Daily life in the courtyard

Chapter 31
In Nanluoguxiang, there lived a great man.

His surname is Lei, and because he is the fifth eldest, he is nicknamed Lei Laowu in the world.

I live in the middle of Ju'er Hutong, and there is a small courtyard house.

The reason why he is called a great man is because of his extraordinary family inheritance.

A style of Lei, half of the history of ancient architecture.

The fifth ancestor of Lei Lao has been in charge of the palace for seven generations, which is equivalent to the top leader of the national design institute.

At the current stage, no one in the Lei family dares to be number one in the capital's construction industry.

There is nothing his family can't handle, ranging from small cowsheds and pigpens, to large domestic official residences, and even foreign embassies.

It is not difficult for Wei Pingan to be able to find out about this company, the difficulty is how to persuade this company to work for you.

This can't help Wei Pingan.

He has confidence in his design drawings.

So on this rest day, instead of going fishing, Wei Pingan rode to visit Lei Laowu's house in Ju'er Hutong.

"Is this what you made yourself hot?"

Lei Laowu is a middle-aged man in his late forties, not tall and big, on the contrary he is a bit bookish.

It is said that the family background is not bad, there are 6 brothers in the family, except for the eldest, the fifth and the seventh who have inherited the ancestral craftsmanship, the others are all active soldiers with good roots.

So far, the fourth child is still in North Korea and has not withdrawn.

"Well, my yard is limited, so I don't think it can be made bigger, so I just make it higher to make the use of space more reasonable..."

Just as Wei Ping'an thought, when he saw the model drawings, Lei Lao Wu became interested.

It is worthy of being a family that can say "dialogue with architecture" at a professional level.

"Your second floor, here, are you going to put that kind of toilet?"

"Well, I plan to put a water heater..."

"What is a water heater?"

Wei Pingan handed Lei Lao Wu a cigarette, in a white box, with the Chinese character in red on one side and a five-pointed star on the other.

Lei Laowu took the cigarette, and couldn't help but froze for a moment.

The attitude became a little more enthusiastic.

"That is to bury the wires in the wall in advance."

We chatted for about [-] minutes, most of which were Lei Laowu's questions and Wei Ping'an's answers.

The old sister-in-law of Lei's family poured water, Lei Laowu scolded a few words, and gave him some tea.

Yuqian Longjing is not an ordinary tea either.

Wei Ping'an felt like a bright mirror in his heart, this job might be done.

I don't know if this counts as pulling the tiger's skin to pull the banner.

Anyway, I just respected a cigarette and didn't say anything.

"How about this, I will go with you to have a look, so that I can have an idea in my heart. Let's look at it and talk about it in detail."

"Okay, Brother Lei, you have the final say."

Some people, neighbors and neighbors will never become acquaintances for a lifetime, while some people can become friends with just a few words.

Maybe this is fate.

Neither Wei Ping'an nor Lei Lao Wu deliberately made friends, but they both felt a little right.

The two bicycles pedaled all the way to the courtyard, and met Wang Haixing who was about to go out at the door.

"Hey, Captain Lei, what gust of wind brought you to our courtyard?"

Unexpectedly, Wang Haixing and Lei Laowu also knew each other.

"Go home with Brother Wei and build a small house."

Wang Haixing and Wei Pingan nodded and smiled, and separated.

Lei Laowu didn't speak anymore, and followed Wei Pingan to the middle courtyard. When he saw Wei Pingan took out the key to open the door, his heart moved.

Look around.

There was a fat old lady staring at the opposite door, her eyes were definitely not kind.

A sleepy-eyed young man was washing up at the faucet. He seemed to have snorted when he came in just now. Obviously, he didn't deal with Wei Pingan very well.

The relationship between this little brother in the courtyard is a bit ordinary.

Lei Laowu felt that he should be mentioned later.

Because on the way here, I knew that Wei Ping'an's parents were not there, and there might be some aspects of living alone that I didn't think carefully about.

into the yard.

Wei Pingan turned around and closed the door.

The movement is natural and smooth, very skilled.

"Old Leige, I plan to build a house there."

Wei Pingan pointed to the southeast corner.

Lei Laowu walked around and gestured a few more times, as if to measure the height of the floor.

"Do you have a cellar in your courtyard?"

When I came into the middle courtyard just now, I saw the cellar. Generally, there is only one cellar in a courtyard, and there will be two at most, and they will be distributed in the backyard and front yard.

It's almost never seen Wei Ping'an with one central courtyard and two cellars.

"I dug it myself, it's more convenient to store things."

"Ahem, by the way, Brother Wei, you should also pay attention to the relationship between neighbors in the daily life. After all, reputation is something that is very important."

"Hey, thank you Old Lei, I will pay attention."

