Chapter 71 Chapter 71 Chapter 71 Before...

Chapter 71

When he lived in Yu Tao's house, her parents-in-law helped him repair the kang, and Weisheng even recorded a video with his mobile phone at that time.

Another time, the kang in Weisheng's residence in the capital needed to be rebuilt. Although she did not specifically follow the kang-building master to learn his skills, she followed the whole process.

Now it was his turn to make the kang, and Weisheng was not completely clueless.

This time she still used marble tiles and the red bricks in the space to build the kang, but before building the kang, she was afraid that the ground was not flat enough, so she laid a layer of marble tiles underneath.

First, use red bricks to build a city wall and a bridge, then lay a layer of floor tiles, and then apply several thick layers of mixed yellow mud.

While preparing the kang, they also took out the main room's earthenware pot and chimney...

Weisheng first made the kang in Ming Yichen and Ning Chaoyun's room.

That room not only needs a kang under the window and a low fire wall connected to the kang against the east wall, but also a small kang in the study and a square kang in the main room connected by a low fire wall.

After the square kang was prepared, Weisheng took Ming Yichen and Ning Chaoyun to find the village chief.

After other educated youth came to the village, the villagers would lend them some food and firewood to help them live, and then take them to choose a piece of private land. However, their family had none of these.

But the village chief couldn't be blamed. They'd bombed the area the day they arrived, and the next day, there were a lot more things at the foot of the mountain. Before the village chief and his men could even come over to check on the situation, an elder said the weather was going to change in the next few days, and the village was organizing an early autumn harvest.

After all this time, the village chief had completely forgotten about these things.

After understanding the purpose of Weisheng and others' visit, the village chief patted his head and said, "blame it on me, blame it on me" while leading Weisheng and others out.

Weisheng and his friends wouldn't borrow food, but they'd definitely have to share some firewood and other supplies. So, the village chief took them to the brigade's firewood storage area and gave them a batch of last year's corn stalks. It was up to Weisheng and his friends to decide whether to carry all of the corn back to the foot of the mountain or take bundles as needed.

Anyway, the thing that the village has the most is piles of corn stalks.

Weisheng looked at the place where the corn stalks were placed, then turned his head to look at the direction of the foot of the mountain, and finally decided to come quietly tonight while the villagers were asleep and use the space to take back all the firewood distributed to their families.

After distributing the firewood, the village chief led them to pick out the private plots. Because the nearby private plots were all owned, the free plot allocated to them by the village was a bit far away.

It takes at least half an hour to walk from the courtyard at the foot of the mountain, but it is much faster to ride a bicycle.

The village chief had a ruler in his heart, and every step he took was just the right distance. After measuring a piece of land for Weisheng's family next door, he nailed the two wooden boards he brought with him before going out into the edge of the ground.

A wooden board was inserted at the edge of the ground, and another wooden board was inserted at the end of the ground, with numbers written on them in advance.

This number will be registered with the village committee, and the area between the two wooden boards will be Weisheng's family's private land.

Weisheng looked at the private plots enclosed by the wooden boards in front and saw that they were the same as theirs. He knew that these private plots were allocated to the new educated youth who arrived this year, so they were all overgrown with weeds.

Hujia Village is further north, and after the corn is harvested this year, no other crops will be planted. For example, the radishes and cabbages we eat in winter need to be planted in the fields between July and August. Only then can they be harvested before mid-October.

It is already mid-September and it is too late to plant anything, so the private plot of land of Weisheng's family will be the same as that of other educated youths and will have to wait until next year to be cultivated.

Besides their own plots, every household also had a vegetable garden in front of and behind their houses. The large yard Weisheng had enclosed was to accommodate the vegetable garden and the barn.

Yesterday, the courtyard gate that was taken away from the Luo family was installed in the new home in this life, and the courtyard of the new home was completely completed.

Looking at the door, Weisheng felt a little emotional.

