Siheyuan, don't mess with me

"I've given it away, half for each family! This is what grandma asked me to bring back!" Chen Zhiguo knew that if he mentioned grandma, it would definitely work. Maybe this is natural suppression!

Chen Zhiguo also took some of the things for his grandfather's house for his family. He worked so hard, wasn't it just for his family to have good food and drink?

"Milky milk and malted milk, you and your sister should drink them every day. They are good for your body. Our sister needs to grow taller in the future, so she needs more nutrition!"

"I want to drink, I want to grow taller!" Chen Xiaoli jumped on the side and cheered!

"I won't drink it. I'll save it for my little sister!" Wang Meihua had seen malted milk in the supply and marketing cooperative. A can of it cost seven or eight yuan. She had never seen milk powder before. The supply and marketing cooperative couldn't even put it on the counter. It was all withheld!

"If I tell you to drink, then drink it. Grandma told you to take good care of your body. When she's old, she'll need you to take care of her!"

"Did your grandma really say that?" Wang Meihua suddenly became happy. Her daughter-in-law had always been unpopular. Her grandma disliked her for being soft-hearted and incompetent! Could it be that mentioning her made her feel valued?

Chen Zhiguo went to the kitchen and got two bowls. He opened a can of malted milk and scooped three spoonfuls into the bowls. "Oh! Why do you put so much? Just one spoonful will do!" Wang Meihua screamed at the side. This was too extravagant!

After boiling water, the whole house was filled with the aroma of milk! "It smells so good!" Chen Xiaoli sniffed.

"Drink it when it's cold, don't let it get cold!"

"I got it, brother!" Chen Xiaoli was a little impatient, but her brother's words made her retract her hand!

"Mom, why did Grandma Hu quarrel with Jia Zhang?" Chen Zhiguo also wondered what was going on. Grandma Hu would not go to the middle courtyard unless there was nothing wrong, so how did she get into trouble with Jia Zhang?

"Hey! It's not just about donating money. The Jia family hired someone to repair the house and spent money. You feel unhappy, so you go to Grandma Hu's house and curse her?"

"How did you solve it later?"

"How to solve it? We just have to wait for Yi Zhonghai to come back and scold Jia Zhang away."

"That's it!"

"What else do you want? Go cook, it's already six o'clock!" Wang Meihua urged Chen Zhiguo. It's good that her son is back. She doesn't have to worry about anything anymore!

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Back to the courtyard three days ago, before going to work, Jia Dongxu specifically told Jia Zhangshi to find someone to repair the roof, "Mom, if you don't find someone to repair the roof today, don't expect me to pay you wages in the future!"

Jia Zhang wanted to yell a few more words, but looking at Jia Dongxu's livid face, she knew that this matter could not be saved! "Okay, okay! You go to work! I'll find a master to fix it later!" After saying that, she glanced at Qin Huairu who was standing next to her, "It's all this slut's fault. Otherwise, my son would be more obedient!"

Jia Zhang stayed at home until after ten o'clock before going out. It was not because she was busy at home, but because it was a little warmer outside at this time!

There are people doing this craft in every street, and you can find them just by asking. But Jia Zhang asked several people, and they were very enthusiastic at first, but their attitudes changed immediately when she asked for the address. They all said they had work to do but were too busy to handle it!

Jia Zhang was so angry that she jumped up and cursed, almost picking quarrels with everyone she met! She only bullied the man because he didn't want to beat her, but if there was an old woman next to her, she would have slapped her in the morning!

It was really difficult for Jia Zhang to find someone willing to work for her family. The first time, Jia Dongxu hired a maintenance worker named Wei, whose skills were among the best in the area. Craftsmen like them did not work alone, but were all in a house maintenance team down the street.

Lao Wei is the deputy captain, and the captain is the street clerk. If there is a public rental house that needs repair, the order will be placed to Lao Wei, and Lao Wei will arrange for someone to repair it. This is for the public!

For private individuals, if they need help, they can find Lao Wei to coordinate, and they have to pay the management fee! It’s not that you can’t not pay, but if you are found out, you will be kicked out of the maintenance team, and without your identity, you can’t take any more jobs! So, everyone is quite conscious!

Lao Wei's experience served as a reminder to the group of people after he came back. It was not that they should not take the job, but that this family was not easy to deal with, especially the old woman who was too difficult to talk to, kept demanding money, and was unreasonable!

After this was said, who would dare to take the job? There was work to do at the unified office, busy! Jia Zhang was so angry that she went around until the afternoon, but she couldn't find anyone willing to help her family! She was so tired that her legs were shaking. She also went to the nearby streets to find a master, but when she heard the address, she refused, saying it was too far and she didn't want to run!

