"good."

Wang Yuanguang nodded, "Although Dad can't read many characters, he can still read a scale and remember how many kilograms each family has."

"Dad, thank you for everything!"

Wang Qian gave him a grateful look, and then said, "If you can handle it, then I'll go talk to Zhang Tiezhu about building a new house."

"Why are you looking for Tiezhu to build a new house?" Wang Yuanguang asked, puzzled.

"Isn't he out there building brick houses for others?"

Wang Qian said, "We're too busy with business right now, so I'd like to contract out the entire construction of the new house to him."

"Is it alright?"

Wang Yuanguang was a little unhappy. "Although Dad is old, he still has some strength."

“Dad, I know you’ve always wanted to save money, but given our current situation, there’s really no need for us to do everything ourselves. By outsourcing, we can focus on doing business.”

"This... will work too!"

Wang Yuanguang hesitated for a moment, but still compromised.

Wang Qian is right, their business is growing bigger and bigger, and they are indeed quite busy.

If we contract it out, we can save a lot of time and energy.

But after thinking about it, he added, "Contracting it out is fine, but I went up the mountain this morning and saw a big, straight tree that would be perfect as a crossbeam. I'll cut it down when I have some free time, and that should save me some money. What do you think?"

"beam?"

Wang Qian was taken aback at first, then realized what was happening.

"Dad, you don't think that the new house we're building will be another old-fashioned tile-roofed house, do you?"

"Otherwise, what do you want to build?" Wang Yuanguang retorted.

"Dad, you've misunderstood!"

Wang Qian said with a wry smile, "What we want to build are single-story houses, the kind of two-story rural villas."

What is a villa?

Wang Yuanguang looked completely bewildered.

Lu Aihua was also completely confused.

They had heard of bungalows, built with red bricks, and roofs made of reinforced concrete instead of tiles.

However, they had never heard of villas before.

"Dad, Mom, a villa is a type of bungalow, and it's definitely more comfortable to live in than this old tile-roofed house."

"But in our rural areas now, everyone lives in tiled houses. Who would build a single-story house?"

That was before.

Wang Qian patiently explained, "Everyone will build single-story houses in the future; this is the general trend."

"Building a bungalow must cost a lot of money, right?" Wang Yuanguang asked with a hint of doubt.

"It will indeed cost a lot of money, but it's okay, we can afford it now."

Not wanting to waste time on this topic, he quickly changed the subject, "Dad, you hold things here for now. I'll go talk to Zhang Tiezhu and then come back to help."

After saying that, he took out five thousand yuan in cash from his bag. "Dad, please settle everyone's debts first. If it's not enough, I'll make up the difference when I get back."

Without waiting for Wang Yuanguang's reply, he put down the money and walked away.

Although his father didn't know many characters, he could still write many commonly used ones.

In addition, Lin Xiaoyu had already prepared a spreadsheet, so her father only needed to check the scale, count the money, record the quantity purchased, and the amount spent.

In addition, he also spent money to hire Yang Shenglong and others to help him, paying each of them five yuan a day.

With the manual labor outsourced, his father's job became much easier.

...

Not long after.

Zhang Tiezhu's home.

"Xiao Qian, you were looking for me?"

As soon as I entered the courtyard, a kind-looking young man with dark skin quickly came to greet me, his face full of a gentle smile.

"Brother Tiezhu, I want to build a small villa. Do you have any experience with this kind of house?"

Wang Qian was quite straightforward, getting straight to the point from the start.

Of course!

Zhang Tiezhu nodded. "I've been working on construction sites, so I'm quite familiar with all kinds of buildings."

Then he asked, "You want to build a villa?"

"Yes, a two-story rural villa."

Wang Qian had already planned ahead and immediately explained the size of the house he wanted to build, as well as various requirements.

The total area is approximately 300 square meters.

As for the materials used, all of them are reinforced concrete, not traditional lime concrete.

"You mean you want to tile the floors on both floors, paint the walls white, and have a bathroom on each floor?"

After listening to Wang Qian's account, Zhang Jinzhu was somewhat surprised.

He often builds houses for other people, but even city dwellers don't have such high requirements for decoration.