Chapter 616 Ostrich

Tan Chen can make the decision on this point.

He had mentioned this to Shang Ruoting during their casual chat: the Chinese New Year was just a few days away, and if the tenants here weren't so unruly, there would be no problem letting them stay until he renovated the house.

"Yes, we plan to renovate the yard after the New Year, and we will notify you in advance when we move in."

The tenant said gratefully: "Thank you, I will definitely not delay your house renovation when the time comes."

Old Lady Shang walked around the yard and pointed to the room to the west of the main house and said, "That's the room I used to live in. My father bought me a parrot to cheer me up and hung it on the pillar in front of the door.

And this pillar, my father repaints it every few years, so the courtyard always has a festive atmosphere."

Shang Lifeng walked up to his old mother with a smile and said, "Mom, I'll buy you a parrot when the time comes."

Old Lady Shang laughed and said, "Forget it. I'm already old, how can I still play with a parrot like a child?"

Chen Shurong also came over.

"Mom, everyone says that when you get old, you become like a child again. You've had a hard life these past few decades. Now that you're in your old age, you should really enjoy yourself."

Old Mrs. Shang didn't say anything else. She continued to look around the yard, lost in her memories.

Everyone accompanied Old Lady Shang around in circles until they left around noon.

The family's life returned to peace again.

A few days later, Tan Chen also signed the contract for the renovation of the guesthouse.

The total cost of the project was 50,000 yuan. Tan Chen took advantage of the fact that he was not busy these few days and locked himself in the house to make design drawings and prepare a budget.

Now, he has a lot of decoration projects with signed formal contracts, and he is afraid that the manpower originally from Sihe Village is far from enough.

At present, most of the useful people in Sihe Village have been recruited by him, so it is probably impossible to find people in Sihe Village again.

It is convenient to hire people in the capital, but on the one hand, we have to consider that we don’t know the people here well. On the other hand, when we first met Mayor Cui, he vaguely mentioned that he hoped Tan Chen could help the folks in the surrounding villages more.

Thinking of this, Tan Chen went to the post office and sent a telegram to Zhang Wenfu, asking him to find Zhao Fa or Deputy Captain Wang and ask them to lead them to other villages in Liuhe Commune to find some villagers who are skilled in bricklaying and carpentry.

After the New Year, I brought them to Beijing to work.

After everything was explained, Tan Chen went to the home of a client who had almost signed a contract to renovate a courtyard house to take measurements, intending to draw the renovation drawings before school started.

When we arrived at the last customer's home that day, the family was talking to two ostriches in the yard.

"Old Liu, who is so talented that he actually gave me two black things as gifts? Can I eat them or keep them?"

"That's right, Dad. Judging from the sound of the creature, it's clearly a cub. It would be a shame to eat it."

"What do you know? They say this is an ostrich. They brought it back from abroad. They say it can grow big."

"Tsk tsk, even if it can grow up, how can you really keep it?"

Tan Chen knocked lightly on the door to indicate that he was here.

Old Liu turned his head and saw that it was Tan Chen, and he immediately and warmly invited him in.

"Hello, Brother Liu, I'm here to measure the yard."

As Tan Chen spoke, his eyes were fixed on the two ostriches.

Old Liu laughed and said, "Comrade Tan Chen, someone gave me two ostriches, and we were just wondering what to do with them!"

Tan Chen had heard the conversation between the few people a long time ago. He could tell that the Liu family was not very interested in the two ostrich chicks, and had no intention of raising or eating them.

"Brother Liu, if you don't know what to do with these two ostriches, why not sell them to me?"

My wife’s space can even support seafood, so I guess these two rare species are no problem at all.

When Old Liu heard that Tan Chen wanted to buy the two ostriches, he immediately became excited.

"It doesn't matter whether you buy it or not, just take it home if you like it."

Anyway, their family didn't know how to accommodate these two "little monsters", so they might as well do Tan Chen a favor and move up the renovation period of their own home.

Tan Chen has no intention of taking advantage of others.

"Brother Liu, I sincerely want to buy this ostrich. You must accept the money."

Seeing that Tan Chen was quite determined, Old Liu said, "In that case, just give me some money, it doesn't have to be too much."

Tan Chen thought for a moment, took out two big unity notes from his pocket and handed them to Lao Liu.

After all, there is no clear price for ostriches at the moment, and they are two baby birds, so Tan Chen thinks twenty yuan is just right.