Xiaoqi actually slept until three o'clock.
It's almost like I fainted. I've been exercising too much recently.
When I woke up, my muscles were sore all over, I felt lazy and didn’t want to get up.
But I didn't feel comfortable sleeping anymore. I was sweating all over and the back of my head was wet.
She got up, went outside to wash her face in the sink, and then she woke up.
She didn't want to go to the bookstore or the library in the afternoon. It was neither too early nor too late. She cleaned the house yesterday and wanted to clean up her aunt's dormitory because the walls were black and greasy. She usually slept here, and her aunt was basically in the ward, and only came back occasionally for a nap.
Xiaoqi is an impatient person and wants to do something as soon as he thinks of it.
I washed my face but didn't apply any sunscreen or anything. In the summer, if you put anything on your face, it will be greasy and will become sticky after a while of sweating.
She simply wore a baseball cap, which was given to her by her school in her second year of high school for its centenary celebration. It had the words "No. 1 Middle School" written on it and was a red cap.
Wearing a hat, Xiaoqi went to three school supply stores at the school gate. She remembered that there were a lot of wall papers there, and many boarding students would also use posters and other things to cover their walls.
When we got there, only one shop was open. It had a small door and no lights on inside.
The other two were closed, probably because there wasn't much business during the summer vacation.
Xiaoqi knocked on the door and a young man stuck his head out, looking sleepy.
"I want to buy wallpaper. Do you have any?"
The young man rubbed his eyes and found that it was a little girl who came. She was wearing a particularly silly little red hat, but she looked very delicate. He nodded quickly and said yes.
But she was on the phone, talking on the phone: "Hey, Mom, Mom, where do you put that pile of paper on the wall? What? The pile that Dad said you bought to burn but no one wants? In the attic. Oh, I see."
Su Xiaoqi: ...
The young man hung up the phone and gave Xiao Qi a kind smile.
"Wait a minute, I'll get it for you right away."
I saw him climb up a small ladder and carry down a large pile of things.
There was a layer of dust on the outside, which had turned yellow and the corners were curled up, but if you pulled out the outermost piece of paper, you would see a milky white wallpaper with some dark patterns inside, which looked quite textured. Xiao Qi estimated the size of his aunt's dormitory and looked at the wallpaper, which was about one square meter per piece. He roughly calculated that if he wanted to paste them all up, he would probably have to put up the entire stack.
"How much are these?"
"How many do you want?"
The two spoke almost at the same time, and the young man was surprised, "You want them all? I'll ask later."
I heard the young man calling his mother again: "Mom, mom, how much is that paper? Not just one piece, all of it. Oh, the customer asked if it can be cheaper? Oh..."
After finishing the call, he looked up and smiled at Su Xiaoqi, "My mom said if you want it all, 198 yuan is the minimum, no less."
Xiaoqi doesn’t know the exact price, but he feels that the one near the school shouldn’t be too bad.
He nodded and was about to pay.
"Where do you live? I'll deliver it to you later. This pile of papers is quite heavy, weighing dozens of kilograms." asked the young man.
Xiao Qi looked at the papers and shook his head, "No thanks, little brother. I can carry it myself."
As she spoke, she still wrapped it with the outermost layer of paper, which had a rope on it. She picked it up, hugged it, and took away the whole stack of paper.
It looks like a light bale of cotton.
The young man rubbed his sore shoulders, which he had pretended to be strong when he took the paper just now. He looked confused as he watched the little girl easily enter the hospital gate.
Xiaoqi returned to his aunt's dormitory, first fetched a bucket of water, and wiped the wall with a clean rag. Because he had to go in and out, he took down the door curtain first and washed it while pouring water.
Lin Min's mother passed by and took a few glances, but didn't say anything and hurried out.
The basement was very quiet in the evening, and my aunt was working upstairs.
After wiping the walls, Xiaoqi started to put up wallpaper. She had never done this job before, but she knew that there was a transparent film behind the wallpaper, which could be peeled off and then pasted up.
Xiaoqi first moved the things beside the door and pasted them here first. The first one was a little crooked, and the second one was a little better. It was barely aligned with the first one. Well, it was also crooked, but it could be folded a little at the corner, so it didn't matter if it was crooked.
This job looks simple, but it is not easy to do. Xiao Qi was sweating after pasting wallpaper on one wall. He kept climbing up and down, bending over, and patting the wallpaper.
But the effect is very good, and it seems that the room has become brighter.
There is a bed in my aunt's dormitory, and there is a large cabinet at the end of the bed. I don't know where it was moved from. It is a red wooden cabinet. The paint has peeled a little, but it is very simple and there is a magpie carving on the cabinet door.
There is a long table opposite the bed, next to the window.
Xiao Qi was glad that he was stronger now, otherwise it would be really difficult to paste all the wallpapers. The wardrobe was not big, with double doors, but it was very heavy.
She moved the wardrobe, pasted wallpaper, moved the bed, pasted wallpaper, moved the table, and pasted wallpaper by herself. At first, the pasting was crooked, with some gaps or too many overlaps and bulges. Later, she was skilled at pasting it seamlessly. But it was indeed tiring work, and the little hair on the back of her head was soaked.
The work was still very hard, but when everything was pasted, Su Xiaoqi pushed the bed, wardrobe, and table back, sorted out the miscellaneous items, and put them in cardboard boxes. Because there was extra paper, she also pasted two cardboard boxes.
The room suddenly became bright, like a newly renovated house. She even papered the roof. The basement was not high, so she could just stand on the table to paper it. The whole room was covered with milky white wallpaper. The gentle color made the old wardrobe look gentle.
Xiaoqi also removed the glass on the table and put wallpaper under it, making it look much brighter and fresher.
After finishing everything, Xiao Qi lay down on the bed. He was so tired that he didn't want to move. He was breathing heavily, but he still felt happy.
She felt a sense of accomplishment as she was able to transform the dark basement into this state with less than two hundred dollars.
My aunt will definitely like it too.
The door curtain was a bright red fire phoenix-colored fabric, the kind popular at weddings in the 1980s. I don't know where my aunt got it.
Xiaoqi had just taken it down and washed it. Thinking it should be dry, he stood up again and went out to take in the door curtain hanging under the tree. After washing it, it was not as bright red, but there were no dark stains either. It was clean and fresh. After hanging it up again, he opened the window and there would be some convection air between the door and the window.
Xiaoqi washed the small jar that his father had taken down to store sauerkraut. The sauerkraut had been eaten long ago, and the empty jar was placed under the table.
I didn't go buy flowers at the moment, so I just broke off two branches from a lush tree in the yard.
I filled the jar with water, inserted the branches into it, and placed it on the table. The walls were milky white, the table was milky white, and there was an old black pottery jar with two green branches inserted on it.
The wind blowing in from the window with a red sill made the leaves of the trees tremble slightly.
The branches cast shadows on the table and the wall.
At this moment, Xiao Qi felt that the scene in front of him was very beautiful, and the whole house felt grand and elegant.
Seeing such a corner, she couldn't help but take a picture with her mobile phone.
A picture appeared on the phone.
White wall, black pot, green tree, shadow.
Xiaoqi, who is not used to posting on WeChat Moments yet, posted this picture for the first time.
I don't know how to add text, there is only one picture.
A little bit pretentious, a little nice.
"The host has independently completed the renovation of their home, improving their living environment and boosting their learning efficiency. I'm rewarding the host with a Silver Photography Card. Your current photography skills are at the Basic level. Using this card will upgrade you to the Entry level. Do you wish to use it?"
Hearing the familiar mechanical sound, although he didn't know what it was for, Xiao Qi nodded calmly: "Use it."
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