Chapter 14: The House
One day, Niu Yuehong received a call from Niu Xinguo, telling her that she had gotten them a two-bedroom house in the real estate bureau, located in the Dongfeng community in the city center, and asked her to find Xiao Gao from the real estate bureau to get the house key.
Finally got my own house. Niu Yuehong jumped up happily when she heard the good news, and thanked the omnipotent big brother again and again.
Niu Xinguo instructed on the phone: "You discuss with Xiao Zhao and strive to do the happy event on New Year's Day next year." ”
Niu Yuehong said: "I won't say it, let him say it first." ”
Niu Xinguo smiled and said, "Okay, do you want him to hire a matchmaker again?"
Niu Yuehong also smiled: "Big brother, you can't turn your elbow in." ”
On Sunday, Niu Yuehong and Zhao Qingsong found the Dongfeng Community, which is known as the largest residential community in Anxi. In the community, seven-story residential buildings are densely packed together, like a labyrinth. The glass on the small balconies of every house is made of red bricks and used as a small house. The window sills are filled with cardboard boxes and plastic bags of fruits and vegetables. The whole community has a very strong atmosphere of life, but it is also very crowded and old.
Niu Yuehong and Zhao Qingsong walked around the building group for a long time, and finally found Unit 2 of Building 18. They went up the greasy staircase to the third floor. This unit is a one-staircase, four-family type, with two small units in the middle. Their house is one of them.
Niu Yuehong took out the key and opened the security door and wooden door of room 303. As soon as they opened the door, a strong smell of Laisu water hit their faces, and their eyes couldn't open.
The other three families all opened the wooden door when they heard the noise, and looked at the two of them through the security door with strange expressions on their faces.
Zhao Qingsong politely nodded to them and greeted them.
The men then withdrew their strange glances and closed the door to their house.
Niu Yuehong and Zhao Qingsong opened the door of room 303 to let in the air for a while, and then walked in.
The layout of the house is still good, the right hand of the door is the kitchen and bathroom, through a small hall and then two steps inside, you can see a large and a small two bedrooms, and the left hand is a living room. The total area of the house is about 50 square meters, which can be regarded as luxurious and spacious at that time, at least it can only be distributed by cadres above the section level.
They looked at the layout of the room and discussed how to arrange the furniture.
Suddenly, a shrill woman's voice rang out from behind them, "You're a new resident, aren't you?"
They turned their heads and saw a woman with a disheveled head, sleepy-eyed slippers standing in the doorway.
Niu Yuehong has always been unaccustomed to looking at women who are not groomed in front of others, and replied unhappily: "Hmm." What's wrong?"
The woman asked, "Looks like you're going to use this house as a wedding room?"
Niu Yuehong replied, "Yes." What's wrong?"
The woman approached and said mysteriously, "Oh, you don't know? There used to be an old man living in this house, and the children only came to visit him once in a long time. People have been dead for days and no one knows about them. It wasn't until the smell reached the corridor that we realized that the situation was not good and quickly informed his children. Everyone else thinks this house is unlucky and doesn't dare to ask for it. It's a happy event for you to get married, and you live in a house like this...... Oops, I didn't say it, I didn't say it. ”
The woman turned and ran away.
Niu Yuehong's heart sank suddenly. No wonder no one wants such a good house, it turns out that there is such a hidden secret. She pulled Zhao Qingsong out of the house quickly, and closed the door with a flick of her hand.
Niu Yuehong said angrily: "We don't want this house anymore." ”
Zhao Qingsong hurriedly explained: "Don't be angry, Xinguo may not know the inside story. ”
Niu Yuehong said: "Big brother definitely doesn't know. Give us a favor in a house that no one else wants, Xiao Gao of the Real Estate Bureau is not a good thing! I will go to him as soon as I go to work tomorrow. ”
Zhao Qingsong said: "Isn't this good?"
Niu Yuehong said solemnly: "Big brother must have helped him a lot, otherwise he can give us a house for nothing?"
The next day, Niu Yuehong found Xiao Gao of the Real Estate Bureau and told the bottom of the situation of the house with a straight face.
Xiao Gao hurriedly apologized and said, "I really don't know what you said. I want to find a bigger house for Brother Niu. I'm sorry, I'll find a way to change it for you. Well, there's another house in Building 11, which is a bit higher, it's the 7th floor. The area is also much smaller, it is a one-bedroom living room, only 38 square meters. ”
Niu Yuehong eased her cheeks at this time: "I don't think you know." A little higher floors and a smaller house, no problem. That's what I'm going to do. Thank you. ”
After getting off work at noon that day, Niu Yuehong didn't have time to have lunch, but took Zhao Qingsong to Dongfeng Community again and found Room 701 of Building 11.
Although the area of this house is not large, only one living room and one room, it looks very bright and very pleasing to the eye, Niu Yuehong's heart can't help but be hot: "This house is good, right? What we are trying to do is Geely. The concrete floor is a bit rudimentary, let's buy a bucket of floor paint and paint it. The walls are also a little dark, let's buy two more barrels of latex paint to paint. When the floor and walls look good, the house will look new. What do you say?"
