There is Room for Rebirth in the 1950’s

Two days later, Zhou Jiao got the deed of a property and, accompanied by Zhang Guoqing, went to the newly purchased yard for a walk.

Just one sense: ragged enough.

There were more than a dozen families living in this courtyard before. Many stoves, kitchens, etc. were randomly built in the front and back yards, and the layout was changed beyond recognition.

The original back garden pond has been filled in, and there are large and small firewood sheds and chicken coops set up with earthquake sheds, as well as small patches of vegetable gardens.

Although every household has moved out now, except for the main building, it is simply miserable. You can even smell the smell of urine in every room.

She wondered if the original owner of the house didn't want it after taking it back. Otherwise, how can a large family stay safely?

In fact, not only this set of courtyards, but also the courtyard that Yi Jiefang and his family had just added was completely changed.

Perhaps the temporary residents who moved out wanted to vent their unhappiness, and some of them were so immoral that they even removed the faucets and even removed the doors and windows.

I just don’t know whether to dismantle it and burn it as firewood or keep it as a souvenir, not to mention that the room covered with oil stains and smoke is full of remnants of the dismantled fire pit.

But even for such a yard, the overall price is not much less. According to these people who have returned to the city after being rehabilitated, they have had it for a while and they are not in a hurry to sell it.

Later, Zhou Jiao learned that the wealth of each of these former Black Categories was dazzling. Although not many yellow and white items were returned after being rehabilitated, all the properties under his name have been returned to their original owners.

These properties are just disposed of by people who are not willing to take them.

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When Zhou Jiao learned about it later, any sympathy she had for the original homeowner was gone.

Everything has a cause and a result. He raised his tail just over half a year after returning to the city. This shows that the ten years of hard work have not yet worn away the sense of superiority in his bones, and he has not learned how to hide his clumsiness.

Fortunately, the main building still exists and does not need to be demolished and rebuilt.

Just clean up all the messy buildings in the yard, and then go elsewhere to collect some old bricks, tiles, old furniture, etc. for future repair and maintenance.

It happened that some old alleys were to be demolished and rebuilt with new houses in the autumn. Many of the old bricks and tiles were not expensive and had been thrown away before.

A few people knew a lot of acquaintances, so they specifically found someone who was in charge of this matter. They spent some money and successfully bought cart after cart of old bricks and tiles and dismantled wooden windows and doors. Finally, they also bought some old and unwanted old bricks and tiles. I also bought a lot of furniture and piled it up in the yard and west wing.

So during this time before the year before, Zhou Jiao and the other four wives were busy again.

They don't do it themselves, but treasures are everywhere.

While several men were looking for a lot of experienced people to repair the yard, they inevitably walked around together and bought some old rags in the name of supervision.

Zhou Jiao understood what Zhang Guoqing was busy with recently, whether it was to divert his attention or not to think about some issues that made her anxious.

She took over these tasks single-handedly, and would hang out with everyone after get off work. In addition, she also had a pregnant niece-in-law, so she had to run around once a week, which made her extremely busy.

But no matter how busy you are, it will always end.

In the snowy twelfth lunar month, as the New Year is approaching, the five families’ yards have finally regained some of their appearance.

Of course, in such a cold weather, it is impossible to carry out any major projects, so it is limited to ordinary repairs.

Before she and the other four people could make a decision on whether to warm the house first, within a week, all five yards were rented out, and that was in U.S. dollars.

According to Zhang Guoqing, it was an aunt from Ding Datou who worked as a small boss in the housing bureau who personally handled the matter and rented it to a few foreigners who came to work in the capital and especially liked courtyard houses.

For the sake of friendship between China and foreign countries, Aunt Ding, who was eager to find a house for the other party, decided to go to them. The reason is a bit ridiculous. A few years ago, Aunt Ding's neck would have been properly marked.

But in some ways, the gain was also substantial for the five owners of the yard. For example, the courtyard registered under Ping An's name can collect rent of US$300 per month. Geng Dazhi, who has the smallest courtyard among the two, also receives at least more than US$160 per month.

It is said that these rents depend on the living environment. The rent is basically 10 cents to 40 cents per square meter. If the rent is as good as the big courtyard house, if the rent is higher, there will be foreign banks competing to rent it.

Calculated in this way, her family can collect a rent of 3,600 US dollars a year, which is more than 5,780 yuan according to the exchange rate. It only takes five or six years to repay the principal. It is a free yard. There is no business like this. Can obtain greater benefits.

I can only say that foreigners’ money is really easy to make!

If it weren't for her father being Zhou Xiaozheng and her being Zhang Guoqing's wife, Zhou Jiao would have almost rented out the second courtyard house in her name to Aunt Ding as a favor.

After all, this money is not only fair and honest, but also should not be given away.

But she also knew that going too far was not enough. Not to mention putting this set of courtyard houses under Ping An’s name, even the jewelry in the collection has to be carefully weighed and worn!

Now she can only comfort herself to wait and wait for the opportunity, no matter what, she has to wait until it changes.

Unlike her, Zhou Xiaozheng has been feeling very sorry for his family's Qian Chuan Zi recently.

If he comes to see it, this kid is just busy.

Problems that can be solved with money are not problems, so why bother to supervise that little work? Can those little wives be compared with his little cotton-padded jacket?

Working for thirty-nine days is already tiring enough, not to mention running around with those young wives and visiting some nieces and nephews from time to time.

When the extremely busy son-in-law blamed his daughter with a hint of complaint, he watched with pleasure. So that you can! I felt so distressed that I couldn't say harsh words, and finally someone spoke out for me.

Okay, okay, it's over. There's no need to go out except for work from now on.

Seeing the caring eyes of the family, Zhou Jiao could only beg for mercy. Who put her in a weak position? Even her father looked at her with disapproval.

Putting aside these chores, seeing that the children were about to go on winter vacation, there were some things that Zhou Jiao couldn't hide even if he wanted to. Besides, Zhou Xiaozheng didn't think that his daughter would be unaware of it.

After his wife left, Zhou Xiaozheng looked at his daughter seriously, How much do you know about the news about border friction?

Zhou Jiao hesitated and said, You know everything you need to know.

Zhou Xiaozheng glanced at his son-in-law after hearing this, and seeing Zhang Guoqing looking at him with a worried expression, knowing that he had not revealed something yet, he shook his head slightly at him.

Now we have reached the limit of our tolerance for border issues. Last year, there were hundreds of conflicts, large and small, over there. War is inevitable.

Zhou Jiao shuddered subconsciously, clenched her fists, took a deep breath, and looked at the two of them. What is supposed to come will still come.