Courtyard: Complain first at the beginning

After Zhao Xiaotang and Master Liu discussed it, they took the people back home.

After entering the door, Master Liu looked left and right, and walked through several rooms, thinking about it in his mind.

Zhao Xiaotang stayed with him and talked about what he wanted to change and what needed to be repaired.

One made requests and the other listened to opinions. Master Liu was also very particular about his work. He wrote down all the requests Zhao Xiaotang said in a small notebook.

There were some things that he felt were unreasonable, and he also told Zhao Xiaotang what problems would arise from such changes. The two of them discussed and quickly decided how to decorate the house.

Finally, he sat on the stool and took a sip of the tea that Zhao Xiaotang had just poured before he touched his chin and said:

"Okay, we have decided how to clean up this house, but the cost is not small. I will write you a list of everything you need. Are you sure you want me to cover it all?"

"Well! I believe in your character and skills. Otherwise, Director Wang wouldn't be able to introduce you to me. Just take it all in. As you can see, I'm just one person. There are some things that I don't understand well as a layman, so I won't be here. You are making a joke in front of me, please tell me how much it costs in total."

Master Liu thought about it for a while, calculated the approximate price, and then said slowly:

"It's not easy for you as a girl, and I won't cheat you. I have four people doing the work and materials. If I want to complete it according to your requirements, I have two options here. Take a look.

The first is that you pay me 500 yuan for my contract work and materials and don’t care about anything else. The other is a total of 380 yuan. Of course, you also need to give me all the necessary tickets. You can’t pay for these three houses. If unexpected, it will take up to five days for you to complete. "

"Okay, I'll give you 500 yuan and don't care about anything else. What about your three meals a day? Should I cook it for you or can you handle it yourself?"

She really didn't understand the aspect of house decoration, so she wanted to ask. Everyone knew that it was difficult to get tickets now. Since it could be solved by spending money, of course she still chose to spend 500 yuan.

"It's up to you. Normally, if we take jobs from other employers, we will eat at the employer's place. However, we are not far from your home and we can go back and eat by ourselves."

Zhao Xiaotang thought for a while and said:

"Let's do this! You will eat at home in the morning and evening, and I will cook the lunch here for you."

"Okay, then let's see when it starts?"

Master Liu doesn't mind this either. Anyway, it all depends on the owner's will whether or not to include meals. After confirming, of course he has to ask about the start time.

"I've been taking leave at home lately, so it's up to you!"

"That's okay. The day after tomorrow is a good day. Then I will buy everything I need and buy tomorrow, so you don't have to go out. I will push the materials over at any time. How about starting the work the day after tomorrow?"

"Okay! I'll trouble you, Master Liu. Here's 300 yuan. I'll pick up the rest from my uncle's house in two days. There's no one at home these two days."

Zhao Xiaotang took out the money she had prepared from the drawer, and explained by the way that she didn't want to give all the money at once. If the other party didn't do a good job, she would be too lazy to argue after all the money was given.

Originally, for this matter, the deposit was paid first, and the account was settled after the boss was satisfied. The little girl did this, and Master Liu was also very satisfied.

He counted the money in front of the other party, then nodded and put it in the bag.

"Well! My boss is very particular, so let's do this for now. I'll come over tomorrow. I'll take a step ahead just in time to see how much material I still have at home?"

The money was collected and the matter was settled. Master Liu put away the paper and pen in his hand, took the last sip of tea and stood up to leave.

"Then I'll spare your trouble. I'll be waiting at home tomorrow. Master Liu, hurry up!"

Zhao Xiaotang sent the person out and waited until the person was far away before he prepared to turn back. Only then did the third aunt who had been waiting aside seize the opportunity and asked curiously:

"What are you doing? That one seems to be a carpenter. I remember seeing him somewhere?"

"Third aunt has a good memory. Now that I live alone, I just want to repair some places that need to be repaired. It's snowing so hard. My house has never been repaired since I can remember. What if something happens in the middle of the night? If the snow falls heavily and the roof collapses, I won’t cry to death, so I’ll hire a master to repair it.”

"Yeah! That's right. I remember your house wasn't repaired when your parents lived there. It's 20 years old. Some places should be cleaned up, but it will cost a lot of money!"

"It must cost a lot of money! Otherwise, how could our family not repair it for so long? But our teacher said that people will be happy when money is gone, so we are still happy when we have no money!"

Zhao Xiaotang said with a smile. After that, he had already returned to the house. In winter, there was a thick curtain to cover it, so even if the door was open, he couldn't see.

"Hey! What does this girl mean? You won't be happy if you don't have money! What do these teachers teach?"

The third aunt was a little confused, but there was a teacher in her family. She took the unfinished shoe soles and returned to her house.

"That doesn't mean anything! It's just that Xiaotang is a smart girl. She knows that if she has more money, she will be noticed by others, and others will miss her easily. Once she spends the money, others will not miss her."

The third uncle was playing with his fishing rod in the house. He was going to go fishing tomorrow weekend. When my wife came back today, she knew what she was thinking without even thinking about it. She chuckled and said,

"Ha! I've been talking about this for a long time, and I also said that the teacher taught me that you can only be happy when you have no money. I thought it was true, but I couldn't figure out how to be happy when you have no money. I have been doing it for a long time~ Hey, you said that Yes! It’s not safe for a girl like her to carry money on her. Just yesterday afternoon when I was washing vegetables, the old ladies in the yard were still saying that there was only one girl in the Zhao family, and there were no parents or elderly people there, guarding the house and so much. If you have a lot of money, whoever wants to marry someone will marry a golden boy."

When the third aunt thought about what those old ladies said yesterday, she laughed out loud. She told the man those funny things. Of course, while talking, she kept moving her hands, stitch by stitch, to remove the needle holes in the shoe cushions. It's tied very tightly.

Smiling, I suddenly thought of an idea and started talking to the man.

"Hey~ Why didn't I think of this? Our family is a few years older than her. After all, we have watched that girl grow up. We all know this. What do you think of being our eldest daughter-in-law? When the time comes, the house They also belong to our Yan family."

The third aunt said happily, the more she thought about it, the more she thought it was a good idea.

"Don't even think about it. It's impossible for someone to like our boss, and it's impossible for our boss to agree."

The third aunt suddenly became angry when she heard this. She slapped the shoe mat in her hand on the table. Fortunately, the needle was in the other hand, otherwise a bloody hole would have been made. She didn't hear his son's disapproval words at all, she only heard The previous sentence about looking down on her boss,