Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Seeing Bang Geng's expectant expression, Yi Zhonghai spoke again: "If you really decide to mortgage your house to borrow money, I can take you to the front yard to find Lao Wang..."

"After all, we have been neighbors for decades. Although I am no longer the boss in the yard, I will still give you the proper respect."

Banggeng was very excited. He didn't expect that the financial problem that had troubled him for a long time would be solved by Yi Zhonghai in one go.

His eyes lit up and he was about to nod to Yi Zhonghai when Jia Zhang beside him interrupted him with a frown.

"no……"

"We can't ask Lao Wang in the front yard to borrow money from anyone."

"This old bastard said a few days ago that Bang Geng is not as promising as his son, and that our Jia family will never be able to make a comeback in Siheyuan."

“I had a quarrel with him at that time.”

"Bang Geng, if you ask him for money, wouldn't that be a slap in the face of grandma?"

Banggeng doesn't care about all that. All he wants now is to raise enough funds to do foreign trade business with Xu Damao and make more money to go home next year.

He immediately advised Jia Zhang: "Grandma..."

"No matter how important face is, it is not as important as making money."

"Wait until I make a lot of money next year and then go find him. He will be the one who gets embarrassed then..."

At this point, Bang Geng suddenly saw the thirty big unity notes he had placed on the table, his eyes lit up and he continued.

"It seems we don't have to wait until next year. We can give this guy a good slap in the face tomorrow."

"I brought back three hundred yuan, leaving fifty for you. Tomorrow we will go to the supply and marketing cooperative and spend the remaining two hundred and fifty yuan. You can buy whatever you want and make those neighbors in the yard who look down on our Jia family envy you to death."

Jia Zhang's face immediately beamed with joy, especially when she heard that she could go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy as many things as she wanted tomorrow, her smile became even wider.

My mind was working fast, thinking about what good things I could buy from the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow to slap my neighbor in the face.

Usually I envy others for eating meat and wearing new clothes at home. This time, I will make them envy me for eating meat and wearing new clothes at home.

While thinking, he said: "I must buy pork..."

"We can buy 10 or 20 kilograms at a time and make our neighbors envious."

"I also need to buy two big fish, two chickens, and a basket of eggs..."

"I have to buy some cakes from the supply and marketing cooperative... Usually when I see other people eating cakes in the yard, I get jealous and my mouth is watering. This time I want to eat cakes in front of them and envy them to death."

"I also need to buy a new set of clothes..."

Seeing that Jia Zhang was getting more and more excited, Bang Geng felt a little scared, fearing that it was too late and would affect his going to Old Wang's house in the front yard to borrow money, so he quickly interrupted her.

"grandmother……"

"Just buy whatever you want, no need to tell me..."

"I'm going to the front yard with Father Yi to borrow money from Lao Wang."

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In the front yard of Old Wang's house, facing the sudden arrival of Yi Zhonghai and Banggeng, the old man, all the Wang family showed puzzled expressions, wondering what their purpose was in coming so late.

Especially the eldest son who was working at Dongjun Hotel, looked at Yi Zhonghai and Bang Geng with a wary expression.

Everyone in the courtyard knew that the Jia family and Yi Zhonghai had a grudge against Wang Dong, and they were afraid that Yi Zhonghai and Bang Geng would use their identities as Dongjun Hotel employees to deal with Wang Dong.

"Old Yi...what are you doing?" Old Wang saw through his son's concerns at a glance, and without further ado, he asked Yi Zhonghai directly.

Looking at the family in front of him with vigilant faces, Yi Zhonghai felt very complicated.

This is all the sin I did before. If I had known that this would happen, I shouldn't have gone against Wang Dong again and again for the sake of retirement. Now many of the neighbors in the courtyard work in the restaurant opened by Wang Dong and become Wang Dong's employees.

Whether it is to keep the job or to curry favor with Wang Dong, he will definitely stand on Wang Dong's side.

As Wang Dong's rival, it is natural that he would not be liked by these neighbors.

If he didn't have something important to do tonight, he would have turned around and left, not wanting to embarrass himself here.

I could only bite the bullet and answer: "Lao Wang..."

"I'm here to ask for your help."

"Bang Geng is doing foreign trade business with Xu Damao. Although it is quite profitable, it is short of funds. So I wanted to borrow 1,500 yuan from you..."

Seeing that Lao Wang was about to shake his head subconsciously, Yi Zhonghai quickly responded: "Don't worry, we won't lend you this money for nothing."

"I'll pay you back before the Chinese New Year next year, and pay an extra 200 yuan as interest."

"In order to convince you that Bang Geng has the ability to repay the money, we are willing to use the Jia family's east wing as collateral."

"If Banggeng doesn't return the 1,700 yuan to you with interest after one year, the east wing of the Jia family will belong to the Wang family..."

"If you don't believe it, we can go to the streets to testify..."

When he heard that Banggeng was willing to use the Jia family's house as collateral and was willing to give an extra two hundred yuan as collateral, the rejection that was already on the tip of his tongue was swallowed back.

He was moved...

With the current housing prices in Beijing, the actual price of the east wing of the central courtyard is far more than 1,500 yuan, and it is a property that cannot be bought even if you have money.

With such a big house as collateral, Lao Wang has no worries at all about Banggeng's repayment problem.

In addition, Banggeng will pay him an extra 200 yuan as interest. Although this is not pie in the sky for Lao Wang's family, it is also a considerable income.

I have to agree subconsciously.

But when he thought of his eldest son's concerns, he hesitated again.

What if the news of me lending money to Banggeng gets to Wang Dong's ears, causing Wang Dong's dissatisfaction, and finally affecting my eldest son's work? That would be a loss.

Because the income of two hundred yuan is totally incomparable to my son's job.

But he didn't want to give up this unexpected fortune, so he thought for a full minute before answering: "Lao Yi..."

"I need to discuss this matter with the boss..."

"Can I give you the results early tomorrow morning?"

"The New Year is coming soon anyway, so there's no rush for Bang Geng to leave."

Yi Zhonghai was well aware of the Wang family's concerns, but as long as the other party did not refuse, it meant that there was a possibility of success, so he answered immediately.

"Okay... I'll come see you tomorrow morning..."

As soon as Yi Zhonghai and Banggeng left, Lao Wang closed the door and asked his son: "Boss..."

"what are you thinking."

"Two hundred yuan in interest is a lot, equivalent to more than two months' salary at Dongjun Hotel, and it doesn't cost us anything."

"As long as this matter does not affect your work at Dongjun Hotel and does not cause Wang Dong's dissatisfaction, I still want to borrow the money."

"After all, we have the house as collateral, so we don't have to worry about Banggeng not paying back the money in the future."

"If it really comes to this, you won't have to buy a house for your wedding in the future." (End of this chapter)