The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 51, Early Morning

Time flies, and three months have passed quickly.

October 10th, weekend off.

It's just dawning outside.

In his sleep, Li Weiguo felt that his bladder was swollen. He was in a trance and woke up from the suffocation.

His eyes opened suddenly, he quickly opened the quilt and lowered his head to check his crotch.

Phew. Fortunately, it didn’t leak.

Immediately afterwards, the urge to pee came again and again.

Early in the morning, the urgent need to urinate was really killing me, and I felt like I would ejaculate in the next second.

Can't wait any longer! !

He quickly turned over and got up, took the top from the bedside table and put it in place, then reached out to take the pants and put them on.

Then I found shoes on the ground and put a pair on my feet casually. I didn't even have time to put the heels on, so I wanted to rush outside.

Maybe he had been holding it in for too long, but the urge to pee came really quickly. Before he could rush out the door, his feet were forced to stop by the door.

It's too late to go to the public restroom.

With a thought, he dodged directly into the space.

After more than ten seconds, Li Weiguo came out of the space refreshed and refreshed after the great power was released in the space.

I glanced at the wall clock. It was half past six. I couldn't fall back asleep even if I wanted to. Let's wash up.

He took the ointment toothbrush from the shelf next to the door, squeezed it, picked up the enamel tub, took the towel off the hanger, opened the door, and walked to the sink in the courtyard.

Siheyuan is good everywhere, but it is too inconvenient to live in.

To go to the toilet, you have to go to a public toilet outside, or prepare a urine bucket at home. When you are in a hurry, you can do it in the house.

One public toilet manages more than a dozen nearby yards, and the problems of hundreds or thousands of residents are solved together.

In the morning, dozens or hundreds of people gathered together and queued to go to the toilet.

There are also people who carry urine buckets to the public toilets to empty out. Dozens of urine buckets come at the same time, which can stun them all the way.

It can be said that going to the public restroom in the morning is the most annoying thing. Not only does it smell bad, but the sanitary condition is also not very good and it is all kinds of mess.

Anyway, Li Weiguo rarely goes to public restrooms unless it is inconvenient for outsiders to enter the space.

The public toilets outside stink in the summer and are filled with mosquito bites.

In winter, it's not so smelly, but if you squat in a pit for a long time, your buttocks will freeze to a solid state.

Living in a courtyard house is not only inconvenient to use the toilet, but also inconvenient to take a shower.

You can only go to a bathhouse to take a bath. Every month, the street or work unit will issue some bathing tickets, soap tickets, etc. to each family, allowing you to solve it yourself.

Of course, there aren’t many tickets for bathing, so it’s impossible for you to wash yourself every day. Most of the time, you boil some hot water yourself and wipe yourself with a towel at home.

In summer, older men can take a shower in the middle courtyard, but only for older men.

Old girls and young wives don’t dare to take a shower in the yard if they want to. Unless your family has connected the water pipes and renovated the bathroom, you can only go outside.

It can be said that a courtyard house that has not been modernized and decorated is really not suitable for living.

Even though he has lived in the courtyard for four months, Li Weiguo still cannot adapt to this backward living environment.

After washing up and returning from the central courtyard, Li Weiguo looked around at the environment of his house. The decoration of the house had not changed for more than ten years. The wall coverings had become mottled and discolored, and even a lot of them had fallen off.

I took another look at the doors and windows. I don’t know how many years they have been in use. They rattled when they were opened and closed. Many places were damaged by termites, and there were bug holes everywhere.

With one hand, the wood was broken into pieces, and the wood rotted away.

Most of the furniture at home was made in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Although it is strong and durable, it also feels worn out over time.

Moreover, these pieces of furniture were all bought by Li Tieniu one by one. There is no sense of style or coordination. The whole house feels like it has been pieced together awkwardly.

Li Weiguo looked around for a few times, and the more he looked at it, the more awkward he felt. He felt that this house needed to be renovated, otherwise it would be really unpleasant to live in.

Not to mention anything else, at least all the doors and windows must be replaced with new ones. He was worried that if the wind blew, the doors and windows would fall apart.

If possible, renovate a kitchen and bathroom, and change all the furniture into a unified style.

I'm not short of money, so why bother myself like a miserable person? It's not impossible to transform myself to make my life more comfortable, as long as I don't make it luxurious.

As soon as he said it, Li Weiguo immediately decided to find someone to renovate the house.

Put the toiletries away, ran to the mirror, took a comb, and styled her hair. Then, she took out her coat from the closet, put it on, got on the car, and went out to find someone.

After leaving the yard, Li Weiguo rode towards Gulou Street.

To decorate a house, you need to find a craftsman with good skills. In addition, it is not easy for ordinary people to find all kinds of decoration materials, so you have to find someone with connections.

Who has the connections?

Of course it's Zhao Guobing.

This guy works in the subdistrict office. He must know which decoration master is good at his craftsmanship. In addition, the people in the subdistrict office also know where to get the necessary decoration materials, so he is definitely the right one to look for.

Li Weiguo rode all the way to Gulou East Street, where Zhao Guobing's family was, not far from Nanluogu Lane, a few minutes away.

But right now, it's still too early, I probably haven't gotten up yet, so I'd better have breakfast first before going there.

In the imperial capital in October, the cold wind has arrived. Riding a bicycle, the cool breeze keeps hitting my neck, making it chilly.

It was early in the morning, and there were not many pedestrians on the road. The weather also coincided with the weekend, which was a good time to sleep in, so the street seemed rather bleak at this time.

The car rode to Gulou East Street and found a joint-venture breakfast shop on the street. He stopped the car and shouted to the waiter: "Excuse me, three meat buns, three white flour steamed buns, one fried dough stick, and three bowls of soy milk, here they are." Eat. After you finish eating, pack ten meat buns and ten steamed buns for me." After saying that, he found a table and sat down.

When the uncle who was busy inside heard what he shouted, he looked up in surprise, without saying anything, and accurately quoted the price: "One yuan and eight, fine grain stamps two kilograms and four liang." After that, he walked over and took it from his pocket. He took out the list and quickly opened one for him and put it on the table.

Li Weiguo took the order, took out the money stamps from his pocket, counted RMB 18 and the corresponding food stamps and gave them to the waiter.

Since practicing martial arts, Li Weiguo's appetite has grown bigger and bigger. He can eat enough for three people in one meal. If he didn't have space to produce supplies, he would probably be destitute.

Soon, breakfast was ready, and Li Weiguo went to bring it himself.

The steamed buns, steamed buns, and soy milk were steaming out of the oven, which was very tempting. I took a bite of the steamed buns, then took a sip of the soy milk. The hot soy milk flowed down my throat and warmed my stomach.

Two words, comfortable.

After spending more than ten minutes and slowly finishing breakfast, Li Weiguo rode to Zhao Guobing's house with the packed buns and steamed buns.

After a while, they rode to a courtyard, which was smaller than Li Weiguo's courtyard. It was a two-entry courtyard with only a few families in it.

The car stopped at the door, carried it over the steps, and walked inside.