Chapter 134 Master Lei!
Chapter 134 Master Lei!
After Jia Dongming sent Lin Qiuyue home, he immediately rode his bike to the street office.
When Jia Dongming walked into the street office and saw the doorman in the guard room, he immediately took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to the doorman. Then he asked the doorman, "Uncle! I want to repair my house, but I don't know who to contact to handle the procedures?"
Although Jia Dongming had just returned from demobilization a few days ago, he had already been to the street office several times. The doorman at the street office was naturally no stranger to Jia Dongming.
The doorman took the cigarette handed over by Jia Dongming, put it to his nose and sniffed it, then said to Jia Dongming: "Comrade Jia Dongming! To handle the procedures for repairing the house, you need to go to the Housing Management Department, but the Housing Management Department is not working today, you can go directly to me, Director Wang."
When Jia Dongming heard what the doorman said, he immediately thanked him: "Uncle! Thank you very much."
After expressing his gratitude to the doorman, Jia Dongming walked towards the office of Director Wang of the Street Office.
Soon Jia Dongming arrived at the door of Director Wang's office. Seeing Director Wang sitting in the office, Jia Dongming reached out and knocked on the door, and greeted him politely: "Director Wang! Good afternoon! What are you busy with? You are even at your post on your day off."
When Director Wang heard the knock on the door, he instinctively looked up and saw Jia Dongming standing at the door of the office. He immediately greeted Jia Dongming enthusiastically, "Chief Jia! Please come in. What brings you to our street office on your day off? What can I do for you?"
When Jia Dongming heard Director Wang's question, he smiled and introduced himself to Director Wang: "Director Wang! The situation is like this. My mother asked Matchmaker Wang to introduce me to a date. I wanted to clean up the house I live in now and then get married, so I came to the street office to find you to handle the formalities."
When Director Wang learned the purpose of Jia Dongming's visit, he immediately opened the drawer of his desk, took out a notepad from the drawer, and said to Jia Dongming with a smile, "Chief Jia! Wait a moment, I'll write you a note."
Director Wang soon wrote out the receipt and stamped it with the seal of the street office. He then handed the receipt to Jia Dongming and said with a smile, "Chief Jia! This is the receipt for your house renovation. You must keep it well."
After hearing what Director Wang said, Jia Dongming quickly reached out and took the note from Director Wang, smiling and thanking him: "Director Wang! Thank you! By the way, do you know any masters? Can you recommend one to me?"
When Director Wang heard Jia Dongming's question, he smiled and introduced him to Jia Dongming: "Chief Jia! Go to Compound No. 36 and find Master Lei. His ancestors were craftsmen in the imperial palace. He is recognized as the master with the best craftsmanship in our area."
When Jia Dongming heard Director Wang's recommendation, he immediately remembered who Master Lei was and quickly thanked Director Wang, "Director Wang! Thank you. I will go to Courtyard 36 to find Master Lei now."
After Jia Dongming left the neighborhood office, he immediately rode his bicycle towards Compound No. 36.
Soon Jia Dongming arrived at Compound No. 36. He parked his bicycle and walked into the compound. He met an old man coming out of the compound.
When the old man saw Jia Dongming, a stranger, he looked at him warily and asked, "Comrade! Who are you looking for?"
When Jia Dongming heard the old man's question and saw the other man's alert expression, he quickly took out a cigarette from his pocket and introduced himself politely: "Uncle! Does Master Lei live in your compound? I was introduced by Director Wang of the Street Office. I came to ask Master Lei to help me repair the house."
When the old man learned of Jia Dongming's purpose, he let down his guard, took the cigarette from Jia Dongming, and replied with a smile: "Comrade! I am the Master Lei you are looking for. Which courtyard do you live in? Why have I never seen you before?"
When Jia Dongming heard Master Lei's question, he immediately introduced himself to Master Lei: "Master Lei! I live in the East Cross Courtyard of the No. 95 compound. Aren't I getting married soon? So I wanted to ask you to help me renovate the house."
After hearing what Jia Dongming said, Master Lei recalled the situation carefully in his mind and answered, "I know that small courtyard. It seems that an engineer from the steel mill lived there a few years ago. After the engineer was transferred, the house became empty. But I remember that the steel mill sent people to repair the small courtyard and built a toilet and a shower room in the yard."
Jia Dongming didn't expect that Master Lei actually knew about the existence of his courtyard, so he introduced it to Master Lei: "Master Lei! The steel mill has allocated the courtyard to me. I'm getting married soon, so I plan to renovate the house."
When Master Lei heard what Jia Dongming said, he smiled and replied, "Okay, little comrade! Wait for me here for a while. I'll go home to get some tools and then go over with you to take a look."
Not long after, Master Lei came out of the courtyard with his things. Jia Dongming quickly turned on the key of his bicycle, rode the bicycle, and rode towards the courtyard with Master Lei on board.
A few minutes later, Jia Dongming drove Master Lei to the courtyard. Auntie Three, who was packing up at the front door, saw Jia Dongming leading Master Lei into the courtyard. She immediately smiled and greeted Jia Dongming, "Chief Jia! Didn't you go to see your blind date off? Why are you back with Master Lei?"
