19 19, Lu Xun, who was only 38 years old, bought a 32-story quadrangle in Beijing with an area of not less than 500 square meters, and even spent 4,500 yuan to repair it.

How much is this quadrangle worth now? At that time, Lu Xun was the Minister of Education, and his monthly salary was about 300 yuan, about1.8-35,000 yuan (calculated by the purchasing power of RMB in 2009).

According to this calculation, Lu Xun's annual income should be at least three or four hundred thousand yuan.

You know, at that time, the living expenses of a person in Beijing was about 3 yuan a month. A bag of 30 kg of flour is about 1.5 yuan, a piece of foreign cloth 0.8 yuan, and 8 kg of pork is worth 1 yuan.

So Lu Xun was definitely a wealthy class at that time. He spent a huge sum of money to buy a 500-square-meter quadrangle, which is fully capable. He earns 3765 yuan a year. Although he earned about 2000 yuan from selling the old house in Shaoxing, he borrowed money from others to make an appointment with 600 yuan.

How much is such a big quadrangle worth now? According to the current housing price in Beijing, it should be "10 million" or even "100 million".

But there is a problem: Lu Xun is so rich, why did he borrow money in his later years?

In fact, it is not comprehensive to analyze a person's financial situation only by looking at his income level, but also by looking at his expenditure level. Lu Xun usually lives frugally and wears simple clothes. Shoes are a kind of rubber overshoes called "Chen Jiageng" worn by people with poor economy. His only expenses are books and cigarettes.

Books are what cultural people live on. Lu Xun spends 20 yuan to buy books in 30 yuan every month. Besides, he bought cigarettes. His smoking is Guo Moruo's "rapid fire" smoking method-non-stop, about 50 cigarettes a day.

But most of the cigarettes he smokes are cheap, such as 0 yuan's 65438+ 100 small rectangular tins, and some are more expensive, such as "Black Cat", which he only takes out to entertain friends and guests, and he is not willing to smoke at ordinary times. In this way, Lu Xun's monthly cigarette money should not be too high, about 20 yuan at most.

But we can't ignore Lu Xun's family burden: the living expenses sent to Zhu An and his mother, and the living expenses and medical expenses for helping his two younger brothers Zhou Zuoren and Zhou and his family. You know, Yukio Hatoyama, Zhou Zuoren's wife, is a black sheep. She wants to buy Japanese goods and see a Japanese doctor ...

After Lu Xun bought Badaowan quadrangle on 19 19, he fell out with Zhou Zuoren on 1923 and moved out. 1924, bought a house in Xisantiao Hutong, the price was 800 yuan, and the repair cost was more than 2,000 yuan. In addition, my family and I spent a lot of money after getting sick.

Besides, Lu Xun is a very caring person. He not only helps relatives, friends, students, etc. And donate money whenever there is a flood, fire, etc. In this way, there is not much left in the deposit at all.

So it is not difficult to imagine living by borrowing money in my later years. In the final analysis, a huge family dragged him down.