Siheyuan: Struggle Begins in the 1950s

Wang Jianjun didn’t know yet that several families in the Siheyuan had gone bankrupt because of him.

By the time he drove back to the courtyard, several months had passed.

As soon as he returned to the courtyard, Wang Jianjun met his old acquaintance Yan Fugui at the door.

But at this moment, Yan Fugui has become so thin that he is almost unrecognizable.

Wang Jianjun almost didn't recognize him.

Wang Jianjun was a little puzzled. Although the old man was not fat, he was not that thin either.

"Second uncle, what's wrong with you?"

"Hey, don't mention it. I lost all my money doing business with that bastard Liu Haizhong. I get angry just by mentioning it."

Since Yan Fugui went bankrupt, he has tried every possible way to save more money.

Old Grandet even only ate two meals a day.

He even went outside to pick wild vegetables and mixed them with cornmeal to make steamed bread.

Wang Jianjun then remembered that in the play, Old Yan was instigated by Yan Jiecheng to get involved in the TV smuggling business and ended up losing all his pension money.

But now he doesn’t have Shazhu to help him.

Wang Jianjun felt quite sympathetic towards the old man.

When you get old, you have no one to rely on.

He casually handed over a few sesame cakes he had bought on the road and said:

"Second uncle, if the money is gone, it's gone. It's more important to take care of your health. I'll give you this sesame pancake as a gift."

When Yan Fugui saw those sesame cakes, he was so moved that he almost cried.

"Jianjun, you have to be the one who remembers me. My eldest brother lost money in business with Liu Guangtian and his gang, and now he doesn't even give me money for my retirement."

Speaking of this, Yan Fugui began to sigh again.

Wang Jianjun was not in a position to comment on this. After all, it was the Yan family affair and it was not appropriate for him as an outsider to make comments.

Yan Fugui was probably very hungry, so he grabbed a sesame bun and stuffed it into his stomach in just three or two bites.

"By the way, Jianjun, you haven't been back for so long, where have you been during this time?"

"I went to Hong Kong to help my wife with company matters. This time I came back to clean up the house. I'm afraid the house has been covered with dust since I haven't been back for so long."

As Wang Jianjun was speaking, the brothers Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu just came out of the yard carrying large and small bags.

When the two saw Yan Fugui spat on the ground, they walked out of the courtyard without looking back.

Yan Fugui also had a bad attitude towards the two of them.

After the two men left, Yan Fugui and Wang Jianjun explained with gloating eyes:

"Old Liu deserves it. None of his three sons are reliable. The eldest son lent money to Old Liu for investment and lost money. He made a scene several times and even angered Old Liu's wife so much that she had to be hospitalized.

Seeing that Old Liu was out of money, the second and third brothers also started preparing to move these days. "

Wang Jianjun couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Yan Fugui is just the pot calling the kettle black.

He has three sons like Liu Haizhong, but none of them are reliable.

After saying goodbye to Liu Haizhong, Wang Jianjun went to the backyard again.

As soon as I arrived at the backyard, I saw Liu Haizhong standing at the door of Xu Damao's house with a bottle of wine and cursing.

Well, the old guy is drunk.

After a while, Xu Damao, with untidy beard and messy hair like a chicken coop, rushed out and started cursing at Liu Haizhong.

But both of them were still restrained, even though they were holding bottles of wine in their hands and pretending to smash them.

But he just cursed.

Wang Jianjun ignored the two of them, went back to his house, packed up, and left the courtyard.

I don’t know if there will be a chance for this place to be demolished in the future.

Wang Jianjun actually hoped that this place could be demolished earlier, so that he wouldn't have to come back to this courtyard every once in a while.

However, speaking of demolition, Wang Jianjun suddenly remembered that in this era, some people from Beijing have begun to flee abroad.

Most of these people are old folks.

After experiencing the storm, those people were unwilling to stay in Sijiu City.

Everyone is trying their best to go to the Beautiful Country or the Lighthouse Country.

And they took out those ancestral courtyard houses for sale.

Wang Jianjun heard a story.

It is said that an old man from Sichuan sold his ancestral courtyard house in 84 and raised 30 yuan in order to realize his dream of going abroad.

Then he left his hometown and went to the United States to seek gold.

For decades, he has been working hard, sleeping in the open air, delivering takeout and washing dishes without rest even in heavy rain or snow. After working, he would stay up late at night to learn foreign languages.

When he finally saved up 100 million US dollars and returned to China to enjoy his retirement, he found that the courtyard house he sold that year was now listed for more than 8000 million US dollars, and he collapsed instantly.

Wang Jianjun didn't know whether this matter was true or not.

But he knew that it was true that the value of the courtyard houses in the old city had increased dramatically in the following decades.

The real estate pilot project in Guangdong Province has now been successful.

China also began to liberalize real estate transactions.

Now is the time to buy some courtyard houses as investments.

Thinking of this, Wang Jianjun directly contacted Ma Hua and Wang Jianshe and others.

He would not forget his relatives and friends even with such a good opportunity.

When they heard Wang Jianjun suggest that they buy a courtyard house, although they didn't quite understand, they still chose to listen to Wang Jianjun.

I have followed Wang Jianjun in starting a business and making a fortune over the years.

Wang Jianjun's relatives and friends now obey his every word.

Plus they have money.

It is easy to buy four or five courtyard houses.

If what Wang Jianjun said is true, if you buy a courtyard house now and it increases in value dozens of times in 20 years, you will really make a fortune.

So Li Kuiyong and his friends directly used all their spare money to buy the courtyard house.

Wang Jianjun also reminded them.

You want to buy a courtyard house where both the ownership and usage rights are in the hands of the owner.

If you don't have the right to use it, buying it back will only cause trouble for yourself.

Wang Jianjun himself found an agent to buy a courtyard house for him.

He doesn't lack that little money.

This way it’s faster to buy.

As for the courtyard house he owned in Nanluoguxiang, Wang Jianjun had never planned to buy it from the beginning.

There are too many people in there.

Plus he knew his wife was so rich.

If I go to buy it myself, I guess the residents will ask for a higher price.

Even Old Yan, who had some friendship with him, was no exception.

With Wang Jianjun's lavish spending of money.

Within a few days, he bought more than a dozen courtyard houses.

These courtyards vary in size.

But they are all independent houses.

The overall courtyard layout is also very well preserved.

Those who sell their houses are basically old people with disabilities.

Some of these people had done business with him before.

Most of them are just one idea.

Sell ​​the house as soon as possible and seek a career abroad.

However, these people will probably regret selling these courtyard houses at a low price in the future.

After getting the houses, Wang Jianjun specially found Yangshi Lei to renovate them.

He does not plan to make too many changes to these courtyard houses. After all, they are buildings that carry history, and Wang Jianjun is reluctant to see these ancient buildings destroyed.