When Jia Dongming heard the third aunt's question, he smiled and replied, "Third aunt! I'm getting married soon, so I thought I'd tidy up the rooms in my house before the wedding." Jia Dongming pushed his bicycle and quickly came to the middle courtyard. Jia Zhang, who was waiting for news at home, saw Jia Dongming and Master Lei coming back, and immediately came up to Jia Dongming and asked, "Dongming! Do you like Miss Qiuyue?"
Facing Jia Zhang's question, Jia Dongming smiled and replied, "Mom! Qiuyue and I like each other, so I want to ask Master Lei to come over and fix up the house, and then marry Qiuyue back."
When Jia Zhang learned that Jia Dongming and Lin Qiuyue had fallen in love, she immediately showed a happy expression on her face and replied, "That's good, that's good. Tomorrow I will go to matchmaker Wang and tell her about this. I will ask her to go to Qiuyue's house and ask about the betrothal gift."
After hearing what Jia Zhang said, Jia Dongming considered that there were other people here, so he said to Master Lei who was following him: "Master Lei! This house is also mine. Look at the height of this house. Can it be divided into two floors from the inside?"
Master Lei heard Jia Dongming's question, took a look at the old house of the Jia family, and said to Jia Dongming: "Boss! The ceiling height of your house is six or seven meters. It is not a problem to divide it into two floors. However, I need to go into the house to see how to divide it before I can make a final decision."
After hearing Master Lei's answer, Jia Dongming said straightforwardly, "Okay! Master Lei! Then let's go inside and take a look."
After entering the house, Master Lei immediately took out a ruler to measure here and there, and finally took out a pen to write and draw on the notebook. Then he introduced it to Jia Dongming: "Boss! Your room can be divided into a living room and two small bedrooms downstairs, and upstairs can be divided into two larger bedrooms."
Jia Dongming saw the blueprint that Master Lei handed over, nodded with satisfaction, and replied: "Master Lei! Then let's go to my small courtyard and take a look."
"Uncle! Uncle! Why did you come back just now? Xiaodang missed you so much." As soon as Jia Dongming walked into the villa, Xiaodang, who was playing in the yard, saw Jia Dongming coming back and immediately ran towards him with his short legs.
When Jia Dongming saw Xiaodang running towards him, he immediately parked his bicycle, picked up Xiaodang, and introduced him to Master Lei: "Master Lei! I plan to build a small pavilion where the stone table is located, so that I can sit in the pavilion to enjoy the cool in the summer. In addition, I want to plant two jujube trees at the location of the gate, and I want to plant two grape trees at the location of the pavilion near my old house."
When Master Lei heard Jia Dongming's request, he immediately took out a pen and wrote down all of Jia Dongming's requests.
Jia Dongming led Master Lei to the front of the house and then introduced: "Master Lei! I want to connect all five rooms from the inside, and use double-layer glass to inlay the glass windows outside. This will not only look good, but also have the function of heat insulation."
"Inside the house, all ceilings are made, but you have to leave me a staircase, which I can use as storage space. In addition, I have a heating device. I want to connect these rooms on one side and my old house on the other. Where do you think this heating device should be installed?"
When Master Lei learned of Jia Dongming's request, he took a look inside the house and said to Jia Dongming, "Boss! If you want to install heating equipment, your kitchen must be moved to the room to the east, so that your heating equipment can be connected to your old house."
After hearing Master Lei's suggestion, Jia Dongming pondered for a moment and nodded, "Okay, Master Lei! Let's do as you think. Oh, right! Can we open a door on the wall of my old house and build a toilet next to it? That way, my mother and my sister-in-law don't have to run to my side when they go to the toilet."
After hearing Jia Dongming's request, Master Lei took a pen and wrote and drew on the notebook for a while, then he asked Jia Dongming: "Boss! Do you plan to take care of the whole house? Or do you prepare the materials yourself and we will be responsible for the construction?"
When Jia Dongming heard Master Lei's question, he thought of the reward the system had given him, and answered, "Master Lei! I will prepare the cement and steel bars myself, and I'll trouble you to help me prepare the other materials. In addition, can you help me find some good wood for the ceiling of my house, even if it's old."
When Master Lei heard Jia Dongming's request, he immediately understood what kind of good wood Jia Dongming was referring to, and then he began to introduce it to Jia Dongming: "Boss! According to your request, the labor and materials for making a partition in your old house will cost a total of 300 yuan."
"As for your courtyard, according to your requirements, the total cost, not including the price of the wood, is 500 yuan, and you will also be responsible for a meal at noon."
When Jia Dongming heard Master Lei's offer, he felt that it was very reasonable. He immediately took out a stack of money from his pocket, counted out three hundred yuan and handed it to Master Lei, saying, "Master Lei! Take this three hundred yuan first. Repair my old house first tomorrow, and then repair my yard after the old house is repaired."
"Also, when you repair my house, I hope you can use cement and steel bars to help me reinforce my house. Also check the tiles on the roof and replace all the tiles that need to be replaced. We can settle the specific amount when the time comes."
Master Lei heard what Jia Dongming said, took the money from Jia Dongming, counted it and gave Jia Dongming a receipt, then said to Jia Dongming: "Okay! Boss! I will bring people in tomorrow, remember to pack up the things in the old house first."
(End of this chapter)