Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 362 Room allocation
"no no!"

"How can this be possible!"

“Well, we’re just so happy.”

After hearing what Wu Cai'e said, Xu Yuchang, Sun Jinda, Ma Hongjun and others hurriedly started to explain, which made Wu Cai'e laugh.

After laughing for a while, Wu Cai'e waved her hand and said softly, "Okay, just pack up and come with me to see the house now!"

"Got it!"

When Xu Yuchang and the others heard this, their eyes lit up, and they nodded quickly and agreed. Then they ran to the side rooms and adjusted their clothes in front of the mirror to avoid embarrassing Wu Cai'e and Li Guoqiang.

Then, they ran back to the front hall with eager eyes and followed Wu Cai'e and Li Guoqiang out.

"Aunt Wu, let's go over in this car!"

Li Guoqiang walked out of the store, took a look at the bicycle Wu Cai'e rode over, then pointed at the tricycle next to him and whispered a suggestion.

"Okay!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Cai'e nodded and agreed without even thinking.

As she said that, she wanted to walk forward and climb onto the tricycle.

"Come, Aunt Wu, help me up as we go up. Be careful not to bump into anything."

When Xu Yuchang saw Wu Cai'e was about to get on the tricycle, he hurriedly ran forward in a servile manner and put his arm in front of Wu Cai'e so that she could hold his arm and get on the tricycle.

Seeing this, Sun Jinda and Ma Hongjun couldn't help but glare at Xu Yuchang with some regret, and then rushed towards the driver's seat of the tricycle without saying a word.

Afterwards, after a round of scramble, the stronger Ma Hongjun finally grabbed the position, and then kept giving Sun Jinda a smug look.

When Sun Jinda saw it, he was so angry!
Normally, they treat him as their brother whenever they have nothing to do. Now that it’s time to choose a house, they are all vying to show off. What difference does it make even if they can get a better house?
Soon, his eyes rolled and he rushed into the store like a whirlwind.

Not long after, he came back with a bamboo tube of iced honey lemon tea, and handed it to Wu Cai'e with an attentive look on his face.

"Come, Aunt Wu, drink some water to moisten your throat first. I'm really sorry to bother you today."

"oops!"

Seeing this, Wu Cai'e couldn't help but said coquettishly, "Why are you all so polite to me? This is what I should do.

Besides, Qiangzi has come to urge me to help you guys a lot. If you want to thank him, then thank him."

After saying that, she did not refuse Sun Jinda's kindness. She reached out to take the honey lemon tea, then put it to her soft lips and took a sip.

The next moment, a cool and sweet smell with the aroma of honey, lemon and tea came into her mind, making her squint her eyes involuntarily.

At the same time, Sun Jinda, Xu Yuchang, Ma Hongjun and others, after hearing Wu Cai'e's words, looked at Li Guoqiang who was already sitting on the tricycle with some gratitude, and then secretly decided in their hearts that they must repay Li Guoqiang's kindness when they have the chance in the future.

You know, getting a house these days is not an easy thing.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many families, with seven or eight people crowded into one house.

Of course, if they are particularly rich, it is not impossible for them to rent a house from someone else. However, in that case, not only will it cost a lot of money, but there will also be no guarantee. Most of the houses are small single rooms separated by other people's private houses. How can they compare with the public rental housing provided by the Housing Authority!

"okay!"

Li Guoqiang was slightly happy when he saw Sun Jinda and the others like this, then he waved his hand and urged them: "Stop looking at me here, go and look at the house first!"

"Oh!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Jinda and Xu Yuchang hurriedly nodded and agreed, then climbed onto the tricycle.

Ma Hongjun waited until everyone was seated, then he gripped the handlebars of the tricycle tightly, stepped on the pedals hard, and rode the tricycle steadily out of Xiangmi Zhai.

On the way, Wu Cai'e first told Ma Hongjun the address of the house, and then gave a detailed introduction to the house.

According to her, the three houses now allocated to Sun Jinda and others are all in a small courtyard with three entrances.

Originally, this small courtyard was used as an office by a certain unit. They recently moved to a newly built building, so the house was vacated.

