Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 104: Renovating the Yard and Getting Married (Subscription Request)
"Old Three, what are you going to do next?"

After returning to the courtyard, Zhou Fugui asked, "You haven't got the marriage certificate with that girl yet, right? And this courtyard, do you want to renovate it?"

Renovation was a plan that had been planned before. When Mr. Luo bought it, it was already an old house. Although the main house was well maintained, the other uninhabited houses all had some tiles falling off.

There are thirteen houses in total, and probably five of them need to be repaired, but they will only be minor repairs.

"I'll go to the neighborhood committee and find a renovation team. Right now, we can only hire a government contractor for renovations, otherwise we won't be able to buy cement, bricks and tiles."

Zhou Fengnian turned to Zhou Fugui and said, "Dad, you and Mom can come live in the city when you have nothing to do. We have plenty of places to live now."

"That won't work. I have to take care of the production team's work every day. Coming to the city would be like enjoying myself. What a joke."

Zhou Fugui quickly shook his head. He was now the team leader of the production team, so how could he abandon the production team to enjoy life?

You are not an old person. If you stop working when you are still at the working age, isn't that just shirking labor?

"Just ask your mother to come a few times over. But she also has to take care of your eldest brother's children, so it will be hard for her to leave once she comes."

Zhou Fugui thought for a moment and continued, "You and Zhou Yan both have jobs, so you can let your mother take care of your child when the time comes, so you don't have to rush around."

Now in Hongjia Village, Zhou Fugui is the only one in the Zhou family who earns work points. Zhou's mother goes to work occasionally, but the second sister-in-law Zhang Fangfang does not work at all as she wants to concentrate on taking care of the children.

However, even if only one person earned work points, the Zhou family would not lack food.

Although Zhou Fugui did not want money from Zhou Weitian and Zhou Jiaan for the time being, after the two learned that they were going to be regular employees, they started to give him money every month.

Now Zhou Fugui and his mother can get 25 yuan every month from their four children, and they don’t have to pay for their youngest daughter’s tuition.

If there is not enough food, just use money to buy some. Although it is a bit troublesome, it really ensures that you have enough food.

"That's right. Now my father is also Captain Zhou. If I go back to work on the farm, you have to assign me someone who is lazy and easy."

"You little bastard, if you do farm work, I'll assign you to be the one who picks the biggest fertilizer."

Zhou Fugui laughed and scolded that his third son always liked to talk about his position in the production team.

"Since you have an idea, your mother and I should go back."

"Why don't you take a few more days off?"

"No, have you ever seen a production team leader who always rests?"

Zhou Fugui was very determined and planned to go back in the afternoon.

He was already considered "lazy" as he would have to come to the city again in a few days after Zhou Fengnian got the certificate. Zhou Fugui was too embarrassed to ask for leave again, saying that going out would be like shirking work.

Zhou Fengnian couldn't persuade them any more, so he could only accompany his parents for lunch and then send them to the car.

He was not in a hurry to go to the factory in the afternoon. He had already taken a day off, so naturally he had to make some good plans for his family.

After taking a look around, Zhou Fengnian couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Mr. Luo had left him so many things.

This old man traveled light, as he left the entire home to him.

When a normal person sells a house, they would at least deal with the furniture before moving out, but Luo Cheng left all the furniture to him.

Zhou Fengnian stuffed a few hundred dollars into the lunch box pocket because he saw that Luo Cheng had no intention of dealing with the furniture.

By this calculation, he still made a profit. The wood used for the furniture by Luo Cheng was very good, and he also had a radio and a bicycle.

The gift instructions were written and placed on the table, and Zhou Fengnian saw them when he entered the room.

Take this gift note and push your bicycle to the police station and you can transfer the property to someone else's name.

The furniture of all sizes in the seven rooms, plus the radio and bicycle, cost at least five or six hundred yuan.

"The tiles in the wing room need to be replaced. Let's use this as a study room, a place to store books. The utility room also needs to be tidied up, as well as the toilet."

Zhou Fengnian thought about it and realized that if he wanted to repair the toilet, he would have to dig a pipe to the public toilet. The decoration team certainly couldn't make the decision, so he had to ask the neighborhood committee whether they would allow it.

There are not many public toilets in the entire Nanluoguxiang, and they stink in the summer. If conditions permit, Zhou Fengnian does not want to go to the public toilets.

After noting down the places to be repaired, Zhou Fengnian went to find the neighborhood committee.

After registering at the door and asking about the decoration, Zhou Fengnian walked into the neighborhood committee.

Arriving at a room, Zhou Fengnian knocked on the door and walked in.

When the people in the room saw that it was Zhou Fengnian, they immediately remembered and said, "Hey, aren't you the one who came to transfer the ownership of the courtyard house a few days ago? Why are you here today?"

"Excuse me, Clerk Wang."

