I make a living solving crimes.

After some fun, the three of them were escorting three thieves back to the police station. Old man Zhang sighed and said, "I don't know what these thieves did to deserve to be caught by you three."

A police station janitor said this because the three thieves were in such a miserable state.

The main reason was that Li Lai Fu only brought a pair of handcuffs, so Chang Wei could only pull off the belts of the three thieves.

At this time, the three thieves were walking barefoot with their trousers held up by their hands, shoes hanging around their necks, and their teeth bared.

The floor is so sunny in July that you can fry eggs on it.

Chang Wei had a Huafu fountain pen on his chest, a 90% new leather belt on his waist, a green military cap on his head, and a bunch of dried mushrooms hanging from his hands. He walked like a Japanese translator.

He took out two second-class wine tickets from a pile of wallets and shook them, "Old man, I'll give you a chance to reorganize your language."

Old man Zhang didn't tolerate him. He grabbed Chang Wei's neck, took the ticket, patted him on the head and warned him, "Remember, don't touch the money."

Chang Wei nodded. He could understand both good and bad words.

Tickets have no legal value, so it's okay to take them. You can also take things from the thief, but you cannot touch the stolen money and property.

As for how much the victims can get back in the end, it has nothing to do with these three.

"I'm not going in. There's still soup stewing at home."

"Chang Wei, will you come tomorrow?"

Wu Jimao chased after Chang Wei, grabbed his sleeve and asked.

They caught three thieves in the morning. Today is enough time for them to show off.

"Don't you say that a blind cat catches a dead mouse?"

Wu Jimao scratched his head, grinning foolishly, not knowing what to say.

He was really impressed. He didn't know what Chang Wei's eyes were like, but he always caught the right target.

Chang Wei snorted coldly and said arrogantly: "I'm renovating my house, let's talk when I have time."

Who should I contact to renovate an old house in Beijing?

Of course, it’s to find a style bomb.

The Lei family presided over the restoration of palace buildings for more than 2007 years, and their works and documents were listed in the Memory of the World Register by UNESCO in .

But is Chang Wei qualified?

Even in the new era, the Lei family was no longer someone that Chang Wei could invite, and they still built the imperial palace.

He also wants to invite Mr. Liang and Miss Lin.

Fortunately, he didn't want to make any major changes, and was content to just live comfortably.

The location of the hanging flower gate between the outer courtyard and the front courtyard is where the grandmothers in the courtyard often stay. Any stranger entering the courtyard cannot escape their eyes, which can provide security and also allow for gossip.

Seeing Chang Wei coming back, an old lady hurriedly asked, "Chang Wei, has the Jia family paid the money?"

Chang Wei hadn't received the payment certificate yet, but he had been to the street office today, so he naturally knew the inside story. He nodded and said, "It's paid. Jia Dongxu went to the street office early in the morning."

“When will it be ready?”

"About a week."

"Chang Wei, you are familiar with the street office, ask them to help and make it quicker."

"Aunt, what you said, let alone how much face I have, we have to follow the construction schedule of the main pipeline. Director Chen said that he will take care of us for a week."

The ladies on the porch ignored him and started discussing the issue of running water entering the hospital.

Chang Wei walked through the crowd and entered the yard. He saw the old carpenter sitting on the porch in front of his house to avoid the sun. The eldest sister Chang Da was holding the little girl and chatting with the old carpenter.

"Mr. Jin, I'm sorry to bother you."

"The boss is giving us a treat, but we can't say that."

Chang Wei walked over quickly and exchanged a few words, then pointed to the outer courtyard and said, "Come on, I'll take you to see the house first."

Walking through the crowd again, facing the scrutinizing gazes of the crowd, the old carpenter got goosebumps all over his body.

"There are too many idle people in the courtyard, please bear with me."

"It's all the same, it's all the same. It's the same thing going on in and out of my yard. If you don't let these old ladies gossip outside, they'll start making trouble at home."

Hearing these words, Chang Wei was amused. This old man was also an interesting person.

After entering the Moon Gate, Old Man Jin went to check the three back rooms himself. Chang Wei hid in the dark corner and calculated today's gains.

[Assisted in the capture of a thief, points +1, reward: 10 catties of lamb ribs, 1 catties of Lu'an melon slices].

[Assisted in capturing a thief, points +1, reward: 10 Big Black Tens, big wooden barrel].

[Assisted in the capture of a thief, points +1, reward: 10 kilograms of boiled peanuts, 10 Ningxia stone melons].

