The craftsmen who built the new houses for them were completely baffled.
If this house is missing a wall, even if you use glass, can glass be as sturdy as bricks?
Even if you try to save money, you can't skimp on this wall, right?
Despite everyone's persuasion, Yan Xiao's mind remained unchanged.
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They had been bricklayers for most of their lives, but this was the first time they had ever built such a unique house.
Old-style brick and tile houses usually have three main rooms: a front hall in the middle, two side rooms on either side, and the kitchen in a side room.
Yan Xiao's house, on the other hand, has its main room twice as large as before, based on the original structure.
The current foyer combines the space of a side room and the main hall, making it larger than before.
The original side room was intended to be the master bedroom, and its location remained unchanged, only the space was twice as large as before.
A small room was partitioned off inside, and Yan Xiao installed a drain hole in the corner of the small room.
He plans to build a bathroom for the little girl here, so that after taking a bath, she can go straight to her bedroom without having to go outside, thus preventing her from easily catching a cold.
Behind the main hall, there is a separate door leading to another side room.
The window of that side room opened at the back of the house; it was a room that Yan Xiao had prepared for his wife to store her pretty clothes and snacks.
The construction of this house is probably unique not only in the Hongxing Brigade, but also in the entire commune.
This is the first brick house in the village, and many people came to see it. There were all sorts of comments about the new house in the courtyard.
It was only when cement was laid all over the walls inside and outside the house, and the huge transparent glass was installed, that things changed.
As the sun was setting, orange sunlight streamed through the transparent glass wall and shone onto the concrete walls inside.
The room was bathed in golden light, and the interior was clean and bright.
In that instant, they seemed to understand this avant-garde aesthetic.
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After the main house was built, Yan Xiao thought that he might have to go out often in the future, so he built the courtyard wall very high, a full two and a half meters high.
Only after making sure that even if someone else jumped, they couldn't climb up, could they finally feel at ease.
The top of the wall was reinforced with broken glass from discarded items, providing double the security.
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Once all the details of the new house were finalized, Yan Xiao paid the bricklayer and hurriedly rode his bicycle to town.
But when Yan Xiao stopped the car and carried the food he bought from the state-run restaurant into the house, he didn't see his wife on the bed.
"My darling? Qingqing?"
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