People in the Siheyuan: I am a Buddhist who is in a mess

There are rooms, a living room, a dining room, and a kitchen for cooking.

In addition to the old lady's big room, there are three small rooms, one bigger and two smaller.

The larger room also has a separate bathroom, but it is much smaller than the old lady's. There are two small rooms, no separate bathroom, and the bathroom is just behind the corner.

"Lin Yi, is it not appropriate to build a toilet inside the house?" Liu Mei was a little confused.

Nowadays, it is not popular to build toilets inside the house, mainly because they are too dirty and have a bad smell.

"Aunt, it looks like it's being repaired inside the house, but there's a pipe underneath that's connected to the septic tank outside, so it won't be a problem. Just flush it with a hose from time to time, and there's a door to ventilate it, so there won't be any smell."

Lin Yi had also thought about this. Master Yang had also raised this issue at the beginning, but Lin Yi still insisted on doing it this way because he didn't want to go outside to make a mess in hot or cold weather. Besides, the toilet outside had too strong a smell.

What's more, this small courtyard was allocated to Lin Yi. It belongs to him alone, so he can use it in whatever way he feels comfortable.

After Lin Yi said this, Liu Mei didn't know what to say. Although she felt that it was inappropriate to put the toilet in the house, but when she thought about it carefully, it was really convenient.

Especially the shower in the old lady’s room, it is so convenient for taking a bath.

There is no place to take a bath in the courtyard. If men like Yi Zhonghai want to take a bath, they can do so in the steel rolling mill, where there is hot water. If they want to take a bath in the yard, they just need to get water in a bucket and rinse themselves shirtless.

But it is troublesome for women. They have to get a big wooden barrel at home, boil hot water, and carry many buckets of water. Only after the water is filled can they take a bath.

And not everyone has a large wooden barrel, so I had no choice but to fetch a bucket of water at night, pour a thermos of hot water into it, and wipe it with a towel.

It’s not that people of this era don’t like cleanliness, it’s just that conditions are limited and there’s nothing we can do about it.

Not only taking a bath, but even washing your hair is not that easy.

Yi Zhonghai was stopped by many people in the front yard.

"Uncle, you are the uncle of our courtyard. You can't be so rude. We have lived in the same courtyard for more than ten years. Why should you give those three big houses to Lin Yi?"

"That's right, uncle. Lin Yi lives alone, why should he be given three houses, and they are newly built big tile houses at that."

"Uncle, you are close to Lin Yi, but you can't be so partial to him."

"Uncle, there are seven people in my family, and we are squeezed into one room. If we want to divide the houses, shouldn't we get one too?"

These aunties and grandmas living in the courtyards did not dare to go to the old lady's house to look for Lin Yi, but they had the courage to look for Yi Zhonghai.

Normally, Yi Zhonghai behaves very approachable, and people in the hospital have developed the habit of looking for Yi Zhonghai first when they have something to do.

If it were in the past, Yi Zhonghai would be very happy with so many people coming to him to seek justice, but the matter of the house concerned Lin Yi, and Yi Zhonghai knew that this matter could not be changed, as the street office and the steel mill had decided on it from the beginning.

"I know about this. This house is really not mine. Everyone knows Lin Yi's background. When he first arrived, he was wearing all these medals. Everyone saw them. This is a reward from the government to commend his family for their contributions to the country."

Yi Zhonghai didn't dare to drag his feet and play it safe on this matter. Moreover, although these aunties and grandmas stopped him and asked for an explanation, their willingness was not that strong. He had been managing the courtyard house for so many years, and although he didn't know exactly what everyone was thinking, he had a general idea of ​​it.

So many people came here, most of them wanted to take advantage of the situation. They were just angry and hated the rich. They were jealous that Lin Yi, a single household, suddenly had three large houses, and they were newly built tiled houses.

This is human nature. If you have a legitimate reason and then do some small favors, the problem can actually be easily solved.

"Uncle, my family has just gotten married, but they still don't have a house. My daughter-in-law doesn't want to come back and live with us. As an uncle, can you talk to Lin Yi and get a room for him?"

Li Zhaodi still didn't give up. So many aunts and grandmas came to block Yi Zhonghai, and she was also contributing a lot.

After Liu Guangqi got married, he has only returned home four or five times in the past few months. From what Liu Guangqi said, it seemed that if they didn't have a house, they would have to go to Jinkou with his father-in-law's family.

Liu Haizhong's family worked hard to train their eldest son, but in the end, because of the house issue, the eldest son became a son-in-law and had to go to Jinkou with his father-in-law. This was unacceptable to Li Zhaodi and Liu Haizhong.

