413: move place!
Liu Xiaolin waited in the car for over ten minutes before he saw Li Xiuming approach the parking lot with three or four service staff.
These service staff were carrying items of all sizes, so many that they were stacked up, blocking their eyes and preventing them from seeing their feet.
"I've bought everything. Look how enthusiastic they are; they even helped deliver my purchases," Li Xiuming said casually, his hands empty except for a card.
"This much? Will my car fit all of it?" Liu Xiaolin asked, frowning.
"It's fine if it doesn't fit; I'll find two porters to help send it back," Li Xiuming said indifferently.
"Porters? What are those?" Liu Xiaolin asked, puzzled.
"Porters are a unique profession in our Yuhai City. They specialize in delivering goods to people's homes," Li Xiuming explained.
"Then let's try to load as much as possible into the car first. If it really doesn't fit, we can find porters," Liu Xiaolin said, opening the trunk and letting the service staff put in the four-piece sets, pillow inserts, quilts, and so on. x33xs.com
Although the car was not small, after half the items were loaded, there was no more space.
"Take them out and rearrange them. Put all six four-piece sets in, then fill the remaining space with some pillow inserts, and leave all the quilts for the porters to deliver," Li Xiuming said, seeing the trunk piled up in a messy way, and immediately began to direct.
The service staff looked at this big customer; how could they not listen to him? They busily took the items out and rearranged them. In the end, three quilts couldn't fit, but the other items were squeezed in with difficulty.
"Alright, you can go up now. Thank you," Li Xiuming was very happy today, having enjoyed VIP treatment.
"Boss, you're too kind. Boss, please feel free to visit our store anytime you need something. Boss, take care," several service staff bowed crisply and uniformly.
"Alright, got it. Go back," Li Xiuming said with a wave of his hand.
"Good heavens, you're using my money to impersonate a boss, huh?" Liu Xiaolin said, looking at Li Xiuming, who was about to get in the car. "Boss, don't get in yet. Let's find a porter first."
"No need to look. If we sit here, a porter will come over as soon as they see the items," Liu Xiaolin said indifferently.
Before he finished speaking, a person came carrying a carrying pole, with a string of ropes hanging from it.
"Boss, do you need me to carry your purchases home for you?" the person asked.
"Yes, please deliver those three quilts to this address. How much will it be?" Li Xiuming took out his phone, found the location of his residential community, showed it to the person, and then asked.
"This address? Isn't it a bit far?" The person, at a glance, was an old hand familiar with various communities in Yuhai City. "It's so far, the price will have to be a bit higher."
"It's fine, a bit more expensive is fine. You decide," Liu Xiaolin looked at the person, who seemed like an honest laborer, and couldn't bear to bargain harshly.
"Sixty yuan, boss, how about it?" the person offered.
"Alright, sixty it is," Liu Xiaolin readily agreed. "Just deliver it quickly."
"Alright, you can drive back first; I'll be there shortly," the porter said readily.
Liu Xiaolin glanced at Li Xiuming: "Is that it? We can go now?"
"Yes, that's it. We can go now," Li Xiuming said.
Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaolin immediately stepped on the gas and returned to Xinmin Community.
Only when he was completing the transfer procedures did he realize that the community where his purchased house was located was called Xinmin Community. Before, every time he entered the community, he was so focused on looking at the steps that he never noticed the community's name.
About ten minutes later, the car arrived outside the community. After Liu Xiaolin parked the car, he looked at the pile of items and then at the high steps: "Do we still need to find a porter?"
"Oh, wow, you've found the way of life in Yuhai City!" Li Xiuming said with a smile. "At this point, you really need to find a porter, otherwise, you'll be exhausted trying to get your purchases home."
"Then what are you still rambling about? Hurry up and find one!" Liu Xiaolin said, rolling his eyes at Li Xiuming.
"Take the items out and put them by the car, and a porter will appear immediately. Do I need to say this again?" Li Xiuming wasn't angry; he began to open the trunk and move things out on his own.
After moving just two items, a porter appeared.
"Boss, do you need me to help you carry these home?" the person asked, bare-chested and dark-skinned, with the same carrying pole and rope.
"Yes, deliver these items to building 1401 in front. How much?" Li Xiuming asked, pointing to the items on the ground and in the trunk.
"Thirty yuan," this porter was also an honest person.
"Alright, you can start loading. We'll go home and wait for you," Li Xiuming said after he and Liu Xiaolin had taken out all the items.
"Don't worry, boss!" the porter said with a beaming smile.
This job was still profitable; transporting from the community entrance to inside the community, climbing hundreds of steps to earn thirty yuan, how could he not be happy!
Liu Xiaolin casually picked up a few items from the ground and said, "Let's not go empty-handed. Take a little to save them the trouble."
"You, you're just too kind-hearted," Li Xiuming said, shaking his head, while also picking up a few items and following Liu Xiaolin up the steps.
After the long flight of steps, Liu Xiaolin felt his hands go numb. The ancient saying "No light load on a long journey" was so true; even carrying a few very light trinkets, he still felt tired.
"Finally, we're at the elevator. Didn't I tell you not to carry things yourself? Aren't you exhausted?" Li Xiuming put the items in his hands into the elevator, rubbing his reddened hands.
"Alright, we're home now, so stop rambling," Liu Xiaolin said with a smile. "Let's go, home."
The two walked out of the elevator, and Liu Xiaolin entered the password to open the door.
"We'll be busy this afternoon," Liu Xiaolin felt a headache coming on just thinking about all the things he had to organize later.
"Busy with what? Just find a temporary housekeeper," Li Xiuming said.
"Ah? Do you have a number?" Liu Xiaolin's interest was piqued immediately.
"Of course, I'll call now and get two temporary housekeepers to come over," Li Xiuming said. "After they arrive, we'll go out for a walk, and when we come back, everything will be taken care of."
"Then don't wait, call them quickly!" Liu Xiaolin said eagerly.
"Alright, I'll call now," Li Xiuming's phone had many essential phone numbers for various daily services saved, indicating he probably didn't shy away from being lazy usually.
The temporary housekeepers were contacted and would arrive in half an hour.
During this time, the porter from the community entrance delivered the items upstairs, and Liu Xiaolin gave him a hundred-yuan bill.
About twenty minutes later, the porter from outside the supermarket also delivered the quilts, and Liu Xiaolin again gave him a hundred-yuan bill.
"If I had known you were so generous, why would I have played the bad guy and bargained?" Li Xiuming said, dumbfounded.
"It's not easy for people who do hard labor; there's no need to quibble over a few small coins," Liu Xiaolin said with a smile.
"Alright, I get it, I know you're a generous rich person, otherwise you wouldn't have given me 300,000 for renovation compensation right off the bat. I'm truly impressed by you," Li Xiuming said with a hint of helplessness.
"Don't be impressed by me. The temporary housekeepers are here. Let's wait downstairs for a while, and I'll go upstairs after they finish tidying up my house," Liu Xiaolin said, letting the temporary housekeepers in, then taking Li Xiuming downstairs.
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