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Chapter 132, Xila Hutong No. , meeting parents (please subscribe)

At the entrance of the Tsinghua University auditorium, the lecture had already ended. Liu Deben stood in front of Wang Duoyu and asked:

"We're going back to Harbin Institute of Technology tomorrow. Duoyu, do you want to go with us? I'll ask someone to help buy the train tickets."

"Principal, please don't bother me. I need to stay in the capital for two more days to take care of some things."

Wang Duoyu rejected the other party's kindness because he had not yet resolved the issue of the courtyard house.

Although he didn't want to, he had to buy two courtyard houses. After all, courtyard houses in Beijing were still very valuable. It didn't matter if he had one more.

"Okay, please be safe."

Liu Deben and the others left, but Zhu Hanting stayed and pulled Wang Duoyu outside.

"Duoyu, you must take me out for a walk later. This is my first time in the capital."

It was a rare opportunity for him to be selected and come to the capital to attend the lecture.

In addition to him, Rong Guangxia was also selected from Dormitory 303. As for the others, they were not selected at all. Whether it was Mo Ruogao or Yu Xinyao, they did not have the ability.

Mo Ruogao scored full marks in mathematics in last year's college entrance examination, but it was useless because he didn't even do the additional questions because he hadn't learned them.

Even though Mo Ruogao is a math teacher, he just can't do it without the ability.

The reason why Rong Guangxia was chosen was because his mathematical talent was indeed stronger.

Not to mention Zhu Hanting, he had a good talent for mathematics and his father was also a university professor, so he had better capital than other classmates.

"Yes, yes, I'm finally here in Beijing, the city I've been longing for for so long." Rong Guangxia also put his arm around Wang Duoyu's shoulders and said with an exaggerated expression:

“Climb the Great Wall and visit the Forbidden City.”

Upon hearing this, Wang Duoyu said with disdain:

"I don't want to climb the Great Wall with you. If you really want to, let Lao Yuan take you next time. He's full of energy and will definitely be able to lead you."

Yuan Jigang loves to join in such fun, but Wang Duoyu doesn't like it at all.

If he had this much time, he might as well go on a date with Zhu Ling.

But today he had no choice, he had to accompany Zhu Hanting and Rong Guangxia to visit the Forbidden City.

After leaving Tsinghua University, Wang Duoyu was about to take them to catch a bus, but Zhu Hanting and Rong Guangxia suddenly became quiet.

Because what they were going to take was not a bus, but a military jeep.

Neither Rong Guangxia nor Zhu Hanting had ever enjoyed such treatment. It was their first time riding in such a car, so they were of course very restrained.

In particular, the person sitting in the driver's seat is a "soldier" in military uniform. In fact, he is not a soldier, but a security staff member.

"Brother Tang, please, let's go to the Forbidden City."

After giving the order, Wang Duoyu looked at Zhu Hanting and Rong Guangxia with a smile: "Why are you silent? Are you mute?"

But the latter came close to him and whispered, "Damn it, Duoyu, don't tell me, you are really the leader? Is this your guard?"

"No, what's wrong with you? Brother Tang is from the security department of the Institute of Computing Technology. He is not my guard. Don't talk nonsense."

Wang Duoyu rolled his eyes at the other party and felt a little regretful. He should have let them take the bus by themselves.

Forget it, come here.

Wang Duoyu took the surprised Zhu Hanting and his partner on a tour of the Forbidden City, had something to eat in Xidan, and then sent them back to the guesthouse.

The next day, Wang Duoyu went to the train station to see Liu Deben and the others off.

Then he returned to Wangfujing Street and reunited with Zhu Ling.

"Let's go to Meizha Hutong first. It's close to Union Hospital and my workplace, so it's the perfect place for me to live."

"Okay, no problem. As long as the house is fine, I have no objection."

Hearing Wang Duoyu's words, Zhu Ling couldn't help but smile even more, "Thank you for understanding me so well."

"Is there a possibility? I don't understand. I just think it would be more convenient to be closer to the hospital if I get sick in the future."

