Siheyuan's Silly Pillar has been replaced by someone else

Chapter 87 Decorating the House
After talking with Xu Fugui, he became concerned about the hospital's affairs and specifically inquired about the situation in the workshop. After learning about the methods used by Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, he immediately knew that they were not kind.

After get off work these two days, he often waits outside for Sha Zhu and exchanges information with Sha Zhu.

In order to prevent him from suspecting anything, Sha Zhu also told him some of what he knew.

Xu Fugui once tried to destroy the reputation of Yi Zhonghai and several other people nearby, but unfortunately it didn't work.

Not only did the three old men show up in person, but even the deaf old lady came out and chatted with the people in the two courtyards.

After using both hard and soft tactics, the people in the two courtyards finally had no choice but to compromise. One or two people who disagreed also chose to compromise because they did not want to offend the people in the courtyard.

After reaching a consensus, the deaf old lady personally took two people from the courtyard to the Military Control Commission and reported the matter.

The Military Control Commission asked for everyone's opinions, and seeing that everyone was willing, they agreed to the merger of the courtyards.

Regarding the merger of the courtyards, Yi Zhonghai and his companions never asked for the opinions of Sha Zhu and Xu Fugui from beginning to end.

After they went to the Military Control Commission, Yi Zhonghai and a few others told the people in the courtyard the news.

"I have good news for you all. The people from the two nearby courtyards are going to merge with our courtyard. This is to prevent spies. We will all be in the same courtyard from now on. I hope you can help each other. Don't be too selfish."

When Yi Zhonghai mentioned the word selfish, he looked at Xu Fugui and Sha Zhu. The newcomers in the courtyard also looked over in the direction he was looking.

Sha Zhu didn't care about Yi Zhonghai's attitude, but she cared about Yi Zhonghai's last words. It was this sentence that made Sha Zhu bear the responsibility of all the elderly people in the hospital, cheated money from Lou Xiaoe, opened a nursing home, and achieved the reputation of a black-hearted widow.

Yi Zhonghai felt a little depressed when he saw Xu Fugui and Sha Zhu didn't say a word. He was not a liaison officer yet, had no power, and didn't dare to say anything more.

"There is another thing. Someone will come to our yard tomorrow to do construction work to connect the two yards with our yard."

Liu Haizhong didn't want Yi Zhonghai to steal the spotlight, so he also started talking nonsense.

Sha Zhu knew that Liu Haizhong couldn't say anything useful, so he turned around and went home.

The others were not willing to listen to his nonsense and all turned away.

In the end, only three old men and Jia Dongxu were left in the yard.

In order to please Yi Zhonghai, Jia Dongxu said indignantly: "This is outrageous. Master and Uncle Liu haven't finished talking yet, and they dare to leave. Master, I saw that Sha Zhu was the first to leave."

Upon hearing this, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong immediately looked towards Sha Zhu's house with dissatisfaction.

When the two people were talking just now, they had a feeling that they should enjoy such a status. From this, the tradition of holding meetings in Siheyuan began to sprout in their hearts.

The next day, after Sha Zhu sent He Yushui to Wu Bangming's home, he asked Wu Bangming for leave.

"Zhu Zi, where are you going?"

"Master, the three old men in our courtyard have persuaded the people in the two neighboring courtyards to connect their courtyards. I have already bought the side room, so I can clean up the side room while they are working."

When Wu Bangming heard this, he said, "Then go ahead. Do you have enough money? If not, I'll ask your mistress to get you some."

Sha Zhu quickly refused. He had made a lot of money selling things on the black market during this period, enough to renovate the house.

After leaving Wu Bangming's house, Sha Zhu went to the Military Control Commission and went to find Wang Huijun.

"Aunt Wang."

"It's Shazhu. What's the matter with you coming to the military control council?"

Sha Zhu smiled and said his purpose: "We are going to demolish the wall in our yard. I also want to clean up my house." Director Wang said doubtfully: "Your house is private. If you want to clean it up, just find someone to do it."

Sha Zhu explained: "Isn't there an abandoned yard next door to us? I want to ask, is that yard being rebuilt?"

To the east of the quadrangle is a courtyard with two entrances, which is smaller than the quadrangle. Behind the courtyard is a small courtyard, which has been abandoned, with all the houses collapsed and only the broken walls left.

After listening to Sha Zhu's description, Wang Huijun hesitated for a moment: "Your house doesn't seem to be suitable for a toilet. Where are you going to discharge all that feces?"

"My idea is to dig a pit in that abandoned yard and drain it directly into it. I can clean it regularly. Also, if the military control committee plans to rebuild a house there, they can just fill the pit. Then I won't need a toilet anymore."

Wang Huijun hesitated. “Isn’t there a public toilet outside your yard?”

Sha Zhu begged, "Aren't there a lot of people around here? There's a long queue every day. Aunt Wang, my method won't affect others, so please be flexible!"

Wang Huijun thought about it and agreed: "I can agree, but you have to promise that when the house is rebuilt, you must give up the space."

"I promise. I will never make things difficult for you."

Considering their relationship, Director Wang agreed.

Others may not know, but Sha Zhu knows that the houses in that place have never been built. The Military Control Commission is now unable to manage it. After the establishment of the Street Office, it was not in a hurry to build houses at first. When there were not enough houses to live in, various problems arose.

He used this toilet until he moved out of the courtyard house and there were no problems at all.

After coming out of the Military Control Commission, Sha Zhu took the certificate given by Director Wang and found the person in charge of the construction in the yard.

This man's surname is Cheng. He leads a group of people to repair houses. Whenever anyone nearby needs to have their house repaired, they usually look for him.

"Master Cheng, I want to renovate my house."

Master Cheng smiled and said, "Sure. Where is your home?"

Sha Zhu smiled and said, "My home is in this yard, come with me."

After showing Master Cheng around the house, he asked, "How are you going to decorate it?"

"I plan to open a door here to connect the main house with the annex. You help me separate the annex, build a toilet on one side, and lay down wall and floor tiles. This is the certificate I got from the Military Control Commission."

Master Cheng looked at the certificate and knew there was no problem, so he said, "This is not a big job, but the price is relatively high, mainly because the wall tiles, floor tiles, and toilets are relatively expensive. Do you have that much money?"

Sha Zhu directly took out three million and put it on the table: "You don't need to worry about the money."

Seeing that Sha Zhu was so capable, Master Cheng immediately agreed: "I calculated that it would cost about 3.3 million. If you buy the materials yourself, it would only cost 500,000."

There were wall tiles and other things in the space, but he was worried about explaining where they came from, so he said, "Please help me buy them. And the pipes. I only have one request, that they must be of good quality. Oh, and for the pit next door, please help me get a cover and a fence to prevent children from running in to play and falling in."

This is a small matter, of course, no problem. Master Cheng also praised Sha Zhu for thinking comprehensively: "Because we need to buy materials, you need to pay some deposit first."

Sha Zhu didn't worry that Master Cheng would cheat him, so he gave him three million directly: "This is all I have for now. These are the gifts from my master. I'll give you the rest of the money in two days. What do you think?"

Master Cheng asked doubtfully, "Who is your master?"

"Master Wu from Emei Hotel. I am his apprentice. When the master heard that I wanted to renovate my house, he gave it to me."

Soon, people in the courtyard knew that Wu Bangming paid for Sha Zhu to renovate his house.

(End of this chapter)