The Zhou family's outing ended quickly, and after the 4th, everyone returned to their posts.
Zhou Cunming took on another long-distance mission to a neighboring province and was about to leave. His father-in-law also went on the mission with him.
If there are no problems along the way, we might be able to come back and celebrate the Spring Festival together.
Zhou Qingyun and his son were fine, going to work honestly and conscientiously.
The main reason was that Zhou Qingyun saw that the New Year was approaching and really didn't want to create anything else that would increase his workload.
He plans to build a bread oven at home so that his wife can bake bread and cakes, as well as roast chicken and duck, and so on.
"Let's build a bread oven here, make it a little bigger, and maybe we can even roast lamb or pork."
Chen Suwen pointed to a vacant lot in the backyard and said to her husband.
The fruit saplings she planted in the backyard are growing quite well now, but it will take some time before they bear fruit.
Chen Suwen didn't pay much attention to them, but the strawberries that Zhou Min had planted earlier were almost bearing fruit now.
"Is it here?"
The Zhou family's house and yard are quite large. There is a vegetable garden in the front yard and a small vegetable garden in the back yard, as well as a woodshed and a place to grow fruit trees.
The place where Chen Suwen said she wanted to build a bread oven is near the base of the wall, which is a little further away.
The corner where the two walls intersect is also the furthest point from the house, so there's no need to worry about accidentally setting the house on fire while firing the kiln.
"It's decided to go here."
After Zhou Qingyun and Chen Suwen determined the location, they began drawing lines to prepare for building a bread oven.
Zhou Cunzong had been working in the logistics department of the supply and marketing cooperative for several years, and it was still very convenient for him to buy bricks and cement.
Zhou Cunzong bought bricks and cement, and Zhou Qingyun and his eldest son built a stove and a bread oven. The three of them spent several days in their spare time to finally finish building the bread oven.
What are you doing? Adding a new house?
The Zhou family's house is a brick and tile house. If they want to add a floor, they have to tear it down and rebuild it.
Of course, if you want to add another room, you can clean up the backyard or build a new room.
After hearing that Zhou Cunzong had bought bricks and cement, Ye Yulian became very curious about whether the Zhou family was going to build an extension of their house.
"Your house is so big, it should be able to accommodate so many people. You probably don't need to build any extra rooms, right?"
Chen Suwen shook her head, "I have no intention of adding a building."
Even if their house were to be torn down and rebuilt, she wouldn't do it now.
We should wait at least 80 years before discussing this further; let's leave it at that for now.
Actually, their house is quite old.
This house was built by the original couple shortly after they got married, when Zhou Cunzhi was about four or five years old.
It's been twenty years now, it's definitely an old house, so it's normal to tear it down and rebuild it.
But the reform and opening up hasn't started yet, and the family's savings aren't enough for her to build a multi-story house all at once, so now is not the time.
Once she has earned enough money, she will hire a construction team to tear down her house and rebuild a multi-story building.
Although their house isn't very big, it's big enough to build a three- or four-story house.
Actually, she really wanted a country villa. Before the apocalypse, when she saw some people posting pictures of four or five-story country villas that totaled several hundred square meters, she was very envious.
She wasn't particularly envious of those wealthy people's villas because she knew she certainly wasn't as rich as them.
But those country villas, she might be able to grit her teeth and earn enough money to build them.
It's a pity that at that time, she and Zhou Qingyun didn't own any land. They didn't own any land in any village, so it was very difficult for them to build a house.
Housing prices in the city are particularly high.
The price of a 100-square-meter house in the city is enough for her to buy land in the countryside and build a four- or five-story house, several hundred square meters in total.
Now that she has the opportunity, she wants a house like that too.
If she can be patient and wait 79 or 80 years, maybe she can buy land and build the big house she has always dreamed of.
But before that, she needs to find a way to make money.
Since the reform and opening up hasn't started yet, and people can't just do business anywhere, how should she make money?
Chen Suwen did consider going to the black market, but her family wasn't short of money, so she didn't take any action.
"My family just wants to build a kiln, just for baking things occasionally." Chen Suwen took Ye Yulian to see the bread kiln.
The bread oven was almost finished by now. Chen Suwen didn't add any "cat ears" or "rabbit ears" to it; it was just a simple, round shape.
This is 1976, not 2020, so we should keep a low profile and not do anything too special.
"Build your own kiln? What are you going to roast? Even if it's kiln-roasted chicken, there's no need to cover it with cement and bricks, is there?"
Cement and bricks cost money, but kiln-roasted chickens only require building a mud kiln in the field.
“Toast,” Chen Suwen replied.
She happened to have pumpkins and some flour at home, and the bread oven was ready to use, so she decided to bake some pumpkin bread.
"Mom, the kiln is fired up, can we bake bread now?"
Zhou Cunzong inspected the bread oven and found that there were no air leaks or other safety hazards. The oven was ready to be baked.
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