"You've made your choice. You want this house, right? Come on, I'll take you to the street office. Let's solve the house problem at once."
When he arrived on the first floor, Su Wen went to the Finance Department window and took out 140 yuan.
Liu Dahai took Su Wen to the subdistrict office on a 28-meter pole.
"Director Wang, are you busy?"
"Da Liu, if you come to see me, just tell me what you have to say. Forget about the polite words. I still have a lot of things to do here."
"The two west-facing rooms in the backyard of Courtyard No. 95 have been allocated to Brother Xiao Su. He has just joined the steel rolling mill and has not yet transferred his registered permanent residence. Do you think you can be accommodating and go through the procedures?"
"Isn't it a bit against the rules for Da Liu to do this?"
"Director Wang, I owe you a favor. He saved Dashan's life on Jundu Mountain. Dashan and Captain Wang led a team into the mountains for hunting. They got lost on a rainy day, were trapped on the mountains, and were injured. It was Xiao Su. The brother who brought them down the mountain safely is a hunter from Sujiazhuang at the foot of the mountain."
"Okay, I'll take care of it. Xiaosu, have you brought the certification documents from your village?"
"Director Wang has brought them all." Su Wen handed the certification materials to Director Wang.
"The materials are complete. I will prepare the food and household registration books for you, which will save you the trouble of running back and forth." It didn't take long for Su Wen to have several small books in his hand.
"Da Liu, I don't have time to send you there. You also know the way. You can just go there. This is the key."
Arriving in front of the courtyard, Su Wen looked at the courtyard in front of him. The blue brick and tile houses were many times better than the mud houses in the countryside. When he arrived at the entrance of the courtyard, Su Wen received a system prompt that he could get some luck points by living in the courtyard for one day.
"Come on, Xiao Su, your house is in the backyard."
"Comrade, who are you looking for? I am the aunt in the hospital." Section Chief Liu and Su Wen were stopped in the Intermediate Court.
"Hello, you are Master Yi's wife, right."
"I am, you are?"
"I am Liu Dahai, the chief of the Building Management Section of the Red Star Rolling Plant, and this is Xiao Su, the purchaser of the Purchasing Section. The two west-facing rooms in the backyard of your compound are allocated to Xiao Su. I will take him to see the door, and the street office People are too busy to come here.”
"Auntie, this is Section Chief Liu of the Building Management Department of the Steel Rolling Plant. It was Section Chief Liu who allocated our house." A woman in the crowd testified to Section Chief Liu.
"Chief Liu, let's go. I'll take you there."
The two side rooms are to the north of the west wing. The door opened to Xu Damao's house. The house was much shorter than the deaf old lady's house.
Section Chief Liu took out the key and opened the door. The interior was covered with a thick layer of dust due to long periods of unoccupancy, and the corners were covered with spider webs. The bed, table, cabinets, and furniture were all complete, but I didn't know if any of them were broken.
Section Chief Liu: "This house has been vacant for more than a year. It looks very dirty and can be moved in after tidying it up. The furniture and everything are in good condition. I was the one who took over the house in the first place. Can Auntie find some people to help clean it up?" Get out of the house?"
When they heard that they were looking for someone to work, the women watching behind them immediately turned around and left. The aunt looked at Section Chief Liu awkwardly. "I'll take care of it for Xiao Su. Lao Yan's family, come here and stop running away."
"Xiao Su, come here." Liu Dahai took out a handful of money bills from his pocket and handed it to Su Wen. "Thank you for saving my brother. I don't have much money with me. You can use the money to buy some daily necessities from the supply and marketing cooperative in front."
"No need, Chief Liu, I have money." Liu Dahai put the money note into Su Wen's hand, said goodbye and left.
Su Wen rolled up his sleeves and prepared to clean up the house together, but was stopped by his aunt.
"Xiao Su, I see you are carrying your bedding. Do you want to stay here today?"
"Auntie, I'm going to live here today."
"Xiao Su, you need to buy a lot of things. Your third aunt and I will help you clean up the house. You go and buy some things."
"Auntie, I don't know what I need to buy. Can you tell me?"
