Movie Variety Show: Starting from a New World

The troops in Peiping were still withdrawing from the city in an orderly manner for reorganization, and the 104th Army in the city was also diligently maintaining order.

Zhao Cheng brought a carpenter to Courtyard No. 95.

"Hey, Officer Zhao, are you planning to renovate the house?" Yan Fugui has temporarily closed the store because business has been bad recently and is waiting for news at home.

"Well, I'm planning to move back. After all, it's not appropriate to always live in someone else's house." Zhao Cheng looked at Yan Fugui, took out a cigarette and handed it to him.

"Officer Zhao, I heard that your police station is also going to be reorganized and re-hired?" Yan Fugui looked around to see that there was no one around, walked up to Zhao Cheng and asked in a low voice.

"That's for sure! After all, we are all police officers from the old society. We definitely need to be re-examined before we can take up our posts! After all, this is a new world. What we need are people's police officers who serve the people!"

"And you? How was your inspection?"

"Me? I haven't started yet. I heard that we need to wait until the red side enters the city before we can start the renovation. Am I not as unemployed as you now?" Zhao Cheng spread his hands.

"Boss, I've already measured the dimensions. This house has a span of four rooms. I wonder how you want to renovate it?" The carpenter who came with Zhao Cheng had already measured the dimensions while Yan Fugui was chatting with Zhao Cheng.

"Change it into three large rooms! Build a four-meter kang in the innermost part, then put up a partition, and build a stove outside. Divide the stove into two layers according to the style of a stove. The lower layer is used for removing ash, and the upper layer can be used to burn coal or firewood. Use curtains to separate them. Make a living room in the middle, and convert the other side into a small warehouse. See if the walls can be reinforced, preferably to withstand earthquakes! Help me rebuild the windows and replace them with 15-centimeter glass, and change the doors to hidden locks. Repair the roof, and replace the tiles as soon as possible!" Zhao Cheng gestured back and forth in the room, and the carpenter quickly wrote down everything Zhao Cheng said, and even drew a sketch!

"Boss, it will cost you a lot of money to do this renovation," the carpenter said carefully.

"How much is it in total?" Zhao Cheng didn't care about the carpenter's little thoughts.

"According to this standard, it would cost at least eighty dollars! We don't accept gold yuan coupons or legal tender now!" said the carpenter after careful consideration.

"I'll give you fifty dollars first! And you can dig a cellar for me in this room. It doesn't have to be too big, three meters x five meters will do! But dig out a smaller one under the cellar and cover it with cement! Remember to use brick and stone structure!" Zhao Cheng whispered to the carpenter.

"Then add another twenty dollars, and I promise to make it clear for you!" The carpenter calculated the cost in his mind and finally said to Zhao Cheng.

"Okay, I'll give you 60 yuan as a deposit, and I'll give you the rest after you finish the decoration! Is that ok?" Zhao Cheng said.

"No problem, except for the dust maintenance fee you mentioned, everything else is fine! I guarantee it will be done for you!" said the carpenter.

"Okay, then go back and prepare! How long will it take to finish?" Zhao Cheng asked.

"It'll take at least twenty days! January 23rd of this year, I'll definitely have it done for you before mid-February!"

"That's it! Here's the money, take it!" Zhao Cheng handed over a roll of dollars.

The carpenter blew on them one by one and found that they were all real. He collected the money and followed Zhao Cheng out.

"Shopkeeper Yan, we'll be leaving first. Take this pack of cigarettes. My house is being renovated during this period, so please keep an eye on it!" Zhao Cheng handed the half-remaining pack of Hardmen to Yan Fugui and instructed him.

Zhao Cheng knew that Yan Fugui was known in later generations as someone who had to taste the saltiness of every dung cart passing by his door. If he didn't give him some benefits, the old man would definitely not even look at him.

As Yan Fugui got the cigarettes given by Zhao Cheng, his expression brightened visibly.

"Oh, Officer Zhao, you're too polite. I will definitely take good care of you!" Although he was polite in words, Yan Fugui's hands were not polite at all. He took the cigarette and put it directly into his pocket.

Zhao Cheng was not surprised. Instead, he patted Yan Fugui on the shoulder and left.

Yan Fugui watched Zhao Cheng and the carpenter walk out of the door and went home happily.

"Dad, what makes you so happy?" Aunt Yan asked curiously when she saw her old man's unconcealable smile.

"Zhao Cheng next door came back to renovate his house and asked me to help him look after it!" Yan Fugui said as he sat down on the chair.

"Are you happy like this when I ask you to look after him?"

"What do you know? Look, what is this?"

"Oh, Hardman! This is good cigarettes! Where did you get it?" Aunt Yan asked happily when she saw what her husband took out.

"Where else could it come from? Zhao Cheng gave it to me! If he doesn't give me cigarettes, how can I look after his house? What am I thinking?" Yan Fugui said leisurely.

"It has to be you, old man!" Aunt Yan sincerely admired her man's ability.

"Then you see! You can have enough food and clothes to eat, but you will be poor if you don't plan well!" Yan Fugui even sang in the tone of opera at the end.

Zhao Cheng ignored Yan Fugui's joy over half a pack of cigarettes. Now Zhao Cheng was in a bad mood because he was being pestered!

"Sister, can you please stop following me?" Zhao Cheng felt very strange when he saw Pingping following behind him.

Liu Rusi ran away, Shen Shichang died, but there are still other people in the Shen family! Although they are not in the Forbidden City, they can still be found! Why is Pingping following me instead of looking for them?

"You took my gun and everything else. How can I go find the lady by myself? And you also took the list. I can't find anyone, let alone the murderer for the lady. What should I do if I don't follow you?" Pingping said righteously.

"You can go find Liu Rusi! Isn't she in Nanjing? Don't tell me you can't find the way?" Zhao Cheng said with a wry smile.

"I'm a girl, I don't dare to go out so far by myself! And I can't find the way!" Pingping said a little sadly.

"No, then what are you thinking now? It's not a good idea for you to always follow me!" Zhao Cheng said.

"I don't care. I have nowhere to go now, so I have to follow you. Who told you to be so disrespectful to me?" Pingping blushed and was a little afraid to look at Zhao Cheng.

When Zhao Cheng saw Pingping's expression, he felt like the sky was falling!

"I'm curious, how old are you this year?" Zhao Cheng asked.

"I'm 19! What's wrong?" Pingping replied.

"Sister, I'm only 19! What does it mean for you to follow me? A child bride?" Zhao Cheng lamented, holding his forehead.

"It's not impossible." Pingping said in a low voice.

"What did you say?" Zhao Cheng was so busy lamenting his bad luck that he didn't hear Pingping's words, so he had no choice but to ask.

"Nothing, I'm just following you anyway! Don't even think about leaving me behind!"

"No, big sister, there's no point in you following me! I'm already staying at Xu Tian's house!"

"Then you can come with me to Dongjiao Minxiang. The title deed to the young lady's small Western-style building is with me. I still live there now!" Pingping was a little eager to try.

"What kind of bullshit are you talking about?" Zhao Cheng widened his eyes and looked at Pingping in disbelief.