Chapter 487 Taking Over the House 1
Chapter 487 Taking Over the House 1
The two sides quickly reached an agreement on the main issues.
Feng Qingqing didn't care much about what happened after that; she let the military worry about it.
She knew that although she had shared all sorts of recipes, it wasn't that simple.
It will still be quite some time before the official results are released.
Only when the results are in will everything be settled.
However, she wasn't in a hurry.
That afternoon, He Yong'an asked a comrade to buy him a train ticket to Beijing.
After seeing the mother and her two children off at the train station and getting them on the train, they headed to the military base.
The reason for his haste was not only that the living conditions in He Yong'an's single dormitory were not ideal, but also that he did not want to miss the next day's classes.
Kyoto University's medical school is, after all, extraordinary.
There are many things that she couldn't have learned through self-study.
She was very interested in all aspects of the course content.
She doesn't want to take leave unless absolutely necessary.
We arrived at Beijing Railway Station without any major issues.
She returned to her rented apartment around dusk.
The house she bought has already begun the renovation process, and she's just waiting to move in once it's finished.
After He Yong'an's five-day vacation ends, his next vacation will be at least a month and a half away.
She had a premonition, so she didn't feel discouraged.
As the two children grew older, they no longer required much attention.
Because she teaches during the day and takes care of her two children at night, and given that the courtyard where they live is full of people and gossip, she wasn't entirely at ease.
Therefore, after starting to renovate her house, she did not make any other arrangements, and just went about her daily routine of studying and taking care of her child.
During this time, she went to the house a few more times and had a brief chat with the renovation workers.
The key points were emphasized.
She had no other requirements for the house, just that everything be done according to the previous requirements. She only hoped that they would be quick, even if it meant paying more.
Thus, with the workers rushing to finish, the house was finally renovated in twenty days.
Early that morning, before school started, she arrived at her little courtyard as promised.
Today is the handover date she and her master agreed upon.
If she finds no problems after the inspection, the house will be officially handed over to her.
Therefore, all the remaining payments should be settled.
Upon arriving at the courtyard, she first carefully examined the interior and exterior decorations.
The finished result is quite different from before.
The courtyard was divided into several areas.
It is divided into a planting area, which is further subdivided into vegetable planting and flower planting; the washing area is equipped with two faucets, which will be extremely convenient for washing clothes and vegetables in the hot summer.
In the rest of the yard, she had the workers pave cement paths so that the two children could move around freely while playing.
Not only that, but the courtyard walls, both inside and out, were also painted white, just like the rooms.
It looks much cleaner and fresher.
It will never be the same as when she first came and saw it.
All the sheds and other illegally constructed structures in the yard were demolished by Feng Qingqing's workers.
The yard looks much larger than before.
Then we entered the main house.
Previously, this courtyard was divided among four families, and those families made various partitions and other structures for their convenience.
If it were like before, it wouldn't be so bad, but now she lives alone in this courtyard, which is extremely inconvenient for her.
Therefore, they had given special instructions regarding the decoration of the main house.
This is one of the reasons why wages are so high.
There are too many places that need to be changed.
Basically, the previous four households had already made significant adjustments, and now all of them need to be adjusted, which is quite a lot of work.
However, since the modification cost is so high, the effect is obviously amazing.
The main house was no longer the pitted and uneven place it used to be, but a row of five main rooms.
The room was spacious, bright, and spotless.
Because they have all been renovated, the five main rooms are all very large.
The main entrance leads to the main hall, which also serves as the living room. There is a room on each side.
She planned to use one of the two rooms on the right as her bedroom with He Yong'an, and the other as a study.
The two rooms on the left are the rooms for the two children.
The windows, glass, and doors of each room have been replaced with new ones, making it look extremely grand.
There are two rooms in the right wing; one is the kitchen, and the other is a storage area.
One of the rooms on the left is a bathroom and shower room that the craftsmen worked hard to renovate.
Most residents in the alley do not have toilets in their yards; if they need to use the toilet, they have to go to a public toilet.
During the renovation, their focus was on the bathrooms.
After all, the mother and her two children live at home, and it would be quite inconvenient to go to the toilet in the dead of winter with two children in tow.
Therefore, no matter how much it cost, they resolutely switched to squat toilets so they could use the toilet at home.
Toilet renovations can be a major part of home renovation.
It's worth noting that building a toilet like the one in her house required laying a special pipe that runs directly into her yard.
This expense was not shared by anyone else; they had to bear it all by themselves.
Fortunately, although a lot of money was spent, she was very satisfied with the renovation of the yard.
After the mother and her two children moved in, they wouldn't need to go out anymore whenever they came back. They could take care of everything in their own yard, which was extremely convenient.
After she circled around a few more times, her master finally arrived.
After a brief exchange, Feng Qingqing paid the remaining balance to the driver.
The contractor handed her the keys, marking the complete end of the house renovation project.
However, although the house has been renovated, it is now completely empty, without any furniture or belongings.
Besides what's already in the space, everything else needs to be added gradually.
Although the families who previously lived here left behind a few odds and ends in the yard after they moved away.
But those things were so filthy that, in her opinion, they were completely unusable.
Moreover, since we're already renovating, we can't skimp on the money for all the furniture and other related items.
That day, Feng Qingqing took advantage of the fact that school ended early and went to a nearby furniture factory.
I bought some large pieces of furniture, such as another three-drawer chests, three writing desks, three wardrobes, a dining table, several chairs, several small chairs, and so on.
These expenses alone cost her nearly three hundred yuan.
These things aren't cheap either.
If she didn't have money, she really couldn't afford these things with the salary most people have now.
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