"What do you mean by allocating a house? This house was allocated by the government. Did you build it yourself?

When we first moved into this courtyard, we chose our own houses based on the number of people in each family, on a first-come, first-served basis.

Now that you have a bigger family, you want someone else's house? Why are you so shameless? "

When Yi Zhonghai heard that Li Zhaodi wanted Lin Yi to get a separate house, he became anxious. This door must not be opened. Not to mention whether Lin Yi was happy or not, even he, Yi Zhonghai, was not happy about it.

Now Yi Zhonghai's mind is completely on Lin Yi, and his hopes for his retirement in the future also rest on Lin Yi.

Yi Zhonghai saw clearly how Lin Yi treated the old lady. He never lacked food and daily necessities for her, and he also found various ways to make the old lady happy.

Thinking that he could have such a retirement life when he is old, Yi Zhonghai would wake up smiling in his dreams.

What can the old lady have? Apart from the status of a martyr's relative and a five-guarantee household, her income is not as high as Yi Zhonghai's. How much money and food can the street office subsidize the old lady every month?

Yi Zhonghai is now an eighth-level worker. He gets a salary of 100 yuan a month, and he also has to pay various bills. His daily expenses are not too much, so he can save most of the money. Even if he retires in the future and his salary is cut in half again, it's still not much more than what other workers who have just joined the factory have, right?

Moreover, Yi Zhonghai still has so many disciples. Even if Yi Zhonghai retires, these disciples will be the backbone of the steel rolling mill in the future. The weight of his words will still be heavy, and his words will still be effective.

Besides, he has two rooms in the house. Although he and Liu Mei live together as a couple, their rooms are bigger than the old lady's room.

The old lady is all alone with no one to take care of her. Yi Zhonghai and his wife are together, and the old couple can support each other, so Lin Yi won't have too much pressure to take care of her in the future.

These are all things that Yi Zhonghai has slowly figured out over the past few months. Especially since Lin Yi had just entered the steel rolling mill and was a cadre, as long as he did not make any principled mistakes, no one could take him down. His future would be prosperous.

In Yi Zhonghai's view, Lin Yi and he, Yi Zhonghai, are one and the same. Lin Yi's things are naturally his, Yi Zhonghai's things.

Yi Zhonghai had seen the environment of that courtyard. Although he couldn't live in it now, it would be his retirement home when he got old. How could he give up this house?

"Lao Liu's wife, please let Liu Haizhong come and tell me about this himself. I want to see if he has the nerve to bring this up, and if he has the awareness to bring this up. Have he worked as a worker for decades in vain? He even dares to be jealous of the government's rewards to meritorious families?"

Yi Zhonghai's words were very serious. He was jealous of the rewards from the meritorious family. This matter could not be investigated further. If it really got out of hand, Liu Haizhong would definitely be in trouble.

Although Li Zhaodi was jealous of Lin Yi for getting the house, she was not so jealous that she lost her mind. Yi Zhonghai's words calmed her down.

Yi Zhonghai was still not satisfied, and continued: "There are only a few families in this courtyard who really have difficulty in housing. Instead of being jealous of other families who have more houses, why don't you think about educating your children well, train them, and let your children contribute more to the country. Then, won't this house be allocated to you?"

"You are all jealous of others. Xu Damao lives in two rooms in the front yard. Shouldn't he give one room to him? He Yushui also lives in a room. Shouldn't he give half of it to you? You are jealous of others and don't think about your own reasons?"

Only Yi Zhonghai said these words, and no one in the hospital dared to refute them. If someone else said them, others would not be so convinced. This is the prestige that Yi Zhonghai has gained as a big boss over the years.

Lin Yi was not in the front yard at the moment. If he had heard what Yi Zhonghai said, he would have wondered if this was still the Yi Zhonghai in his mind. What he said was so positive. He was completely different from the Yi Zhonghai in the plot who cheated He Yuzhu for retirement.

Yi Zhonghai saw that he had stabilized the situation, and knew that after dealing a heavy blow, he needed to give some sweet rewards, so he did not continue to talk about those big principles, but prepared to say something practical.

"Lin Yi is a kid, and it's an honor for our courtyard to be able to live here. Have you ever seen any meritorious family living in a normal courtyard? No, this is because the neighborhood office thinks our courtyard is a model courtyard, an advanced courtyard."

"Now that the government has distributed houses, you can't hold back the Siheyuan people and let the leaders above think that our Siheyuan people are backward in their thinking."

"But now that Lin Yi has built this house, it's a great event. I'll go discuss with Lin Yi and pick a good day for all of us in the hospital to celebrate Lin Yi's move. Let Lin Yi set up a few tables and we can all have a meal together."