Chapter 36 Putting House Building on the Agenda
Cooking like this, they have to wash and rinse. The whole yard is a mess. It's very annoying.
Chen Mei didn't take it too seriously at first, but when Shen Qingyue said this, she instantly felt that the situation was imminent.
Aunt Dahua just happened to come home.
The two sisters turned around and looked at her. Aunt Dahua felt a little uncomfortable. She touched her cheek and asked, "What's wrong?"
Shen Qingyue said: "Aunt, I have something to tell you."
Auntie Dahua knew that Shen Qingyue was the head of the household. Hearing her seriousness, she also became serious: "What's the matter? Don't be anxious, take your time."
Shen Qingyue said: "I...I want to buy the residential land behind your yard. I want to build a house."
When Aunt Dahua heard about this, she said, "Building a house is not a small amount of money. Besides, you are all girls. Once you get married in the future, this house will have to be sold at a discount." There is a saying in the village that houses cannot be left empty!
Shen Qingyue said: "To be honest, my business is doing quite well. This morning, there were a lot of people coming here to buy things. I was afraid that it would disturb you and the village chief's rest. We still have to have our own home."
This is the piece of land that Shen Qingyue likes the most. If they are rejected, they really don’t know where to buy their house.
Shen Qingyue said: "We'll pay!"
Aunt Dahua said, "If you're willing to build a house, that's fine! It doesn't matter how much money you have."
Shen Qingyue said: "I can handle everything else, except the village chief..."
Aunt Dahua said, "Don't worry about him. I have the final say at home. If you are all ready, start building the house!"
Shen Qingyue said: "Thank you so much."
Chen Mei was also a little excited. They were actually going to build a house.
When her parents wanted to build a house, her grandparents mocked her family for not having a boy and said that they couldn't support the family. They stopped them from building the house.
What their parents failed to achieve was achieved by these two sisters.
Building a house is no small matter.
Shen Qingyue and Shen Mei discussed how to build it.
Aunt Dahua was worried that the two of them were too young to understand the details, but she didn't realize how much cement, sand, and steel bars were needed to build a house. Shen Qingyue explained it in detail.
I understand some details better than Aunt Dahua!
Aunt Dahua could never have imagined that the young Shen Qingyue had lived two lives and had built a house before. When it came to such matters, other people in the village might not understand it as well as she did.
When building a house in the village, people usually ask some people to help.
Just use all your strength.
At most, you can give me some money when you leave.
This is the most economical way to build a house.
But Shen Qingyue did not choose this way and directly paid the engineering team to do it.
Hiring people to work in the village is both easy and difficult.
The men in the village looked down on the girls. Even though they praised the girls for their intelligence and bravery, they couldn't be persuaded to do anything about it.
The village still retains the bad roots of a patriarchal society.
Bullying orphans is a traditional custom.
It would be better to ask someone for help.
After the reform and opening up in 1985, those smart people had already organized engineering teams.
We build houses for people all over the county and village. It's a little more expensive, but the quality is impeccable. Plus, the construction team is new, so we need to build a good reputation. Every house is built with care.
If Shen Qingyue spends some money, she will have less worries.
Shen Qingyue is an impetuous person, and she also has memories of her previous life.
They directly targeted Zhou Jinbao from Zhoujia Village.
He and his group of brothers were different from the average person who just built things casually. They all had teachers and could build in many styles. I heard they even went to Beijing in the 1990s to repair the bell tower, a cultural relic.
Building a rural house is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut for them.
However, regardless of how glorious they will be in a decade or so, right now, their Zhoujia Village Engineering Team is still in a period of transition!
I have good skills, but no one recognizes them, and I don't know how to promote them. I was just worrying about it when I heard that two beautiful girls came looking for me!
The person who delivered the message kept blinking, and if you didn't know him, you would think he had a lot of romantic affairs.
Zhou Jinbao waved his hand and said, "Get lost! Stop making fun of me." He was worried about not being able to find work. Why didn't other people worry about it?
After a while, a pretty voice was heard saying, "Is Brother Zhou Jinbao at home?"
Zhou Jinbao sat up from the bed with a grunt, quickly tidied himself up, and then went out. He saw that there were indeed two beautiful girls.
Zhou Jinbao is 23 years old and still unmarried. He's a rough guy on weekdays, but when talking to girls, he gets nervous and stutters, not daring to look them in the eye!
"What are you doing here?"
Shen Qingyue got straight to the point: "Can your engineering team build a house? I'd like to ask how much it would cost to build a house?"
When Zhou Jinbao heard about this, he immediately became serious and asked, "What kind of house do you want to build?"
Shen Qingyue came prepared. She took a piece of paper and drew a simple plan. "I run a lunch box business, so I need several large stoves. The kitchen needs to be large. The front yard needs to be spacious to build a well and dig a sewer. I need to work in the front yard. I need a small vegetable garden in the backyard. The remaining space needs to be four rooms and two small storage sheds."
The eldest sister, Shen Mei, was secretly pulling Shen Qingyue from the side. She was rather traditional and always felt embarrassed to offer suggestions. It was as if offering suggestions would be particularly troublesome!
Zhou Jinbao understood and said, "The specifications of your house are not low. It will cost at least two thousand yuan." Digging a well or a sewer is not a small project.
Even among the surrounding villages, no one has built such a grand rural house.
Shen Qingyue had a plan in mind before she came, and said, "Then how should I calculate the money I'm going to give you?"
Zhou Jinbao didn't look down on her just because she was a woman. Instead, he said seriously, "If you buy sand and cement, we'll build it for you. You just have to pay for the labor, which will cost about a thousand yuan."
"Another way is to buy the materials. We know the business and won't be cheated. It costs about 2,000 yuan."
Shen Qingyue said: "This price is fine, but can we get paid while we build it? I have 400 yuan in my hand now and I can give it to you first. I will pay you every day after that!"
Zhou Jinbao asked, "How long will it take you to pay the rest?"
Shen Qingyue said, "About half a month." She didn't dare to say more.
Zhou Jinbao was relieved when he heard this and said, "That's no problem. We can start building it. You can always give us the money when you have it." He then said, "I can go with you right now to measure the foundation."
"I couldn't ask for more."
Shen Qingyue took Zhou Jinbao and his brothers back to the village.
Chen Mei was in a daze. How could Shen Qingyue decide on such a big thing as building a house so quickly?
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