Siheyuan: Starting to work in the street office

After hearing from Zhongshan that Yan Jiecheng also spent a "high price" of 400 yuan per room to buy the back house, his family also became interested.

If they had bought the three back houses in their house for 1200 yuan, they could have bought a good house anywhere else.

Who would want to live in the back house when you can move to the main house?

There is hardly any sunshine in a day, and it is cold in winter and hot in summer.

So, on the spot, his family also revealed their intention to sell the house, and Zhongshan naturally accepted everyone who came. He drove away one sheep and let two sheep go. He just called the master to come and take care of it together.

However, after selling this house, I still have to spend two days packing up and find a new house before I can move out.

After Song Lili started working, she found another place to move to at the street office and bought a gatehouse on the east side of the gate. Now most of the houses in the front yard belong to Zhongshan's family.

Now coming in from the main gate, the gatehouse on the east side, the five back rooms on the west side, plus the east and west wing rooms all belong to Zhongshan.

Walking forward, there is a family on one side of the main hall, and the other side was originally used to store the things of the people in the yard. However, since Banggeng came back and went to work in the steel rolling mill, Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai used some connections to get that room.

The central courtyard is where Yi Zhonghai, He Yuzhu, Qin Huairu and their "big family" live. Now Yi Zhonghai has a pension and Qin Huairu has money, so they don't cause trouble.

Ordinary people are like this. When they are poor, they scheme evilly, but when they are rich, they have consciences. When they have no money, they will do anything for a bite to eat.

But after conditions improved, I started thinking about accumulating some virtue for the future, and would not do those immoral things unless it was absolutely necessary.

Of course, we are talking about ordinary people here. Those who are not ordinary people are not included.

Going further back in the courtyard, in the backyard are Zhong Dahai, Zhong Haiyan and his sister, and Liu Haizhong's family.

It can be said that in the current courtyard houses, except for the family with a main hall between the front and middle yards and Liu Haizhong in the back yard, all the remaining people can be considered "insiders".

Qin Huairu and Banggeng's family, whether in the steel mill or in the yard, all follow the lead of their uncle Yi Zhonghai. Yi Zhonghai relies on He Yuzhu for his retirement, and He Yuzhu makes a lot of money in the store in Zhongshan.

Needless to say, Zhong Dahai and Zhong Haiyan in the backyard are also our real people.

Siheyuan has basically achieved a united front...

Every morning, the restaurant is not too busy. Everything is now on track. It is no longer like when the restaurant first opened and we had to buy vegetables ourselves. Now vendors deliver the vegetables to the restaurant.

The things in Zhongshan's space are rarely used, except for occasionally taking out some beef and mutton, which are usually bought outside.

Two days later, after the back house was moved out, the gatehouse was also bought from the street office. Zhongshan went to find the master, but it happened that the master had no work recently.

They were quite busy in the past few years, taking on houses everywhere.

Illegal buildings are not only found in Zhongshan's yard. Now all the slums are building houses. As long as there is vacant land, it will not be left idle.

Compared with the outside world, Zhongshan's courtyard is relatively good. Only two families have built earthquake shelters privately.

However, after this busy period, there is a lot less work, but the master has earned a lot of money during this period, so it's a good time to pay attention.

When Zhongshan arrived, the master was sitting at the door with a teapot in his hand, drinking tea from the spout. He looked so leisurely that Zhongshan was envious.

This is the life he had always dreamed of!

"Then Master, I'm free."

The master thought the voice sounded familiar, turned around and saw it was Zhongshan, and quickly sat up.

"Boss Zhong, you've made a fortune, how come you have time to come to my place today?"

The two of them were not outsiders. The master's apprentice Hou Saner had followed Zhongshan for so many years and had now become a wealthy man. Usually, Hou Saner had no money to honor his master.

If it had happened a few years ago, words like boss and rich man would certainly not be used. This was taboo and no one would be well served if someone heard it.

But it’s different now. There are a lot of big and small bosses everywhere, and they are no longer taboo about these words.

Zhongshan also clasped his fists.

"Master, I don't come here for no reason. I just bought a few more houses in our courtyard, and I just found you. When you are free, let's go and take a look."

The master put down the teapot.

"It's okay now. Let's go and take a look."

The master in Zhongshan's yard has done a lot of work and has a good idea of ​​the layout, but he still needs to see it on site.

After a short while, the two returned to Yard 95.

"Master, I have bought the back house, the gatehouse, and the west wing. Let's first tear down the mess in the yard. Open up the back house and turn it into a kitchen and a study. Build a toilet in the southwest corner of the yard. On the left and right sides of the west wing, separate a large room. Make the study next to the window and put the bed at the back.

The windows and doors have all been replaced, so please take the trouble to find a carpenter to complete the bed, desk and bookshelf in the room, so that I don’t have to worry about it.”

Their yard used to be a large courtyard with three entrances, not a slum. There was originally a toilet in the yard, located in the southwest corner. However, after it was divided among the workers, it was abandoned due to complaints from the neighbors nearby, and everyone went to the public toilet in the alley.

Otherwise, have you ever seen a wealthy family without a toilet in their yard? Basically, people who have their own yard build a toilet in the southwest corner, northwest corner, or northeast corner for their own use.

Now the front yard belongs to Zhongshan, and Zhongshan has rebuilt the toilet in the southwest corner. Otherwise, although it would be convenient to have a toilet in the house, the drain was not high enough, so there would still be a little smell.

The west wing is just the right size for my daughter Zhong Jiahui and my son Zhong Jiaming.

The master nodded after listening to it. It was not that complicated. It was just a simple matter of breaking down the wall and then cleaning it up.

But there is a lot of work, mainly carpentry work.

"Okay, I'll go back and find someone. They'll be here tomorrow and we can start working."

After seeing the master off, Zhongshan turned around again. The gatehouse was on the right hand side of the gate, which was the house in the southeast corner of the yard.

No one had lived there before, and all the things that were not used in the yard had been taken away by those who already had owners or who wanted them. But there were still quite a few things left, including the table that was used when the full-staff team was present.

Zhong Shan had noticed before that this table was quite sturdy and heavy, and the wood used should be good, but it had been left here gathering dust for so long that it was covered with something and it was hard to tell what material it was made of.