Chapter 29: Good Morning, Mountain City. (4)
Leaning on the balcony is the room of Yang Xingwang and his wife, this room is relatively large, with an area of 14 square meters, a double bed, a chest of drawers, a wardrobe, a wall cabinet on the wall, and a bedside table next to the bed, the most obvious is that there is a mirror on the wardrobe, and the whole large mirror shines brightly. Yang Xingwang's daughter-in-law remembered that the small mirror she married when she was married was sold in order to escape, and now that such a big mirror is placed in front of her, she can't wait to pounce on it immediately.
The balcony can also dry clothes, and large things such as quilts and sheets can only be dried downstairs, Yang Xingwang saw that there was a place in the playground dedicated to this.
There was nothing on the balcony, just some empty tables built on the wall.
"What is this for?" Yang Xingwang asked, pointing to the empty platform.
The little girl said, "Many of our tenants like to raise flowers and fish, and these tables can put dirt or water in them, so that they can raise flowers and fish at home." ”
Yang Xingwang's eyes lit up, the peasant family raised a bullshit flower fish, Lao Tzu planted all the onions, ginger and garlic, so that the family did not have to buy it outside, and immediately he secretly told his wife about this idea, and the two couples blushed excitedly, giggling with laughter, like a little fox who stole a chicken, and stunned the little girl and the two children.
"Ahem, may I ask Uncle Yang, do you rent this room?" The little girl hurriedly coughed to stop the couple's rhapsody.
"Why don't you rent?" Yang Xingwang's wife shouted with a red neck.
Yang Xingwang touched his nose, he felt that his wife had stolen the limelight, and he should have said it himself at this time, but it was okay, they were all family. So he coughed twice, and said, "How much is the rent of this house, how much is the deposit, is there any other money, how is the water and electricity charged, and it is too expensive for us to afford." ”
By the way, Guang is excited, water and electricity are not cheap these years, I forgot about this stubble, or my husband is smart, Yang Xingwang's wife also stopped being excited, and looked at the little girl nervously to see what she said.
The little girl smiled, "This house is 30 square meters in size, and the balcony is no matter the size. The monthly rent is 2 yuan and the deposit is 10 yuan. There is also a property management fee of 1 yuan per month, and a water and electricity fee of 1 yuan and 5 yuan. The water and electricity bills are packaged, no matter how much you use, you only need to pay 1 yuan and five per month, and the rest is subsidized by our owner. Therefore, you only need to pay a deposit of 10 yuan, and then pay 4 yuan and 5 yuan a month, and there is no additional cost for the rest. ”
"Why is the property management fee so high? What is the cost?" Yang Xingwang knew that the rent of 2 yuan was very cheap, and when he fled in Hubei Province, the five-yuan house was only a dozen square meters, and it was in tatters, full of bed bugs and cockroaches, and there was nothing. It's clean, it offers the usual furniture, there are a lot of beds and tables alone, and this suite can accommodate seven or eight people, which is too cheap.
"The property management fee is the fee charged by our Xihua Community Property Management Association, which is mainly used to pay the salaries of the building manager, cleaning staff and security personnel, and at the same time provide a clean and hygienic environment for everyone. The little girl explained.
"Uncle Yang, look. The laundry room and toilets are cleaned every day, and the garbage thrown away by each household is disposed of. The playground below provides a variety of equipment for everyone to use for free, and there are inspections in and out of the community to prevent theft. Your children play in the community, don't worry about losing, we have special people to guard the gates everywhere, and it is important to do so. Speaking of this, the little girl quietly approached Yang Xingwang and his wife and said.
"There are 1,200 families in our community, and there are at least four people in a family, which is 5,000 people, just like a big village. Our security guards do not allow irrelevant people to enter and leave the community, and the people in the community have to be in the community if they want to buy something, have a meal, sew and mend pulp, wash some clothes and pants, and make some furniture? Think about it, as long as you have the craft, guard the community, and run around without the wind and sun, there will be business at the door, and a few businesses will earn back the monthly rent money, what a good thing it is. The most unlucky, make some efforts, you can also help people move things in the community, there are new people who move in every day, there are a lot of things, you don't want to find someone to move in and out?
"We have a special shop for rent in the community, right in the community. In the future, you can just shop and cook things in the community, you can have everything, and the price is cheap. ”
The little girl said that Yang Xingwang and his wife's eyes were getting bigger and bigger, and by the way, she was still trying to use the balcony to grow some green onions, ginger and garlic to eat at home, and this little girl proposed to sell vegetables for the whole community to eat. I saw it myself, there are all countryside in this area, some are fields, rent a few acres at will, grow some vegetables and sell them in the community, it is too convenient. It's just that I don't sell vegetables, and it's strong to do something else, more than 5,000 people, I never thought about doing odd jobs before, and there are such benefits as more people.
This property management fee must be paid!
Yang Xingwang piled up a smile on his face, "Girl, we rented the house, where can we pay the money?!"
Zhang Boling's face was full of anxiety, as the founder of Nankai University, he was very worried about the current situation. After the "918" incident, the situation in North China was critical, the Japanese invaders continued to encroach on the territory of China, and the ambitions of the wolf were clearly exposed. After nearly 300 years of rule by the Qing Dynasty, the common people did not know what a nation was and why they should resist foreign invaders. In their eyes, it's just a change of tax payer on top.
The Japanese invaders not only plundered all kinds of resources in China, but also frantically wiped out Chinese culture in the occupied areas: dismembering and transporting all kinds of scriptures and stone statues, printing and distributing pro-Japanese propaganda pamphlets, and even more terrifyingly, in a few Japanese war zones, they began to teach Japanese language to the common people to learn Japanese and support the emperor. When a nation loses its own writing and language, it has perished.
Zhang Boling felt the inevitability of the Sino-Japanese war, the war was likely to start in the coastal areas first, and the situation in North China was very critical, and once the war spread, it would be difficult for the school to protect itself.
In order to realize the ideal of saving the country through education and to ensure that the educational work will not be interrupted due to changes in the current situation, Zhang Boling, who has passed the age of the Mandate of Heaven, decided to establish Nankai School all over the country.
In March this year, he sent his second son Zhang Xiyang to Rongcheng, Shu Province, and with the help of local alumni, he purchased 80 acres of land as the address of the branch of Nankai University. This time, as a member of the National Anti-Smoking Committee, I went to Shu Province to attend the National Anti-Smoking Conference, and by the way, I visited the mountain city. As a bright pearl in the southwest, the paradise of human geography, this is the focus of Zhang Boling's eyes, originally planned to open Shancheng Nankai Middle School in the mountain city, but according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China, private schools are not allowed to set up branch schools, so it was decided to name it "Nanyu Middle School".
The lot has been purchased, 800 acres, just in the suburbs, but the living environment of the mountain city at the moment is not ideal, the opening of the school, whether the teacher's arrangement is smooth, these are the worries that entangle Zhang Boling's heart. But the wide road in front of him made him look in a trance for a moment, as if he had returned to the concession of Jinwei.
Spotless roads, tall trees, clear and clean gutters, and simple signage show that this place is different from other places.
Zhang Boling traveled all the way, the mountain city is still in tatters, the stilted buildings along the river, the sticks on the slopes, and the women who carry basins to the river to wash clothes, all of which are in line with the characteristics of the city of the Republic of China. Only the wide road in front of you, the rickshaws of the same color rushing back and forth, show the difference here.
"Hey, what's that?" Zhang Boling saw a few big blue characters written on the back of a rickshaw speeding past, "Xihua Community" Is this an advertisement? What is Xihua Community? Is it a newly established area in Shancheng?
After pulling a passing rickshaw and inquiring about the Xihua community turned out to be a civilian residential community privately established by a wealthy businessman, Zhang Boling was surprised, and learned that the rich businessman was from Jinwei, so he decided to see with his own eyes this new thing that was not the same as the group in the population of the mountain city.