Chapter 18: Building a House (Part 2)
After receiving today's task, Tang Yue finished the work at about eleven o'clock. After finishing the work, she asked the scorekeeper to check the registration, and then she hurried to the foot of the mountain.
Today, Tang Yue started watering the foundation. She pushed the cart towards the river. Fortunately, the road was not difficult to walk on. She pushed two carts before dinner, which was barely enough for the uncles. At noon, the uncles went back to have lunch. Tang Yue secretly took out two meat buns from the space and ate them. After eating, she continued to pick up heads.
Everyone was taking a lunch break at noon, but Tang Yue was still pushing carts of houses. When no one was paying attention, she would use the space to sneak some more. Tang Yue did not go to work in the afternoon because the uncles were about to finish the foundation. They needed to build a one-meter-high pier wall on the foundation. This way the house would be stronger and would not fall down easily in the wind or rain.
Fortunately, Tang Yue was very strong and could push enough bricks in one cart. By the time work ended, the one-meter-high front wall had been built, and they would start laying blue bricks tomorrow. After the uncles left, Tang said he was going to push two more carts. These were for building a two-meter-high wall, and the yard was large, so a lot of bricks were needed.
When she got home, she realized that she had forgotten to dry the mushrooms today. She must remember it tomorrow. Early the next morning, Tang Yue took the mushrooms out to dry before starting to work.
Tang Yue was busy for a week and finally collected enough eggs for building the wall. However, she did not stop and went to the river to pick up some beautiful goose eggs to spread on the walkway in the yard so that her shoes would not get too dirty on rainy days. It was just right for her to rest for these two days because all the work in the yard was done and the autumn harvest had not yet arrived. It would take about 20 days to slowly harvest.
The house was going to have its beams put up today, and since there were three rooms, it could be done in one morning. There was a custom to throw some candies and biscuits down from the wall when putting up the beams. Tang Yue didn't prepare any biscuits, so she gave the team leader a basket of candies bought from the supply and marketing cooperative, and asked him to go up the wall and throw the candies down. There were a lot of children coming here today, and they all knew that there were candies to pick up here.
There were also some idle people in the village who didn't have to go to work today. Many of them came, and when the team leader threw the balls down, everyone scrambled for them, which was very lively.
After grabbing the candies, everyone prepared to go back for lunch. The uncles also prepared to go back to install tiles on the house in the afternoon.
The well in the yard was dug on the right side of the entrance, close to the kitchen door. A washbasin was built on the side, which is very convenient for washing clothes and vegetables. The outside workers were hired to finish the work in three or four days. Water came out after digging six meters down, and they were asked to dig another four meters down, which was almost ten meters long. A sweet water well was dug out, and a one-meter-high wall was built along the edge of the well to prevent small animals from falling into the well. The well-digging team was very efficient, but it was also very expensive, costing almost a hundred yuan. It seems that people with skills are popular in any era.
Tang Yue returned to the dormitory for educated youths. People living in the same row were eating in the yard. Tang Yue pretended not to see them and went straight into the house, locked the door, and prepared to cook. She wanted to eat noodles, but didn't want to roll them, so she ended up making knife-cut noodles. No matter what kind of food she made, it tasted good as long as she added enough seasoning.
After finishing her noodles, Tang Yue did not take a long rest. She went straight to the new house, took out the goose eggs she had picked up in the morning, and paved a straight road from the gate to the eaves. The eaves were one meter wide and had been painted with cement. She paved another curved road in between the roads to the kitchen door, where she saw there were still many goose eggs.
Tang Yue paved two larger square meters at the entrance, leaving room for the door, and the rest was placed at the entrance. After the house was built, she would design the yard to see where to lay the goose eggs to look better.
After the road was paved, Tang Yue went to the river and pushed a cart of sand back. She used an unused bucket, filled it halfway with sand and added a little cement, and filled the gaps in the newly paved road with the sand and cement. When it rained heavily, the goose eggs would not be washed everywhere.
The tiles on the roof were finished in the afternoon. Seeing that it was still early, the uncles began to build the wall. Tang Yue was going to put some broken glass tiles on the wall, but she couldn't find any broken glass or broken bowls, so she could only put them there. When she was free, she would go up the mountain to find some thorny vines and plant them around the yard. It would be best if they could bloom, as that would look very beautiful. However, I heard that this hedonistic place shouldn't allow for planting flowers.
Tang Yue plans to go to the mountain to dig up some wild wolfberry saplings in the early spring of next year. Wild wolfberry saplings have thorns, and if they are planted in two rows along the wall, they will grow so densely that they won't even dare to climb the wall.
Tang Yue saw the captain coming from a distance and hurried to greet him, "Uncle Captain, do you have enough money to build a house? This house looks nice."
The captain said that it was enough for now, and the wages had not been calculated yet, and they would be calculated when the house was built. The captain uncle was a very responsible person. Since the house was built, he would come to see it several times a day. When the house was built, he must bring some good things to thank the captain uncle.
"Lao Li will ask his sons to bring the door over and install it for you later."
"Thank you so much, uncle. These uncles have worked hard for so many days. We still have a piece of bacon, two sausages, and two bottles of wine. I would like to ask your aunt to help cook a meal tomorrow night for the uncles. Our dormitory is too small to set up the space, and it is not convenient for a female comrade to come alone. I would like to bring the rice, flour and dishes to your house and set a table there, and then invite Secretary Wang and the others to come over."
