As for the purchase of furniture, Yan Jiecheng felt that he should discuss it carefully with sister Kexin. After all, this would be the life of two people from now on.
Building a love nest together is the best elixir to inspire human beings' yearning for a better life.
On the weekend, Yan Jiecheng went to Chang's house to pick up his sister, and the two went directly to the small courtyard.
Along the way, Yan Jiecheng rode his bicycle slowly. Since they were not in a hurry, neither of them was in a hurry.
In fact, Yan Jiecheng and his college now have cars.
Except for Yan Jiecheng, the director of the Academic Affairs Office, who is full-time, other leaders higher than him are part-time, and each has a dedicated car.
So the car fell on Yan Jiecheng.
However, Yan Jiecheng was already in his early twenties, and he was already conspicuous enough.
And if you sit in that jeep all day long, it will do no good except attracting hatred to yourself.
Therefore, except for some necessary occasions, he usually rides a bicycle.
It's not a problem for the jeep to be left idle in the academy.
Yan Jiecheng simply rented it out and used it as a shared car.
Of course, the words are not so straightforward.
Yan Jiecheng's original words were that all students in the college were leaders and needed to visit friends or do business in the capital.
In order to better serve everyone, our college will lend the cars of school leaders to comrades in need.
Of course, we are all good comrades who are aware and thoughtful, and we must not let the country suffer no matter what.
Therefore, everyone still needs to pay for the gas expenses and vehicle damage expenses.
At this point, the students all praised Black Hell King for his conscience.
After all, it’s not easy for them to go out during their break. They either take the bus or walk.
Now that you can take the college's bus, who wouldn't want to?
They are all leaders in various places, and they don't care about the money.
Dean Lu didn't care after hearing this.
He just thought that this was Yan Jiecheng's way of making friends with these students.
The driver, Xiao Zhang, was reluctant at first.
After all, who would want to work overtime every day if he could just lie down and get paid every day.
These students not only rent cars on weekends, but also rent cars after training in the evening. Some of them even take time off from work.
Xiao Zhang has now become the busiest person in the college.
But this guy is now in pain and happiness.
Every time they get out of the car, these students are very generous. They either throw away two packs of cigarettes or give them some local specialties.
If bribery is really investigated, Xiao Zhang will probably become the most corrupt driver.
But that's the way things are these days, and it's hard to say anything about favors.
Besides, they just give the driver a little hard money. There is no exchange of interest.
Who would be troublesome?
Yan Jiecheng and Chang Kexin soon arrived at the small courtyard.
The small courtyard is the second one at the entrance of the alley. This alley is full of independent courtyards, and there is no such large courtyard.
There are not many people in the alley. In fact, everything in the courtyard of this alley belongs to various units.
Just like Yan Jiecheng's neighbor, the first yard at the entrance of the alley is the police station in their area.
The third one is the Qin Provincial Office in Beijing. Of course, most of the remaining ones are provincial offices in Beijing.
Yan Jiecheng's small courtyard used to be the preparatory office of a technical college.
The reason for this is that this alley used to be the famous hometown alley.
There were many types of guild halls in the early days, most of which were designed to maintain, unite, and harmonize relationships with fellow villagers, clansmen, and industries, and were related by geography, blood, and karma.
Since both officials and citizens, as well as gentry and merchants, could interact with each other without any restrictions in the guild hall, the guild hall gradually became an important place for political and social activities.
Therefore, many major historical events and important historical figures in modern times are related to the guild hall.
At that time, the functions of guild halls and hometown associations in the capital were mainly to communicate between hometowns and the capital, to receive local officials who came to Beijing on business trips and students from hometowns who came to Beijing to take exams, and to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of people in their hometowns in Beijing.
At the beginning of the establishment of the new government, various unstable factors still existed, and many civil society halls in this alley became places where enemy forces lurked.
In the late 1950s, the guild halls in this alley were confiscated and replaced by provincial offices in Beijing.
Therefore, the atmosphere and environment of this alley are much better than those in the courtyard.
Seeing that Chang Kexin was still looking around, Yan Jiecheng smiled and said, "Stop looking, let's go inside and take a look."
With that said, he took out the key and opened the door.
After the renovation, the entire yard looked brand new.
Chang Kexin started looking at the inverted room in the front yard.
There is a utility room on the right after entering the door. Naturally, there is nothing interesting to see.
There are three more rooms on the left, all of them empty now.
Yan Jiecheng thought that it could be used as a guest room, chess and card room, and video room in the future.
Of course, this is estimated to take many years.
There is nothing interesting about a few empty houses.
The two of them went directly to the backyard.
The east and west wing rooms in the backyard are three-bay rooms.
The east wing is a kitchen area, with a dining room in the middle, a kitchen near the north, and a tea room near the south.
Of course, except for the kitchen, which is a new style kitchen designed according to Yan Jiecheng's design, the other places are empty and missing major furniture.
When Chang Kexin saw the kitchen, his eyes suddenly lit up and he asked curiously: "Brother Yan, is this the kitchen? I didn't see a stove or stove."
