Siheyuan: Don’t say I can’t do it

Dong'an Market is less than four kilometers away from the courtyard house at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. If it takes five minutes to run one kilometer, it can be reached in less than minutes.

Chen Luo thought that if he rented a house near Wangfujing, he could save time spent on the road.

So Chen Luo ran to the Donghuamen Street Office early in the morning to inquire about renting a house near Dong'an Market.

There happened to be a building available for rent on Xia Gongfu Street, so Chen Luo rented one.

Six dollars for a room was quite expensive. If he rented out the back room, it would be at most one dollar and fifty cents a month.

But being expensive has its advantages, the bathroom and toilet are very clean.

The disadvantage is that the entire floor has to share a common kitchen, and it is not allowed to light a stove in one's room.

No one dared to use an electric stove because if caught, they would be charged with theft.

The residents here basically eat in the cafeteria downstairs. The charges in the cafeteria are not much more expensive than cooking at home, so few people choose to cook at home.

The public kitchen will only be used if you have received something good and want to make something delicious.

Chen Luo didn't have any food coupons, but fortunately he could exchange corn flour and noodles for meal coupons, so he exchanged some.

The steamed buns and corn bread made in the inner hall tasted pretty good, much better than those made by Chen's mother. Chen Luo was very satisfied with the meal.

The free vegetable soup and thin rice soup were basically just water, but they tasted okay. Chen Luo liked them very much and drank several bowls.

I went back to my room and took out my junior high school math, physics and chemistry textbooks to review. It felt as easy as drinking cold water.

108 times the learning efficiency, that’s awesome!

Chen Luo reviewed until around five in the afternoon and had reviewed most of the junior high school math, physics and chemistry.

After dinner, he went to Dong'an Market.

The work here starts later, around 11 o'clock at night. The department store was recruiting people, so he followed other loaders and went to the department store.

There were more than ten trucks of goods and more than twenty people unloading them. It took less than an hour to finish the unloading and Chen Luo earned more than two yuan.

After all, he now has the ability to carry 100 kilograms per trip, so he can make money quickly.

When we returned to Dong'an Market, it was too late and there were too few people, only seven of us, so we didn't finish the work until after eight in the morning.

Chen Luo has great endurance and never took a break during the training.

He moved nearly 20 tons of goods by himself and earned more than ten dollars, which made him very happy.

The other loaders were extremely envious, but they also knew that it was because Chen Luo was too capable and there was nothing to say.

Chen Luo thought, if such a good thing could happen every three or four days, he could earn more than 100 yuan a month, so why would he still work? Wouldn't it be nice to do odd jobs?

After lying down in the building of Xia Mansion for a while, he thought that according to the system's reminder, he still needed to contact the characters in the plot from time to time, so he could only make Courtyard 95 his permanent residence.

The house rented in Wangfujing can only be used as a temporary place to rest and read when there is no work.

He had a full breakfast in the cafeteria downstairs before leaving and returning to Courtyard 95.

At this moment, people in the yard were either at work or at school, leaving only the women and kids.

Chen Luo had just run all the way back and was sweating a little, so he went to the front yard to take a shower, washed his clothes and hung them up, then went back to his room, lay on the bed and prepared to go to sleep.

Before going to bed, he couldn't help but look at his personal information again.

【Body Strength】: 1.83G;

[Fixed Assistance]: Physical Strengthening (Exercise Efficiency %);

【Mobility Assistance】: Electrician skills enhancement (learning efficiency %), language skills enhancement (learning efficiency %);

[Skills]: Electrician (not yet started), Language (starting);

……

Seeing this information, Chen Luo was a little excited.

I lay in bed with my eyes closed, but couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

So Chen Luo got up again to read and review junior high school math, physics and chemistry.

Once I started reading this book, I couldn't stop.

I kept studying until about five in the afternoon and finished reviewing all the math, physics and chemistry for junior high school.

During these eight hours, a lot of food was consumed.

All the steamed corn bread and steamed buns in the storage space were eaten.

There must be food in the storage space.

Now he doesn’t have any food coupons, so he can’t buy food outside. Chen Luo feels that not knowing how to cook and steam buns is also a problem.

He came out of his own courtyard and saw He Yushui and her classmates just coming in from the gate.

Chen Luo's mind immediately became active, "He Yushui! Can you steam buns?"

The two of them looked at Chen Luo in surprise, because they found that Chen Luo was not so thin anymore and his face looked more moisturized.

"Do you mean you want me to help you steam buns?" He Yushui felt that Chen Luo would definitely not let her work for nothing, so she was very tempted.

"Yes! After it's steamed, you take one and I take four. You can convert it into money if you want. How about that?"

