Chapter 258 I help you build a house, you help me catch lobsters

"Hahaha, kid, why do you act like you've been abused and have nothing to eat all day long?"

"She and her little brother are two extremes. One won't go anywhere and is fine with just eating white rice, while the other will go everywhere and her eyes light up when she sees food."

Huang Xiu Lian stood up and walked over, saying with a smile.

"Aunt, don't say that to me in front of Chen Hui."

"How can I maintain my image like this?"

Huang Wenqian felt a little embarrassed, so she pushed Huang Xiulian back and asked, "Where's my dad?"

"They're chatting over there, come over."

"I'm not going! I'm going to wait here for lobster porridge!"

"Hey!"

Huang Xiu Lian smiled helplessly and went over to invite everyone in the living room to come over and drink porridge.

There wasn't much porridge today, only one bowl per person, but everyone was still very satisfied.

Huang Xiulian looked at Chen Hui and asked with a smile:
"Chen Hui, are you busy this afternoon?"

"If you're not busy, I'll go buy some groceries. Can you stay home for dinner?"

This isn't staying to eat, it's clearly staying to cook.

Chen Hui complained in his heart.

He said with an embarrassed look on his face, "I really have something to do this afternoon. My house collapsed and I am planning to rebuild it. The day after tomorrow is the day for groundbreaking. I was out at sea these days and didn't make any preparations for the groundbreaking."

"Did your house collapse?"

"I'm telling you, the last time I saw it, I thought it was about to fall."

Huang Wenqian's high-pitched speech was interrupted by a look from her father Huang Baisheng. She stuck out her tongue and said, "That's not what I meant!"

"It's okay. It's indeed not very strong. It collapsed after five or six days of heavy rain." Chen Hui said with a smile.

"Are you going to reinforce it this time? Or something else?" He Juanjuan asked.

"No, they have all been demolished and the ground has been leveled."

"Building a house from scratch involves a lot of things!" Chen Hui emphasized again.

"Ah?! Then what's your lucky day?"

"On the second day of next month, which is the day after tomorrow."

"Oh, that's done. How long will it take to complete it?"

He Juanjuan looks very worried.

Chen Hui looked at Huang Xiu Lian who was sitting on the other side in confusion.

"I told her about the time you made me some brocade shrimp, and she wanted you to go find some for her, too."

"You want to build a house now, so when will you have time?" Huang Xiu Lian explained.

It turned out to be the case.

Chen Hui immediately understood why He Juanjuan was so enthusiastic in helping him sell all the shrimps.

If you build up some favorability first and then make a request, it will be difficult for you to refuse.

"Brother, which construction team did you find? Tell me so I can see if I can understand." He Juanjuan asked.

"Yes, yes, yes. Which construction team did you find?"

"If you don't choose the right one, you will be cheated. Not only will you spend more money, but the work will not be good enough!" Huang Xiu Lian echoed.

"They work very slowly! The fastest ones take a month, while the slow ones may take three months!" This is what He Juanjuan focuses on.

"Construction team?!"

Chen Hui didn't expect that this would exist now.

It seems that I have seriously underestimated this era.

"You're planning to build a brick house, right? Not the adobe and wooden house we used to build, right?"

"Then who will you ask to lay the foundation? Who will you ask to tie the steel bars? Who will you ask to pour the beams? Who will you ask to lay the bricks? Who will you ask to apply the cement?" He Juanjuan asked.

Chen Hui thought about it and soon understood.

Not to mention that I don’t understand these things, even the people in the village don’t really understand them.

The people in the second team can be used as the main labor force to build adobe houses. If you want to build a modern and better house, you have to find professionals to do the professional work.

I immediately smiled and asked, "Sister Juanjuan, can you recommend a good construction team to me?"

"You've found the right person. Her husband is in this business," said Huang Baisheng.

Chen Hui's eyes quickly swept between him and Huang Xiu Lian.

These brother and sister look really alike. Huang Wenqian probably looks more like her mother.

"Chen Hui, I'll arrange a construction team for you!"

"We don't make money from you, we just charge you as a master's fee, and we guarantee that the work will be done quickly and well." said He Juanjuan.

"Then what!?"

Chen Hui knew that there must be a price behind such a good thing.

"You are responsible for catching me a splendid shrimp. It can't be smaller than the one you gave her last time."

He Juanjuan said this, raising her chin and walking towards Huang Xiulian.

"Sister Juanjuan, I'm just a fisherman, I'm not the Dragon King."

"The ocean is so vast that it's not easy to find lobsters!"

"They only want the rare Splendid Shrimp, and they only want the big ones. Isn't this like looking for a needle in a haystack?" Chen Hui shook his head with a wry smile.

Her request can only be fulfilled later when the breeding is done.

"I remember you said the same thing last time! And then? The mission was completed very well!"

"You must have confidence in yourself and in your luck!" said He Juanjuan.

Chen Hui smiled in his heart, thinking, you are CPUing me!
He said with an embarrassed look on his face: "I have confidence in my own strength and luck, but confidence is useless in this matter!"

"Hey! Just agree to it first."

"Wait until she finds someone to help you build the house. If she can't catch shrimp, she can't do anything to you."

Huang Xiu Lian stretched out her arm and patted Chen Hui, anxious to give him some advice.

Chen Hui shook his head and said seriously:

"That won't work! We have to agree if we can do it, and we have to tell the truth if we can't do it!"

"Building a house is a big expense, so you should spend as much as you should. Don't cheat people just to save a little money!"

Huang Xiulian was just joking and thought that Chen Hui would make a few jokes based on what she said.

I didn't expect him to be so serious about matters of principle.

I felt even more guilty when I thought about how I had doubted him just now.

He gave a thumbs up and said, "You are a good boy!"

"Hey! Every time I make a request, he rejects me!"

"Every time he rejects me, it's so reasonable that it makes me feel inappropriate to be angry."

He Juanjuan sighed and said helplessly:
"Then let me help you contact the construction team and have my husband personally supervise the work for you!"

"This way you don't have to stay at the construction site every day. You can use your time to find lobsters for me. As long as they are big, any lobster will do!"

After He Juanjuan finished speaking, she asked again without waiting for Chen Hui to speak: "Is this okay?"

"Is the construction team expensive? How much does it cost?"

Chen Hui was cautious. After all, his initial budget did not include much spending on construction workers.

"It's hard for me to answer your question!"

"How large an area do you plan to cover? How many floors will it have? Do you have the design drawings?" He Juanjuan asked.

Chen Hui and An Wenjing looked at each other and shook their heads in tacit understanding.

"I do have the design drawings, but I didn't bring them with me."

"As for the area, I haven't really calculated it." An Wenjing said.

"How about this, I'll bring my husband to your house tomorrow."

"I'll measure the area, look at your drawings, and calculate the approximate cost based on your requirements." said He Juanjuan.

(End of this chapter)