His house is three rows behind Zhu Yingying's house. The terrain is low, so building a new house there would require a lot of extra money.
After Zhu Yingying agreed, she took the initiative to find Director Lin at noon that day to discuss the matter of several families building a toilet together.
Director Lin has an elderly mother in her seventies who has great difficulty using the toilet and taking a bath. She has long wanted to build a toilet.
But they were reluctant to spend such a large sum of money, and they were also afraid of being accused of seeking special treatment.
With Zhou Qiqi taking the lead, and the three families building together, he immediately agreed without hesitation, and even took Zhou Qiqi to find a few households between the two families.
For such a small matter, since everyone was a military family member and a neighbor, Zhou Qiqi thoughtfully brought gifts such as canned goods and walnut cakes to their door, and everyone naturally nodded in agreement.
What's even more surprising is that some of these families had originally planned to build toilets.
After sitting down together and discussing it carefully, everyone agreed that each family would be responsible for the building materials, while the pipework costs would be shared among several families.
Hu Chunxiao, the daughter-in-law of one of the families, works at the Materials Bureau.
At this moment, Hu Chunxiao also walked out from the crowd and went straight to Qiu Chunfang to testify for Zhou Qiqi.
"No need to ask anymore, what she said is true! My house is right next to Director Lin's house. My house is also being built. The building materials were approved by the director of our factory. It was an internal price. The labor and materials only cost two hundred yuan!"
As soon as the price was announced, the onlookers fell silent.
If we're talking about spending a thousand yuan to build a toilet, then Zhou Qiqi definitely deserves criticism.
But at two hundred yuan, there's nothing to complain about.
Everyone's feelings shifted back to envy and jealousy.
Among the crowd, a military wife wearing a green shirt also became interested. She stepped forward with a hopeful expression and asked.
"Two hundred yuan? Two hundred yuan can build a toilet? Can you take my family with you? My family lives over there..."
Zhou Qiqi looked in the direction she was pointing and shook her head with a smile.
“Your house is on the lower left. If Aunt Qiu had agreed, the pipe would have gone through your house anyway. You wouldn’t have had to pay for the pipe itself. I would have covered everything. You would only have to pay for the materials, which would probably be less than two hundred yuan!”
As she spoke, she stuck out her tongue apologetically, glanced at Qiu Chunfang with a half-smile, and then continued.
"Unfortunately, we've now gone around to the right, taking a different sewage pipe, so it's not next to your house. If you want to build it, you'll have to figure it out yourself. Sorry!"
Building one yourself is no small expense, and the military wife in the green shirt felt her heart bleeding.
She glared at Qiu Chunfang resentfully and muttered, "You troublemaker!"
The other onlookers were now also starting to understand what was going on.
Qiu Chunfang sat at the gate of the courtyard all day yesterday, looking longingly in the direction of Zhou Qiqi's house from time to time, which everyone noticed.
She was probably waiting for Zhou Qiqi to beg her, but unexpectedly, Zhou Qiqi completely ignored her.
Moreover, by walking around her house on the other side, they not only solved the problem but also got a cheaper price!
Qiu Chunfang is purely doing harm to others without benefiting herself.
The military wife in the green shirt, along with several other wives from the surrounding area, were gathered together, pointing and gossiping about Qiu Chunfang's house, their faces full of dissatisfaction.
The other military wives who were watching all gave Zhou Qiqi a thumbs up and praised her.
"Commander Shen's new wife is really something! She knows how to save money and is very thrifty!"
"Yes, she's quick-witted and beautiful—that's exactly the kind of person who can subdue the living devil of our military region!"
......
Hu Chunxiao also thinks so.
She was the young military wife who, a few days ago, curiously asked in the middle of the compound when she could see the two "vixens."
She had believed the rumors before, but after actually meeting Zhou Qiqi yesterday, she found that Zhou Qiqi was kind and easy to get along with, so she apologized to Zhou Qiqi on the spot.
Now she walked confidently toward Zhou Qiqi and asked with concern.
"Alright, I'm going home now. I've hired two workers and we're ready to start work. You haven't hired any workers, so who's going to do all this work?"
"Here it comes!"
Zhou Qiqi smiled and pointed her finger into the distance.
A row of dashing soldiers were seen running towards her home with neat and powerful strides.
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