Chapter 147: Building a House
The house was more complicated than Huang Ling had imagined.
Zhou Huaiyi didn't let her go because he was afraid of danger, but she was still curious and went to see.
She had already witnessed Zhou Huaiyi's hands-on ability when he built a bathroom in her yard, but she didn't expect that he could also help build this big house.
He seems to be good at everything he does.
But she shook her head again, slapped her face, and despised herself.
It's not like he's good at everything! Just by handing her a brick, she started to imagine that he knows everything.
It’s not good to be in love.
But Zhou Huaiyi really cared about it, and he was a rigorous and stable person, so he had very high requirements for laying the foundation and using materials, and he did everything himself.
The house was built much faster than Huang Ling had imagined. There was no other way because there were too many people helping.
Not only did his comrades come to help, but people from the military family compound and Commander Feng also sent people to help.
That day, Huang Ling went to teach Commander Feng's child, and she and Huang Ling came to inspect in person.
"I really don't want you to confirm your relationship!" Commander Feng sighed.
"Hmm!" Huang Ling looked at Chief Feng with a question mark on her face, and felt a little panicked.
"If you guys weren't sure about your relationship, he would have to find a way to see you. My car has been repaired, my bicycle has been repaired, and my tables and chairs have been repaired. If you were any later, he would have built me a warehouse or a parking shed first. What a pity."
Huang Ling didn't dare laugh out loud in front of the chief, so she suppressed her laughter and replied, "Chief, you are quite humorous."
As soon as the leader arrived, everyone in the yard began to salute.
Zhou Huaiyi ran over, saluted, and whispered, "Commander, I'm sorry for disturbing you with such a small matter. This..."
"I know what you're going to say. I didn't use any personal connections. I applied according to the normal procedures. And it wasn't for you, it was for your parents."
"Thank you, Chief." Zhou Huaiyi felt relieved.
"Chief, please stay and have dumplings!" Zhou Huaiyi invited.
"No, I'm worried they won't have enough to eat here. I just came to check on their progress. It looks like they're doing pretty fast, so I'm relieved. I have to go back today."
"When the dumplings are cooked, I'll send some to the two children and aunt." Huang Ling continued.
"I'll ask them to come help me later and experience some life. It's not good for them to be used to a life of luxury."
When the two children heard that they were allowed to help, they ran away so fast.
This is more fun than doing exercises, and not as hard as physical training, so both of them work very hard.
There were too many people, so it was more convenient to eat dumplings than to cook. Plus, my uncle was good at it, so the food on the construction site was basically steamed buns, steamed stuffed buns, dumplings and soup, which were both filling and delicious.
It was the first time for the two children of high-ranking officials to sit on the brick pile and eat with their bowls in hand, and they ate happily.
Huang Ling sat on the steps holding a bowl. Zhou Huaiyi sat down next to her. Seeing that she hadn't picked up her chopsticks yet, he took her bowl and gave her the hot bowl in his hand.
"What's wrong? Why are you daydreaming?" he asked.
"It always feels unreal." Huang Ling looked at Zhou Huaiyi.
"I understand. This is a good idea, right?" Zhou Huaiyi showed his big white teeth to Huang Ling.
"I suddenly felt scared and thought I had a lively dream. As soon as I opened my eyes, I was gone. I was very excited when I first came here, but after playing for a few days, I found it boring and wanted to go back. But now, I don't want to go back..." Huang Ling said in a very low and vague voice.
"What do you mean by going back to...Changzhou?" Zhou Huaiyi didn't hear clearly and confirmed, "I want to...go back to Changzhou to work. You don't like Suzhou?"
Huang Ling shook her head: "I just miss home sometimes."
"Oh, don't worry. We can go back whenever you want. Just tell me and I will make the arrangements. If you miss your uncle and aunt, we can also bring them to live with us." Zhou Huaiyi answered very seriously.
"Well, okay! Let's eat quickly!" Huang Ling nodded and buried her head in eating dumplings. Then she realized that the two had exchanged bowls, so she scooped several more dumplings in her hand into Zhou Huaiyi's bowl.
