The middle-aged women who were chatting idly simply watched as Jia Dongxu was taken away by the bald man; not one of them tried to stop him.
It is only right to pay back debts; they have no reason to stop people.
Moreover, Jia Dongxu's reputation is now extremely bad, and the older women are hoping he'll suffer some kind of punishment.
What the older women didn't know was that Jia Dongxu, after being taken away this time, didn't return for several days.
On the other side, the steel rolling mill.
Seeing that there was nothing much going on in the cafeteria, Chen Jun left work more than half an hour early.
It wasn't that he was being lazy; he just had important things to do.
Riding his bicycle to the street office, Chen Jun went straight to Director Wang's office.
"Director Wang!"
Upon entering the room, Chen Jun placed a bag of apples on Director Wang's desk.
These apples were obtained through system check-ins, and they are all in excellent condition. Just placing them on the desk fills the entire office with a pleasant fragrance.
Director Wang looked at the apple with some surprise: "Chen Jun, where did you buy this apple? It looks really beautiful."
"I asked a friend to bring it from Shandong Province."
Chen Jun made up a reason on the spot, and then revealed the purpose of his trip.
He wants to buy some bricks.
Now that he has bought the Jia family's house, he plans to renovate it thoroughly, not only to completely repair the roof, but also to demolish and rebuild the stove and other structures.
Although the Jia family only has one room, it is not small and can be quite nice if it is properly cleaned up. However, the Jia family is too lazy to spend money to clean it up again.
So Chen Jun wanted to renovate it into a one-bedroom apartment.
"Are you trying to steal the newly bought house?" Director Wang asked.
Speaking of this house, Director Wang has heard some news. First, Jia Dongxu sold it to Yi Zhonghai, then Yi Zhonghai came to the street office to hire a renovation team, and then Jia Dongxu bought the house back in just two days, using the street office's renovation team.
But not long after, the house fell into Chen Jun's hands again.
That's why Director Wang reminded Chen Jun: "Jia Dongxu won't come back, right? Don't let him want to buy the house back after you've finished cleaning it up."
Major renovations to a house are very expensive, and Director Wang was worried that Chen Jun would suffer losses in the process.
Chen Jun smiled and shook his head: "It's written in black and white, and there's no use in Jia Dongxu going back on his word unless he can come up with a price that satisfies me."
have to!
Seeing that Chen Jun had already made up his mind, Director Chen took a note from his drawer.
"You've come at just the right time. They're demolishing the old city wall in the south, and there are plenty of old blue bricks coming off. If you want some, just take a note and go buy them."
Blue bricks from the city wall?
Chen Jun raised an eyebrow in surprise: "Is it expensive?"
In Chen Jun's subconscious, these things were old items, not worth much money, but still much more expensive than ordinary bricks.
I just want to add a wall inside the house, but it can't be too expensive.
He may have a lot of money, but he's not stupid.
"It's not expensive, just 1.5 yuan per truck, including delivery to the yard," Director Wang replied.
The piles of blue bricks were almost as big as a mountain, so the price was naturally very cheap. They were sold for whatever price was offered, with one dollar and fifty cents going to the donkey carts and porters.
"Wow, that's so cheap!"
Chen Jun narrowed his eyes, planning to add a heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed-stove) to the existing wall. This would not only keep the house very warm in winter, but also provide a place to cook.
After taking the note, Chen Jun returned to the courtyard house.
The note was handed to Captain Jia.
"Besides adding a wall, I'd also like to build a heated kang (traditional Chinese bed). I wonder if Captain Jia can do that?"
"A heated kang (traditional Chinese bed), that's definitely no problem!"
Captain Jia became interested as soon as he heard this, and pulled Chen Jun into the house, then clearly arranged the positions of the kang (heated brick bed) and the fireplace.
"I'm not bragging, but last year I built eight or nine heated brick beds in Beijing, and everyone who used them said they were great."
"It's just that the price is a little high, but it's definitely worth the money." Captain Jia was very confident in his skills.
“There’s a reason why it’s expensive. I don’t know much about heated brick beds, but I do know how to respect the technology. Captain Jia, you can rest assured and get it done,” Chen Jun replied with a smile.
"Well, Director Chen, you'll just have to wait and see."
After saying that, Captain Jia went to get busy drawing.
Chen Jun had just returned home when he saw Lin Yao riding her bicycle back to the backyard.
Seeing that Chen Jun had already left work, Lin Yao parked her car and ran over excitedly.
"Brother, my sister-in-law wants to eat steamed buns with braised pork filling."
Chen Jun reached out and flicked Lin Yao on the forehead: "Is it your sister-in-law who wants to eat it, or do you want to eat it?"
"They're all the same, they're all the same!" Lin Yao said, clinging to Chen Jun's arm affectionately.
Ever since Chen Jun got married, Wang Xia has forbidden Lin Yao from going to Chen Jun's new house without permission.
Therefore, Lin Yao had far fewer opportunities to act coquettishly towards Chen Jun.
"Okay, tonight we'll have braised pork buns and tomato and egg soup." Chen Jun said, taking out some money from his pocket and stuffing it into Lin Yao's hand: "Now I'm giving you a task: go buy some tomatoes and bring back a few candied hawthorns while you're at it."
"Understood!"
Lin Yao happily accepted the money, then pushed her women's bicycle out the door.
Braised pork is inherently fragrant and delicious.
The steamed buns made with braised pork were incredibly fragrant, filling the entire courtyard with their aroma.
Xu Damao, that shameless fellow, brought a piece of cured meat to the door and exchanged it for four large steamed buns.
His wife, Hou Guifang, is due to give birth in a little over a month, and currently, Xu Damao will buy her whatever she wants to eat.
Xu Damao has put in a lot of effort for this child.
"What are you looking at? I won't give it to you no matter how much you look!"
In the courtyard, Xu Damao spotted Banggeng squatting there.
Jia Dongxu was taken away by the bald man, and Qin Huairu had not yet returned home from the hospital, leaving Banggeng wandering alone in the courtyard.
He skipped breakfast and ate a cornbread at Elder San's house for lunch. Now he's craving the aroma of braised pork buns.
Despite his young age, he was quite sensible and knew that something had happened at home. So when he saw Xu Damao holding four big steamed buns, he didn't dare to rush up and snatch them.
"Tui~tui~tui!"
Banggeng used words instead of his hands, launching a few spittle attacks at Xu Damao.
Xu Damao was too lazy to argue with a child, so he turned around and went back into the house.
Witnessing this scene, the second aunt couldn't help but ask Liu Haizhong, "Honey, when is Qin Huairu coming home?"
"Her son is left unattended in the yard; we don't want him to starve and die."
Liu Haizhong said without looking up, "Why bother so much? They're not our kids."
"Oh dear, it's because he's too young, and then this whole thing happened at home. Oh, and Jia Dongxu got taken away by that bald guy again." Auntie Er told Liu Haizhong what happened that afternoon.
Liu Haizhong waved his hand dismissively: "We won't get involved in Jia Dongxu's affairs. He can figure out how to pay off his gambling debts himself. Um... Qin Huairu won't be discharged from the hospital until tomorrow. Go and deliver some cornbread to Jia Zhuangxian."
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