Siheyuan: Rebirth of a comfortable life starts with Shazhu

Chapter 721 Someone Has to Compromise
Saying that a house is good or bad may not be very intuitive.

Let me put it this way, houses like the He family’s old house were all purchased when the original owners had the most wealth.

It is not easy to live in the inner city. Without some property, you dare not buy a house in the inner city.

Therefore, bricks, tiles, and even carved beams and painted buildings are all relatively good materials.

Therefore, we can see in later generations that some courtyard houses have been passed down for hundreds of years and there are still no problems at all.

When people build houses, they intend to pass them down to their children and grandchildren.

When families like the He family come in to buy or rent a house, it means that the original owner has fallen on hard times.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to let a family like the He family move in just for the sake of rent.

This is still good.

Families like the Ma family cannot live too far away because they make a living in the inner city.

I want to rent a house, but I'm too late.

At this time, there are two ways.

One way is for the owner to go outside and get some broken bricks, mud, and straw, and build a nest just like a thatched shed in the countryside, so that the poor people have a place to stay.

There are also people who directly sell the idle land in the yard and let others build it themselves, but they definitely don’t have good materials.

Although after liberation, the street organized everyone to renovate those houses collectively.

But at most we would just replace the roof and add a few supports, that's all.

If you want to overthrow and rebuild, the cost will be too high.

Ma Sanjia's house is such a house. To put it bluntly, except that it is a little taller and brighter than the back house, it is not as good as the back house in other aspects.

Anyone who has a choice and can make do will not want this kind of house.

This is also the reason why Yan Jiecheng was able to get this house.

Getting the house will definitely be a good thing for the Yan family.

But then contradictions arise.

Now Yan Jiecheng has been converted to a regular employee, earning more than 20 yuan a month.

But every month, Yan Bugui would ask for 17 or 18 yuan from him for various reasons.

This is still the amount that is made on the surface. There are also the odd jobs his wife does, which earn her seven or eight yuan a month. Yan Bugui and his wife did not give a penny to the eldest brother and his wife.

Of course, everyone has their own opinion.

According to Yan Bugui, since Yan Jiecheng is the eldest in the family, he naturally has to bear more responsibilities.

Putting aside other things, helping parents raise their younger siblings, Yan Bugui is right no matter how you look at it.

But Yan Jiecheng also has his own reasons.

Yan Jiecheng drove his brothers and sisters back to their rooms, and said to his parents with red eyes: "Do you still want me to carry on the Yan family's bloodline?

Are you trying to squeeze me dry?

Do you know?
When I first got married, I could last more than ten minutes.

Now there is not even half a minute left.

Just looking at the food at home, if this continues, you will never have grandchildren in your lifetime."

What Yan Jiecheng talked about for more than ten minutes was naturally just bragging. When he said this, his wife's face turned red.

Yan Bugui also had a strange look on his face. He felt a little ashamed to discuss this issue with his son in front of his wife and daughter-in-law.

After all, he is also a cultured person.

But since Yan Jiecheng was able to separate from his parents, he could no longer take care of anything else.

For him, as long as he can live independently, the income of the couple will be enough, even if his wife does not have a city hukou.

You can also live a happy life.

Yan Bugui felt a toothache, and Yan Jiecheng complained to him about it, but he really had no words to refute.

Yan Bugui blushed and struggled: "It's okay to pay less, but it's not okay to split the family.

You and your wife can't just want to live and let your parents and your brother and sister die together."

Yan Jiecheng sneered, "Tell me, how could you starve to death?
Director Wang said that day, your monthly salary is nearly 40 yuan, and my mother can earn nearly 10 yuan by doing handicrafts. Jiefang does odd jobs, as long as there is work, he will always give you 1.8 yuan.

The food expenses for a family of seven totaled less than twenty dollars a month.

Where did you get the money?"

Yan Bugui truly regretted that he should not have taught his children how to settle accounts.

The calculation is so good that the family's expenses are really accurate to the cent.

"Your mother and I raised you up..." Yan Bugui wanted to repeat the same old tune.

Yan Jiecheng sneered: "Why? You raise children just to make them work like slaves?
Save that money and buy a bicycle so you can show off?

We brothers want to ride it, and we have to pay you?

You don't have the money to help him with the liberation work, but I heard that you have money and want to buy a radio.

Are you living a comfortable life?
Are you trying to drive our brothers to death?"

"Jiecheng! How do you talk to your father like that?" Yang Ruihua originally felt a little sorry for his son, but when he heard his son's words becoming more and more outrageous, he couldn't help but criticize him.

Yan Bugui's heart skipped a beat. He retorted, "Who said I wanted to buy a radio?"

Yan Jiecheng was really disappointed with this family. He smiled bitterly and said, "In our family, if we fart in that room, the whole house will shake.

You discussed with my mom for several nights, and even decided which brand was cheaper and where to get industrial coupons.

You think we can't hear?

Why did I ask Lao Er and the others to go back to the house just now?

They are just afraid that if the truth is exposed, they will be dissatisfied with you.

I know it's not easy for you and my mom to raise us brothers, so after I start working, I will satisfy all your calculations towards me.

But, Dad, I am married now.

I also want to have my own children and live my own life.

I don’t want to have pickles for breakfast and pickles for dinner, without a drop of oil.

Even taking a shit requires me to put more effort than others.

Dad, please help me.

Can you just let me have a couple of years of leisure?

Let me take care of my health and give you two a grandson.

Otherwise, people would laugh at me behind my back and call me a castrated chicken."

When Yang Ruihua heard this, he also pulled Yan Bugui's sleeve.

She could see that Yan Jiecheng was still speaking calmly and in a low voice.

But the whole person is on the brink of collapse.

If Yan Bugui still insisted on asking for money today, Yan Jiecheng might turn this family upside down.

Yan Bugui's eyes were also darting around, unable to make a decision.

He knew his eldest son was right about this.

Although they saved the money, the old couple did not spend it recklessly.

This is because I am afraid of being poor, so I want to save some money just in case.

As for the bicycles, I was reluctant to let the children use them and thought about charging money, not because I was really after the money, but because I was afraid that the children would misuse them and damage the bikes.

But now, Yan Jiecheng's words have been very clear. Either the couple will be allowed to be independent, or he will contact a few brothers to make trouble with Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui thought deeply and finally said, “It’s not possible to separate the family, but I can reduce your living expenses for the time being.

From now on, give it to me and your mother, ten dollars a month!
The rest you and your wife can keep for yourselves to buy things.”

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