Chen Luo's concept is completely from the later generations, thinking that human labor is valuable. In fact, in this era, there are many people who would steam ten buns for one as payment.

"How much do you want to steam? If you steam too little, it's not worth it and it's just a waste of time." He Yushui is not stupid at all and is very smart.

Her female classmates were all eager to try it out.

"How much can be steamed with thirty kilograms of flour?"

"Two taels each, enough to make 150 steamed buns."

"I rented a building in Wangfujing. Can we go there to steam?"

"Sure! According to what you said, one fifth of the thirty pounds of flour belongs to me, and the remaining twenty-four pounds of flour can be steamed into buns, right?"

Chen Luo gave too much, and He Yushui felt that he had gotten a huge bargain.

When Chen Luo heard He Yushui say this, he also felt that he had given too much.

But the words were already spoken, and he had no intention of going back on them.

"Yes! If you want, we can go now."

"Then let's go! Eh? My brother is back, so I'll take the lunch box he brought with him. I can't leave it to the Jia family!"

He Yushui went up to Sha Zhu, pulled his arm and acted coquettishly for a while, got the lunch box, and then left with her classmates and Chen Luo.

As soon as Sha Zhu entered the hanging flower gate, he saw Qin Huairu's eyes looking at his hands.

"Brother Jia is right behind us, he will be here soon."

Sha Zhu walked around Qin Huairu and walked quickly towards the central courtyard.

After listening to what He Yushui and her classmate said last night, Shazhu didn’t sleep well and was thinking about it all day at work today.

Now he had figured it out a little bit. Besides asking for lunch boxes, Qin Huairu just borrowed money and never paid it back.

Sha Zhu felt that his sister He Yushui was right, this woman just wanted to suck his blood.

Sha Zhu knew that he was bewitched by Qin Zhunru, but this woman was married, so she could only say a few nice words to him at most, and it was impossible for her to really take advantage of him...

The more Sha Zhu thought about it, the more he felt at a disadvantage, so he made up his mind to keep his distance from Qin Huairu.

"Zhu Zi! Isn't my sister pregnant?..."

"Go find your man!"

As soon as Qin Huairu opened her mouth, she was interrupted by Sha Zhu.

"Dongxu's salary is so low, and he has to support our family..."

"Let him borrow from his master. I need to support my sister and save money to marry a wife, so I don't have any spare money to lend to you. You have to pay me back the 297 yuan you borrowed from me before! If you don't, I will go to the factory director and have him deduct Brother Jia's salary directly."

After saying all these words in one breath, Sha Zhu felt his heart pounding. He also felt that he was a little too cruel and a little unfair to Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu was very surprised to hear that Sha Zhu actually wanted her to pay back the money.

Her eyes turned red and tears were about to fall. "Where can I get the money to pay you back? Do you want to force your sister to death?"

Asking her to pay back the money is to force her to death?

Sha Zhu didn't like to hear such words; he had already felt a little soft-hearted, but now he immediately became hard again.

"That's not what you said when you borrowed money from me. If you don't pay me back today, I'll go find the factory manager when I go to work tomorrow!"

At this time, Jia Dongxu, the first uncle, the second uncle and others all came in.

Seeing Qin Huairu crying, Jia Dongxu said, "Silly Zhu! Are you the one who made my wife cry again?"

"Again? When have I ever made her cry? I'm asking her to pay me back. She borrowed 297 yuan from me in total. She always said she would pay it back once she got her salary, but she hasn't paid back a cent yet. Tomorrow I'm going to find the factory manager and have him deduct the money from your salary."

"When did my wife borrow money from you? Do you have any evidence?" Jia Dongxu really didn't know about this.

"Of course I have. I have memorized every detail."

"Who knows if you just wrote it down randomly? Are there any witnesses? Is there Qin Huairu's signature?" Although Jia Dongxu said this, he still felt uneasy.

"Does this require a signature?" Sha Zhu was a little confused. He turned to look at Yi Zhonghai, wanting to know if this was true.

"Without a signature, what evidence can it be used as? If I just find a notebook and write down that Sha Zhu borrowed 500 yuan from me on a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, can it be used as evidence? So you have no evidence at all now, and our Huairu has never borrowed a penny from you. Do you understand?" When Jia Dongxu heard that there was no signature, his voice suddenly became tough.

A hidden smile also appeared on Yi Zhonghai's face.

At this time, Sha Zhu also figured it out. Without the borrower's confirmation, his own accounts could not be used as evidence.

But he is a reckless person and he comes up with an idea as soon as he thinks about it.

"Uncle, Qin Huairu borrowed 297 yuan from me in total, and Jia Dongxu wants to default on the debt now. If a person like this were put in a sack and killed or maimed outside, no one would think he was wronged, right?"