Chapter 145 Heart to Heart
It must be said that these days, although the people have little knowledge, they are also poor.
But this also has such benefits.
Because the world is smaller and my heart is closer.
But once the heart is close, the favor becomes thicker.
People these days don't pay attention to equal exchanges, and they don't advocate settling accounts between brothers.
There is no way that if you take a sip of my water, I will have to eat a sip of your steamed bread.
But people these days pay attention to exchanging affection for affection and comparing their hearts to their hearts.
The principle is, you respect me a foot and I will respect you a foot.
The fundamental difference between the two is that the former has no trust, ignores human relationships, and is entirely out of considerations of safeguarding self-interest.
What the latter cares about is the proportion and quality of affection.
As long as you feel comfortable in your heart, you are really willing to think more about others and are not afraid of losing yourself.
Not to mention other places, the neighborly friendship in No. 2 Courtyard of Shan'er Hutong is obvious proof.
When everyone discovered that Kang Shude was still the old Kang they were familiar with.
Due to the increase in wealth, there has not been any estrangement from them. On the contrary, he is still sincerely thinking about everyone.
Moved, the kindness and affection they used to treat their old neighbors immediately revived.
Even because of the unspeakable guilt in my heart, I responded with even greater enthusiasm.
No, I recently caught up with Kang Shude working the night shift.
In the past two days, every time the old man came back from get off work in the morning, he would find that there was not even a piece of paper or a leaf in front of his door.
Even the window sills were wiped, and the dirt boxes in the corners were emptied.
It was obvious that either the Bian family reached out to help, or the Mi family did it for them.
Anyway, it was definitely not Ning Weimin who did it.
Because the old man has a clear mind and knows that his apprentice is good at everything.
But the biggest problem with living at home is that I don’t like to sweep the yard, and I hate taking out the dirt.
Every time he had to be urged and supervised repeatedly, Ning Weimin would reluctantly respond.
What's more, with so many things to be busy with recently, Ning Weimin couldn't even care about this.
Needless to say, the old man felt warm in his heart after fully feeling the kindness shown by his neighbors.
But this feeling of relief is also complicated.
Speaking of it, I am a little embarrassed, a little intolerant, and a little embarrassed. Anyway, it is very contradictory.
Because first of all, the old man was not sure which neighbor was reaching out to help.
He was very afraid that people would continue to be this volunteer servant for such a long time.
And secondly, I want to thank you, but it’s hard to ask.
The old man is even more afraid that if he comes to ask for confirmation, he will cause more trouble to others.
When the time comes, someone will definitely greet him.
"Hey, you're back. Do you want hot water? I've just boiled this pot. Here, I'll give it to you first. It's a strong wind at work, so when I get back, I have to make tea quickly to warm my stomach first. ”
Or, "Come on, come on, you can come over for lunch. It won't be a problem at all. Wei Min is out again, so don't get angry if you are alone with your family. Let's just have a drink together."
In short, no matter how you think about it, it is a bit inappropriate to stretch your hair right away.
But the problem is, if you ignore it, it will still appear condescending and unreasonable, right?
So there is nothing to do. The old man can only watch the neighbors being extra affectionate and observe them in private. He had to keep this friendship in his heart for the time being and wait until he found this kind-hearted volunteer worker.
But what's even more unexpected is that this is just the beginning, and even greater favors are yet to come.
From that day on, Kang Shude and Ning Weimin never paid water or electricity bills.
The three neighbors discussed it behind their backs and took the initiative to shoulder the responsibility for them.
And since everyone’s knots have been resolved and their grudges have gone away, the old tradition of “when one person is in trouble, the neighbors are uneasy” has been restored in No. 2 Courtyard.
The three neighbors all regarded the difficulties faced by Kang Shude as their own family's business.
On the one hand, if we hear someone outside slandering Kang Shude again, we will never turn a deaf ear to it.
Everyone who encounters this must argue with reason and explain Kang Shude’s benevolence in canceling rent in public.
Then Kang Shude voluntarily resigned from the orphanage subsidy and donated money to the streets to publicize it.
You have to use your tongue to destroy those "red eyes" who hate what others have and laugh at what others don't have, until they cannot escape.
On the other hand, everyone unexpectedly agreed and secretly began to help Kang Shude find out where to place those things.
As a result, thanks to the blessings of many neighbors, not only was Kang Shude's reputation effectively protected, but rumors and rumors dropped rapidly.
Even the placement of the old man’s belongings was quickly and perfectly resolved.
To be honest, this really surprised Ning Weimin.
Because looking for a house these days is a very difficult task.
In addition to the social situation, due to the large number of educated youth returning to the city and the sudden increase in population, the capital city already has a serious shortage of housing.
The key is that the relevant policies are still extremely rigid and have not been relaxed at all.
Although in April last year, the great man pointed out the policy that urban residents could buy houses, and published it in the newspaper.
But that is only implemented on a pilot basis in large institutions and large enterprises that have the ability to build new buildings on their own.
Those who are qualified to buy a house are not ordinary people. They must have some kind of job title.
And because people’s income is so low these days, the commercial housing system is in tit-for-tat conflict with the public housing allocation system.
Even this policy exists in name only.
So, the actual situation of private real estate transactions at this time is that they are not allowed at all.
It is even illegal to rent out a house privately.
Under such circumstances, even many famous scholars, university professors, scientists, artists, newspaper editors, and even cadres who have just resumed their duties can only survive in huddled in tube buildings or small bungalows.
No matter how talented Ning Weimin is, he can get almost all the supplies that are in short supply on the market, but there is not much he can do about the house.
In fact, it was precisely because his search for a house outside was not smooth and he repeatedly ran into obstacles.
Even he himself felt that he would probably have to resort to desperate measures in the end.
We can only spend a lot of money to rent two rooms from the Chongwenmen Hotel and move our things there.
Of course he could not have imagined that how could the other families in No. 2 Courtyard be so capable of solving things that he himself could not do?
It stands to reason that Ning Weimin’s idea is generally correct.
Because the difficulties are obvious, even a few neighbors themselves don’t have much confidence.
That is to say, those who think of treating a dead horse as a live doctor, kick it if you have no chance of it, and go out for a run to see.
That’s why everyone came up with their own ideas and no one informed anyone.
But then again, Ning Weimin was blinded by a leaf on this issue and made another empiricist error.
To put it bluntly, he is still not very familiar with the characteristics of this era, and he is completely thinking about problems according to the ways and principles of his previous life.
(End of this chapter)