Early the next morning, the whole family went to work and went to school. Only Zhang Yu slept until dawn, and when the sun was basking on his buttocks, he got up calmly.
"System sign in."
"Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully signing in. The reward is one yuan in cash and ten pounds of pork." Looking at the pork in the space, it is quite fat. However, people in this era are short of oil and water and love these fat meats more. They will use it to improve their lives someday.
I will definitely be happy to see you.
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 was quickly falling apart.
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 her 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 can you be 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.
A hero. Mr. Sun is over 70 years old. 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 and sent away his son and grandson who joined the army one after another.
Two generations are now 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, do you want to sell 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.