Chang Wei looked at the wooden barrel he had just been rewarded with in the system space, and couldn't help but miss the wooden barrel milk bath in his previous life.

Alas, I can never go up to the second floor again.

After Old Man Jin came out after a round, Chang Wei talked about his plan.

"Tear down the wall of the Moon Gate and move half of the room forward to build a wall, leaving the front and back doors of the outermost room."

Old man Jin immediately understood what meant and drew a sketch in his hand. This meant that the courtyard wall would be sealed off. If one wanted to enter the courtyard, one would have to go through the outermost back house.

Chang Wei was fed up with life in the slum, where there was no privacy at all. The polite ones would knock on the door, while those who were pretending to be crazy would just push the door open and walk in.

My eldest sister is a woman, so it’s better for her to cover up.

"Why don't you connect the rooms? It will be a pain to go in and out in the winter."

"There are two bedrooms. The middle one is connected to the outer room. The inner one is not connected and has a door to the yard. This one is for my niece. When she grows up, she needs to have her own room. If it is connected, it will be inconvenient for her to go in and out."

Old Man Jin nodded in understanding and started scribbling on the sketch.

"Check all the beams, columns and rafters, replace what needs to be replaced, re-lay the tiles, and paint the walls white."

Old Man Jin paced back and forth, looked up at the roof, tapped the pillars and listened to the sound for a while, then asked, "Are you not going to paste the ceiling?"

"It's too short, and the top is too depressing."

"The four rafters and the main pillars are not a big problem, but some rafters will definitely need to be replaced. Is the owner staying here temporarily or permanently?"

"Of course I live here permanently. It's hard to find a house these days."

"If you live here permanently, and if you have enough wood, it would be best to replace all the rafters. This house has leaked before, and the rafters are probably badly rotten."

“What if I still want wooden floors?”

"It is possible to change it, but I don't know if the boss has enough wood."

"Just tell me how much you want, and I'll find a way."

There is no such thing as a package deal for both labor and materials now. All are individual contractors. You can buy a small amount of cement and wood by getting a certificate from the street office. If you need more, you have to figure it out yourself.

"Wooden floors are fine, but they need dry wood, not freshly cut wood. Tung oil and varnish are also required."

Chang Wei has a headache.

Tung oil...this thing is still a controlled material!

Chang Da was trembling with fear when she heard this. She pulled Chang Wei's clothes and whispered, "No need for wooden flooring, just lay bricks."

Paving bricks means either marble tiles or large blue bricks.

Chang Wei motioned her not to worry about it and continued to talk to the old carpenter, "Please help me build a water trough in the northeast corner of the yard. I will bring in tap water and dig a long fish pond along the foot of the wall."

Chang Da was confused, "Brother, I don't raise fish."

"I caught a lot of fish and kept them in a pond. When I go to school, you can just catch them when you want to eat them."

Chang Wei explained, then turned to Old Man Jin and said, "Use wood to make railings around the pool, and make them denser. My sister and niece are still young and very naughty."

Old Man Jin smiled and nodded, then walked to the west wall and asked, "Is there a drainage ditch outside this wall?"

"There's a dark ditch."

"That's good."

Open ditches and underground ditches are used to discharge flood water and sewage during the rainy season. There were no sewers in old Beijing, and drainage was discharged into the east and west ditches and into the moat nearby through open and underground ditches. There were also many depressions in the city that could accumulate rainwater, such as Zhongchoushuitang, Dachuandian, Bingbuwa, Houshuipaozi, Qianhouniwa, Erlongkeng, Goutou, etc.

The wastewater after tap water enters the hospital is also connected to these open and underground drains.

Chang Wei thought for a moment, pointed to the northwest corner of the yard and said, "Can we build a bathhouse here? There's no need to build a pool. I'll find someone to build a big wooden barrel."

Chang Da's eyes suddenly lit up.

Taking a bath is too troublesome these days. Factories with the conditions have bathhouses and issue bathing tickets. Those without the conditions can only go to the bathhouse on the street. Needless to say, the conditions are naturally good, and being able to queue up is enough to make you satisfied.

It was common to take a bath once a month in winter. In summer, women would hide in the house and wipe their bodies with water in a large wooden basin. After Chang Wei took the large wooden basin out to sell fish, Yang Min beat him three times.

Old Man Jin finally quoted a wage of 80 yuan for a ten-day work period, with the employer providing lunch every day. Chang Wei agreed without hesitation.