Courtyard House: Drunk and tipsy, the whole courtyard exposed at the start.

It took Director Wang and Liu Guangqi a long time to figure out Zhang Dabiao's convoluted explanation.

In later generations, selling or subletting houses was done in the same way, but of course, this had to be made clear beforehand.

If there are still tenants in the house when you buy or sell it, you can transfer the property along with the tenants, but you must wait until the tenants' contracts expire.

Alternatively, you could give the tenant some extra money to move out; it all depends on how you discuss it.

In this situation, it is a given fact that Liu Guangqi had already paid several years' rent, and the street office also took over the rent when it took over the house, so there was no loss and the transition was seamless.

It just means that Liu Guangqi went from being Zhang Dabiao's tenant to being a tenant of the neighborhood committee, and he has priority in renting the house, so no one can kick him out.

perfect!

Director Wang and Liu Guangqi's eyes lit up—how ​​did Zhang Dabiao's brain work?

How could he find such a vulnerability?

And this operation is indeed reasonable and legal!

Gai Zi Wang was growing to admire Zhang Dabiao more and more, but—

I'm also a little worried that this kid will go astray, because he's too good at finding loopholes.

In the end, Director Wang had no choice but to comply with Zhang Dabiao's wishes and complete the procedures for changing houses and buying courtyards for him, and the property deed was processed for him on the spot.

She watched as Zhang Dabiao and Liu Guangqi wrote a rental contract in her office, right in front of her, and the contract was dated just yesterday... Then Liu Guangqi paid the 300 yuan rent on the spot.

They're lying in front of the director of the subdistrict office!

But Nima has nothing to do with her, because the rent for the house is paid monthly, and Zhang Dabiao can write "New Year's Day" if he wants!

As for the landlord still living there even after paying rent and not moving out... Liu Guangqi is happy with it, so who can say anything?

Before leaving, Zhang Dabiao instructed Director Wang to keep the matter of changing houses a secret for a while.

Director Wang shook his head helplessly. He wondered who this kid was planning to trick this time.

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In the evening, Liu Guangqi took Zhang Dabiao and You Hongjuan to Quanjude and treated Zhang Dabiao to a good meal.

Zhang Dabiao couldn't tell whether authentic Quanjude roast duck was good or not, because he often ordered roast duck takeout in his later years, some expensive and some cheap, and he also ate signature dishes at some big hotels. He felt that the difference wasn't that big.

The three of them ate with great relish, with Liu Guangqi constantly adding dishes, as if afraid that Zhang Dabiao wouldn't have enough to eat.

And they even gave Zhang Dabiao a big red envelope—300 yuan!

Zhang Dabiao refused, but Liu Guangqi insisted on giving it to him—"If you don't accept it, you're disrespecting your brother!"

We're brothers, so let's keep things clear. If you don't help, who knows when your sister-in-law and I will be able to get married and get a house!

You deserve it!

Zhang Dabiao had 1600 yuan left over from Zhang Bansian's previous work, plus various compensation payments and purchase funds. He spent 1200 yuan on the yard, and Liu Guangqi brought him another 300 yuan.

Okay, Zhang Dabiao's cash has turned into 700 yuan again, so he'll keep it. (The 300 yuan rent is kept separately; it will have to be transferred to the neighborhood committee after a while.)

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, they even packed a duck for Zhang Dabiao to take home, along with some lotus leaf pancakes and a duck carcass.

Liu Guangqi wanted to take You Hongjuan home first, so Zhang Dabiao had no choice but to carry the roast duck and walk back to the courtyard house himself.

Yan Bugui is no longer acting as a doorman in the front yard, at least not in the near future, and Zhang Dabiao brought things back—

He dares to reach out again and see what happens?

Back at the Central Courtyard, the lights were on. When I opened the door, I saw Qin Jingru and Mu Wanqing sitting inside, staring at each other.

Zhang Dabiao was a little confused. What was she doing here?

When Mu Wanqing saw Zhang Dabiao return, she immediately stood up and handed him a jar.

"Um, thank you for treating me to dinner yesterday..."

"These are pickled vegetables my mom made, I'm giving them to you."

He shoved the object into Zhang Dabiao's hand and prepared to go home.

Salted vegetables?

Perfect timing! I've been eating too much oily food lately. I was thinking of going to Liubiju to buy some pickled vegetables, but I forgot. Now they have delivery service, which is just right.

"Um, have you eaten yet?"

"have eaten……"

"..."

"How about we grab something to eat together?" Zhang Dabiao lifted the roast duck in his hand. Actually, he just wanted to find an opportunity to get to know Mu Wanqing better and see if she was really his ex-girlfriend's grandmother.

"No, thank you, I'll be going now."

Mu Wanqing has a deep sense of alienation from others, which is quite normal, given her status and the fact that she and her mother are not familiar with each other. Zhang Dabiao can understand this.

"Oh, right..."

"Comrade Mu, Mu Wanqing, I heard your mother coughing all day yesterday... What's wrong with her?" He suddenly remembered that Mu Wanqing's mother had been coughing all day yesterday. Was she sick?

But Mu Wanqing's eyes suddenly reddened, and she walked straight out.

"It's none of your business."

Zhang Dabiao was dumbfounded. "I was just asking a question, why are you so angry?"

Qin Jingru was also completely confused. Zhang Dabiao looked at her, and Qin Jingru quickly shook her head: "I don't know either."

He casually handed the roast duck to Qin Jingru: "Liu Guangqi is treating today, so I brought this for you. You can share it with Yushui. Also, please ask Mu Wanqing about her family situation."

Zhang Dabiao was extravagant when it came to food, and Qin Jingru was used to it. However, she still set aside half of the food for Zhang Dabiao, packed it in a lunchbox, for tomorrow's lunch, and then took the remaining half to the rainy house.

Rainwater didn't know much, so she asked Xu Xiaoling from the backyard. The three girls shared the food together, and Qin Jingru finally found out what had happened. She ran back to report to Zhang Dabiao.

No one knows Mu Wanqing's mother's real name, but everyone calls her Aunt Mu. All that is known is that she used to live in the Eight Great Hutongs. Before the liberation, the Ji family bought several young girls to raise as prostitutes, and Aunt Mu adopted Mu Wanqing. But the liberation came less than a year later.

After the renovation, Aunt Mu moved with Mu Wanqing to the No. 97 courtyard, where they built a shack to live in. On weekdays, she worked at the sewing cooperative under the street office.

However, Aunt Mu was in poor health and often suffered from coughing and wheezing, which is what later generations called bronchitis, or chronic bronchitis.

Moreover, it happens almost every winter, with coughing lasting for one or two months at a time, and in severe cases, it can even lead to pneumonia.

This is probably another episode of her illness.

"Didn't you see a doctor?"

Qin Jingru replied, "Xu Xiaoling said that it's not that she didn't see a doctor, but that she didn't have the money. She could only get some Chinese medicine to brew at home and slowly recover, but the effect wasn't significant."

"I heard that the cost of one course of penicillin treatment at a major hospital is equivalent to one or two months' wages for an average worker, which their family can't afford."

Zhang Dabiao scratched his head. Bronchitis? Pneumonia?

This wouldn't be a big deal in later generations.

It's not that traditional Chinese medicine is ineffective, but Aunt Mu's situation is likely due to drug resistance or the inability to obtain good medicinal herbs.

Zhang Dabiao sent Qin Jingru to the rain-soaked house, then went into the small room and started searching.

I have a lot of antibiotics at home for treating pneumonia and bronchitis, as well as some cough suppressants, expectorants, and fever reducers. For example, amoxicillin, amoxicillin-clavulanate potassium, cefixime, oseltamivir, levofloxacin, cough capsules, ambroxol, cetirizine enteric-coated soft capsules, ibuprofen…

These things are not only commonly used medicines, but many of them have also expired.

But even if they found it, it was useless. Zhang Dabiao tried, but he couldn't take these Western medicines out of the country...

In the end, only Bupleurum Oral Liquid was found – for reducing fever caused by external pathogens;

Kyoto Nin Jiom Honey-Refined Loquat Syrup – for moisturizing the lungs, resolving phlegm, relieving cough and asthma;

Lung-Strengthening Cough Mixture – Used for clearing heat, detoxifying, relieving cough, and eliminating phlegm;

Pudilan Anti-inflammatory Tablets, Lianhua Qingwen Capsules, Banlangen... all kinds of traditional Chinese medicines can be taken out. The things from our ancestors are still the best!

But after thinking about it—oral liquid bottles were almost unheard of these days. Since it could be taken abroad, at least they were available overseas, or in laboratories and hospitals, but these things must be rare items in China. Zhang Dabiao thought about it and finally only took Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa and Pu Di Lan.

Then, I called Yu Shui and Xu Xiaoling, and we went to No. 97 Courtyard together.