is talking about the excitement, Wang Shuo and Ma have arrived.

When he walked to the gate of the courtyard, Ma Du looked at the outside of the courtyard in surprise, and looked for a long time before stepping in.

When they got inside, when they saw the whole yard that had been renovated and repaired as before, Ma Du's eyes were even more surprised and were about to fall.

He knew the origin of this courtyard, after all, Ma Dudu's main job was the editor of the "Youth Literature" Publishing House, and Song Yuanchao's courtyard was originally where a newspaper was located, and the publishing house and the newspaper belonged to the same system, so of course Ma Dudu knew about this place.

However, I heard several years ago that the newspaper had sold this yard, but it was not clear to whom it was sold. And today Ma Du came with him, only to find that this is the courtyard where the newspaper office was located, when he entered the door, after seeing the repaired appearance inside, Ma Du was even more surprised.

Ma Dudu is not only a cultural person, but also an antique lover, and he has a deep study of antiques and ancient architecture.

What was the original courtyard of Song Yuanchao, Ma Du had seen for a while, but now the whole courtyard is completely different from what he remembers, some structural changes caused by historical reasons have been completely restored, and the restoration technology and materials are very exquisite, which is not at all something that ordinary people can do.

More importantly, the newspaper office originally only occupied most of this courtyard, but now Song Yuanchao's courtyard is not only the part owned by the newspaper office, but also the other part that originally belonged to the overall structure of the courtyard has also been taken down, and then repaired as a whole.

A set of four-entry large courtyards, especially when repaired to the current state, can be said to be unique in the entire Yanjing City.

In Ma Dudu's impression, I am afraid that it will be like this for protected buildings such as Lama Temple and Prince Gong's Mansion, but now this is just an ordinary residence, spending such a big price and repairing it with such professional means, this is really too big.

What Ma Dudu saw next made him even more stunned, and along the way, he found that not only the repair of the yard was perfect, but also the display inside was very exquisite.

In the eye, a set of exquisite Ming and Qing Dynasty furniture and furnishings, he couldn't see that his eyes were hot, and when Xiao Qiao, who followed them to pick them up, stepped into the front hall, he was instantly attracted by a painting hanging inside.

He was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, wondering in his heart if he was dazzled? But soon he found that he was not dazzled, the painting hanging in the front hall was the first thing he recognized as a masterpiece, such a large and exquisite work, if it was his own home, he would have carefully collected it, and only when necessary would he carefully take it out, and then put on gloves, gently unfold it, and slowly admire .......

But now, such a boutique is hung in the front hall in a grand manner, and the horses are all frightened, although this is not an antique, but it is also a modern boutique, what if it is accidentally broken? Doesn't that spoil the good stuff?

Just as he was thinking like this, Ma Dudu's eyes were suddenly attracted by the two large vases on the side, and Tong Kong shrank suddenly.

"This ...... This is......? Ma Du almost exclaimed.

"Why? What a fuss. Wang Shuo couldn't help but touch Ma Dudu with his elbow and asked softly.

Ma Dudu lowered his voice and said a few words to Wang Shuo, and Wang Shuo suddenly asked in surprise: "You are not mistaken, right?" ”

"Wrong? How can it be! It's all things that open the door wide, and if I can recognize this mistake, these eyeballs will be pulled out directly for you to step on. Ma Du swore an oath.

"! So awesome? Wang Shuo doesn't know much about these, but he and Ma are old friends, and of course he knows that Ma Du is at this level. And Ma Dudu said such a guarantee, which couldn't help but make Wang Shuo surprised.

"Let's go, let's go inside." Ma Dudu pulled Wang Shuo's sleeve and pointed to the front, Wang Shuo's eyes swept in the front hall and nodded, and the two walked around the front hall and walked straight towards the middle hall.

"You're late, why is it so late?" As soon as Wang Shuo and Ma Du arrived, the soldiers couldn't help but complain.

"Today, Grandma Liu and I entered the Grand View Garden, and we were dazzled." Wang Shuo smiled and said: "This courtyard is awesome, we can open our eyes all the way after entering the hospital, and we can be called the only one in Sijiu City if we make it like this." By the way, this yard belongs to your friend? ”

"My Brother Song's, the yard is very good, right? Thanks to Brother Song, he bought it early, and it cost 20,000 yuan that year, and the later repairs cost a lot of money, and he specially invited a professional teacher from the Department of Architecture of Beijing Normal University to get it, and the money invested in it went to the sea. The GI said with a smile.

"Twenty in one? It's worth it! This thought flashed through the minds of Wang Shuo and Ma Du at the same time, now this yard is not to mention twenty-one, you can't get it a few times, and the more important thing is that there is nowhere to find it if you want to find such a courtyard!

Hearing the movement, Luo Yang and Song Yuanchao walked out of the house.

"Come, let me introduce you, this is my buddy and my boss Brother Luo Yangyang, this is my Brother Song, and this yard is my Brother Song." The soldier introduced Wang Shuo and them with a smile, and also introduced Wang Shuo and Ma Dudu.