After running from 10 o'clock to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Jia Zhang was hungry and tired! She really didn't want to leave, so she found a noodle shop, ordered a bowl of meat sauce noodles, and started eating! While eating, she saw two young men coming in the door, saying as they walked in, "Don't eat noodles, the house is repaired today, the owner gave a lot of money, let's go have a drink!"

"Let's finish our noodles first, and then go to the tavern for a couple of drinks!"

Jia Zhang was delighted when she heard this. She was just worried! This happened to her. Jia Zhang hurried over and said, "Young man, are you guys repairing the house?"

"Auntie, we are repairing the house! Do you want your house repaired?"

"There's a little leak on my roof, I'd like to ask you to come and have a look!" Jia Zhang deliberately lowered her voice and was no longer as arrogant as before. If she couldn't find a worker, Jia Dongxu would be angry when she got home!

"Auntie, it's not that we don't want to help, but we have already decided on the next one and it's not easy to change it!" The young man declined.

How could Jia Zhang give up so easily the person she had found with great difficulty? "Young man, please help me. My house is really uninhabitable! You are all kind-hearted people, please help an old woman like me!" It was rare for Jia Zhang to say soft words, so she tricked them into working first. Once the work started, she would be able to control them!

I have to say that Jia Zhang is really good at calculating. The old one is experienced and hard to deceive, but this young man is really well-informed!

I have to say that Jia Zhang’s acting skills are great. She coaxed the young man into not even having dinner, and he followed the anxious Jia Zhang to Courtyard 95!

"This compound sounds so familiar to me," said a young man.

"Me too, I was just too busy these past two days and I couldn't remember it for a moment," another young man continued, which made Jia Zhang, who was standing next to them, tremble with fear, fearing that these two people would not continue to live!

"This is an excellent courtyard house, famous far and wide!" Jia Huyou came online! Qin Huairu beside him was stunned when she heard it. How could I not know? And why is the mother-in-law so kind today!

The two young men climbed up and down to take a look. "Auntie! Your house can only be repaired slightly now. If you want to do a major repair, the weather is not right now. You can only wait until spring comes!"

This made Jia Zhang feel that this young man was really honest. "Young man, let's just do a little repair first. Can you calculate how much it will cost?"

"Auntie, it's not cost-effective to do a minor repair. You might as well put up with it for the whole winter and wait until the spring to repair it together!"

"No, no, no, let's repair it now!" How could Jia Zhang dare to wait until spring? If she did, she would be frozen to death by spring!

"Xiao Xiu, what material do you want to use?"

"Is there a difference?"

"Good material can last longer, while poor material can last shorter!" The young man has a nice attitude and is very patient!

"How much does it cost?" Jia Zhang didn't care about anything else. To her, any material would be fine as long as it cost her less!

"Good material costs one hundred, bad material costs fifty. Auntie, which material do you want to choose?" Jia Zhang would definitely not choose the one that costs one hundred. "If it costs fifty, then use the one that costs fifty."

Qin Huairu was speechless. Who doesn't want to fix their home in one go? If something goes wrong, wouldn't it cost money? But this was just what she thought in her mind. She didn't dare to tell Jia Zhangshi. She was afraid that Jia Zhangshi would slap her!

"Auntie, are you sure you want to use fifty pieces of material?"

"Sure, let's use fifty," Jia Zhang said firmly. Fifty was painful enough, and if she spent more, wouldn't it be like adding another cut to the wound?

"Okay, please call the manager of the courtyard!"

"Young man, what do you want to do by calling the steward?" Jia Zhang asked in confusion.

"Don't use bad material. You asked me to come and certify it. It's your request," the young man explained with a smile.

"Can't you just not call me?" This ruined Jia Zhang's plan. Was she still thinking of finding an excuse to shirk her debt?

"Without a witness, we won't take this job!" The young man flatly refused!

Chapter 25: Jia Zhang's House Renovation (Part )

Jia Zhang looked at the two young men's resolute attitude and said, "Young men, please wait a moment. The old man and his son in our yard are master and apprentice. They will be able to go home after get off work soon!"

"Okay, it's okay!"

About ten minutes later, Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu walked into the middle courtyard. Standing at the door waiting, Jia Zhang hurriedly grabbed Yi Zhonghai and said, "Uncle, these two guys want you to be a witness!"

"Make a certificate? What kind of certificate?" Yi Zhonghai asked doubtfully.

"This..." Jia Zhang couldn't explain it clearly. At this time, a young man stood up and said, "Let me explain. If you don't explain this clearly, I really can't start working!"

"Oh! Tell me what's going on!"

