The registration time is January 16, the day after the Lantern Festival, February 22 of the Gregorian calendar.

When Wang Chong set off on the fifth day of the first month, he arrived in Yanjing on the sixth day of the first month, and when he got off the train, a man in his forties, with elegant hair and a middle hair, and wearing a tunic holding a sign with Wang Chong's name written on it, had been waiting for a long time.

Wang Zhong walked up to the man with his luggage, put down the bag in his hand, stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "Hello! I'm Zhou Bingkun. ”

The middle-aged man was a little excited, put down the sign, wanted to reach out but hesitated, wiped his hand on his clothes before reaching out to hold Wang Chong's hand, and the words of surprise were intermittent: "Chongwen... No... Hello Mr. Zhou! I'm He Damao! ”

"Hello Comrade He!" Letting go of his hand, Wang Zhong smiled and said, "It's hard for you to run on purpose." ”

"What Mr. Zhou said, I have admired you for a long time, and it is my honor to have the opportunity to receive you."

He Damao is a fan of Wang Chong's readers, quite a loyal kind, at first I read Wang Chong's poems, and then I read novels, at first I wrote a letter to the magazine, and then Wang Chong returned to one, it was out of control, almost every month to Wang Chong's letters, thunder could not move, Wang Chong would occasionally reply to the previous one, one came and went, and gradually understood a little more, He Damao admired Wang Chong more and more.

The two have gradually become familiar with each other, and in the past few years, although they have not met, they can be regarded as pen pals who have a good relationship.

When he came to Yanjing this time, Wang Chong had already contacted He Damao in advance, and asked him to help rent a house, preferably a courtyard.

However, now that it has just passed a difficult period, the reform and opening up has not yet been fully determined, and there are still certain risks in the purchase and sale of houses, so Wang Chongcai wants to rent first instead of buying directly.

Of course, if you can buy it directly, Wang Zhong doesn't mind.

In the past two years, with the publication of the physical books of "Changjin Lake" and "Chongwen Short Story Collection", Wang Chong's worth has soared, and he has successfully become a '10,000 yuan household'.

He Damao is a Chinese teacher in Yanjing No. 3 Middle School, the income is not low, the family background is good, grandfather and father are martyrs, have died in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Aid to Korea, his eldest brother is now the deputy director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, although not the number one, but the status is not low, Yanjing is the capital, how high the content of a deputy director, think about it.

"Mr. Zhou, I have already arranged it at the hotel, we can move in directly, as for the house, according to your requirements, I have also found several places, let's go one by one tomorrow morning, what do you think?"

He Damao was both attentive and enthusiastic, and took the initiative to ask for the luggage in Wang Chong's hand, called a tricycle outside the train station, and the two of them went to the hotel arranged by He Damao in advance on a manpower tricycle.

settled everything in the hotel, and when Wang Chong took a bath and changed his clothes, He Damao pulled Wang Chong and went straight to Quanjude outside the front door.

"It's too expensive, let's just eat something!" Quanjude's consumption is notoriously high, the two have only met for the first time, He Damao is so expensive, Wang Chong is really a little unhappy.

He Damao said with a smile: "How can this work, Mr. Zhou, your first time in Yanjing, how can you not taste Quanjude's roast duck!" ”

Looking at He Damao's relaxed appearance, it is obvious that there is no shortage of money, here look at his familiar appearance, he must not come less often, Wang Chong is too lazy to be hypocritical, and said with a smile: "Yes, then I won't be polite with you." ”

"That's right!"

The next day, He Damao took Wang Chongxian to Nanluoguxiang, which is now basically a miscellaneous courtyard, with more than ten or twenty families living in a courtyard, with more than three rooms and one less.

The first place He Damao took Wang to revisit was a wing room in the middle courtyard of a three-entry quadrangle, with only two rooms.

The location is good, the house is not badly preserved, but there are too many people living in it, and the room is a little less, not enough to live, and many facilities are public, not very convenient.

In line with the attitude of shopping around, Wang Chong did not rush to decide.

In the morning, the two ran to three more places, all of which were in Nanluoguxiang, which were basically all miscellaneous courtyards.

In the afternoon, I went to Beiluoguxiang to see three places, but they didn't match.

On the third day, I went to Deshengmen to take a look, but unfortunately I didn't see anything.

I didn't expect that on the ninth day of the new year, He Damao suddenly rushed to find Wang Chong, saying that there was a second-entry alley for rent in the Dashiqiao Hutong next to Desheng Gate, and he couldn't help but pull Wang Chong and ran away.

