The Boss of the Yan Family in Siheyuan

After eating, he said to Yan Bugui, "Dad, where can we find masons and carpenters around here?"

"What, you want to renovate those three reverse rooms?" Yan Bugui asked.

"Yes! Li Yuanchao from the old Li family will move to a new house tomorrow. Don't I want to fix up the house so that we can live in it?"

"Do you have money to renovate it? You still have four hundred yuan short of the money to buy the house. Don't be unable to pay it by then."

Yan Fugui looked at Yan Jiecheng with suspicion. He was thinking about renovating the house before he had finished paying for the house.

"I don't have money, don't you have money? You lend me the money to decorate the house first, and I will pay you back gradually after I make money. You can't ask me for interest on our family, right?"

Yan Jiecheng was going to tease this old man by asking him to knock on the door like this.

"What are you thinking of? Borrowing money from me. Go out and ask around. Not to mention our hospital, but the whole street, who has ever borrowed a penny from me?" After saying this, Yan Fugui picked up the teapot and took a sip.

"Dad, you have such a reputation for being stingy, even the whole street knows about it." Yan Jiecheng had an incredulous expression on his face.

"What do you mean I'm stingy? I want to lend money to others, so I have to have it! In the past, my salary supported our family of six, and I could only save ten yuan at most throughout the year, so I'll start working with you.

Now I can save more money." Yan Bugui explained.

"I'm just teasing you. I won't ask you to borrow money. Please tell me where to find the mason and carpenter first. I have my own way to deal with the money." Yan Jiecheng said seriously.

Yan Bu lowered his head and thought for a while: "My student's parents have carpenters and masons. When will you ask me to help you find them?"

"The day after tomorrow, when Lao Li's family vacates the house, we will start repairing it."

"In such a hurry, where did you get the money? Don't do anything bad," Yan Bugui said worriedly.

Yan Jiecheng: "Don't worry, I can do no bad things. I went to the ghost market a few times a few days ago and earned some money. If anyone asks, just say you gave it to me."

"That's fine, but if you have nothing to do, don't go to the ghost market all the time. People should see it and there won't be any trouble." Yan Bugui warned.

"I know, isn't this the place where our family spends a lot of money recently, otherwise I wouldn't go." Yan Jiecheng explained quickly.

"As long as you know, your salary has been raised. After the house is renovated, let your mother find a matchmaker to find a match for you."

"Okay, remember to tell the matchmaker to find me a beautiful one." Yan Jiecheng said jokingly.

"Oh, she's pretty. Can she be eaten as a meal?"

"Although it can't be eaten as a meal, it's good for the eyes! It's comfortable to look at and allows me to eat two more steamed buns."

"Don't be poor, go back to sleep." After saying that, he turned to listen to the radio and ignored Yan Jiecheng. This kid's words were too irritating.

Yan Jiecheng came home from get off work in the evening and was reading in his room.

Yan Bugui brought the masons and carpenters to find Yan Jiecheng:

"Xie Cheng, these are Master Wang and Master Sun. You take them to see the house and talk about how to repair it.

Yan Jiecheng quickly got up and took Master Wang and Master Sun to the reverse seat room.

Master Wang and Master Sun went from room to room.

"To open up these three houses, your floor tiles need to be replaced with new ones, and the walls need to be scraped white." Master Wang said, looking at the ground and walls.

"Master Wang, look at how many windows are suitable for opening on the back wall." Yan Jiecheng asked.

Master Wang thought for a moment and said, "Leave four windows and make them bigger."

Yan Jiecheng looked at the front of the house: "I also want to demolish the front, leaving two doors in the middle and a large window on each side."

"Do you want to build partitions inside again?" asked the master.

"Yeah! I'm thinking of using wooden boards as partitions to separate a larger bedroom and two smaller bedrooms on both sides, and the middle can be used as a living room and kitchen."

Master Sun: "How big a partition do you plan to use in this bedroom?"

"It doesn't have to be too big. The big bedroom can be 15 square meters, and the two smaller ones can be 10 square meters. The living room and kitchen are together and don't need to be separated."

Master Wang looked at the roof and said, "Does this roof need to be tidied up?"

"When the time comes, you can show me whether any of the tiles are broken. If there are, you can replace them. Also, see how you can clean up the roof."

Master Wang thought for a while and said: "How about I use cardboard to hang the roof on this roof? This cardboard will not last long and will have to be replaced in two or three years. The only advantage is that it is cheap. If you can draw patterns on the cardboard

It’s more beautiful.”

"No need to draw a pattern, just make the cardboard uniform in color."

Master Sun looked at Yan Jiecheng and asked: "What kind of wood are used for this door and window partition? Suitable woods include oak, pine, oak, willow..."

"Then use pine wood. You'll see how long it takes to get it all done."

"Do you buy the materials yourself, or do we buy them for you?" Master Wang asked.

"You should help me buy it. I don't have time to go to work all day. Let's see how much it costs, including materials and labor." Yan Jiecheng thought about it and said.

Master Wang and Master Sun discussed where they were and said:

"The labor cost is fifty, and the materials are seventy, which is enough. The total cost will not exceed one hundred and twenty yuan at most. It can be sorted out in five or six days."

It's okay, it's not a lot of money, and it saves a lot of trouble.

"Okay, then I'll give you a hundred yuan first, and I'll give you the rest when it's finished." As he said that, he took out the money from the space and counted a hundred dollars and handed it to Master Wang, pretending to be picking out his pocket.

Master Wang put the money away and said, "Okay, we will start buying materials and come to work tomorrow." After saying that, he and Master Sun left.

After watching Master Wang and the others leave, Yan Jiecheng returned to the room and saw everyone sitting at the table waiting for him to eat. He hurried over and sat down...

Yan Bugui asked Yan Jiecheng while eating: "How is it, have we negotiated?"

"It's agreed that we will start construction tomorrow. By the way, Mom, you can cook some more food for the workers who come to decorate tomorrow at noon. I will give you ten yuan later, and you can use the rest to improve our food.

become."

When the third aunt heard that she had the money, she quickly smiled and said, "Okay, don't worry, Mom will arrange it for you."

"Jie Cheng, after you have finished decorating your house, you need to buy some furniture. Why don't we move the bed and table in your house? We are giving you a cabinet and two chairs in this house, and we won't ask you for more.

Just give me twenty yuan, how about it."

Yan Bugui thought that he was willing to pay ten yuan to make several lunches for the workers. Twenty yuan for all the furniture I have is not much for you.

"Dad, you are overthinking it. Is your shabby furniture worthy of my newly renovated house?"

This old man always wants to take advantage of something, regardless of whether he can take advantage of it or not.