12dz Chapter 225 Friendship
Chapter 225 Friendship
Chen Sanlang found that this was an old house with a cellar, which meant that the ground outside was higher than inside, and entering the door was like entering a cellar. The low ground inside the house made the room damp, and from the outside the house looked low, even the door looked short.
My height was just enough to get through the door, but Huo Ying was a head and a half taller than me, so it looked a bit funny when I entered the door, as if I was crawling through a hole!
As I stepped into the room, I smelled a damp smell. The window in the room was very small and had a little ventilation function, but not much lighting. I had to open the door after entering the room so that light could come in.
It took me a while to get used to the room before I could see clearly that it was a long and narrow room with a single bed against the left wall and a small table at the end.
There was a wardrobe on the right wall opposite the bed, and across the wardrobe was a stool and a wooden shelf. There were two pairs of old shoes on the lower shelf and a few old clothes on the upper shelf. The aisle in the room was extremely narrow and neither of them could stand in it. Chen Sanlang suggested going out to talk.
Huo Ying found two wooden stools and took Chen Sanlang to sit in the courtyard and talk about renting a house. Chen Sanlang said modestly:
"Boss, since you call me brother, I will call you Brother Huo. I want to ask if this house is your own property?"
"What do you mean? Don't you want to live in this house that's not mine? Or do you think I'll cheat you out of that little bit of rent?"
Chen Sanlang quickly interrupted him:
"No, not Brother Huo. If this is your own house, I want to change the furnishings in the room so that the two of us can live here and it will be more comfortable than it is now!
If it is a rented house, it is a different story. We cannot easily make changes, as the landlord will have objections. "
When Huo Ying heard what he meant, he immediately slapped his thigh and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, this house is mine. I bought this yard with my military pay and bonus money. The yard next door is also mine.
Ever since he lost his arm in the gambling house, he divided the yard into two and rented them out in order to save money.
But you know the guy next door, he also owns the gambling den. Let's not talk about him, what do you think should be done with this house? Let me hear it."
After listening to this, Chen Sanlang had an idea in his mind. The solutions for small apartments that he had seen in his previous life appeared in his mind one by one. The best way at the moment was to use space dislocation to divide the house, so that the utilization rate of the rooms could be maximized.
But if we make such a change, the construction period will be long, the cost will be high, and it will require investment of manpower and material resources. I'm afraid it won't work!
Chen Sanlang believes that the current purpose is to spend less time, invest less, and see quick results! Then just change the bed, ask Huo Ying for his opinion first, and then talk about other things.
Thinking of this, Chen Sanlang asked:
"Brother Huo, let's write a copy of the lease first, then find some paper and a pen, and I'll draw something for you to see, how about that?!"
"Are you afraid that I'll take ten cents from you? What the hell are you thinking?!"
Huo Ying raised his leg to kick him. Chen Sanlang smiled awkwardly, took a step back quickly, and emphasized:
"Brother Huo, don't get angry after hearing this. I'll finish renovating the room today. Even if I don't live here in the future, you can still rent it out. With the current rental agreement, you can continue to rent it out in the future just by following my example."
"Do you think that besides you, I would rent it to someone else so cheaply and let him live in the same house with me? Do you think you can get beauty?
To tell you the truth, if I didn’t think you were very similar to my brother, I wouldn’t help you at all. Just tell me if you doubt me, and if so, get out of here right away! "
Chen Sanlang saw that Huo Ying was really angry, so he clasped his fists and saluted. Chen Sanlang knew that if he performed the scholarly salute at this time, Huo Ying would think that he was being too pretentious and lacked brotherly loyalty, so he explained carefully:
"Brother Huo, let me tell you clearly, if you don't want money, I won't stay here. If I feel that I'm taking advantage of you, I won't stay here either. You know in your heart that I never take advantage of others!
After renovating this room today, I think it's possible that we have found a way to make money. But I'm not sure, we have to follow the rules, otherwise we can't continue our cooperation. "
Huo Ying hesitated for a moment, put down his raised leg and said, "Come on, let's go. I'll take you somewhere."
The two of them went to the gambling house together.
After signing the lease for the house, Chen Sanlang and Huo Ying worked day and night for four consecutive days to renovate Huo Ying's house.
As soon as you enter the door, there is a very small table under the window, and next to it is a double-decker bunk bed with stairs. The stairs are made into drawers, which can be used as a cabinet and are convenient for going up and down. Along the left wall inward is a modified cabinet of Huo Ying's original.
The right-hand wall of the room was smoothed by Chen Sanlang with plaster and covered with a layer of wood ash, turning it into a flat, wide blue-gray wall, which made the room look a bit modern!
The house needed to be ventilated and dry. Chen Sanlang and Huo Ying said hello and went home. They had to tell their family and bring some food home, otherwise their father would always give porridge to their two brothers. Only when they could bring food home would their father dare to cook a meal of dry rice.
Chen Sanlang hurried all the way and entered Chenjia Village at dusk, carrying five kilograms of brown rice.
The smoke from cooking floated in the air above the entire village, and under the sky where the sun and the moon intersected, it seemed so quiet and peaceful.
Chen Sanlang walked for two hours carrying the food before he got home. He was already exhausted. The crooked wooden fence of his courtyard door was half open, and the three thatched huts seemed to be more tired than himself, standing crookedly in exhaustion.
Chen Sanlang stood quietly in front of his house, took two deep breaths, calmed himself down, admired the house that was about to collapse and the disturbing scenery, and pushed open the gate.
The two brothers, who were working in the dark in the yard, suddenly saw Chen Sanlang and greeted him at the same time:
"The third child."
"You're back?"
My father heard the sound and poked his head out of the kitchen and asked:
"Did you have meal?"
"Ate."
Since Chen Sanlang went to the county town to copy books, in order to save food for his family, he almost never eats at home. Every time he rushes home at night, he tells his father that he has eaten, so that food can be saved and his two brothers can have something to eat!
After saying hello to his two brothers, Chen Sanlang walked to the kitchen. Dalang and Erlang noticed that their younger brother had come back with rice. Their stomachs started growling. In the quiet night, Chen Sanlang stopped and walked back, listening to his two brothers' stomach growling.
He took out two dry biscuits from his arms and stuffed them into the hands of his two brothers, giving one to each of them. Then he turned around and hurried to the kitchen to bring food to his father.
Chen Sanlang helped his father and brother with farm work at home for three whole days. He told them that he would make money in the county town and come back every six days. He also asked the villagers in some subtle ways how much it would cost to renovate the thatched hut where he lived.
The answer I got was surprising: it didn’t cost any money.
You can build a house by yourself. It just requires some skills, and you have to go to the mountains to find the best yellow mud, spend time cutting straw, and mix the mud and build a house. Once you have enough, you can build a house...