The life of a villain in a courtyard

"Loach, you deserve a beating again, don't you?"

Su Yun grabbed the loach and pointed at the black footprints on the wall in anger. The loach looked at Su Yun with innocent little eyes.

Ever since he got this dog, he felt that he needed to go to the hospital to buy some antihypertensive drugs, otherwise he would be pissed off to death by this stupid dog sooner or later.

He hit the loach on the head a few more times and it started crying.

"I'll let you off this time, but next time I'll have you eat dog meat hotpot."

After cleaning up the loaches, Su Yun felt uncomfortable looking at the footprints on the wall. He had mild obsessive-compulsive disorder, which made him feel something was wrong living in such a house.

"Forget it, let's just redecorate the house."

After making up his mind, Su Yun went to Sha Zhu's house to ask him where there was a decoration team nearby.

"Decoration team? Why are you asking about that?"

"My uncle's house hasn't been renovated for many years. I plan to take this opportunity to spruce it up."

"There's a Master Niu over at Zhengyang Gate. He has several renovation teams under him that specialize in this kind of work. I'll give you the address. You can go and have a look whenever you're free."

On weekends, he would carry a large basket and go to the black market while no one in the yard got up yet. Five or six hundred eggs had accumulated in the warehouse over the past few days, and except for those left for the factory, all the rest were taken to the black market.

"egg!"

A middle-aged man who looked to be in his thirties was anxiously looking for something in the black market. When he saw the eggs in Su Yun's basket, his face turned red with excitement.

While Su Yun was busy, a figure appeared in front of him.

"Little brother, how much are your eggs?"

"If you have a ticket, it's 10 cents each. If you don't have a ticket, it's 10.2 cents each."

"Little brother, I want a lot, can you give me a discount?"

Su Yun chuckled and said, "Brother, I see that this is not your first day at the black market. There is no shortage of people buying things like eggs here. If you want to lower the price, you'd better save your money."

"Little brother, you..."

"How much do you sell these eggs for, young man?"

When the man saw someone asking the price, he quickly agreed to Su Yun's price. There were not enough eggs here to begin with, and if someone else bought a few more, the gap would be even bigger.

"Okay, at your price, I'll take all these eggs."

The stall was sold out as soon as it was set up.

"Little brother, do you have any extra eggs?"

"Huh? So many eggs aren't enough?"

I brought 470 eggs today, and it’s still not enough!

"I want more."

Su Yun looked at the man in front of him. He wondered if he was being targeted. He had heard many stories about sting operations. Thinking of this, he decided to be cautious and not fall into this trap.

"Nothing."

The man shook his head in disappointment and left the black market with the eggs.

After leaving the black market, Su Yun found Master Niu's house according to the address given by Sha Zhu.

"Young man, who are you looking for?"

Su Yun knocked on the door and a middle-aged woman in her fifties came out of the house.

"Auntie, is Master Niu here?"

"Yes, what do you want with him?"

"Auntie, my house needs to be renovated. I heard that Master Niu does a good job here, so I want to talk to him."

"Then come in quickly."

When she heard that there was business coming, the aunt hurriedly invited Su Yun to her home.

"Master Niu!"

"Xiao Su! Why is it you? You haven't been to the tavern for a while."

I didn’t expect that the famous Master Niu is actually Uncle Niu.

"I want to renovate our house, and my friend recommended you to me."

"No problem, it's just a house, I'll let Lao Ma go with you to take a look, just tell him if you need anything."

Soon a middle-aged man in his forties appeared in the yard.

"Old Ma is alive again. This little brother wants to renovate the house. You can go with him to take a look."

"Okay, Master Niu."

The two came to the courtyard, and Su Yun told Lao Ma about his demands.

"The wood here is a bit rotten, so replace them all with new ones. Also bring me a water pipe. The faucet outside is easy to freeze in the cold weather and it's inconvenient to use. Also, the walls need to be repainted. And this kang is not warm anymore, so you can take a look at it too."

While listening to Su Yun's request, Lao Ma silently calculated how much money it would cost.

"Comrade Su, I understand your request. It costs a total of 300 yuan, and you also need to have a lunch while you work. What do you think..."

"no problem."

Old Ma was overjoyed when he heard this. It had been a long time since he met such a generous customer who didn't bargain at all.

"Okay, then I'll ask someone to come and renovate your house tomorrow."

After Lao Ma left, Su Yun went to Sha Zhu's house. Lao Ma had just said that he would prepare a meal, so he wanted to ask Sha Zhu if he could come back and cook a meal. Of course, he would not let Sha Zhu work in vain.

"No, no, I can't make it back in time. Noon is the busiest time in the steel mill cafeteria. I can't leave. You should ask someone else."

Sha Zhu refused without any hesitation.

“Who else can we trust?”

Su Yun eliminated the people in the courtyard one by one in his mind, until he reached Lou Xiaoe.

It is well known that Lou Xiao'e is a kind-hearted woman with no bad intentions and a little silly. It would be great if she could help keep an eye on things for him. Thinking of this, Su Yun took out three kilograms of tangerines from the space. It is not right to ask someone for help empty-handed.

"Sister Xiao'e, Brother Damao."

Xu Damao was lying dead in the room, while Lou Xiaoe was sitting in the living room, eating melon seeds and reading a novel with great interest. It seemed to be the Chinese version of "One Hundred Years of Solitude".

"Su Yun? Why are you here?"

"Sister Xiao'e, I have something to ask you."

"what's up?"

"Sister Xiao'e, my house is being renovated soon, so I can't stare at you from home..."

"That's all. I'll keep an eye on it for you. I usually have nothing to do at home anyway."