It turns out that harming others can really benefit yourself!

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After dividing the firewood and private plots, Weisheng left Ming Yichen to chat with the village chief, while he and Ning Chaoyun each dragged a bundle of corn stalks back to the foot of the mountain.

First, light the earthen pot connected to the kang in the east room, fill the pot with a large pot of water, and while heating the kang, boil water for bathing at the same time.

Two days ago, Ning Chaoyun pushed his bicycle to the village well to fetch water. After spending half a day, he only brought back two buckets of water.

It’s so troublesome just to get water now. Won’t it be even more troublesome when I come back to water the vegetable garden?

Weisheng looked at the little bit of water, then looked at the time and effort it would take, and put the plan of digging a well on the agenda.

On the day Weisheng dug the well, the villagers went to the fields to harvest corn, so Weisheng sent Ming Yichen and Ning Chaoyun to the town. After everyone left, she directly took out 20 two-meter-long steel pipes, a mobile power bank, an electric drill, and an electric drill bit from the space.

Weisheng planned to build a shed under the courtyard wall to cook in the summer, but he hadn't finished the house yet, so he wasn't in a hurry to build the shed that would be used in the summer. However, the place for the shed was already reserved, so Weisheng dug a well there.

First, use an electric drill to drill a hole, then lower the steel pipe into the hole. When it fails, take out a thousand-pound rock and smash the copper pipe in.

After one steel pipe is lowered, another steel pipe is welded to the previous one, and then continues to be lowered.

Electric drills and huge rocks were used in turn to lower fifteen or sixteen pipes repeatedly. It was not until they reached more than thirty meters underground that water was finally seen in the well.

After that, he kept pumping and draining water until the well water became clear, and then Weisheng installed the water pressure pump.

To be honest, it took Weisheng most of the day even with the electric drill and huge rocks. If he didn't have them, it would probably take several days just to dig the well manually.

Thinking of Ming Yichen swinging the sledgehammer and hitting the steel pipe again and again... Weisheng couldn't help but shudder, with a look of fear on his face.

I’m afraid they won’t be able to drink from this well by this time next year.

After digging the well, Weisheng stood there and watched for a while, and finally decided to take some time to build the shed.

It is easy to build a pergola, as there is always room for wooden planks and other supplies.

Measure the size and cut it out in the space, then use an electric nail gun to fix the pergola together.

After the general shape is achieved, lay a layer of plastic sheeting on the top of the pergola. After the plastic sheeting is laid, lay a layer of heavy steel plate.

The steel plate is heavy and can serve as the roof while also stabilizing the pergola, making it stronger.

However, the rain falling on the steel plate is also quite noisy, and there really is no thatch in the microbial space, so as a second best option, I covered the steel plate with a layer of cement...

After coming out of the space, Weisheng first moved the pergola to the designated area, and then laid floor tiles in this area. After laying the floor tiles, he used cement to thoroughly reinforce the four pillars of the pergola.

So when Ming Yichen and Ning Chaoyun returned from the town, there was not only a pressurized well in the courtyard, but also a pergola.

Ning Chaoyun was happiest when he saw the pergola and the water pressure well.

It was because she'd been cooking in the open air for the past few days, and she was always worried that the wind would blow dust into the pot. Plus, getting water was inconvenient, and she had been suppressing her severe obsession with cleanliness, which was extremely difficult.

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Time goes back to the kang. After Weisheng finished making the kang in the east room, he started to make the one in her west room.

Ning Chaoyun finally confirmed the sizes of all the kangs and low fire walls and prepared to go to town again to order a few mats.

Ming Yichen could only help so much, so Weisheng asked him to tidy up the garden, use the fence piled in the yard to enclose the vegetable garden, and then pave the yard with the pile of floor tiles.

Then he asked Ning Chaoyun to find the village chief's wife He Shufang.

According to the local regulations, their family can raise three chickens and ducks. They will go to He Shufang later to see if there is anyone in the village selling chickens.

