Siheyuan: Starting from the Pig Killer

The housing problem has been around for a long time.

Xiang Yunduan was also lucky. If he carefully calculated the time he entered the factory, it was only about ten days early. The workers who entered the factory in the past two days were not so lucky. Many regular workers could not get a house.

Fortunately, since most of the workers are recruited in the city, these new people who join the factory can still live in the same place where they originally lived.

But Xiang Yunlong's situation is special and he has to rent a house.

"Tomorrow I will go to the housing exchange to have a look. If there is a suitable one, I will rent it first!" Xiang Yunduan said.

The housing exchange has been established for several years. After liberation, a large number of people poured into the city, which caused housing prices to rise rapidly.

At that time, the monthly rent for renting an ordinary house of 17 or 18 square meters could even reach 30 to 40 percent of the monthly income of ordinary workers and government clerks.

Many people who come to the city are likely to have three generations of their families crowded into one house, making life very inconvenient.

To solve this problem, home exchanges came into being.

However, this housing exchange was not quite the same as the housing bureaus of later generations.

A house exchange is more like a real estate agency.

Before liberation, if you wanted to rent or buy a house in the city, you would usually get an introduction from a "fangxian". The so-called "fangxian" was actually an intermediary.

However, there is an old saying that goes like this: "If someone is innocent, he should be killed." Fang Xian is a type of "teeth".

In the years after liberation, housing prices suddenly skyrocketed. On the one hand, there was indeed an influx of too many people, causing the housing market to be in short supply. On the other hand, Fang Fiber also played a big role in this.

Because Fangxian handles housing information with one hand and connects buyers and renters with the other, it is a must-see for both upstream and downstream customers. Therefore, when Fangxian introduced the transaction between the two parties, the lion opened his mouth wide and ate up. You can eat at home, and you can even get 20% of the price of the house for every business you introduce.

It is precisely because of this that later there was a crackdown or even a ban on Fang Fang.

The housing exchange was established at that time. In addition to performing the work of an intermediary, it also had another function, which was to collect taxes.

However, this tax is not much. Depending on the price of the house, the tax is between 4% and 7%.

It sounds like with the housing exchange, the interests of buyers and sellers are more damaged than before, but in fact that is not the case.

Because there is no charge for acting as an "intermediary" on the housing exchange, compared with the previous situation where Housing Fiber took 20% of the profits, with the establishment of the housing exchange, the relationship between buyers, sellers and the government has been realized. A win-win-win situation.

But there is still a problem, that is, there are generally not enough houses, so even if you rent a house, it is difficult to find a suitable one.

This can only be done slowly.

After dinner, the two brothers were not in a hurry to rest, but pushed their bicycles out of the compound.

Xiang Yunlong wants to learn to ride a bicycle.

Although this guy is now an apprentice driver, he still doesn't know how long it will take him to drive.

Besides, even if he drives a car one day, the car is owned by the public and he cannot be allowed to drive it casually. Bicycles are more convenient for daily life. The key is that you can buy one and use it at home without being restricted.

It happens that there is nothing much to do at night, so you can practice for half an hour to an hour. There are street lights on the street outside and there are few people at night, so it is perfect for practicing riding a bicycle.

"Look up, look forward, don't keep staring at your feet!"

"The arms are too stiff, relax!"

"Don't be afraid. I'm holding you down from behind. It won't fall down. You can ride with confidence!"

"Turn around...turn around..."

"boom!"

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Xiang Yunduan watched his younger brother hit a telephone pole on the roadside while riding his bicycle, and couldn't help but stroke his forehead.

Just now I saw that this kid was very spiritual and got into the mood quickly. He quietly released his hand holding the back seat of the car. Unexpectedly, a "car accident" happened without paying attention.

"Oops, the car seems to have crashed!"

Getting up from the ground, Xiang Yunlong didn't bother to dust himself off, and quickly took a look at the bicycle.

"It's okay. The basket is only dented a little. Just break it off with your hands. Are you okay?" Xiang Yunduan asked.

"Hiss~ My elbow hurts a little!" Xiang Yunlong realized it at this time and looked at his right arm. The elbow was red and bleeding.

Xiang Yunduan took a look and found that the skin was a little broken, but it wasn't a big problem. He asked, "Can I still ride it?"

"Of course I can ride it, I feel like I've found the feeling!"

The two brothers didn't pay much attention to this injury. When they were young, they had suffered much more serious injuries while practicing martial arts.

"Relax, it's not difficult. I bought a car and I can ride it in a day. If you can't even ride a bicycle, why are you a driver? Take a break as soon as possible!" Xiang Yunduan cheered for his brother.

The next time was spent in Xiang Yunlong's awkward learning to drive, and an hour passed quickly.

"Go back and continue practicing in the next few days. I think you will be able to fully master it in a few days!"

Seeing that it was getting late, Xiang Yunduan said.

In fact, there are really no skills in riding a bicycle. The main thing is to master balance. It is not difficult. Most people can learn it in a few days.

By the time we returned to the yard, it was almost nine o'clock.

Originally, the two brothers planned to take a rest, but as soon as they entered the house, Yan Bugui came out of nowhere.

"Third uncle, how come you don't make any sound when you walk?" Xiang Yunduan looked at Yan Bugui and said speechlessly.

"Hey, you guys are not happy anymore. Do you want my wife? If you don't want me, I can go back!" Yan Bugui made a gesture to leave.

When Xiang Yunduan heard this, he immediately became energetic. It seemed that Yan Bugui said that he wanted to introduce someone to him.

Xiang Yunduan grabbed Yan Bugui and said, "Third uncle, blame me. Tell me quickly. What's going on?"

It's so pitiful that he's been here for so long, but he hasn't enjoyed it even once. He's so energetic that he's almost going to get angry.

Nowadays, he is not as free to mess around as he would be in later generations, so he endures it quite hard.

Although the body is still intact, the soul is old. Apart from anything else, not everyone can possess the silver-level "house technique".

If you want to give up eating meat after eating meat, it will be too difficult unless the hardware can't keep up.

Xiang Yunduan is not a person who likes to do things by himself, so you can imagine how tiring this period of time was.

"Tsk...you kid, you are so stubborn when asking for help!" Yan Bugui saw Xiang Yunduan's impatient look and began to take action.

"Hey, it's my fault too, I almost forgot about your style, third uncle!"

Xiang Yunduan saw Yan Bugui rubbing his fingers in front of him while he was talking. He immediately showed an expression of realization, turned around, opened the cupboard, and took out a bunch of things from inside.

"I've prepared it for you a long time ago, how about it? I'm pretty open about things, right?"