Early the next morning, the whole family went to work and went to school. Only Zhang Yu slept until dawn and got up calmly when the sun was shining on his buttocks.
"System sign in."
"Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully signing in. The reward is one yuan in cash and ten pounds of pork."
After the reminder sound stopped, Zhang Yu looked at the pork in the space. It was quite fat, but people in this era are short of oil and water, so they love these fat meats more. If they use it someday to improve their lives, I will definitely be happy to see it.
While eating the rice that his sister-in-law had left for him in the pot, he looked at his house. Because no one had lived in it for several years, even if it was regularly maintained, it fell into disrepair very quickly because of the lack of popularity.
Zhang Yu repaired it once before moving in, but there was no major repair. He thought that he would find someone to repair it while he was free these days.
By the way, I also renovated several houses owned by my sister-in-law and uncle. They have three sons and one daughter. The eldest brother, Zhao Feng, is 21 years old this year. His grades in school are not very good and he really can't study anymore. After graduating from junior high school, his uncle found connections to let him enter.
I joined the security department of the steel rolling mill and am now a regular worker, having worked there for four years.
The second brother, Zhao Lei, is 20 years old. He studies better than the eldest brother. He went to a technical secondary school and was assigned to the publicity department of the steel rolling mill after graduating in May this year.
The third brother, Zhao Liang, is 18 years old. He went to high school but did not go to college. He has no plans to go anywhere. He has not found a job yet and works odd jobs on the street. He also said before that he would give the job quota compensated by the army to the third brother.
Yes, but my uncle and third brother disagreed.
The eldest sister, who is 18 years old this year, is a twin with the third brother. She is the one with the best academic performance in the family. She was admitted to the medical school this year and is currently studying in the medical school.
For a day, he basically did nothing. He looked around the house inside and outside, up and down. It is said that the courtyard they live in now was built by a warlord in the early Republic of China. Generally speaking, courtyards built are slightly taller.
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Looking at the height of the room, he suddenly had an idea, is it possible to build a second floor at this height?
The sudden idea made him excited, and he immediately wanted to find someone to ask, but just then Uncle Zhao passed by the door. "Xiaoyu, what are you doing?"
"Uncle Zhao, I'm looking at the height of the house. How tall do you think this house is?"
"This house! I think it's 4m8." He turned around and looked at the house, gestured with his hands, and then said firmly: "4m8 is not bad, it's 4m8."
"Uncle Zhao, have you seen the information on the house? How are you sure it is 4m8?"
"What kind of information do you need to read? Uncle Zhao has been an experienced fitter for many years. He can tell even the slightest difference, let alone this house." Mr. Sun, who heard someone talking in the room next to him, walked out on crutches.
Seeing Mr. Sun coming out with a cane, Zhang Yu and Uncle Zhao hurriedly went to help it. This was a treasure in their courtyard. Compared with the deaf old lady in the courtyard next door who did not know whether it was true or not and made shoes for the Red Army, Mr. Sun and his family were the real ones.
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My grandpa is over seventy this year. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, he not only purchased a variety of urgently needed supplies from various places, but also sent them all the way to our Party's place. He also scattered all the family's money. He also sent away his sons and grandsons who joined the army one after another.
Now I am alone.
And when doing things, everyone has to give a thumbs up, so the people in the courtyard respect Mr. Sun very much, and Mr. Sun also explained what it means to have an elder in the family. If there is a treasure, there are things that cannot be decided in the courtyard.
, I like to come to him for inquiries, and most of the time he can give excellent suggestions.
"Mr. Sun, come out for a walk! Please be careful."
"Go, go, go, I can still walk on my own, so why should I hold on?" Seeing the two of them coming to help him, Mr. Sun waved his other hand with a smile in his eyes. "What are you two talking about here?"
"Master, don't I think I have to go to work soon? The house is leaking a little, and I want to repair it. I don't know when I will be free when I get to work." He turned and pointed at the house, "Look,
This house is quite high. Uncle Zhao just said that this house must be 4m8, so I was wondering if this house could be made into two floors by adding a partition in the middle?"
After listening to his words, Uncle Zhao's eyes lit up. In this era, every household is short of housing. Many families of seven or eight people are crowded into two rooms. When they get married, they just draw a curtain. "That's a good idea.
, let me tell you in detail."
"Uncle Zhao, look, this house is 4m8 high, with 2m6 left at the bottom, a 20cm partition in the middle, and a 2m partition at the top. Although it is a little lower, the top is quite spacious even for sleeping."