Buy mature hens, preferably ones that have already started laying eggs.

After hearing this, Ning Chaoyun asked a stupid question that made Weisheng miss him particularly.

"Only buy hens, no roosters?"

Weisheng also asked this question many years ago. It was not until then that he realized that hens can lay eggs as usual without roosters, but the eggs cannot hatch chicks.

Ning Chaoyun still bought a rooster, but it was intended to improve the food for the whole family.

The chicken skeleton was shaved off to make soup, and the chicken breast was cut off to make a cold dish with sauce. The remaining chicken was stewed by Ming Yichen, who was good at making meat dishes...

Weisheng places all the bricks and floor tiles he will use in the space, and moves them directly to the designated place when he needs them. He does not need to move or lift them, which saves time and effort.

After gaining experience in the work, Weisheng put the mixed cement and yellow mud into the space. When needed, he could just think about it and "dose" them out according to the amount.

In this way, the speed of work increased again.

After all the kangs were done, all that was left was to keep burning fire to dry them, and at the same time use the heat in the house to dry the other partition walls.

During this period, Weisheng also paved the entire floor of the cave with tiles and fixed the gaps with cement.

At this point, the new home is almost ready to move into.

The villagers were actually quite concerned about Weisheng's family, but even though Ming Yichen and Ning Chaoyun were both very easygoing, they couldn't stand the fact that they had a naughty child who could really tear down the roof. When the naughty child squinted his eyes to show that he was not welcome for the time being, the villagers stopped.

Of course, there were those who didn't believe in superstition. But after Weisheng set a trap to lure a wild boar into the village and then shot it dead with a crossbow in public, the villagers no longer thought about how to stroke the tiger's whiskers.

Such a big wild boar was shot in public in the village, so Weisheng's family took one-third of the pork according to the rules, and the rest was distributed to the villagers.

The villagers had first received the economical electric lights, and they were quite fond of them. Now, when they were given the pork, even though they were still afraid of Weisheng, they kept their mouths shut and didn't say anything harsh.

Weisheng would set a trap and shoot the wild boar, not only to deter the villagers from wandering around, but also because she was running out of cooking oil at home and she wanted to eat braised pork. Plus, the village would distribute rations after the autumn harvest, so giving the villagers meat in advance would be a way to pressure them...

By the time Ning Chaoyun hung the salted pork pieces one by one in the shed, their new house was finally completely dried out due to the kang heating and ventilation that continued for 24 hours a day.

After the new house dried, the furniture could be moved in, and then there was another round of packing. Then they waited for two more days and finally moved out of the tent they had lived in for thirteen days.

However, the tent was not put away, but moved to the side of the courtyard wall and next to the shed to serve as their temporary warehouse.

It was said that it could be built in five days. Indeed, it only took two and a half days to build this cave house. After that, it took another day and a half to build the kang. The rest of the time was spent on drying the house and looking for details.

But no matter what, they finally had a house of their own in a rural area in the north, six thousand miles away.

After the house was built, Weisheng built a bread oven in the yard according to a video he had seen before for Ning Chaoyun, who knew how to make bread, while Ming Yichen built a chicken coop next to the dry toilet.

Oh, he also built the dry toilet.

Worried that the chickens would be frozen in winter, Ming Yichen imitated Weisheng's kang and made a small kang one meter square in the chicken coop.

Weisheng didn't care what he did, but when Ming Yichen wanted to build a small fire wall in the dry toilet, he quickly spoke out to stop him.

Even if using the dry toilet outside would freeze her butt, she didn't want to watch the excrement ferment in the middle of winter.

Ning Chaoyun glared at Ming Yichen unhappily and casually threw the tasks of feeding the chickens and cleaning the chicken coop to him.

In October, Weisheng's family settled down completely in Hujia Village, and Hujia Village was also preparing to distribute food rations to its members.