This courtyard house had been completely remodeled by Wu Shuheng four to five years ago. It had a complete set of facilities, such as central air conditioning, floor heating, and so on. It was still very advanced today.
Therefore, Xia Ruofei only suggested some changes to the details according to his preferences.
For example, he could open a door in the third courtyard and change the two unused rooms into a garage. This way, when driving, he could enter and exit from the back road and not have to go through the crowded Liuhai Lane.
Also, Xia Ruofei came from the Southeast Province. He liked osmanthus trees, especially when the osmanthus flowers bloomed in autumn. The fragrance of the osmanthus flowers filled the courtyard and made people feel relaxed and happy. Therefore, he planned to plant a few osmanthus trees in the three courtyards.
As for whether or not they could survive in the cold north, Xia Ruofei didn't consider it. As long as he was willing to use the solution of the spirit heart flower petals, how could they not survive?
Now, Xia Ruofei had accumulated a lot of spirit heart flower petals. Other than regularly injecting some into the farm's water tower and the shad breeding workshop's water tower, he didn't need to use much of it. Therefore, his storage had been steadily increasing.
There were also some other small changes. It was nothing more than feeling that some places were damaged, so he needed to find similar old wood to replace them.
Xia Ruofei didn't want to change the huge wine cellar in the basement for now. This was because he didn't know what to change. The courtyard house's functions were already very complete. Therefore, he might as well just leave it there.
The changes that Xia Ruofei proposed weren't too difficult. After Zhao Yongjun wrote them down, he smiled and said, "No problem. My friend can definitely do it. He has done much more complicated work before!"
Xia Ruofei grinned and said, "Brother Zhao, then I'll leave the remodeling here to you! I definitely can't keep waiting in Beijing. I'll have to trouble you to help me keep an eye on it! "
"Alright! Don't worry about it! "Zhao Yongjun said.
The two of them walked around the courtyard house. After Xia Ruofei finished looking, he confirmed that there was nothing that needed to be changed.
The two of them sat in the courtyard and chatted for a while before preparing to close the door and leave.
Originally, Xia Ruofei was going to cook a meal for Zhao Yongjun in the siheyuan, but he changed his mind. Those super ingredients were all stored in the Ring-Tu space, so he couldn't use them. Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense.
As for buying ordinary ingredients to cook, Xia Ruofei had no interest in that at all.
Just as the two of them were about to leave, Song Rui called.
"Ruofei, are you in the siheyuan?" Song Rui asked as soon as the call was connected.
"Yes!"
"Open the door, open the door!" Song Rui shouted. "I'm at the door!"
With that, he hung up the phone.
As Xia Ruofei put away his phone, he smiled and said to Zhao Yongjun, "Song Rui came over. I don't know what's going on …"
"Let's go and have a look!" Zhao Yongjun said.
The two of them passed through the Chuihua Gate and came to the first courtyard. As soon as Xia Ruofei opened the door, he saw Song Rui standing at the door. Beside him stood a man with a square face who was about 30 years old. He was very strong and had a faint imposing manner.
"Why are you so slow!" Song Rui complained.
"You came to me in a hurry. What's the matter?" Xia Ruofei glanced at the strong man beside Song Rui and asked with a smile.
"Didn't you want to find someone to look after the courtyard for you?" Song Rui pointed to the strong man beside him and said, "I went to do this for you early in the morning. Here, I brought the person for you!"
At this time, Zhao Yongjun, who was behind Xia Ruofei, noticed the person beside Song Rui. He froze for a moment and then said in surprise, "Wu Qiang?"
The strong man beside Song Rui also raised his head. After looking at Zhao Yongjun for a few seconds, he cried out in surprise, "Platoon leader! Why are you here? "
Zhao Yongjun said with some excitement, "I wanted to ask you! Why are you in Beijing? And why did Song Rui find you? "
"I've been in Beijing all these years!"