Zhang Yu pointed to the house and introduced it to Uncle Zhao.
"Xiaoyu is still a young man like you. This house is nice. I am worried about my child getting married and my work unit can't allocate a house. Where will I live? Now it's all solved." Uncle Zhao clapped his hands excitedly: "
Xiaoyu, just wait, I'll go find your Uncle Wang and let him see how to fix it." After saying that, he walked to the front yard without waiting for Zhang Yu to reply.
After a while, Uncle Wang from the front yard came over, listened to their ideas, measured the size of the house, and took pictures of the house.
"Xiaoyu's idea sounds good to me. The house in our courtyard was built late and uses the best materials. Just make a hole in the wall, insert rough wood, and then lay a layer of wooden boards. It will definitely last for twenty or thirty years."
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In the evening, after my sister-in-law and uncle came home, they listened to his idea and immediately sat down with Uncle Zhao and Uncle Wang to discuss how to add a second floor.
After discussing it, he took two days off, and Uncle Wang recruited his group of apprentices for 1.5 yuan a day. In addition, the apprentices from the steel rolling mill brought by Uncle Zhao came to help after get off work, and the house was quickly built.
Taking advantage of the fact that the family was busy due to the partition, Zhang Yu found an opportunity to take over the daily food shopping.
Just like today, when my sister-in-law was steaming tortillas on the stove, he went out to buy vegetables.
I happened to be there today, there weren't many people queuing up in front of the butcher stall, so I should be able to buy it.
Finally he waited and said, "Master, please give me a pound of meat." The butcher quickly cut off a piece of meat and weighed it, no more or less, exactly one pound.
"Master, are you selling these bones?" He looked at the small piece of meat in his hand, thinking about the crowd of people, and happened to miss the bones next to him.
"Sell, how much do you want? If you want more, I'll take all the bones for 50 cents." Then, Zhang Yu paid for the whole set of pig bones.
Passing by an alley on the road, he saw no one in the alley, so he took out two kilograms of fat meat from the space. It was the kind of fat meat that basically had no trace of lean meat. It happened to be what he had signed in yesterday. He took out the lean meat on it
I shaved off some of it, but all that's left is the white fat.
Sure enough, when she saw the meat he bought, her sister-in-law grinned happily, "This meat is good, it's perfect for cooking oil."
Seeing the big fat piece of meat and looking at the group of people working hard outside, Zhang Guifang gritted her teeth and cut off half of the piece of meat and cut it into large pieces for braised cabbage.
"Uncle Wang, take a rest quickly, come over and wash your hands and eat."
After washing their hands, a group of people lined up to get lunch with their lunch boxes, "Brother Li, what do you think the boss has prepared today?"
"There will definitely be meat, I can smell the aroma." Li Qiang took a few deep breaths, picked up the vegetables, and hurriedly took them aside. He laughed when he looked at the vegetables full of oil and water and three or five pieces of big fat meat.
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For lunch, we had fatty pork stewed with cabbage and pork bone soup. All the workers praised their honest family. Many people were reluctant to eat it. For example, Li Qiang ate half of the cabbage, drank the bone soup, and ate the meat.
I kept it and put it in my bag. I thought happily that I would go home in the evening and ask my mother-in-law to add two cabbages, stew them with the oil, water and fat in the vegetables, and also serve meat to the children.
The food was good and fast, and the work wasn't too difficult either. It was almost done in two days.
The inside of the house has been repainted with a layer of white putty, making it look much cleaner. Because the partitions are made of wood, you can move in on the same day.
After the house was repaired, neighbors from the yard came to visit. The house was divided into two floors, with three rooms of the same size on the upper floor, which were used as wedding rooms for the three brothers.
The room where my sister-in-law and brother-in-law live on the ground floor has basically not changed much, except that the original partitions have been removed from the larger room that was vacated. Most of the space has been turned into a living room and dining room, and the dining room will also be fixed in the future.
There is no need to move tables and chairs every time.
I built a small room near the window to use as a kitchen, so that when it rains, my sister-in-law doesn't have to cook in the rain.
Looking at the newly renovated house, several children's wedding rooms have come out, and the biggest problem has been solved. My sister-in-law pinched her uncle's arm with excitement and rubbed the painful arm. Zhao Wenzhuo couldn't help but laugh, "Solved"
The house problem and the children's marriage problems will be easier to solve in the future.