Yan Jiecheng smiled and said: "This is the new kitchen I designed. Do you like it?"
Chang Kexin nodded and asked, "How do you cook here?"
The kitchen designed by Yan Jiecheng is based on the decoration design of later generations, except that the positions of the gas tank and stove are left.
He knew that the country's first liquefied gas bottling plant in the western suburbs would be completed and put into operation in 1965.
But it hadn't happened yet, so he had to say: "I heard that a new liquefied gas plant was being built in the western suburbs, so that's why it was designed like this. From now on, our family will use liquefied gas, and there will be no soot smell when cooking."
However, in the past two years we still need a stove to cook. "
Chang Kexin is a top student at Huaqing, so she naturally knows what liquefied gas is.
There are seven bays on the north side, one main room and two side rooms.
Yan Jiecheng divided the main house into functional areas according to the layout of the rooms.
To the east is the bedroom, in the middle is the main room, and to the west is the living room.
In the main room, Yan Jiecheng is ready to go shopping for some old objects, tables and chairs.
Naturally, you should check out the furniture in the Jingcheng Department Store for the furniture in your living room. They usually have more fashionable furniture there.
Last year, the state just integrated the Foreign Friends Service Department, the Overseas Personnel Service Department, and the Overseas Chinese Store into the Beijing Department Store Supply Office.
This place later had a special name, Friendship Store.
The two of them talked about their thoughts while watching. Chang Kexin wanted to use a side room as a study.
There were also many flowers to be planted in the yard. Yan Jiecheng did not interrupt and allowed the girl to think freely.
Unfortunately, there is still no bathroom in the yard.
Yan Jiecheng originally thought that there was a sewer on the main road outside, so he could just say hello and connect it.
As a result, I found out that the sewer on the main road outside his house only drains rainwater, and there is no pipe specifically used to drain sewage at all.
Therefore, they can only continue to use public toilets.
This is probably the reason why everyone later chose to live in buildings. After all, no one wanted to queue up to use the toilet early every morning.
Of course, there were no flush toilets in the entire capital at this time.
I guess they are only available in places like Soviet-style villas and overseas Chinese hotels.
Anyway, Yan Jiecheng saw Chang Kexin’s family.
Yan Jiecheng lamented in his heart, these days a flush toilet can divide people into three, six or nine grades.
The two of them got tired after walking around in a circle, so they sat on the threshold to rest.
Yan Jiecheng looked at Chang Kexin and said with a smile: "What, are you satisfied?"
Chang Kexin gave him a hammer with her fist and said, "If you ask me, we should live in the east wing of your house. I think it's good.
It's too big here, it's too deserted for the two of us to live in, and just cleaning is exhausting. "
Yan Jiecheng smiled and said: "It's okay. I'll raise a dog in the future. The front yard is useless now. I can also raise some chickens and save some eggs to eat."
"If you think it's deserted, let's have a few more children and it will become lively."
Although the two have already decided on their wedding date, Chang Kexin is still a little shy when it comes to this.
Said: "Shameless, who wants to give birth to your child?"
After the two played around for a while, Chang Kexin said: "Brother Yan, you are going to buy so much furniture. Do you have enough money? I still have a few hundred dollars here, take it."
With that said, he took out the money and gave it to Yan Jiecheng.
Yan Jiecheng smiled and said: "I didn't realize that you are still a little rich woman."
Then he added: "You can keep it for yourself. I have been working for several years and have saved some money in the past few years."
Chang Kexin didn't insist after hearing this. She just remembered that Yan Jiecheng said earlier that he wanted to buy a sofa for the living room, so she said, "Brother Yan, there is a sofa at the supply department of the department store, but they only accept the foreign exchange bureau coupons. We have money and can't buy it."
Yan Jiecheng was a little surprised when he heard this. This was the first time he heard about this.
He had been to that place last year. At that time, it was just that the things were extremely expensive, and he didn't mention that they required foreign exchange coupons.
Seeing Yan Jiecheng's look, Chang Kexin said, "This is a rule that just came out in February."
When Yan Jiecheng heard this, he thought that his living room sofa was hopeless.
I had no choice but to find someone to see if they could make a solid wood sofa.
Chang Kexin then said with a grin: "Brother Yan, I know one person can get the sofa."
Yan Jiecheng asked curiously: "Who is it?"
"My Father."
Upon hearing this answer, Yan Jiecheng suddenly ran out of ideas.
This girl just said nonsense, but you can't go to Lao Chang to open the back door just because of a set of sofas. This is too cheap.
Seeing Yan Jiecheng's expression, Chang Kexin knew what he was thinking and explained: "My dad doesn't need to write a special note. In fact, my dad's supplies include a sofa.
However, my two brothers both work out of town, so this set of sofas is kept in the internal affairs department and has never been claimed. "
Yan Jiecheng's eyes suddenly lit up after hearing this. Then he asked a little embarrassedly: "Isn't it bad for us to take your father's things?"
Chang Kexin's eyes widened and she said, "What? When I get married, my dad can still prepare a dowry. I don't want anything else, but that set of furniture."
