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77 Yanjing City

Not long after, the notice was delivered to his home by the postman, and Lu Cheng was successfully admitted to the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Yenching University of Chinese Medicine.

At the same time, Tian Xiaoxia also received an admission letter from Yenching Normal University.

Just when Lu Cheng went to visit Tian Fujun's family, Xu Aiyun insisted that Lu Cheng stay for dinner to express her gratitude.

After all, without Lu Cheng, it would have been difficult for Tian Xiaoxia to get such good grades, let alone be admitted to Yenching Normal University.

When they learned that Lu Cheng was going to Yanjing with his wife and children to study at university, Tian Fujun and Xu Aiyun were a little surprised: "Lu Cheng, Yanjing is not like our Huangyuan. If a family wants to live there, the expenses are not small. Have you really thought it through?"

Lu Cheng nodded affirmatively: "My son is only one and a half years old, he is still young. I am worried about him being away for more than half a year. Besides, if Xiulian is left alone to do all the work at home and in the fields, she will be exhausted."

"So, do you plan to stay in Yanjing to develop in the future?"

"I have this in mind. I am studying Chinese medicine. There are many famous Chinese medicine experts in Yanjing. I plan to stay in Yanjing in the short term and study hard."

Xu Aiyun on the side was a little regretful: "Such good grades. In fact, even if you want to go to Shuimu or Yanda, it is completely possible. Moreover, Shuimu University also has a medical major..."

"But Shuimu and Yanda don't have traditional Chinese medicine. The best traditional Chinese medicine is still at Yanjing University of Chinese Medicine."

"Western medicine is not bad, either. But it's your own choice, so I can't say much."

Tian Xiaoxia was very excited: "Brother Lu Cheng, you are going to Yanjing with your sister-in-law and the children. Are you planning to rent a house there? If it's the weekend, I can go and have a meal with you."

"Of course that's no problem."

Tian Fujun was silent for a moment, then said, "Xiaoxia is a girl and has never been far away. I have some classmates in Yanjing, and I was planning to ask someone to look after her. Since you are going with your wife and children, I will also write you a letter of introduction. Then you will have someone familiar to help you, and you can rent a house."

"Then I won't be polite. I'm also troubled by this matter." Lu Cheng also accepted this kindness directly.

When you are out and about, it is definitely easier to get things done with someone around, and this is not the time to be polite.

Moreover, Tian Fujun was an excellent student at Renmin University, and many of his classmates now held high positions, so this little favor only required a nod of their heads.

"You shouldn't be so polite. Without your supervision and help, Xiaoxia wouldn't have done so well in the exam. Besides, after you get to Yanjing, I'm counting on you to help take care of Xiaoxia."

"That's totally fine."

After the Chinese New Year, after preparing everything and temporarily settling down at home, Lu Cheng set out a few days in advance and rushed to Yanjing.

After arriving, we have to rent a house and arrange food and accommodation before we can pick up Xiulian and her son.

After a long journey by car and then train, I finally arrived at the Yanjing City of this era.

Lu Cheng was not in a hurry to look for Tian Fujun's classmate with the letter of introduction, but first walked around Yanjing City to familiarize himself with the situation.

The city of Yanjing at that time was far from being as prosperous as it would be in later generations. There were no high-rise buildings lined up one after another, nor were there crowded traffic.

78 Yanjing Street

Apart from a few jeeps and buses on the streets, the main means of transportation for pedestrians is still bicycles. Occasionally, you can even see people riding donkeys or driving ox carts into the city.

Wangfujing Street was crowded with people, all of them were shopping. Some people were tired and just found a place on the street to sit cross-legged and rest. Some people just took off their shoes and sat on the ground.

Due to the policy of opening up, many small vendors have become active. Walking on some streets, you can occasionally see vegetable farmers selling vegetables on the roadside. A stall is made of wooden boards placed on a few large bamboo frames, on which cabbages and radishes are placed for customers to choose.

Vegetable farmers selling vegetables on the street

Lu Cheng walked along the streets and alleys. After getting familiar with the situation, he came to Heping Street in Chaoyang District and strolled around.

After asking a few pedestrians nearby, Lu Cheng went directly to the nearby street office.

Most of the staff at the street office are women. When they saw Lu Cheng, a handsome young man, walk in, they were all very enthusiastic.

"Comrade, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Hello, comrade. I'm a student who has just been admitted to the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Heping Street. I'm planning to rent a house nearby. Can you help me find a place?"

When everyone heard that he was a college student, they immediately became more enthusiastic. A woman in her 40s or 50s immediately said, "No problem, it's just renting a house. Xiao Liu, take this comrade to have a look around later."

"Okay, Director Zhang."

Then, the old lady looked at Lu Cheng again: "Young man, since you have been admitted to the university, you should live in the school, right? Why do you still need to rent a house?"

"It's like this, my wife and kids are coming over too, and I plan to live with them."

Several young girls in the street office were a little disappointed when they heard that Lu Cheng already had a wife and children.

Director Zhang nodded: "In other words, you want to live with your family of three?"

"Yes, we need to rent at least three rooms. If there is an entrance and a small yard, that's fine too."

"It's not cheap to rent a small courtyard. There are three main rooms in the courtyard, plus the left and right side rooms, the east and west wing rooms, and the back house, which is more than ten rooms. Even if it's two yuan per room per month, it will cost more than twenty yuan. Young man, do you have enough money?"

"That's about right."

Director Zhang was also very enthusiastic. After thinking for a moment, he said, "How about this, I'll take you out for a walk and see what's going on first."

"Thank you very much."

Lu Cheng took out a handful of White Rabbit milk candies from his backpack and distributed them to the people in the street office. Then he followed Director Zhang out of the street office.

There were not so many high-rise buildings in those days, and most people in Yanjing City lived in courtyard houses.

But many courtyard houses are large compound where multiple families live, including factory workers and office workers.

It is not easy to find an independent small courtyard with not many residents.

If Lu Cheng were to run around the streets looking for one alone, he might not be able to find the right one even if he ran himself crazy.

Lu Cheng and Director Zhang walked while getting to know the situation nearby.

Siheyuans are really cheap these days, and are sold by the room. Some of the ones in bad locations or older ones cost 200 to 300 yuan per room. A whole Siheyuan with one entrance might only cost 2,000 to 3,000 yuan, and you can buy it directly.

Even some courtyard houses with good locations and in good condition can be bought for no more than eight or nine thousand or tens of thousands of yuan.

Some courtyard houses with two or three entrances cost at most tens of thousands of yuan.

But in fact, the current courtyard houses are not allowed to be traded publicly, and the houses cannot be bought and sold casually.

Of course, nothing is absolute. As long as you have money and connections, you can buy some courtyard houses.

However, there are problems with the property rights of many courtyard houses, especially those with multiple families living in them. The property rights are very confusing. If you want to buy it, you have to solve the compensation problem for all the families in the courtyard, which is quite troublesome.

If you really buy some courtyard houses with unclear property rights, a lot of trouble will arise later.

Lu Cheng had just arrived and was not familiar with the specific situation, so of course he would not buy a courtyard house directly.

Besides, his wallet wouldn't allow Lu Cheng to do that.

However, in the next few years, the price fluctuations of Siheyuan will not be too large.

When I settle down in Beijing in the future and have enough money, it would be nice to invest in some courtyard houses...