Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside

Han Li just needs to listen to this kind of thing to increase his experience. He never expresses any opinions on things he doesn't understand, but he still gives some advice.

After this topic ended, everyone quickly changed the topic to other aspects, chatting about some recent events, complaining about someone or something in the unit, and talking about what "big things" they have saved money to buy recently.

The "big things" Han Li's childhood friends mentioned are of course not bicycles, watches, sewing machines, radios and the like.

Those things may be rare items in remote counties and villages, but they are really nothing in the current four-nine cities. At least Han Li and his friends have them at home for a long time.

Because everyone will hand over most of their salary to their parents after receiving it every month. As long as their parents treat them equally and the family is not too difficult, they don't have to worry about buying the big things used for marriage.

Therefore, the "big things" Han Li's childhood friends mentioned refer to the most popular cameras among young people, dual-card recorders with four speakers, etc.

Some people also said they wanted to buy a motorcycle that was recently allowed to be purchased by individuals, but this was mostly just imaginary. Not to mention the price of the motorcycle, the motorcycle ticket alone was not available to most people.

Han Li discussed the pros and cons of a certain item with his childhood friends on the topic.

At this time, even if someone asked Han Li to borrow money for this, it would be fine, but the men in Sijiu City were more concerned about their face, and none of these childhood friends asked for it.

The most important thing was the big items they mentioned. Even if most of their monthly salary was handed over to their parents and they could only keep a small part of it, it was just the difference between buying it earlier or later for a period of time. It was not worth losing face for such a short time.

In addition to the face of the men in Sijiu City, there were two very important reasons for this situation.

First, the monthly salary of each person in this era was basically fixed.

Second, the price of goods was quite stable now, and some things had not changed in price for even 10 or 20 years.

In this situation, whether the family wants to add a big item or they want to buy something they like, as long as they are not in a hurry, they basically don’t need to borrow money from others, it’s just a matter of time.

Some things are like this, when many people are still trying to solve the problem of food and clothing.

People who have a formal job in the country have begun to think of ways to improve their lives and tastes, or start to show off.

This situation is not unique to the four-nine cities. Many cities and many working families are like this, otherwise the jobs of this era would not be called iron rice bowls by everyone.

(Of course, there are too many people in the family, but those families with few working people are excluded.)

Don’t save money to buy a house?

This question is not easy to say, because in this era, as long as this person has a formal job, it can be said that he has lived a happy and stable life.

If this person does not offend the leader too much in the unit and has some popularity in front of his colleagues, he will be able to get a house one day even if he is ranked by seniority.

In fact, even if you rent a house, it doesn't cost much. Many units will provide certain subsidies to subordinates who rent a house. For those units with better welfare, if you count the subsidies, it's the same as free housing.

And most people's vision is bound by the times, or they have seen and heard some things in the past.

They would rather rent a house and wait for the unit to distribute houses, rather than spend their own money to buy a house.

So among the workers of this era, those who quarrel and fight over houses are basically families with large families and difficult lives.

As for those who don't have jobs in the city, they are "choked" for a part-time job, and they can fight each other to the point of bloodshed, not to mention when it comes to the fundamental issue of housing.

During this period, 85% of the disputes handled by the police station and the street office were contributed by these people.

(Chong: choke is OK, in the language of Sijiucheng, it means to grab business.)

When Han Li felt that everyone had drunk almost enough, he found an opportunity to go to the boss to settle the bill.

When he settled the bill, Han Li felt that the price was really not expensive, and some dishes were cheaper than those in state-owned restaurants. , he said with a smile while waiting for the boss to change the money.

"Boss, the price you set for dishes is not high for individual business. If you set it higher, wouldn't you make more money?"

Han Li's words made the boss not care about the change, and he waved his hands repeatedly.

"Brother, don't say this nonsense. Although I am an individual business, I also set the price strictly in accordance with the relevant regulations of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.

Not only will I not exceed this range, some dishes are even a little lower than the regulations, in order to reassure the superiors and let our neighbors eat comfortably.. . "

Han Li talked to the boss for a few words and found out that the Industrial and Commercial Bureau stipulated that the percentage of profit of these individual restaurants was 30% to 40% for various considerations. This ratio is a high-voltage line that no one can cross.

But no matter what, Han Li achieved his goal of getting together with his childhood friends after returning to China tonight.

Everybody was feeling dizzy, and they hugged each other and sang along the way back to Mianhua Hutong. After being teased by the neighbors who were enjoying the cool air and chatting in the hutong, they went back to their homes.

At this time, Han's father and mother had already returned from Houhaizi. Han Li had limited time to make phone calls abroad, so he didn't have a chance to talk about many things.