After hearing this, Yan Jiecheng sighed that Lao Chang had given birth to a good daughter.
Marriage these days is about three turns and one sound, and seventy-two legs.
The so-called three turns and one beep refers to bicycles, watches, sewing machines and radios.
The seventy-two legs are some furniture, such as wardrobes, square tables, etc. However, according to Yan Jiecheng and Chang Kexin's plan, there would be more than seventy-two legs.
Both of them own bicycles and watches, but the only difference is a sewing machine.
Yan Jiecheng thought of this and asked, "Kexin, should we buy a sewing machine?"
After hearing this, Chang Kexin quickly shook her head, and then said sheepishly: "My mother sewed my clothes at home, and later Cuihua also helped me. I don't know how to sew clothes myself. It's a waste for us to buy a sewing machine. "
As for the radio, Yan Jiecheng thought about it.
With the parts in Chang Kexin's house, it is more than enough to assemble ten units.
But you still have to have the attitude you should have.
Yan Jiecheng asked: "As for the radio, should we buy one?"
After hearing this, Chang Kexin became interested and said: "Well, the Panasonic RF508 is good, but it is too expensive. Our professor bought one for more than 300 yuan. I heard that the tuner is very good. , the critical volume is very small.
Our professor was very stingy and wouldn't let me take it apart. "
Yan Jiecheng suddenly felt dizzy after hearing this. He patted Chang Kexin's head and said, "What are you thinking? What I said is for us to use in the future, not for you to take apart and play with."
Hearing Yan Jiecheng's words, Chang Kexin instantly fainted and said, "Forget it, there's no need to buy it. I have a lot of parts there. If you want, I can assemble one for you, including tubes and semiconductors."
Yan Jiecheng saw that the girl really liked it and this radio was the only thing she wanted, so he said: "Panasonic is Panasonic. I will try to see if I can buy it."
Chang Kexin heard this and said quickly: "Brother Yan, you are so kind. I promise not to break it."
After hearing this, Yan Jiecheng smiled helplessly, assuming that he was supporting the development of the country's radio industry.
Said: "You can dismantle it as you like, remember to assemble a semiconductor radio for me later."
Domestic radios these days are all in a big wooden box, which is very bulky.
The Panasonic RF508 that Chang Kexin mentioned is a very small radio that can be carried in a trouser pocket.
When tidying up a new yard, there are a lot of things to plan and prepare, and things are complicated and trivial.
The two rested for a while, then Yan Jiecheng took out his notebook and recorded everything they had discussed.
Like what kind of door curtains, the color and style of the curtains, and the dimensions measured by the two people, etc.
Yan Jiecheng didn't bother to count the wardrobes, square tables, desks, chairs, benches, dressing tables, etc., Chang Kexin was busy recording them one by one.
Two hours later, Yan Jiecheng took the notebook from Chang Kexin's hand and saw that it was filled with four or five pages.
The girl is very careful in her work and writes down the details in detail. Brooms, rags, shovels, and dustpans are all recorded one by one.
Yan Jiecheng read it over and said with a smile: "No wonder people say that a broken home is worth tens of thousands of dollars. I didn't expect that I need to pack so many things before I move in."
Chang Kexin said: "Brother Yan, we don't need to buy these things at once, we can just add them slowly in the future."
Then he whispered: "I will graduate soon, and I will have a monthly salary of fifty-nine yuan from now on."
Yan Jiecheng looked at Chang Kexin and said with a smile: "Yes, we are much better than many people."
From now on, the combined salary of the two of them will be more than 200, which is better than most people.
In the next few days, Yan Jiecheng rushed between department stores and various furniture factories.
I often hire Mr. Ban to bring things to my house.
I went to a department store several times and saw pianos inside. Yan Jiecheng asked about the price, which was only more than three hundred.
He endured it several times, but finally couldn't.
As a later-generation diaosi, I really can’t stand it when I see this weapon of pretentiousness.
In addition, with this super awesome learning ability in this life, I have long wanted to get one.
I just didn't think of it before. I saw her every day these days. How could I let it go? I finally moved back home.
I also went to the Conservatory of Music and asked for some piano-related learning materials from the school.
Within a few days, I was ready to play. All that's left is to get familiar with it.
Within a month, more than a thousand yuan was spread out, and the whole yard suddenly became energetic.
I finally feel like home, and now I'm waiting for Chang Kexin's sofa set.
The main room, study room and tea room are all old furniture. Yan Jiecheng touched the huanghuali chair under his buttocks, looked at the purple clay pot in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh: It's really cheap.
These days, these old items are actually sold cheaper than new furniture, which made Yan Jiecheng a little uncomfortable at first.
After I figured it out, I collected a lot of money like crazy. The sitting room in the front yard is full of sets of tables and chairs, as well as some desks, Kang tables and the like.
There is no shortage of old items such as pen holders, bookshelves, inkstones, pen washers, and paperweights in the study.
Yan Jiecheng also didn't let go of gadgets like the piano table and pedals.
Nowadays, the entire study is antique, and once you enter, you can't help but want to study.
