morning, when Tao Yumo went out, he found his sister sitting on the back seat of his brother-in-law's 28 bicycle.
She hurriedly asked: "Sister, you don't ride a motorcycle to work anymore?"
"Your brother-in-law won't let you ride anymore."
Tao Yushu said quietly, his tone containing dissatisfaction and grievance.
Hearing this, Tao Yumo's eyes suddenly lit up and he circled around the red motorcycle.
"Don't look at it, I still have to ride it after I give birth."
Tao Yushu saw his sister's thoughts at a glance.
Tao Yumo held her arm and begged, "Then why don't you lend me a ride while you don't have the baby?"
"It's too dangerous to ride a motorcycle."
"You can ride it, why can't I?"
Although Tao Yushu usually doesn't have a good temper towards her younger sister, she can't stand it most of the time when Tao Yumo acts coquettishly.
After she shook his arm for a while, Tao Yushu's attitude softened.
"You don't know how to ride a motorcycle."
"I can learn it if I don't know how. If you promise to lend it to me, I will learn it immediately."
"Let's wait until you learn how to speak."
Seeing that his sister was relieved, Tao Yumo cheered and said, "Just watch, I will learn it in a few days."
On Sunday, the couple came to Tao's house and made the news of Tao Yushu's pregnancy public. The Tao family was full of joy.
It has been four years since they got married in early 1978. Tao Yushu is finally pregnant. Tao's father and Tao's mother are particularly happy.
After celebrating, Lin Chaoyang asked for a few days off from the library on Monday.
He planned to buy a house closer to the Yanjing Municipal Cultural Bureau compound, preferably within a few minutes' walk to work, so that Tao Yushu would not have to worry about commuting to get off work in the future.
The compound of the Cultural Affairs Bureau is on West Chang'an Street. If Lin Chaoyang is looking for a house, he must look along this neighborhood.
Although he has been in Yanjing for three or four years, he spends most of his time outside the Third Ring Road. He is quite familiar with some landmark buildings. But when it comes to walking around in Yanjing, he has to find two talents who were born and raised in Yanjing.
Okay, so he roped in Li Tuo and Chen Jiangong.
"If you want to buy a house, what does it have to do with us? It's just a waste of time."
The two of them were taken out of bed by Lin Chaoyang early in the morning, and they inevitably complained a few times.
After graduation, Chen Jiangong was assigned to the Yanjing Literary and Art Association to become a professional writer. From then on, he was free to let himself go, and his work and rest time was basically day and night.
Of course, this kind of work and rest is not for fun, but for creation.
Most of the writers around Lin Chaoyang have this problem and are accustomed to creating at night, including himself. Everyone generally responds that whenever night falls, the inspiration for creation is much stronger than during the day.
"When I went to our house for dinner a few days ago, everyone else came with their things, but you two were empty-handed.
Can't you just be active while eating and ask you to help me a little bit?"
Lin Chaoyang silenced their complaints with two words.
Since Deng Gong made an important speech on the housing issue in 1980, the domestic real estate market has gradually loosened up. Guangzhou, Xi'an, Liuzhou, Nanning and other cities have taken the lead in implementing commercial housing pilot projects.
The real estate market in Yanjing has also changed a lot. Last year, the first batch of commercial residential buildings were launched in Tuanjie Lake, which were sold to all citizens without any conditions at 180 yuan per square meter.
That place was on the East Third Ring Road. If it weren't for the fact that it was too far away from his life and work circle, Lin Chaoyang would have wanted to buy one.
In addition to the construction of commercial housing, private housing transactions in Yanjing City have gradually become more active in the past two years.
Many people sell their private homes for various purposes, many of which are old courtyard houses.
Whether buying a house or buying a house at this time, most of the time you rely on relatives and friends to initiate interpersonal relationships to find a suitable person, or you make some small advertisements by yourself and post them everywhere. This method is easy to be caught and educated by the neighborhood committee aunts. In addition,
You have to pay a fine.
There are also those who are not short of money and go to newspapers to advertise, but these are generally those who are in a hurry for money.
Li Tuo and Chen Jiangong had already helped mobilize relatives and friends, but Lin Chaoyang was anxious to buy a house, so he took them to the West Chang'an Street to look around and ask if anyone wanted to sell their house.
What he plans to buy this time is also a courtyard house. Firstly, it is for Tao Yushu to work, and secondly, it can also be used as an investment.
For pregnant women, there are pros and cons to living in a courtyard house or an apartment building.
It is inconvenient to take a bath and go to the toilet in the courtyard house, and it is also inconvenient to go up and downstairs in the apartment building.
The area of ​​West Chang'an Street used to belong to the emperor's feet. A little further east is the Zhongnan Sea, and further east is the Forbidden City, the central axis of Yanjing.
So it's definitely not possible to go east, it can only be in three directions: south, west, north, and not too far.
In early spring, the sky in Yanjing is blue and blue. There has been no wind and sand these two days, which is a rare good weather.
In the small alley next to Chang'an Street, the spring scenery is more intense than on Chang'an Street.
The three of them wandered around the alley for a long time and found out that there were two houses selling houses. Unfortunately, they were selling by room, not by yard. Naturally, this kind of house could not meet Lin Chaoyang's needs.
"It's really hard to choose an apartment with you."
"There is no way, who can make people rich?"
After walking outside all morning, Li Tuo and Chen Jiangong, the two usually industrious masters, started talking strange things again. When Lin Chaoyang invited him for a meal at noon, their attitudes immediately changed, and they were attentive again in the afternoon.
Like an intermediary.
