After chatting with his family for a while, seeing that the time was almost up, Li Xu got on his bike and headed straight to Lao Yang's house.

When they arrived, they saw Old Yang working in the yard with his bare chest. Li Xu went up to him and said hello, "Uncle Yang, are you still busy? Have you eaten yet?"

"I've eaten, why are you here now?"

"I've chosen a new house today, and I'd like you to come over and measure the doors and windows."

Old Yang was stunned. "Measure the size of the doors and windows of the new house?"

"Well, our house doesn't have doors or windows, so we have to find someone to make them ourselves."

"Then wait for me, I'll go in and get the tools."

After saying that, Lao Yang turned and walked towards the main room. When he came out again, he was wearing a sweatshirt and a military green bag slung across his body.

After Lao Yang sat on the back seat, Li Xu pedaled the bike while telling others that they also wanted to make doors and windows.

After listening to this, Lao Yang calculated secretly and then asked, "How long will it take for your company's house to be completed?"

"Two weeks at most."

"There's still time, so I'll take these three jobs."

The two chatted all the way until they saw Su Weidong at the new house.

Su Weidong greeted them and took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed one to each of them.

The three of them lit cigarettes and walked towards Li Xu's new house without saying a few words.

The supply and marketing cooperative's building area is a rectangle, with the long side facing a road leading out of the city. The houses here are not built facing the road, but facing north.

The north facing side happens to be the shorter side.

In this way, not many houses can be built in one row, so they have to be built in several rows.

This is roughly what I mean. The drawing is a bit sloppy.

The northernmost rows all have courtyards with five rooms, and the ones after that have courtyards with seven rooms.

Because there are so many rows, for convenience, an iron plate with numbers on it is nailed to the wall of the outermost house, starting from one and counting backwards in order.

Li Xu's house is the third room in the sixth row.

Arriving at the site, Lao Yang looked around the yard, touched the walls repeatedly, and then praised, "They built so many houses in such a short time. I thought the houses would be a bit rough, but I didn't expect them to be not only rough, but also very good."

Li Xu laughed immediately, "They don't dare to cover it up."

Hearing this, Old Yang was stunned at first, then burst out laughing, "Really? I forgot this is the supply and marketing cooperative's building."

When building houses for ordinary units, the builders may make some rough houses, but they will not do that when building houses for supply and marketing cooperatives.

It’s nothing else, they can’t afford to offend the supply and marketing cooperatives.

Old Yang's words reminded Li Xu, and he felt that he needed to tell his relatives to avoid choosing a rough house.

It’s not that Li Xu is overthinking it, but it is indeed possible that the builder would do so.

Judging from the current speed of house construction, it may take three years to complete the work. However, the construction team members receive a fixed salary, and they get the same salary no matter how much they build.

The house builders recruited by the construction team are paid for each house they build, not by the day.

Since their wages remain the same, they will definitely want to finish the work earlier.

The construction team members wanted to rest early, and the others wanted to take on other work.

In this case, some people will naturally build their houses a little rougher in order to speed up the construction process.

Of course, they didn't dare to go too far. It was impossible to rough-build all the houses in a unit. They could only rough-build a small part of it.

Seeing Lao Yang take out the tape measure and start measuring, Li Xu and Su Weidong went outside to chat in order not to disturb him.

After measuring the sizes of the doors and windows of Li Xu's house, the three of them went to Su Weidong's house.

After measuring everything, it was still light outside.

After returning home, Li Xu drank a large cup of herbal tea and then told his family what had happened.

After hearing this, Sun Xiu and the others thought that since they had nothing to do anyway, they might as well go and remind their relatives.

Li Xu and his wife did not go to Du's house and continued to sit in the house.

Seeing Li Mei teaching Li Ju and the others, Li Xu couldn't help but shake his head. "These kids are like sick chickens. I don't know what they can learn."

"It's so hot, no wonder they're like that," Liu Yunxiao said with a smile. "My grandfather told me that the room we use for our study sessions is like a steamer during the day. Today, the teacher was so hot she could barely breathe."

Now Liu Yunxiao's family is very familiar with the Li family, so Sun Xiu and others don't need to stay with them.

The adults who stayed at home gritted their teeth at what they heard. "It's already hot, and with so many people sitting in the room, it must be like a steamer. It's only July now, and it's going to get even hotter. If this continues, I think everyone in the class will get heatstroke."

"Today my grandfather bought a lot of Chinese herbal medicine for clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. He plans to make some for the people in the class later."

After a moment of silence, Li Xu said with emotion, "If these people can't get into college, it will be a shame for the hardship they have endured."

Everyone else agreed with this.

Hu Guilan then asked, "Yunxiao, do you know how much the herbs cost and how much they will last for a few days?"

Liu Yunxiao understood her meaning after a moment's thought, so he waved his hand and said, "The medicinal herbs are not worth much. My grandfather said that you don't have to pay for them. My family will cover it."

"It's still growing in the summer. Even if the herbs are cheap, they'll cost a lot of money if used long-term. It's definitely not okay for your family to pay for all of it." Hu Guilan shook her head, then pondered, "Tomorrow I'll ask Brother Ping to bring fifty yuan to the old man for Wenbo's expenses."

Liu Yunxiao was a bit amused and said, "Sister-in-law Guilan, let's not talk about the old man not accepting it. Just look at the fifty yuan worth of summer heat-relief herbs. Even if we boil one portion a day, it would be enough for Wen Bo to drink for two years."

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