Although his articles have been removed from textbooks in recent years, they have not affected his position in the hearts of our generation in the slightest; he is a writer, thinker, revolutionary, educator, democratic fighter, and the founder of modern literature in our country. However, in addition to these titles, Lu Xun is still a "local tycoon", when he was 38 years old, he spent 3765 oceans to buy a 32-room courtyard in Beijing, with a total area of not less than 500 square meters, so how much can this courtyard be worth now?
First of all, let's first look at why Lu Xun can be so rich, some people do not understand what the concept of 3765 oceans is, then let's review, at that time, Lu Xun's job was to serve as the section chief of the Ministry of Education, and the monthly salary was about 300 oceans.
According to the "1918-1980 Beijing Social Survey", in the 1920s, a family of five in Beijing paid 132.4 silver dollars per month for food, and a silver yuan could buy 16 kilograms of rice, four or five kilograms of pork, 120 eggs, and 6 feet of cotton cloth.
Roughly estimated, Lu Xun's monthly salary equivalent to the current yuan is about 18,000 yuan to 35,000 yuan, on this salary level is not low now, and Lu Xun often writes articles to the newspaper, a month's writing fee is as high as 500 silver yuan, by 1929, Lu Xun himself recorded in his diary that he can earn 14,664 silver yuan a year, saying that he is a local tycoon is not too much.
At that time, this set of 32 courtyards cost less than a year's salary, which should not cost anything, but at that time, in order to buy this courtyard, Lu Xun not only prepared for a long time, but even became a house slave for a period of time, living by borrowing money, some people will say, Lu Xun is so rich, why do you have to borrow money to survive?
In fact, this Lu Xun has not always been so rich, he was born in a landlord family when he was a child, and indeed lived a carefree life, but when he was 17 years old, his family fell in the middle of the road, and even when he went to school, he had to rely on his mother to sell gold and silver jewelry to make up the entanglement, and the school he attended was also a free Nanjing Water Teacher School.
Later, Lu Xun went abroad to study in Japan, learned a lot of advanced knowledge and ideas, but the family's economy could not support him to stay in the ocean, he had to be forced to return to China, as a teacher to earn money to supplement the family, the initial salary was pitiful, until 1912, Lu Xun became the first section chief of the Department of Education, at this time the salary began to be enough, and later was promoted to the education department, the salary reached the level of 350 oceans, when ordinary teachers only had an income of 50-100 oceans, Even if the monthly salary of a professor at Peking University is only 280 yuan, it is said that Lu Xun's salary at this time is still good.
However, although Lu Xun earns more and raises more people, he has a huge family that needs his care, not only to send living expenses to his mother and some relatives in his hometown every month, but also to raise his brother's family, and Lu Xun will also have a large amount of money to buy books every month, and sometimes he has to fund some friends.
Another is that as a celebrity with a sense of social responsibility, Mr. Lu Xun will generously donate money and make donations whenever there is a flood or fire in the people, and he will spend a lot of money on personal exchanges.
Because of this, Mr. Lu Xun also took a lot of trouble to buy a house, mainly because this courtyard was not only large in size, but also located in Beijing, and the price was not low at that time. In order to buy this house, Lu Xun and his brother Zhou Zuoren discussed selling the ancestral home of their hometown, raising 1,000 yuan of ocean, the rest is to find a friend to borrow money, and finally the difference of 500 yuan is to find a bank loan.
Although Lu Xun's initial idea was very good, thinking of living together as a family, but later the little trouble with his sister-in-law Yu Taixinzi really made him a little embarrassed, and eventually led to the brothers turning against each other, which was really regrettable.
However, at that time, the price of this quadrangle courtyard has exceeded ten million, or even more, if only from the perspective of investment, Lu Xun's suite is really worth it.