Chapter 131 It’s just a house, and you two are at odds again!
"Sister, Old Cheng, your house is bigger than Grandpa Qian's house!"
"From now on, I want to live alone in a room!"
The whole family came over to look at the house, and Feng's father, Feng's mother, uncle and brother all agreed. Sister-in-law Feng Jiamo even directly booked the west wing of the backyard and wanted to occupy it by herself.
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Feng Jiayou glanced at Cheng Xuemin and said what he had expected before: "Dad, Mom! We didn't really think about buying such a big yard at first. Didn't we meet this house?" Not bad!”
"The yard is too big now, and if you move in, the front yard will definitely be empty! So Xuemin and I think so. If it is empty, it will be empty. Why don't your parents, brothers, and sister-in-law all move in together? Xuemin and I So I can continue to earn a living without having to do housework, hehe!”
This was indeed discussed with Cheng Xuemin. If we buy a small yard, Cheng Xuemin and his wife, the Feng family, can live there!
But such a large two-entry courtyard is larger than the one they rented for. There are four or five rooms in the front yard alone, and three in the back yard.
Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou took a fancy to the master bedroom in the backyard, and planned to open up the small room next to the master bedroom where the sundries were stored to create an indoor bathroom. It would be connected to the tributary not far behind, so that the bath water could be drained directly.
The other second bedroom in the west wing was taken away directly by my sister-in-law Feng Jiamo. There were so many houses in the front yard that had to be left empty.
It's still vacant, so her parents must be living here. Anyway, Mr. Qian is renting a house there.
No matter where you live, you are still living while you wait for the house to be allocated by the superiors.
And again, the housing allocation in Feng's father's unit is also tight. Even if a house is allocated, it may not be that big.
It is impossible for such a large family to live here, so we must make plans in advance.
Either the father and son split up the family and let the eldest brother split up and apply for housing from the work unit; or they wait for the second brother to split up after he returns to the city, but it is difficult to allocate work just after returning to the city, let alone a house!
After all!
For Feng Jiayou to make up his mind to buy this large courtyard house, he still had the original intention of taking care of his mother's family.
Cheng Xuemin had no objection to this.
Such a large courtyard house really needs people to get into Wangwang House. He only has his father-in-law, mother-in-law and his family here, and he has no other family members.
Moreover, the Feng family has a very strong reason. When the mother-in-law and sister-in-law move in, the couple will not have to worry about trivial family matters and can focus entirely on creating without any worries.
The most important thing is!
The Feng family will give birth in May or June. If there is a baby in the family from now on, someone will have to help take care of it. The Feng family is definitely the best!
Rely on Cheng Xuemin’s parents coming to take care of him? It may be a bit unrealistic. His parents must not be used to living here in Yanjing. If they want to take care of their children, they will take them directly back to the countryside in northern Shaanxi.
In this case, Feng Jiayou would definitely be reluctant to part with it.
Therefore, Cheng Xuemin and the others put together a plan to buy this large courtyard house so that her parents could move in. The advantages outweighed the disadvantages and they had the best of both worlds.
"Let's talk about it when we get back!"
After hearing what her debt collector said, Feng's mother glanced at Feng's father and did not express his position on the spot, but went back to talk.
As for uncle Feng Jiazhao, sister-in-law Ke Yumei and second sister-in-law Sun Juan, they don't care!
You can live wherever you want. Anyway, they don’t have to pay extra rent for the house at Qian Lao’s house. Anyway, Feng’s father and Feng’s mother are responsible for food, drink and accommodation. The younger generation is just chewing on the old.
The same thing happened to the Feng family, Cheng Xuemin and his wife. They were not allowed to pay the rent there, nor were they given living expenses.
Therefore, it doesn't matter to them where Feng's father and Feng's mother decide where to live.
After looking around, the family was very satisfied with the house. Cheng Xuemin made an agreement with the landlord that the transfer procedures could not be completed today and Sunday. They made an appointment to go to the 'House Exchange Station' to complete the transfer procedures and settle the settlement tomorrow morning, Monday. House payment.
At noon, Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou took their whole family to the Changzheng Hotel and invited their father-in-law, mother-in-law, uncle, and the others to a restaurant.
This makes Feng's mother and the others feel that this house is good. It is only ten minutes' walk from Yanda. It is more convenient to ride a bicycle. Even if the children are older, they don't have to take a long vacation, or even take half a semester off. .
It's not that far away from their respective units, it's just in a different direction.
As for the farthest one, it might be my uncle Feng Jiazhao!
