The one who came here on the tricycle was Tan Wenji's grandmother. The old lady had no other hobbies, and usually liked to have the nanny ride the tricycle and pull her around.
Li Cheng heard from Tan Wenji that her grandmother had already changed three tricycles and had four nannies. But this old lady, who looked extremely kind, had once fought against the Japanese on horseback and with a rifle.
Recently, there has been a sudden trend in the retirement home where the old lady lives: building a utility room in the courtyard of the old lady's house. After the first one was built, the second one looked good and built one too. Then, the third and fourth one---
Tan Wenji's grandmother was the last one to leave. She was used to being frugal and refused to spend money on materials. Instead, she wandered around the city with her nanny all day, picking up two bricks today and half a tile tomorrow.
Seeing that she was having fun, her family did not stop her. They thought that building a utility room was a small matter, but if the old lady was unhappy, it was a big deal.
Today, Li Cheng called Tan Wenjie and said that he had a large number of bricks and asked Tan Wenjie to ask her grandmother if she was interested.
As a result, only half an hour later, the old lady came sitting on the tricycle and directing the nanny to come over.
After Li Cheng helped her off the tricycle, the old lady looked at Li Cheng and said, "The young man is not bad looking, he is more than a good match for our Wen Ji."
Li Cheng quickly said, "Grandma, your Wen Ji doesn't like me."
The old lady was stunned for a moment, then said: "This girl is blind."
Li Cheng was stunned for a moment, thinking that the old lady was quite decisive. Just as he was about to help her, the old lady waved her hand and said, "No need to help, I'm very agile! Tell me, where is your brick?"
Li Cheng pointed to the gap and said, "I'll ask someone to help you..."
Before he could finish, the old lady said, "No, just the two of us will do."
Li Cheng looked at the nanny and found that she also had a bitter smile on her face.
When the nanny followed the old lady towards the gap, Li Cheng waved to the foreman who was looking over here, and the foreman ran over with a cigarette in his mouth.
"Go, send two people to help the old lady remove the bricks."
The foreman was stunned for a moment, and Li Cheng said again: "Removing bricks, do you understand? Remove the bricks from the wall one by one."
The foreman understood, threw the cigarette butt on the ground, and quickly went to his men.
On the other side of the gap, the uniformed soldiers saw an old lady and a middle-aged woman coming over, and they didn't understand what was going on. But when they saw Li Cheng talking to the old lady, they thought the old lady was the reinforcement Li Cheng had called in.
But this old lady is so old, and she came here on a very old tricycle. How can she make us withdraw our troops?
Just as they were daydreaming, the old lady came over with the nanny.
The old lady came over and looked at the gap and said, "Well, not bad, not bad. Better than the ones I picked up."
At this time, the black-faced man asked, "Old man, what can I do for you?"
The old lady glanced at him and said with a smile, "Oh, you are guarding the gate here! You don't need to watch it now. Go to a cool place and rest for a while."
When these people in uniform heard the old lady say that they were gatekeepers, they immediately looked at each other and thought, do we look so much like gatekeepers because of what we wear?
Seeing that the old lady had already started to pick up bricks, the dark-faced man became anxious and asked, "Old lady, what are you doing?"
"Pick up bricks."
"What are you picking up bricks for?"
"Build a house."
The black-faced man was stunned and thought to himself, could this old lady be mentally ill?
Looking at the nanny again, she had already started to remove the bricks from the gap. The dark-faced man quickly asked, "What are you doing?"
The nanny said nothing and glanced at the old lady.
The old lady looked up at the dark-faced man and said, "Why, is this brick yours?"
The black-faced man shook his head and said, "No."
"Is that yours?" the old lady said, pointing at the other people.
Those people also quickly shook their heads.
The old lady was relieved and said, "I told you, my granddaughter wouldn't lie to me. This brick belongs to her colleague."
The nanny started to remove the bricks again, and two people from the construction team came to help.
At this time, the dark-faced man couldn't stand it anymore. He pointed at the nanny and said, "Stop, stop, stop, don't tear it down. And you two, why are you here to join in the fun?"
As the dark-faced man spoke, the old lady was squatting on the ground sorting the bricks. When she heard him ask someone to stop, she suddenly said, "Just tear it down. We have to collect enough bricks to build the house today."
When the dark-faced man heard this, he went up and pushed the construction team member, then said, "Do you think we are stupid? He brought in the elderly to help tear down the wall, so he thought we dared not intervene, right?"
The worker stopped, and the nanny looked at the old lady and said, "Chief, we are not allowed to take the bricks here."
The old lady stood up, looked at the dark-faced man and said, "I'll ask you again, is this brick yours?"
The nanny's call of "Chief" just now had already confused the dark-faced man, and the old lady's murderous words now made him even more panicked.
He looked at his colleagues behind him, then asked the nanny, "You just called her the leader. What kind of leader is she?"
The nanny shook her head and said, "I don't know what kind of leader she is. I only know that the director would salute her and say hello to her when he saw her."
"Director? Director of what?"
"The retirement home, the one on Xinhe Road..."
The dark-faced man was confused, wondering how he had offended the people there. He knew that there were only ten families living in the retirement home, and it was said that the youngest one was also a division-level official.
"You can't afford to offend them, just leave now." The black-faced man turned around, waved, and left with his men.
When he passed by Li Cheng, he whispered, "You're so cruel to find this old lady to take the blame for you."
Li Cheng didn't say much, just smiled at him. The dark-faced man was indignant and was about to say something when he heard a call from the intercom...
The black-faced man listened and decided to let him go back, so he got in the car with his men and left. However, before leaving, he shouted from behind the car window: "I don't believe you can let an old lady help you tear down the entire wall."
Li Cheng waved at him and said "goodbye" politely.
At this time, Li Cheng's phone rang. It was Meng Jianghong calling. After answering, Meng Jianghong said, "The Urban Management Bureau has just been established, and the poor chairs are all old. You asked me to give them two computers, but I only gave them one. They said they don't care about it anymore. I can just go to them to file a case after I finish it."
Li Cheng hung up the phone and thought that a computer would do. When this place opens in the future, there will be a lot of people coming and going, and it will definitely trouble them.
Seeing the old lady about to move the bricks, Li Cheng quickly ran towards her, shouting, "Grandma, don't move, I'll do it..."
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