In the morning, the three of them walked around the north side of West Chang'an Street, and in the afternoon they turned around to the south side of West Chang'an Street. The Daliubukou Street here is almost directly opposite Tao Yushu's unit.
After wandering along Daliubukou Street for more than half an hour, the three of them found a house for sale in Xiaoliubukou Alley.
The courtyard is a quadrangle with three entrances. It was newly built during the Republic of China. It has been less than 60 years ago and is considered young among the quadrangle courtyards in Yanjing City.
The entire courtyard faces north and faces south, and is composed of east and west courtyards. The gate is located in the southeast corner, with a screen wall at the entrance. There is an inverted room in the front yard, a main room and east and west wing rooms in the middle courtyard, and a main room, east and west wing rooms, and east and west wing rooms in the backyard.
The houses in the east courtyard have been demolished and renovated, and the original appearance is difficult to find, while the houses in the west courtyard are quite intact.
The first courtyard and the third courtyard are the traditional courtyard building form, while the second courtyard is the architectural form of the Republic of China. It also incorporates the decorative techniques of Western architecture and has Western characteristics. The doors and windows are all brick arch type.
After walking around the yard, Lin Chaoyang became more and more satisfied.
This courtyard not only has the charm of a traditional quadrangle, but also incorporates the architectural style of the westward spread from the east during the Republic of China. It is rare among the quadrangle courtyards preserved in Yanjing today.
Especially in the second courtyard, there are two sturdy French plane trees. If it were midsummer, the lush branches and leaves would probably cover half of the courtyard under the shade of the trees, which is quite artistic.
The person who received Lin Chaoyang and the others was an old lady named Cheng, who was over sixty this year. Her husband's family name was Hu. It is said that her father-in-law built this yard back then.
The old man had studied abroad, and after returning to China he started to serve the country through industry. His business was booming and he had two factories in Tianjin.
During the Anti-Japanese War, the Hu family's factory in Tianjin was forcibly occupied by the Japanese. The Hu family had no choice but to move to Xiangjiang with their family, leaving the old lady to guard the house and few properties in Yanjing.
During the buzz period, the old lady's family was hit hard and her husband passed away. In the past two years, I contacted her family in Xiangjiang, and her son and grandson went to Xiangjiang one after another.
Now that the children and grandchildren have established a firm foothold in Xiangjiang, they are thinking about taking the old lady over and getting rid of this house.
"You are so lucky, your children and grandchildren are so filial." After looking at the courtyard and listening to the old lady tell the history of the courtyard and their family, Lin Chaoyang complimented.
"What are you doing to be filial? You said you wanted to take me to enjoy the blessings. In fact, you just wanted to sell this yard and buy a building in Xiangjiang.
Houses in that place are expensive, so I sold my ancestral home to buy a house, alas..."
The old lady sighed helplessly when she said this.
When Lin Chaoyang saw this, he couldn't boast anymore, so he could only return to the topic, "How much do you plan to sell this yard for?"
"Twenty thousand dollars."
The old lady compared numbers and almost shocked Chen Jiangong and Li Tuo's jaws.
"Old lady, your courtyard is really well built. The east and west courtyards have three entrances, and are much larger than the average three entrance courtyard.
But look at what the east courtyard of your house has been damaged into. Twenty thousand yuan is not worth it."
The yard of the old lady's house was occupied in the 1960s. The east yard was once home to more than a dozen families, and the original buildings were in disrepair. The west yard is actually the most valuable thing.
After much fuss, their family finally got the east courtyard back because their overseas relatives called the government several times.
Nowadays, the better three-in-one courtyard house in Yanjing City costs 18,000 yuan. The old lady's house is new and has an east and west courtyard. It costs 20,000 yuan, which is a bit expensive, but it is within a reasonable range.
It's just that the buildings in the east courtyard are now out of shape, so the value will naturally be discounted.
Moreover, if Lin Chaoyang buys the courtyard, it will cost a lot of money to restore the buildings in the east courtyard.
"Our courtyard is not only unique in Yanjing City, but at least it is unique in Xicheng.
When my father-in-law built it, it was for the four generations living under the same roof and a century-old family business. The materials used were all good.
If nothing else, take a look at the hanging flower door and these pillars..."
The two talked for a long time, and the old lady offered Lin Chaoyang three thousand yuan, but she refused to agree to any further reduction.
"Old lady, I sincerely want to buy it. It's not easy for you to find a buyer.
It's better to discuss this with your son and grandson.
I will pay you fifteen thousand yuan and I can count the money right away. If your family is willing, please contact me later. If you are not willing, forget it."
After negotiating the price with the old lady, Lin Chaoyang took Li Tuo and Chen Jiangong out of the yard.
When they came to the street, the two of them clicked their tongues. They were silent when they were in the yard just now, and now they sighed.
Spending 15,000 yuan to buy a courtyard house, looking at the friends around them, only Lin Chaoyang has this ability.
"Chaoyang, this house is too expensive. You still have to clean it up after buying it. You can't buy it for even 20,000 yuan, right?" Chen Jiangong asked.
"I estimate that the repair money is enough to buy another three-bedroom courtyard house," Lin Chaoyang said.
"Then you still buy it?"
"The style of this courtyard is rare. It is next to Chinese and Western. Even if it costs 20,000 yuan, I would like to buy it.
Besides, it’s so close to Yushu’s and her work, so it will be very convenient to commute to and from get off work in the future!”
Listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, Chen Jiangong felt that his values ​​and views on money had been greatly impacted.
Spending 20,000 yuan to buy a courtyard house just to be close to work?
Oh, no, I have to add one more thing: Money can’t buy it, but I’m happy!
Chapter completed!