Chapter Ninety-Seven: Housewarming

In April 1981, a full year had passed since the "Great Man" "Talks on the Construction Industry and Housing Issues".

During this period, in addition to the "response" to the conversation, a considerable part of the first batch of residential quarters funded and built by government agencies, enterprises and institutions has reached the time of completion and use. Moreover, in the five years from 1976 to 1980, the residential area of Beijing City has reached 10,000 square meters.

In addition, in order to solve the situation that the completed houses are in full swing and cannot be put into use as soon as possible, on February 16 this year, the top level of the state held an enlarged meeting to issue a resolution. Any government agency or unit that has built a house must be occupied within three months, otherwise it will be confiscated by the Beijing City Government.

So in such a social environment, the entire capital gradually set off a round of relocation frenzy.

At this moment, similar to the carpenter who makes furniture and the chef who turns a big spoon, even the individual "Ban'er Ye" who pedals the tricycle is also busy.

It must be said that compared with the past, the public facilities and living facilities of the newly built houses are relatively complete, and the construction standards of the houses have also been greatly improved.

So in this month, playwright Su Shuyang said goodbye to the alley where he had lived for more than 20 years and moved to a new house. It was with a very happy mood that I began to write the movie script "Sunset Street".

Perhaps also influenced by real life, at the end of this film, the people of Sunset Street also bid farewell to their past life of ten years.

Miscellaneous courtyards, public toilets, and crowded alleys gradually disappear with the sunset. The appearance of future life is dimly emerging on the distant horizon, waiting to be shaped and formed.

Of course, it is a common phenomenon that the demand for housing has risen and increased in society, and even if the houses are built more and faster, it will be a drop in the bucket compared with the hundreds of thousands of returnees per year during this peak period of returning to the city.

If it can't be solved, it will be in the majority. It's like a food chain, and it's not possible for everyone to have this blessing and move into a new unit with clean windows.

However, some people are so short of housing that they can no longer wait, so letting young couples live in the tube building is a good way to temporarily alleviate the housing difficulties of the unit.

Also in this month, actor Yang Lixin also divided a small house with an area of less than 15 square meters on the third floor. I lived with my wife in the backstage of the Capitol Theater.

Even though the room really doesn't fit anything, a double bed, a large wardrobe. A tea cabinet with sliding door glass is gone, but compared with those who still have no distribution room, Yang Lixin is already deeply satisfied.

The only thing that made him feel uncomfortable and a little embarrassed was that his new life was inevitably full of some apprehensive and hasty colors.

Because I live in a tube building, most of the ** and habits in life can only be exposed to the vision of my neighbors. Who's business, other people's family will soon know. Everyone has no special privacy, you sleep behind closed doors, and everyone can wear and walk through this door when you open the door.

It's a coincidence. The movie "Neighbors", which will be released soon this year. It reflects the contradiction and reality of the tension in social housing.

At the same time, there is a long corridor, a toilet, a water room, a kitchen in the common tube building. The lifestyle of one lamp per family, one faucet per household, and one meter has a more detailed embodiment.

This makes this film a kind of record of the survival form of the Chinese people in that period. Even today, we still have a good idea of what kind of lifestyle it is for multiple families to live in one building.

But the silo is not the worst solution. More hopeless people had to expand on the basis of the 1976 earthquake shed. Like the birds' "nests", they continue to build small houses of various materials, styles and sizes.

Towards the southeast, northwest, triangle, trapezoid, everything. In the aisle between the houses, as long as you can push the will over a bicycle, the neighbors will not speak, and "miscellaneous" is of course.

Even such cases are divided into three, six, nine and so on.

Some people are lucky, the yard is still big, and there is a place to pick up and change the house. Relying on the bricks picked up from everywhere, the first thing is to start, and you can get a 20 square meters that are high enough and regular.

can follow the people behind you, so the conditions you face will inevitably become more and more difficult because of this. Some people tried their best, but in the end they could only make do with building an eight-square-meter, asbestos-tiled roof "Burrow", which could only ensure that there was a double bed and no rain.

But that's not all.

For example, there was a girl who came back from the Corps, but because of the large number of children in the family, there were only two rooms. Pity her for many years away from home, the siblings of the same mother are incompatible because she suddenly comes out with her, and often quarrel.

She has no place to live, and has been working on the floor for a long time. In the end, a young man from Qiqihar who had a good impression of her, but she had never been very "cold", sent her a letter, and it turned out that she could get married because there was a house there. Without hesitation, she changed her household registration and left the capital.

It can be seen that in the era of housing shortage, it is only a small place to stay, and many ordinary people will pay a heavy price for it. This is really a very cruel and helpless choice.

So compared to the above. In this district government subdivision, Hong Yanwen and Xu Chongya, who were fortunate enough to be able to place their newlywed home in the new building of the Chongwen District Government compound, can be said to be as happy as flowers.

