Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 386 Save for another two years to buy a house

Er Maitai is also called Er Maitai on the construction site. Few people remember his name. Sometimes even his childhood friend Lin Chaoyang has to think about it before he can remember it.

He ran to the project gate and saw Lin Chaoyang chatting with the security guard.

"Chaoyang!"

Er Maitai shouted from a distance and ran over like a moving mountain. When he was almost next to Lin Chaoyang, he slowed down again, feeling homesick.

Lin Chaoyang stopped chatting with the security guard, took a few steps forward, and suddenly hugged Er Maitai.

"It's all sweat!" Er Maitai said.

"fine."

After a long separation, Lin Chaoyang patted him on the back firmly before letting him go.

"Chaoyang, why are you here?" Er Maitai asked excitedly.

"I'm here for a meeting and came to see you."

While answering the question, Lin Chaoyang looked at Ermaitai carefully, "Wow! He's stronger than before, with such muscular body!"

"Oh! You work hard all day. How long will you stay this time?"

"I've finished everything here. I'll be leaving in a day or two."

"So urgent?"

After not seeing each other for several years, the two naturally had a lot to talk about. After chatting for a while, Er Maitai said to Lin Chaoyang: "Wait for me, I'll go to the project department to ask for leave!"

After he said that, he rushed to the project department not far away and came to the project department office. A meeting was going on there and all five red hats of the project department were there.

The China World Trade Center is a key project in SZ City and the tallest building under construction in the country. The company responsible for its construction is China Construction Third Engineering Bureau First Company.

China Construction Third Engineering Bureau attached great importance to the construction of the country's tallest building project and specially appointed Deputy Director Li Chuanfang as the on-site commander-in-chief. It also sent four cadres from the bureau who were proficient in technology and management to form the leadership team of the construction site.

Ermaitai is now the team leader of the second carpentry team. If he wants to ask for leave, he has to contact the project department.

At this time, he was so excited that he didn't care about the many leaders present. As soon as he entered the door, he said to Zhang Guidong who was in charge of the construction: "Engineer Zhang, I want to take two days off."

"Can't you see we're in a meeting?" Zhang Guidong scolded Er Maitai. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he pulled Er Maitai out of the office.

"Are you sick? Or is there a family emergency?"

"No, my childhood friend came to visit me, so I took a leave to walk around with him."

"Your childhood friend is here, why don't you treat him to dinner tonight? The construction site is in a rush, and the roof will be completed in September. Why are you asking for leave now?"

Zhang Guidong is not unkind. As the tallest building under construction in China, the China World Trade Center has a very tight construction schedule. China Construction Third Engineering Bureau has put all its efforts into this project.

At its peak, one floor was built in three days, which broke the construction record for high-rise buildings in my country and was even reported by Xinhua News Agency.

During this year, not to mention the project workers, even the management did not have the opportunity to take a single day off, and they had to go to work even when they were sick.

"That won't work. We haven't seen each other for several years." Er Maitai said with his neck stiff.

Zhang Guidong said with a headache: "Don't mess with me, kid. I have had stomach pain for several days and haven't been to the hospital yet."

"You have a chronic disease. It doesn't matter whether you see a doctor or not."

Zhang Guidong felt his stomach begin to ache again. He glared at Er Maitai with anger on his face.

Er Maitai is a reckless person, but after working outside for so many years, he has developed some emotional intelligence.

Seeing Zhang Guidong's angry face, he raised the flag.

"Do you know who my childhood friend is?"

"Who is it? Big Maitai or Third Maitai?" Zhang Guidong glanced at Second Maitai.

Er Maitai ignored his sarcasm and raised his neck, "Xu Lingjun, do you know?"

When Zhang Guidong heard the three words "Xu Lingjun", he turned his neck involuntarily. His first reaction was not shock, but suspicion.

"Xu Lingjun is your childhood friend? You really just open your mouth and say it!"

"If you don't believe me, I'll take you to the door. He's standing outside."

Er Maitai dragged Zhang Guidong towards the door like he was carrying a chicken, "Let go! I have a meeting to attend. Do you have any organization and discipline?"

"I told you but you didn't believe it. I asked you to go and see but you didn't want to." Er Maitai complained.

Communicating with such a reckless person, Zhang Guidong felt like he was hitting cotton with all his strength, and he was too lazy to talk nonsense with him. "Go! Go!"

Finally, he got his leave. Er Maitai happily shook Zhang Guidong's hand and said, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang. I'll treat you to a drink later!"

After saying that, he couldn't wait to rush into the shed, intending to change into some more decent clothes. The work clothes on his body were covered with sweat and dust, and were too shabby.

"Xu Lingjun?" Zhang Guidong looked at his back, shook his sore hands and shook his head.

Lin Chaoyang waited at the door for nearly twenty minutes before he saw Er Maitai running out pushing a bicycle. He said to Lin Chaoyang excitedly, "Let's go! I'll treat you to a meal!"

The two of them left the construction site while talking.

Luohu has not yet developed. Renmin South Road in front of the China World Trade Center has just been repaired, but once you get out of this road, you can see loess roads everywhere. Traffic is not convenient, and there are not many cars on the road. The most common vehicle is bicycles.

Along the way, there is a scene of bustling development. The construction sites are full of busy figures, and loud slogans are heard amid the roar of machines.

The pedestrians were walking in a hurry, and the voices coming from their casual conversations were mixed with dialects from all over the world.

Sitting on the back seat of the bicycle, Lin Chaoyang felt a sense of urgency and hope, as well as the ability and courage to fight and venture. Such an enterprising atmosphere is difficult to experience in Yanjing.

Er Maitai was riding a bicycle in front, constantly introducing the situation in Luohu to Lin Chaoyang.

He came to Shenzhen early, more than four years since 80. Even the infrastructure soldiers scattered on various construction sites in Shenzhen today did not come earlier than him. Lin Chaoyang held Ermaitai's waist and felt a hard object. He asked, "What else is in your waist?"

"An iron chain."

"You use this thing as a belt?"

"It's not a belt. It's for self-defense. It's a mess here. It's easy to run into bad guys when you go out."

Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but ask: "Is there anyone who dares to mess with someone like you?"

"A good tiger can't stand up to a pack of wolves!"

Judging from Er Maitai's tone, he must have suffered a loss in this regard. Lin Chaoyang wanted to get to the bottom of it, but he refused to talk and shifted the topic to Lin Chaoyang.

As they talked, Lin Chaoyang realized that the surroundings were getting more and more remote. He couldn't help but ask, "Are you going to sell me out?"

"How much can you be worth if you sell it for money? You'll know when you get there."

Er Maitai kept the suspense and rode for more than twenty minutes before the bicycle finally stopped at the old woolen mill in Huangbeiling.

Er Maitai spoke to the old night watchman at the door, and after a while, a young and beautiful female comrade came out of the factory.

The lesbian is not tall, only about 1.6 meters tall. Standing next to Ermaitai, there is a feeling of beauty and the beast. The picture is both contradictory and harmonious.

"This is my childhood friend Lin Chaoyang."

"This... this is my girlfriend Luo Huifang."

When Er Maitai introduced Luo Huifang, his face was embarrassed, and Lin Chaoyang wanted to punch him.

After saying hello, Lin Chaoyang teased, "You are great, you found such a beautiful girl."

His teasing made Er Maitai and Luo Huifang blush. They stood at the factory gate and chatted for a while. Er Maitai asked Luo Huifang to ask for leave and go out for dinner together.

Panxi Restaurant is located near Luohu Port. It is the first restaurant after arriving in Shenzhen from Hong Kong. Many Hong Kong businessmen have their first meal here when they come to Shenzhen.

There are not many high-end restaurants in Shenzhen nowadays, and Panxi Restaurant is considered to be one of the relatively high-end ones.

