Chapter 264: Not Recommended to Build
Coming out of the warehouse, Tao Huayu called Lao Lin, who was one of Lao Li's brothers and was now in charge of the reconstruction and renovation of the old village committee. His name was Lin Zhiyang.
Before he joined Lao Li to do renovation work, Lao Lin was also in a construction team. Their construction team was engaged in self-built houses in rural areas, and Lao Lin was the second in command of the team.
Later, the leader of their team wanted to make more money, so he contracted the labor and materials to do interior decoration. The leader was obsessed with collusion with the merchants to pass off inferior materials as good ones, and used materials with formaldehyde levels that seriously exceeded the standard. When Lao Lin found out, he tried to stop it but to no avail, and was instead kicked out of the construction team.
The family building the house only had their elderly parents at home, and they didn't understand the intricacies of the matter. The construction team was introduced by relatives, and with the sweet talk of the boss, they didn't suspect anything at all and didn't say a word to Lao Lin who came to persuade them.
Lao Lin met Lao Li when he was drinking on the street. The two hit it off immediately and Lao Lin started working for Lao Li.
Later, Lao Lin accidentally heard about the follow-up of the above incident.
The house was built for the daughter-in-law. The old couple wanted to have a grandchild, but the daughter-in-law had been unable to conceive. Not to mention a grandson, there was not even a granddaughter. She went to the hospital for a checkup, and the doctor said there was nothing wrong. The mother-in-law even got some folk remedies for her daughter-in-law, but they didn't work after taking them for a long time.
Then they heard that there was a half-immortal in the next city, and someone in their village had gone there to have his fortune told. After coming back, he followed the half-immortal's instructions and got a boy. The old couple were so excited that they immediately called their daughter-in-law who was working in another place to come back and invite the half-immortal.
Banxianer looked at it and said that it was a Feng Shui problem of the old house and they had to tear it down and build a new one. For the sake of their grandson, the old couple took out all their coffin money.
After the house was built, my daughter-in-law really got pregnant. But less than two months after moving in, she suddenly had spotting in the middle of the night and the bleeding wouldn't stop. She was sent to the hospital but couldn't be saved and the baby was miscarried.
The old couple was so angry that they scolded their daughter-in-law who was lying on the bed with a pale face. After they calmed down, they asked her what she had done and how she could be so cruel to kill their unborn grandson.
After a thorough investigation, it was found that formaldehyde was the cause of the problem.
The house was completed, and the young couple working in another place found out the good news. The mother-in-law ordered her daughter-in-law to quit her job and go home to take care of the baby. The new house smelled bad, and the daughter-in-law didn't want to move in, but the mother-in-law refused, saying that this was the instruction of the half-immortal and she had to listen.
The old couple took people to the foreman's house to make trouble, and then went to Banxian'er's house to make trouble, until the three parties were arguing.
The last time, Banxianer couldn't stand it anymore. If he continued to do this, he would not be able to do business anymore. He went back to his room, took out a stack of money and threw it to the old couple: "The money your daughter-in-law gave you, please take it and leave!"
It turned out that the young couple had agreed not to rush to have children for the time being, and wanted to save more money while they were young. Working the day and night shifts on the assembly line was indeed hard. But the elderly at home didn't listen, and kept tossing their daughter-in-law around. I don't know what was added to those folk remedies. No normal person would dare to drink them, but she poured them all out.
Unexpectedly, the folk remedy did not work, and the mother-in-law wanted to invite the half-immortal again. The daughter-in-law discussed with her husband and bribed the half-immortal with money, using the house to shut the old couple up - before the marriage, her parents asked the son-in-law's family to build a house, but the old couple disagreed, and she didn't believe that they would agree now.
The result was shocking.
Then she got pregnant unexpectedly again.
After the old couple found out about the "inside story", they were so angry that they almost had a heart attack and insisted that their son divorce...
Lao Lin was shocked when he heard it and told it to his brothers as a story.
After Tao Huayu got to know them, he also knew about this incident. He even asked, "What happened to the foreman who caused the miscarriage?"
Lao Lin didn’t know either: “In the story, he is no longer important.”
Although Lao Lin only does renovations now, the knowledge he used to build a house is still in his head. He took a look at the blueprint and said, "There is no problem with the blueprint. It can definitely be built. But let me ask, how old is this house?"
Liu Nanshan said: "More than fifty years, almost sixty years."
Lao Lin was so shocked that his jaw dropped. "Brother, is it still habitable to build a house that is 60 years old? You want to add a second floor?!"
The house was indeed very old, and he had doubts when he bought it, but Xu Qingsong and his second master said that the house had been renovated inside and out, and was inspected every year. When they looked at the house, there was indeed no problem, mainly because Liu Wangxue liked houses with yards too much, and he and Gu Xuelan were captured by the vegetable garden...
Liu Nanshan used to work in a decoration team, responsible for water and electricity, but they didn't build houses in rural areas, and he didn't work there for long before changing jobs, so he didn't know much about it.
After hearing his explanation, Lao Lin shook his head like a rattle. "No, no, no, no, that won't work! Even if it's been renovated and inspected every year, it won't work. The house is too old. Adding a new building is prone to accidents. It's too dangerous. I don't recommend adding a new building to a house that's thirty years old, let alone sixty years old. Even if you want to add a new building, it'd better use aerospace materials. They're so expensive. It's better to tear it down and rebuild."
Liu Wangxue and Liu Nanshan looked at each other, neither of them expected this result.
Old Lin looked at the father and daughter, thinking that he had angered them by speaking too directly, so he explained everything again in detail, about walls and load-bearing systems.
Liu Wangxue, a complete layman, understood what was said and asked Liu Nanshan for his opinion: "What should we do then?"
Liu Nanshan also asked her: "Why don't you go back and discuss it with your mother?"
"Tear it down and rebuild?" Liu Wangxue had some concerns. If she rebuilt it, she would have to rent a house in town, otherwise there would be no place to put so many things. Besides, the current house was still habitable, and she didn't want her parents to go through too much trouble.
Tao Huayu spoke up. He also knew something about the house: "Uncle, yours is all homestead, so why not mark out a portion of the vegetable plot and build a bungalow or a two-story building next to it? It's all fine."
Liu Wangxue looked at his father: "Dad, what do you think?"
"Go back and discuss it with your mother." Liu Nanshan said, then shook hands with Lao Lin and thanked him, "Thank you for your trouble!"
"That's not a big deal," Lao Lin smiled, looking at Liu Wangxue and praising her. "Li's Xiaoyu was able to get such a good job thanks to your daughter's help. We brothers all remember this, so please don't hesitate..."
Liu Nanshan interrupted, "You can't say that, it's all because of Xiaoyu's excellence..."
Liu Wangxue and Tao Huayu looked at each other and stood quietly waiting for the two of them to exchange pleasantries.
After the pleasantries, Lao Lin continued, "Building a house in the countryside now is different from before. There are many procedures to go through. If you want to build one, do it as soon as possible, otherwise the construction period will be delayed until winter, and it may freeze, which will delay things even more."
Liu Nanshan followed up on his question and wrote down all the procedures and processes that Lao Lin mentioned.
Haha I probably didn’t think about calculating the age of the house when I wrote it earlier. After doing this calculation, not to mention Lao Lin, even the author himself was shocked.
I looked up information about self-built houses in rural areas (although I am from the countryside, I have no idea about it), and I am confused...
So, since the novel allows for fantasy, I'll just be lazy All the bugs about self-built houses are set by the author!!! (Very loud)
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