Siheyuan: Chen Xueru helped me intercept Hu Qin Huairu

Chapter 6: Building relationships and buying pipes

Early the next morning, when Li Xiuzhu got up, he first asked Yi Zhonghai, and after confirming that no one was willing to share the pipeline cost, he went to the building materials market.

Nowadays, the country is vigorously engaged in building development, and buildings and cement houses will gradually become people's first choice.

This is also a way to ease the housing shortage of the country's people. Buildings are built in cities and cement houses are built in rural areas and suburbs.

The sewage pipes have actually been in place since 49.

It’s just that although there are 314 kilometers of main sewage pipelines at this time, only more than 20 kilometers are usable.

The working people's gathering areas in the outer city and Guanxiang basically rely on seepage wells, seepage pits and open ditches for drainage. Sewage is pumped out and diffused on sunny days, and waterlogging is serious on rainy days.

But this has nothing to do with Li Xiuzhu. He just wants to pour the drain outlet of his toilet into the dry toilet.

Even if you do this, the smell will come back.

But as long as the toilet is designed according to the design, the problem of odor backflow can be avoided.

At this time, most of the sewage pipes in buildings were made of iron.

Not only is it not resistant to corrosion, it will crack after [-] years of use, but there is nothing we can do about it.

However, as long as you apply a layer of tung oil on the inside and outside, it can last at least 5-10 years longer.

The problem is not big.

It will be 30 years in 80 years. By then, the sewage system in Beijing will have been perfected, and it can be changed when everyone makes renovations.

It won't even take that long, there will be a five-year plan from 53 to 57 to build a new batch of drainage pipelines.

And after 30 years, he no longer needs to stay in this courtyard.

At that time, you can bind it somewhere else.

After sleeping comfortably until dawn again, Li Xiuzhu became more and more satisfied with his current life.

Although there are no more games, Internet, and novels, there is also no pressure on mortgages, car loans, and various loans.

No more involution, and the quality of sleep is suddenly improved.

It is known that the death rate of the new generation after 50 years is ridiculously high, and they all died suddenly due to stress. He suspected that he also died suddenly before traveling through time.

Therefore, he must be a salty fish who can turn around in this life. In his spare time, he can learn something else to enrich himself.

For example, be a happy fisherman.

Another example is learning to draw and reading.

Li Xiuzhu is not very familiar with where to buy building materials in Beijing.

So I took a rickshaw.

But after asking, I found out that the largest building materials market is now in Shijingshan.

Fortunately, there are many places to build buildings in the capital, and you can get the pipes you need from here.

Of course it is definitely more expensive to get it from here, but not much more expensive.

Under the guidance of a rickshaw, Li Xiuzhu quickly arrived at a building under construction.

Scanning his eyes, he soon saw the pipe he needed.

Li Xiuzhu's eyes lit up and he walked to the gate of the construction site.

He took out a box of large front doors he just bought, opened it and handed one to the doorman.

During the monthly check-in, I also signed up for a box of special Moutai and a special supply of Zhonghua. God knows how I got the Zhonghua that the factory didn't have yet.

Of course, there is no need to take it out at this time. There is no need to use thirty cents to do something that can be done with thirty cents.

The normal price of Chinese cigarettes is [-] yuan, and the special price is not an exaggeration.

"Brother, where is the manager of your construction site?"

The doorman took the cigarette and his eyes lit up.

Good guy, big front door, this guy is pretty good at smoking.

Looking at what Li Xiuzhu was wearing, it seemed that he was not an ordinary person.

However, out of duty, the guard still asked: "Brother, do you have any business with us?"

He didn't rush to light the cigarette, fearing that it would be hard to smoke and refuse.Li Xiuzhu took out a match and struck it and said, "I want to install a drainage pipe at home."

"I saw it at your construction site, so I wanted to discuss with your foreman if I could buy two or three nearby."

It turns out that's the case, as long as he's not looking for trouble.

The guard felt relieved and lit a cigarette. Then he pointed to a small room on the side and said, "Our managers are all there. You can see it when you go in."

Li Qiuzhu smiled, smoked out two more cigarettes and handed them to the doorman.

"Thank you brother."

The doorman who got two cigarettes for free was in a better mood.

"Hey, no need to be polite, we are all worker brothers."

"Okay, you go."

"By the way, our manager's surname is Fang. You can just call him Captain Fang."

Construction sites at this time were only publicly owned because the land was state property, so all the previous private workers were forcibly recruited.

The public sector is based on units, such as the 4th Engineering Office in Beijing.

There are usually 1 to 4 construction teams under each engineering office.

Each construction team has a captain and two vice-captains.

Li Xiuzhu stepped forward and knocked on the door. He only went in after someone spoke.

Seeing Li Xiuzhu, the two people inside were stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Brother, aren't we from here?"

Public units generally require uniform clothing, so they could tell at a glance that Li Qiuzhu was not from here, and that Li Xiuzhu's clothes were too clean.

Li Xiuzhu stepped forward and took out a few cigarettes and said, "Indeed, I am a resident of Nanluogu Lane nearby."

Li Xiuzhu did not directly say that he wanted to buy the water pipe at the beginning, but looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "You two are soldiers, right?"

As soon as the words came out, the two started laughing.

"How did you get it?"

It can be seen that being a soldier is the greatest affirmation for the two of them, and just mentioning it makes them happy a lot.

Li Xiuzhu explained: "My parents are the same. Soldiers have a special temperament that anyone with a discerning eye can see at a glance."

Hearing this, the two laughed even more happily.

"I see. I didn't expect that my little brother is a family member of the military."

"Then I don't know which department your parents are in..."

Hearing this, Li Xiuzhu interrupted directly: "They are no longer here. They went to the battlefield and failed to come back."

"I'm the only one left. I just returned to the capital. Only when I came back did I realize that things have changed."

After hearing this, the two of them suddenly became serious, sighed and said: "Little brother, don't be too sad, they sacrificed their lives for the motherland. In the future, thousands of soldiers will be your relatives."

Li Xiuzhu knew that the two of them were telling the truth, but only at this time.

But Li Xiuzhu didn't think about it that much, he just wanted to live his own life.

At this time, the man on the side said: "By the way, little brother, you are here this time...what can I do for you?"

"If you have anything to say, we are all a family."

Captain Fang, who was sitting in the chair, thought that Li Xiuzhu had just returned to the capital and guessed: "Are you looking for a job?"

Li Xiuzhu shook his head.

"Didn't the Military Control Office just assign a house?"

"I looked at it and wanted to build a sewer, so I wanted to buy some sewer pipes."

When the two of them heard this, they realized that it was just such a trivial matter, but they were also a little embarrassed.

If they could give it away, they would really like to give it away for free, but these things belong to the country.

So Captain Fang said directly: "Our pipe belongs to the state, and Uncle Fang can't give it to you directly. But I still have the money for the two pipes, so I will give it to you as an uncle."

(End of this chapter)