181, Repair the House

181, Repair the House

It took them less than half a day to clean several rooms and the outside of the courtyard.

Just looking at the small courtyard with only a few rooms, Lu Mingfei was a little worried that they would freeze to death living here in the winter. Moreover, they didn't even have a toilet here, and they could only put a urine bucket in the house to solve their personal problems. You can imagine how it smells.

So, since everyone had just arrived today and hadn't moved in yet, Lu Mingfei discussed the renovation of the house with his new roommates. Pointing to an open space in a corner of the yard, he said to everyone, "There's still some space here. We can build a toilet and a bathroom here, which will be convenient for us to use for showering and going to the toilet in the future."

"It's really inconvenient not to have a toilet. I wonder if they will let us build a toilet here." Zhang Lingxuan is a clean person, and he really can't go to the toilet in the room where he sleeps.

Ye Zhuoran and Fu Boming also nodded.

"We can ask the manager who brought us here today. We can use our own money to get the things, and I don't think the academy will stop us." This is where they will live for the next three years, and Lu Mingfei also wants to take better care of it so that they can live more comfortably here.

As for the teachers in the academy, he thought they would not bother with such trivial matters. They only needed to take care of the dormitory supervisors.

Speaking of renovating the outside, Lu Mingfei also thought about the house they lived in. "When the time comes, we can also build a fireplace in the house to keep warm in the winter. Otherwise, the weather is getting colder. In another month, it will snow in Kyoto Prefecture. By then, it will be too cold to sleep in the house."

"I know a craftsman who can do this. If you don't mind, I'll find some craftsmen to fix the fireplaces in several rooms, and also build toilets and bathrooms."

"It's just that the water problem is a bit troublesome. I wonder if the academy can allow us to dig a well in the yard." Thinking about how far they had gone to get water just now, if there was no well in the yard, it would be difficult for them to take a bath here in the summer.

Maybe we could also build a kitchen? They don't cook here, but they boil water for bathing in the winter, and they can also boil some hot water and make some porridge here during normal times.

Looking at the environment where there is nothing here, Lu Mingfei suddenly missed their original era. Even though the high school he attended was a bit shabby, it had running water and a bathroom.

It's not like here now, with only a small courtyard and a few rooms, each with a bed and a table. His room even has a table, but the other three rooms don't even have a table. I don't know how the brothers who lived here before could live there.

"Digging a well here? I'm afraid it won't work." Fu Boming didn't expect that his junior brother wanted to dig a well in the Imperial College. He was really surprised by his junior brother's bold idea.

Zhang Lingxuan, however, said with a thoughtful look, "You can ask."

Lu Mingfei nodded. He also thought that they could negotiate. At worst, they could give the manager some money and he would turn a blind eye to such things. There is nothing in this world that cannot be done with money. If it can't be done, it must be because the money is not enough.

On this point, Lu Mingfei and Zhang Lingxuan both thought the same thing, both of them wanted to spend money to get things done.

After listening to everyone's discussion, Ye Zhuoran said only one sentence: "I will follow your arrangements." Then he took out his purse, took out a banknote from it and stuffed it into Lu Mingfei's pocket, "I'll pay for it."

"Count me in too." Zhang Lingxuan also took out his purse and took out a silver note and gave it to Lu Mingfei.

Fu Boming didn't give that much, but it was still several taels of silver.

Lu Mingfei, whose hands were stuffed with silver and banknotes, was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He returned the things to everyone and said to them, "You don't need so much silver. I'll pay for it first. I'll write a list of how much you need and then settle it with you."

"You can't be the only one to pay for it. Pay for mine first." Ye Zhuoran refused and stuffed the banknote in his hand to Lu Mingfei.

"I have to go to the bank to exchange the banknote for silver. It's too troublesome. Please take it back quickly." Lu Mingfei stuffed the banknote back to Ye Zhuoran.

In the end, after a lot of back-and-forth, Ye Zhuoran, Zhang Lingxuan, and Fu Boming each gave him five taels of silver, and he also contributed five taels, making the total twenty taels. Lu Mingfei didn't need the money, but he also knew that Zhang Lingxuan and Ye Zhuoran wouldn't take advantage of him in such a matter, so he let him pay for it all.

These two days are the days when the freshmen come to take the orientation course. Classes will start in two days. These two days are just enough time for them to clean up the yard.

After the four people discussed how to renovate the yard, they went together to find the manager who brought them here and gave him some silver to make arrangements.

