Speaking of which, Li Wuwei returned home and found that the clothes he changed out of yesterday hadn't been washed, and the house was also a bit dusty, and the things were a bit messy.
Who could blame him? He was a single bachelor before, not a good hand at housework.
He didn't intend to tidy up now, after Qin Huai Ru married in, wouldn't there be someone to do the work?
"Life is good, the future is bright."
Even though he had transmigrated to this era, the beginning was really good.
Li Wuwei immediately placed the wine and food on the table and began to eat and drink, but he didn't dare to drink too much.
Then he took out his money and counted it, it was really not enough, he himself also lacked a new suit for his wedding.
Could it be that he, a noble transmigrator, would have to go to the black market to barter?
His grandpa didn't leave any cash, he was a spendthrift, when he ran out of money, he would sell some gold and silver jewelry, he couldn't go down the same path.
"Got it!"
Li Wuwei thought of a way, he could collect rent.
It was 1952 now, although it wouldn't be until 1954 before there was a public-private partnership, he didn't dare to do business before that, once he opened up, he would automatically become a merchant, and it would be troublesome later.
Before it was time for work to end, the street office would have people on duty even on weekends.
He immediately took out his "Land and Real Estate Ownership Certificate", now it was a combined certificate, the so-called certificate was a piece of paper, still written in traditional Chinese characters, clearly stating the address, date, name, etc., and stamped.
Li Wuwei had four property certificates, a proper wealthy person, but he was a worker, he had to keep this stable.
In order to save time, he ran all the way to the street office, luckily he caught up.
"Comrade, I have three shops I want to entrust to the street office for long-term rent."
Li Wuwei directly stated his intention, he needed money urgently.
"Are you a merchant?"
The staff's eyes immediately turned bad, now it wasn't the time when having money was glorious.
"I'm not a merchant, my ancestors were poor peasants, later they became workers, I'm also a worker. This shop was left to me by my grandpa after he passed away.
My grandpa's shop used to be an old brand, it went bankrupt before the founding of the country, it's in the East Glaze Factory area, it's been vacant for many years.
You say, I'm a worker, I have no use for a shop, I just want to rent it out and collect some rent to supplement my family's expenses."
Li Wuwei had to explain clearly, otherwise, he would really become a merchant and lose everything.
"So that's how it is, you inherited it, there's no problem with that, did you bring the deed?"
The staff's attitude immediately improved, this was a lucky person, as long as he didn't do business, he wouldn't be considered a merchant.
"I brought it, this is the property certificate."
The staff looked at it and laughed, "So the dried fruit shop in the East Glaze Factory was your grandpa's ancestral property? That's an old brand, I used to eat it, it's been closed for many years."
"It is, the factory buildings of my grandpa's family have been turned over, the shop is legal ancestral property."
In Li Wuwei's memory, his grandpa's shop was built more than two hundred years ago, a truly old brand.
Moreover, the shop was still open before he transmigrated, whether it still belonged to him as the heir was hard to say.
"Alright, I remember the location, register here, the shop should be rented out soon, the rent will be according to the market price, you will be notified when we have a tenant."
The staff said "rent", it was almost impossible to rent to a merchant, there were too few people who dared to do business now, this was for renting to collectives, such as a state-owned store, a street office store, etc.
There were many open shops on the street, but very few belonged to individuals.
"Thank you, I live alone, I just got my permanent position at the Rolling Mill, I haven't saved much money, this money is for marrying a wife.
By the way, my girlfriend is from the countryside, a poor peasant for generations."
Li Wuwei didn't mind being verbose, because this information might be recorded in the landlord's background.
"Don't worry, your shop is in a good location, it will be rented out in a few days."
"Good, good, then I'll wait for good news."
Li Wuwei left decisively, he didn't dare to give gifts rashly, if he had more contact with them in the future, he could manipulate them.
He rented out the shop to get a legitimate income, this way others couldn't find fault with him, they couldn't report him either, his income was legal.
Li Wuwei was gradually removing obstacles for a good life in the future, only when he considered all of these could he relax and lay back.
As for selling the property, that was foolish, it wouldn't sell for a good price now, in the future there would be many people in Beijing who owned houses.
But there were very few people who had independent four-courtyard houses, not to mention the three large shops, they would be incredibly valuable in the future.
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The next morning, he had been worried that he would wake up late, but unexpectedly, his biological clock woke him up naturally, the work was really boring, but he couldn't not go.
He took out a few meat buns and a cup of soy milk from the vegetable market, ate his fill, then put the leftover trash back in the vegetable market, there was a special garbage recycling area.
Then Li Wuwei changed into his work clothes and went out.
There were many residents in the courtyard who worked at the Rolling Mill, which also indirectly supported many people.
Now it was not the year of rationing, so as long as you had money, you could live a good life, but money was hard to earn.
Like him, he had been working for over three years before getting his permanent position, he earned thirty-three yuan a month, working twenty-six days, averaging less than one yuan and three cents a day.
Fortunately, he was alone and the previous owner was frugal, leaving him a little bit of a fortune.
Walking through the dusty alley, the atmosphere of the era hit him, it was only about ten minutes to the Red Star Rolling Mill.
The factory now had more than two thousand people, he worked as a fitter in the second workshop, Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu in the courtyard also worked in this workshop.
As soon as he went to work, he signed in, then he went to the toilet, anyway, the fitter's work wasn't assembly line, they didn't interfere with each other.
When he returned to the workshop, he found everyone gossiping.
"Did you hear? Yesterday Jia Dongxu went on a blind date, the girl ran away in the middle."
"What happened? The day before yesterday Jia Dongxu was still bragging, saying his mother found him a beautiful woman."
"She ran away without even saying goodbye, it must be because she didn't like Jia Dongxu."
"It can't be, Jia Dongxu is Yi Master's apprentice, after he learns his craft, his salary will be pretty good after promotion."
"Who knows, anyway, this time Jia Dongxu lost face, there are many people who failed blind dates in our factory, but it's the first time someone's girl ran away in the middle."
The workers were bored with their work, gossiping could also pass the time.
But this was a disaster for Jia Dongxu, he hid in the corner and didn't dare to approach the large group.
Jia Dongxu was still an apprentice, even with Yi Zhonghai's protection, he couldn't resist the collective, he could only let people gossip.
Finally, Yi Zhonghai couldn't stand it anymore and stepped in to stop them, but he still couldn't stop everyone's gossip.
Li Wuwei was grinding parts, pretending to work, he thought, the shame is yet to come.
Qin Huai Ru was a big pit for others, but a blessing for the old Jia family, now he had intercepted her, his old Li family should be enjoying the blessings.