He was made to lie down, the acupuncture needles were inserted and left for half an hour, and then a prescription was written for him. "Take this prescription to the Chinese medicine pharmacy to get the medicine. Drink it for three days, twice a day, after meals. During the period of taking the medicine, you cannot eat spicy food and you cannot have sex. You will be fine after three days."
"Dr. Li, I'd like to ask, after taking this medicine, how much will it increase the duration of our time?" Wang Chong'an asked, a little embarrassed.
"Everyone's constitution is different, so the time required to increase it will vary. Based on my pulse diagnosis, I believe I can increase it to more than 20 minutes for you."
Wang Chong'an immediately chuckled upon hearing this. "Dr. Li, I work at the post office near Jianguomen. You can come find me there if you need anything." He then took out 5 yuan from his pocket and placed it on the table. "This is the consultation fee. Please keep it. I'll be going now." Then he walked towards the door.
Li Chu didn't stand on ceremony and stood up, saying, "Comrade Wang, if you have any problems in the future, you can come to me anytime."
"Okay, please wait." After saying that, he opened the door and left.
Li Chu put the money on the table into his pocket. Earning money with his own skills was not shameful.
Ding Qiunan returned shortly after the man left, without saying much. She continued to ask him questions. Li Chu taught her very diligently.
After get off work, Li Chu went to the cafeteria to eat something before going home.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw Uncle San sitting at his door. "Uncle San, have you eaten?"
"Hey, Dr. Li, you're off work!" After saying that, she walked up to him and whispered, "Dr. Li, I wasn't home last night. When I came back, I heard that you and Sha Zhu had a conflict?"
"Hi, it's just a little misunderstanding, nothing to worry about."
Yan Bugui chuckled and said, "I heard you threw Shazhu into the yard with one hand. I didn't realize you were so strong, you look so thin."
"It's nothing. If I didn't have some skills, I wouldn't have dared to go out and practice medicine with my master a few years ago!"
"That's...that's..."
The two chatted idly for a while longer when they heard someone enter through the door. Turning around, they saw it was Boss Fu. "Comrade Li, I'm here."
"And who is this?" Yan Bugui asked.
“My room is in a bit of a mess, so I asked this comrade to come and tidy it up for me. He’ll come over tonight to discuss the specifics with me.”
"Oh, I heard your aunt mention it today."
"Uncle, please sit down first. We'll go inside first." Then he said to Boss Fu, "Come on, Comrade Fu, let's go inside and talk."
Fu Laoda nodded to Yan Bugui and followed Li Chu into the house.
Yan Bugui sat there, his eyes darting around, wondering if he could gain some advantage.
After the two entered the house, Li Chu asked Boss Fu to sit down first. He poured him a glass of water and then sat down at the table.
The eldest son of the wealthy family didn't waste any time and took out his own drawing to explain it to Li Chu.
The explanation was very detailed, and the drawing perfectly matched Li Chu's expectations.
Finally, Boss Fu said to Li Chu, "If you're going to build a second floor, you'll need to dig down a bit from the ground floor, which is the current ground level. You don't need to dig the main room area, just the inner room floor. This way, the height will be higher. If you don't dig, either the ground floor will be low or the upper floor will be low. It won't be comfortable for people to stay inside. You can't dig much, about four or five inches will be enough."
Li Chu thought for a moment, "Okay, we'll do it your way. But the waterproofing and moisture-proofing must be done well. Also, we'll be opening two skylights upstairs, and those need to be leak-proofed too."
"Don't worry about that, we have a lot of experience in this, we guarantee your satisfaction. By the way, Comrade Li, how are you going to handle the ground preparations?"
"I'd like to plaster the floor with cement, what do you think?"
"Sure, but I can't get my hands on cement. We can get things like sand, bricks, and timber."
"I'll figure out the cement myself. You can provide all the other materials. Just calculate how much cement I need."
The eldest son of the wealthy family stood up, walked around the house twice, and told Li Chu the price.
Li Chu nodded: "Okay, I'll bring the cement back later. I'll cover the rest of the materials. How much will it cost in total? And how long will it take to finish?"
After silently calculating for a while, the eldest son of the wealthy family asked, "Comrade Li, do you need us to make the furniture?"
"I don't need furniture." Li Chu didn't plan to make any furniture. He wanted to go to the trust store to look around and buy some furniture made of good materials. Even if it was old, he could just put a coat of paint on it.
"If you don't need furniture, you can just give us 300 yuan for the materials. As for the labor costs, you can decide how much to pay us."
Li Chu shook his head: "No, you should name a number."
The eldest son hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll call my second and third sons, and find two more friends. With more people, we can finish faster. It should only take about half a month, and we can move in in 20 days at most. You can pay us 50 yuan per day, but you have to provide us with lunch. What do you think?"
It's normal to provide lunch for someone who's hiring work, but Li Chu had nowhere to work. After thinking for a moment, he said, "How about this, I'll give you 450 for the materials, labor, and lunch. You'll have to figure out how to take care of your own lunch. What do you think?"
The eldest son was overjoyed when he heard this. He told his wife to cook lunch at home and bring it over, which would earn him a good amount from this job. He readily agreed.
Li Chu added, "I can pay you less, but you must do a good job! Don't skimp on the work or the materials."
Boss Fu hurriedly waved his hand: "No way, don't worry about the job, I'll definitely do it perfectly for you, just you wait and see." Boss Fu didn't intend to cut corners on this job. Not to mention anything else, just Li Chu's sister, the deputy director of the street office, had him completely under her thumb. If he offended her, he wouldn't be able to get any more work in this area in the future.
Li Chu took out a stack of 10-yuan bills from his pocket, counted out 30 bills and handed them to Boss Fu, "This is 300. Count them. You can pay the rest after you finish the job."
The eldest son took the money, counted it, and put it in his pocket. "Of course, of course. Comrade Li, when would you like to begin?"
"Let's start tomorrow at noon. Come over after lunch and we'll begin."
"Okay, a few of us will come over tomorrow at noon. I'll head over now."
Li Chu saw him to the door, then returned to pack his own belongings.
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