The two discussed for a while and finally decided on the salary. He Xiaotian went into the house and took a hundred yuan and gave it to Master Niu.
"Master Niu, I know that building materials must be prepared first. This is one hundred yuan, which is the initial deposit. When the construction is halfway done, I will give you another one hundred yuan. After the completion, I will pay the remaining one hundred yuan. Money. But I hope you can be faster."
Master Niu didn't expect He Xiaotian to be so arrogant. He had already paid the deposit before he mentioned that he would need to pay a deposit to buy the building materials himself. "I will definitely do it quickly. But will your family provide food?"
This made He Xiaotian frown. When Master Niu saw it, he immediately explained, "It's to meet the construction deadline, but we all bring our own food stamps and money. Some workers are not from Nanluoguxiang, and it wastes time to come and go." And they only give us one meal for lunch.”
This is the situation now. Even if you work in a factory, you have to buy meal stamps, and the meal stamps include food stamps.
"Oh, then I'll let my niece cook it for you." He Xiaotian also understood that food stamps are now rationed per person every month. Who can afford it? Building a house cannot be done in a day or two. "Well, Master Niu, how many days will it take for me to complete the construction?"
"According to what you said, I'm afraid it will take a month at the earliest. The speed of building the wall is very fast, but there are too many chores. Our construction team can only spare five people to work for you, so..."
"Okay, just one month." He Xiaotian can understand this. After all, He Xiaotian's family doesn't need a construction team in the whole street, and other families have to deal with small things.
After the matter was settled, He Xiaotian sent Master Niu away.
"Xiaotian, has the matter been settled?" Liu Xia asked He Yuzhu when she saw He Xiaotian coming to his room.
"Well, it's settled. It will cost four hundred yuan and it will take a month to build it." He Xiaotian explained.
"Four hundred yuan?" The old lady's eyebrows twitched. "You idiot, have you been cheated?"
"Old lady, I'm not deceived. Bricks, tiles, wood, etc. all need to be prepared. I'm afraid these alone will cost more than a hundred yuan." He Xiaotian also calculated that the building materials would probably cost more than a hundred yuan, and five Personal labor is almost the same price in a month. In fact, He Xiaotian had underestimated the cost of transporting these building materials to the courtyard.
"Oh, that's it. Even so, four hundred yuan is still too high." Money is very valuable nowadays, and it is really not easy for ordinary people to come up with four hundred yuan.
"Yu Yu, from now on you will cook lunch for the construction team members."
"What? We still have food for our family?" The old lady was dissatisfied again. This is not just a day or two, it is a month! Who has so many food stamps?
"Old lady, I prepare my own food stamps and money. The rainwater is only used to cook a meal for me. But I guess they should bring food and vegetables directly."
"That's pretty much it." The old lady felt relieved after hearing He Xiaotian's explanation.
He Xiaotian was not disgusted by the old lady's behavior. If she did not regard herself as a family member, the old lady would not be so nervous.
"But let's not be stingy about the rain. Aren't you and Yan Fugui going out fishing? Stew a fish for others every day. If it's not enough, buy it from Yan Fugui. Although Master Niu said it will take a month, we are not satisfied with the construction. The better the team members are, the faster they will work."
"Oh, I know." Yuyu agreed. This time the old lady didn't say anything, because she knew that fish was free of charge and it was cheap.
While they were talking lively here, there was a knock on the door outside. It turned out that someone from the police station came to deliver the case closing report and receipt. At first, the watch tickets and milk powder tickets were taken back by the police comrades because they were to be used as evidence.
"Comrade He Xiaotian, this is the case closing report. Please sign here. Here are the bills and three dollars you lost."
He Xiaotian signed and accepted the bill and three yuan. "Please come and smoke." He Xiaotian handed over a cigarette.
"Thank you." The police comrade took the cigarette, collected the case report and left.
"You idiot, I haven't asked yet. Why did this stickie come back?" At this time, the old lady also remembered that the stickie came back.
Originally He Xiaotian didn't want to explain, but when the old lady asked, he thought it would be better to explain. "Old lady, Qin Huairu asked Deputy Director Li of our factory to intercede. But she also promised not to have anything to do with our family anymore." Although he explained, He Xiaotian still didn't want Yuyu to know the dirty things here. Dirty things. "It's raining, it's getting late, let's go cook."
Master Niu was really fast and brought the bricks here early in the morning. "Xiao He, your place is not big, I can only use a little luck."
"Master Niu, I still can't trust you? Just do what you want. This is my niece, He Yuyu. I will leave the cooking for you to her in the future."
"Okay, okay, I'll bring the corn noodles and potatoes in a minute. I'm going to bother you again."
"No trouble, no trouble."
Everyone who has to go to work has to go to work. He Xiaotian takes Liu Xia to work by bike.
"Xiaotian, I just thought about it. I'd better live in the dormitory this month. The house I'm building at home will definitely be messy. The old lady still insists on sleeping with me. Her legs and feet are not very good. She will bump into each other again. It’s not a big deal.”
He Xiaotian thought about it and agreed. "Okay. Looking at the situation today, there will definitely be no room for anyone in the house. You will be staying in the dormitory and someone will accompany you, so I can rest assured." The courtyard was full of building materials today, and He Xiaotian was even more afraid of Liu Xia bumping into them. "I'll send you a change of clothes in the evening." If Liu Xia didn't live in the same dormitory with others, He Xiaozhen would have wanted to move over and live with her.
The steel rolling mill is also building employee dormitories and family buildings. In fact, it is Tongzilou. There is heating inside. So He Xiaotian found Secretary Zhao and wanted to buy some heating pipes and radiators.
This matter was not a big deal, so Secretary Zhao directly approved the note. Earth heating can burn coal or wood, so the boiler needs to be specific. He Xiaotian drew a drawing and came to find Liu Haizhong.
"Huh? Guangtian has entered the factory too?" As soon as He Xiaotian entered the workshop, he saw Liu Guangtian was there.
"Yes, Yan Jiefang and I entered the factory together. I was assigned to my father's workshop. I don't know which workshop I was assigned to when Jiefang was assigned."
"Work hard and try to surpass your dad as soon as possible."
Liu Haizhong used waste materials to build a boiler during his break. Naturally, He Xiaotian also had to pay for these scraps. Busy and busy, more than twenty days have passed. The courtyard also has a new look.