"What? I'm a doctor, what are you afraid of?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ling was immediately furious, but Wang Duoyu laughed and ran away first: "You should go back and study medicine for a few more years."

This was true, but Zhu Ling was very dissatisfied with it, so she angrily chased after him, shouting, "If you have the guts, don't run!"

The two chased and fought for a while before stopping.

No. 5, Meizhaha Hutong, is a courtyard house with two entrances, and two families are currently living in it.

Wang Duoyu liked this house very much, but the other party was only willing to sell the backyard and wanted to keep the front yard. Since the family living in the front yard would not move out at all, the deal fell through.

There is nothing we can do if we can't reach an agreement, so we can only give up.

After walking out of Meizha Hutong, Zhu Ling asked in confusion:

"Why are you so obsessed with the independent courtyard house? Don't you like these neighbors?"

"Did I tell you that I used to live in Courtyard No. 3, Dafang Hutong?"

"Oh, that's just an isolated case. The neighbors here in the capital are all good people. Where do so many bad people come from?"

"Whether it's good or bad, if I just cut off ties with these neighbors at the root and reduce the number of interactions with them, wouldn't that be perfect?"

After a pause, Wang Duoyu continued:

"I don't want to waste my time dealing with neighbors. I want to spend more time on my own things."

"Besides, this isn't the first day you've known me. I don't really like interacting with people, you know?"

Zhu Ling was suddenly helpless. She was a graceful person who liked to chat with others on weekdays. She could barely be considered a social expert.

But Wang Duoyu is obviously a socially anxious person, what should we do?
Most of the neighbors in Beijing are pretty nice. At least, most of the neighbors Zhu Ling has met are pretty good and there aren't many troublesome things.

However, the place where Wang Duoyu has lived since he was a child is actually the same, whether in this life or the previous life.

In the countryside, people can fight to the point of bloodshed over petty gains, let alone anything else?
Although there are almost no crimes such as murder, arson, robbery and rape in rural areas, petty theft and taking advantage of others do occur frequently.

If I focus on something that others haven't discovered, then I can continue to do so.

Wang Duoyu already hated this way of dealing with people, so if he had a choice, he certainly didn't want to deal with people anymore.

Helpless, Zhu Ling could only take him to the second house, which was in Xila Hutong, which was also nearby and not far from Wangfujing.

No. 6 Xila Hutong is a small separated courtyard where no one lives anymore.

The small courtyard is not big, with walls on all sides. There are many flowers and plants in the yard. There are not many rooms, only five, but the yard is really not small, and there is also a vegetable garden.

The silver lining is that there are no small houses like those built after the earthquake a few years ago, which is quite good.

When the Tangshan earthquake struck two years ago, Beijing was also greatly affected.

Many residents of the courtyard houses frantically built a lot of houses afterwards, causing the originally spacious courtyards to become very crowded.

There is no such house in this small courtyard, which is a good thing for Wang Duoyu.

The price of the house is not expensive, only 1,200 yuan will be enough, but the problem is that this small courtyard is not an independent house. If you want to buy it, you must buy the second courtyard next to it.

When Wang Duoyu heard this, he was speechless.

There are six families living in the second courtyard next to it. How can I buy it?
And even if he bought it, Wang Duoyu wouldn't be able to drive others away.

Besides, Wang Duoyu simply didn't have that much money right now. After all, the two small courtyards were connected together, and it was located in Xila Hutong near Wangfujing, so the price would be at least two to three thousand yuan.

If he hadn't bought the house in the suburbs, Wang Duoyu would still be rich.

Now, Wang Duoyu's budget can only afford the small courtyard in front of him. As for the second courtyard next to it, he really can't afford it.

After listening to this, Zhu Ling discussed with the landlord whether the price could be lower.
Yard No. 6 Xila Hutong is a private residence, not a public house. The reason why so many families live here is because of the sequelae caused by the "rent-to-sell" policy in the capital.