But there is often a not-so-fulfilling side to good things.

Since it is a "special treatment", it will inevitably attract the eyes of others. This is most evident after Hong Yanwen got the keys to the new house.

He didn't expect that the identity of the deputy mayor's son-in-law, which he had been deliberately concealing, would spread out after this incident and become a well-known "secret".

As a result, the entire archive room was full of sour rumors. When colleagues are congratulating, their eyes always have a playful look in their eyes.

The words seem to be intentionally and unintentionally brought out, "powerful, powerful, real people don't show up", or "I want you to take care of it more in the future", all of which undoubtedly point to the same word "nepotism".

In addition, I can always hear some words in my ears that are dissatisfied with the indicators of this room division, and everyone scolds his mother and complains in private, and Hong Yanwen's heart is even more unpleasant.

So when he arrived at Xu's house one weekend, he couldn't help but express his emotions with Xu Chongya, saying that he didn't want this house very much.

He said that in fact, they could live in the old house of the Hong family on "Coal Market Street". Although the house was too big, a little deserted, and a little inconvenient, he thought about it, as long as he opened the door on the street......

Unexpectedly, at this time, Xu Xiaojun suddenly broke into the room like a robber, and accused Hong Yanwen with disdain. said that he "doesn't know what to do, he has to be cheap and good", dare to love this kid has been listening to small words at the door.

How did it happen this time, needless to say, it must have alarmed Xu Bingquan and Yu Wanfen.

As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of no good things, you are afraid of no good people. Don't look at the same thing, it will mean two things when expressed in different ways. Under the vigorous rendering of Xu Xiaojun's villain's first complaint, the focus suddenly became Hong Yanwen's ungrateful complaint.

So although Xu Chongya took the initiative to help Hong Yanwen explain, she quarreled with Xu Xiaojun. Xu Bingquan and his wife inevitably misunderstood in the emotional please write, thinking that Hong Yanwen "does not know the blessing in the blessing".

For this reason, Yu Wanfen's gaze at Hong Yanwen became cold, as sharp as an awl, with obvious contempt and disdain.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he said, "I know that your family has a house, and there should be enough space for dozens of tables." But we Xiaoya have lived in a unit building since she was a child, and she will not adapt to the life of a bungalow. I don't know how much dust will fall every day, and I have to run a long way to go to the toilet. Besides, you have brothers and sisters, and you won't be living alone forever. The complexity of the kinship and the daily politeness are not pleasant. Are you willing to let Xiaoya suffer this kind of sin?"

Xu Bingquan's eyes were also full of suspicion and a little bit of coldness.

More arbitrarily accused," Yanwen said. I thought you were an understanding person, but now I'm a little disappointed. You should know that there is no possibility that a person who has a private house will get a house. I've done a lot of work for this two-bedroom apartment, but why don't you cherish it? And I would like to remind you that it is uncertain whether the state's recognition of private real estate will change again. What if the direction changes that day and your private house is changed back to public ownership? And all the gossip, of course I know what they're talking about. But you can't withstand this pressure, how can you take on a more important position in the future? You will one day go to a leadership position, can you be satisfied with everyone? Think about it......

What else can Hong Yanwen say in this situation? There is an important criterion in officialdom, that is, leaders are always right. Even if it's wrong, you don't have to hard-cap in front of you, that's the worst option.

So Hong Yanwen knew that he couldn't tell the difference, and it was useless to explain. Such an outcome can only lead to a worse situation.

The only correct way to deal with it is that he must calm down and accept criticism with an open mind first. in exchange for the other party's understanding.

So he bowed his head. The Xu family found spiritual satisfaction in his modesty, as if the victorious general had taken a lot of looting before he triumphantly withdrew his troops.

But what they don't know is that it was because of this compromise. made Hong Yanwen clearly understand his status in the Xu family, and he understood what his parents and Hong Yanwu kept reminding him of the word "uncomfortable" meant.

Therefore, it was also at this moment that he began to seriously start thinking about his future path. Compared with enjoying the benefits of the Xu family, he was more eager for the opportunity to get rid of the control of this family.

It's not that he's too confident. It's that he knows very well that the Xu family will increase the capital of dictating to him because they are cultivating him, so even if he gets an important position, what's the point?

If you want to say that the only thing in the Xu family that is worth cherishing is Xu Chongya's love for him without any impurities.

After the incident, Xu Chongya kept apologizing to him for the attitude of his family, feeling aggrieved for him, and scolding Xu Xiaojun even more.

This also gave him some relief. Thinking about it on the other hand, Xu Chongya is indeed not very happy to live in a bungalow. Then this time it will be considered a sacrifice for love.

It's all for her, endure this time.