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The oarsman's chest slapped loudly and said, "Mrs. Li, just hold on. The price that the family wants to sell this house for, 500 dollars, is indeed a bit high. The advantage of this house is that you only need to seal the moon gate and open a door in the southeast corner, and then it will become a house with its own entrance and yard."

Although the house is ordinary, the yard is not small. There is also room to build a house for expansion in the future. Planting a vegetable garden in the yard can save a lot of money on vegetables this year.

Mrs. Li, please give me a real price. I will discuss this with that company. This way, we can help both parties, and neither of you will suffer any loss. I will feel very sorry if either side suffers any loss.

Aunt Li: I can give you three hundred dollars if I grit my teeth.

Oarsman: Okay, you hold the boat, I'll be right back.

I don't know how the boatman negotiated, but the courtyard was now owned by the Li family. Father Li, along with the boatman and the skinny Third Master, went to the government office to sign the deed. Under the boatman's guidance, he paid the government office a fee of twenty French francs, and the deed was finally in his possession.

The next step was to renovate the house. The rafters and beams of the three main rooms were replaced with new ones, and the Li family did not try to be unconventional by using any expensive wood.

The main feature of the house is that it is strong and cheap. The tiles have been replaced, and the doors and windows are also made of old elm and painted with tung oil. The only difference is that the windows are not made of window paper, but glass, although the glass is only small pieces of more than 30 centimeters.

But it is better than window paper in blocking the wind, and it is also brighter. With window paper on the windows, there will be no sunlight in the room during the day.

The Li family did not build an attic, but only built a two-story ceiling for the three main rooms, which was scraped white with lime and hemp.

The water supply was also connected to the courtyard from the main pipe. The Li family had partitioned off a kitchen from the three main rooms and converted the two warehouses in the courtyard into a toilet and bathroom. The sewer system in the city had existed since the previous dynasty, but it was occasionally blocked.

The public toilet not far from the yard was built by the Lou family, so the Li family connected the pipes to the public toilet. Although it cost some money, they no longer had to compete with a group of people for the toilet early in the morning.

In Li Ma's words, it would be difficult to live in a small house with a toilet in the yard so that others would not have to worry about it.

The Li family opened a door in the southeast corner of the yard, making it their own household. The moon gate was also built tightly with bricks and cement.

At that time, the Siheyuan retirement group had not yet been established, Jia Zhang had not been upgraded to a master of summoning the undead, Qin Huairu, the white lotus, had not married into the compound, and He Yuzhu, Xu Damao, and Jia Dongxu were still little kids, about the same age as Li Zhiyuan.

Yi Zhonghai was just an ordinary technician who worked honestly at the Loujia Steel Rolling Mill. Liu Haizhong was not an official-worshipper either. He was just a sledgehammer-wielding worker at the Loujia Steel Rolling Mill.

The abacus expert was just an ordinary primary school teacher, and the deaf old lady was just an ordinary old lady with bound feet, neither of them was calling the shots in the yard.

Everyone in the yard of No. 95 next door knew that the cross-yard next door had been sold. It was not until the wooden moon gate in the cross-yard was removed and the wall was sealed that everyone in the yard saw what the family of three next door looked like.

Jia Zhang didn't dare to ask others to change her house. She just complained to Old Jia before going to bed at night that there was a respectable family of three living across the yard next door, but they just built a wall tightly, obviously not wanting to deal with the people in our yard.

Who are you looking down on? Old Jia, you bought a cross-courtyard house but didn't build a wall? Who wouldn't live in a courtyard house if they had a single-family house?

The house next door is worth at least three hundred dollars. That family is not an ordinary person. Haven't you seen how well-spoken and knowledgeable they are? Even Yan Fugui in the front yard doesn't want him even though he carries their shoes!

The man is a doctor. These days, if there is a doctor living in the neighborhood, how can we take advantage of him and eat grains without getting sick?

There is a doctor living in the next yard and we can definitely find him for help.

Dongxu's mother, you have to be careful with your words and don't offend others.

Jia Zhang: Do I need you to tell me that? If I can't even see this, I've lived in vain.

This kind of conversation played out in almost every household in the courtyard. People are so fragile these days; many people die from a cold, and the lives of mothers and babies are even more vulnerable.

Giving birth is like stepping into the gates of hell and back again, and the baby’s survival rate is even lower, so people of this era are desperate to have children.

The Li family settled down in Sijiu City, and Li's parents also went to Lou's Hospital to apply for a doctor position. After reading Li's parents' job application letter, the Lou family attached great importance to it.