Luo Yang hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands with them and greeted them politely, Song Yuan looked at Wang Shuo and Ma Dudu to the side, and also said Jiu Yang's words with a smile. As for Chen Xiaoer, there is no need to introduce him, who he doesn't know, and Chen Xiaoer, Wang Shuo and Ma are all acquaintances.

Wang Shuo is not tall, his face is round and a little fat, and he dresses very casually. Ma Dudu is similar to Song Yuanchao's impression, neatly dressed, but he looks much younger than in his memory.

"Dude, how much did you spend on this yard?" When shaking hands with Song Yuanchao, Wang Shuo suddenly asked such a question, which made Song Yuanchao stunned for a moment.

Song Yuanchao thought for a while and said frankly: "It cost 20,000 yuan to buy this yard back then, but the cost of repairing it later was a lot, and tens of thousands of dollars were invested before and after, and it was a total of 100,000 yuan." But this was a few years ago, and if you get it now, it will have to be at least several times greater, what? Are you interested in getting a set too? ”

"I'm not that rich, I might have been able to make do with it a few years ago, but not now. If you don't believe it, you ask Ma Dudu, the year before last, I was so poor that I almost had to be pants. ”

Everyone was stunned and looked towards Ma Dudu, who nodded with a wry smile.

"No, I've heard that your new book is selling well, why don't you have any money?"

"This is all later, if it weren't for the fact that the poor couldn't afford to eat, could I go and write a book?" Wang Shuo had a disdainful expression of writing, as if writing a book was a very helpless thing.

Seeing that everyone was surprised, Ma Du on the side smiled and told everyone that Wang Shuo's words were not casually said, and he really had no way to write.

As early as a few years ago, Wang Shuo was dedicated to trading, and the small business was still booming, and he co-opened a roast duck restaurant, resold TV sets, and even tossed clothes.

Speaking of clothing, Wang Shuo is very proud, he asked if you know that a few years ago in Sijiu City was popular "cultural shirts" No, that is, ordinary old man shirts with a few big characters printed on the chest, the most famous of which is "Annoying, don't pay attention to me!" "This.

In fact, this thing was the first one made by Wang Shuo, and he could have made a lot of money by tossing cultural shirts at the beginning.

"Why haven't I heard you about this?" The soldier couldn't help but ask, "You still got this?" At the beginning, I remember that the cultural shirt was popular for a while. ”

"Why mention it when it's long gone." Wang Shuo waved his hand nonchalantly, as if it was not worth mentioning this matter, but there was a touch of pride in his expression.

"And then?" Luo Yang asked with interest, wasn't he tossing clothes in Dashilar at that time? When the cultural shirt was rising, there were even a lot of people selling it on the side of Dashilar, but Luo Yang was not interested in this thing, after all, at that time, Luo Yang's clothing had already been made to a scale, and they were the largest wholesalers in Yanjing, and these small fights were not looked down upon at all.

But then again, for Wang Shuo to be able to make flowers on an ordinary old man's shirt, it means that he is not bad at business, why didn't he continue to do it?

With a long sigh, Wang Shuo told Luo Yang that everything was fine, and he earned nearly 6,000 yuan by making cultural shirts. But later, because he committed a villain, he was reported for speculation, and he was "invited" to the relevant departments, not only all the goods were copied, but he was also fined a large sum of money, and he was not sentenced to a loss.

This time, after several years of hard work, I returned to the pre-liberation period overnight.

Wang Shuo is a good person to make friends, and he is used to spending a lot on weekdays, although he made a lot of money in trading before, but he didn't really keep much in his hands. This time, not only is the goods gone, but also such a large amount of money is fined, and it is not enough to take out all the old bottoms.

At that time, Wang Shuo had a job, and his monthly salary was 36 yuan, because he really couldn't pay the fine, and the relevant departments took into account his actual situation and carried out personalized operations, and the insufficient fine was deducted from his salary.

That is to say, in addition to the 6 yuan per month living expenses left for him, the remaining 30 yuan is used to pay the fine until the fine is paid. How could Wang Shuo stand such an operation? Only 6 yuan a month? What can you do with this money? It's not enough to smoke and drink, can you still live? Wang Shuo was ruthless and simply didn't want to work, and if he didn't even want a job, he would naturally be fined.

But without a job and no income, people have to live, right? And he had just gotten married at the time, and he still had a wife at home, so there was really no way, Wang Shuo pondered that he would have no capital to do business now, and secondly, he would be targeted if something happened before he did it, and maybe he wouldn't be able to get out after he went in.

After thinking about it, Wang Shuo suddenly remembered that he had written an article and published it a long time ago, and he had received a manuscript fee, and people who had read this article praised him for his talent in this area. Since you can't do business now, it's good to be a writer to earn some manuscript fees, so there is one less businessman Wang Shuo and one more writer Wang Shuo in this world.

After listening to Wang Shuo's experience of how he became a writer, everyone looked at each other for a while, and they all felt that this plot was even more bizarre.

But the facts are in front of them again, and Ma Dudu's proof can't help but make them disbelieve. Seeing that Wang Shuo still felt that he had not become a businessman, but had become a writer by mistake, he suddenly burst into laughter.