Lei Laowu sighed secretly, and stopped persuading, Wei Pingan also sincerely thanked Lei Laowu.

These days, I don't talk about shallow words and deep words. If you like it, I will help you with a few words, and if you don't like it, then say a few words.

The fact that Lei Laowu can tell himself this is enough to show that he is not treated as an outsider.

After gesticulating on the open space outside the house for a while, Wei Pingan let Lei Lao Wu into the house.

Lei Laowu's eyes widened immediately.

The embassies and embassy residences in seven or eight countries are all led by the fifth brother Lei. He has never seen the decoration style, but he is sure that when he entered Wei Ping'an's house for the first time, he was [-] sure , This is a model that made him amaze and reminisce half of his life.

"The second floor is built for reasonable use. You can put the season's bedding and some sundries below it so that it won't be exposed to the outside..."

"The steps are also drawers, where you can put underwear and socks, and you can also put needlework and small household items separately..."

"The toilet is made by hand, and I'm a fitter, so it's a waste of effort... There was no way to buy it back then."

Accompanied by Lei Lao Wu for a while, and finally sat down at the dining table.

Wei Pingan took out a pen and paper so that the two of them could discuss the design of the new house.

The lunch was prepared by Wei Pingan, Lei Laowu wanted to leave, but Wei Pingan said that they would have a small drink together as soon as they hit it off.

"I took this job. It happened that there was a job just finished at the front door, and a few guys could be removed. I'll arrange people to come over tomorrow, and I'll work on your side first."

After half a catty of wine, the two became brothers.

It's not that someone drinks too much, but that the distance is in place.

Wei Pingan paid Lei Laowu 800 yuan in advance.

After all, the cost of materials is quite expensive.

If it were Wei Pingan himself, he would not be able to purchase those materials, not to mention tiles, toilets, bathtubs, etc., which still need to be shipped from Tangshan and Shanghai.

"Brother, I have to make it clear to you in advance. I guarantee that the price will not exceed the standard, but there is one meal at noon every day. This is the industry rule, and you have to supply it. You don't need anything good. You can eat enough. That's it."

"Don't worry, Old Lei, I'm sure I'm ready."

After seeing off Mr. Lei, who was riding a crooked bike, it was already past noon, and Wei Pingan went back to the house to pick up a few books, planning to return them to the library and change a few more.

Recently, the points are quite rich, but Wei Pingan will not slack off on the way of accumulating points.

Although the main job of the engineer has not been activated, it will not always be stuck here, and it will still be used to upgrade in the future.

There were not many people in the library, so Wei Pingan picked out a few engineering books in foreign languages.

After leaving the library, after thinking for a while, Wei Pingan rode his bicycle to the waste collection station again.

The waste collection station is affiliated with the supply and marketing cooperative system.

Wei Ping'an's family's old books and orphaned copies were all purchased from several waste collection stations.

The library is relatively close to the waste collection station in Beixinqiao. Seeing that there is still time, Wei Pingan came here to take a stroll.

"Uncle Li, I'm here again..."

Wei Pingan knocked on the window and saw the old man standing up and pushing the door open.

Follow into the house and offer a cigarette, it doesn't need much, the big front door is enough.

Uncle Li grinned, and he could drive a train between his front teeth.

"You haven't come here for a while, kid. I thought you didn't want books. I have left you a lot, sir."

A red sandalwood box, the edges and corners are not bumped lightly, and there are mud and charcoal in the gaps between the boards.

Uncle Li opened it, and inside was covered with a white silk cloth, the silk cloth was a little yellowed, and several ancient books in traditional Chinese came into view.

"Hey, sir, is this considered waste?"

"Bullying your uncle? This... old thing, do you understand? If you don't want it, just pull it down, and I will move it back and leave it to my grandson."

"Okay, sir, just tell me the number."

Uncle Li extended a slap.

Apparently, this has all been prepared long ago.

"Five dollars?"

Wei Pingan asked tentatively.

In exchange, Uncle Li rolled his eyes.

Wei Pingan nodded, and took out five big black ten.

On the surface it is taken from the pocket, but actually it is taken out from the space.

The ancient books are relatively well preserved, and there are no incomplete insects or the like.

In the hands of Wei Ping'an, such an accident will never happen.

After all, the cleaning ability of the system space is unique in the world.

It is easy to separate bacteria and dust and restore the original color of books.

Even this red sandalwood box is considered a valuable old item.

Originally, I wanted to ask the source, but I thought about what Uncle Li told me not to ask the source, so I stopped thinking.

After all, you got something by yourself.

After leaving the whole package of the big front door that had been smoked three or four times to Uncle Li, Wei Pingan rode back home.

(End of this chapter)