"Then why didn't you come find me?" Zhao Yongjun said with some dissatisfaction, "You don't treat me as a brother, right?"
Xia Ruofei and Song Rui were both dumbfounded.
Wasn't Song Rui going to introduce a guard to Xia Ruofei today? How did it become Zhao Yongjun's and Wu Qiang's reunion?
"Stop, stop, stop!" Song Rui shouted, "Brother Zhao, you know Wu Qiang?"
"More than just know him?" Zhao Yongjun laughed, "He's a soldier I've led before!"
Xia Ruofei also felt that it was a bit strange. Was the world really so small?
He stepped forward and said with a smile, "Everyone, don't stand at the door. Let's talk inside!"
"Yes, yes, yes, let's talk inside!" Zhao Yongjun also quickly said.
He was also a bit excited to meet a soldier he had led before here.
The group of people came to the second courtyard. The early autumn weather in Beijing wasn't too cold, and the afternoon sun was warm, so everyone sat down at the stone table in the courtyard.
Xia Ruofei went into the room and brewed a pot of tea.
Naturally, he used the top-grade Da Hong Pao tea from his space. The tea didn't take up much space and could be placed in his bag, so it wouldn't arouse any suspicion.
Originally, Da Hong Pao tea was used to brew Kung Fu tea, but there weren't many people in the north who drank Kung Fu tea. Wu Shuheng's house didn't have any decent tea sets, so he could only use a large teapot to brew a pot.
This way, the taste would be a bit worse, but the tea leaves were good enough, so the tea would be fragrant after being brewed.
Xia Ruofei poured a cup of tea for everyone, then said with a smile, "Brother Zhao, first tell us about your relationship with Brother Wu Qiang!"
Zhao Yongjun drank a mouthful of tea and said with a smile, "This kid was the first batch of recruits I led when I was a platoon leader …"
With Zhao Yongjun's explanation, Xia Ruofei and Song Rui found out that after Zhao Yongjun was thrown into the army by General Zhao Cheng, he was promoted in the third year. After half a year of training, he was awarded the rank of second lieutenant.
His first job in the army was as a platoon leader of recruits, and he was responsible for training the recruits that had just been recruited.
Wu Qiang was one of the recruits. Because his military qualities were good, he was valued by Zhao Yongjun. After the recruit training, the recruits were assigned to various companies. Zhao Yongjun even specifically asked him to be in his company.
Wu Qiang didn't disappoint Zhao Yongjun's expectations. His performance was quite good, and in the second year, he was promoted to vice squad leader. Later, he was promoted to sergeant.
However, Zhao Yongjun didn't have the heart to work in the army. When he was a company leader, he applied for a transfer and left the army.
At that time, Wu Qiang was still serving in the army. He had already become the backbone of his company. He was the squad leader for several years, and when there was a platoon leader vacancy, he acted as the platoon leader.
After Zhao Yongjun transferred, he was arranged to work in a public institution. However, he was also a restless person. Not long after, he resigned and went into the business of selling antiques. At that time, General Zhao Cheng was quite angry.
After Zhao Yongjun went to other places for a few years, he lost contact with some of his comrades in the army. He only heard that Wu Qiang retired after the end of his second class sergeant term. He didn't expect Wu Qiang to come to Beijing. At that time, they were serving in the army in Jizhou Province.
After Zhao Yongjun finished speaking, he looked at Wu Qiang and said, "You brat, you've been in Beijing for several years, and you didn't contact your old platoon leader. Do you not see me as a brother?"
Wu Qiang quickly said, "Platoon leader, I didn't know you were in Beijing! Besides … the contact method from back then is no longer valid. Beijing is so big, I couldn't find you even if I wanted to! "
Wu Qiang was telling the truth. Zhao Yongjun changed his number a few times in the past few years. Those comrades that he hadn't seen for many years basically lost contact with.