Originally, Mr. Qian’s house was not far from Beijing Film Studio and Yan Film Factory, so it was the most convenient for him to go to work!
If we move here now, it won’t be as convenient as before.
After the meal, the family visited Yanda again. Feng's father and Feng's mother were in the Ximen reception room. Sure enough, they saw Mr. Tang there, and they also couldn't laugh or cry and went up to say hello.
This old mentor!
I can’t stop talking about him!
"Xiao Chengzi, you came just in time. There are three letters from you here. They were delivered together today!"
Seeing Feng Jingren and his family coming over really surprised Mr. Tang, and he immediately said to Cheng Xuemin:
"One is from "Shanghai Literature and Art", one is from "Harvest", and the other is from "Yanhe Literature"!"
Mr. Tang glanced at the three letters and handed them to Cheng Xuemin.
"Thank you Mr. Tang!"
Cheng Xuemin was surprised that the letter from Shanghai Literature and Art should be related to the script that Xie Jin mentioned yesterday. The harvest should be a sample manuscript fee bill. When Li Xiaolin returned to Shanghai, she said that she would send him a sample manuscript fee bill in the near future!
However, there was another letter from Yanhe Literature, which surprised Cheng Xuemin!
Are you here to request a manuscript?
Cheng Xuemin doesn't have that kind of time recently. He owes several other manuscripts and can't spare any time at all.
"How's it going? Xiao Chengzi, have you made any big hits recently? Old man, I'm waiting to help you put the stamps on it and help you mail it out. Want old man, my Feng Shui treasure land?"
Mr. Tang squinted his small eyes and asked Cheng Xuemin jokingly.
Ever since this guy stopped mailing submission letters from his side, his talent and popularity have dropped a lot.
It’s been almost a whole month, and no one has received a reply!
This class of students at Yanda is not very good!
The total rejection rate is not as high as that of Cheng Xuemin alone. It really embarrasses their Yan University.
Following Mr. Tang, the popularity of this geomantic treasure land also dropped sharply!
Of course, this is related to the exam week here at Yanda. Students are busy with final exams, and after the exams are over, they go directly to winter vacation.
So even if there is no such thing as replying to the manuscript, the enthusiasm has to be lowered. Everyone has gone back to their homes for the winter vacation and the New Year, and there are not many people who stay in school!
As a result, Tang Lao, this feng shui treasure land, will become even more deserted in the next month or so.
"Mr. Tang, you are joking...this geomantic treasure of yours... I should have a short script later. I would like to ask you, Mr. Tang, to send it out!"
Originally, Cheng Xuemin wanted to say no directly, but seeing the expectant look on the little old man's face, he could only nod his head and said.
It happened that Cheng Xuemin opened the letter from Shanghai Literature and Art. It was exactly what Xie Jin mentioned. "Female College Dormitory" was going to be adapted into a movie. He asked Cheng Xuemin, the original author, what he thought of the script. They had priority with Shanghai Literature and Art. right.
Plus, if Xie Jin goes back this time, it should be a sure thing that Cheng Xuemin will write the script based on internal recommendations.
In this case, Cheng Xuemin planned to reply to Shanghai Literature and Art first, and then write the script before the year, so that he could send it out from Mr. Tang to promote his Feng Shui treasure land.
After all this calculation, when Yan University students return to school after the new year, there will be big news on Mr. Tang’s side, and it will be revealed!
"Okay, okay! Xiao Chengzi, I'm optimistic about you..."
"No, can you still write scripts?"
Mr. Tang immediately beamed, but as he spoke, he looked at Cheng Xuemin with some surprise and asked.
"I understand a little bit!"
Cheng Xuemin nodded repeatedly and said a few words of humility.
"Is it "Female College Student Dormitory"?" Mr. Tang saw that Cheng Xuemin read the letter from Shanghai Literature and Art first, so he guessed it directly, nodded and said, "Okay, you write it out first. Although I don't know much about scripts, old man, But I can help you find typos and polish the manuscript!”
"When you finish writing it later, show it to me first!"
Little old man, do you only find typos in your polished manuscript? The last article he wrote for Harvest Li Xiaolin didn't let him find any typos, so he was still thinking about it?
"Okay, when I finish writing it later, Mr. Tang, you must help me take a look at it and give me some suggestions to polish the manuscript!"
Cheng Xuemin's mouth twitched a few times, but he still had to say yes politely.
Next, Father Feng played a few games of Go with the old man, and then mentioned to the old man that Cheng Xuemin had bought a house here, and the whole family might move here together. This surprised the old man one after another, and he repeatedly said that this was a good thing.
Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou continued to open the letters in their hands happily.
In addition to talking about the script, Shanghai Literature and Art also included a fee slip, which is the fee for publishing a separate volume of "Female College Student Dormitory". The publisher is Shanghai People's Publishing House, and the fee is the same as that of the Humanities Society here in Yanjing. Seven yuan for a thousand words.
It's another free bill of royalties. I'm glad that Feng Jiayou doesn't want to be too pretty.
Next is "Harvest" by Li Xiaolin. As Cheng Xuemin had guessed before, it is the sample issue of "Harvest" and the manuscript fee sheet for "Chen Huansheng's Journey into the City".
Feng Jiayou happily collected the royalties bill again.
When he finally opened the letter from Yanhe Literature, Cheng Xuemin also wondered whether it was really their invitation letter.
But after taking it apart and looking at it, Cheng Xuemin also said, "F*ck" in his heart. Because the contents of letters from Yanhe Literature and Shanghai Literature and Art are basically the same.
"Loess High Slope" is a very local and well-received manuscript. The West Film Studio is also about to adapt it into a movie. The letter from Yanhe Literature invites Cheng Xuemin, a "Yan University student", to participate together after returning from the winter vacation. Adaptation work.
At the same time, there is also a manuscript fee list, which is also open on three sides. The local publishing house in northern Shaanxi also wants to publish a single volume for Cheng Xuemin. The manuscript fee is actually higher than that of "Yanhe Literature", seven yuan per thousand words.
"Xuemin, Loess High Slope is also going to be adapted into a movie?"
After Feng Jiayou read the letter, all that flashed in his eyes must be little stars of money.
It's going to be adapted into a movie. If her man were to adapt and write the script, wouldn't it be a few thousand dollars in royalties?
“When I go back in a while, let’s go over there and have a look!”
Cheng Xuemin nodded. He didn't expect to get such an unexpected gain when he went back this time.
This allowed him to participate in the script adaptation, and he earned the round trip expenses!
As for whether to start the full package directly, Cheng Xuemin will have to wait until he returns home before making a decision based on the actual situation.
then!
At about mid-afternoon, my uncle, brother and sister-in-law visited their alma mater again. After returning together, the family said goodbye to Mr. Tang and went home!
"Mom, what are you doing?"
Not long after returning home, mother-in-law Feng Mu took a bankbook worth 3,000 yuan and entered Cheng Xuemin's room to give the bankbook to the Feng family!
But he was so shocked that Feng Jiayou was at a loss and refused again and again.
"I discussed it with your dad. We can move there! But we can buy the yard together!"
"We bought the front yard, we can't take advantage of you two!"
Feng's mother gave the money to Feng Jiayou and explained.
"How is this possible!?"
"Dad's house is about to be divided. Why are you spending this money? Mom, you have so much money that you're in a panic?!"
"No, no, no, no, Xuemin and I won't want it!"
Although Feng Jiayou was born to be rebellious and anti-Tiangang, and she was also very greedy for money, she didn't want the 3,000 yuan from her parents.
Finally, he said anxiously: "Mom, if you do this again, then just don't move here!"
"Anyway, if I accept the money, what will your brother and sister-in-law think of me and Xuemin?!"
Feng's mother was also anxious and said directly: "Okay, if you don't want it, we won't move there!"
"Mom! My parents and I really can't accept this money. When we bought that house, my parents included all the family members!"
"Mom, you only lived here temporarily for a while. You will have to move out when your father's house is allocated! You don't have to spend this money, so help us share it!"
"And you also know that I hope you will move here just because I want you to help take care of the children!"
Cheng Xuemin also nodded, buying a house by himself and letting his mother-in-law pay the big bills. What is this?
Moreover, the mother-in-law is not just a daughter like Feng Jiayou, she also has two sons!
Three thousand yuan!
If Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou really wanted the three thousand yuan from her mother, who knows what kind of trouble the family would get into!
So it was originally a happy event for the daughter and son-in-law to buy a house and invite the father-in-law and mother-in-law to live there.
Don't let the mother-in-law make such a fuss that the whole family breaks up.
"Yes, Mom! It's not like you don't know what's going on at Xuemin's family. When the child is born, we can't rely entirely on you, Mom!"
The young Feng family hugged her mother's arm again, rubbing it and giggling.
"No, no, no, don't expect me to help you take care of it! I'm tired of taking care of you debt collectors, so you can pull it off!"
Feng's mother was still a sharp-tongued person. Seeing that the debt collector refused to accept the debt, she could only get up and leave with a curse, saying that she would not move there and that anyone who wanted to move there could move there.
Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou looked at each other, but Feng Jiayou from Tiangang muttered: "If I had known, I would have taken her money just now, I don't think I feel sorry for her!"
A daughter might not know how reluctant her mother was to take out the 3,000 yuan bankbook.
After all, they haven't really needed housing yet. Seeing that their apartments can be divided into rooms, how can they not feel bad for her if they spend 3,000 yuan to buy a half-unit for no reason?
After dinner, Cheng Xuemin continued to teach the woman how to draw comic strips.
When it comes to painting, women are indeed much more talented than writing manuscripts. In just over a week, the Feng family has already mastered the basics.
In addition, Cheng Xuemin taught her a little trick on how to draw comic strips with little people, and the woman's progress can be said to be rapid.
If you continue to practice at this pace, it won't be long before you can start drawing independently and conceive on your own!
Early the next morning, Cheng Xuemin took the Feng family and his two children and went to the post office to cash out all the manuscript fee bills.
We went to the nearest bank and withdrew more than 3,000 yuan. After collecting 5,000 yuan, we went to the housing management office of the "House Exchange Station" at Yanda.
Because the yard was passed down from the owner's ancestors, it was considered a private house and did not involve the transfer of public housing.
So the next procedure was quite simple, but it took almost three days to officially complete all the procedures and get Cheng Xuemin's first house since his rebirth.
The owner of the house wrote Feng Jiayou's name, because Cheng Xuemin's household registration is not here, so he couldn't add his name if he wanted to.
But it doesn't matter. In the future, Cheng Xuemin's house and courtyard won't be the only one like this.
Moreover, I did not ask for the three thousand yuan from my mother-in-law a few days ago. In fact, I still considered the issue of property rights of the house in the future. If there is no dispute now, the mother and daughter will fall out due to the property rights issue later.
certainly!
Cheng Xuemin didn't buy this courtyard house just to hoard the house and wait for the value to rise in a few decades.
Because he knew that the area around Yanda would soon be regarded as China's Silicon Valley by the higher authorities. Demolition and renovation had started long ago, and there would not be much improvement at all.
What is really worth buying and hoarding is the area in the center of the city. However, it has just been liberalized and the housing conditions are tight. It is impossible to buy a few houses.
We can only wait two or three years for the trend of going abroad to officially start. There are too many prodigal sons who don’t feel sorry for selling their grandfather’s house and sell their ancestral home at a low price just to go abroad.
At that time, courtyard houses were really available. As long as Cheng Xuemin prepared enough funds, he didn't have to worry about not having good housing.
It is just a necessity now. I have no other ideas to buy a house to live in so that it is convenient to go to and from school.
After the house was officially transferred, the whole family was very happy, and they were all planning to move there before the end of the year and live in the house for the New Year.
My uncle, who was already lazy, has become more diligent. Whenever he has time after get off work, he will go over and help clean.
"Xuemin bought a house at Yanda?"
I heard about Mr. Qian later and couldn't help being shocked. He looked at Cheng Xuemin in disbelief.
Cheng Xuemin followed Feng's father and said hello to Mr. Qian in the front yard. They were planning to move out years ago!
“Mr. Qian, I bought a courtyard so that my children can go to school nearby!”
Cheng Xuemin nodded and said.
"You kid... what are you talking about? Isn't your father-in-law, Lao Feng's house about to be divided up?"
"Are you panicking when you have so much money to burn!?"
Come on!
Nowadays, the general public has this understanding. Houses will be allocated according to needs, so you don’t have to spend money to buy them, okay?
Anyone who spends his own money to buy it will be taken advantage of and will be in a panic if he has money.
Even Mr. Qian, who has several private houses in his hands, still thinks so!
In response to this, Cheng Xuemin also smiled bitterly, but Feng's father helped him explain. Cheng Xuemin and Feng's family were young, one was a student who had just entered college, and the other was still preparing for next year's college entrance examination. They were waiting for their jobs to be assigned a house. A little bit.
Now that the couple is in urgent need, it makes sense to buy a house.
Mr. Qian nodded after hearing this, and could only complain bitterly that they would have no place to eat after they moved out!
After the house was completed, the whole family was there cleaning and cleaning, while Cheng Xuemin worked hard to catch up on the manuscript.
At the same time, the trip back to my hometown in northern Shaanxi should also be put on the agenda!
The Feng family, who were idle at home during the winter vacation, began to buy things for Cheng Xuemin, all of which were new year's goods for Cheng Xuemin to take home.
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(End of chapter)