Siheyuan: Five mouths waiting for food at the beginning

Qin Xiaojun went home after playing for two days because the Chinese New Year was coming soon.

On the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, Liu Guangtian found Zhao Shanhe and said that he had heard news about the house.

If Liu Guangtian didn't come again, Zhao Shanhe was ready to look for someone else. The New Year was coming soon, and he had to solve the house issue quickly, otherwise his father-in-law and his family would have nowhere to stay when they came over.

He rode a bicycle with Liu Guangtian to the place, which was not too far from the steel rolling mill and not too far from his home.

The owners of the house are an old couple in their 60s, surnamed Ma. Zhao Shanhe calls them Uncle Ma. Uncle Ma's house is in a large courtyard with two and a half rooms. Half a house actually means a house that is half the size of a normal house.

Uncle Ma said that the house can be rented or sold, because he has only one son who lives in Shanghai, and he and his wife will also move there to retire. The family is not short of money, and both of them have pensions.

If you want to rent a room, a big one costs 5 yuan, a small one costs 3 yuan, 13 yuan a month, 156 yuan a year. Pay one year's rent, and then look for his good friend Uncle Liu to rent next time.

If you want to buy, the big one is 400, the small one is 200. Two big rooms and one small one are priced at 1000 and no bargaining. This price is already very honest and it cannot be lower. Give one day to consider and the result will be required the day after tomorrow because the old couple will go to Shanghai at the latest on the th.

If he didn't rent or buy, and gave a definite answer in advance, he would entrust the house to Uncle Liu and go to the Magic City in advance.

Then he went back. When he lay in bed at night, Zhao Shanhe began to think. If he rented the house, he would have enough money, and his father-in-law would have to pay 13 yuan every month. If he bought the house, he would not have enough money, but it was worth it. The house was in the second ring road, which was designated in later generations. It was a solid asset. Even if he sold it when he was old, his children would not have to worry about it for the rest of their lives.

I have about 800 or nearly 900 yuan in my hand, my father's pension is over 600 yuan, the last reward for buying a sewing machine and the over yuan left after smoking and drinking, and yuan in red envelopes given by several leaders when I got married.

Zhao Shanhe has decided to buy it and will go to borrow money tomorrow. Yes, he has to borrow more because his younger brother will be 20 after the Chinese New Year and he needs money for his wedding. Who asked me to take on so much responsibility? After the salary is paid at the end of the year, it will be enough for the Chinese New Year. I can get through 65 years by gritting my teeth. One year of hard work will bring a lifetime of happiness.

The next day at work, Zhao Shanhe went to borrow 200 yuan from Lin Gong and 300 yuan from Li Huaide, who promised to give it to Zhao Shanhe the next day, that is, at 24:. Zhao Shanhe needed the money after get off work, so he had enough time.

After get off work on the 24th, Zhao Shanhe went to find Uncle Ma, and the two decided to go to the street office to file a record on the morning of the 25th.

In this era, private buying and selling of houses is not allowed, but every time there is a policy, there is a countermeasure.

"I am Ma Dafu. As my wife Ma Jin is ill, I have borrowed 1000 yuan from Zhao Shanhe. I am mortgaging the two and a half rooms of Mr. So-and-so to Zhao Shanhe. If the loan is not repaid within two years, the house will belong to Zhao Shanhe. That's probably what I mean.

The date was written two years ago, which means that the current owner of the house is Zhao Shanhe. Since Uncle Ma had found connections in advance, everything went smoothly and everyone knew it.

There were three copies, one for Uncle Ma, one for Zhao Shanhe, and one for filing. In front of the staff, he gave 1000 yuan to Uncle Ma, and the matter was done. Now the house belonged to Zhao Shanhe.

I don’t know whether Uncle Ma will regret it in the future. I guess he won’t regret it. By the time his money becomes valuable, Uncle Ma will be 120 years old, so it is unlikely that he will regret it.

After the reform and opening up, the two rooms in my backyard can be bought privately if they have been rented for a certain number of years. Together with the one left by my father in the front yard, I will give one to the second child and one to the third child. I will definitely keep Aunt Chen's room for myself, and the rooms for my two younger sisters are also mine. With these three rooms, I am definitely a wealthy family.

In the next life, I will be a demolished household. In this life, I have built a foundation on my own. I will save some money in the past ten years and buy a few houses after the reform and opening up. Then I will never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of my life.

Time goes back one day, the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the Little New Year

"Child, kid, don't be greedy, it's the New Year after Laba"

Laba porridge, drink it for a few days, it will be twenty-three;

In old Beijing, people attached great importance to the Little New Year.

Because once this little new year is over,

The New Year is coming.

After the New Year,

We have to "step by step" every day

Getting ready for the New Year!

The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is the day to worship the Kitchen God. People believe that the Kitchen God is the god of good and evil sent by the Jade Emperor to the human world, and every year on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, he goes to pay homage to the Jade Emperor. In Beijing, before dinner on this day, every head of the family melts a candy melon and spreads it on the lips of the Kitchen God. Even if the Kitchen God is not greedy, people still insist on putting the melted candy on his lips.

Every household would set up poles in the courtyard, hang lights and candles, and set off firecrackers. The men in the family would bow to each other and pray with words of restraint of evil and promotion of good, and send the Stove Lord to heaven to tell the Jade Emperor about the good and evil of the year in the world. However, women were not allowed to worship. Just clean the stove in the inner room, light the lamp and worship silently. Therefore, there is always a couplet posted when offering sacrifices to the stove: God says good things, and returns to the palace to bring good luck.

When offering sacrifices to the Stove Lord, the offerings should be placed, incense should be burned, and then the first toast should be made. At this time, one should sincerely pray to the Stove Lord, and then the second toast should be made. After the third toast, the old Stove Lord should be toasted. The prince's statue was torn off and burned together with his armor, horse and money, which represented sending the Stove Prince to heaven, and the ceremony was successfully completed. Wait until the fourth day of the first lunar month to invite the Kitchen God to return to the human world.

Among the offerings to the Stove Lord, there is no need to use chicken, duck, fish, dried or fresh fruits, let alone cattle or sheep, just some "sugar melons" are enough.

For those who are a little more sophisticated, they will be even more satisfied if they are offered a bowl of lotus seed eight-treasure rice steamed with glutinous rice. The divine horse that the Kitchen God rides is also served with fried beans and water.

In addition to offering sacrifices to the "Kitchen Lord", another important thing to do during the Spring Festival in Beijing is eating candied melons. In the past, there were no sweets to eat, so the sugar melons after offering sacrifices to the stove have become children’s favorite thing. Eating sugar melons has become a happy moment for children. "Tanggua is offered as a sacrifice to the stove. When the New Year comes, girls want flowers and boys want cannons!"