Compared with his aunt's house, the construction of Zhang Yu's house was slower. The two houses started to be repaired at the same time. There were more people on his side and the rooms were smaller. Logically speaking, he should finish the work first.
But in fact, he repaired it two days later than my sister-in-law.
Because the repairs he made were relatively detailed, it can be considered a major repair. The important thing is that he repaired the toilet.
Since his rebirth, there are not only advantages but no disadvantages. It is nice to have space subsidies for food and drink. The most unbearable thing for him is the toilet in this era.
Not only did he need to go out to use the bathroom, it was okay in winter, but it was cold, and the smell in summer would be the same. So he took advantage of the opportunity to build a house and built a bathroom.
Speaking of this bathroom, the construction process was not simple. I encountered one problem after another. Although the location of his house is not very good, one good thing is that the utility room is very close to the city government's sewage pipe.
After finding a professional to measure the length, I bought a ceramic pipe. To be precise, it is not ceramic. It is called a cylinder tile pipe, which is the kind of material used to make water tanks, with glaze on the inside and outside.
In order to facilitate drainage and prevent blockage and difficulty in flushing, the room used as a bathroom was raised a lot with bricks and cement.
There was no running water, so a tank was placed to hold water for flushing the toilet.
After the repair was completed, the family tried it again and again with excitement and novelty, "Xiao Ning, you have a good idea. Not only can you take a bath at home in the future, but you don't have to go out in the morning and queue up with others to fight for the toilet."
"That's right! I just said it would be useful to build a bathroom."
After trying the toilet and feeling refreshed, the group continued to look inside. Although his house was also two large and one small, it was not as big as my sister-in-law's house. The total area was only more than forty square meters, but he was alone.
It's also very spacious to live in.
We also built a second floor. The original utility room on the lower floor was used as a bathroom. The room with lots of light was used as a bedroom. A table was placed on one side. I could find a screen to block it later.
There is a workshop, and the other room is similar to the one my sister-in-law has, except that the living room area is not as large due to the area.
The one above made five houses of the same size. My sister-in-law was a little strange about his approach. The house was made so small and she wanted him to make it bigger.
But he also had his own thoughts. Although his parents divorced and didn't want him, the love given to him by his sister-in-law, uncle, brother, and sister was enough to get rid of his fear of marriage.
The beginning of a new life gave him hope for marriage. He likes children and hopes to have multiple children. Regarding the five rooms, his sister-in-law explained, "Sister-in-law, you see, although 8 square meters is not big, you see
This room is 2.5 meters long and 2 meters wide. When the time comes, the room will be 2 meters long and 1.5 meters wide.
If the bed is arranged along the way, there is still 0.5 meters left at the end of the bed to put a desk for homework. It is no problem. There is still 1 meter wide next to the bed. That is half of the space left. Place a small wardrobe in the corner. Now
I have a bed, a place to study, and cabinets to store things. I will have more children by then."
Hearing his words, the group burst out laughing. "Yes, yes, we should build more rooms. Xiaoyu, what do you like? Do you need Aunt Wang to introduce one to you?" Aunt Wang, who followed the tour, laughed.
"I can also introduce, Xiaoyu, what do you want?" Some people booed.
"No, no, no, I'm still young. Let's talk about it in two years." Zhang Yu waved his hands quickly. He was afraid of these aunts.
Hearing his words, the group burst out laughing. "Yes, yes, we should build more rooms. Xiaoyu, what do you like? Do you need Aunt Wang to introduce one to you?" Aunt Wang, who followed the tour, laughed.
"I can also introduce, Xiaoyu, what do you want?" Some people booed.
"No, no, no, I'm still young. Let's talk about it in two years." Zhang Yu waved his hands quickly. He was afraid of these aunts.
"Okay, Xiaoyu, what do you want, and when do you want to marry a wife? Tell your aunt, and Aunt Wang will introduce you." They talked and laughed, but the aunts took it to heart.
Zhang Yu, a kid who has been growing up, has a good temper and conduct. I heard that the logistics of the steel rolling mill now does procurement, and procurement has always been a lucrative department.
There is a house that has been newly renovated, and they were watching while it was being renovated. All the good materials from Ding Ding were used, so it will definitely not be a problem for two or three generations to live there.
Although it's a little smaller, isn't it like this at this time? It's much smaller than this.
The only drawback is that I don’t have my parents to help me, but with my sister-in-law and uncle to help me, life will definitely be the same in the future.