On the second floor, Uncle Wang was sitting at the table, puffing on his hookah.
Like many people in the building, Uncle Wang’s children also live in a first-tier city and can only come back once a year during the Chinese New Year.
His wife died early, so now the old man lives alone.
In fact, Uncle Wang was not very happy about repairing the elevator.
He came a few times and was told that they didn't have to pay for the elevator, but he didn't need it. Last time, someone said that it would block his light.
The lighting was not very good to begin with, and now there is an elevator in front, which will definitely block a lot of light.
But since they had been neighbors for many years, he felt too embarrassed to ask for money.
Let me not talk about this, I just let it be repaired, but I still feel very uncomfortable.
So Uncle Wang has been unhappy recently.
There was a knock on the door. Uncle Wang stood up and opened it, saying, "Who is it? Come on, come on."
When he opened the door, Uncle Wang was a little surprised: "Xiao Zhou, when did you come back? Come on, come in and sit down."
Looking at what the other person had in his hand, Uncle Wang pretended to be angry and said, "Come on, bring whatever you want. I have plenty to eat and drink."
"Okay, I'll go get you a cup of tea. I have some good tea that someone gave me!"
Like Grandma Liu, these older generations are very enthusiastic towards young people and will treat them with all kinds of delicious food and drinks when they see them coming to their door.
Maybe it’s because their children are not around.
"Here, Uncle Wang. Don't bother me. I'll just sit for a while." Zhou Yi put the things he brought on the coffee table and said hurriedly.
Whenever you visit someone’s home, especially in this situation, it’s best to bring something with you.
As the saying goes, the more courtesy you give, the less blame you will get!
"Sitting for a while won't delay your tea time." Uncle Wang laughed.
Soon the tea was poured and served. After Zhou Yi took a sip, he asked cheerfully, "How is it? Good tea, isn't it?"
Of course, Mr. Zhou would not say that he was like a cow chewing a peony and could not taste it at all.
“Good tea, really good tea!”
Hmm...why do I always feel like I've said this somewhere?
"Xiao Zhou, last time I heard from your mom that you went to Jingzhou, how come you're back now? Did you find a job, or a partner?"
This series of deadly questions made Zhou almost spit out the tea in his mouth. He quickly said, "Oh, no, no, I came back for something."
After swallowing the tea, Zhou Yi said, "Uncle Wang, didn't we talk about this last time? Our building is going to have an elevator repaired."
"This is no small matter, so I thought about coming back to take a look."
"My mom told me you know more, so I wanted to ask you about the progress of our elevator and what the regulations are."
"So it's about this," Grandpa Wang said with a smile. "You even made a special trip. As for this elevator, well, the guy from the sixth floor told me a few days ago that it'll be fixed soon."
Hearing this, Zhou Yi frowned. Such a big thing was going to be repaired right away without any discussion?
"But Uncle Wang, didn't my mom mention the light and noise issues earlier? Why do you want to fix it now?"
Uncle Wang shook his head and said, "I don't know about that. Anyway, it's always been those kids on the fifth and sixth floors who are doing it."
Zhou Yi nodded, and then said, "Then has there been any mention of compensation for us low-level residents?"
"There really isn't any of this. It seems like there was no mention of this from the beginning when we started discussing building the elevator. They didn't even mention any compensation when they came to me."
"They told me not to worry, because they had already covered all the costs for repairing the elevator upstairs, and they would definitely not let the first and second floors pay for it."
Zhou Yi was a little puzzled when he heard this. Of course, he definitely wouldn't say this to Uncle Wang.
He was just curious about those people upstairs. Are they really stupid or just pretending to be stupid?
Those living downstairs don't have to pay for the elevator because they don't need it. Moreover, once the elevator is repaired, problems such as noise, lighting, and blocking the road will have to be solved. Have you never thought about compensation?
Zhou Yi felt that he didn’t necessarily need a certain amount of money, but this money represented your intention as neighbors!
You didn't even have this intention, and you asked us to agree to install an elevator for no reason. This is really unacceptable.
Uncle Wang didn't know much, so Zhou Yi planned to go to the property management company to ask. Although it was not the same property management company, he was familiar with the place.
However, while I was chatting with Uncle Wang, there was another knock on the door.
Uncle Wang said happily, "This is a great day. I'm an old man, but so many people are here to see me. That's great."
He joked as he stood up and opened the door.
Zhou Yi also smiled. Uncle Wang is not young, but he is in good spirits, which is very good.
Why do many children nowadays feel that their elders have really become children and always go against them?
Nothing is right, especially stubborn.
That’s actually because the old man has psychological problems.
Some people always think that providing their parents with food is providing for their retirement, so they bring the elderly to their side, but they don’t know anyone here and have no place to walk when they go out.
Young people like us will have psychological problems if we stay alone for a long time, let alone the elderly.
Uncle Wang had already opened the door and soon saw the person outside, a middle-aged man in his forties.
"Hey, Mingjun, you're here. Come in and sit down."
Zhou Yi also stood up to express his welcome, which was the most basic courtesy.
Uncle Wang brought his men in and started introducing them: "Mingjun, this is the boy from our first floor's old Zhou family, Zhou Yi, who is now in Jingzhou."
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