"Uncle is still cooking. Give me the cold one and you can eat the hot one."
"That's fine. Oh, by the way, I didn't know it takes so many things to renovate a house. Do you have enough money?" Huang Ling came back to her senses.
"Isn't the box with you? Just open it and look at the passbook and you'll know."
"That's your personal belongings, how can I open it casually?"
"What's mine is yours. There's no such thing as personal property. I've given you the key, so feel free to open it and take a look."
Huang Ling smiled and shook her head.
"Okay! That's enough. There's still a lot left. I'm quite rich." Zhou Huaiyi looked proud.
"I told you you're fat and you're out of breath." Huang Ling laughed.
"Oh, you finally laughed. I was so scared just now that I couldn't even breathe. Our Xiaoling is a character who can do anything, she has never been depressed. I was scared to death." Zhou Huaiyi breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hey, Director Zhou, 'heaven and earth' isn't a compliment!"
"Okay, then I won't say it next time. I'm not educated."
The house repair here is in full swing, and Zhuang Chaoying is also repairing his house, but it is not in full swing, it is tiring.
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A month after finding the factory office, Zhuang Chaoying and Zhu Xiuyu went to see the factory office on time.
Originally, the director of the factory office wanted to fool people, but when he thought about the note signed by Zhu Xiu Yu in her hand, he panicked a little and reported the matter to the factory director and several deputy directors.
Among them was a deputy factory director who took over Zhao Hongbin’s father’s house. At that time, he was just a workshop director.
He still wanted to be the factory director and didn't want this matter to be affected, so he pushed it forward with all his might. After all, the house belonged to the factory, so it didn't matter who it was given to.
Finally, the factory came up with two solutions:
One is to add the time Zhao Hongbin's father waits in line to the time Zhuang Chaoying waits in line, so that a house can be arranged by the end of the year, but there will only be two rooms.
The second option is not to advance and wait according to Zhuang Chaoying's normal queue time, but you can get an extra room after your turn, but you have to wait another two years.
After discussing it, Zhuang Chaoying and Zhu Xiuyu both felt that it would be more cost-effective to have one more room, otherwise two rooms would still not be enough.
Anyway, they can afford to rent the house now. The owner and his family have settled in another place and will not take back the house. There will be no problem living there for another two years, so the two chose option 2.
Zhuang Chaoying discussed with the homeowner and neighbors and decided to build an additional room in the corridor between the two houses.
This corridor is originally used to store miscellaneous items, not as a passage. Its width is just enough to accommodate a large bed and some space for turning around.
Zhuang Chaoying promised to pay for all the renovations to the house, and when they moved out, the house would belong to both families, and they could use it for living or storing miscellaneous items.
For this place, Zhuang Chaoying added an extra ten yuan in rent to each family every year.
The landlord and the elderly couple next door were related, so they didn't care too much and agreed.
Zhu Xiu Yu originally thought that the couple would live in the inner room, and then replace one of the single beds in the outer room with a bunk bed for the three children to live in. This way they would not have to pay for an additional room, but Zhuang Chao Ying decisively refused.
He didn't tell the reason, but Zhu Xiuyu knew in her heart that Zhuang Chaoying didn't want to lower Tuanan's living standards.
Maybe he was also afraid of Huang Ling. He was afraid that if they occupied Tuanan's room, Huang Ling would come and make trouble and pour a bucket of urine on him.
Therefore, Zhu Xiu Yu did not insist and agreed to the plan of building another house. No matter what, her and her son's lives would be greatly improved, so that was enough.
They had no one to help, but fortunately Zhu Xiu Yu was capable, and there were three young boys who helped to move things around, so a room was built.
Zhu Xiu Yu and Zhao Hong Bin moved in directly without any ceremony.
Zhu Xiu Yu's aunt gave her a set of quilt covers with red wedding characters on them. After putting them on, she felt a bit festive.
Now that Zhuang Chaoying had someone to take care of her, she felt her life was becoming smoother.
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