Wang Duoyu, who was standing aside, had a lot of questions in his mind. Why buy a house like this?
After bargaining for a while, Zhu Ling confirmed the price to 3,500 yuan, the total price of the second courtyard and the small cross-courtyard.

According to this price, it is not really low, after all, there are six households in the second courtyard collecting rent. But this rent is really cheap. The total rent of the second courtyard is only ten yuan per month. The rent of each of the six households is different, but the landlord receives ten yuan anyway.

In a year, the total rent is one hundred and twenty yuan. How much?
Not much, but not too little either.

Ten years means 1,200 yuan, so if you spend an extra 2,000 yuan now, you can basically recover the cost in more than 20 years.

Zhu Ling still wants to be a landlady, and Wang Duoyu is completely speechless.

Wang Duoyu immediately understood what the other party was planning.

But he was not very happy.

However, Zhu Ling was already bargaining with the landlord, and Wang Duoyu had no choice but to stand aside and listen.

After a while, Zhu Ling lowered the price of the house to 3,300 yuan and could not lower it any further.

There's nothing we can do but wait.

"Let's go back and get the money!"

Zhu Ling was very excited and quickly pulled Wang Duoyu out of the No. 6 courtyard of Xila Hutong.

"Do you really want to be a landlady?"

"What's this landlady? That's so ugly."

Zhu Ling muttered something, then said excitedly:
"Let me tell you, that house is really nice. You can see it. We can keep the small courtyard and leave the second courtyard next to it alone. But even if we do that, we can still collect ten yuan in rent every month."

"And the current price of this house is only 3,300 yuan, it's really not expensive."

Wang Duoyu interrupted and said:
"We don't have that much money. Do you want your parents to spend their money on their coffins?"

"Ah, my parents are rich, don't worry, the house is here anyway, it can't run away."

After hearing Zhu Ling's words, Wang Duoyu still shook his head and said:
"Don't ask your parents for money. That's their retirement money. You can't touch it."

Zhu Ling's smile froze instantly. She thought Wang Duoyu didn't want this house, but the next moment she heard him say:

"We'll go back and talk to the landlord. We'll pay half first, and we'll give the remaining half to him in two months."

"But how can we possibly make 1,650 dollars in two months?"

This was Zhu Ling's doubt, and Wang Duoyu patiently explained it to her.

In fact, he still has two thousand yuan on hand, plus the three hundred yuan in Zhu Ling's hands, a total of two thousand three hundred yuan. For Wang Duoyu, earning one thousand yuan in two months is no problem at all.

What's more, he has a small treasury with 800 yuan in it, but he will not touch this money easily.

After Wang Duoyu explained, Zhu Ling said worriedly:

"Can you really make a thousand dollars in two months? I don't want you to work so hard. Besides, we can just borrow money from my parents and pay them back when we have money."

However, Wang Duoyu's machismo still prevailed and he continued to shake his head.

"It's not that hard. I just need to write a few more manuscripts, which is not difficult."

"Besides, I currently earn over a hundred yuan a month, which is over two hundred yuan a month. That's also income."

Zhu Ling was silent for a while, then rolled her eyes at him:
"Anyway, I'm going to ask my parents for the money when I get home. I'll ask them to take a thousand yuan. Then we'll owe them the money instead of the landlord."

She was worried that the homeowner would be unhappy, so she insisted.

Wang Duoyu was completely helpless because of her stubbornness, and at the same time he roughly guessed in his heart that she probably wanted to take this opportunity to bring him back to meet her parents.

In this case, there is really nothing we can do.

In the following time, Wang Duoyu and Zhu Ling went to Xidan and strolled around for a while. They bought two bottles of wine and two packs of cigarettes, some imported coffee and chocolate, pastries, etc., as well as a big rooster from the vegetable market. Then the two of them came to the family residential area of ​​Beijing Institute of Technology with these gifts.

"Zhu Ling is back. Is this your boyfriend? Not bad, what a handsome guy. Where is he from?"

The family quarters is a set of tube-shaped buildings with a distinct style of the time. All the buildings are three stories high and are arranged in neat rows.

