The next day happened to be a day off, so no one had to go to work, but the biological clock he had developed made Su Cheng wake up at around six o'clock.
He didn't have the habit of staying in bed, and the simple stretcher bed was not very comfortable to sleep on, so he simply got up. Taking advantage of today's rest, he still had a lot of things to do.
First of all, you have to find someone to break the door lock of the new house. Then you can go back and find the old man at the opposite door.
He is an eighth-level fitter in the factory. A small matter like picking a lock can only be done in a matter of minutes if he has the tools in hand.
Then I have to go in and check the condition of the house. After all, it has been empty for several years. I need to see if the roof, beams, fire pit, etc. need to be repaired by a mason.
In addition, some furniture and other items also need to be made by carpenters.
The last step was to buy food and clothing. When I came back in a hurry, most of the time was spent on running certificates.
After finishing the race, I have to go to the factory to report for work. There is no time to buy non-critical items such as watches and flashlights.
After Su Cheng got up, he took the washbasin, toothbrush and towel and washed up in the patio. Then he went to the alley entrance to buy some soybean juice and fried dough sticks. When he came back, he helped the old lady get up to eat. Then he had to clean up the house. By the time he finished all this, it was already eight o'clock.
It's been many minutes.
At this hour, every household in the courtyard is free. The adults go out and sit in the Langfang chatting, while the children play in the yard. Of course, there are also some women washing and washing in front of the house or in front of the door.
Real life portrayal of the era.
Su Cheng walked out of the house and saw the door of the uncle's house across the street was open, so he walked over and shouted twice before entering the house, "
"Master, mom, have you eaten?"
At this time, the elder in the room was sitting in the hall. There was a radio beside the table, which was playing some current affairs news. The aunt was sitting at the Eight Immortals table near the door, knitting a sweater. Seeing Su Cheng coming, the aunt
He showed a kind smile, put aside the needlework in his hand, stood up quickly, took Su Cheng's hand and said,
"Seiko is here, come and sit in the room. Your uncle and I have already eaten. Have you eaten? There are still some steamed buns in the room. Can I heat them up for you?"
Su Cheng took a look at the aunt in front of him, who was only in her forties. Perhaps because of her poor health, her face looked a little haggard, with some white hair on her temples, and she followed Su Cheng and said,
"Auntie, don't be polite. I've eaten too. I'm here to see you today."
The elder sitting in the hall also looked at Su Cheng and said,
"Shengzi, why are you looking for me so early in the morning?"
"Master, I want you to help me pick a lock."
After hearing what Su Cheng said, the first man said suspiciously,
"Pick the lock? Chengzi, what are you doing? Did you lose the key to the house?"
Su Cheng saw the uncle's suspicious eyes and immediately explained,
"Sir, the factory allocated me a house. It's a vacant house in our courtyard next to the house I live in now. I got the key from the street office yesterday and found that the lock couldn't be opened. I thought about it.
It's probably rusty inside, and I want you to help me pick the door lock, and I'll buy a new one later."
The aunt on the side heard Su Cheng's words and said with surprise on her face,
"Chengzi, is your house really allocated to our courtyard? Yesterday, your uncle was still talking about you becoming a cadre in the factory, and you might have to move out of our courtyard in a few days."
The elder in the hall also asked additionally,
"Chengzi, shouldn't the factory allocate you a cadre room? Why did you end up in our courtyard?"
"The cadre room is so tense that I can't even sit down for a while."
Su Cheng explained,
"And the old lady was reluctant to leave the courtyard. There happened to be an empty house next to me, so I went directly to Director Hu, who was in charge of human resources, and asked him to allocate the house directly to our courtyard."
"That's a good feeling!"
The old man didn’t care, he got up and found some tools from the cabinet, and said with a smile,
"Let's go, let me pick the lock for you."
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In the middle courtyard, Mrs. Jia Zhang was collecting shoe soles in the house. Bangge was in his early ten years and was very playful and active. His shoes were always worn out easily, so he had two pairs ready for replacement.
It was a day off today and there were no classes at school. After breakfast, Banggeng said he would take his two younger sisters to play in the yard. Jia Zhang told Banggeng to play in the yard and not go too far.
At this moment, Ms. Jia Zhang looked through the window and saw that Banggeng and the others had not been seen for a long time. She was worried that Banggeng would go crazy again, so she simply put the shoe soles back into the drawer.
I walked out of the house and took a look in the backyard. If I didn't find any sticks, I went to the front yard to take a look.
As soon as Jia Zhang passed through the archway in the backyard, she saw an old man holding pliers to open the lock on the door of the empty house in the west wing.
Jia Zhang's eyes immediately turned red and she shouted from a distance,
"Yi Zhonghai, what are you doing? Stop it immediately!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his fat body suddenly became as flexible as a swallow, and he walked to the door in a few steps.
He raised his hand to snatch the pliers from Yi Zhonghai's hand.
The first uncle Yi Zhonghai frowned, stopped what he was doing and asked,
"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"
Jia Zhang snatched Yi Zhonghai's pliers arrogantly, looked at the padlock that had been cut off, and asked angrily,
"Why did you pick the lock on this door?"
Su Cheng, who was standing next to the uncle, frowned when he saw this scene and said dissatisfied,
"Aunt Jia, what are you doing? What does it have to do with you if we pick the lock?"
Because Su Cheng sent food to Liu Ergen last night but did not give it to their family, Jia Zhang had long hated Su Cheng and said with a straight face,
"I hung this lock, do you think it's none of my business?"
Su Cheng:???
Good guy, no wonder the key given by the street office didn’t work. It turns out that you changed the lock on this house early in the morning!
After knowing what was going on and seeing Jia Zhang's arrogant attitude, Su Cheng's face turned cold and he said,
"Aunt Jia, this is a public house, why do you lock it?"
"It's not your house, so what if I lock it? Do you care?"
Jia Zhang didn't feel anything was wrong at all. After quarreling with Su Cheng, she saw that the locks had been cut off, and she sprayed at Yi Zhonghai again and said,
"Well, Yi Zhonghai, break all my locks. Don't think that just because you are a big man in this courtyard, you can do whatever you want. If you don't pay me five yuan today, this matter won't be over!"
A lock only cost a few cents, and Jia Zhang wanted to extort five yuan for opening her mouth. Yi Zhonghai also said a little angry at this moment,
"Sister-in-law, can we stop messing around? This house has been assigned to Su Cheng by the factory. You secretly changed the lock on the house and made Chengzi ask me to pick the lock. Are you still reasonable?"
This house used to be occupied by employees of the steel rolling mill. Later, the family moved to another place due to work transfer, and the house was taken back by the street office and has been empty for several years.
Two years ago, Mrs. Jia and Zhang saw that the lock on the door was broken, so she quietly bought a lock and replaced it. She thought that no one lived in the house anyway, and when the stick got bigger, she would find a way to move it.
Go in and slowly take possession of the house as your own.
When he heard Yi Zhonghai's words, Jia Zhang's face immediately changed color. He looked at Su Cheng with eyes full of resentment and said a bit rogue,
"Su Cheng, won't you let the factory allocate you another house? Don't we also have an empty house in the front yard? Why do you insist on this one?"
Hearing this, Su Cheng asked coldly,
"Aunt Jia, does the distribution in the factory require your approval?"