If Zhao Yongjun wanted to find Wu Qiang in Beijing, it would definitely not be difficult at all. However, Wu Qiang was just a child of an ordinary family. He didn't have any connections in Beijing. Even if he wanted to find Zhao Yongjun, it would be impossible to find him.
Zhao Yongjun couldn't help but be speechless. After a pause, he said, "What you said makes sense."
Then Zhao Yongjun looked at Song Rui and asked, "Xiao Rui, how do you know Wu Qiang and even introduced him to work for Ruofei?"
Song Rui said with a smile, "Of course it was someone else who introduced him! Ruofei said that he wanted to find someone reliable. It would be best if it was a retired soldier, so I found Guo Ruchao. He knows a lot of soldiers! So I introduced Wu Qiang. Wu Qiang just happened to be in Beijing, so I brought him over. "
Zhao Yongjun said in surprise, "Guo Ruchao? Wu Qiang, how do you know Guo Ruchao? "
Guo Ruchao was also a member of their circle. It was just that he was older than Song Rui and his father's position wasn't as prominent as Zhao Cheng's.
However, Guo Ruchao had always been developing in the army. Now, he was the deputy chief of staff of a division stationed in Beijing. At the age of 35 or 36, he had reached the regimental level.
Wu Qiang said honestly, "He was my former regimental chief of staff."
It turned out that after Zhao Yongjun transferred, Wu Qiang performed outstandingly in a group army competition and was transferred to the main regiment where Guo Ruchao was the chief of staff. Guo Ruchao also thought highly of Wu Qiang, who had excellent military qualities. When Wu Qiang retired from the army, Guo Ruchao asked him to stay many times. He even specifically asked for a rank 3 non-commissioned officer.
However, the reason why Wu Qiang chose to retire was that other than the high ranking non-commissioned officer quota, the more important reason was that his family's elderly were sick and his younger brother and sister's school expenses were too high. The salary of a non-commissioned officer was simply not enough, so he wanted to leave the army to work elsewhere to earn more money.
After Guo Ruchao found out the reason, he was also very regretful. However, he still allowed Wu Qiang to leave the army.
Not only that, Guo Ruchao also used his connections in Beijing to help Wu Qiang find a job.
Because Wu Qiang had a rural household registration, he didn't get a job after retiring from the army. Originally, Guo Ruchao wanted to help him arrange a white-collar office job. However, Wu Qiang said that his education was low and declined. In the end, he chose a job as a security guard captain.
In the past few years that Wu Qiang was in Beijing, Guo Ruchao had always taken care of him. This time, when Guo Ruchao heard that Song Rui wanted to find a private guard job for a friend, he immediately recommended Wu Qiang.
After listening to Wu Qiang's reason, Zhao Yongjun couldn't help but sigh. "I didn't expect Guo Ruchao to be so loyal!"
Then he said with a bit of guilt, "Wu Qiang, I didn't know that you were in Beijing for the past few years. However, Guo Ruchao took care of you quite well …"
Wu Qiang hurriedly said, "Old Platoon Leader, it's me who didn't take the initiative to contact you …"
Zhao Yongjun waved his hand and said, "Today we've contacted each other. If you have any difficulties in the future, you must tell me. If I can help you, I will definitely help you!"
Zhao Yongjun's personality was rather forthright. He was also a very nostalgic person. Although he didn't like the life in the army, after seeing Wu Qiang, he couldn't help but think of his time in the army.
"I understand, Old Platoon Leader!" Wu Qiang said with a touched expression.
Then Zhao Yongjun said to Xia Ruofei, "Ruofei, Wu Qiang is a soldier that I brought up. His character is absolutely reliable. Moreover, his military qualities are very good. He is definitely qualified for this job …"
Xia Ruofei naturally understood what Zhao Yongjun meant. He said with a smile, "Of course I trust Brother Zhao's soldiers!"
Then he smiled gently at Wu Qiang and asked, "Brother Wu …"
Wu Qiang hurriedly said, "Boss, I don't dare. You can just call me Wu Qiang …"
Xia Ruofei smiled, nodded and asked, "Wu Qiang, how's your treatment as the security captain?"
