Courtyard: Complain first at the beginning

Chapter 34 Master Liu

There were people sweeping snow in the alleys and streets. Zhao Xiaotang walked forward cautiously, fearing that he might accidentally slip.
Director Wang was participating in the snow clearing operation with his colleagues. Zhao Xiaotang came and asked several questions before he saw Director Wang shoveling the snow with a wooden shovel.
"Aunt Wang, you are busy!"

When Zhao Xiaotang said hello, he deliberately took off his scarf, fearing that Director Wang would not recognize her.
"It's Xiaotang! Is something wrong?"

Director Wang raised his eyes and saw that it was Zhao Xiaotang. He stopped and looked at her with a smile and asked,
"Hmm! I have something I want to ask over here, but I don't know if I can do it."

As Zhao Xiaotang spoke, he wrapped his face with a scarf. As he spoke, he felt his nose hurt from the cold.
"Then tell me what's going on? I'll try my best to help you as long as I can."

Director Wang didn't think too much and just let her continue. She just happened to be able to rest for a few minutes.

"Aunt Wang, you also know that I am alone and a girl now, so I want to decorate the room, make a kitchen and a bathing area, and also make a protective fence for the windows. I am afraid that someone will sneak in in the middle of the night. It would be so scary to come into the house."

"Well, it's not bad for you as a girl to do this, but what is the protective fence? Go to the office and say it."

Director Wang thought about what the protective bars on the windows were made of? I didn’t understand it at first, but a girl should take some measures at home alone.

As he talked, he handed the tools to another colleague and took Zhao Xiaotang to the office. After all, these needed to be approved and stamped, and you couldn't just talk about it. Soon the two of them arrived at the office,

"It's just a protective iron net outside the window, so that people can't break into the room just by smashing the window.
This is what my classmates told me. Someone in their village sneaked into the room of a lesbian. Although they were later dealt with, I was still scared after hearing this, so I thought of this method. "

Zhao Xiaotang seemed to have thought of something he was afraid of, and he was a little timid. This made Director Wang feel a little distressed.

"This method is good. If it is feasible, it is also a good thing. Tell other people who need it. You can tell me what materials you need and I will write them. But can you find a place to buy them?"

"I should be able to find it! If I can't find it, I'll go to the scrap station to look for it. I mainly need some steel bars. Even if they are rusty scraps, it doesn't matter. If I can't find them, I can also use thick wire to wrap a net myself. Nail it on the window."

Director Wang knew what he wanted as soon as he heard it. He was afraid that steel bars would be difficult to buy. This thing requires tickets, so he said directly:

"Aren't there many people in your yard working in the steel rolling mill? Go and ask, maybe you can exchange some discarded steel bars, so you don't have to buy new ones. If not, just like you just said, just buy the wire yourself. You can also make a net, and then hang two bells by the window. If there is really danger, if you shout loudly when you hear the bells, no one will dare."

"Thank you Aunt Wang. I also need cement bricks and other things and I don't know who to buy them from."

"Let's do this! You go to Lihua Lane. There is a master named Liu in the third alley behind your yard, Liu Yiyi. You leave this matter to him, and he will definitely handle the work and materials for you. As for what requirements you have, just tell him, and then take the note and don’t lose it.”

"Thank you Aunt Wang! Then I won't disturb you. I'll go over and find Master Liu."

"Yeah! I almost forgot. These are the dried dates my classmate gave me. I couldn't finish them all by myself, so I thought I'd get some for you to try. I almost forgot if I didn't put something in my pocket. I'll eat it. These dried dates are quite sweet, don’t dislike them.”

Zhao Xiaotang turned around and walked two steps and put the note into his pocket. Then he remembered it, turned around quickly, unbuttoned two buttons and took out a petroleum paper package. Thanks to his thin body, otherwise he would still be pretending. No,
"You kid, take it back and eat it yourself. I have some too."

Director Wang doesn't want her things, not for any other reason than because he thinks this girl is too difficult.

"Aunt Wang, I'm leaving first. You're busy. Doctors have said that two dates a day is good for good health. Don't worry about me, I still have some!"

After getting everything, Zhao Xiaotang put the dates on the table and ran away. Director Wang was still putting seals and other odds and ends, so he had no time to stop him, so he had to give up.
"Hey kid! Okay, your Aunt Wang accepts your favor, so you don't have to run so fast! I also want to ask you how you are doing recently, do you have any difficulties?" But if you can give up such a big gift, a bag of dates, you can still have it at home. Decoration should be no problem! Seeing the girl running away quickly, Director Wang helplessly opened the oil paper bag, which contained bright red dried dates. He took one and threw it into his mouth, chewing it slowly. The unique sweet fragrance of the sweet dates made dozens of people laugh. The 20-year-old Director Wang was in a daze. He ate two pills in succession and then reluctantly wrapped them up again.

"Why are you running away! I just saw Director Wang eating three dates in total, which shows that she likes them very much."

Zhao Xiaotang walked out of the gate of the street office, and Fubao caught up with him.

"People at this time, if you don't run faster, you won't be able to send gifts. Believe it or not, if there was an outsider just now, or if I run slower, she will definitely chase me and return the dates.

I heard that she has an elder and a younger child at home, so these dates are just a nutritional supplement, and I really don’t dare to give anything else. "

After Zhao Xiaotang walked out of the gate, he walked briskly toward Lihua Hutong.

"I have a shortcut here, do you want to take it?"

"Okay! Tell me quickly which way it is."

Zhao Xiaotang did take a shortcut under Fubao's guidance, but because Zhao Xiaotang accidentally slipped and fell, the back of his pants got wet.
Fu Bao laughed so hard that he fell on his back and rolled in circles in the air. Zhao Xiaotang gritted his teeth and stood up and touched his pants, which were wet.

"Who is so wicked? Why are you pouring water on the road? You bastard!"

I have to go back and change my clothes and pants. It’s not possible to do this while wet. Fortunately, I bought a change of clothes before, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to leave the door in this cold weather.

"That's enough, you're not allowed to laugh anymore. Is it that funny?"

Zhao Xiaotang said angrily, Fu Bao disappeared in a flash of light. Zhao Xiaotang knew that it was absolutely laughing in a place where he couldn't see it.

While I was unhappy, I also laughed. I really don’t know what kind of squatting posture was that just now?
After I went back and changed my clothes, I quickly went to Master Liu’s house while the time was still early.
"You said you wanted to renovate the house, but it's probably not easy to do it now that it's freezing cold."

Master Liu's family situation is pretty good. At least he still smokes dry cigarettes now. He thought he heard someone asking him to decorate it wrong, but when he thought about it, it was impossible. He was thinking about this matter in his heart.

After taking two puffs of dry cigarette, I looked at the little girl and looked at the clothes on her body. She didn't look like a poor person, but it was such a big thing to decorate the house, why did a girl come over to film it?
"Does your elders know? Don't be joking!"

Master Liu wanted to know more about the situation, so he deliberately said,

"My parents died, and I am the only one in the family. Now I am living as a girl, so I want to renovate the house, take some safety measures, and further strengthen the doors and windows."

Master Liu was shocked when he heard this, and then there was silence. Zhao Xiaotang felt that all his money was about to be used up. If you don't agree, just say it!

"Okay! Since it was introduced by Director Wang, you must have made plans. I will go to your place to have a look first, and then I will tell you how you want to decorate it, and we will discuss the price."

(End of this chapter)