Han Li also didn't have time to talk to his parents after returning to China. Now it is absolutely a son's duty to let his parents scold and talk.

Therefore, Han Li did not go directly to Houhai, but returned to his parents' house amid the jokes of the neighbors.

Han's father was changing the water for the goldfish in the yard at this moment, and Han's mother was sitting in the room sorting out clothes.

Han Li finished praising his father in the yard and came to the house to praise his mother. It doesn't matter if the words are old or useful.

After a while, the family of three sat together and chatted. Han Li had nothing to say. He had said everything he could say about those things abroad. His main task now was to listen to his family and he could just be a good supporting role.

Han's father was smoking and drinking tea on the side. He would only interject a few words when talking about his grandson. Most of the time, it was Han's mother who was talking.

However, there are only so many topics about children, even if there are three grandchildren. After talking about the children, Han's mother talked about the situation of the houses in the family.

Since last April before Han Li went abroad, "that person" published "Talks on the Construction Industry and Housing Issues".

"Urban residents can buy houses or build them themselves. Not only new houses can be sold, but old houses can also be sold. They can be paid in one payment or in installments."

This made more and more people want to get their original houses back, which caused a lot of trivial matters and attracted the attention of many people.

At that time, Han Li suggested that Han's mother temporarily stop purchasing houses, at least to avoid the limelight in the past two years.

Therefore, Han's mother did not buy any more houses in the year after her son went abroad.

However, even so, the Han family now has a total of eight houses and courtyards.

The house in Mianhua Hutong is their old house, and the courtyard house that Han Li lives in next to Houhaizi was given to him by "Aunt Liu".

Later, under Han Li's persuasion, their family bought a three-in-one courtyard house in the southeast corner of Nanguan Hutong.

However, due to various reasons, the residents of this three-courtyard courtyard were not truly cleared out until Han Li went abroad.

At that time, Han's mother considered that her house was big enough for her to live in, and it was uncertain whether to renovate it for the whole family to move in when her son was not at home, and it was not good to leave such a large courtyard empty, so she rented it out temporarily.

However, Han's mother said that the rental contract for the courtyard in Nanguanguan Hutong was signed every two months. If the family wanted to renovate there, the time spent on finding someone to plan, design, and purchase materials would be enough for them to move out.

About three or four hundred meters north of the three-courtyard courtyard in Nanguanguan Hutong, next to Yinding Bridge, there is a two-courtyard courtyard facing the street. When they bought it, they could not live in it, so they rented it out not long after.

Han's mother said that the two-courtyard courtyard in Yinding Bridge was bought for He Mi, but the owner's name was recorded under Han Li's name like the other courtyards.

In addition to these, Han Ma later bought two and a half rooms in the west and two rooms in the east in Yangrou Hutong, half of which was a street door, and a very irregular small courtyard, which is now rented out.

In Xiaohoucang Hutong, there are two rooms in the north, one room in the east, and most of the south room. It is also a small courtyard that was cut out, and it is also rented out.

In Dongguanying Hutong, there is a small three-sided courtyard without a north room. Han Li used an excuse to keep this place and did not rent it out. It is usually used as a place for him to meet and talk with Li Xiaoyuan.

Before going abroad, Han Li asked Li Xiaoyuan to go to Dongguanying Hutong to clean up when she has time. If she wants to move there, she can, but she doesn’t know what the situation is now.

The last house is a courtyard in Laohudong Hutong near the south gate of Yanda University, which is the house where Han Li, Yun Yingying, He Mi, Hou Yuhua and others lived when they were in school.

Han Ma paused here, but the next words made Han Li a little bit amused.

"Son, it's been a year. When do you think we're going to buy a few more yards?"

Han Li subconsciously said, "Mom, we have eight yards now, so we can't live in all of them. So there's no rush."

Han's mother glared at him, stretched out her hand and started to settle the bill with Han Li.

"Where did your cleverness when you were studying go? Do you feel stupid for saying this now? What about having too much space and not being in a hurry? These are all thoughtless words.

At first glance, it seems that our family has eight courtyards, which is really a lot, but think about it. You already have three sons now. In two years, it will become six, eight, ten, or even more.

With so many children, you have to prepare some property for each son. In this way, our house is not only not too much, but also below the poverty line.

Don't say that a three-courtyard house can accommodate many people. Now you are young and don't think about anything, but think about it, for the sake of family harmony, can so many people live together all the time?

Even if you have the ability to let them live together all the time, but when your grandson reaches the age of marriage, who will you let live in the north room? Who will live in the auxiliary room? Who will live in the back room? If you don't handle these well, it will be alienated."

Han Li