It is no wonder that Mu Shanshan is worried that since 1990, the capital has carried out a large-scale renovation project of the old city, demolishing a large number of old houses, most of which are courtyard houses.

As for the compensation for demolition and relocation, it only guarantees that the residents who originally lived in the courtyard house will have a house to live in, which is the relocation house, and the area of the relocation house is the same as the area of the residents' original house.

There are different opinions in society about the renovation of the old city.

In the government's view, these courtyard houses are all large and dilapidated, one is dangerous, and the other is to affect the city's appearance, and after the renovation is built into residential buildings, this is a livelihood project.

However, many scholars believe that the courtyard house is an ancient building left over from history and a typical representative of traditional houses.

It is the carrier of the culture of the old capital, which should be protected and not demolished, otherwise the capital will not have its original historical and cultural features.

Exactly which courtyard houses should be preserved and which should be demolished has always been a point of contention between the government and scholars.

This is an inevitable contradiction in the process of urban modernization.

For the residents who live in the courtyard, the elderly are nostalgic and reluctant to move out, they have lived here for most of their lives, surrounded by familiar neighbors, and live comfortably.

Young people want to leave the crowded and decaying courtyard houses and move into new buildings with their own separate spaces.

This is a generation gap and contradiction between two generations.

Lin Zixuan doesn't think so, he thinks that the building is really crowded, which makes people unable to stretch out, and their mood will be depressed.

Living in the courtyard can see the sky, the courtyard is its own world, and the heart is open-minded, which is the real stretch.

Since he wants to buy a courtyard house, he can't be the kind of courtyard that will be demolished at any time, but he wants to find a courtyard house in a cultural reserve.

This is a matter of the cultural department, and it is easy to find out through Mu Zhiyuan.

At the same time as the renovation of the old city, the Beijing Municipal Government decided to list 25 traditional courtyard houses and hutongs focusing on the Forbidden City, the area around Jingshan, Xisibei, Luoguxiang in the north and south, Guozijian, Shichahai and other areas as cultural protection areas.

The courtyard houses in these places are not within the scope of demolition and are the objects of Lin Zixuan's attention.

In this era, there is no Internet, and there are no formal real estate agencies, and if you want to buy or sell a house, you need to find a special middleman.

There are three religions and nine streams in the capital, five elements and eight works, and there are all kinds of characters, this kind of middleman used to be called brokers, and now there are various new names, and they are still the original business.

That's what they eat, they get paid to do things, and they pay attention to professional ethics.

Lin Zixuan is looking for this kind of person.

For a transaction like this, which involves hundreds of thousands, the middleman can get a benefit fee of several thousand yuan, and if he is ruthless, the buyer and the seller will collect money on both sides, and this business will have an income of tens of thousands of yuan.

Generally speaking, they collect money after the thing is done, and if the thing is not done, at most they will get a few hundred yuan of hard work, which is considered tea money.

Lin Zixuan demarcated the area of the courtyard, and the price was between 300,000 and 400,000, so he didn't need to worry about other things, and naturally there was a middleman to do it for him.

The middleman worked very hard, and within a few days there was news that someone in Shichahai wanted to sell a set of courtyard houses.

Lin Zixuan and Mu Shanshan took the time to go over and watch.

The whole yard is not big, there are more than a dozen rooms, slightly dilapidated, the geographical location is good, close to Houhai, and the transportation is convenient.

It's just that the price is a little more expensive, 400,000 yuan, and it was not this price in the first two years, it was about 280,000 yuan.

However, in 92, Shichahai was recognized as a historical and cultural scenic spot, and the corresponding house prices rose, not to mention, the prices in the capital have been rising in the past two years.

The good thing is that we live in the same family here, so there are not too many disputes.

In this era, most of the people living in a courtyard house are not one family, but more than a dozen households, which is the reason why it is called a large miscellaneous courtyard, if you need the consent of these people to buy a courtyard house, otherwise it will be very troublesome.

Some people are willing to sell, some people are unwilling to sell, some people think that the sale is cheap, some people will make strange requests, and it is easy to mess up when there are many people.

Lin Zixuan didn't want to cause this kind of trouble, so he said in advance that he would only be able to do it if he was a family.

The reason why the family wanted to sell the courtyard house is said to be related to the marriage of the son of the family, and they want to use the money to buy a commercial house.

This is not within the scope of demolition, the government does not provide relocation housing, and if you want to live in the building, you can only buy it at your own expense.

Everyone's ideas are different, some people want to live in a building, feel clean and foreign, and say it to save face.

For example, when talking about the object, if your home is a building, the chance of success will be much greater, and young people generally don't like to live in a courtyard house and feel that it is too dirty.

Influenced by Western film and television dramas, they believe that living in a small western-style building is a symbol of wealth and fashion, and the courtyard house is poor and backward.

Lin Zixuan didn't care what others thought, he thought it was good, but it needed to be renovated.

The two walked in the courtyard, discussing in a low voice.

Think of this as a guest room, where is the study and recreation room, parents can come and stay for a while when they have time, make a small garden in the yard, and build a small pavilion, where the children have a place to play.

I'm afraid this renovation will take a long time, but fortunately, they will have a lot of spare time to run this yard in the future.

It's not like a house divided into units, it's their own home.

Under the mediation of the middleman, this set of courtyard houses was finally sold for 380,000 yuan, and a deposit of 50,000 yuan was paid first, and the balance was paid after the transfer procedures were completed, which is a normal process.

Coupled with the various taxes to be paid at the time of transfer and the labor fees of the middleman, the house used a total of 400,000 yuan.

The royalties from Mu Shanshan's book and the remuneration Lin Zixuan received from "The Story of the Cooking Class", as well as their usual savings, made up more than 400,000 yuan.

As for the renovation and repair of the yard, you can take it slowly, and there is no need to rush.

The original homeowner was anxious to get money to buy a commercial house, and the transfer procedures were very simple, but it took half a month to move out, that is, until the end of May.

It's nothing, as long as their name is on the title deed, they are not afraid of these people having bad ideas.

Lin Zixuan and Mu Shanshan put away the real estate certificate and put it together with other documents.

This is what they bought with all their possessions.

In China, people need a lot of documents in this life, and the most important ones are probably birth certificates, marriage certificates and real estate certificates.

One represents that you have come to this world, one represents that you have found someone to accompany you for a lifetime, and one represents that you have a place to live and no longer wander.

"It's really not easy!" Looking at the real estate certificate, Lin Zixuan sighed.

In his memory, with the development of society, for this real estate certificate, countless people poured everything they had, borrowed from the bank, became house slaves, and saved money every month, just to have a foothold in the big city.

It's easy to live, it's easy to live, it's not easy to live. (To be continued.) )