Chapter 27 Repair
Entered the backyard.

Yu Zhiyuan pointed at the roof of his house and the old lady's house and said, "The tiles need to be replaced. Last winter, when I was raking snow, I saw a lot of broken tiles. Please replace them."

Master Ma wrote it down in his notebook with a short pencil, nodded, and then put the pencil under his right ear.

After entering the house, Yu Zhiyuan pointed to the ground and said, "I want to lay all the floor tiles. Do you have any recommendations?"

As Master Ma took notes, he said, "I received some terrazzo a while ago. It's gray. Do you want to use it? 8 cents a piece."

"Okay, that's it. Then I'll have a study room in the room where my mother used to live."

The two went to the kitchen again. Master Ma looked at Yu Zhiyuan's stove and then looked around Yu Zhiyuan's house.

"I bought a set of earth heating some time ago, which includes a pressure gauge, water tank, and temperature controller. The water temperature controller is imported and can be used by plugging in electricity. Do you want it? Your stove can bring it."

"how much is it?"

"Eighty with a radiator."

"For the Azuchi heating, don't I have to bring in tap water? It's easy to bring in, but if the water is not done well, it will taste bad in the summer."

"Then take me to the back wall and have a look."

The two of them left the compound and went to the back alley to take a look.

Master Ma found the underground drainage ditch and said, "You can use a ceramic pipe to drain the water. Leave a larger angle so that there will be no smell."

"So there's no problem with the drainage? Then add two more toilets and we'll be done at once."

The two returned to Yu Zhiyuan's home and raised the ceiling, walls, and bathroom by 20 centimeters because of drainage problems.

I went to the old lady's house again and looked at the heating area and the bathroom next to it.

"Master Ma, I just want it to be strong and safe. Cement is needed to build walls and pools. I am responsible for the cement and the water pipes. It must be safe."

After Yu Zhiyuan finished speaking, he took Master Ma to the alley next to the ear room and asked him to build an earthen stove for cooking in the summer.

All these add up to three hundred, not counting the meal plus forty.

Construction will start on March 15th and be completed before April.

This is mason money.

Then, Yu Zhiyuan pointed out the carpentry work to be done: "A bookcase 1.5 meters wide and 1.8 meters high in the study, a lower cabinet and an upper cabinet for the museum shelves in the living room, two lower shoe cabinets, a wardrobe in the middle, and a wardrobe for quilts on the top. Good materials must be used."

The two bargained for a long time and the total price was five hundred yuan.

Master Ma also built four feeding troughs for Yu Zhiyuan, each half a meter wide, forty centimeters high, and one and a half meters long.

"Renovate the house I live in first, I will move to the west room, then the living room, and then the west room." Yu Zhiyuan said again.

Then I confirmed it with Master Ma and paid the deposit.

With the deposit paid, Yu Zhiyuan began his busy life.

Tonghui River in the morning, then go to work.

Go to the street office to apply for a certificate for tap water access, and then go to the water plant to complete the procedures for installing a water meter.

Trivial yet essential.

After dinner that day, Yu Zhiyuan brought Qiaoqiao and knocked on Yi Zhonghai's door.

"Zhiyuan is here, come in and sit down. Qiaoqiao, go find grandma, she has some snacks."

Yu Zhiyuan walked into the room, sat down, and lit a cigarette for Yi Zhonghai.

"Uncle, Xuemei is pregnant again, and it's been more than three months. My old house hasn't been tidied up for many years. I want to clean up the house before the baby is born."

"It would be nice to clean up the house after having a new baby. Is this a problem of where to live?"

"That's not the case. I had planned to move into the small wing when the weather warmed up. I wanted Xuemei and Qiaoqiao to keep the old lady company. I was also worried that she was in her late period and she would get worried if I wasn't around. So we just renovated one room at a time."

"That's fine, but you just have to carry more things back and forth."

"I came here tonight mainly because I don't have enough money, so I wanted to borrow some from you. I borrowed a hundred from my master at noon."

"How much do you need? Ask your aunt to get it."

"Two hundred, maybe. I can pay you back by next year's National Day!"

"There's no rush. Just give me two hundred yuan."

"Uncle, how about I write you an IOU first?"