On the way, He Damao also explained the situation of the yard to Wang Chong, the owner is a friend of He Damao, born in a scholarly family, was rehabilitated last year, and took back a few ancestral houses at the end of the year.

A small courtyard into the door, the gate is in the southeast corner, the door is the shadow wall, the street is three inverted seats, the westernmost is the toilet, a large courtyard of more than 30 square meters, there are two wings on both sides, three main houses, and there are two green spaces on the edge of the main house.

None of the houses have been rented out, and Wang Chong has taken a look at them.

As soon as his mind moved, he didn't hide it, and asked the owner directly if he accepted it.

The owner of the house was also refreshed, and after thinking about it for a while, he agreed, asking for 2,300 yuan, which was still discounted by He Damao's face.

At present, the monthly salary of first-class workers is only 27 yuan and 5 yuan, and the meat is only a few cents a catty, and 2,300 yuan is not a small amount.

Wang Chong agreed on the spot, He Damao is a disciple of the big courtyard and has a wide network in Yanjing, so he took the two of them to the housing authority on the same day and finalized the matter of the house.

That night, Wang Chong moved into the yard he had just bought.

At night, Wang Chong was a little excited and couldn't sleep, so he simply picked up the blank paper and painted.

The courtyard is really good, but the water, electricity and toilets are old-fashioned, and the layout of the courtyard keeps emerging in Wang Chong's mind, and the lines jump on the paper.

Early the next morning, He Damao came to the door again, He Damao, the head snake in the land, and it became extremely easy to buy and hire workers.

In the afternoon, the workers officially started construction, according to Wang Chong's wishes, rearranged the pipelines in the courtyard, widened the septic tank, made it into three formats, arranged the bedpan water tank and everything, and the westernmost room of the upside-down room had to be changed into a bathroom.

It doesn't look like a big project, but it takes a lot of effort to add up to everything.

There is no way, now the buildings are more expensive than the courtyard, and now the buildings are basically the houses of various units, ordinary people can only live in the courtyard, and there can be such a small courtyard where they live alone, Wang Chong has been thankful.

If you want to live comfortably, you still have to spend some necessary money. But in this way, the project is not small.

It is thanks to He Damao, a die-hard fan, otherwise, if Wang Zhong himself, even if he finds this yard, there is no way to buy it.

On the twelfth day of the first month, February 18 of the Gregorian calendar, there were still three days before the start of school in Shuimu, and the renovation was finalized, and He Damao was entrusted to help watch, Wang Chong quickly set off to return to Jichun, preparing to bring Li Suhua, Zheng Juan and the children to Yanjing.

Originally, Wang Chong planned to live in Yanjing for a while to get familiar with the situation, but he didn't think that He Damao's energy was quite large, and it only took a few days to find a place for him to stay.

And surprisingly good.

It was more than eight o'clock in the evening when Wang Chongdao was auspicious, and when he got home, it was already nine o'clock and almost ten o'clock.

knocked on the door, and after a while, Zheng Juan's voice came out: "Who is it at night?" ”

"Me!" Then I heard the sound of a rope coming from the outhouse, and the dim light of the incandescent lamp spilled out of the window.

With a creak, the door opened from the inside, and Zheng Juan, who was wearing a cotton jacket and sweater and pants, stood in the door, looking at Wang Chong with surprise and surprise: "Why did you come back?" ”

Wang Chong entered the house and closed the door easily, and Li Suhua also wore a padded jacket and came out of the back room sleepily: "Juan'er, who is it?" ”

"Mom! It's me! ”

Li Suhua immediately came to his senses, his eyes widened, and he looked at Wang Chong: "Kun'er, didn't you go to Yanjing?" How did you run back? ”

"Did you commit something?" Li Suhua hurriedly ran to the door, opened the door and poked his head out, looked around in a panic, and saw that no one was outside, so he hurriedly closed the door.

made Wang Chong cry and laugh: "Mom! What are you doing here! ”

"Kun'er!" Li Suhua took Wang Chong's hand, looking nervous, with tears in his eyes, and even his hands trembled a little: "Listen to Damn!" If we make a mistake, let's turn ourselves in and strive for a lighter sentence! But don't do anything stupid! ”

"Mom, what do you think, your son and I have just been admitted to college, and we have a great future, and the vast world is waiting to show our strengths, how can I do things that violate the law and discipline." Wang Zhong took Li Suhua's hand and patiently explained.

"Really?"

Li Suhua will be skeptical.

Wang Chong smiled lightly: "Really not!" Don't you know who I am! ”