Siheyuan: Domineering life

Chapter 9 Employee Housing
I heard that Yang Jun did not want a cadre room.

Sister Liao looked at Yang Jun in shock.

If you can’t live in a nice cadre room, do you have to live in a staff room?

Looking at the tall, upright, and handsome young man in front of me, doesn't he look like a fool?

Who would trade for an old house in an alley instead of a cadre house with red bricks and cement?
However, since it was Yang Jun's choice, she couldn't say much.

"In normal times, if you look for a separate cadre house from the housing management department, there will definitely be no cadre housing. If you voluntarily exchange cadre housing for employee housing, isn't it just your choice?"

"Then it's settled, we just have to trouble Sister Cai again." Yang Jun said with an embarrassed look.

"No trouble, I'll take you there right away."

In less than half an hour, Yang Jun came out with the housing allocation certificate issued by the factory. All he had to do was go back and hand it over to the street office.

After working all morning, it was long past lunch time.

Seeing that it was almost time, Yang Jun forced Sister Cai to go to the cafeteria of the street guest house for dinner.

I ordered four hard dishes in one go. Since Sister Cai had to go to work in the afternoon, she didn't order wine.

After a meal, the two of them had a great time.

From the conversation, we learned that Sister Cai’s full name is Cai Yufen, and she is the deputy section chief of the Human Resources Department. Her husband works in a dairy factory, and her family has five children. Her life is tight, but she is still doing well.

After separating from Sister Cai, Yang Jun went home directly.

He first went home and put down his work clothes, protective shoes and other items, and then went to the subdistrict office with the materials.

To solve the housing problem as soon as possible, he didn't want to sleep on the hard floor.

He also wants to keep the male dog's waist, which will be of great use.

The staff of the sub-district office received him warmly, asked him some information, looked at the housing allocation certificate issued by the steel rolling mill, and made a phone call to verify.

Finally, after paying two cents, I got the key to the backyard door.

I would like to explain here that employee housing is allocated free of charge by the state. The reason why we pay these two cents is the housing management fee that must be paid every year.

Now that the keys are in hand, the natural next step is to decorate.

The high-rise building made of steel and cement where he lived in his previous life is now a dilapidated courtyard house with a history of hundreds of years in a hutong. There is a big gap in appearance.

The winter in Sijiu City is extremely cold, especially when getting up at night. It is even more difficult. You have to run to the public restroom dozens of meters outside the hospital. It is so dark inside that you could be hit by lightning if you are not careful.

In fact, these are easy to solve. It's just a matter of sleeping a little later the night before and going to the public toilet before going to bed. No matter what, you can survive until dawn.

What Yang Jun couldn't stand the most was the public toilet problem. It was really dirty inside, with indescribable things splattered everywhere on the floor and walls.

I don’t know how many days it takes to clean the squatting pit, and there are all the problems inside, so I can only deal with it half-crouching, and I can have a close contact accidentally.

There are more than 90 courtyard houses of various sizes in Nanluogu Lane. On average, every five or six courtyard houses share one public toilet. Especially in the morning, it is impossible to get a seat without waiting in line for half an hour.

Although there is a long queue at the public restroom every morning, these are not the only people who really want convenience.

Take his family for example.

My mother had to get up at least half an hour early every day and go to the public toilet to queue up. When it was her turn, all the younger sisters passed by with a huff.

Everyone is not surprised by this. Who doesn’t have one person standing in line and the whole family going to the toilet together?

Yang Jun made up his mind to solve the toilet problem no matter what.

After getting the key, he went to the alley behind his courtyard to take a look. The two rooms assigned to him by the factory were the back rooms of the courtyard. There was also an alley behind the house, about 20 meters away. In the distance, there is also a public toilet.

He thought that if he renovated the house, he could use pipes to connect the bathroom to the public toilet fertilizer tank, which would solve the problem of sewage discharge.

But the problem is that if you want to dig a 20-meter pipe, you definitely need the approval of the street office.

I raised my head and looked at the sky. I guess they had already got off work by now, so I would go there another day.He found a few people at the entrance of the alley and inquired about people nearby who knew how to decorate. Most of the passers-by recommended a man named Lao Wu to him.

It is said that this man named Lao Wu is quite good at craftsmanship. Most of the surrounding decoration work is done by him. I heard that he has a good reputation. The only thing that makes people dissatisfied is that the price he charges is at least twice as much as others.

If the craftsmanship is good, the bidding price will naturally be high.

If the bidding price is the same as others, how can his value be reflected?

Yang Jun followed the address given by passers-by to a courtyard, gave a child two pieces of milk candy, and led him to a house in the middle courtyard.

Knocked on the door.

The person who opened the door was a woman in her 40s. Her eyes were red and she looked like she had just cried.

"Excuse me, is this the home of Master Lao Wu?"

The middle-aged woman glanced at Yang Jun and said angrily,

"It's unlucky. Don't look for it. He's dead."

died?

Why such a coincidence?

Looking at your indifferent expression, eldest sister, I almost took it seriously.

The middle-aged woman looked at Yang Jun's confused look, then leaned her head over and asked in a low voice,

"You...are not here to collect a debt?"

"You want a debt? What kind of debt do you want?"

Yang Jun saw that the eldest sister in front of him might have recognized the wrong person, and he was afraid that she would misunderstand again, so he quickly revealed the purpose of this visit.

"Sister, I'm not asking for debt. I came to Master Lao Wu to decorate the house."

"renovate a house?"

The middle-aged woman muttered, her eyes suddenly lit up, she turned around and shouted into the house: "You're here to live, why don't you get out."

There was a sound inside the house, and then a dark-looking rough man was seen cautiously coming out of it. He first lay on the door panel and stretched out his head to look outside, and then came out from behind. The muscles on his face suddenly piled up like a chrysanthemum. , asked with a smile,

"Renovating a house?"

Yang Jun saw that his hair and body were covered with dust and cobwebs, and he probably thought that he was a debtor, maybe he was hiding under the bed just now.

"Who is Master Lao Wu? My name is Yang Jun. My home is in the courtyard not far ahead. This unit is divided into two rooms. I want to reorganize it. Please come over and give me some advice. Would you like to give me a favor?"

Yang Jun pulled out a large front door, handed it over, and lit it for him.

When asking for help from someone, etiquette is indispensable.

"Hiss, good smoke, strong enough."

Lao Wu took a deep puff, pursed his lips slightly, and slowly exhaled the smoke.

"Yes, of course."

"Let's go now."

"Now?"

Yang Jun looked at the sky and saw that it was already dinner time. Someone had already started to light a fire and cook in the yard. This Lao Wu was really impatient.

I thought about the scene of their first meeting again, and suddenly understood. I was overwhelmed by debt and wanted to find a job as soon as possible to make money to pay off the debt.

"Let's go, I'll take you over and have a look."

(End of this chapter)