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Chapter 32 Renovating the Roof 4

When we got home, the brothers had already prepared the meal.

Everyone unloaded the tiles in a whirlwind, carried them back to the house and put them away. Suona unloaded the carriage from the horse and tied the horse to the tree next to the courtyard gate. "Black Tiger" saw this strange "monster"

, both new and scared, hiding in the doghouse and barking "woof, woof, woof..." non-stop.

I scolded it a few words: "It won't bite you, so why are you barking?" The "black tiger" seemed to understand, and lay down in its kennel and stopped barking.

Xiaojie brought a basin of chaff for the horse to eat. Suona quickly said: "Don't feed it water yet."

Xiaojie said: "Without water, it is just chaff."

Suona then shook her newly washed hands with satisfaction and went into the main room to eat.

I remembered that when I went to find Suona yesterday, he asked me to buy him a pack of cigarettes. I left early and actually forgot about this. I quickly and quietly called Brother Jun to the courtyard and took five yuan.

Give the money to Brother Jun and ask him to quickly buy a pack of Hongmei cigarettes.

The food was simple. Suona finished it quickly and was about to get up and go back. I quickly gave him the thirty yuan fare. He took it and put it in his trouser pocket. He went out and set up the carriage and was about to leave.

At this time, Brother Jun arrived just in time with a cigarette. I took the cigarette and gave it to Suona. He smiled and said, "I was joking for you, but you took it seriously." I said, "That's right.

, you should, get it quickly."

He happily took the cigarette and walked away.

After closing the courtyard door and returning to the main room, we started to carry tiles. We carried 300 horses on the tower block, 200 horses on the east tower, and 100 horses on the west tower. The rest were put under the big ladder of the tower block.

Good for backup.

After holding the tiles, I started to make other preparations for turning over the tiles tomorrow. Collect the fragile pots and jars to prevent them from falling and being damaged when turning over the tiles. Cover what should be covered to avoid overturning the tiles.

It was stained by dust and broken tiles that fell from time to time.

After doing all these tasks, there is only one job left. That is to tell the neighbors that if it does not rain tomorrow, we will "turn over the house." Passing this message to the neighbors actually has three meanings. The first is to remind the neighbors to move the property near the common wall.

Collect and cover the placed things. The second is to remind the neighbors to pay attention to safety and avoid danger. The third is to do the neighbor's job and throw the broken tiles from the roof into their yard. After turning over the tiles, come down and clean them up for them.

.The third level of meaning is actually not necessary, but doing so can reduce a lot of labor and avoid the trouble of throwing broken tiles upstairs and cleaning them up.

The most difficult thing to do is this third level of work. Because in the past, my father would rather work harder on his own than cause trouble to others. However, I don't want to do it like him. I am willing to give it a try.

In fact, the neighbors are not outsiders, they are my father's father and brothers. However, due to various reasons, the relationship with each other is not good. They don't talk to each other and don't interact with each other. I feel that they are not as close as outsiders. To tell the truth, our brothers

For as long as they can remember, the three of them have never experienced the happiness of other children who are loved by their grandparents and loved by their grandparents. It is quite sad to think about it. It would be okay if there are no grandparents. But there are obviously, and they are only "separated by a wall"

, but it is like being separated by thousands of rivers and mountains, separated by "Mount Everest".

I made countless "hypotheses" in my mind and mustered up the courage to knock on my neighbor's door. After knocking for a long time, someone finally answered. It was "Aunt Four" who came.

She asked coldly: "What do you want to do?"

I could feel her indifference and her "hostility". However, I was here to "communicate". So I smiled and said: "Fourth Aunt, I am going to flip the house tomorrow..."

Before I finished speaking, she was about to close the door. But I held the door hard, and she didn't close it. When she saw me holding the door, she said, "You can open your door, we know."

.Her meaning is very obvious. In fact, she means that she will clean up and make her family members pay attention to safety.

But my purpose of "knocking on the door" has not yet been achieved. I don't care what her attitude is, and I just say: "My house is leaking, and your house should also be leaking. I know that my fourth uncle is not at home either."

, it’s not easy for you to find someone to help you renovate it. I will renovate it tomorrow and I will also renovate the areas that share the same wall with your house. You can check the other places yourself. If there is any leakage, you need my help.

Just prepare it tomorrow. I'll go up to the house, and you can use bamboo poles to open up the leaky areas from the inside. Then I'll know where they are, and I'll help you turn over the house casually."

After hearing what I said, she didn't answer immediately, but just relaxed her hold on the door. I felt that she might be having an "ideological struggle" in her heart and was not in a hurry to leave.

After waiting for a while, she said: "There are quite a few leaks, but there are no tiles in the house."

When I heard this, I quickly said: "Fourth Aunt, don't worry about it. I bought more than a thousand horses today."

After hearing what I said, she added: "Well, you have used a lot of watts. I will calculate the money for you then."
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