The latest website: So it came to Sunday, and the agreed meeting time with Luvia and Iluna was in the afternoon, so Xia De went out after washing his clothes in the morning. According to the business card given by Priest Augustus, he found it for maintenance. The decoration team of the house checked the specific damage on the third floor of the house.
They had to use telescoping metal ladders to move between the second and third floors because the stairs were broken.
In recent months, only Mia has been to the third floor, and Xia De entered the third floor of his own house for the first time today. After the workers climbed the metal ladder, they saw a dark corridor. The entire structure of the third floor was almost the same as that of the second floor, and there were two rooms next to the corridor.
The entire floor was dilapidated and damp, the ground was covered with a layer of dust, and there were footprints when stepping on it, and the ceiling and walls were covered with mildew. But at least the church cleaned it up before cutting off the third-floor staircase years ago.
Although you can see some blood with [Blood Echo], at least there is no garbage here, so there are no rats. Even, similar to the situation in the basement, first floor, and second floor, there are no spiders or spider webs in the space that has been abandoned for many years on the third floor. Xia De opened the two doors on the rotten third floor, and even climbed up to the attic with the help of the workers. The roof of the attic was leaking, but there was no trace of insects.
This is very novel.
Many owners of this house have died here. As far as Xia De knows, many famous accidents have happened on the third floor. The decoration team who came to check the damage of the house knew that someone had disappeared on the third floor of No. 6, Plaza Saint Teresa.
No one was alive, no one was dead, and the accident had once been a hot topic in the Tobesk tabloids many years ago.
After the preliminary inspection, they went back to the second floor to talk about things. The manager of the construction team, who looked very experienced and had dark red skin, gave his opinion:
"The building itself has been seriously damaged. Except for the minor problems of the floor, walls and windows, the serious problem is the roof. The roof and the floor have to be waterproofed. In addition, if you need to connect steam pipes and gas pipes, you need to We need to contact the gas company and the steam company to lay the pipelines inside the wall. I just saw cracks in the corridor wall on the third floor, and this needs to be checked and strengthened.”
This is as troublesome as it sounds.
"Can you contact me about the gas pipeline and steam pipeline?"
Shad asked.
"certainly."
"In addition to the maintenance of the third floor, please include helping me to paint the basement, the next room on the second floor and the overall walls of the first floor, including the maintenance of the outer walls of the house, including the renovation of the chimney and fireplace, please give me a specific Quotation, and then tell me the construction period."
The middle-aged man in overalls thought about it:
"During the maintenance of the third floor, it is best not to live on the second floor of the house. If the first floor also needs to be painted, we suggest you choose a room that will not be painted temporarily, and you can live there, otherwise you will definitely not be able to stand the smell of paint. If you want As soon as possible, we can start work tomorrow, but you will have to pay more to shorten the construction period.”
This request is quite reasonable, Xia De hugged the cat and thought for a while:
"Floor and paint, all with the best materials, I will live here for a long time... What if I ask for it to be completed within a week?"
The professional manager of the construction team took a notebook to calculate, then got up and went outside, and asked the workers who were inspecting on the third floor to go to the first floor and the basement to measure the area of the wall.
This kind of professionalism made Xia De very fond of it.
The last two people returned to the second floor again, and calculated the specific cost in the study:
"You were introduced by Priest Augustus. We will charge you the lowest fee. It includes material costs, construction costs, gas and steam pipeline laying costs, and the cost of the application for a building maintenance permit in the city center. This is not cheap. You can directly To be able to see the yordle palace, work on the nearby block requires an application ... a total of 200 pounds."
Although Xia De could afford the money, he still frowned:
"Sir, this amount of money is enough to buy a house with a garden in a remote part of the city."
"I know it's a lot, but there's also a lot of construction that needs to be done. The cost of maintaining the house not only includes construction costs, but also adds to the specific value of the house."
The manager patiently explained:
"What is the normal valuation of a house in the neighborhood, Mr. Hamilton, you know it yourself. I'm already within a reasonable range, and I've helped you get the lowest price. We also want to erase the markup based on the value of the house, but the industry The association will not agree."
"Industry Association?"
Xia De was puzzled again, and the middle-aged manager continued to explain, and it was obvious that he was not very satisfied:
"It is the federation of the construction industry. The main responsibility is to introduce business, but at the same time, it will also supervise the quotation of every business in the urban area to prevent the fluctuation of industry charging standards caused by malicious price increases and price reductions. The original purpose of this organization It is good, but it also leads to the fact that our charging level cannot be much lower than that of our peers, otherwise we will be squeezed out by our peers in the future.”
