Siheyuan: Starting to work in the street office

After returning to the office, Zhong Shan began to study and understand the spirit conveyed by the newspaper.

After a morning of getting familiar with Zhongshan, Zhang Juan could no longer sit still in the afternoon and ran to the next door to chat gossip with the people from the Finance Department. Occasionally, when they talked about something happy, you could hear their laughter. Section Chief Sun was taking a nap in the office inside.

Zhong Shan is very satisfied with this job.

In the afternoon, I said goodbye to Section Chief Sun, went out to buy a lunch box, and returned to the street office. The reason why I didn't look for a bricklayer to repair the house was that I might not be able to find anyone at home during the day because they were all out working. Even if there was no work to repair the house, I would go out to find some flexible work and go there after get off work in the evening.

The afternoon passed quickly.

When Zhongshan returned to the courtyard after get off work, as soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw the third uncle Yan Bugui talking to a man with short gray hair and a strong body.

The first uncle Yi Zhonghai.

Seeing Zhong Shan coming back dressed and standing at attention, Yi Zhonghai was stunned for a moment.

Zhong Shan immediately took the initiative to greet them: "Uncle One, you're back from get off work. Uncle Three is back too."

Yi Zhonghai looked at Zhong Shan and said, "Zhong Shan, you're back. I haven't seen you these days because I was busy. Now that you've graduated, where have you been assigned a job?" Nowadays, jobs are assigned to students in technical secondary schools, and graduates are assigned to cadre and administrative positions.

Zhong Shan heard this and said, "He has been assigned to the Jiaodaokou Subdistrict Office. Today is his first day at work."

Yi Zhonghai was shocked when he heard this. Although the three of them were managers, it was only a verbal arrangement made by the community. Zhong Shan directly became the superior of the community and a cadre of the street office. He felt some pressure in his heart, but on second thought, it was a good thing to have a cadre in the courtyard. Besides, Zhong Shan had grown up in the courtyard since he was a child, so he knew him well and he was not a bad person, so he felt relieved.

So he said to Zhong Shan: "Congratulations, Zhong Shan, you have grown up and become a leader in the blink of an eye. It would be great if Old Zhong were still alive. Work hard."

Yan Bugui also said: "I have watched Xiao Zhongxing since he was a child. He is a good student and smart. Now he has become a leader!"

Zhong Shan smiled at the first and third uncles and said, "First uncle, third uncle, you guys chat. I'm going home first. See you later."

Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui sighed as they watched Zhong Shan returning home.

There are no secrets in the courtyard. After a while, everyone knew that Zhongshan was assigned to the street office and became a cadre of the street office.

When Yi Zhonghai returned home, an old lady asked him, "Old Yi, you all go through Zhongshan in the front yard to go to work at the street office, is that true?"

Yi Zhonghai sighed: "Yes, that child has made it big, but Old Zhong is unlucky!"

The aunt also sighed, and then said to the uncle: "Well, Zhongshan is also alone and has a formal job, so let's..."

The old man thought for a while and said, "Forget it. That kid works in the street office and is a technical secondary school student. He has good ideas. Don't think too much about it. Let's just rely on Zhuzi!"

Upon hearing this, the aunt stopped talking and turned to deliver food to the deaf old lady in the backyard.

Middle Court Jia Family

Jia Zhang looked at her eldest grandson Banggeng who was doing his homework, and told Qin Huairu about Zhongshan: "Banggeng, study hard and become a leader in the future. Then good days will come for grandma."

"Huai Ru, go to the front yard and help Zhong Shan clean up the house. Zhong Shan has become the leader of the street office. If he can also help our family, then life will be better."

Qin Huairu looked at Jia Zhangshi: "It's not that easy. Besides, he's a grown man, it's not appropriate for me to clean the house!"

Jia Zhang rolled her eyes at Qin Huairu and said, "What's inappropriate about that? You've been cleaning up Sha Zhu's family for so many years. Zhong Shan is an official, and his salary is higher than Sha Zhu's. You're still afraid of a young boy."

"Mom, what are you saying in front of Banggeng? Besides, am I not doing this for this family?"

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Liu Haizhong was drinking wine and eating fried eggs in the backyard. Today, he was particularly displeased with his two sons. Seeing Liu Guangtian drooling over the eggs on his plate, Liu Guangfu and his brother said, "What are you looking at? You look like a loser. If you don't study hard, you should be a leader."

Not yet satisfied, he took the chopsticks and hit Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu's hands twice. The two sons looked at their swollen hands and didn't dare to say a word. They were in tears and never dared to look at eggs again.

Zhong Shan stayed at home for a while, then went out and found the house repairman in a large courtyard according to the address given by Section Chief Sun.

It is said that the master's family used to work with Yangshi Lei, and they followed Yangshi Lei to build palaces for the royal family. Later, the family fell into poverty and no one knew where Yangshi Lei had gone, let alone him who was working with them.

After finding the master's house, Zhong Shan knocked on the door and asked, "Is the master here?"

"Are you there? Who is it?" A voice came from inside the room. When Zhongshan opened the door, he saw a strong man in his 40s.

Zhong Shan said, "I'm from Jiaodaokou Street Office. My name is Zhong Shan. My family needs to renovate their house. I heard from Section Chief Sun that he recommended you, so I came to invite you!"

When the master heard what Zhong Shan said, he quickly said, "Hey, it's Leader Zhong, come in quickly, and your wife will pour Leader Zhong a glass of water!"

Zhong Shan entered the house and said, "No need to bother. Let me tell you the situation. My house has three rooms in the east wing. I haven't lived in it for a long time. I just came back recently and wanted to renovate it. If the master is not busy, shall we go and take a look?"

The master stood up and put on his clothes, saying to Zhongshan: "Okay, let's go now, shall we walk?"

Zhongshan brought the master to No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, pointed to the three east wing rooms, and said, "Master, these are the three rooms."

He opened the door and entered the house: "Master, I want to build a kang on the left side of the room near the window, a stove inside, and bring in the water pipes from outside. At the very end, I want to see if I can build a toilet and connect it to the sewer outside."

"There are two rooms on the right hand side of the door. The inner one is used as a bedroom and the outer one is used as a study."

"The floor is paved with bricks, the walls are painted with white plaster, the bedside doors are replaced, do you have a carpenter? The windows and doors are replaced with glass."

The master looked at the layout of the house, took out a ruler to measure the area, and went out to check the location of the water pipes and the sewer outside. When he came back, he said to Zhong Shan:

"I took a look and it's OK. If you dig down from the back wall, you'll find the sewer not far away. If you make a vent in the back wall, there won't be any odor in the house. It's also easy to connect the water pipe. We have carpenters here."

"Leader Zhong, if we provide labor and materials for your job, it will be 200 yuan. You don't have to worry about anything and you don't have to provide meals. If you prepare the materials yourself, it will be 90 yuan. What do you think..."

Zhong Shan said to the master: "Let's do it together. How long will it take to fix it?"

The master calculated and said, "I will bring a few people tomorrow. Fortunately, apart from digging the water, there is no troublesome work. It will take about ten days. I will try to make it faster for you. A week is enough. What do you think?"

"Okay, let's start tomorrow. I'll move out tomorrow."

After Zhongshan and the master made the reservation, he paid the master a deposit of 100 yuan. After seeing the master off, he lay on the bed and took a nap for a while.