Stay away from beasts in the world of Siheyuan

Finally, the day off came, and Zhang Xiaolong took Xu Changping to the house of the carpenter he knew early.

"Brother Xu, this is the carpenter's house I was talking about."

Xu Changping looked at the courtyard in front of him, nodded and said nothing.

"Dangdang block~"

Zhang Xiaolong stepped forward and knocked on the copper ring on the door.

"Brother Xiaolong is here~"

After a while, a young boy opened the door, saw Zhang Xiaolong at the door and said with a smile.

"Well, is your dad home?"

Although Zhang Xiaolong had greeted Carpenter Tan in advance, he still felt uneasy and asked one more question.

"I'm at home, waiting for you guys since early morning."

As he spoke, the boy took a step back and made way.

"That's good, let's go, Brother Xu."

Zhang Xiaolong smiled and touched the boy's head, then turned around and made a gesture of invitation to Xu Changping.

Xu Changping followed the path made by the two men and walked in. A particularly spacious courtyard appeared in front of him.

There were also some finished furniture being painted in the yard. Xu Changping went over to take a look and found that the workmanship was indeed good and looked no worse than the furniture in his own home.

"Xiaolong is here. This must be the colleague you mentioned."

Just as Xu Changping was looking at the finished furniture in the yard with relish, a rough voice sounded behind him.

"Uncle Tan, this is Doctor Xu from our office. I brought him here to see you today."

While the two were talking, Xu Changping also turned around. Carpenter Tan looked to be in his 40s. When he saw the calluses on the other's hands, Xu Changping nodded with satisfaction.

Before coming, Zhang Xiaolong told him that this Carpenter Tan was not only a furniture maker, but was also a foreman-like figure.

"Hello, Uncle Tan."

Xu Changping shook hands with the other party and said.

"Okay. Xiaolong said that you have already thought about how to decorate your house, so let's go directly to your house and take a look."

Carpenter Tan said directly.

He hopes that this deal will be successful so that his old brothers can also make some money.

After hearing what Carpenter Tan said, Xu Changping nodded and said, "Okay, let's go directly there. It's not too far anyway."

He knew that the Zhang brothers were impressed by his medical skills, and no one would introduce unreliable people to him, so he took his people back to the courtyard.

"Xiao Xu, what are you doing..."

As soon as Xu Changping brought the people back to the courtyard, he met Yan Bugui.

"Uncle, since I have nothing to do during this period of time, I am going to repair the house."

Xu Changping did not hide it and said it directly. Anyway, even if he didn't tell them now, they would be able to see it when they took action in a few days.

"Isn't your house lent to you temporarily?"

Yan Bugui said anxiously. He was still waiting for Xu Changping to move away, and asked Jie Cheng to find a way to get it.

"I work in a steel rolling mill. The factory assigned it directly to me." Xu Changping replied casually.

Although the house now belongs to him, in order not to cause unnecessary trouble, he made a random remark, saying that the files about the house were confidential anyway.

"You, you were directly assigned two rooms!"

Yan Bugui screamed in surprise.

"Well, maybe it's because of my mother." Xu Changping didn't care about the reason for Yan Bugui's surprise. He said perfunctorily and took Tan Mujiang and Zhang Xiaolong into the east wing.

Xu Changping opened the door locks of the east wing and the ear room, and handed the simple drawings he had planned to Carpenter Tan.

"Doctor Xu, I understand your idea, but I suggest you swap the location of the bathroom and the study, so that your life will be more convenient."

After hearing what Carpenter Tan said, Xu Changping asked, "How can we solve the waterproofing problem if we put it here? I am going to take a bath in it."

"Don't worry about that. I have a friend whose ancestors worked in the Imperial Household Department. He has the materials." Carpenter Tan assured, patting his chest.

Since Carpenter Tan had promised, Xu Changping said, "Okay, it will be more convenient to use this way."

No, he will secretly apply some waterproof paint at that time. Anyway, he just saw it in the system mall.

When Carpenter Tan heard that Xu Changping agreed to his plan, he continued to discuss the layout of the room and the location of various furniture with Xu Changping.

Finally, the two of them discussed the window location again. When they reached an agreement on all their opinions, Carpenter Tan said:

"Doctor Xu, your renovation requires a lot of things. Do you want to do it yourself or should I buy them for you?"

"Please buy it for me. I don't have a ticket and my connections are not as wide as yours." Xu Changping said without thinking.

Although he could buy all these things in the system mall, he didn't plan to buy them himself, otherwise it would be difficult to explain the source.

"That's not a low price!" Carpenter Tan thought for a moment and then said, "I have to go back and ask about the prices of some materials. I'll bring someone over this afternoon to tell you the prices."

Xu Changping understood what Carpenter Tan said. After all, he needed to bring running water into the house, and he also needed several sets of radiators, which would cost a lot of money. He also needed other bricks, stones, cement and wood, so he said directly:

"I'll give you 500 first. Please come back this afternoon with the materials you need for the preliminary stage and tell me the price you have agreed on."

After receiving the money from Xu Changping, Carpenter Tan left the courtyard and went home to look for someone.

After Carpenter Tan left, Zhang Xiaolong asked Xu Changping:

"Brother Xu, have you applied to the street office for your renovation?"

"Do I need to apply to the street office to renovate my own house?"

"You need to bring running water into the rooms and drain sewage into the sewers. These projects all require approval from the subdistrict office."

"Is that so? Then I'll apply now. I thought I wouldn't have to use it if I didn't remodel the exterior."

Xu Changping said in annoyance that the people who were responsible for modifying the water and electricity would come in the afternoon, and he would have to go find the director of the street office right away.

"You stay at my house first. I'm going to the street office." After glancing at Zhang Xiaolong, Xu Changping said.

"Okay, Brother Xu, you go and do your work. I'll look after the house for you." Zhang Xiaolong replied cheerfully. It was pointless for him to go with them anyway since he didn't know anyone there.

Xu Changping left quickly and came back quickly. After a while, he came back with the approval from the street office.

"Brother Xu, you're awesome. You got the approval from the street office so quickly." Zhang Xiaolong admired Xu Changping for coming back so quickly.

He knows how difficult it is to get this approval. Without some connections, it is impossible to get it approved.

"It's okay, mainly because I know the director of the street office." Xu Changping replied calmly.

Director Wang from the subdistrict office knew about his meritorious service, so this small matter was no big deal for them, not to mention that he had even given him a pound of brown sugar.

The famine had not yet passed and supplies in the city were severely insufficient. A pound of brown sugar was considered a great gift at this time.