When I got home, it was already ten in the evening.

Mother Li Yiping was very happy to see her son come back, if it weren't for Huo Yaowen's dissuasion, she would have gone to the nearby vegetable market to buy some meat and come back, and cook a plate of her son's favorite braised pork.

When Huo Yaowen came out of the public toilet with difficulty, Lao Dou Huo Chengcai also came back, carrying a bundle of newspapers in his hand, and the moment he saw his son, he was still a little stunned, and said in surprise: "Awen, why did you come back today?"

Huo Yaowen wiped the wet hair on his head and responded, "I just went back to Kowloon to do something." ”

Father Huo did not doubt him, smiled and raised the bundle of newspapers in his hand and said: "Awen, this "Ghost Blowing the Lantern --- Tomb Robbery Notes" you wrote is quite interesting, Lao Dou I read it every day in the study, and I recommend it to many people!"

In recent days, Huo Chengcai can be described as proud, since he learned that his son wrote articles in the newspaper and earned more than 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, he also quickly collected a lot of newspapers of "Oriental Daily", and he quickly became a fan of his son's books from the first day of its release.

often boasted to the owners of several shops next door that his son was not only a teacher at the University of Hong Kong, but also wrote novels in newspapers, and the old neighbors who had known Huo Chengcai for more than ten years were envious.

At this time, Grandma walked in with a few dishes and chopsticks, placed them on the table one by one, and said to the father and son who were still talking: "Okay, okay, let's all sit down and prepare for dinner." ”

When Huo Yaowen heard this, he immediately sat down honestly.

Huo Chengcai is like this.

Grandma speaks most effectively in the family.

When Grandma Li Yiping brought the last dish to the table, turned on the fan, and the family began to eat dinner in the heat of the evening.

The public housing is small, and there are many people living in one family, so it is the most stuffy in summer, and Huo Yaowen's back was wet with sweat again after just a few bites of food.

Ah Mu looked at the good girl, took a piece of tofu and put it in his bowl, and then said: "Ah Wen, the new housing estate will be handed over in a few days, and the batch number of the house we applied for has also been notified to us, and we may have to change to a new house." ”

"The new public housing has already come down, isn't it not built yet?" Huo Yaowen said in surprise.

The new public housing is still in the Tsz Wan Shan estate, but at the other end of the spectrum, it was built last year by the government in order to expand the estate project and hope that more shanty residents in Kowloon can live in residential buildings in the new era.

Lai Chi Kok, where the commercial radio station is located, is also part of the new estate project, where it will be demolished next year for the construction of the housing estate.

"The homes of the first group of people we applied for have already been built. Grandma was full of smiles, and she was about to live in a new house, so she was naturally happy.

Huo's father next to him also said: "When I came back, I went to take a look, and basically everything was completed, and I saw that many people were looking at the new house, which should be the new occupant of which one of our buildings." ”

"How is the new house?" Hearing that Huo's father had gone to see it today, Grandma hurriedly asked.

Huo's father thought for a while and said: "I can't see anything outside, the elevator hasn't opened yet, but I climbed the stairs to take a look at the residents on the second floor, not only is there a small independent bathroom connected to the kitchen, it seems that the living room is also quite large." ”

When Huo Yaowen heard this, he sighed: "It's much more convenient to have a bathroom." ”

He really couldn't stand the environment in the public toilet, although it was similar to bathing in a bathhouse, it was all men, but it was nothing. But when taking a bath, remove the squatting pit, the remaining space is too small, and several men will immediately touch each other when they turn around slightly, which is one of the reasons why Huo Yaowen is the most unbearable.

"Yes, it's a lot more convenient to have a bathroom. "Mother sighed, living in an old-fashioned public house, the public toilet is universal, it is indeed very troublesome, not to mention taking a bath, you have to grab a place in advance to wash clothes.

Huo Yaowen took the last bite of rice and asked, "Is that still going to be renovated?"

"Decoration ......" Huo's father hesitated for a few seconds, glanced at his mother, and said: "Even if the decoration is over, the house is only rented from the government anyway, isn't the decoration a loss?"

Mother Li Yiping glanced at Huo's father at the same time, and said: "Yes, anyway, your old bean has also seen it, they are all painted white walls, very clean, there is nothing to decorate, when the time comes, let people make a few cabinets, connect the water and electricity, and then move our bed and furniture here to live directly, anyway, it's all good." ”

Grandma also said at this time: "Yes, it's all a new house, what to do with that money to decorate." ”

Huo Yaowen glanced at Lao Dou's mother, and then at Grandma, seeing that their faces were calm after all, he roughly guessed that he might want to save money to buy a house for himself, after all, he lost more than 10,000 Hong Kong dollars to his mother last time, and told her that if there is a good real estate first, it will be settled, and I think it should be remembered.

"Mother, although the new house is rented from the government, but we also live in it ourselves, isn't this house also lived in for almost ten years?

After Huo Yaowen said this, without waiting for his mother to speak, he continued: "Don't worry about money, my manuscript fee for the next book is 1000 words per 100, and writing 100,000 words casually is 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the money for decoration is enough." ”

"That's so much!" Grandma was stunned.

Even Grandma's eyes widened a lot, 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, Huo Chengcai's broken library can only be earned at least one year younger, not including the money to pay rent, excluding the family's various expenses, it would be good to be able to get 2,000 yuan a year.

Huo Chengcai has been running a bookstore for a long time, so he knows that people who write articles in newspapers are very profitable, but in his influence, it is Jin Yong, Liang Yusheng, Zhang Ailing and other well-known writers that can get so much, but he didn't expect that his son's manuscript fee can also reach 1000 words per 1,000.

I saw Huo Chengcai looking at his son with joy on his face and said, "Awen, the newspaper gives you a manuscript fee of 1000 words?"

Huo Yaowen nodded and said: "Yes, so don't worry about the money for decoration, didn't I give you 10,000 yuan last time, Grandma? ”

Mother hurriedly said, "But ......"

Huo Yaowen interrupted: "Grandma is not in a hurry to buy a house, and there is no good real estate now, when I finish writing the next book, I may be able to buy a suite in full, and I don't need to buy a pre-sale loan, isn't it very convenient." ”

When Huo Chengcai heard this, he was a little moved, before this, when he applied for a new house, he had saved thousands of yuan in advance, and he wanted to simply decorate the house, which was enough.

But last time Huo Yaowen came back and said that he wanted to save money to buy a house, Huo's mother Li Yiping saved the money that was going to be taken out for decoration again, and saved the 10,000 yuan by the way, ready to keep it for her son to buy a house.

Now I hear Huo Yaowen say that he has a lot of manuscript fees, but he also wants to decorate, after all, it is indeed unreasonable to live in a new house without decoration, although it is a rented government house, but they also live in it.

Moreover, if you rent public housing, unless you do not pay the rent on time, it is impossible for the government to evict you.

You want to live for as long as you want, until the next demolition and construction of a new building, but according to this trend, the new housing estate is equipped with an elevator, and you can live for at least 30 years, and it is not too much of a loss to spend money on decoration for 30 years.