1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

Chapter 89 Wife, let's go buy a house together (ask for monthly ticket)
An atomic bomb scared Li Qingquan away!
Seeing that Lao Qian had no idea about lunch, he looked at Feng's father and mother eagerly. Didn't they agree to go out to eat at noon?

Feng's mother didn't see it!
I just said it casually, just to be polite. Old Qian had just published a sharp criticism of her son-in-law, and he still wanted her, Gu Xueqing, to treat him to a meal?
What are you thinking?

"Old Feng, what on earth is this atomic bomb your wife is talking about!?"

Feng's mother drove all the younger brothers and sisters back home, while Feng's father stayed in the front yard chatting with Lao Qian.

Lao Qian couldn't help but asked.

"What atomic bomb? It's just a manuscript! It was written and directed by Mr. Wu, Mr. Mao and Ding Ling!"

"It will be published soon after this plenary session!"

Mr. Feng is not that alarmist. After all, it's just a manuscript. Can it really be a taboo that cannot be inquired about?

"What?! Even Mr. Mao was alarmed?"

After hearing this, Lao Qian was shocked. He didn't expect that the manuscript behind "October" would actually invite Mr. Mao to personally guide it, and it seemed to be related to the plenary session. Isn't this a bit scary?
No wonder Old Feng was so sharp when he criticized Li Qingquan just now.

"Let's not talk about that! Old Qian, what were you thinking of giving such a profound criticism to "The Wrangler"!?"

"You were very optimistic about The Horse Wrangler before and agreed to translate it, didn't you?"

Father Feng still asked a question for his son-in-law. The main reason for his wife's sharp words just now was Lao Qian's critical article.

"Well! Li Qingquan is indeed a little bit arrogant, so I thought of taking a different approach to remind Li Qingquan not to get too arrogant!"

"At the same time, doesn't your wife have a problem with Li Qingquan? I thought I'd rather offend Li Qingquan than let your wife worry about him!"

"But why do I feel that my comments on this manuscript are not profound enough? Is Teacher Gu not satisfied?"

"That doesn't matter. Didn't Li Qingquan invite us just now? Then we can go to his Yanjing Literature School together and give his school a deeper kick!"

Li Qingquan is not here now, so Lao Qian will definitely say something nice. Wouldn’t Lao Feng like to hear that?
Lao Qian’s attitude is very good!

I'm just short of telling Old Feng directly, look, I, Old Qian, have always been on the same front with you, October.

"This... let's talk about it later!"

The flesh on Feng's father's face twitched violently a few times. He didn't expect that Old Qian really criticized "The Shepherd" for this purpose?

But I really didn’t ask you to criticize me, I really wanted you to praise me!
Are we still waiting to challenge each other and make it more profound?
Okay, as long as you like it!
Just wait until Wednesday and arrive at the scene. If you dare to criticize her son-in-law in front of his lover, no matter how deeply you criticize him, I can only say that you are awesome, Lao Qian!
"That's for sure! I guarantee that your wife will be satisfied!" Old Qian nodded repeatedly, and the draft in his mind was almost ready!
"Let's invite my sister-in-law to have lunch together at noon! I am back this time thanks to my elder brother's help and care, otherwise our whole family would have to live on the street!"

"Old Feng, please don't try this. Maybe next time! You and your family should just go out to eat. Why would I want to join in the fun?!"

When Feng's father formally extended the invitation, Old Qian's face became serious and he waved his hands repeatedly.

No matter how greedy he was, he knew that this was a family dinner for Lao Feng. Why would an outsider like him join in the fun?

"Brother, why are you being so polite to me and Xueqing?!"

"Come along! Just treat it as a feast for my young students!"

Speaking of this, Father Feng is actually really serious!
"Uh! Speaking of your Jiayou and your son-in-law, you really don't plan to hold a wedding banquet!?"

"Actually, I think your son-in-law is pretty good!"

Old Qian felt that the Feng family didn't hold the banquet because they disliked his son-in-law. They couldn't even cover up his son-in-law, so they couldn't marry their daughter off in a grand manner.

"Xuemin is really good! As for the banquet, maybe after they have their holiday, the two families can sit together and discuss it!"

"Besides, I still haven't found a house at my workplace. I might even have to borrow your house to get married in the future!"

Speaking of this, Father Feng's face inevitably looked a little embarrassed.

Before, his wife had indeed not thought about holding a banquet for the young students, but recently she had relented and felt that one should be held anyway.

Whose daughter's wedding is not a grand one?! What's wrong with her Feng family? And since she is the first daughter, she must set a good example and marry off in a grand way.

In fact, Feng's father also knew that it was his wife, and he had changed his mind about Xuemin, the son-in-law.

What now lies before them is the issue of housing.

"It's what we have to do! Don't talk about whether to lend the house or not. Are we so awkward with each other?"

"If you think this place is a little shabby, I'll give you the one in Dongzhimen as your wedding house?"

Lao Qian has become wealthy and has the capital to do so. The courtyard house here is a large compound and is indeed a bit shabby and crude.

If Mr. Feng's wife doesn't like it, they can just lend the three-courtyard apartment in Dongzhimen to their family as a wedding house for their daughter.

"No, no, thank you!" Father Feng waved his hands repeatedly when he heard this. He had seen the three-courtyard apartment in Dongzhimen before!
Not a good place to live!
Given his sensitive status as someone who has just returned to the city, it would be difficult for him to live in such a nice house.

"Old Feng! Come to think of it, can you really not get your house back?"

Speaking of the house, Lao Qian asked Lao Feng again.

