It was not convenient to talk in the store, so Lin Mai followed Master Zhang outside the store and stood under the shade of a tree.
Master Zhang said: "I want to add an attic for you."
Lin Mai thought to herself that Li Mingcheng had moved out and there were only three people in the house, including her, Zhou Caiyun and Doudou.
Even if Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang come to live in the future, there will only be five people.
An area as big as the third floor is more than enough for five people. There is no need for an attic, so I refused.
Master Zhang was silent for a few seconds and said, "I think this attic is well done."
Lin Mai asked puzzledly: "Why?"
"The summer in Jiangcheng is really too hot. If you don't insulate the attic, you will be unbearably hot when you live on the third floor.
And with the insulating layer of the attic, the indoors won’t be too cold in winter.”
Lin Mai didn't take this into consideration.
Although I didn't take it into consideration, I have a deep understanding that the second floor they live in now is the top floor.
Because the sun shines directly on the roof, the room is very hot like a steamer. Even if you turn on the fan, the air blown out will be hot.
Lin Mai worriedly asked: "Will building an attic increase the load on the foundation?"
Master Zhang shook his head: "No, the third floor and attic with additional floors are made of cinder blocks except for the wall shared with the neighbor next door which is made of red bricks.
This kind of cinder block is very light. A child of six or seven years old can carry a cinder block that is similar to a large box without increasing the load-bearing capacity of the foundation.
Covering the attic with tiles as a roof will not increase the load-bearing capacity of the foundation."
Lin Mai nodded: "Then it's up to you, as long as there are no safety risks."
There is nothing wrong with adding an extra attic so you can pay more for demolition in the future.
Early the next morning, Lin Mai set off for Guangzhou.
Fang Zhuoran sent her to the train and told her that he had arranged for the acquaintance's sister to pick her up at the train station.
Lin Mai was speechless: "It would be better not to send a girl to pick up the car."
Fang Zhuoran said: "My acquaintance's sister is not an ordinary girl.
He used to be on the national judo team, but he retired because he injured his ligament and could no longer practice judo.
She can fight five or six men by herself, so it will be absolutely no problem for her to protect you."
In the evening, Lin Mai got off the train at Guangzhou Station.
When I left the train station, I saw a pretty girl holding a big sign with several big characters written on it: "I am Ke Ziqing."
Isn't this the name of the acquaintance's sister that Fang Zhuoran told her?
Lin Mai was a little surprised.
She thought all judo athletes were strong and strong, but she didn't expect Ke Ziqing to be so slim.
Lin Mai walked towards her.
At this time, several fat and strong middle-aged women came up, pulled Lin Mai away, and said with smiles on their faces: "It's so late, you want to stay, go to our hotel and spend the night."
Everything happened so unexpectedly that Lin Mai was dragged away by the middle-aged women before he even had time to take out the watermelon knife.
In desperation, she shouted Ke Ziqing's name loudly.
Ke Ziqing, who has sharp ears and eyes, heard Lin Mai's cry for help and ran over immediately.
He beat the middle-aged women with the big wooden sign in his hand and shouted in Cantonese: "You dead pigs, you dare to rob my people, are you looking for death?"
The middle-aged women were beaten by her and fled.
One of them had his face scratched by a big wooden sign, and blood was pouring out, which was particularly scary.
Ke Ziqing was afraid that Lin Mai would be scared, so she covered her eyes and said, "Don't look!"
Lin Mai took off her hand and said with a smile: "I'm not afraid!"
Ke Ziqing took her to her home.
Seeing Lin Zimai looking around, she smiled and said, "Do you think my home is very small, with only one single room?
I live alone and don’t need a big house, so I only rented a single room.”
Lin Mai smiled: "I don't think your home is small, but I think your home is quite elegantly decorated."
Ke Ziqing smiled and said, "You really know how to praise people!"
She went to the kitchen and turned on the coal stove, boiled water and the two of them took a bath.
He then took out a brand new camp bed that looked like he just bought it, unfolded it, and said to Lin Mai, "You sleep on the bed, and I'll sleep on the camp bed."
Although Ke Ziqing is not fat, she is very tall, about 1.75 meters.
She is very petite compared to her height of 1.65 meters.
And the camp bed looked so thin. Lin Mai was afraid that she would collapse the camp bed and fall off, so she wanted to sleep on the camp bed by herself.
The two of them were tugging and tugging, but Ke Ziqing got impatient and raised her hand, throwing Lin Mai on the bed.
He said angrily: "If you are a guest in my house, you must abide by my rules. You can sleep wherever I tell you."
Lin Mai couldn't fight her, so he had to obey her arrangement.
When she woke up in the morning, Ke Ziqing took Lin Mai for morning tea.
After having morning tea, the two of them went to get the goods.
When they arrived at the clothing wholesale market, Lin Mai went straight to Qiao Jiaren.
Pretty Lady's landlady beamed when she saw her: "Why didn't you come for so long?"
Lin Mai pretended to complain: "Don't mention it, the batch of imported second-hand clothes that came back from you last time has been sold out until now, so that's why I haven't come here."
The landlady didn't quite believe it: "Others are selling very well, how come you are selling so poorly? So what do you want to get this time?"
Lin Mai scratched his eyebrows and said sheepishly: "I still want to get second-hand imported and second-hand clothes."
The landlady asked meaningfully: "Didn't you say you can't sell it? Why do you still want it?"
Lin Mai chuckled and said, "But the profits are huge."
The boss lady nodded: "I happen to have a batch of imported second-hand clothes on hand. If you get more, I will give you a discount."
Lin Mai smiled and said, "Thank you, boss lady."
The landlady waved her hand: "You're welcome. It's not because you said your business is not good. I don't want to give you a discount at all. I can sell those clothes very well."
Ke Ziqing and Lin Mai followed the proprietress to the warehouse where Lin Mai had been before.
As soon as the warehouse door opened, Lin Mai felt something was wrong.
An unpleasant smell hit their noses, making her and Ke Ziqing cough for a long time.
Lin Mai couldn't help but frown.
She remembered that the last time she entered the warehouse, there was no smell inside.
Seeing her strange expression, the lady boss smiled and said, "I heard that this batch of goods encountered some trouble at the customs and was detained for several months, so the musty smell is a bit strong.
But the clothes are still good clothes. Go back and disinfect them and tidy them up so they look like new. Many bosses in inland cities want this kind of stuff."
No matter how eloquent the landlady was, Lin Mai just smiled.
When she came to those piles of second-hand clothes, she turned around and left.
Those old clothes were definitely not the second-hand clothes she had seen. Not only were they stained, some even had blood stains on them. It looked like they were from informal channels.
But the boss lady dared to lie to her and said that it had been detained by the customs for several months. The customs would not release this kind of goods at all, okay?
The landlady became anxious and grabbed Lin Mai and said, "Do you think this batch of clothes is not as good as last time?
Alas! To tell you the truth, we relied on luck to get these goods at the customs.
We receive whatever goods are given to us. It is impossible to pick and choose at all.
I was unlucky this time, the goods I got were not good~”
At this point, the landlady paused for a moment, gritted her teeth and said, "Let's do this. I'll give you a 500-yuan discount on a bunch of goods, and only charge you a 1,000-yuan price. What do you think?"
Not to mention it's five hundred yuan cheaper, she doesn't even want it as a free gift.
Lin Mai struggled to get rid of the landlady and left.
The boss's wife ran out after him.
Several security guards not far away were staring at her, waiting for her to signal them to start taking action against Lin Mai and Ke Ziqing.