As soon as he walked into the yard, he ran into neighbors who were particularly familiar with Zhu Ling. Wang Duoyu could only force a smile and watch Zhu Ling chatting with these neighbors with ease.

After a while, Wang Duoyu and Zhu Ling arrived home. Her house was on the second floor. When they pushed the door open, only her mother Fang Zhen was at home. Her father Zhu Qizhen had not returned yet.

"Mom, look who's back?"

As soon as the door was opened, Zhu Ling started shouting loudly. Fang Zhen poked her head out of the kitchen and saw Wang Duoyu and Zhu Ling. She immediately smiled, wiped her hands hurriedly, and hurried forward to greet them.

Fang Zhen was so enthusiastic. While blaming Wang Duoyu for buying so many things, she also took the initiative to invite him to sit down, and at the same time, she did not forget to ask Zhu Ling to make tea and pour water.

She had met Wang Duoyu at Union Hospital before, and even misunderstood that he was infertile.

Whether it is appearance, inner qualities, or other aspects, Fang Zhen is very satisfied with Wang Duoyu.

Now that she had seen the real person and sat down to talk with him for a few minutes, Fang Zhen felt even more satisfied.

"Duoyu, where is your home? How many brothers and sisters are there? How long will you stay in the capital this time?"

During the greetings, Fang Zhen asked a lot of questions.

It was not until Zhu Ling exclaimed that the food in the kitchen seemed to be burnt that Fang Zhen hurriedly got up and returned to the kitchen.

"Why did you scare your mother?" Wang Duoyu was not nervous at all, because Fang Zhen was very enthusiastic towards him, and he himself was quite confident, so he didn't think there was anything wrong.

Just because he doesn't like interacting with his neighbors doesn't mean he doesn't know how to interact with people.

"I'm helping you out, why are you still scolding me?"

Zhu Ling widened her eyes. Just as she finished speaking, there was another noise at the door. It turned out that her father Zhu Qizhen had returned.

With Zhu Qizhen's return, the house became more lively.

Old Zhu is old, he looks to be around sixty years old.

But if you think about it carefully, Zhu Ling is already 27 years old, so it is normal that Zhu Qizhen is almost 60 years old now.

The four of them sat at the dinner table, eating and chatting together. Most of the time, Fang Zhen was asking questions and Wang Duoyu was answering. Occasionally, Zhu Qizhen and his daughter would interject a word or two.

Upon learning that Wang Duoyu's parents were both gone and that his eldest brother was already over 50 years old, Zhu Qizhen and Fang Zhen were both stunned.

To be honest, the situation in Wang Duoyu's family is really surprising.

If you think about it carefully, it is normal for such a situation to occur in rural areas in this era.

After chatting for a while and almost finishing their meal, Zhu Ling finally spoke and mentioned the money issue.

It seems normal that it is not enough to buy a house and parents are needed to provide some financial support.

However, after Zhu Ling spoke, Wang Duoyu couldn't help but say:

"Uncle and aunt, actually, it's like this. I don't want to borrow money from you. I want to negotiate with the landlord and pay the remaining half of the house price in two months."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Qizheng couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Then can you make a thousand dollars in two months?"

Before Wang Duoyu could speak, Zhu Ling spoke first:
"Dad, Duoyu is not like you, who just sits there and waits for a salary. He is now a researcher at the Institute of Mathematics and has also participated in a project at the Institute of Computing Technology. He receives a fifty-yuan project subsidy every month."

"Besides, he can get dozens of yuan in royalties for each article he writes. It's possible for him to earn a thousand yuan in two months."

Fang Zhen and Zhu Qizhen opened their mouths wide at once, because they knew that Wang Duoyu had a good income.

Even Zhu Qizhen's own income was not low, because he was an associate professor and his monthly salary was 241 yuan.

But he didn't expect that Wang Duoyu not only had a high salary, but also had a strong ability to make money by writing articles.

After realizing what was happening, Fang Zhen immediately made the decision:

"Then do as Lingling says. We'll pay the money first!"

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