Li's father and mother were both doctors who could perform surgery. They were famous doctors. They worked as attending surgeons in a foreign hospital for four years. If the Japanese hadn't destroyed their family, they wouldn't have returned to Beijing. Li's mother specialized in gynecology and pediatrics and was a classmate of Li's father.

Li's father was a descendant of the imperial physician of the previous dynasty and a master of traditional Chinese medicine. He was hired immediately, with a monthly salary of 86 yuan, plus a 5 yuan bonus for surgeries and a 1 yuan commission for consultations.

Li Ma is also a child of a medical family. In that era, women who can read are not ordinary women. She also learned medical skills. Li Ma can perform caesarean sections, which is an amazing skill in that era. She is treated the same as Li Ba.

This treatment was quite generous. At that time, Yi Zhonghai, a senior technician in No. 95 Yard, only earned 18 taels of silver a month. The highest-paid person in the entire yard was Yan Fugui, who earned 190,000 French francs a month, which was equivalent to almost 30 taels of silver.

But Yan Fugui really can't compare to the well-being of Yi Zhonghai and his wife. Yi Zhonghai's salary is in dollars, which has great purchasing power. Yan Fugui dare not delay receiving his salary. He has to exchange it all for things, otherwise the money will be reduced by a lot after he wakes up.

In the entire compound, except for Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, He Daqing and Xu Youde who could receive customs salaries in the form of ocean dollars, the rest all received legal tender.

So Mr. and Mrs. Li are definitely high-income people.

At that time, the most popular star, Boss Mei, only charged two yuan for a show. This is equivalent to the ticket price of a top-level concert of the future.

Except for the old people of the previous dynasty and the dignitaries of the new dynasty, ordinary people would not be willing to exchange half a month's corn flour for a theater ticket.

The couple's salary wouldn't be enough to eat Quanjude roast duck every day. A fat duck only costs two yuan, and two yuan can buy a 46-jin bag of white flour.

Everything was going smoothly for Li's parents, but things were bad for Li Zhiyuan. He had to start all over again from elementary school. The thought of studying with a bunch of little kids made Li Zhiyuan feel overwhelmed.

We have to find a school close to home. Why would a seven-year-old child go if he doesn’t go to school?

Then let's go to Lou's Primary School where Yan Fugui teaches, but starting from the first grade is too disgusting. Helplessly, Li's father persuaded them to give Li Zhiyuan the third grade questions. Without a doubt, Li Zhiyuan got full marks in Chinese and math.

It's just that his handwriting is still a little immature due to his young age. From today on, Li Zhiyuan is a glorious elementary school student.

He is in the same grade as Jia Dongxu and one grade higher than He Yuzhu.

Both of them are older than Li Zhiyuan, but started school later than Li Zhiyuan.

He Daqing's requirement for He Yuzhu's study is that he should be able to understand recipes, and Jia Dongxu's family's requirement is that he should not be a blind person, so that he can work in a factory and earn a good salary in the future.

Xu Damao is one year older than Li Zhiyuan and is still running around the yard. Xu Youde thinks eight is the right age for Xu Damao to start school, but when he sees the son of the neighboring Li family starting school at seven, the Xu family is also tempted.

So Xu Damao also carried the schoolbag made by his mother and went to Lou's Primary School to become a glorious primary school student.

Xu Damao has to go. With this wicked kid next door, his father has gone crazy. He hopes that the Xu family’s ancestral grave will be filled with smoke and that his son will become a college student.

The days passed in a muddle. Li Zhiyuan usually felt uncomfortable, and his parents were also very worried at this time!

Li's parents are no longer busy and there are no cram schools or anything like that. Usually, Li's parents will teach Li Zhiyuan medical skills.

It is not too easy for Li Zhiyuan to learn these things with his current spiritual power.

Li Zhiyuan became good friends with a group of little kids in the next yard. Liu Guangqi, Xu Damao, He Yuzhu and Jia Dongxu all liked to play with this kid who was younger than themselves.

Li Zhiyuan can chat about anything. He looks gentle and kind, and is the child that parents in the entire compound talk about.

The child Yuanzi from Old Li's family greets you and calls you uncle and grandpa as soon as he sees you from afar.

Hey, look at how that child was raised. He studies well and has good eyesight. He is also good-looking. Li’s wife is a capable person.

Yuanzi Lao Li is always neat and tidy, and very clean. He is worthy of being a doctor.