Zhou Fengnian smiled and said, "I'm getting married soon, and I want to fix up the house before the wedding, like changing some tiles and repairing the walls, so I came to our neighborhood committee."

Clerk Wang said, "Oh, that's easy. I'll register your address and time, and someone will come to find you when the time comes."

"No. 90, Nanluoguxiang. You can come this afternoon. By the way, Mr. Wang, if I want to build a toilet in the courtyard, what procedures do I need to go through?"

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he took out a few candies and placed them on the table: "Wedding candy, let's get some good luck, or you can take it back and give it to the children."

"Hey, you are so sorry."

Clerk Wang took it with a smile. He said that wedding candies should not be pushed away, as that would be pushing away the joy.

Moreover, milk candy is very rare, expensive and requires candy coupons, so the children at home will definitely like it.

"Toilets are more troublesome. We need to dig a pipeline to the public toilet, which is not only expensive, but we usually won't allow it."

But since the candies were already taken, Clerk Wang didn't want to be too ruthless, so he whispered, "Comrade, there will definitely be no problem with the special talent application. Comrade Luo, who brought you here to handle the formalities last time, is an engineer. If he comes to the neighborhood committee to apply, our director will definitely agree."

"An engineer can do it? Then so can I."

Zhou Fengnian took out his ID, handed it over and said, "I am also an eighth-level engineer, and currently the head of the technical department of the Second Machinery Factory. This should allow me to apply."

"Comrade, are you a level 8 engineer?"

When Clerk Wang took the document and looked at it, he gasped.

The person in front of him was much younger than him, but he had already become an engineer, and an eighth-level engineer at that.

"If it's a level 8 engineer, then there's definitely no problem. There's always a requirement from above to give preferential treatment to technicians within the jurisdiction."

This time, Clerk Wang said with certainty that Engineer Luo could have built a toilet in the hospital before, but he never came.

"I'll help you register and apply for you when the director comes back. Is there anything else?"

Zhou Fengnian said, "No more. Thank you for your help, Clerk Wang."

Clerk Wang immediately said, "It's just a small thing, it's all for the people's service."

After leaving the neighborhood committee, Zhou Fengnian went to another furniture store. He didn't need to replace anything else, but he needed a new bed and bookcase.

He still had quite a few furniture tickets that Deputy Director Gao had given him last time, so if he couldn't spend them all, he could ask someone else to get some in exchange.

He doesn't need to go to Pigeon City now. With the tickets in his hand, he can easily transfer with colleagues or other people.

Otherwise it would be a waste if it is not used up.

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In the afternoon, Zhou Yan came directly to Compound No. 90 after work. In a few days, she would also move in.

"A good year."

Zhou Yan came to the backyard and found Zhou Fengnian moving some furniture, so she went up to him and asked, "What are you doing moving these furniture?"

"These are not needed for the time being, just put them in the utility room. I went to the neighborhood committee to register for renovations this afternoon, and the renovation team will be here soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, the two heard someone shouting and knocking on the door in the front yard.

Zhou Fengnian went to the front gate and saw that the person who came was a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties. "Comrade, I'm from the neighborhood committee construction team, Jiang Fusheng, you want to renovate your house, right?"

"That's right, Comrade Jiang, I'm planning to renovate the house, come in."

Zhou Fengnian took the man to the backyard and said to him, "I see that there are some problems with the tiles on these houses. The walls also need to be re-hung. Also, the toilets. Did the neighborhood committee tell you about it?"

"I told you, the neighborhood committee has given us permission, but the materials are a little expensive, so we need to discuss this with you first."

"The cost of materials doesn't matter, just install the toilet in the southeast corner of the front yard."

Zhou Fengnian said that when the time comes he would let his fourth sister choose a room for herself that would be bigger than the one she lives in now.

After stating all his requirements, Jiang Fusheng took out a piece of paper and wrote them down.

After some calculations, Jiang Fusheng looked up and said, "Comrade, the toilet costs a total of 570 yuan. The main reason is that the pipes are expensive and your yard is a bit far from the public toilet."

Zhou Fengnian nodded and said, "Okay, let's do this. How long will it take to complete the renovation?"

"Not counting the toilet, five days is enough. If you include the toilet, ten days is enough."

Jiang Fusheng said, "Comrade, you have to give us three hundred yuan first. We have to go to the neighborhood committee to make an order to buy materials."

"wait for me a while."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he went back to get the money. After a while, he took out thirty Great Unity banknotes and handed them to Jiang Fusheng.

The latter gave Zhou Fengnian a receipt and stamped it with the seal of the Nanluoguxiang Neighborhood Committee Construction Team.

"Okay, I'll record the furniture for you now. You take the valuables away, and we'll start work tomorrow."

Except for the ones to be given away, all the remaining furniture was also registered. Zhou Fengnian had already hidden the valuables. He had deposited most of his money in the bank, and now he had more than one hundred left at home.