Zhao Qingsong asked hesitantly: "You mean that we will paint the floor paint and latex paint by ourselves?"
Niu Yuehong said happily: "That's right." I've seen a painting called "Longing for Happiness" before, which shows a couple of lovers wearing newspaper-folded hats in pink houses. ”
Zhao Qingsong said: "I don't know how to paint." I think it's better to pay someone to brush it, right?"
Niu Yuehong said angrily: "Once born, twice ripe." No, this time it will be just practiced. Besides, how meaningful it is to clean up and decorate your own house according to your wishes!"
Niu Yuehong pointed to the window and said, "Let's take the time to buy curtain fabrics, we want Molik's, which are drooping and beautiful." On this side is a set of white high and low cabinets, on which are placed televisions, teacups, and silk flowers. There are five red fabric sofas over there. In addition to Simmons' bed, there is at most one wardrobe in the bedroom. Come and take a look at the kitchen. This cabinet is temporarily used for the time being, so you don't have to buy a new one. Oh, and there's a shortage of gas stoves and gas cylinders. I've heard it's not easy to get. ”
Zhao Qingsong said with a smile: "I can find someone to do the gas stove and gas cylinder." No matter how crowded the bedroom is, you have to have a dresser. You have to dress up every day. ”
Niu Yuehong smiled sweetly and said, "Okay." ”
Zhao Qingsong continued: "I see that the curtains in our dormitory are very beautiful. Pale blue base with several coconut trees on top. ”
Niu Yuehong pouted and said, "You are an old-fashioned person." Whose new house has that kind of low-grade and cheap curtains?"
Zhao Qingsong smiled and coaxed Niu Yuehong to be happy: "Everything is up to you, wife." ”
Niu Yuehong continued: "I started working this Sunday. Let's do a good job of hygiene first, wipe the window glass, paste a few red paper cuts in the future, and hang a few colored paper strips on the ceiling, and we can create a festive atmosphere immediately. ”
Zhao Qingsong saw that Niu Yuehong was so assertive and well-arranged, he admired and praised her from the bottom of his heart, and was glad that he had found a virtuous and lovely daughter-in-law.
Niu Yuehong asked again: "Have you told your family about the marriage?"
Zhao Qingsong replied, "I told it." ”
Niu Yuehong asked, "What did your parents say?"
Zhao Qingsong replied: "They said that everything is up to us. ”
Niu Yuehong thought for a while and said, "In that case, then we have to squeeze out time to buy things." According to the rules, the woman should buy four pairs of leather shoes for spring, summer, autumn and winter, four sets of clothes, one for spring, summer, autumn and winter, and not much jewelry, a gold necklace, a gemstone ring, and a watch. ”
Zhao Qingsong asked puzzledly: "I can tell the difference between summer and winter clothes and leather shoes, what is the difference between spring and autumn clothes and leather shoes?"
Niu Yuehong said impatiently: "Don't be serious, I haven't finished yet." ”
Zhao Qingsong said: "We are now from the city, don't do the same thing in the countryside." ”
Niu Yuehong glared at Zhao Qingsong angrily, and said, "Tell you that I haven't finished speaking, why are you in a hurry? I'm just telling you the current market, but we don't have to follow the rules." Now everything is popular for a while, and the pace of elimination is too fast. My advice is to buy a pair or a pair first, and it's never too late to buy a new style next year, so that you don't waste money and things don't fall behind. Isn't that right?"
Zhao Qingsong nodded again and again: "Yes." Right. You are such a strange woman who understands righteousness. ”
Niu Yuehong immediately grabbed his words: "Are you reading martial arts novels again?"
Zhao Qingsong said with a smile: "Qiong Yao's novel, you don't let you read it." ”
Niu Yuehong said with contempt: "Qingqing, I, I, I am greasy and crooked, how boring." ”
Zhao Qingsong said: "I won't let you see this, I won't let you see that, what can I see?"
Niu Yuehong replied crisply: "Watch the program of Anxi TV." ”
In the next few Sundays, Niu Yuehong and Zhao Qingsong cleaned up the new house, painted the walls themselves, painted the floor with brick-red floor paint, and bought back sofas, wardrobes, Simmons beds and other furniture, and a beautiful new home began to take shape.
Seeing that it is the end of the year, Niu Yuehong and Zhao Qingsong's new clothes have not yet been bought. Niu Yuehong suggested: "Let's just go to the mall to buy good quality woolen cloth and ask a high-skilled tailor to make it for us, right?"
Zhao Qingsong was already so tired that he didn't want to toss anymore, so he waved his hand and said, "It's too troublesome to do it by hand." It's better to buy it, and it will be solved after a visit to the mall. ”
Niu Yuehong quickly turned around and threw out a sentence: "It's troublesome, let's not get married." ”
Zhao Qingsong saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly coaxed Niu Yuehong: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, do it by hand, do it by hand, okay?"
Niu Yuehong burst into tears and laughed, picked up her right hand and punched Zhao Qingsong's shoulder: "Zhao Qingsong, you hate it!"