Wu Qiang said honestly, "The monthly salary is about 6,000 yuan. There's insurance and housing. The company provides accommodation and lunch. However, I live in a group dormitory."
Xia Ruofei nodded and said, "If you come to help me, the work is relatively simple. You're mainly responsible for the safety and daily maintenance of this house. You can hire hourly workers to clean the house. Oh, by the way, when I'm in Beijing, I need you to be my driver. You should be able to do it, right?"
When Wu Qiang heard this, he felt that the work was simply too easy!
To put it bluntly, he would live here and patrol every day. He didn't even need to clean the house himself. As for being a driver, it wasn't hard work. Moreover, according to Xia Ruofei, he wouldn't be in Beijing for a long time.
He didn't have to do any work every day, and he had such a good house to live in. Where could he find such an easy job?
Wu Qiang immediately nodded and said loudly, "Yes!"
Zhao Yongjun said, "Ruofei, Wu Qiang has been the security captain for 6,000 yuan a month. You can't treat him badly!"
Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "Brother Zhao, do I look like a stingy person?"
Xia Ruofei wasn't short of money now. Moreover, he had always taken care of his employees, especially the veterans who had retired from the army.
Xia Ruofei pondered for a moment and said, "Wu Qiang, how about this! Come and help me. The monthly salary is 8,000 yuan. The kitchen and electrical appliances here are all ready-made. You can buy your own food and cook. I'll give you 1,500 yuan a month as food allowance. As for the insurance … "
Xia Ruofei thought for a moment and said, "My company is in Southeast Province. If you want to pay the insurance and housing in Beijing … Why don't you find a company to affiliate with first? I'll pay for it! "
Zhao Yongjun immediately said, "Why do you still need to find a company? Just put it under my company's name! "
Zhao Yongjun was very satisfied with Xia Ruofei's offer. Although it wasn't a particularly high income in Beijing, it was definitely above average.
Wu Qiang only had a high school education. Other than being good at fighting, he didn't have any other skills. It was already quite good for him to be able to find such a job.
Xia Ruofei said with a smile, "Then it's settled. Send me the payment bill when the time comes!"
Zhao Yongjun said casually, "No need. How much can the insurance and housing be paid in a year? Just consider it as a token of my appreciation as the platoon leader! "
"Okay! Let's do as Brother Zhao says! "Xia Ruofei said with a smile.
The insurance and housing wasn't much. Xia Ruofei didn't hold back with Zhao Yongjun on such a small matter. He also understood that Zhao Yongjun wanted to do something for Wu Qiang.
The two of them settled the matter in a few words. Xia Ruofei then turned to look at Wu Qiang. He asked with a smile, "Wu Qiang, are you satisfied with this offer? If you have any other requests, you can mention it. "
Wu Qiang was already stunned.
Not only was this job extremely easy, but the benefits given by Xia Ruofei were also so good. Not only was the salary directly increased by two thousand, but he was also given a food allowance of one thousand five hundred per month. Even the insurance and housing funds were all covered by the platoon leader.
Moreover, as the security captain, he often had to be transferred to various banks and buildings. He also often had to do night shifts. His life wasn't regular and his work was so hard. If he worked for Xia Ruofei, he would get a salary of nearly ten thousand and live in a large courtyard house in the center of Beijing. He didn't have much to do every day. It was like heaven and earth!
"Wu Qiang, Ruofei is asking you!" Zhao Yongjun saw Wu Qiang in a daze and couldn't help but remind him with a smile.
Only then did Wu Qiang come back to his senses. He quickly said, "Satisfied! Satisfied! Boss, you are giving me too much … "
Xia Ruofei smiled faintly and said, "This salary isn't very high. Our company's old employees can basically get this amount. As long as you work hard, your salary will be higher in the future. Also, I won't let you do this job forever. When the time comes, you can work in the company!"
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