The life of Lao Liu since 1944

Chapter 131: Renovation Obstacles

Standing at the door of Yi Zhonghai in the middle courtyard, Hou Jie's heart was filled with deep anticipation. He gently raised his hand and knocked on the door.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

The knock on the door echoed in the quiet air.

"Is godmother home?"

After a while, a soft but slightly puzzled voice came from the room: "Yes, godmother is home! Is it Chunsheng?"

Hou Jie recognized that it was his godmother's voice, with a cheerful tone.

"It's me, godmother, I'm here to see you."

With a slight "creak", the door slowly opened, and an old lady appeared in front of Hou Jie with a smile on her face. Her eyes were full of love and kindness:

"Okay! Chunsheng, come in quickly, come in quickly."

Seeing this, Hou Jie hurriedly went into the house with the gifts he had brought.

The aunt turned around and saw Hou Jie was carrying gifts. She quickly put down her work and said angrily, "You kid, why did you bring so many things when you came? Do we need to be so polite to each other?"

Hou Jie smiled and replied, "Godmother, the more gifts you give, the less blame you have. Besides, you are my dearest relative in this courtyard, and you usually take good care of me. This is a small token of my appreciation, please accept it."

The two chatted for a while, and Hou Jie went on to tell the purpose of his visit: "I specially asked the decorator to come over today. I'll have lunch at your place at noon!"

"Godmother, the dumplings you made are so delicious. Hehe! Let's eat dumplings for lunch!"

When godmother heard this, she smiled and spoke in a doting tone.

"Okay! Okay! I'll listen to you. We'll have dumplings for lunch today."

However, despite Hou Jie's good intentions in building new houses and improving the living environment.

However, he encountered unexpected resistance in the process of putting it into practice. When he took his master to the backyard for a field survey and planned to build a wall, this action immediately aroused strong dissatisfaction and opposition from other residents.

As a member of the backyard neighborhood, Xu Fugui's attitude is particularly resolute and fierce. He is somewhat similar to Xu Damao in appearance, with a long face with distinct contours, but his facial features are more obvious, and he looks thin and sharp. His eyes are rolling around, revealing his shrewdness and mercenary nature.

He stared at Hou Jie without any concealment, and his words were full of resistance to the plan to build a new wall.

"Hou's boy, I have no objection to you decorating the house. After all, everyone has the right to pursue a better life."

Xu Fugui said this, but then changed the subject, "But if you plan to put up a wall, we don't agree. Think about it, the backyard is so small, and your house suddenly takes up more than half of it. How can we neighbors live? Life will be so frustrating!"

Hou Jie knew it was him when he saw it. Xu Fugui was Xu Damao's father, and he was also a bad guy.

Xu Damao's behavior was greatly influenced by his father's words and deeds. Later, in order to get an extra house, he deliberately quarreled with his son to separate the family, and finally got himself a house. He also married his son to the eldest daughter of the Lou family. It can be seen that he is not a good person. Fortunately, he moved out of the courtyard later, otherwise it is unknown who is in charge of the courtyard!

At the same time, Liu Haizhong, a resident who also had objections, stood up and supported Xu Fugui's point of view.

Liu Haizhong was a complete official fanatic, but he had no opinion of his own and was easily fooled. Later, he became the director because of his meritorious reporting and bribery. But not long after, he was caught by someone and fired.

He had a bigger shortcoming: he doted on his eldest son without limits, and would beat or scold his two younger sons at every turn, believing that beatings produce filial sons.

This is a classic case of an unkind father and an unfilial son.

"Old Xu is right. I don't agree with this either." Liu Haizhong said bluntly.

"We all live in the backyard, and the space is limited. We should be considerate and caring of each other. If you fence off your house, won't our public area be greatly reduced?"

Hou Jie knew that these people would definitely cause trouble, so he naturally disagreed with their point of view and spoke unhappily.

"I am building a house on my own land, and I am not occupying your land. I don't need your consent! Besides, you are just tenants, so these things do not require your consent."

Hou Jie took out the land deed from his pocket and showed it to them. "Take a look. It says on the deed that the place where the building is built, the house and the open space in the yard are all mine."

Xu Fugui took it and looked at it, then handed it to Liu Haizhong. The contents of the deed were exactly as Hou Jie had said.

After walking a few steps away, the two men lowered their heads and discussed among themselves.

Xu Fugui said, "Old Liu, don't rush to agree. Leave him alone. Maybe there will be a surprise!"

Liu Haizhong asked in confusion, "What's the surprise?"

Xu Fugui looked at him with contempt. This guy was fat and big-eared, stupid and difficult to lead. He was not as smart as his own son.

"Old Liu, why are you so confused? His family is building a wall. If you don't give us some delicious food, don't expect the construction to go smoothly. Do you understand now?"

Liu Haizhong nodded in understanding, "You are the one with the best ideas, no wonder you are able to be Director Lou's driver, you have a very active mind."

After some discussion, the two still did not agree to build the wall. However, the implication was that they wanted benefits.

Hou Jie was helpless, knowing that things were not that simple. He was too lazy to think about it anymore, since they didn't agree, he would just use his ultimate move.

"When I bought the land from Director Lou, he said that the residents in the yard were all very nice and would definitely cooperate with my renovation. It seems that I was naive. I will go and ask him."

After saying that, he turned around and was about to walk out. Xu Fugui's eyes fixed on him, and he grabbed Hou Jie and flattered him.

"Hey! Hey! Chunsheng, look at you, why are you so impulsive? Your uncle Liu and I were just joking with you to improve our relationship. Why did you take it so seriously?"

When Liu Haizhong heard that the factory director was involved, he panicked.

"Yes. Yes, Lao Xu and I were just joking with you. You can build the house however you want. We won't do anything about it."

Hou Jie asked doubtfully, "Really?"

The two of them nodded frantically like praying mantises.

Hou Jie thought about it and gave in, giving them a way out. He had just arrived, so it was better not to make things too awkward.

After building the wall, some troubles can indeed be isolated. With the nature of these people, it is impossible to completely isolate them. Without them, life would be too boring. In this era without television and mobile phones, he always feels lonely. He needs some boring things to kill time.

"Okay! I'll still build the wall, but I'll leave a moon gate. That should be fine, right?"

Xu Fugui and Liu Haizhong nodded calmly. But they felt a little annoyed. This guy was really cunning. He actually used Director Lou to threaten them.

When other people in the yard saw the excitement in the backyard, many residents in the front and middle yards also rushed over to watch the fun.

Jia Zhang, who was in the crowd, felt increasingly unbalanced. Especially when she saw the new house that Hou Jie was preparing to build, she became even more jealous. She didn't think of herself as the reason for the failure, but instead acted as if it was all someone else's fault.

"Why do you, the little bastard, have the money to buy and build a house, but my family can only rent a house?"

In this dispute, the godmother is too simple and kind, so she is often defeated by petty-minded people in many things, and suffers losses here.

"Chunsheng, why did you quarrel with them? Are you okay? What should I do?"

She could only mutter to herself, pacing back and forth, praying silently in her heart that the storm would be settled as soon as possible.

After the dispute was resolved, Hou Jie negotiated with several craftsmen about the construction and decoration of the house. They still followed the model of the last decoration of the house, with a simple exterior and fine interior.

Hou Jie kindly reminded the master again, "Masters, there are many people in the yard, and there are many bad guys. Be careful not to be plotted against."

A few people nodded and began to measure and plan the house and study how to decorate it.