"It's like this. It would be best if their roof could be overhauled, but in the current weather, it's impossible to overhaul it. We can only do minor repairs. The good material I just told the aunt about was actually for her to understand. The uncle is obviously an old worker in the steel mill. He must have good skills. You will definitely understand what I mean."

"My master is an eighth-level worker in the steel rolling mill, and he is one of the best technical experts in the factory!" Jia Dongxu cheered for his master Yi Zhonghai from the side!

"That's amazing! I'm sure you will understand what I'm saying. Uncle, you see, this hole in Brother Jia's house has destroyed the balance of the entire beam. That's why we need a major overhaul! But due to the weather right now, we've chosen a minor repair and used good materials. This means that the entire beam is now tilted toward the hole. So if we want to repair it, not only does the hole need to be supported by a crossbar, but other beams also need to be reinforced for balance!

Moreover, some beams are damaged and rotten due to the seepage of rainwater. This requires more materials and more time to reinforce them, which is much more expensive!

Using inferior materials means that I am only responsible for repairing this hole and I don’t care about other places. Moreover, if the entire beam of the house shifts and becomes dangerous, it has nothing to do with me!

Uncle, you understand, right?

Yi Zhonghai nodded. He understood what he said, but he still had to say, "Why can't you guarantee it? Can't you guarantee the safety when you repair the house?"

"Yes, of course it can! But the repair method chosen by the aunt is to temporarily patch up her roof. I can't guarantee how long it will last!"

Yi Zhonghai understood that Jia Zhang chose the cheapest plan. The disadvantage of this plan was that the tilt of the entire roof beam caused by collapse was not adjusted or reinforced. So it was unknown when the roof would collapse again!

Yi Zhonghai had no way to give an answer and could only look at Jia Dongxu. Jia Dongxu was also helpless because the money was not in his hands. It was good enough that Jia Zhang could pay the money. Jia Dongxu lowered his head and said, "I don't care and I won't express my opinion!"

"Auntie, are you sure you want to use the 50-yuan plan?" The young man could only ask Jia Zhang.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Jia Zhang's family now has someone to support them, and their attitude is also quietly changing!

"Then let's sign the agreement! Only after we sign the agreement can we start working!" The young man took out two pieces of white paper!

Party A, Party B, and Witness. The above contents were what the young man had said before. Yi Zhonghai read it once and handed it to Jia Dongxu. Jia Dongxu read it once and said, "Do I sign it?"

"Aunt Jia, sign!"

“My mother can’t write!”

"Write it down, and then have the aunt put her fingerprints on it. Write your name on it too!"

Just like that, Jia Dongxu wrote Jia Zhang's name and his own name, and pressed his fingerprints on each of them!

Here, Yi Zhonghai also wrote his name on the witness list and pressed his fingerprints! After seeing that everyone had signed, the young man distributed the agreement to each family, and then said to Jia Zhang, "Auntie, give us the money. We are going to buy materials."

"How much do the materials cost?" Jia Zhang said distressedly.

"Not much, thirty dollars!"

"What? It's not much. Thirty yuan is my son's monthly salary. I don't have it?"

"No, that's fine. But I don't dare to do it anymore. I'm leaving!" Seeing the young man was about to leave, Jia Zhang panicked. If she let them leave, she would really not be able to find a repairman to repair the house!

"Yes, I will, but I can only give you twenty." Jia Zhang wanted to delay for a while.

"Then come to me to fix it when you have everything you need!" The young man didn't tolerate him and just overturned the table!

"No, no, I'll give it to you!" Jia Zhang had no choice but to painfully take out thirty yuan!

The two young men took the money and left, "Auntie, see you tomorrow!"

When it was time for dinner, Jia Dongxu asked Jia Zhangshi, "Mom, where did you find these two people?"

"In the noodle shop, oh! Outside the noodle shop!" Jia Zhang quickly changed her words. Jia Dongxu knew what kind of person his mother was, so he pretended not to know, "Do you know their last names and where they live?"

"Ah! I don't know! I didn't ask them where they lived."

"He can't be a liar!" Jia Dongxu muttered in a low voice!

But the voice was so quiet that Jia Zhang heard it, and she also began to mutter, "No, no, definitely not!"

Jia Zhang didn't sleep well that night, tossing and turning! She ran to the gate of the compound before dawn and waited! She waited until noon, but nothing happened!

At this time, Jia Zhang almost understood that she had been fooled, but she was still lying to herself. "No, no!"

Finally, at night, Jia Zhang's cries of grief were heard from the Jia family, "My money! I can't live anymore! My money! Old Jia! Please come up quickly! I'm being bullied! My money! ..."