A doctor who travels through two eras

Chapter 56 Welfare Housing Distribution by the Workplace

The next morning, when Lin Sanqi got up, he sneezed more than ten times in one breath, waking everyone up.

Jin Caifeng hurried out from the inner room:

"Zi Zi, what's wrong with you? Do you have a cold? Wow, your forehead is burning."

Lin Sanqi felt it himself and found that he was feeling a little hot, and he was sneezing and had a stuffy nose, so it seemed that he had a cold.

"Mom, it's okay. It's just a minor cold."

Lin Kucan also got up at this time, grabbed his son's wrist and took his pulse for a while, then said with relief:

"It's okay, it's just a cold. I'll prescribe some medicine for you to take later."

Lin Kushen’s specialty is “typhoid fever”. In Western medicine, typhoid fever is chills and fever caused by various reasons, so curing a cold is a piece of cake for him.

At this time, Lin Gancao heard the noise and came over. The old house had poor sound insulation, and any slight movement could be heard.

"Mom, it's not a good idea to let me lie on the ground every day. Look, now the cold has entered my body and I'm sick. A cold is a minor problem, but if it goes on for a long time, I'll get rheumatoid arthritis."

Jin Caifeng also knew this, and she couldn't bear to let her youngest son sleep on the floor every day, but the house was so small:

"Alas, now there are three rooms, one for each family, and there is really no room for more."

Fu Muxiang also came in at this time and offered advice:

"Father and mother, I will soon be employed by our hospital of traditional Chinese medicine. Logically, I should be eligible for a room. How about talking to Dean Shen? I think I have a good relationship with Dean Shen."

Lin Kucan nodded:

"A Xiang is right. We need to discuss this matter with the hospital. We can't let Qizi sleep on the floor all the time. Qizi, come to the hospital later and I'll take you there."

It is not easy to get a house in the city, especially a house in the capital. The difficulty is no different in 1959 and 2023.

The house is a big deal, so Lin Kucan decided to do it himself, which would also put some pressure on the hospital.

But he didn't know that his youngest son had become as close to Dean Shen Guoming as his godson.

director's office

When Shen Guoming saw Lin Sanqi, it was as if he had seen the God of Wealth. The two kilograms of fat meat made the Shen family really happy for the whole night. They boiled it into lard overnight and hid it.

Shen Guoming wanted to treat this junior and subordinate who understood human nature and could get precious materials like a treasure.

"Doctor Lin, I understand what you mean. Since Comrade Xiao Lin will soon become an employee of our Chinese Medicine Hospital, it is also the responsibility of our hospital leaders to share the worries of employees. In this way, I will call the people from the logistics department over immediately."

Lin Kucan was shocked because after 55, Chinese medicine hospitals almost stopped providing housing to their employees.

Single employees all live in staff dormitories, which have large bunk beds and little privacy.

Newly married employees either have to wait for housing allocation or pay for renting a house themselves. In any case, it will take a few years to get a house.

As a result, as soon as he opened his mouth, the dean said that he could have a separate room, which made Lin Kucan both surprised and confused:

Is it possible that my reputation has become so great? I am so happy...

Of course Lin Sanqi knew what was going on. What else could he do? Food makes the world go round.

After a while, the head of the logistics department, Quan Shandu, came over in person:
"Dean, you're looking for me. Doctor Lin is here too!"

Dean Shen pointed at Lin Sanqi and said:
"This is Doctor Lin's youngest son. He will be an employee of our hospital in a few days. His housing problem has not been solved yet. Does your logistics department have any vacant houses?" Section Chief Quan glanced at Lin Sanqi and thought that this was the boy who had been missing from the Lin family for 10 years.

"Director, the thing is, since the city cleared out the redundant personnel, our hospital of traditional Chinese medicine has had extra houses for the laid-off employees. However, this year the city issued a document requiring all vacant houses to be handed over to the housing management offices of each street, and units are not allowed to intercept them, so..."

Dean Shen and Lin Kucan both understood.

This is not nonsense from Section Chief Quan's point of view. In order to straighten out the property rights of "public housing" and facilitate management and subsequent maintenance, the city requires all major units to hand over all the houses in their hands to the street housing management office for unified management.

From now on, rent will be paid to the Housing Management Office and will have nothing to do with the unit.

Dean Shen was unhappy when he heard this, "So, now we can't even arrange a room?"

At this time, Dean Shen was thinking that if there was really no house to arrange, he could just find an empty room in the hospital to temporarily house this God of Wealth.

Section Chief Quan thought about it for a while, and suddenly thought of something:
"There is indeed a house, but it was a waterside pavilion in the back garden of the Princess's Mansion. It was later converted into a warehouse. Since it is not a proper house, the ownership is still in the hands of our hospital."

Waterside pavilion?

Lin Kucan shook his head slightly.

Dean Shen was also a little dissatisfied: "How can people live in the waterside pavilion?"

Lin Sanqi was a little confused: "Dean Shen, Chief Quan, what kind of house is this waterside pavilion?"

Section Chief Quan explained with a smile:
"This waterside pavilion is a pavilion built beside a garden pond. In ancient times, it was a place for the owner to rest while playing. Part of the platform is on the shore, and part of it extends into the water."

Lin Sanqi thought for a moment and asked curiously:
"This is great. The scenery is so beautiful. You can fish right out the window."

Section Chief Quan smiled bitterly:
"What's good about it? If it were good, it wouldn't be empty until now. The house on the water is too humid and it's easy to get sick. In addition, in the summer, the sun is blazing all day long, it's very hot and stuffy, and there are a lot of mosquitoes near the water.

In winter, the house is like standing on ice. In addition, the waterside pavilion is just a renovated warehouse, which is drafty on all sides. People living in it will be frozen into ice sticks. So for many years, the waterside pavilion has been empty and no one lives there.

In 59, the courtyard houses still retained the appearance of the late Qing Dynasty. Although there were some private constructions, the basic layout of the courtyard houses was not destroyed.

It was not until the Tangshan earthquake in 76 that every household in the courtyard built an "earthquake-proof shed" in their yards and gardens.

Later, the earthquakes were gone, but the earthquake-proof sheds could not be dismantled, which led to the "slum" that people later knew. The aisle was only wide enough for one person to pass through, a standard slum appearance.

So in 59, the back garden of the Gege Mansion still had the old layout of the late Qing Dynasty, with a lonely waterside pavilion, and no one paid any attention to it.

Lin Sanqi was satisfied after hearing this.

It’s good that this house is lonely. I have so many secrets that I just need a hidden corner.

As for the cold winter and hot summer, this is a problem for others, but it is not a big deal for him. At worst, he can buy materials and renovate it in 2023.

Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi said without hesitation:

"Dean Shen, Chief Quan, I want this water pavilion."

Dean Shen frowned and said, "Xiao Qi, you have to think about it carefully, don't regret it later."

Lin Sanqi didn't care: "Change it if you regret it."

Dean Shen rolled his eyes at him...

(End of this chapter)