Chapter 1964

Zhou Andong was silent. Seeing Jian Qiu sighed and continued: "There is another one named Chen Gui, who is a disabled person. When he was young, he was struck by high-voltage electricity, and his right leg was amputated."

"He lives with his elderly parents. Besides the twenty or thirty yuan in relief funds from the street office every month, he makes a living by picking up waste."

Zhou Andong walked slowly and tilted his head to look at Seeing Jian Qiu: "You said so much; do you have a plan?"

Seeing Jian Qiu stroked her round belly: "I think we can arrange a job for them, which would allow them to live a little better."

"That's no problem at all." Zhou Andong smiled: "Arranging for two people at the Qiudongfang and Yuxi Real Estate Beijing branch is no problem. Besides, there's also Da Run Fa and the Jinghua Electric Appliance store that is currently being renovated; they all need people, and the salaries aren't low either."

At this time, Tian Liang had already returned home. His wife was not tall, chubby, and her face was fair and clean.

She looked quite good, but she married Tian Liang; it really gave the feeling of a fresh flower stuck in cow dung.

"You can spend half an hour just buying a block of tofu; what else can you do?"

Gao Yumin muttered with dissatisfaction, grabbed the basin containing the tofu, and turned into the kitchen.

The so-called kitchen was just a simple shed set up in the courtyard, with two long tables inside.

On top were a gas stove and some pots and pans. Gao Yumin turned on the gas tank very skillfully.

Just as she picked up a match to light the gas stove, a hand reached over and turned off the gas tank.

"What are you doing?" Gao Yumin looked at Tian Liang with dissatisfaction: "The child has to go to school, and you have to go to work. If you delay, you'll all be late."

"There's enough time." Tian Liang mysteriously pulled his wife back into the room.

"What exactly is the matter?" Gao Yumin was very impatient, picked up a glass of cold boiled water on the dining table, and took two large gulps.

"Let me ask you." Tian Liang lowered his voice: "If the rent doubles and you can live in an apartment building for fifteen or sixteen yuan a year, would you do it?"

"Are you not awake yet, still dreaming?" Gao Yumin rolled her eyes at Tian Liang and turned to go out to cook.

"Don't go." Tian Liang grabbed his wife: "I'm telling the truth. I just ran into Zhou Andong, our proprietor."

Gao Yumin was stunned: "Really?"

"Would I lie to you?" Tian Liang was very dissatisfied: "Zhou Andong said he has apartment units in his hands that he can rent to us, but the rent will double, to fifteen or sixteen yuan a year."

"There's such a good thing?" Gao Yumin was full of doubts: "Renting an apartment costs over a thousand a year, and he only wants ten-plus yuan from us?"

"Why I just came back is because I was talking to Zhou Andong about this matter."

Tian Liang pulled Gao Yumin, and his voice lowered again.

"This is what I'm thinking: we rent the apartment from Zhou Andong for fifteen yuan, and then rent it out for one thousand yuan. Wouldn't that money be gained for free?"

As soon as Gao Yumin heard this, her eyes lit up, but she was still a bit worried.

"Zhou Andong is a big capitalist; we can't outplay him in playing tricks, so don't get tricked."

"This requires signing a contract." Tian Liang had an arrogant expression: "Your husband's brain isn't for nothing. We must sign a contract with him and write the rent clearly. If he raises the rent then, it's illegal."

Gao Yumin said very happily: "Liangzi, you actually thought of signing a contract; you're really too smart."

"That's right!" Tian Liang lifted his head: "Don't look at who your husband is. The person who wants to trick me hasn't been born yet; Zhou Andong is nothing."

Gao Yumin was finally relieved: "Finally, we can leave the big mixed-residence courtyard; I've really had enough of living there."

"Who hasn't had enough?" Tian Liang said with great emotion: "Alright, hurry up and go cook; I still have to ask other families if they are willing to rent an apartment."

"Whether they live in an apartment building or not, what does it have to do with us?" Gao Yumin grabbed Tian Liang: "Don't be a busybody."

"You old woman, you have long hair and short knowledge." Tian Liang shook off Gao Yumin's hand: "Do you know what 'many hands make light work' means? Let me tell you, our seventeen tenant households are a whole and absolutely cannot be separated."

"Although we will sign a contract with Zhou Andong to live in an apartment building, we still can't completely prevent that guy from playing tricks. But as long as our seventeen households stick together, even if Zhou Andong has any bad intentions, he will have to weigh our strength."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Gao Yumin praised: "Liangzi, you are still the one who considers things thoroughly."

"Hmph!"

Tian Liang turned around proudly. Just as he pushed open the door, Gao Yumin spoke again.

"Wait."

Tian Liang said very, very dissatisfied: "Why are you so troublesome?"

Gao Yumin stared: "Such a big matter, shouldn't I ask clearly?"

Tian Liang shrank his neck, and the arrogant demeanor just now disappeared: "Alright, alright, alright, you ask."

Gao Yumin asked: "If we rent out the apartment, where will we live?"

"Doesn't your mother have two utility rooms?" Tian Liang's small eyes darted around: "Clean them up and make do living there."

Gao Yumin frowned: "Not to mention how far it is from the child's school and the brewery, the utility rooms haven't been lived in for over ten years; they leak rain in the summer and wind in the winter. Can people live there?"

"Didn't I say?" Tian Liang said impatiently: "Just clean them up. Buy a few rolls of asphalt felt and lay them down, and it won't leak rain. How much money can it cost?"

"As for the wind leaking, it doesn't matter in the summer. Just nail a layer of plastic sheeting on the windows in the winter. At that time, we'll buy more coal, and we'll even cover the coal for your mother to get through the winter."

Hearing that the coal for her mother's house to get through the winter would be covered, Gao Yumin didn't say anything else and pushed Tian Liang: "Go, go, don't delay time; everyone who goes to work will be leaving soon."

"I'm going." Tian Liang stepped out of the room: "You hurry up and cook too."

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Zhou Andong and Seeing Jian Qiu strolled around the neighborhood and returned home. Grandpa and the fourth sister had already returned with Wang Wentian and the others.

"Eldest brother, sister-in-law, where did you go?"

The fourth sister was covered in sweat and asked them, lifting her small face.

Seeing Jian Qiu took a tissue from her pocket and wiped the sweat for the fourth sister: "We went out for a walk. You hurry up and take a bath."

"Okay!" The fourth sister turned and left at a trot.

Zhou Andong looked at Comrade Old Zhou, who had already gotten up and was exercising.

"Dad, Su Su isn't awake yet?"

"Not yet." Old Zhou shook his head: "She pestered your mother to tell stories last night, and I didn't look at the time; anyway, it was quite late when she fell asleep."

At this time, the fourth sister ran back again: "Eldest brother, someone called looking for you."

The two went to the back building together. The little girl went to the room to take a bath, and Zhou Andong came to the living room and grabbed the receiver placed on the side.

"Hello, who is this?"

Wu Huilin's voice came from the receiver: "Chairman, Sony just contacted the group, saying they want to talk to you about the acquisition of the Yuzhou Research Institute." ===== CHAPTER 1965 =====