1980 My literary era

Li Lidong's house has a similar layout to the house Lin Weimin looked at in Caishikou before. They both have a courtyard as soon as they enter.

There are three main rooms to the north and two wing rooms to the east and west. The only thing more is that there are three more side rooms to the south. The so-called inverted seat means that the door opens to the north. They also built a hut and a coal shed in their yard.

The orderliness is even better than that at Caishikou.

The house was also passed down from ancestors. Li Lidong said that it cost more than 800 oceans to buy the house. After including taxes, agency fees and the cost of repairing the house over the years, their family's money had to be doubled.

"I told Lidong before that their family is lucky. This house is in the hands of the public. If it is given to the common people, even if it comes back, it will not be sold for the price." Li Guangfu said.

"Yes, it's good luck to catch up." Li Lidong nodded.

Lin Weimin has been studying courtyard houses recently and knows the situation he mentioned.

Many houses are about to be returned, but the tenants of the houses cannot be evicted. Because the house was allocated by the government at that time and had permanent residence rights.

Of course, the landlord can ask others to pay rent, but it cannot be too high. With the current market situation in Yanjing, more than 2 yuan per room per month is not enough to repair the houses for these tenants every year.

The house was repossessed, but still had to pay compensation.

Of course the homeowners won't do it, and these days there are usually three strategies.

One is the one who acts violently and uses all kinds of methods to evict the tenants, so that they can live alone.

The second one is lying flat, neither collecting rent nor repairing the house, just doing whatever they like.

The third is to give in and simply sell the house and don’t want it anymore. Otherwise, we have to build a house and pay property taxes every month, which is really not cost-effective.

The current property tax in Yanjing is about 20 cents per room, which is paid every three months. It was not until 1986 that the property tax for ordinary residential buildings was stopped and only levied on commercial properties.

They are all ordinary people, and most people choose the second and third methods.

The second option is not bad. If you are lucky in a few years, you can get money from the house demolition.

The worst thing is the third type, which is to swallow your anger and ask someone to sell the house. Because the property rights are not clear, such houses usually cannot be sold for a high price. It is normal for a courtyard house like Li Lidong's house to cost five to six thousand yuan, but in such a situation, no one would take it over for even two thousand yuan.

Lin Weimin heard from colleagues in the editorial department that one family had already settled in Shaanxi and did not want to return to Yanjing. They asked someone to sell their house, but the highest bid was only 1,200 yuan.

The courtyard has ten rooms just like Li Lidong's house. Even if one room costs 200 yuan, it still costs 2,000 yuan. What's more, the house is a separate courtyard.

So, no matter what year it is, the honest people will always suffer the most.

After looking around the house, Lin Weimin felt that the house overall met his needs. It was six or seven miles away from Chaonei Street and could be reached in twenty minutes by bicycle. It was quite convenient to go to work.

Needless to say about the geographical location, Shichahai is not a first-class location, but it will later be regarded as a tourist attraction in Yanjing, and the surrounding environment is not bad.

After Lin Weimin winked at Li Guangfu, he asked, "Brother Li, what price do you plan to sell this house for?"

Li Lidong glanced at Li Guangfu and hesitated, "Five thousand yuan?"

Lin Weimin could tell from the moment he walked in that this eldest brother was an honest man with a bit of a literary bent. When he heard that he was a writer, his eyes changed.

"Five thousand yuan..." Lin Weimin pondered without saying anything.

Li Lidong thought he was about to get high, so he wanted to say a few words clumsily, "Teacher Lin, my house is still in good condition. It was just renovated last year. You don't need to do anything to repair it when you move in. All the furniture is kept." Here you go."

The furniture in Li Lidong's house is mostly made of rosewood and chicken wing wood, and is relatively well preserved. Li Lidong also specifically mentioned that the set of Eight Immortals tables and chairs used for dining at their home were from Huanghuali.

Lin Weimin smiled and said, "That's it, it's only five thousand yuan."

Li Guangfu glanced at Lin Weimin unexpectedly and said nothing.

Li Lidong was immediately overjoyed, "Oh, this is great."

It is not easy to buy or sell a house these days when information is not circulating. In the past two years, there have not been many people selling houses in Yanjing City, but not many people have bought houses.

Their house is in very good condition, both on the outside and inside. They are a little reluctant to sell it at a low price, but they are worried that no one will buy it if it sells it at a high price, so they are very confused.

The worst outcome is to go to the housing authority, which will take over the house for 200 yuan a room. You can probably sell it at this price without asking anyone, but I don't know when it will be sold.

The housing authority also has limited funds and cannot acquire them all at once, so they have to wait in line slowly. It’s not that easy to cash out a house.

Therefore, it was not easy for Li Lidong and his family to meet such a happy buyer as Lin Weimin.

It stands to reason that the buyer should negotiate the price, but this teacher Lin was extremely happy and did not even pay back the price. Li Lidong's heart was filled with more respect for Teacher Lin.

With an acquaintance like Li Guangfu around, the two parties first drew up a sales contract. Lin Weimin paid the deposit and made an appointment to go to the Housing Authority on Monday to go through the formalities.

After coming out of Li's house, Li Guangfu asked: "Teacher Lin, if you negotiated the price just now, you should be able to negotiate a lot."

Lin Weimin smiled and said: "The house is very good and worth the money. There is no need to bargain. With you as a middleman, I can buy it with confidence."

Li Guangfu immediately understood that Lin Weimin was giving him face, and he was moved in his heart, "Teacher Lin, thank you."

"Thank me for what? I have to thank you for introducing me to a good house." He patted Li Guangfu's arm and continued: "I've inquired about a lot of takeout places these days, and some have one or two You can get it for a thousand yuan, but just repairing a house like that costs at least two thousand yuan. It’s great this time, it’s easy to buy and get it done in one step.”

Li Guangfu nodded, "I still have to thank you."

"Besides, it's just a stranger. Why are friends so polite to each other?" Lin Weimin said boldly.

Being treated like this by Lin Weimin, Li Guangfu was secretly happy.

Let’s not talk about Teacher Lin’s talent and identity. Just the way he did things today is admirable.

As everyone knows, Lin Weimin did not negotiate the price purely because of the intolerance of a later generation. When he thought that the price of the courtyard house would increase thousands of times in the future, he felt even more sympathy for Li Lidong and his family.

I went overseas and struggled all my life. I finally saved some money and planned to return home in fine clothes. But I found that I couldn't even buy the house I sold that year with the money I earned in my whole life.

He is not short of money now, so the little money he bargained for should be used to buy psychological comfort.

On Monday, Lin Weimin took a special leave and went to the real estate office with Li Lidong and Li Guangfu to go through the procedures for buying a house. He paid 5,000 yuan and the deed of the courtyard house in Shichahai was also in Lin Weimin's hands.

Three days later, Li Lidong's family moved out of the courtyard and handed the key to Lin Weimin.