After Jiang Fusheng left, Zhou Fengnian said to Zhou Yan, "Yanyan, Mr. Luo left a bicycle behind. Find some time to go to the police station and register it in your name."

Zhou Yan asked with some surprise and joy: "Will you give me the bicycle?"

"Well, it's just second-hand. Never mind, I'll buy you a lady's one."

Zhou Fengnian suddenly thought that this was a 28-inch horizontal-bar bicycle, which would be inconvenient for Zhou Yan to ride.

After hearing this, Zhou Yan was somewhat moved and said, "Fengnian, I still have 246 yuan in savings. I'll give it to you tomorrow."

"Don't give it to me. Just keep it for yourself and put it in the bank together with mine."

Zhou Fengnian took Zhou Yan back to the house and took out an iron box containing banknotes and passbooks.

"Leave a hundred dollars for daily spending, and put the rest in the bank. You can keep the passbook."

Zhou Fengnian handed the passbook to Zhou Yan and let her manage the money from now on.

Marriage at that time was not like it would be later. There was no such thing as a fairy. Once you got married, it was difficult to divorce.

If you want to divorce, you must not only have sufficient reasons, but the organization will also visit you many times to dissuade you.

Zhou Yan felt as sweet as if she had eaten candy and said, "Then I will save one piece."

"Yanyan, go to the factory tomorrow to get a certificate, and then go to the street office to register."

As Zhou Fengnian spoke, he pulled Zhou Yan over and held her in his arms, and continued, "How about inviting relatives from both sides to come together at the end of the month, setting up two tables, and treating it as a wedding banquet?"

"Listen to you"

Zhou Yan snuggled in Zhou Fengnian's arms, feeling the rare happiness.

However, not long after, Zhou Yan felt a pair of restless hands wandering all over her body. Just when Zhou Yan looked up and was about to say something, her mouth was blocked.

After half a ring.

Zhou Yan's clothes were disheveled, her pretty fair face was flushed and she was slightly panting.

"Yanyan, stay here tonight. We'll get married tomorrow."

“I haven’t told my family yet.”

"I'll go cook for a while, can you come back and talk to me?"

".Just thinking about that kind of thing!"

Zhou Yan couldn't help but pinch Zhou Fengnian shyly, then pulled his hand out of his clothes.

"Then I'll ride your bike and come back in a bit."

"Okay, I'll go prepare dinner too."

Zhou Fengnian suddenly became full of energy. As he was going to be the groom tonight, he was naturally full of energy.

After Zhou Yan rode away on her bike, Zhou Fengnian first brought all the mattresses and clothes to the main house, made the bedding again, and then went to make a fire to cook.

After a while, Zhou Chunhua came back, jumping in happily and said, "Brother, I'm back."

While cooking, Zhou Fengnian said, "Fourth sister, your brother is getting married tomorrow.

You will be the next one to get married in the Zhou family. When will you bring that boy to visit us?"

Zhou Chunhua said shyly, "It's still early, Third Brother, but are you getting married tomorrow? Then I want to give you something."

"Ha, what else can I, your brother, need? There's nothing to give you. Just wait for the wedding banquet next week."

After Zhou Fengnian finished speaking, he added, "By the way, leave your valuables with my brother and sister-in-law tomorrow. I'll ask someone to renovate the yard, and I'll lock your room when I leave.

When the house is renovated, will you live in the backyard or the front yard? "

"The front yard, Third Brother. The backyard belongs to you and Third Sister-in-law."

After Zhou Chunhua finished speaking, she went back to the house briskly to pack her things.

When the meal was almost ready, Zhou Yan came back, but her face was a little red because they were going to stay together tonight.

Zhou Chunhua also noticed something, and after dinner she went to wash the dishes with a smile on her face, and then went back to the room to rest.

At night, after washing, rinsing her face and soaking her feet, Zhou Yan walked around the backyard before returning to the house.

Still a little bit unbelievable, he said: "Fengnian, will we live here from now on?"

"Well, okay?"

"Of course. I used to live in a slum, and the sleeping area was only separated by a curtain, which was very small."

Zhou Yan felt a little emotional. She now lived in a courtyard house with two entrances and eight rooms in the backyard, as well as a large open space.

Compared to before, she is so lucky.

"There will be something better in the future. In ten years or so, we will move to a quadrangle with three entrances. Then you can ride a bicycle in the yard."

Zhou Fengnian held Zhou Yan in his arms, leaned close to her ear and said, "Yanyan, it's time to rest."

"Then take a rest. I'll go turn off the kerosene lamp."

"No, I like bright ones."

Zhou Yan screamed, and her whole body was pressed down on the bed. After a rustling sound,

The solid wooden bed began to shake.

The sound became louder and louder, like the intermittent low chirping of a yellow oriole, and it continued until two or three in the morning, when it slowly subsided.

(End of this chapter)