Quick Transmigration: When Can I Just Lay Down and Wait to Die?

When her neighbors came to visit Liu Yuxi, they told her to ask them for help if she needed anything. She expressed her gratitude and accepted the gifts they gave her, saying she would return them later. She explained that relationships need to be reciprocated to be maintained.

After the seven-day memorial service for the original owner's parents was completed, she went to the neighborhood office and found Director Yin, the director of the neighborhood office.

"Director Yin, I live alone now. The house hasn't been touched in decades. I'd like to renovate it, leaving only one main entrance, with all the other rooms accessible from inside. This would make it more convenient for me to live alone. What do you think?"

She showed Director Yin the floor plan she had drawn. After looking at it carefully, Director Yin said to her, "Okay, this will make things more convenient for you at home. I'll help you find the maintenance team from our neighborhood office in a bit, and we'll go take a look together."

"Thank you, Director Yin." "No need to thank me. If you encounter any difficulties in your life in the future, you can come to the neighborhood office to find me. You are still young, so don't be afraid if you encounter problems. We will help you deal with them." "Okay, Director Yin."

In the afternoon, Director Yin took Liu Yuxi to see Mr. Wang from the street office. The group went to Liu Yuxi's house to take a look, and then Mr. Wang said, "If the kitchen is to be connected, it needs to be rebuilt."

Liu Yuxi said, "That's fine. I want to seal up both of the original doors, leaving the upper half as windows." Master Wang looked at the main structure of the house and said that it was possible to do it that way.

Liu Yuxi then told him, "I want to build a kang (heated brick bed) in the bedroom and build a passage along the wall to connect to the stove, so that I won't have to burn coal when I sleep in winter, which is safer."

“That’s easy. I’ll add a partition at the entrance of the passage for you. In the summer, you can lower the partition so the kang (heated brick bed) won’t get hot.”

"Thank you, Master Wang. Could you please calculate the total cost including labor and materials? Also, I'm an only child, so I can't provide meals. Please include that in the wages as well."

Master Wang was writing and drawing on the paper when he looked up at Liu Yuxi and said, "If it's a package deal including labor and materials, it will cost 260 yuan. You can give me 10 yuan for meals, making it 270 yuan in total. The project will take about ten days. Is that okay?"

“Okay, I’ll move all the furniture out of my house tomorrow, and then I’ll go to live at the school. You can start work here the day after tomorrow.” “Alright, I’ll bring people over first thing the day after tomorrow.”

After thanking Director Yin and Master Wang, Liu Yuxi rushed to the school and told the teacher that her home was being renovated and she wanted to stay in the school dormitory for ten days.

So the teacher arranged a dormitory with an empty bed for her and told the other students there that she would stay there for a while.

After arranging everything, she rushed back to the courtyard house. In the evening, after everyone in the courtyard had left work, she went to talk to the others about the renovation.

The others offered to help her move tomorrow, putting her things in the yard so she wouldn't worry, as they would usually help look after them.

After thanking his neighbors, Liu Yuxi went home and packed up the bedding, clothes, books, and daily necessities he needed to take to school. The next morning, he delivered these items to the school and left them there. Then he returned home to move the furniture into the yard.

When the family members who weren't working in the courtyard saw Liu Yuxi taking things out of her room, they all came over to help her move. Liu Yuxi had saved some things to show everyone her capabilities, so she carried the large wardrobe out to the courtyard by herself.

Everyone in the courtyard was truly stunned. They never expected Liu Yuxi to be so strong, and they all asked her how they had never noticed how strong she was before.

Liu Yuxi lowered her head and said, "My parents used to tell me not to say I was strong. They said it wasn't good for a girl to be too strong. I just forgot."

Seeing her like this, the neighbors assumed she was thinking of her parents, so they comforted her, saying, "You're strong, what's wrong?" "Being strong means you're safe." "You can still do chores." "Being strong means you won't be bullied!"

Several children who were at home nearby exclaimed in amazement, "Wow, Aunt Yuxi is so amazing!" "Aunt Yuxi, can you lift me up?" Hearing the children's exclamations, everyone laughed! And that was the end of it.

After moving all her belongings to the middle of the yard, Aunt Wang brought out a piece of tarpaulin and covered everything with it so that they wouldn't get wet in the rain. She thanked her neighbors, tossed the keys to Aunt Liu, and went to school.

During those ten days, she returned to the courtyard twice, bringing some fruit candies with her. She would give two to anyone she met. She also studied diligently at school, and gradually, she adapted to the lifestyle of this era.

After the house was renovated, Liu Yuxi came back to take a look. The Mr. Wang introduced by the neighborhood office was indeed very skilled. The house was renovated exactly according to Liu Yuxi's requirements, and the details were done even better.

Liu Yuxi was very satisfied. He thanked Master Wang and gave him two packs of cigarettes. Master Wang did not refuse and said that he could come to him if there were any problems with the house in the future. After returning the keys to Liu Yuxi, he left with his men.

Then, with the help of the neighbors, all the furniture was moved into the house and rearranged according to Liu Yuxi's requirements. After everything was done, the house was indeed much brighter than before. Now, curtains will be installed on the windows, and the rest can be put away gradually.

After thanking all the neighbors, I told them that I was going to host a housewarming party with two tables this Sunday, but they all declined.

"Now that you're living alone, you have to be careful with your money." "Why are we having a banquet? Didn't we get candy the other day?" "Why would we need a banquet?" "You little girl, how can you live like this?"

Listening to her neighbors' words, Liu Yuxi was moved for the first time in this era. Perhaps she hadn't yet integrated her previous mindset into the story, so she couldn't empathize. But the help from her neighbors and the care from her teachers and classmates had truly made Liu Yuxi feel the simplicity and kindness of this era.

"We won't make a big fuss, just set up two tables and have everyone get together for a lively gathering, like a family reunion dinner in the whole courtyard."

Hearing her say that, everyone became interested. "Okay, then you don't need to do it yourself. Each of us will cook two dishes, and we can all get together for a meal. Consider it a housewarming party for you."

Unable to persuade her neighbors otherwise, Liu Yuxi finally agreed. However, she secretly resolved to prepare some impressive dishes.

These days everyone's short on oil and fat, so she plans to make a pot of braised pork belly, pure meat with nothing added, and take some offal from her space, saying it's cooked food bought from outside. She'll serve it to the men as a snack with their drinks, and also bring out a few roast ducks for each table. It might not be as authentic as Quanjude's, but these days, if there's meat to eat, no one will complain or nitpick.

Then take two more large fish, each weighing about ten pounds, from the space and say you traded them with the fisherman. Add to that the dishes provided by the neighbors, and this meal will surely be considered a feast for the next ten years or so.

When the people who had gone to work returned to the courtyard and learned of the news, they showed great interest, and everyone was eagerly anticipating Sunday!