I am in the courtyard, animals are just vegetables!

"Sure! When can you start the work? Start with the two back houses and the empty house. We need a place to sleep at night.

I would install a large bathtub in the bathroom. (As for the shower, forget it. Cao Dongfang has never seen one in China, and I don’t know if it is safe. This is 1954, not 2014.)

The toilet uses a flush toilet, you can buy this, right? "Cao Dongfang said.

"Flush toilets are available for purchase, and many independent households are using them now," said Boss Lei.

"Okay, let's take care of these for now. We'll talk about small changes later. It's all labor and materials. There are only three people in the family, and we don't eat at home at noon." Cao Dongfang said.

"Okay, we understand what the owner means. We can start the work in three days at most. We have drawn the decoration drawings. You can take a look at them first." said Boss Lei.

"Okay, I'm at school and will be home at 5:30. If it's not Sunday, you can come after 6pm because there will be someone at home." Cao Dongfang told the two.

"Okay, goodbye, master. We'll go back first." said Boss Lei.

"Goodbye, Masters!"

Boss Lei and Third Lei went back happily. They had secured another big job and earned a huge sum of money.

......

"Brother Dongfang, please excuse me and ask you something. Yi Zhonghai and Second Master in our hospital were robbed, and their...

Sha Zhu also arrived before the Lei brothers left. He arrived early and saw that Cao Dongfang and the Lei brothers were busy, so he did not disturb them.

"Brother Zhuzi, who told you this? It's too exaggerated. She wasn't cut, she was just stripped naked in front of the public toilet." Cao Dongfang said.

"Who else could it be? Someone who came to eat at our restaurant. The waiter heard about it and told the kitchen staff. What a pity! Why didn't they just chop them up?"

Shazhu seemed very regretful. In fact, Chen Xueru also felt regretful. Why didn't anyone cut her bangs in the middle?

Shazhu is like a woman.

“It doesn’t matter whether it’s cut or not, the one with bangs is still normal, but the one with Yizhonghai is almost there.

It requires skill to use, I couldn’t even see it clearly with a flashlight. “No matter how big the problem is, Cao Dongfang.

"Damn, no wonder they have no children, they're a dead end!" Sha Zhu was quite dissatisfied with Yi Zhonghai.

"There is a saying that the inability to have children is Yi Zhonghai's fault. I heard it from the third uncle.

The women's federation of the steel mill came to the yard and asked the aunt to go to the hospital for a physical examination, but she refused. It has nothing to do with us, just listen to the fun. "Cao Dongfang said with a smile.

"It has nothing to do with us, just listen for fun. Are the two people who came today going to decorate your house?

You have three large rooms, which makes people envious. Jia Zhang is jealous but dares not scold you. "Sha Zhu said with a smile.

"She can scold me but I can't beat her to death. The house needs to be renovated and this is a perfect time." Cao Dongfang nodded.

"It's good that you have money. I've also been saving money for two years to clean up the house and get married. Thank you, Yushui. I'm leaving first. It's much more convenient with the bicycle you loaded." Shazhu said and left.

After Sha Zhu left, He Yushui had breakfast with Sha Zhu at her home. At this time, she was doing her homework at home alone. The little girl loved studying very much.

......

At 6:15 in the evening of the next day, Boss Lei sent a simple decoration plan. Cao Dongfang and his mother took a quick look and thought it was pretty good. They had done a lot of decoration work and had some experience with it.

Just decorate according to the decoration drawings!

"The owner of the house spent 20 yuan, and the renovation took about days. The extra money was spent on the two back rooms and the kitchen.

There are five of us, and each person will be paid 20 yuan for 25 days. We will be responsible for everything. "Lei said.

Damn, it’s so damn cheap, only 20 yuan per person for 25 days, and that’s without meals. The rest of the cost is yuan, which is used to rebuild two houses and a new bathroom.

Too cheap!

It was 700 yuan less than Cao Dongfang's estimate of more than 1,500 yuan, saving a lot of money for buying furniture.

Cao Dongfang agreed immediately and started work the day after tomorrow. He paid 600 yuan first and would pay the remaining money gradually. He would pay the full amount after the inspection was qualified.

"Master Lei, some people in this yard are not very clean. Please be careful with your materials. The important ones can be placed in that big empty house." Cao Dongfang said.

The keys to the back house and the empty big house were also given to Boss Lei, and it was agreed that the three empty houses would be renovated first.

"I understand what the master means." Boss Lei nodded.

A veteran in the society knows everything at a glance.

......

Cao Dongfang and his mother didn't care about the decoration issues. They went to work and school as usual, and it didn't affect the Cao family. They took He Yushui to eat lunch everywhere and tried the food in every restaurant.