Yi Zhonghai waved his hand: "No, it's not worth it."

"You have to spend a lot, right? You have to consider your own financial situation." Yi Zhonghai asked again. "Originally, it didn't cost that much, but later I saw a local heater and I liked it, so I changed it. Then I put running water into the house and drained it, so it didn't exceed the budget." Yu Zhiyuan sighed as he spoke.

"I just wanted to fix it right away, but I didn't expect it to exceed the limit by a lot!" Yu Zhiyuan said again.

"Okay, you can live here for more than ten years after repairing it. It's fine as long as it is repaired properly once." After saying that, Yi Zhonghai handed the money to Yu Zhiyuan.

The two chatted about things at the factory, and then Yu Zhiyuan got up and left with Qiaoqiao.

Yu Zhiyuan borrowed the factory's cart to carry the cement, water pipes, and large and torn rainproof cloth that he had paid for back to the courtyard.

I cut a piece of tarpaulin, wrapped up the chicken manure in the alley, poured water on it and fermented it.

After Yu Zhiyuan and Yang Xuemei vacated the bedroom, Master Ma also brought his men to start renovating the house.

Yu Zhiyuan and Yang Xuemei took leave and rode their bikes to the train station with the mother and daughter.

The square in front of the station is now olive green, and I finally found my father-in-law and his family.

Looking at Yang Zhijun's happy face, Yu Zhiyuan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Work hard and write more letters home. Don't worry, Zhiqiang and I are here for you."

As they were called to gather and prepare to enter the station, everyone hugged Yang Zhijun before watching him enter the station.

Yu Zhiyuan sent his father-in-law and his family away again.

Yu Zhiyuan rode his bike with his mother and daughter to Jiaodaokou, and the family of three went to a photo studio.

Yu Zhiyuan left behind his first image in this world.

It is also the first family portrait of the whole family.

Yu Zhiyuan and Yang Xuemei kept moving furniture and changing rooms.

The calendar is also till the end of March.

The house has been completely renovated.

After putting the new furniture and the desk made by his second uncle into the house, Yu Zhiyuan paid the remaining balance.

Start cleaning the house and washing the thick clothes that have been taken off and changed.

After everything at home was on track, Yu Zhiyuan began to work slowly.

I caught up with the early Sunday morning, tied up my basket and took my shovel to the Tonghui River. While fishing, I dug up the river mud in the shallow water and threw it onto the shore.

When most of the fish have been caught, put the soil into baskets and pull them home. It takes four trips back and forth to get enough river mud.

Mix the soil and fermented chicken manure evenly and place it under your windowsill.

He hurried to his father-in-law's house to get the vegetable seedlings.

There were only a few vegetable seedlings in total, but Yu Zhiyuan was really exhausted!

After the seedlings were planted, Yu Zhiyuan was sitting on a small stool in front of the door, smoking and feeling the spring breeze, when he saw Sha Zhu walking into the backyard with a smile on his face.

"You look so happy, is there something good?"

"Yeah. My brother will go get a letter of introduction tomorrow and prepare for the marriage. The wedding will be held later."

"That's fast enough. Congratulations, Brother Zhuzi. I hope you can achieve your goal soon."

"I'm so happy that I came to chat with you. What did you find? Vegetable seedlings?"

"Grow some vegetables. My wife is pregnant now. Give her and her mother something fresh to eat in the summer."

"You are really capable of making a fuss. What are they?"

Yu Zhiyuan pointed to the troughs where the vegetables were grown and listed them one by one: "Tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, cucumbers."

"Okay, have you ever grown vegetables?"

"I can take care of these few Qiaoqiao."

Yu Zhiyuan pointed at the tarpaulin next to him and said, "It's too cold at night, so let's cover it with the tarpaulin and let it go during the day. How about that? I've thought of everything, right?"

"That's great. I think everything will be fine now! I'll prepare two dishes and drink some later."

"It's okay to have a drink. Do you have any good food? Is it enough for the whole family?"

"Just add one more thing and it'll be over!"

"Wait for me here! Okay, wait."

After saying that, Yu Zhiyuan went back to the house to wash his hands, went to the ear room and took out two dried salted fish and handed them to Sha Zhu.

(End of this chapter)