It had to be said that time could indeed change many things.
It had only been more than a month since Jia Dongxu's death, and the waves caused by this incident had calmed down.
Every family was busy with their lives.
And the name Jia Dongxu gradually disappeared from the mouths of the residents of the Siheyuan!
Perhaps only the Jia family was still silently licking their wounds.
Today was the weekend, and Hua Ma was preparing to renovate and renovate his house.
Ma Hua had been nagging about the problem of this house countless times before he got married.
But this happened one after another.
In the beginning, Ma Hua was willing but unable to do so. Later on, Lu Ge's pregnancy had to be postponed.
Now that the child was more than two months old, Ma Hua planned to settle this matter before winter arrived.
Ma Hua was eating breakfast at the moment. He glanced at the three side dishes on the table, including meat and vegetables.
Ma Hua looked at his wife feeding the baby gently and smiled at her."
"Wife, I plan to renovate the house next door and then renovate our house.
After all, the maintenance of this house was too simple!”
Lu Ge asked worriedly,"
"Don't you need a sandstone ticket to repair a house? Our family doesn't seem to have many!"
When Ma Hua heard this, he put down the bowl in his hand and wiped his mouth."
" Just because we don't have it doesn't mean that the organization that contracted the project doesn't have it. As the saying goes,'Snakes have their own paths, and mice have their own paths.'"
Those who made a living out of construction would not lack this thing!”
Lu Ge placed the child in the cradle that Ma Hua had hired. He walked to the dining table and sat down.
" I'm afraid that the cost is not small. This money…"
Ma Hua smiled and held his wife's hand, comforting her,"
"You don't have to worry about this money. Although our family isn't considered a wealthy family, we're not nervous either.
Before I got married, I made a lot of money by making banquets for the countryside.
Adding on this year's salary, it was enough!”
Lu Ge was still slightly worried when he heard that. He said to Ma Hua,
"But this way, our family will be hollowed out. If we need money in the future, we'll really be hard-pressed!
Moreover, the child was still young and did not need that house for the time being.
Besides, the place we live in is just a little old, so there's no need to renovate it.
Why don't we put this matter aside for the future?"
Ma Hua understood what his wife meant and asked mysteriously,"
"Wife, do you know how much money I can earn by going to the countryside?”
Lu Ge listened to Ma Hua's question and immediately thought for a moment before making a hand gesture and saying,"
"Two?"
Ma Hua didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He pressed down his wife's hand gesture and asked with a smile,"
"Two? Do you think I would go to the countryside and waste my time and energy for two yuan?
At least that's how much I can pay for one trip!"
Ma Hua opened up five fingers and waved them in front of Lu Ge.
Lu Ge was a little surprised when he heard that. He asked in surprise,
"Five? How was this possible?
From 1959 until now, supplies had not been abundant, let alone in the countryside. Where did they get so much money to hold a banquet?”
Ma Hua heard this and said to his wife earnestly,"
"The country's material reserves are indeed not optimistic, but don't forget where we are, Beijing!
How could the countryside here be the same as the countryside in other remote areas?
Putting everything else aside, just how serious was the situation of the 'blind drifters' in the past few years? How much pressure did this cause to the capital?
It was all because the situation in the surrounding villages was really bad a few years ago. The young and strong laborers from the countryside all ran to the city.
The villages around Beijing were not far from the city, and most of the people were from the surrounding villages!
Later, in order to curb this phenomenon, the government issued laws and regulations, and even slightly tilted the resources in the city to the surrounding countryside.
Otherwise, if the village could not survive, who would care about the law!
Haven't you noticed that the amount of food per person in the capital is much less than before?
Where do you think the missing part went?"
Lu Ge was a little pensive when he heard this. He said,
"Are you saying that the situation in the countryside is not as difficult as you think?”
Ma Hua shook his head.
Seeing this, Lu Ge was even more puzzled.
Seeing his wife's expression, Ma Hua took the initiative and said,"
"It's not that all the rural areas are as passable as the rural areas around the capital.
In fact, other than the surrounding areas of Beijing, the villages in other places were not doing well!
"Moreover, the people who hired me are all from good families. Most of them have workers working in factories."
However, a worker in the city could not afford to support so many people.
However, in the countryside, as long as one had money, one would not live too badly.”
After hearing what her husband said, Lu Ge knew that his family did not lack money, so he did not stop her.
Who wouldn't want to live in a more comfortable place?
After the family had reached a consensus, Hua Ma began to take action.
Ma Hua prepared to look for the street. After all, the street was responsible for the maintenance of many vacant houses. There must be resources in this area there.
Ma Hua walked into the street office. The guard only took a glance before continuing with his work.
After a while, Ma Hua found the street director's office.
Ma Hua stood in front of the door and looked at the people working inside. He didn't walk in directly.
Instead, he knocked on the open wooden door three times.
The street director looked up and smiled when he saw Ma Hua."
"So it's Master Ma. Come in!”
Ma Hua was a little surprised when he heard that. After entering, he looked at the street director and asked,
"Chief Wang, do you know me?"
When Chief Wang saw this, he waved his hand and said,
"This is what I do as a street director. If I can't even recognize all the residents on the street, then it's my dereliction of duty!
Besides, you're one of the few professional chefs on the street.”
Ma Hua smiled when he heard that and said,"
"Chief Wang, I'm here to renovate my house.
However, I've only been here for less than two years, and I don't have any news in this area, so I came to the streets for help!”
Chief Wang listened and pondered for a while before asking,
"Then are you going to buy the building materials you need yourself or hand over all the work to the repair team?”
Ma Hua had already made up his mind, so he replied,"
"Let's leave it all to the repair team!"
Chief Wang advised,
"You have to consider it carefully. Your expenses won't be cheap this way!”
Ma Hua nodded to show that he had thought it through.
Hence, Director Wang gave the address of the leader of the repair team to Ma Hua and assured him that the cost of repairing the house would be collected by the street.
He didn't need to worry about being charged indiscriminately.
Hua Ma wasn't worried about this because the repair team was owned by the government, and the money they earned would go into the government's account.
This group of workers was officially established, so they were also paid a fixed salary!
Soon, Ma Hua found the home of the captain of the repair team.
When this person heard that it was recommended by the street, he found a few people to bring their equipment to Ma Hua's house to measure it first and then give an approximate cost.
When they arrived at the courtyard house, Ma Hua called Lu Ge to boil water and make tea. Then, he led a group of people to carefully measure the house.
After the captain and his team members finished measuring, they drank tea and calculated. After writing and drawing, the captain said to Ma Hua,
"The repair and renovation of the two houses will cost about 160 yuan in total. It's roughly in this range.”
Ma Hua thought for a moment and agreed, saying,"
"How long will the construction take?"
The captain had done this kind of project many times, so he naturally had a plan in his heart. He replied without hesitation,
"Ten days at most, but if you have children at home, it's best to move in after the construction is completed.
This was because there had been people who had experienced physical discomfort in the past!”
Ma Hua knew that he was right.
At first, Ma Hua thought that the paint in this era was purely natural and harmless.
However, when Ma Hua saw the chemical paint in the captain's warehouse, he knew that he was wrong.
After everything was decided, the captain left and prepared to come back to work tomorrow.
Ma Hua was also preparing to rent a courtyard house nearby as a temporary residence for his family!
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