When she arrived at the courtyard, the people there already knew she was a police officer because of what happened that morning, so they were much warmer towards her.
Several older women even pulled her aside and started asking her questions, seemingly unable to believe that a young girl like her could become a police officer.
Some even went so far as to ask if the police station was hiring, saying that their daughters were also unemployed.
Su He's ears were practically burning from all the back and forth.
In the end, Lin Jingyan pulled her away under the pretext of going back to cook, and she was finally freed.
However, they ran into Sister Kong again not far away.
Su He instinctively wanted to greet her, but only received a glare in return.
She found it all puzzling and couldn't be bothered to pay any attention.
However, Sister Kong was now gritting her teeth, feeling that she had been tricked.
He silently cursed a few times, planning to isolate her unilaterally from now on.
However, Su He didn't care.
The two of them cooked dinner together that evening. After eating, since it was still early, they went to sit in the courtyard for a while. After all, they had already moved in, and most of the people living in the courtyard were Lin Jingyan's colleagues. They couldn't be too isolated, so they had to try to get to know each other.
There were already quite a few people sitting in the courtyard, and they all looked over curiously when they saw them come out.
Su He stopped abruptly, afraid of being questioned further, but fortunately, Grandpa Niu spoke up at that moment.
"Xiao Lin and Xiao Su are here. Perfect timing. Let's talk about the water and electricity bills."
The old man in the courtyard didn't have much power, but he wasn't insignificant either. Although he wasn't officially employed, he was appointed by the neighborhood committee and was responsible not only for managing the people and affairs of the courtyard but also for paying the monthly water and electricity bills.
The water and electricity bills were paid on a per-district basis, meaning they were treated as a whole, and the amount of water and electricity used was added up to a whole number.
In this way, the family with more members will use more, and other families will inevitably feel that they are being taken advantage of. So at this time, an old man is needed to step in and mediate.
Grandpa Niu is a fairly fair old man.
Previously, the fees managed by the old man were distributed per household, meaning that regardless of how many people were in each household, the money was divided equally, which caused dissatisfaction among everyone and led to many problems.
When Grandpa Niu took office, he changed the rule. Electricity fees were divided by room. If a house had two rooms, it would cost two shares, and if it had only one room, it would cost one share. Water fees were calculated per person, with more people paying more.
This algorithm has gained some acceptance, although some people still feel it's unfair that it's used less, but overall, people are satisfied.
Su He's family consists of two people and two rooms, so each of them only needs to contribute two portions.
They didn't have any objections and agreed to start paying next month.
After saying that, Grandpa Niu explained the rules of their courtyard to them.
There aren't really any rules, just things like peaceful coexistence and not occupying public land.
Both of them agreed.
After discussing the two of them, everyone started talking about other things.
Just then, Zheng, the wife of Chen, from the east wing, asked Ren, the wife of Huang, from the west wing.
"Old Ren, what's your mistress's decision? Has she found a job yet? Is she really going to go to the countryside?"
When she heard her ask this, Aunt Ren's face turned pale. "I'm still looking. It's hard to find a job these days. I've asked around at the factory, but there's no news about hiring. Other companies aren't hiring either. I'll have to wait a little longer."
"Oh, we'd better hurry."
Aunt Zheng said with feigned concern, "Tell me about your family, why were you so biased before? You gave the job to the eldest son, bought a temporary job for the second son, but the third son got nothing."
Aunt Ren's face darkened further upon hearing this. "What nonsense are you talking about? How are we being biased? It's just that we can't find it!"
"Tsk tsk," Aunt Zheng pursed her lips. Although she didn't say anything, her attitude made Aunt Ren very angry. Just as she was about to say something, Uncle Niu stopped her.
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