The eldest of the Yan family in the Siheyuan

Chapter 32 Renovating the House
After eating, he said to Yan Bugui, "Dad, where can we find masons and carpenters around here?"

"Why, you want to decorate the three inverted rooms?" Yan Bugui asked.

"That's right! Li Yuanchao of this old Li's family will move to a new house tomorrow. Don't I want to repair the house so I can live in it?"

"Do you have the money to renovate? You are still short of 400 yuan to buy the house. Don't be too short of money when the time comes."

Yan Fugui looked at Yan Xiecheng suspiciously. He really thought about renovating the house before the money for the house was paid.

"I don't have money, don't you have money? You can lend me the money for decorating the house first, and I will pay you back when I earn money. You can't ask me for interest for our family, can you?"

Yan Xiecheng was going to tease the old man and tell him to slam the door like this.

"What are you thinking, you still borrow money from me, you go out and ask, don't talk about our courtyard, even the whole street has borrowed a penny from me," Yan Fugui took a sip from the tea mug after speaking.

"Dad, you have such a great reputation as a stingy guy, even the whole street knows about it." Yan Xiecheng had an incredulous expression on his face.

"What do you mean I'm stingy? I want to lend money to others. I have to have it too! In the past, my salary alone supported our family of six, and I only saved ten yuan at most throughout the year, and I started working with you. Only now can I save more money." Yan Bugui explained.

"I'm just kidding you. I won't ask you to borrow money. You can tell me where to find the mason and carpenter. I have my own way of money." Yan Xiecheng said seriously.

Yan Bu lowered his head and thought for a while: "The parents of my students have carpenters and masons. When will you use me to find them for you?"

"The day after tomorrow, when Lao Li's house is vacated, we will start repairing it."

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

Yan Jiecheng: "Don't worry, what bad things can I do? I went to the ghost market a few times a few days ago and earned some money. If someone asks, you can say that you gave it to me."

"That's fine, but if you're fine, don't go to the ghost market all the time. You have to let people see it, so there won't be any trouble." Yan Bugui instructed.

"Understood, it's not that our family spends a lot of money recently, otherwise I wouldn't go there." Yan Xiecheng quickly explained.

"As long as you know it, you've got a salary increase. When the house is finished, let your mother find a matchmaker to tell you a date."

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

"Heh, 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 also comfortable to look at, and it can make me eat two more steamed buns."

"Don't be poor, go back to sleep quickly." After speaking, he turned his head to listen to the radio, and ignored Yan Xiecheng, the boy's words were too irritating.

In the evening, after get off work, Yan Xiecheng came home and was reading a book in his room.

Yan Bugui brought the mason and carpenter to find Yan Jiecheng:

"Xie Cheng, this is Master Wang and Master Sun, you take them to see the house and talk about how to fix it.

Yan Jiecheng hurriedly got up and took Master Wang and Master Sun to the inverted room.

Master Wang and Master Sun went from room to room.

"By opening up these three houses, your floor tiles will have to be replaced with new ones, and the walls will have to be scraped white." Master Wang said, looking at the ground and walls.

"Master Wang, please see how many windows are suitable for the back wall." Yan Xiecheng asked.

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

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

"Do you want to re-open the partition inside?" Master Who asked.

"That's right! I'm thinking of using wooden boards to separate a larger bedroom and two smaller bedrooms on both sides, with the living room and kitchen in the middle."

Master Sun: "How big is your bedroom going to be?"

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

Master Wang looked at the roof and said, "Does this roof need cleaning?"

"At that time, you can show me if there are any broken tiles, and if there are any, you can replace them for me, and you can see how you can clean up the roof."

Master Wang thought for a while and said, "Why don't you use cardboard to hang the roof, because the cardboard doesn't last long and needs to be replaced in two or three years. The only advantage is that it's cheap. If you can draw patterns on the cardboard It's even more beautiful."

"You don't need to draw a pattern, just unify the color of the cardboard."

Master Sun looked at Yan Xiecheng and asked, "What kind of wood is used for this door and window partition? The suitable wood is oak, pine, oak, willow..."

"Then use pine, and 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.

"It's better for you to buy it for me. I don't have time to work all day. Let's see how much it costs including materials and wages." Yan Xiecheng thought about it and said.

Master Wang and Master Sun discussed where they were and said:
"It's about fifty yuan for the wages and seventy yuan for the materials. The total will not exceed 120 yuan at most. It can be sorted out in about five or six days."

It's okay, the money is not too much, and it saves trouble.

"Okay, then I will give you 100 yuan first, and the rest will be given to you when the work is finished." As he said, he took out the money from the space and handed it to Master Wang.

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

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

Yan Bugui asked Yan Xiecheng while eating: "How is it? We're done talking?"

"It's settled, we'll start work tomorrow. By the way, Mom, tomorrow you can cook more food for the workers who come to decorate. I'll give you ten yuan later, and you can use the rest of the money to improve our guys' food." become."

When the third mother heard that she had money to take, she quickly smiled and said, "Okay, you can rest assured, Mom will arrange it for you."

"Xie Cheng, you have finished decorating, you have to buy furniture, why don't you move the bed and table in your room, we are giving you a cabinet and two chairs in this room, and we don't ask you for more, you Just give me 20 yuan, how about it?"

Yan Bugui was willing to give ten yuan if he wanted to cook a few lunches for the workers, and 20 yuan is not much for me to ask you for so much furniture.

"Dad, you think too much, just your broken furniture, can it be worthy of my newly renovated house?"

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

(End of this chapter)