Before Mr. and Mrs. Feng came to visit, they had their own house, so why couldn't they move back?
"It's hard to talk about that house now!"

When talking about his own house, Father Feng's expression became even more indescribable. He shook his head repeatedly and didn't want to say more.

"Okay! Anyway, if there is a need, just tell me, Lao Feng!" Lao Qian could understand Lao Feng's feelings. Lao Feng was one of the first batch to be sent down, and his spirit had almost been worn out!
Even if there is a chance to take back the house now, Lao Feng may not dare to take the initiative to ask for it.

Because his house is very sensitive!

"I have already translated the English version of your article 'The Horse Herder'. Wait a minute, Lao Feng, I will get it for you!"

"So fast!?"

Father Feng was stunned when he heard this. When did Old Qian become so happy-go-lucky?
In the past, when I asked him to write an article, it could be scheduled from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, but this time... there is only half a month in total?
"Translation... for me, Old Qian, it's just a matter of copying it, easy!"

When it comes to your strengths, Lao Qian really shouldn’t be too proud!
Just as he said, translation is as easy as drinking water for him. He can just take a look at the Chinese version and translate it directly into a foreign language. Anyway, there are only a few words and no background.

On the contrary, when translating a foreign language into Chinese, one has to think carefully about it. After all, our language is profound and full of connotations. One word has one meaning. This is for the younger generations to study, so one has to think carefully and not be careless.

Eating some melons and watching the fun delayed Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou's morning departure.

We had Quanjude for lunch, but the old Qian couple did not come together after all. They said it would not be too late to come and have a meal after old Feng officially marries his daughter.

However, out of politeness, Feng's father brought a big roast duck for Lao Qian when he returned.

After having lunch together, Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou still went to Yan University.

Look at the house!
It is definitely unrealistic for Feng Jiayou to go around the streets looking for a house when she is pregnant!

After Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou rode their bikes to Yanda, they headed straight to the nearest housing management office, also known as the "housing exchange station."

There was no concept of commercial housing those days, and it was even more impossible to have housing rental agencies.

There is only a housing management office in each district.

As early as the first half of this year, the old man made an important speech on the issue of residents' housing.

It is probably to solve the housing shortage problem among citizens, allowing private construction under policy conditions, or collective construction and living together.

But it was just a speech and was not translated into a written official document. In addition, the gap between the rich and the poor was not very obvious in that era, and most people did not have the financial resources to build houses privately. They basically waited for the allocation of houses from above. After all, most of the houses are now state-owned.

People like the Feng family who really have no place to live will also choose to rent.

Therefore, most housing management offices of this era are responsible for housing supervision, mainly targeting those who want to change houses or rent houses!
Because the allocated houses cannot be bought or sold, changing houses has become one of the main ways for residents to improve their housing conditions in this era.

The so-called changing houses to improve housing conditions means that you feel uncomfortable living in a slum now and want to move to a large courtyard house, or even a tube-shaped apartment building. What should you do?
Applying to higher authorities is one way, but if you are not very powerful or high-ranking, it is impossible.

But I still want to live in a better house, sure!
This is just like what Mr. and Mrs. Feng Jiayou are doing now, they go door to door and ask!

Ask them if they can give up their house and let them live in it?
They can add more money!
If you encounter someone who doesn't want to do something, you will inevitably be chased out with a broom;
But if you find one that you like, they will really exchange it with you for a little price difference subsidy.

After the couple has reached an agreement, they only need to go to the nearest housing management office to register. Because both houses are public and do not involve changes in property rights, the house can be considered exchanged after registration at the house exchange station.

Of course, there is another situation. If you want to improve your housing conditions but don’t have time to find and book a house yourself, you can go to the housing exchange station of the housing management office and register your housing change needs.

Similarly, homeowners who are short of money and in urgent need of money come to register and apply for a change of house and compensation.

The Housing Management Office's House Exchange Station then acts as a middleman and plays a supervisory role. After both parties like each other, they get what they want, and the house is successfully exchanged!

Therefore, the housing management office’s housing exchange station now actually functions very similarly to the housing rental agency of later generations.

There are few renting situations and many demands for house-changing, and none of them involve the issue of changing property rights!

And the last small part is private property transactions!

In this era, there was no strict prohibition on private house transactions, and private house transactions still existed among the people.

The sale of private houses by the public also needs to be supervised by the Housing Management Office. You can also register your private housing purchase needs or willingness to sell your private house here and wait for those who are in need!
Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou went straight to the housing management office of Yanda University, hoping to have some luck and see if there were any private houses for sale registered there.

This saves them from going from one alley to another asking, "Do you have a house you want to buy?"
But today seems to be Sunday, and the Housing Management Office is also closed for the holiday.

But I didn’t run there!
Since there is a housing management office’s room-changing station, there are bound to be scalpers roaming around outside it.

Of course, these days they cannot be called scalpers, but rather the kind of people who sell information about housing sources, or act as matchmakers to save homeowners the trouble of looking for housing sources themselves in the vast sea of ​​options.

"Two young comrades, do you want to rent a room or change rooms?!"

as predicted!

As soon as Cheng Xuemin and his companion arrived here, a young man who was a street kid came up to them and greeted them secretly.

"Don't look inside, young comrades. We are resting today and not working. The door is closed!"

"But whether you want to rent a house or change houses, I basically have all the houses you have in there!"

The street urchin lifted up his military coat and saw that there were indeed a lot of rules and regulations inside, with an address written on them.

This is quite bold. I wonder if it can be considered as speculation?

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(End of this chapter)