Back to 80: My Literary Life

"That's not necessarily the case. Maybe I will be transferred to Yanjing to work in the future. If this place is renovated, it will be good." Fang Minghua looked around and said deliberately.

"I believe that with your ability and talent, as long as you want to go to Beijing, all the major magazines in Yanjing will be rushing to get you. If it weren't for the fact that this place is located at the root of the imperial city, you would never buy this thing that looks a bit... It’s a dilapidated courtyard. If I wasn’t short of money, I wouldn’t sell this courtyard, right, Editor Fang?”

Fang Minghua didn't want to talk about this and directly responded with the price: "I will pay 100,000."

"100,000 won't do." Su Mu shook his head. "100,000 yuan is not enough for me to go abroad, at least 160,000 yuan."

After some haggling, the two finally settled the deal for 148,000.

"You can go to the government to transfer the property tomorrow. By the way, bring the household registration book." Su Mu warned.

Fang Minghua agreed.

"There is something else I need to tell you." Su Mu suddenly remembered something: "In addition to our family living in this courtyard, there were originally five families who moved away one after another. There are still two families left, one of whom is named Liu. My hometown is in Baoding, Hebei Province, and I do some small business here. The rent is due at the end of March this year. If you are willing to rent, you can continue to rent to them, and if you are not willing, you can take it back."

After saying that, he shouted to the west wing: "Old Liu? Are you there? Come out!"

With a "squeak", the door of the west wing opened, and a man in his forties came out. First he called "Teacher Su" very respectfully, and then took out a pack of "Tiantan" cigarettes for the two of them. hair.

Su Mu took one, but Fang Minghua declined with a smile, saying that he didn't smoke.

"Old Liu, this is Fang Minghua, and he wants to buy this house." Su Mu lit up his cigarette and explained.

"Comrade Fang." A look of panic immediately appeared on Lao Liu's face. He had been secretly listening in the room just now. Now it seems that the deal is solid. Of course, he must meet the new landlord quickly.

He looked at Fang Minghua and then at Song Tangtang, who was wearing military uniform, with an expression of fear.

Fang Minghua took a look and asked him about his family situation.

This man's name is Liu Fugen. He and his wife are engaged in vegetable selling in Yanjing. They also have a couple of children at home, but they are all married and live in the countryside.

Fang Minghua thought that since his yard was uninhabitable now, it wouldn't be a problem to leave it empty for a long time, so he agreed to renew the lease for another year.

"Is there another household?" Fang Minghua asked again.

Su Mu looked a little helpless: "That's a single girl named Wang Xin, from Shanghai. She paid one year's rent in advance and it's due in May. That girl is elusive. To be honest, I rarely see her. But a few days ago I slipped a note into her door saying that I was selling my house, but I don’t know if she saw it.”

"I saw it, I saw it." Liu Fugen said hurriedly: "Miss Wang said she would renew the lease for another year and asked me to help her rent the house to you." After saying that, Liu Fugen hurried home and took out a few banknotes within two minutes. come over. "

"The rent is 131 square meters. The east wing room where Miss Wang lives is 20 square meters. The total is 31 yuan and 20 cents. Please order." After saying this, Liu Fugen handed the banknote to Su Mu.

Su Mu said, "You give it to Editor Fang, who is now the landlord."

Fang Minghua confiscated it.

He said, "Well, I'll come back the day after tomorrow in the afternoon, and I'll ask Miss Wang to wait at home, and we'll talk about renewing the lease after we meet."

"Okay, okay, I will definitely tell her."

Fang Minghua walked around each room again. Although the outside of the house was shabby, the inside was neatly tidied. It seemed that the resident was a rather particular person.

Now that the price has been negotiated, both parties went to the district to go through the transfer procedures without hesitation. They struggled until the next morning to complete all the procedures. Fang Minghua also deposited 148,000 in cash into the other party's account.

The owner of No. 39 Liuya Hutong was replaced by Song Tangtang.

After coming out of the bank, Song Tangtang held Fang Minghua's arm: "Let's go to the courtyard to have a look."

"What's so good about it? It's shabby." Fang Minghua said.

If it weren't for waiting for appreciation, Fang Minghua would really look down on it.

The current Siheyuan is not as mysterious as later generations said. It looks like a large courtyard.

Song Tangtang said:

"Have you forgotten? You want to sign a lease renewal contract with the tenant? They are still waiting for you."

This is true. Before leaving Yanjing, these things must be settled.

So the two of them took the bus straight to Liuya Hutong and entered the courtyard. Liu Fugen was already waiting, along with his wife, a very simple rural woman.

The two warmly welcomed Fang Minghua into the west wing of their room. There were only two rooms in total, one was the living room and bedroom, and the other was the kitchen.

Fang Minghua signed a one-year lease extension with the other party without further explanation.

"Master Liu, we are not moving in for the time being, so this is the room next door." Fang Minghua pointed to the vacant room in the west wing next door: "You can use it too. I won't charge you rent for this room, but I There is a condition."

"What conditions?" Liu Fugen asked hurriedly.

"Because we don't come here often, you have to take good care of this yard. Don't attract thieves or let unscrupulous people in!"

"Don't worry, Comrade Fang, I will take good care of him!" Liu Fugen was overjoyed.

Although he came from the countryside, he was quite shrewd. He could see that the other party might not move in in the past few years. As long as he took good care of the yard, the other party would not let him move out easily.

There was also that woman, who should be Comrade Fang's daughter-in-law. She was wearing an officer's uniform, which also made him feel a little intimidated.

The two parties quickly signed the contract, and Fang Minghua also wrote down what he just said.

"Hey, where is that girl? Is she there?" Fang Minghua frowned.

"I'm coming."

A girl's voice came from behind, with a hint of Jiangnan Wu accent in Mandarin.

Fang Minghua turned around and saw that the girl was petite and exquisite, with thin eyebrows. She was not very beautiful but very unique.

He looked very young, almost underage.

He looked carefully and felt that he had seen this girl somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it.

After introducing each other, the girl said that she was from Shanghai. Last year, she graduated from high school and took the drama and literature major in drama, but failed. She passed the professional courses but failed the cultural courses, so she did not return to Shanghai and stayed in Yanjing to review. Prepare to take the exam for another year.

Wang Xin was very sweet, and Minghua brother Tangtang kept calling her. Especially, she worked hard to build a relationship with Song Tangtang, and soon she got a one-year rental contract extension.

Before Fang Minghua and the others left, Wang Xin greeted them with a smile on their faces: "Brother Minghua, sister Tangtang, come back to play when you have time."

The two left Liuya Hutong and took the bus back to the General Political Courtyard. On the bus, Song Tangtang said: "Minghua, I think this girl Wang Xin is not as simple as she seems. She said she was studying to prepare for the exam, but Su Mu But he said that he rarely saw her, and she disappeared one day. Could it be that she went to the university to review?"

"Isn't it easy? A Shanghai girl who is not yet 18 years old goes to Yanjing to rent a house alone. What can ordinary girls do?" Fang Minghua said with a smile.

"Well, don't be that kind of ungrateful girl. Knowing that we don't want to live there, you bring a bunch of people from society over and make our courtyard a mess." Song Tangtang frowned slightly: "Go back and tell grandpa, Let him send someone over once in a while to take a look."

Fang Minghua nodded.

But he wasn't too worried about that.

It's the mid-1980s, and it's not that chaotic yet. What's more, in the imperial capital, there are still a group of Chaoyang aunties.

It's just that this girl always looks like she's seen her before somewhere.

Could it be that I saw it before coming to this era? celebrity? Movie star?