Xu Manman put away the drawings and took out the envelope that she had prepared long ago from her purse and handed it over. Inside were 10 big unity tickets, which was the reward she had discussed with her cousin.
"Comrade Jin, I'm really sorry to bother you during this period. This is the payment for the blueprints. Once we confirm it with the elders, you may need to worry about the follow-up matters."
Xiao Jin waved his hand and declined. "Mr. Xu, you don't have to be so polite. Designing and renovating the yard is also my hobby. It's just a small effort. It's not worth it."
Chen Ming stuffed the envelope into his hand and said, "Zichu, take it. You've spent a lot of time on the drawings recently, and we can't let you work for nothing. Friendship is friendship, but the remuneration must be clearly determined. Otherwise, how can we ask you for help in the future?"
After that, Xiao Jin was naturally polite and only chose to accept the envelope out of helplessness.
Xu Manman nodded secretly after watching this. He was indeed the eldest son of her family. Look how much he understood the ways of the world and how natural his acting was.
"That's right, but Zichu, this yard project is quite a lot. Can you handle it?" Chen Ming asked.
"No problem. When I first built this yard, I also made some friends who could help me. I can just call them when the time comes."
Xu Manman thought, wasn't it Tongzi who took care of that yard alone?
However, if the yard really needs to be started, it will only take a few minutes to find a few helpers. After a while, a large number of educated youth will return to the city, and the most numerous force at that time will be young laborers.
After the matter came to an end, the brother and sister had dinner here before riding back on their bikes.
Before returning to school, Xu Manman sent the letter and drawings first. Although her family did not send the drawings, she still wrote a letter in advance to explain the matter so as not to catch them off guard.
She rode her bike to the teaching building as she had two Chinese classes tonight.
Find the seats of the third and fifth sisters and sit down in the empty seats next to them.
Yang Yang, who always wanted to chat with her non-stop at this time in the past, was very quiet today. Xu Manman couldn't help but look at him a few more times.
Yang Yang was holding a collection of poems and reading it seriously. Yang Yang and her second sister Cai Mei were both members of the literary club, so reading poetry collections was not strange, but her condition was obviously not right today.
Xu Manman looked carefully at "I Once Loved You".
Oh no, coupled with her rosy cheeks and miniature eyes, it is obvious that something is going on.
Xu Manman, who had eaten too much melon at the educated youth camp in the past, did not intend to go up and get to the bottom of it at this time. This dog food would eventually be fed to her mouth.
However, since ancient times, talented men and beautiful women, literary men are more attractive than rough men, and men and women who are engaged in literature seem to have more abundant emotions than people from other places.
She thought back to some unofficial history about modern poets that she had seen on the system before, and her expression couldn't help but twist. Love is really an abstract thing.
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In early June, the highest temperature in the south had exceeded 30 degrees Celsius, and it didn't get much cooler in the afternoon. Xu Lei walked into the house sweating profusely.
I took off my hat, went into the bathroom to wash my face, and then I felt a lot better.
Li Fang poked her head out of the kitchen and asked, "Why are you back so early today? Did you leave early?"
"No, I had a meeting today and it ended early. If there's nothing else, I'll go home first." Xu Lei wiped his hands and went back to the living room to pick up his briefcase. "Manman sent me a letter. It's a thick envelope. Did this girl send the money back?"
Upon hearing this, Li Fang immediately washed her hands, wiped them on her apron, and walked out of the kitchen. "Manman sent me a letter. Let me open it."
Xu Lei did not dare to challenge his wife's status in the family, so he handed the envelope over obediently.
Li Fang opened the letter and found a thick stack of paper inside besides the letter paper.
While his wife was reading the letter, Xu Lei unfolded the stack of papers. At first, he didn't pay much attention to it. He was involved in the construction of the military region at that time, so he could fully understand the architectural drawings. Therefore, he was more and more shocked the more he read.
"Manman said she knows a friend who saw someone else's bungalow yard had been renovated quite well, so she asked someone to help measure the dimensions of her own yard and draw up a blueprint for you and your second and third children to take a look and see if there's anything inappropriate. If so, she'll find someone to help redo the yard."
After Li Fang finished speaking, she looked at Xu Lei and said, "This is the blueprint, right? But this old yard has been left for so long, it really needs some tidying up. This kid is really thoughtful."
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