When they arrived at the local commune-run brick and tile factory, the people there heard that the members of the Corps wanted to order bricks themselves, and they were not very willing to sell them. But there was nothing they could do, because if they could only burn about 10,000 bricks at a time, it was not cost-effective. It would be labor-intensive and the profit would not be much.

As for why the team members only need about 10,000 yuan to buy bricks themselves, it is because people are not rich nowadays. Few families can build more than three rooms at a time. Basically, they buy bricks for one or two rooms first, and then buy bricks for one or two more rooms when they have enough money.

Chu Min hurriedly explained, "Master, my brother and I both need to build houses, and I need bricks for five rooms."

Chu Tian replied, "I want seven."

Chu Min was stunned for a moment and looked at Chu Tian, ​​"Didn't you say on the way that you also wanted bricks for five rooms? Why?"

Chu Tian explained as a matter of course, "If grandma comes, there must be a place to stay, right? Also, the houses we live in are all brick houses, so there is no need to use an adobe house for the kitchen, right?"

Chu Min understood and turned to the gatekeeper at the brick kiln, saying, "Master, did you hear that? We need to order enough bricks for fourteen rooms! Is that enough to burn?"

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Chu Tian looked at Chu Min speechlessly, thinking to himself, is everything the same as mine?

The gatekeeper opened his mouth and said, "You, you guys come in and sit for a while, I'm going to the commune to find the leader..."

Upon hearing this, the commune leader slammed the table and shouted, "Burn it! Why not? It's already late? Burn so many bricks! Our commune is completely broke, and I want to buy some fertilizers that the neighboring commune asked for last year before the spring plowing! If we burn hundreds of thousands of bricks, we can buy a lot of fertilizer..."

As he walked out, he reminded, "Master Li, it's not spring plowing season yet. You should organize the members who made bricks before. If it's not enough, find a few more people and work overtime day and night. You can make a batch before spring plowing, and continue to make the rest after spring plowing."

Master Li, the gatekeeper of the brick kiln, nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay, you sign the note with them, and I'll go to the brigade below to notify them..."

Chu Tian didn't know how many bricks were needed to build a house. Everything was discussed by Chu Min and the commune leaders. Because Chu Tian said he wanted each house to be bigger, Chu Min, who originally planned to use 9,000 bricks for one house, changed it to 12,000 bricks for one house. Fourteen rooms for two people would cost 168,000 bricks, and one brick cost one cent, so the total cost was 1,680 bricks. Each person paid half, which was 840.

For Chu Tian now, let alone 840, even 8400, he could still come up with it. He just looked at Chu Min doubtfully, first asking if he could get it. Then he wondered if he should lend it to him if he said it was not enough.

Chu Min felt Chu Tian's gaze. He calmly took out layers of money from his pocket, counted out a deposit of four hundred yuan, placed it in front of the commune leader under Chu Tian's surprised gaze, and took the deposit slip that belonged to him.

"Little brother?"

Chu Tian reacted and quickly took out four hundred yuan from his pocket and took his deposit slip.

The commune leader counted out the eight hundred yuan and said in a very cheerful tone, "Once ten thousand yuan of bricks are baked, we will start sending them to you..."

Chu Min hurriedly said, "Don't rush to send it. Wait until the busy farming season is over and we have dug the foundation. You can send someone to deliver it when needed, right?"

The commune leader understood Chu Min's request and nodded, "That's fine."

He thought that this was fine, he could let the members burn it slowly, but after a pause he asked, "You all built brick houses, don't you want to buy tiles?"

Chu Tian answered without thinking, "We plan to smooth the roof with cement! Then we can get a ladder so that we can hang things on the roof in the fall..."

This was what Chu Tian said when they were on the road. Chu Min was stunned for a moment when he heard it, but then he thought Chu Tian’s idea was good and decided to join in.

On the way back, both of them were silent for a long time. Only when they were almost at the brigade headquarters did Chu Min ask a question.

"Little brother, why didn't you ask me how I could come up with more than 800 to buy bricks?"

Chu Tian smiled and said, "Second brother, didn't you ask me? Besides, what's there to ask? We have already separated. How much money can be taken out is up to Second Brother himself."

Chu Min laughed out loud, "You're right. Okay, now we're at the brigade headquarters. You go find the captain, and I'll go return the carriage first."

Chu Tian nodded and got off the carriage.

Yao Xiuli exclaimed, "Brother-in-law, are you planning to build a brick house? Or seven brick houses?"

Chu Tian took a banana and started eating it. Hearing this, he slowly said, "Well, if we are going to build a house, let's build a brick house. It's not only convenient but also clean..."

Yao Xiuli was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly said, "But, building a brick house is very expensive...especially seven rooms."

Chu Tian glanced at Yao Xiujuan, who was sitting opposite him and was smiling, and said with a smile, "Xiu Li, why are you worried about that? Look, your elder sister isn't worried..."

Chu Tian was very satisfied that Yao Xiujuan didn't feel bad as before when she heard that he spent hundreds of dollars on bricks today... He will spend more and more money in the future. If Yao Xiujuan feels bad every time, he probably won't tell her the amount he spent each time.

Yao Xiujuan also reached out and peeled a banana, then handed it to the envious Wu Ya beside her. She chuckled and said, "Brother Tian, ​​why did you only buy bricks and no tiles? Are you planning to use reeds on the roof of your red brick house?"

Chu Tian shook his head. "I don't want to use tiles as a roof. There are so many heavy snowfalls in winter. If they are not cleared in time, it will collapse easily and become unsafe..."

"I still want to build a bungalow, but I don't want the kind made of mud mixed with straw..."

"I remember when we were on the bus back to my parents' house, we passed by a cement factory. I plan to see if I can buy some cement and use it to build a house. I'll also use cement for the roof."

After a pause, he continued, "By the way, I'm also planning to lay a layer of cement on the floor inside the house. That way it will be cleaner and easier to clean, and you won't be so tired."

Yao Xiujuan blinked. "The cement floor you're talking about, is it the same one used on the hospital floor?"

Chu Tian nodded, "Yeah."

Yao Xiujuan was overjoyed. "Oh, that's great! I just thought the hospital ground was so smooth. It's not like our land, which needs to be shoveled every once in a while, otherwise it's bumpy and uneven!"

Yao Xiuli was confused as she listened. She had never seen cement, nor had she seen what a cement floor looked like!

Chu Tian was happy and thought to himself that if Yao Xiujuan was so happy now when there was nothing but a cement brick house, then after the reform and opening up and all kinds of new things came out, would Yao Xiujuan be so happy that she would go crazy?