The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead
Chapter 174 - 170: Money Flows In

Chapter 174: Chapter 170: Money Flows In

After parting ways with Xue Jianian, Lu Jingqiu rode her bike straight to the suburban sand and gravel factory. Over here, purchasing sand and gravel didn’t require any "tickets" - as long as you had the money, you could buy it. After all, you can’t deny common folks the materials for building their homes just because they don’t have a ticket.

They also had cement and sand here, and because Lu Jingqiu often came to haul sand with Aunt Liu, although it wasn’t a lot, there were people she was familiar with. When they heard she was building a house, and even a two-story one at that, they were willing to give her a discount - twenty yuan per ton for cement.

The sand was fourteen yuan per ton, and after roughly estimating, she figured that just the cement and sand would cost her five or six hundred yuan.

She left them with an address and told them to deliver it in four or five days.

Then she ran to the nearby brick factory and ordered twenty thousand bricks for over five hundred yuan. Ouch, the day hadn’t even begun, and she had already spent over a thousand yuan on building her house.

No wonder no one wanted to buy that place; building a house was just too expensive.

The next morning, Lu Jingqiu went to the new house. Looking inside the kitchen at the cabinets, ha, apart from a few imperfect areas, the overall quality was quite good. After all, not many people built like this during that era.

The porcelain tiles on top were also nicely done. In a couple of years, she would get Carpenter Uncle to come over and make some cabinet doors, which really would be more practical than the ones in the future.

The sink was made of the same type of frosted stone as before, directly embedded in place. They had also dug two holes for the coal stove, one for frying and another for cooking, which was just perfect.

In the house, only the wall skirting was left to be painted, a dark green color. The two young men said that they would be done by the afternoon. Lu Jingqiu inspected several spots and found they had done a good job. Indeed, people were honest in their work nowadays, and having such an opportunity to earn money with a small job wasn’t easy.

Lu Jingqiu wasn’t planning on going back that afternoon since she had to pay the workers, so she went directly to Xue Jianian’s house after coming out.

Knowing they were laying kitchen cabinets at her house and figuring that she surely wouldn’t be able to cook at noon, she was thinking of inviting her to the State-owned restaurant, but then she saw that she had set up the coal stove in the courtyard, surrounded by her kittens, and said with a smile, "This is a pretty good idea. I was actually thinking of going to the State-owned restaurant with you. Had I known, I would’ve bought two pounds of meat to cook with you."

Xue Jianian waved her over and said, "If you hadn’t come, I would have come looking for you. When you come to my house, there’s no need to buy any meat or vegetables. You know it’s not about that with me."

"Do you need me for something?" Lu Jingqiu walked over, first petting the little fellow, who actually recognized her: "Lao San, you gained quite a bit of weight."

"I’ve given him a name, called Liushun, meaning ’All Goes Smoothly.’ How about that?"

"Mhm, I called mine Hua Hua, and the one left over was initially named Huaniu, but I thought that was too casual and prone to confusion, so I changed it to Hua Guoguo."

"You certainly name them casually. Tonight, the two uncles are helping me build the stove. I want your type of porcelain tiles too. Uncle said you know the place. Are you free this afternoon to come with me and have a look?"

"Sure, I happen to be free this afternoon."

"Great, to thank you, I’ll treat you to lunch today."

"That’s really nice."

Lu Jingqiu sat next to her in the courtyard by the coal stove, watching the salty rice porridge she was cooking and then said, "Niannian, do you still have rice and flour? I want to buy some for Uncle and ask him to lend me the tools for building the house."

"I still have around ten or so pounds, I’ll prepare it for you later."

Lu Jingqiu smiled and promptly took out her money, counted it, and gave it to her, and Xue Jianian didn’t stand on ceremony.

The products from her space were of high quality. Not to say that eating them could cure all diseases, but strengthening the body was certainly doable. Before, she was a bit weak, often falling ill, but ever since she got that space and drank its water, she hardly got sick.

That’s why her grain sold for a higher price, and it was reasonable.

"Your salted vegetable porridge tastes really good."

"Maybe it’s because it was simmered in a sand pot. Unfortunately, that’s all we have today - sorry about that. Once my place is fixed up, I’ll invite you for a proper meal, and we can also call Comrade Luo Xinyue. You guys were a big help at my wedding."

"Your cooking skills are way better than mine, so we won’t be polite with you."

After eating, they waited until the two uncles arrived, and Lu Jingqiu gave them the grain and twenty yuan.

The uncle smiled at the sight of the rice and flour: "This rice and flour look good. Since Comrade Lu trusts us brothers, we won’t be courteous either. I’ll deliver it tonight. As for the rent on your side, don’t rush. Whenever you need it, that’s when I’ll pay it back."