Siheyuan (courtyard house): My name is Shazhu!

Because he lost his rifle, Jia Dongxu's resentment towards Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong intensified.

When He Yuzhu smelled the Chinese medicine from the Jia family's medicine, he smiled. While the others thought it was medicine used by Jia Zhangshi, he knew it was Chinese medicine used by Jia Dongxu to treat his illness.

By removing the stick stem, he saved himself a lot of time. Moreover, the fate lines of Qin Huairu and himself changed from light white to red, just like Lou Xiao'e's.

What's going on now? Is it like Lou Xiao'e, where they need someone like He Xiao to come out?

I'm not going to think about it anymore. Let things get chaotic as they are. Things will work themselves out.

......

At the end of August, I heard at a restaurant that the higher authorities hoped that residents of Yanjing city would change their household registration to urban.

"Our military control commission has already notified people who are not from the city to change their household registration to urban. There are documents from above. Everyone around us has urban household registration," Chef Ma said at the restaurant, referring to the household registration issue.

"We all have urban household registrations and don't need to change them. But now that the authorities say we need a letter of introduction to go out, won't that mean rural household registrations will start appearing again?"

Thumbs up for the master! After 58, there will be a dual household registration structure, and you will need a letter of introduction to go out. Receipts will also be implemented on a large scale.

This year and next year, the number of urban residents will increase significantly, and the population of Yanjing City will surge, leading to a severe shortage of food. By the end of next year, grain coupons will be introduced, and the unified purchase and sale of grain will begin.

The population of Yanjing surged from two million to four million in just four years, an astonishing increase.

"Master, it doesn't concern us much. Our family members are all registered residents of Yanjing City, so we don't need to go through the process."

"It has little to do with us, don't worry about it. Fourth brother, you still need to earn money and practice your cooking skills. Zhu Zi's cooking skills are improving very quickly, no less than mine."

"Master, I will work hard; I still need to earn money to buy a house."

"Fourth Senior Brother, if you have money, you should buy a house right away. This change to urban residency means that the population of Yanjing will increase."

Population growth inevitably leads to a demand for housing, which in turn drives up prices. If you have the money, buy sooner rather than later; a detached house costs less than eight million. Money talks.

He Yuzhu was telling the truth. By 53, due to the surge in population, the price of private houses in Yanjing City was also soaring.

Renting a room now is very cheap. A detached house only costs four or five yuan, and there aren't many people renting there. A typical room or two only costs one or two yuan.

Fifty-eight years later, the price of housing in Yanjing was about twenty yuan per square meter.

Now it's only five or six yuan, a difference of three or four times. This is not due to the rapid population growth, including the emergence of urban food coupons. Before 52, the population was still small.

"Fourth brother, what Zhuzi said is right. Once the population increases and society becomes stable, house prices will rise. You should buy a house sooner rather than later."

"I've earned money for almost a year, and I have enough money in my hands. If I need less, I have some more." The master also felt that it was time to buy a house.

"Eight million, I happen to have that much. After buying a house, we still need to make a living. This is the money I gave to my parents before the New Year. Originally, I planned to buy a house after the New Year," Fourth Brother told the truth.

"It's not much difference. You don't have much money to live on. Your monthly salary of 400,000 is enough. There are still a few months until the Lunar New Year. Go buy a house first. If it's not enough, just tell me. It's only 2 million."

"Fourth brother, buying a house is more important. Your master and Zhuzi are both rich. A difference of two or three million is nothing to them," Master Ma advised his fourth brother.

"I'll go back and ask my wife what she thinks. Zhu Zi is right. If there's a gap, I'll come back to bother Master or Zhu Zi again."

"That's for the best."

He Yuzhu didn't care about his fourth senior brother's lack of money. Three million was a small amount, as He Yuzhu was now a "hundred millionaire".

........

Four days later, the fourth senior brother bought the house. It was very close to the place where he used to rent, in Heizhima Hutong, in front of Fangzhuanchang Hutong.

The price is only 7.3 million. It has three main rooms and two outbuildings. The house is a bit old, and the original white walls have turned gray.

The fourth senior brother and his wife decided to tidy up first before moving in. They had already bought the house, so there was no need to rush the rest.

The day after the fourth senior brother bought the house, He Yushui officially started school. From then on, the two siblings had to get up before seven o'clock, which was very hard.

After He Yushui went to school in the afternoon, He Yuzhu still rode his bicycle around the neighborhood. There were still three or four hours before the official start of work in the afternoon, so he mainly went to buy books.

In order to increase experience points, I almost bought any book I saw. In just six months, I bought more than 1,500 books, enough to read for several years.

He Yuzhu didn't stop. The books weren't expensive; 1,500 books would cost less than five million yuan.

In early September, at a small bookstore, He Yuzhu not only bought more than twenty unique books, but also unexpectedly acquired three cases of liquor – a truly delightful surprise.

It's not about making money by selling the wine decades later, but about keeping it for yourself to drink with certain friends, which is prestigious.

All three cases of liquor were Moutai, but now it's not called 'Moutai' anymore, it's called 'Wheel Brand'.

Original factory characteristics include the Wheel Brand/Worker-Peasant Brand logo, handmade cotton paper packaging, and early glazed ceramic bottle body.

The bottle packaging is blue with the Earth on it, representing the Asian region, and the words "必胜" (in traditional Chinese characters) are on the front.

The front shows the production date: November 8, 1950. Factory address: Maotai Town, Renren County, Guizhou Province.

On the reverse side are the three characters "Maotai Liquor" at the top, a train in the middle, and the words "The Chinese People's Volunteer Army Will Win" on the side. Next to the trademark are "Resist America and Resume North Korea".

At the bottom is the factory address, definitely a Moutai liquor of this era, a case of twenty-four bottles, each bottle costing 28,400 yuan.

Seventy-two bottles, the boss rounded down, costing 204 million yuan, which is equivalent to 204 yuan 55 years later, a great deal.

In the future, when I have nothing to do, I can buy some aged liquor and drink it thirty years later; it will be impressive. In my past life, I occasionally drank a few glasses of baijiu (Chinese white liquor), which was more enjoyable than red wine.

There's also Fenjiu, Yanghe Daqu, and (Sichuan Luzhou) Laojiao Daqu. Wuliangye and Jiannanchun are still local liquors and are not commonly found in Beijing.

It's not worth saving all the baijiu and erguotou for later. Buy more of the famous liquors available now, and you can spend your "hundreds of millions" of cash.

In 55 years, two sets of RMB were exchanged. A young man with 100 million RMB in cash would have too much, but having 30 to 50 million RMB left would be enough.

The books were in the large backpack, the wine was on the back rack. There were many small alleys in Yanjing City. He turned into one, put the wine into the system space, and left only two books.

There was still plenty of time, so instead of returning to the restaurant, I wandered around the nearby tobacco and liquor shops. When you don't need receipts, it's convenient to buy supplies with money.

Two cases of Moutai liquor, five cases of Fenjiu liquor, and three cases of Laojiao Daqu liquor arrived.

I went to the post office and bought five sheets of each kind of stamp they had. The stamps weren't worth much, but they were very nice souvenirs. When I'm old, flipping through my stamp album and photo album will bring back a flood of memories.

He Yuzhu decided to go home and buy a camera from the mall so that he could use his free time to preserve some beautiful moments of He Yushui's childhood and her present self.

With a high income now, buying a camera isn't considered too outrageous; at most, people will think it's just showing off.

It's almost five o'clock, time to return to the restaurant and prepare for work.