Er Maitai hadn't seen Lin Chaoyang for several years, and he enthusiastically brought him here.

"No need to come to such a nice place."

When they arrived at the entrance of the restaurant, Lin Chaoyang didn't want to go in, but Er Maitai forced him to go in.

"You finally came to Shenzhen, I have to treat you to a good meal."

Er Maitai forced Lin Chaoyang to sit down on the seat, then called the waiter to take the order.

"My salary is decent now, so I can afford to treat you to a meal here."

Ermaitai had mentioned in the letter before that his salary had increased a lot in the past two years. He now earned eighty or ninety yuan a month, which was considered a high salary even in Shenzhen.

They come, the security.

Lin Chaoyang didn't bother about the issue of treating anymore. He could just pay the bill secretly later.

While the two were talking, Luo Huifang had been secretly looking at Lin Chaoyang. Seeing her doing this, Lin Chaoyang asked, "Why do you keep looking at me like that?"

Luo Huifang lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly. Er Maitai took the initiative to say, "I always told her that you were my childhood friend and a great writer. She didn't believe it at first, but after I told her more, she became skeptical. Now that we meet, you have to prove it to me."

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said, "I only have my ID, but I don't have any documents that can prove that I am Xu Lingjun!"

As he spoke, he took out his work ID from his bag and showed it to Luo Huifang. She saw the words "Yenching University" on it and quickly waved her hand, "No, no."

Lin Chaoyang took back his work permit and started chatting with the two of them about family matters.

Er Maitai has been in Shenzhen for more than four years and has been working on the construction site for more than four years. He is physically strong and works very hard. He has now become the foreman of the carpentry team, so his income is much higher than before.

Luo Huifang's family is from Shenzhen. She went to work in an old woolen textile factory before finishing junior high school.

But now the old woolen mill is about to go bankrupt, and her monthly salary is only more than 20 yuan. It is said that Hong Kong businessmen are now inspecting the old woolen mill and are preparing to acquire the factory buildings and equipment there, and the workers will definitely have to stay at that time.

If Hong Kong businessmen take over, maybe things will get better.

As for their meeting, it originated from a clichéd story of a hero saving a beauty.

In 82, "Shaolin Temple" was released and became a national hit. Er Maitai went to the movies with his coworkers after get off work in the evening.

On the way back from watching a movie, he met Luo Huifang who was blocked by gangsters. Er Maitai ran over to help and saved the person, but he was also slightly injured. Then the two of them naturally got together.

"So you two have been together for more than two years. When do you plan to get married?"

Listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, Luo Huifang blushed a little, and Er Maitai also said shyly: "You need a house to get married, so you need to save money."

Ermaitai earns eighty or ninety yuan a month. Apart from food, he basically has no expenses. In the past few years, he sent most of his money back home.

After falling in love with Luo Huifang, he only sent 20 yuan home every month, leaving himself more than 50 yuan. In the past two years, he has saved more than yuan.

If we really get married, my family can contribute more than a thousand yuan, which adds up to about three thousand yuan.

"Afang's family wanted us to buy an apartment. Afang's father said he could give us 3,000 yuan. But apartments are too expensive now, selling for 300 to 400 yuan per square meter. Even if we take all that money into account, we can only buy 20 square meters.

I want to save money for another two years and buy a house that is big enough for my family of three.”

Shenzhen is a window of reform and opening up. The first commercial housing community was built in 80. In the following years, many real estate projects were developed here one after another.

The price in an expensive community can reach 1000 yuan per square meter, so the houses that Ermaita mentioned, which cost three or four hundred yuan per square meter, are considered cheap.

Lin Chaoyang listened to his words and shook his head. "Your idea is wrong. The speed at which you save money is far slower than the speed at which housing prices are soaring."

Er Maitai retorted: "I feel like the price of houses in Shenzhen hasn't increased much in the past two years, right?"

(End of this chapter)