Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

Not long after, He Yuzhu followed Wang Xia's instructions and arrived in front of a courtyard in Maoer Hutong. After Wang Xia got off the car, she reached out and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?!" A middle-aged woman opened the door, saw Wang Xia and greeted her with a smile: "Director Wang, why are you here?!"

Wang Xia asked: "Is your Lao Lei here?!"

He Yuzhu, who was following behind, heard that the person Director Wang took him to find was surnamed Lei, and immediately thought of the famous Yangshi Lei.

The middle-aged woman hurriedly replied, "I'm at home! I have no work recently, so I'm resting at home!" Then the middle-aged woman shouted into the house, "Boss! Director Wang is looking for you!"

"Hey! I'm here!" Lao Lei came out of the house after hearing the call. He looked at Wang Xia who came in from outside and asked, "Director Wang, what's the matter?!"

Wang Xia said, "I'll introduce a job to you."

He Yuzhu understood and walked forward, saying, "Master Lei, my last name is He, He Yuzhu. You can just call me Zhuzi. I live in the courtyard of No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. I came here today to ask for your help in repairing the house."

Wang Xia said, "You guys can chat slowly. I have something to do at home, so I'll go back first. Zhuzi, don't forget to come to the street office tomorrow morning to register for the house repair."

"Hey!" He Yuzhu responded, and after watching Wang Xia leave, he looked at Master Lei. Master Lei asked, "How big is your house?!"

He Yuzhu asked: "Master Lei, are you free now? If you are, I will take you to have a look."

Master Lei thought about it and said, "Okay! I'll go with you!"

"Hey! Thank you for your hard work!" After saying that, He Yuzhu followed Master Lei out the door.

Soon, He Yuzhu and Master Lei arrived at the gate of the courtyard. He Yuzhu came back just in time, because Yan Bugui's family went out to dig soil to grow vegetables. After entering the courtyard, He Yuzhu took Master Lei to the middle courtyard and said, "Master Lei, the main house, the left and right side rooms, the east wing, and the small house on the side are all mine."

Master Lei looked at the exterior of the house and said, "The house here is quite old."

"It's been a while, so we need to repair it." After saying that, He Yuzhu took out the key, opened the door of the east wing, and took Master Lei to see the east wing first. Then he took Master Lei to see the main house and He Yushui's house. After a tour, He Yuzhu took Master Lei into his house, asked Master Lei to sit down, poured a cup of tea and placed it in front of Master Lei, and said: "Master Lei, you have seen the house just now. I plan to connect the east wing and the small house. Then build a fire wall and separate a second floor. The upper floor will be used as a bedroom and study, and the lower floor will be divided into two. A bathroom will be built in the original location of the small house. In this way, you don't have to go out to the toilet in winter. As for my side! The main house and the east wing room are all connected. There are also two floors. The west wing room, which is where the kitchen is now, is still the kitchen in the front, and a storage room is built in the back. A bathroom will be built in the west wing room. The houses on both sides will bring tap water into the house. How much do you think this will cost?! How long will it take?!"

Master Lei thought about it and said, "The east wing is easy to deal with, as there is a sewage pipe behind the room. Your side is a bit more troublesome. Do you want to have the whole package, including the labor and materials, or just the labor without the materials?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "Don't bother two people with one thing. It's all covered."

Master Lei said, "The east wing is 260 yuan, and the main room and the east wing are 400 yuan. A total of 660 yuan. The construction period is about days."

"Okay!" He Yuzhu responded, stood up, walked to the cabinet, opened it, took out three cartons of Pegasus cigarettes, put them on the table, and said, "Master Lei, I know your rules. This lunch is for the host. I will count ten of you, and each of you will get half a catty of food. Ten people a day is five catties, and twenty days is one hundred catties. I will give you one hundred catties of flour, plus these three cartons of cigarettes. You can take care of yourselves at noon, what do you think?!"

Master Lei was stunned for a moment, then asked excitedly: "Master He, can you get some food?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "There are some ways."

Master Lei then said, "Master He, I don't want your money. Can you give me 600 kilograms of food?!"

He Yuzhu thought about it and nodded, "Okay! Including the food I promised you, I'll give you 700 kilograms."

"That's great!" Master Lei echoed excitedly and asked, "When do you plan to start work?!"

He Yuzhu said: "It depends on you, Master Lei. I think the sooner the better!"

Master Lei said, "Well, I'll find someone tomorrow and start work the day after tomorrow."

"Okay! You go back first, I'll bring you my food later." After saying that, He Yuzhu stuffed three packs of cigarettes into Master Lei's hand. Master Lei was not polite and left He Yuzhu's house with the cigarettes.

As soon as Master Lei left, He Yushui came in from outside. He Yuzhu asked, "Where did you go just now?!"

He Yushui replied: "I went to play with my classmates."

He Yuzhu said, "The day after tomorrow, we will start to renovate the house. We will start with the east wing. When that wing is finished, we will move there first and then do this side."

He Yushui said: "Brother, I have no objection to repairing the house. But I am afraid that others will cause trouble for us."

He Yuzhu replied: "Who can cause trouble to us? You think too much." Then He Yuzhu changed the subject and continued: "But if people ask us, where did our family get so much money to repair the house? You can say that the police returned the living expenses that Yi Zhonghai intercepted from us."

He Yushui said: "Brother, I know! I am not a three-year-old child. I am not that easy to fool."

He Yuzhu smiled, took out a pack of White Rabbit milk candy and a pack of Shaqima from the cupboard and handed them to He Yushui, saying, "Go back to the house first! I'll go find someone to make furniture."

"Hey!" He Yushui responded, and walked out happily. When he reached the door, He Yushui suddenly stopped and said, "Brother, I want to eat roast duck. Wait a minute, can you bring it back for me?!"

"You little foodie!" He Yuzhu rolled his eyes at He Yushui in annoyance and agreed, "Okay! I'll bring it back to you later!"

After He Yushui left, He Yuzhu moved his mind and entered the supermarket space. He Yuzhu walked to the place where rice and flour were placed in the supermarket space. He found a few flour bags without words and mixed the standard flour and corn flour together. He weighed 700 kilograms of flour and put them into seven flour bags respectively, and then left the supermarket space.

"Zhuzi!" He Yuzhu was just pushing his bicycle out when Qin Huairu called him. He Yuzhu stopped and asked, "Sister-in-law Jia, what's the matter?!"

Qin Huairu looked at He Yuzhu with tears in her eyes. If someone who didn't know her saw Qin Huairu's expression, they would think He Yuzhu was Chen Shimei who abandoned his wife. After a while, seeing that Qin Huairu didn't speak, He Yuzhu ignored her and pushed his bicycle out of the yard.

Seeing this, Qin Huairu chased after him with her big belly. But He Yuzhu was too fast. When Qin Huairu reached the gate of the courtyard, He Yuzhu was nowhere to be seen. Qin Huairu looked unwilling, sighed, and planned to go back. At this time, the voice of the third aunt rang out: "Huairu?! Don't run around with your big belly! If anything happens, it will be troublesome!"

"Hey!" Qin Huairu responded and asked, "Third Aunt, what are you busy with?!"

The third aunt replied, "I'm just planting something." Then she asked, "Huai Ru, how many months have you been pregnant?!"

Qin Huairu replied, "It's been nine months. She'll probably give birth next month. Third Aunt, I don't want to talk to you anymore. I'm going back first!"

After Qin Huairu left, the third aunt frowned and said, "This Qin Huairu, is there something wrong today?!"

Yan Bugui sneered, "The Jia family hasn't given up yet. They want Yi Zhonghai's house."