If Wu Cai'e hadn't been keeping an eye on it, Sun Jinda and the others would never have had a turn.

However, because the housing supply was really tight, even though she was the head of the Housing Management Office and had an executive deputy district chief as her backup, she could not allocate the best main house in the north and the wing rooms in the middle courtyard to Sun Jinda and others. Instead, she secured three back rooms in the backyard for them.

Sun Jinda and others naturally would not have any objection to this.

After all, they had only been in the city for more than two months, and they were already able to get a house. This was already luckier than many people. How could they possibly expect to get a good house?

What's more, what happened to the back room?
No matter how bad the back room was, it wouldn't be worse than the adobe and thatched house they lived in in the countryside.

After Wu Cai'e finished speaking, she saw that there was no dissatisfaction on the faces of Sun Jinda and others, and she couldn't help but nodded secretly in her heart.

It was worth her effort to keep the house.

Although she only helped out for Li Guoqiang's sake, if Sun Jinda and others were the kind of people who were insatiable, she would definitely feel upset.

Fortunately, Li Guoqiang has a good vision, and the subordinates he recruited are all self-aware people.

This way she will feel more comfortable helping.

Soon, as Ma Hongjun continued to pedal the tricycle hard, after more than 20 minutes, they successfully arrived outside the small courtyard.

In fact, it is called a small courtyard house only in comparison with the four-in-one courtyard house where Li Guoqiang lives. Compared with those private two-in-one courtyard houses, this three-in-one courtyard house is considered to be quite standard.

First of all, as soon as you enter the gate, you will see the South Courtyard with three back houses, also called the Gate Courtyard.

Then, pass the gate courtyard and enter the hanging flower gate, which is the central courtyard.

In the central courtyard, apart from the three main rooms in the north and three side rooms in the east and west, there are no other houses. It is unlike the courtyard house where Li Guoqiang lives, which has many ear rooms and side rooms with porches.

Next, go through the corridor door next to the main house in the north, and you will see the backyard which consists of a row of six rooms.

There are only two flower beds on both sides of the backyard. Unlike the courtyard house where Li Guoqiang lives, there are also east and west wing rooms.

Therefore, when Wu Cai'e said that the six rooms in the backyard could be divided among Sun Jinda, Xu Yuchang and Ma Hongjun, with two rooms each, they were instantly surprised.

This way, the backyard would be theirs. Apart from anything else, this would at least save them a lot of trouble and make their life more comfortable.

Then, they looked at each other and asked hurriedly, "Um, Aunt Wu, how do we divide this house?"

"How do we divide it?"

Wu Cai'e raised her eyebrows, and then said in a somewhat mischievous tone: "Why don't you choose for yourselves, and then take whichever one you choose!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Sun Jinda and the others didn't have time to think about it and immediately turned around and ran towards the six back rooms.

Moreover, none of them chose the two houses in the middle, but ran to the two houses against the walls on the left and right sides.

After all, everyone knows that if the house is against the wall, it will definitely save you a lot of trouble in the future. At least you don’t have to worry about being eavesdropped when you and your wife are together.

Soon, Ma Hongjun took advantage of his physical fitness and occupied the two houses on the left as soon as possible.

Sun Jinda and Xu Yuchang seemed to have guessed this would happen, so neither of them competed with Ma Hongjun, and they all chose the two houses on the right.

However, in the end, Sun Jinda's speed was better.

Seeing that Sun Jinda had already taken the lead and ran to the doors of the two houses, Xu Yuchang slammed on the brakes, glared at Sun Jinda somewhat indignantly, and then walked towards the two houses in the middle reluctantly.

At this time, Wu Cai'e saw that Sun Jinda and others had already chosen a house, so she hurried forward, took out the house keys and handed them to them.

They took the key, immediately unlocked the door with some anticipation, then pushed open the door and walked into the house.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang followed in with some curiosity.

I saw that the area of ​​each house was not very large, probably about 13 or 14 square meters, so the two houses together would be nearly 30 square meters.

