Siheyuan: a better life

Chapter 25 Daily life in the courtyard!

After lunch in the cafeteria, after Wu Aiguo received more than 9000 yuan from the finance department, he left the supply and marketing cooperative directly under the pretext of giving money to a friend, and returned to the courtyard by car.

After returning to the courtyard, Wu Aiguo came to the door of the east wing that was being repaired, saw the house with bad floor tiles, and walked into the house with a happy face.

"Boss! You're back!" Master Zhou, who was building a fire pit, saw Wu Aiguo, quickly stopped what he was doing, and greeted Wu Aiguo enthusiastically.

Wu Aiguo looked at the fire pits that had been built in the two rooms. Hearing Master Zhou's words, he smiled and asked Master Zhou, "Master Zhou! Where's Master Wang? Why didn't you see him?"

Master Zhou heard Wu Aiguo's question, and replied with a smile: "The master of the environmental sanitation station is digging a septic tank outside the wall, and Master Zhou and his apprentices are installing ceramic pipes outside the wall."

Wu Aiguo heard the situation introduced by Master Zhou, and replied with a smile: "Then I have to go out and have a look."

After Wu Aiguo finished speaking, he turned and walked out of the East Wing, and walked towards the gate.

Walking to the edge of the fence outside the yard, Wu Aiguo immediately saw the masters who were under construction. When Master Wang saw Wu Aiguo, he immediately pointed to the hoe in his hand, and greeted Wu Aiguo with a smile: "Comrade Aiguo! The masters of the sanitation station."

"This underground ditch is just connected to the public toilet over there. The master connected the outlet of the septic tank to the ditch. In the future, there is no need to arrange special personnel to pump out feces."

Wu Aiguo heard the situation introduced by Master Wang, and quickly took out the cigarettes he had prepared in advance from his pocket, distributed one to each of the masters present, and greeted several masters with enthusiasm: "Several masters! Thank you for your hard work."

The masters of the environmental sanitation station, upon hearing Wu Aiguo's words, the leading master replied very politely: "They are all serving the people!"

Master Wang laid the last ceramic pipe and said to Wu Aiguo: "Comrade Patriot! The ceramic pipe has been laid, and now only the ceramic toilet in the toilet is left. I asked the apprentice to search in several places, but he never found you. That ceramic toilet I was talking about.”

Hearing Master Wang's words, Wu Aiguo pondered for a while, and said to Master Wang: "Master Wang! I'll take care of the toilet. You just need to connect the pipes in the bathroom. I'll go to my friend to see it now." See if you can find a ceramic toilet."

Upon hearing Wu Aiguo's words, Master Wang assured Wu Aiguo, "Comrade Aiguo! Don't worry, I will fix the plumbing in the bathroom for you."

Hearing what Master Wang said, Wu Aiguo smiled and asked several masters in the sanitation station: "Master! How much is the salary for digging out the septic tank? I'll give it to you first."

Hearing Wu Aiguo's words, the master in charge replied with a smile: "Comrade! You can pay the money for digging the septic tank directly to the street office tomorrow, and you don't need to settle with us."

Wu Aiguo smiled and nodded upon hearing what the master said, then turned and walked into the courtyard.

"Aiguo! Why did you come back so early today?" Wu Aiguo walked into the middle courtyard, and saw a group of aunts sitting in the middle courtyard chatting, and an aunt greeted Wu Aiguo warmly when she saw Wu Aiguo.

Wu Aiguo heard what Auntie said, and responded enthusiastically: "Aunt Liu! I don't have anything to do at work today, so I came back early."

When Aunt Wang heard Wu Aiguo's answer, she immediately remembered that Wu Aiguo worked in a supply and marketing cooperative, and quickly said to Wu Aiguo: "Aiguo! I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy soap these two days, but the people in the supply and marketing cooperative said that this piece of soap Out of stock, you work in a supply and marketing cooperative, can you help Auntie keep an eye out and see when soap is available?"

Hearing Aunt Wang's request, Wu Aiguo thought of the 1 yuan soap he had just brought in for the agency, and said to Aunt Liu: "Aunt Liu! The soap is really out of stock at this time!"

"However, our Chaoyang Supply and Marketing Cooperative just bought a batch of premium soap this morning. If you want to buy it, you can go to our Chaoyang Supply and Marketing Cooperative."

"When the time comes, you can go to Section Chief Zhang of the sales department and tell him that he is my neighbor and wants to buy premium soap, and he will definitely arrange for you."

When Aunt Liu learned that Chaoyang Supply and Marketing Cooperative had special-grade soap, her eyes suddenly brightened, and she quickly confirmed to Wu Aiguo: "Aiguo! Is there really special-grade soap?"

"Our family is in charge of repairing the equipment in the factory. As a result, he comes back full of oil stains every day. Ordinary soap needs to be washed many times to clean the oil stains. After a while, it can be washed clean."

"No! I have to take a car to Chaoyang Supply and Marketing Cooperative before the news spreads, and buy a few pieces of soap for storage."

"Aunt Liu! Wait, I'll go with you." Another aunt in the courtyard shouted to Aunt Liu after hearing what Aunt Liu said.

"Uncle! Why did you come back so soon today?" Wu Aiguo walked to the backyard. Yingying, who was playing in the backyard, saw Wu Aiguo coming back and immediately stepped forward and asked Wu Aiguo.

Hearing Yingying's question, Wu Aiguo bent down and hugged Xiao Yingying, and replied kindly: "Uncle misses us, Xiao Yingying, so he came back. Does Xiao Yingying miss uncle?"

When Xiao Yingying heard Wu Aiguo's words, she replied childishly: "Uncle! Yingying misses you, misses you!"

"Aiguo! You're back!" Just as Wu Aiguo was about to carry Xiao Yingying home, Xu Damao's father came out of the house upon hearing the sound, and greeted Wu Aiguo warmly.

Wu Aiguo heard Xu's father's words, and politely replied: "Uncle Xu! The unit arranged for me to be on duty today. I have handled the unit's affairs well, so I came back early."

When Xu's father heard Wu Aiguo's words, he thought of his purpose of looking for Wu Aiguo. He smiled and asked Wu Aiguo: "Aiguo! I heard that you work at Chaoyang Supply and Marketing Cooperative. I wonder if there is anything you can do to help Uncle Xu." Buy something in short supply?"

Wu Aiguo heard Xu's father's words and asked Xu's father curiously: "Uncle Xu! What do you want to buy?"

When Xu's father heard Wu Aiguo's inquiry, he quickly said to Wu Aiguo in a low voice: "Patriotic! Uncle wants to buy a Zhonghua cigarette. I wonder if there is a way for you?"

When Wu Aiguo learned what Xu's father was going to buy, he immediately guessed the purpose of the other party's purchase of cigarettes, and replied with a face of embarrassment: "Uncle Xu! I just went to work, and I don't know many people in the unit. Can I buy cigarettes?" Here, I have to wait until I go to work tomorrow, and I will help you find someone to ask."

If Wu Aiguo took care of everything, Xu's father would actually doubt Wu Aiguo's ability. Now that he heard Wu Aiguo's answer, Xu's father felt that there was something to be said, and quickly said to Wu Aiguo: "Aiguo! Then I will leave this matter to you gone."

"Don't worry, if it's done, Uncle will thank you very much."

(End of this chapter)