Xia De opened his mouth for a moment before nodding his head. He didn't expect to encounter such a thing:
"Then may I ask, is the 200 pounds the result of the premium?"
The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, poured the water from the teacup on the tea table, and wrote a few numbers by hand. Thinking about it this way, Xia De's premium is actually only about 30%. He didn't expect that it would be so expensive just to decorate the house without buying furniture.
The manager was still explaining to Shad:
This should be a discount that can only be given for the sake of Priest Augustus.
"But in this way, can the book issue be dealt with?"
Xia De asked again, and the middle-aged man showed a smile:
"You don't have to worry about this. The accounting firm we outsourced is very professional. However, if you start work tomorrow, I suggest that you arrange a place for yourself on the first floor as soon as possible and lock the door on the second floor. The door, to prevent your property from being affected during construction. Oh, Monday is mainly a reassessment of the overall damage to the building and construction marking, so you can move to the first floor before Tuesday."
This is a very reasonable suggestion. After all, Xia De and the cat can't directly lay the floor on the first floor.
"But why not? Is there any difference between sleeping on the floor and sleeping on a bed?"
Xia De asked himself in his heart, and then felt the cat's little paws pawing at him. When he lowered his head, the cat was looking at him with dissatisfied eyes:
"Okay, I'll let you sleep on the bed."
The orange cat, Mia, has very high requirements for the quality of life.
When meeting Luvia and Iluna in the afternoon, Xia De told them that he was going to repair the third floor of the house, and complained about the high house maintenance costs.
Iluna was surprised that Xia De was so rich, and Luvia looked up:
"In this way, all the rooms on No. 6 will be fully open."
"Is such that."
"What are you going to do with so much space? After the repairs on the third floor, you have two more empty rooms and an attic, plus your empty first floor and room two on the second floor. Your home is huge Most of the spaces are now vacant.”
"I plan to seal the windows of the upstairs room next to the stairs and decorate it as a dark room for daily practice of thaumaturgy and incantations. There will also be space to use when rituals need to be arranged. As for the other rooms... ...It is temporarily empty, and sooner or later there will be a chance to use it."
Luvia smiled and didn't comment on Shad's thoughts. Iluna wanted to say something, but looked at the cat lying on Shad's lap, and finally didn't speak.
"Xia De, why do you look a lot whiter?"
Iluna brought up a new topic:
"Your skin seems to have improved a lot. Are you using any cosmetics recently? I remember you mentioned that you have a friend who is good at mixing potions."
"Then let me tell you the story of what happened in Coldwater Harbor."
Xia De said with a smile, opened his arms and stretched his body backward, so the cat that was lying on his lap also stood up, lowered its upper body, and stretched its buttocks up.
The summer sun shines through the city fog and enters the room from the window. Shad is ready to tell a story:
"This story may be a bit long."
"It's okay, we have time."
The seventeen-year-old girl in a skirt said, and glanced at the female fortune teller again:
"Let's start now."
Xia De nodded, comforted the orange cat, and began to tell the terrible things that happened in the harbor city; Luvia leaned back slightly on the sofa with a teacup, smiling; Iluna touched her chin with her hand The seventeen-year-old girl looked at Xia De's face very intently.
The afternoon sun shone through the mist over Tobesk on their faces, and each of them seemed to glow. But the brightest thing is actually Mia's orange fur. This orange and white cat naps on Shad's lap, the fur on the body is facing the sun, shining brightly.
The Coldwater Harbor incident is over for the time being, and it will take another half a month for Darkness to reach Tobesk~www.mtlnovel.com~ The rest of the half month of the Moon of Flowers is really a very leisurely time for Shad.
His story really lasted all afternoon. Most of the whole pot of black tea was consumed by Xia De. The girls also tasted the small biscuits that Xia De brought out, and occasionally asked questions about details.
And Xia De told almost everything except the witch Miss Aurora and the secrets of Dorothy and Rezia. He didn't admit to Miss Galina that he was a "Godcaller," but he didn't hide it from the two brown-haired girls.
In Iluna's eyes, the previous half month was just a short summer of leisure after she returned to Tobesk from the Holy See. She didn't expect Xia De to experience such a complicated and wonderful adventure story during this period of time.
"It's just like those legendary stories. While the brave is taking risks, ordinary people see it as just a very ordinary time... Xia De, compared with you, I am not like the chosen one at all. "
This should be regarded as a seventeen-year-old girl praising Xia De.
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