When he returned that day, Lu Mingfei personally went to find the master craftsman who had been invited to their house to repair the yard.

Over the years, because of the fireplace drawings he gave him, the master craftsman has taken in several apprentices. Every year at this time, he takes his apprentices to repair fireplaces for people.

The other person had originally accepted the job, but when they saw it was him, and heard he wanted to build a few small fireplaces and two small houses in the Imperial College, the old master agreed without hesitation. When they heard he wanted to dig a well, the old master said he would help him find a well driller and go with him tomorrow.

The next morning, the master brought several apprentices and the well-drilling master to meet at the place they had agreed upon.

The gates of the Imperial College were guarded by gatekeepers, and without someone to lead the way, it was difficult for outsiders to get in. So Lu Mingfei could only personally lead the old masters and a few others to the Imperial College and bring them to the dormitory at the back.

It was just a small matter, and he could arrange it by himself, so he didn't ask Zhang Lingxuan, Ye Zhuoran and others to come together.

After arriving here, Lu Mingfei told the two masters their requirements.

"Okay, no problem. Don't worry, we will get it done for you." Upon hearing this, the old master agreed immediately and said that he would finish the work within one day.

"Thank you for your help. When you finish it, I will give you a big red envelope."

"Haha, okay."

Knowing that the work here would take some time to finish, Lu Mingfei didn't want to wait here, so he asked Zhang Qi to watch here while he walked around the Imperial College alone to familiarize himself with the place where he would study for the next three years.

Compared to the small private school they used to study in, the Imperial Academy is really big.

The Imperial College of this era was equivalent to the public universities of later generations and was the highest institution of learning of this era. The buildings here are very grand and majestic, and it is obvious that these buildings cost a lot of money to build.

However, there is only one such university in the country, and he thought the court should be willing to allocate some funds to the school.

He also encountered some people walking along the road wearing casual clothes like him. Lu Mingfei guessed that these people were probably freshmen like him. However, he didn't see any senior students wearing Taixue uniforms along the way. He thought that the senior students should be in the classroom at this time.

One thing I have to say is that the Imperial College is really huge.

Lu Mingfei didn't know where he was going until he saw a teacher giving a lecture in an open room with many students sitting inside. Seeing an empty seat in the back, he found one and sat down to listen to the teacher's lecture.

The classroom was quite crowded, and it felt a bit like the open classes in universities back in the day. A teacher was talking at the podium, and many students were listening. It was a very pleasant classroom atmosphere.

The teacher looked to be in his fifties, tall and thin, wearing a blue and white robe, a turban on his head, and had a beautiful beard.

Just with this dress and temperament, he looks like an immortal.

He glanced at the students listening to the lecture below. Everyone was sitting upright, looking at the teacher lecturing on the stage, listening attentively. No one was whispering to each other or sleeping on the ground.

Most of the students who can come to Taixue to study cherish the opportunity to study here, so no one will waste time studying here and miss such good teachers and the opportunity to learn knowledge.

After hearing this, Lu Mingfei gradually became absorbed in listening and forgot about time.

When the teacher finished his class and walked out, he saw people leaving in groups of three or four. He was shocked to realize that it was already noon. He quickly got up and followed the others out.

He didn't know any of the seniors on the road, and when he saw someone looking at him, he didn't know the other person, so he just gave them a polite smile.

However, the other party glanced at him and turned away with a calm expression.

"..." Lu Mingfei could only put away his smile with an embarrassed look, thinking to himself, I don’t know you and you don’t know me, there is nothing to be embarrassed about.

Everyone should be having lunch at noon, right? Lu Mingfei had been here yesterday, and he didn't know where the Imperial College cafeteria was. But he didn't know, but these senior students who had studied here for a few years should know, right?

With this speculation in mind, he followed the main force.

You're right, he actually found the cafeteria using this method.

That day he tried a lunch in the cafeteria of the Imperial College. The taste was average and the price was not cheap.

Lu Mingfei thought about how they would be studying here for the next few years. If the food in the cafeteria was expensive but tasted good, he could accept it. But it was so expensive, and the taste was just like this? He couldn't accept it.

Otherwise, go back and discuss with his mother, and arrange for someone to push a small cart to sell rice at the gate of the Imperial College? With the taste and price of their braised pork rice and the sesame cakes from his adoptive parents' house, selling them at the gate of the Imperial College should be very popular among the students here, right? Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, muah! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading