Siheyuan: My wife is Xu Huizhen

Chapter 24

Before the master bricklayer could speak, Jia Dongxu jumped out and said, "Silly Zhu, do you have money to repair the house?"

He Yuzhu raised his fist: "Try calling me Silly Zhu again?"

"Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue."

Jia Dongxu said: "You don't have money to repair the house, so don't make trouble here."

He Yuzhu had told the outside world before that He Daqing took all the money away when he ran away, leaving nothing for himself, and he had no money on hand.

That's why Jia Dongxu said such things.

He Yuzhu's life has been very awkward these days. He doesn't have many supplies at all. In addition, the kitchen is still under the shed. Spring is fine now, but it will be too hot in summer and too cold in winter.

The most unaccustomed thing is to go out and squeeze into a public toilet. A group of men use the toilet in it. It always feels disgusting. In addition, the smell is unpleasant and pungent. I live in dire straits every day.

This is all good. In some areas, public toilets have not yet been built, and they are all solved directly in the corners.

There happened to be about 30 square meters of open space between the three main rooms and He Yuzhu's side room. He Yuzhu planned to convert these spaces into two rooms, one as a bathroom and the other as a utility room.

I was thinking about where to find a bricklayer before, but I didn't expect that Yi Zhonghai had already found one for me.

"I won't borrow it if I don't have money. Repairing the house is a serious matter. I also want to repair the house, so I can't lend this house to you."

By the way, he explained the reason for his refusal. After all, he wanted to maintain a seemingly friendly neighborly relationship.

The master bricklayer watched the three people bickering back and forth, but he just smiled and said nothing more.

Then he interrupted and said, "Wait a minute, Master Jia and I have agreed on renovating the house."

He Yuzhu nodded, said thank you for your hard work, and then waited beside him.

The three of them have already talked about the matter. As long as the Jia family vacates the house, they can go in and renovate it.

After talking about the matter, Yi Zhonghai introduced Master Song to Shazhu, and then asked: "Zhuzhu, how do you plan to repair it? I will also help you advise."

He Yuzhu rolled his eyes and knew that Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu could not do anything good.

But building a house is a big deal, and you can't carry it behind your back. There's nothing you can't say.

"Master Song, come in and see if the quality of this house is good or not. Does it need major repairs?"

The houses in the courtyard are all old-fashioned, made of blue bricks and small tiles. He Yuzhu didn't understand this, so he put Master Song into the house and looked around.

The master and apprentice also followed in.

After Master Song inspected it, He Yuzhu poured water and asked, "How is it?"

"Your house should have been renovated before. The overall problem is not big. Just replace some broken tiles on the roof with new ones."

"There are also damaged floor tiles, and they will all be replaced when the time comes. The walls of the house will be re-mudred, and the ceiling will be renovated at the same time."

He Yuzhu felt relieved now and said, "I plan to build a gable here and then build a fire pit."

The east room and the main room are open rooms, and there is no gable in between. There is only a briquette stove, which makes it too cold in winter.

Now that it was done, He Yuzhu wanted to set up the fire pit directly, so that it would be much warmer in winter.

"Okay, we can also repair the fire kang."

Jia Dongxu said: "It costs firewood and coal to burn the fire pit."

He Yuzhu said: "It's none of your business. If you think it's a waste, just don't hold the fire."

"You have nothing to do, why don't you two go back quickly? Are you waiting here for me to take care of the food?"

"Humph, let's go." Jia Dongxu left first. Yi Zhonghai also felt that nothing happened, said hello, and got up to leave.

He Yuzhu said: "I'm making you laugh. We had some conflicts." "It's nothing. Many neighbors are like this. Your house is in good condition. It only takes three or two days to repair it."

He Yuzhu apologized, and then said: "By the way, Master Song, come out and take a look. I have an open space here and I want to build two houses."

The reason why Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu were kicked away before was because he didn't want them to know that he had plans to repair the corner, so as to avoid any further troubles.

The two got up and came out and came to the shack on the east side of the house.

"Master Song, I want to cover this land, using one room as a sundry and the other as a bathroom."

"Bathroom? You want to move the latrine into the house?"

"Yeah, I've heard people say before that in foreign countries, huts are placed inside the house to keep them warm in winter and cool in summer."

"I've heard of this before, but your septic tank cannot be placed in the house."

He Yuzhu's hometown in his previous life was in a rural area. Every household would dig a small septic tank around the house. The volume was less than one cubic meter and was enough to last for decades.

He Yuzhu said: "Then leave a small alley in the east and put the septic tank in the alley."

After the two discussed it, Master Song understood He Yuzhu's requirements.

"Okay, this is a simple matter. I can do it in two days."

Then the two discussed the issue of materials. Building two houses required a lot of bricks, and He Yuzhu needed to provide them himself.

After the discussion, He Yuzhu sent Master Song out of the courtyard and turned to the east wing.

After knocking on the door and walking into the house, Yi Zhonghai said angrily: "What are you doing here?"

He Yuzhu smiled and said: "What's wrong, uncle, who made you angry?"

"Don't you know who made me angry?"

He Yuzhu shook his head: "I really don't know."

"Okay, I won't play charades with you. If you have anything to say, please tell me immediately." Yi Zhonghai didn't look good on him.

Aunt Yi raised her foot and kicked Yi Zhonghai lightly, dissing him for speaking too hastily.

Then he said to He Yuzhu with a smile: "Zhuzhu, don't be angry. Your uncle, you have been having a hard time these past two days."

"It's nothing. Can I still argue with you?"

"Then what's the matter with you? Just say, as long as we can do it, we will help."

Aunt Yi sighed and said, "Your father ran away immediately. It will definitely be difficult for you to live alone. If you have anything to do in the future, just come to us and talk to us."

"I really have something to trouble my uncle and aunt."

He Yuzhu said with a smile: "Auntie, I just sent the master to the house. I need 200 yuan to repair the house, but He Daqing took all the money away when he ran away, leaving me with a few yuan of pocket money."

Aunt Yi said: "What he did was really inappropriate. He is not giving you a way to survive!"

"Yeah, so why don't I come to Auntie now? Auntie, please lend me 200 yuan to repair the house."

Before Aunt Yi opened her mouth, Yi Zhonghai asked in surprise: "Why do you want to borrow our money to repair the house?"

He Yuzhu nodded: "Yes, how can I have the money to repair the house?"

Yi Zhonghai laughed angrily: "You've been pretending for a long time, but you still don't have the money to repair the house?"

He Yuzhu said: "Yes, I told you before. He Daqing took all the money away when he ran away. How can I have money to repair the house?"

"No, Dongxu borrowed all my money to build a house for him. I don't have any money to lend to you." Yi Zhonghai refused directly.

(End of this chapter)