"Stove, briquettes, you must buy these two. It's very cold here at night, and people without a stove can't stand it. Kitchen utensils, toiletries? You have to buy all kinds of miscellaneous things sooner or later. Why not go to the supply and marketing cooperative today to buy them. Have you got a food book? If there is one, go and buy it. There is a cart puller named Huang in the west yard next door. Go and see if he is at home. You can ask him to go buy one with you. I brought them all back in just one trip.”
"Okay, thank you, Mom and Dad, for helping me clean the house."
Su Wen came to the yard next door and looked around. He was stopped after not taking a few steps. "Comrade, who are you looking for?"
"Hello, I just moved to No. 95 Courtyard. I don't have anything at home. I came to see Master Huang and wanted to use his cart to buy something."
"Master Huang, someone is looking for you."
"coming."
An old man wearing a ragged felt hat and linen clothes came out of a side room. "Who wants anything from me?"
"Master Huang, I'm looking for you. My name is Su Wen. I just moved to No. 95 Courtyard next door. I have a lot of things that need to be purchased. I would like to ask you to accompany me."
"Do you have a lot to buy? How long will it take?"
"I have to buy everything except furniture for my home. I don't know how long it will take."
"For one dollar, I will accompany you to buy things until you bring them back."
"It's okay, Master Huang. I'm not familiar with the area. Let's go to the one farthest from the supply and marketing cooperative, coal factory, and grain and oil store first."
"The coal plant is the farthest."
Master Huang was not good at talking. He would answer Su Wen's questions. At first, he kept letting Su Wen sit on the cart. Su Wen really couldn't bear to sit on the cart and let such an old man pull him, so he kept following him. While walking.
It took Su Wen an hour to buy briquettes, grain and oil, pots and pans, iron pots, thermos bottles and towels, everything Su Wen thought could be used. Fortunately, he had the receipt from Liu Dashan, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to buy anything. Finally, he took two packets of peach cakes.
After sending these things back to the courtyard, the first aunt and the third aunt had cleaned the room long ago and were sitting at the door waiting for Su Wen to come back. Several people moved things into the room together, and briquettes were piled under the window.
The aunt pointed to a collapsed shed and said, "This was the old kitchen. You have to build a new shed yourself. The old city wall is being demolished. You can pick up some bricks and use them later."
Su Wen distributed the peach cakes he bought to the two aunts. Each of them had three bags, and the aunt quickly accepted them and was very happy. The eldest mother accepted them after a few pushbacks, and the two of them said goodbye and left.
Su Wen took out one yuan and fifty cents and handed it to Master Huang. "Master Huang, I have to ask you to go with me and get some bricks to build a kitchen."
"Comrade Xiao Su, I will accept the money. You bring a machete and a shovel. I know there is yellow mud not far from the old city wall, and there is also a small bamboo forest. I will get it back as soon as I go, and I will help you set up the kitchen." .”
"Thank you, Master Huang." Old Huang smiled slightly and said nothing.
Returning to the courtyard again, another hour passed and the sun was almost setting.
Su Wen went to the courtyard to bring back a bucket of water. Master Huang asked Su Wen to light the stove first. Su Wen didn't have the materials to start the fire. He went to the third aunt's house to get some dry firewood and a few newspapers. When he came back, the first aunt's house didn't have any dry firewood. Su Wen quickly lit both stoves. After lighting the fire, Su Wen and Master Huang built the kitchen together. There were walls on both sides. The two of them worked together to quickly build the kitchen.
There were many women in the courtyard standing aside and watching. After they found out that Su Wen gave the first and third mothers a package of peach cakes, they all regretted not helping Su Wen clean up the room together. They wanted to come over and see if they could help. place? They can't even do the work of building a kitchen.
Su Wen returned to the room, put down his bedding, and lay down on the bed. Soon he felt a little cold. The two rooms connected together were too big, and one stove could not warm the entire house.
Su Wen went to the kitchen and lifted the other stove into the room. He looked around and saw that there was nothing that could easily cause a fire. Then he locked the door and left the courtyard. He went to a small restaurant on the street and ordered three taels of noodles for twenty-two cents.
After the third uncle got off work, the third aunt hurriedly took the third uncle home and took out the peach cakes for the third uncle to see. "Why are you buying peach cake? This money can buy corn flour and our whole family can eat it for several days."
