Chapter 141 The Consequences of Information Asymmetry
Just now when I heard Zhang Bingyan and the others say that they knew each other well,
Yan Bugui would like to ask how you know so much about He Yuzhu.
Don't be afraid that he will shoot you.

Since the day Beijing was liberated, He Yuzhu killed so many of Han Qingkui's men, and in addition to the successive victories on the front line over the past six months,
The neighbors in the courtyard gradually stopped treating He Yuzhu as a child.

Give him the respect he deserves.

This is the treatment that comes with absolute strength.

Seeing him winking at him, Yan Bugui, who wanted something from He Yuzhu, knew that it was time for him to step up and help.

So he took a different approach and asked for a big opening.
"Lao Zhang, Lao Song, just like you said, we have been neighbors for more than 10 years and we know each other very well. It's not impossible for you to stay here.

You are all familiar with the situation of our courtyard house. Now only the ear room is vacant.

You decide which yard and rooms you want to live in.

After you have chosen, you can pay the rent and move in.

As for the rent, it will be based on the market price, but you have to pay one year's rent at a time."

Song Bingyan and his friends were originally residents of several courtyard houses next door, so they were naturally very familiar with the situation in Courtyard No. 95.

Plus, there was no other purpose.

When Li Hongying brought me here, I had already prepared myself mentally to live in a small house.
But I heard that Yan Bugui not only asked them to pay rent first and then live in the house,
And it lasts for a year.
This directly disrupted their future plans of getting something for free. How could they tolerate this?

So he immediately put on a gloomy face and started personal attacks.

"Old Yan, you can be stingy if you want, but why are you interfering in the affairs of Old He's family?
The money we had to pay for our return trip was paid by the Military Control Commission in the south. We no longer have the shops and jobs at home, and we can’t even find food to eat.
How can you have the nerve to ask us to pay a year's rent all of a sudden?

The conditions are too harsh, can you relax them a little?
For example, you can pay one month at a time, live in the house first and pay the rent later. We have been neighbors for more than 10 years, so how can we owe you a few rent payments?"

"Yes, Old Yan, we can't deny our debt."

……

Although they said they were in great difficulty, Yan Bugui, as a neighbor for so many years, already knew what kind of people they were and did not believe them at all.

So I refused without hesitation.
"That won't do.
Now that Fengze Garden has closed down, Mr. and Mrs. He have no proper jobs and their income is not stable.
In addition, my sister-in-law is now pregnant, so their family is in a very difficult situation.

Because we are all neighbors who know each other well, you should help the He family improve their lives. Pay one year's rent first without negotiation."

Seeing that Yan Bugui refused to give in, Zhang Bingyan and others had no other options.
It's obviously not worth it to pay such a huge price without even knowing whether He Yuzhu is willing to help.

"Director, since Old Yan and his family don't want to rent it, forget it. How about we go and look at other courtyards?"

In fact, Li Hongying also saw that He Yuzhu and his friends really didn't want to rent.
I didn't force it.
After saying hello to He Yuzhu, he took the person away.

After Li Hongying left, Yan Bugui looked at the deaf old lady and asked,
"Old lady, what's going on? Why are these guys so desperate to live here?"

"I don't know what Xiao Song and the others are trying to do.
I want to keep the courtyard for Zhu. I don't want it to become the property of the street government like those houses in the city.
But Director Xiao Li treats the old woman well, so naturally you have to come forward to refuse. "

Understand the deaf old lady's thoughts,

Although he knew that this was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, He Yuzhu was still quite moved.
But Yan Bugui was a little confused at this time and didn't know what to say.

In the evening, He Yuzhu and his friends received news that Zhang Bingyan and Song Xiwen had rented Courtyard No. 26 on the other side.

While enjoying the cool in the courtyard at night, He Daqing and his friends also talked about Song Xiwen and his friends renting a house.
But they racked their brains and couldn't figure out why.

A few days later, Zhang Bingyan and his gang started to stir up trouble in the courtyard next door. After the commotion started, the neighbors in the nearby courtyards, including He Yuzhu and Yan Bugui, all ran over to watch the fun.
Even the deaf old lady ran out with a cane.

Everyone didn't understand at first.
But when they realized that Zhang Bingyan wanted to drive them away and live back home,

The neighbors who had just been allocated houses from the street were all angry and scolded Zhang Bingyan and others.
"Shameless,

I heard a few days ago that you guys were begging and insisting on renting a house in Maoer Hutong.

We originally thought that you guys really didn't want to leave here.

I didn't expect that he wanted to drive them away and live by himself.

Bah! Despicable! "

"How shameless! He abandoned his family and property and fled when the city was besieged, and now he's begging to move back in.
It's clearly a rogue act!"

……

Zhang Bingyan and his family anticipated the neighbors' reactions when they decided to take back the house.

After all, these people didn’t even have houses before.
Now, of course, it is impossible for them to ask for it back easily.

So the neighbors were excited, and they acted more excited than the neighbors.
Holding the pre-liberation house deed and shouting,

"The house originally belonged to us, why can't we take it back? You took over our house while we were not at home, what's the difference between you and bandits?"

"That's right, why should we let you peasants live in our house? Why can't we take it back?"

……

Hearing the dispute between the two sides, He Yuzhu and Yan Bugui could not help but look at each other in bewilderment.

I totally don't understand what the point of them arguing about this is.

"Zhu Zi, I remember you said some time ago that the houses that Wu Dafu and his friends, the water carriers, were allocated were different from our own houses, right?
Don’t Lao Zhang and the others know?

What are you arguing about? "

"It's different. Although the street has allocated houses to poor people like Uncle Wu, they only have the right to live in them, not the ownership.

The house actually still belonged to the Peking Military Control Commission.

But Uncle Zhang and his friends just came back from abroad, so they probably don’t know about this, otherwise they wouldn’t dare to make a fuss.”

Yan Bugui and the others thought that this was indeed the case and could not help but say,

"I was wondering a few days ago why we couldn't figure out why Lao Zhang and his family had to live in Maoer Hutong.
It turns out they don’t even know the difference between property deeds.”

"Of course not. Otherwise, how would they have the confidence to go against the Military Control Commission?

Isn't this just like an old man who is tired of eating arsenic? "

When everyone in the courtyard was discussing what happened a few days ago, Wu Dafu and his men came to greet him.
"Zhuzi, Zhuzi, go and invite Director Li over, and let the street office decide who should get the house."

Not only Wu Dafu and his group, but also Zhang Bingyan and his group made the same request.
Then the two sides started arguing again.

(End of this chapter)