"Okay, it's okay. Go back and tell your aunt and you can pick up the things tomorrow."
"Hey, thank you, Captain."
After a while, the four sons of Uncle Li came over carrying a few doors. They were all experienced in door installation and they installed them after a few hammerings. The two doors of the main gate pushed inwards and had a horizontal bar on the back that could be inserted and locked.
Seeing that it is getting dark, we packed up and prepared to go back. We may finish the construction in one morning tomorrow.
Tang Yue returned to the dormitory and had a bowl of noodles for dinner. After dinner, she looked at the backyard and found that the vegetables were a little bigger than the newly sprouted seedlings. After the house was built, she would transplant them there.
I returned to the bedroom and instantly entered the space silently. After entering, I went straight to the kitchen and boiled a pot of hot water. After taking a shower, I went to see the animals. The crops in the field were half grown. After feeding the animals, I picked up the eggs.
Seeing the empty space by the river, I remembered that the chestnut saplings I threw in last time were still in the warehouse and I forgot to take them out to plant. Now that I remembered, I planted the chestnut saplings three meters apart with a thought, controlled the river water, watered the chestnut saplings, and prepared to return to the yard.
Tang Yue was thinking about inviting people to dinner tomorrow, so she went to pack her things. She didn't take the cigarette packaging because it was too obvious, and she wiped off the outer packaging paper of the wine and took out two bottles of white wine.
Take a piece of bacon, and don't take out the fresh meat. Everyone knows that I have been busy at the new house these days and have no time to buy meat. Take two sausages, and some dried seaweed and dried shrimps. This amount of vegetables is too little. Ask Aunt Guihua's family tomorrow if they have chickens and ducks for sale, and buy one of each then. I don't know how much rice to bring, so bring 10 grams over, and we'll tell you if it's not enough.
The captain was busy during this period, bringing him two bottles of wine, a pair of size 43 men's rain boots, and three meters of navy blue cloth for his aunt, enough to make a set of clothes. There were still so many defective cloths in the warehouse, none of which had any problems, maybe the cloth was just too small, Tang Yue was going to put a sack outside, and then ask his aunt to help change the fur, now put it in the warehouse, and take it out after moving.
After cleaning up, I lay down on the bed and went to sleep. The climate in the space is pleasant. It is too hot outside. In the weather in July and August, fortunately I have the space, otherwise how could I survive? There is no fan, no air conditioner, and no refrigerator.
Speaking of refrigerators, he suddenly remembered that there were two ice machines in the warehouse, so he quickly got up and took out the ice machines. He controlled his mind and assembled them according to the instructions, plugged in the power, went to the river to fetch a bucket of water and poured it into the refrigerator. It showed that ice could be taken in two hours. The water in the river was not dirty and it had a self-cleaning function. Tang Yue didn't want to wait, and the power would automatically cut off in two hours anyway, so he went into the room to sleep.
When I woke up in the morning, it was still dark outside. I washed up first, then drank a glass of spiritual water, and didn't apply any other makeup. During this period, I drank spiritual water every day and worked on the construction site every day, but my skin didn't get tanned at all, and it was still as moist and tender as a peeled egg.
She fed the pigs, cattle, sheep, and rabbits with her mind, and then fed the chickens, ducks, and geese and picked up their eggs. It was still early, so she put the ice in the ice machine in the warehouse and poured water on it to continue freezing it. Then she installed the machines she had bought with her mind control, so she didn't have to reinstall them when she needed to use them. After installing the machines, it was already daybreak outside, and Tang Yue ate two buns and went out.
Tang Yue took the backpack, put her things in it, and prepared to go to the captain's house. She opened the door and locked it. Both of them were still asleep. It took more than ten minutes to walk to the captain's house. Smoke was already coming out of the chimney of the captain's house. She knocked on the door and heard Aunt Guihua shouting, "I'm coming."
I opened the door and saw Tang Yue standing outside, "Yueyue, why are you here so early?"
"Aunt, I want to leave something with you in advance. Aunt, do you know who has chickens and ducks for sale? I want to buy two, otherwise there will be no vegetables. By the way, aunt, I will pick the vegetables for today from your house. Please see how much it costs. I still have a seedling of vegetables I planted. Aunt, I will give you this 10 yuan first. Please help me prepare a table. I don't know if this 10 yuan of rice is enough. If not, go get more. Aunt will make more dishes and invite all the cadres in the village to eat together."
"Okay, just leave it to your auntie. I'll guarantee you a good meal if there's enough rice."
After Tang Yue gave all the rice, flour and vegetables in the backpack to Aunt Guihua, she took out the things she had packed for the team leader last night and said, "Aunt, your uncle has been very busy during this period. Please don't refuse this thank-you gift that you prepared for your uncle. Uncle Li, please." After saying this, she was afraid that her aunt would not accept it, so she put down the things and ran away.
Aunt Guihua took the things in her hand and said, "Why is this child running away? She took out the things in her hand and saw that they were so valuable."
He quickly ran into the inner room and said to the team leader, "Look, old man, Tang Zhiqing said he wanted to give you a thank-you gift. This gift is not light, and there is also a pair of new rain boots!"
The captain looked at these things and said, "She won't accept them even if you send them back now. Please take good care of them in the future. When you talk to your old sisters, ask them to take good care of them as well. They are so young and have no parents. They might live here forever in the future."
"I know, old man. Come on and try these shoes and see if they fit you. You can tell from the size that I bought them especially for you as a thank-you gift."
"It's just right. This child has it."
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