"Old Yan, why are you so anxious? I didn't buy this, it was given by someone else. Today a new resident moved into the west side house in the backyard. His name is Su Wen, who is a buyer at the steel rolling mill. It was delivered by Section Chief Liu of the Housing Management Department in person. Here we come. Section Chief Liu asked someone to help Su Wen clean the house. Everyone in the yard ran away, leaving only Lao Yi’s wife and me. We couldn’t run away, so we cleaned the house for Su Wen. Su Wen went out to buy things and came back. Later, each of us was given a bag of peach cakes, but the few people who ran away in the courtyard were greedy."
"It seems that Su Wen is in good condition. We can have a good relationship with him, and our family can benefit from him in the future. It is those two houses that Lao Liu has always wanted to apply for to Guangqi, but the steel rolling mill has never agreed. Guangqi I will graduate next year, and I heard from Old Liu that he and his classmate will get married after graduation."
"Why doesn't the steel rolling mill agree? Guangqi is a technical secondary school student."
"Guang Qi has never promised to work in the steel rolling mill after graduation. How can the house of the steel rolling mill be allocated to people who do not work in the steel rolling mill? Guang Qi probably wants to go to the government department."
"Guangqi is still capable. Jie Cheng in our family has not even passed high school. It is so difficult to find a job. If he had a high school diploma, the street office would have been able to arrange a job for him long ago."
"Where's the solution?"
"I went out to look for work and haven't come back yet."
The second aunt was sitting in her home gloomily. She always felt that the two west-facing rooms belonged to her family, and it was very suitable to use them as a wedding room for her eldest son, as they were so close to their old house. Unexpectedly, she was given out by the steel rolling mill today. The person who came to allocate the house was the section chief of the housing management department. She did not dare to go out to make trouble.
The first uncle, Jia Dongxu, and the second uncle returned to the courtyard and went home each other, talking and laughing.
Auntie: "Lao Yi, the two west-facing rooms in the backyard of our courtyard have been allocated. The new one is called Su Wen. He is a buyer. The person who sent him is the section chief of your factory management department."
"In the evening, call everyone to the Central Court to welcome him. It is Lao Liu who has a headache, not us."
Su Wen had gone out to eat and hadn't come back yet. The room was dark and there was nothing unusual in his bangs.
"Something bad happened to Old Liu. The two west-side houses were divided by the steel rolling mill. What will happen if Guang Qi gets married?"
"What did you say?"
"The west side room has been allocated. I heard that he is a buyer. The person who came to see him off is Section Chief Liu of your factory management department."
The raging anger in bangs was suppressed by these three words of Section Chief Liu. "We have to take a long-term approach and see what kind of background this guy has that would allow Liu Dashan to deliver it in person. I see there is no light in his room. Has he gone out?"
"He went out. I saw him going out. He should have gone out to eat."
"When a new resident arrives, Lao Yi should ask everyone to come to the middle courtyard to get to know each other, and then ask about his background."
After eating the noodles, Su Wen strolled slowly back to the courtyard.
Seeing Su Wen walking into the courtyard, based on the third aunt's description, the third uncle had determined that this was the new resident. Then he greeted him enthusiastically, "This little brother, are you Xiao Su, the new resident of the courtyard? I am Yan Bugui, the third uncle of the courtyard."
"Hello, third uncle, what's the matter?"
"It's okay. I just heard that there is a new person in the hospital. Let me get to know you. Where does Xiao Su work?"
"Steel rolling mill procurement department three." Su Wen didn't want to show too much enthusiasm and was picked off by the three uncles. Wouldn't it be nice to give something to your parents, brothers and sisters, or to the folks in the village?
"The Purchasing Department is doing a good job. It can buy a lot of unplanned supplies. Don't forget about your third uncle when we have good stuff in the future."
"Third uncle, are you kidding me? It's not easy to do the work of the purchasing department now. The people in the countryside don't have enough to eat, so how can they sell supplies to me? I'm still worried about how to complete the monthly tasks?"
"I heard that you were sent to me personally by Section Chief Liu of the Housing Management Department. With Section Chief Liu's relationship, it's not easy to complete the one-month task."
"Third uncle, you are joking. I have nothing to do with Section Chief Liu. Section Chief Liu just happened to want to go out for a walk today. I don't deserve to have Section Chief Liu deliver it in person."
"What are you talking about, Lao Yan? We'll be back for dinner soon."
"Third aunt called you home for dinner. I'll see you later."