Everyone in the compound saw the decoration materials purchased by the Lei brothers and felt jealous.

The people in the front yard were fine, except Yan Bugui, whose eyes were shining. He wanted to sneak around, but they were all locked in the small courtyard of the back house, so there was nothing he could do.

Yan Bugui didn't dare to steal, as it was against his family tradition. He could only wait for Cao Dongfang to deal with the unwanted things and take advantage of them.

People from the middle yard and the back yard were jealous when they saw this. Not only had they just gotten three rooms, but they were also starting to renovate them. They were so envious and jealous.

Because of the Cao family's brand, those people didn't dare to curse and could only say a few strange words.

"Among you, the people in the backyard talk a lot. If you have money, go and renovate. No one will stop you. If you can't afford it, you will say something weird.

I can only say that your family is useless and can’t make any money. "Grandma Wang did not hold back on Jia Zhang and the second aunt.

"You people in the backyard are really troublesome. What other people do is none of your business. You are such a jerk!" Aunt Li was not polite either.

"It's just that you have more troubles, and we are not as good as you. We also want to fight for the title of 'Civilized Courtyard'."

When the women in the backyard heard this, they left in shame. The middle-aged lady and the deaf old lady did not dare to come to the front yard to say anything.

The days passed one by one.

......

As for furniture, Cao Dong chose three sets of furniture with beds, and the furniture in Cao's mother's room remained unchanged.

That was in 50. Cao's father, Cao Dashan, bought all mahogany furniture, which was pretty good. He would not change it until he found rosewood furniture.

These three sets of furniture belong to one set for the back house, one set for Cao Dongfang's original small house, and one set for the big house that was later divided.

The house was connected, and Cao Dongfang and his mother's houses were also separated. Cao Dongfang's original small house became a living room and dining room. The 15-square-meter house was enough, and the dining table was also replaced with a foldable one so that it did not take up much space.

A small door led to the back house. There was no corridor, just a small brick path so that people didn't have to walk in water when it rained.

The small courtyard behind the house was also tidied up. Cao's mother planned to plant some flowers. The courtyard was not big. Apart from the aisle, it would be good if there were 8 square meters of space for planting flowers.

This back house is small, not as big as Yan Bugui's house! More than twice as big!

This time Cao Dongfang won’t care. It’s not tiring. He will just treat it as a hobby.

The Moon Gate has also been repaired and is still quite beautiful, very different from its previous appearance.

Not bad!

This is Cao Dongfang’s evaluation of the back house.

In the room at the edge, the flush toilet and large bathtub had already been installed. The bathtub was 1.5 meters long, and Cao Dongfang only gave an extra 40 yuan.

The Lei brothers' choice was rejected by Cao Dongfang, so they paid an extra 40 yuan to exchange for a better bathtub, which had a coal stove for boiling water.

The most difficult thing to do was heating. We built two stoves on the left and right of the small kitchen, heating the walls instead of heating the kang. As for floor heating -

what is that?

When used as a heater, fill the pipes with water and heat them up.... Sorry, this is only available in 1954.

Cao Dongfang doesn't want to use it. He doesn't know whether it is good or not. He will decide when he has time. His home is not cold in winter!

Everything is good once you get used to it!

As for not being able to afford heating, unless you have central heating, it would be a shame to buy a boiler for heating.

1954 was not the future. Let alone central heating, there were boilers, who would burn them, and safety issues....

You don’t have to burn the stove yourself, the indoor temperature is just right for winter now!

......

At noon on the 25th, after exercising with Chen Xueru, Chen Xueru lay in Cao Dongfang's arms and said, "Hou Jie left this morning. I sent him to the station."

"He left after only three days of vacation. That's pretty fast. We may never see each other again. Didn't Hou Jie say anything?" Cao Dongfang asked.

“Humph, that bastard said I’m a good person, but I’m too strong. I should be careful in the future or I’ll suffer a great loss and affect my family life.

I'm so mad, I gave him 2,000 yuan for nothing." Chen Xueru said while pinching Cao Dongfang's arm.

"Hey, hey, hey, Miss Chen, Hou Jie said to you, why did you pinch my arm? It hurts, I need compensation." Cao Dongfang said, turned over and rode the horse to start the second exercise...

"You beast, you've exhausted me. What will you do when you have a wife in the future? One person is not enough." Chen Xueru said lazily with a satisfied look on her face.

"Then marry a few more. A reinforced company should be enough." Cao Dongfang said.

"I told you you were fat and you started panting. I won't talk to you anymore. It's almost three o'clock. Get up."

"Hou Jie is gone, I will be at night..."

What a beautiful thought!