This amount of space would definitely be too small for a family of seven or eight people to live in.

But for single men like Sun Jinda, Xu Yuchang and Ma Hongjun, it is completely enough.

It just so happened that they could use one of the houses as a living room and bedroom, and the other house as a kitchen and utility room.

Then when they get married and have children, they can clean up the kitchen and turn it into another bedroom, and then build the kitchen in the yard.

Just as they were discussing with some interest how to decorate their new home, Wu Cai'e took out three rental contracts from her handbag and asked them to sign them one by one.

The contract stipulates that they will have to pay 3 yuan in rent every month and bear the cost of water, electricity and other expenses themselves.

Being able to rent two houses at this price is really a great bargain.

If it were someone else, it would cost at least 5 dollars.

And this was naturally achieved with the help of Wu Cai'e.

After signing the contract, in order to save trouble, Sun Jinda and others, who had already received two months' salary, immediately paid three months' rent for a quarter, and then followed Wu Cai'e to the water company and the power company to turn on the water and electricity.

Then, with Li Guoqiang's consent, they ran excitedly to the second-hand goods station, each picked out a complete set of furniture, tableware and other things, and then called for several trucks to take them back to their new home at once.

By the time everything was arranged and ready to move in, it was already past three in the afternoon.

When Li Guoqiang saw Sun Jinda and others with excited looks on their faces, he waved his hand and told them that they didn't need to go back to Xiangmi Zhai to work.

Afterwards, he rode his tricycle out alone for a walk and found a remote place. He took out 300 kilograms of various grains, dozens of kilograms of vegetables, fruits and ten kilograms of pork from his small garden, and prepared to take them back to Sun Jinda and others as housewarming gifts.

When Sun Jinda and others saw Li Guoqiang bringing so many things back to them, they were instantly moved and almost couldn't help hugging Li Guoqiang and eating them.

Fortunately, Li Guoqiang saw that the situation was not right and quickly dodged, then said with some disgust: "Okay, I brought you all out of Jinshanbao, so I have the responsibility to let you live a good life.

Now that you have jobs, household registration, and houses, I have fulfilled my responsibilities.

How you live in the future depends on you."

After hearing these words, Sun Jinda and others patted their chests in a hurry.

"Qiangzi, don't worry! We will definitely make our lives better."

"Yes! Qiangzi, we will definitely not let you down."

"Qiangzi, just wait and see. We will definitely live like a decent person in the future and will not embarrass you."

"Ok!"

Seeing Sun Jinda and the others were so confident, Li Guoqiang smiled slightly, then nodded and said, "Since you all say so, I feel relieved.

After a few days, when you are settled, I will bring your brothers and sisters over to warm the stove for you."

After saying that, he didn't stay for long and just turned and left.

Soon, it was evening.

Since Sun Jinda and others were not helping in the store, Li Guoqiang worked in Xiangmi Zhai until the evening rush hour, and then rode his tricycle to the textile factory to pick up Luo Huijuan, Yao Meilan and others.

Afterwards, Yao Meilan went back to the courtyard first to cook dinner for them.

By the time Li Guoqiang, Luo Huijuan and others closed the shop and returned to the courtyard, it was already completely dark.

Just as they walked into the courtyard and prepared to go home for dinner, they suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the front yard.

So they immediately turned a corner and walked into the Chuihua Gate, and then they saw Yao Meilan, Zhao Qiuyan and Luo Guofu standing in the crowd busy eating melons.

The ones being eaten up were none other than the Yan family.

I saw a middle-aged man with a pointed face and a burly young man standing at the door of old Yan's house, holding IOUs in their hands, and they kept shoving them in front of Yan Bugui and Yan Jiecheng, father and son.

"Look carefully, this is the IOU signed by Yan Jiecheng himself. As the saying goes, a debt must be paid and a murder must be paid with a life. Now the time for the first installment of the repayment has come, but you want to default on the debt. How can this be justified in this world?

If you don’t pay me back today, we won’t leave.”

After saying this, his eyes kept looking at Yu Li who was standing beside him, with a hint of heat in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)