After taking many twists and turns, we arrived at a house. The gate was not closed and there were two men squatting at the door, discussing something.
"Xu Dashan, are you free recently? Are you still willing to take on any work?" Gu Huaijue greeted the people inside loudly at the door without any hesitation.
While leading Jiang Mengxue into the yard.
"Director Gu, do you have any work to recommend to us?" The two men stood up and greeted Gu Huaijue.
While looking at Jiang Mengxue, he didn't look at her for long.
"It's my sister. She wants to renovate the two rooms she's currently staying in. Are you guys free recently?"
"We're always available. We can only take on small jobs now, which can be completed in a day or two. If you have any work, just let us know. We're always available."
Gu Huaijue turned to ask Jiang Mengxue, "Doctor Jiang, are you free now? Why don't you take them to your house and tell them how you want to change it."
"Okay, shall we go now?"
It took them almost half an hour to walk to the yard where Jiang Mengxue lived.
He brought a few people to the east wing and began to introduce them from the outside to the inside.
"I live in the two rooms on the north side of the east wing. They are seven meters long and six meters wide, so the total area is over 80 square meters."
"Come in and take a look. The current layout of the house was modified by the previous owner, but I want to remove all the wooden boards in the middle."
"I'll make a room on the left, build a bookshelf on the west side to make it a study, build a kang on the east side, and make the west window bigger so I can put a desk here.
As for the larger space on the right, a staircase leading to the second floor was built near the room, and a bathroom was built on the right side of the stairs.
Let's build a kang against the rightmost wall. It should be two and a half meters wide, just the right size for a stove outside the room. You can eat and rest on it."
"As for the floor height, it's three meters downstairs and two and a half to two and a half meters upstairs. It's up to you."
"The partitions between floors must be strong and as thick as possible to provide the best sound insulation. It's okay to reduce the floor height a little."
"As for the layout of the upstairs, it's up to you. You can make them all into rooms. As for the number of rooms, three or four will do.
But it would be best if every room had a window. Even if it doesn’t make it brighter, at least it would be easy to ventilate.”
"As for the tap water, it's connected to the window next to the door, which makes it convenient for cooking."
They just had running water not long ago, and the daily supply is not much, but they have to install it first. If there is water, use it. If not, go to the well in the yard at the door to get water.
"Master Xu, can you do what I ask? If there's anything that doesn't make sense, please tell me directly and we can try to work it out today."
Xu Dashan looked down at the notebook in his hand, occasionally writing and drawing, and did not speak for a while.
After two minutes, he seemed to have come to his senses and said, "Doctor Jiang, take a look at this drawing I drew. I made some simple annotations based on what you just said. Please check if the dimensions are correct."
Jiang Mengxue took the notebook from Master Xu. There were two floor plans drawn on it, one on the first floor and one on the second floor, all according to what she had just said.
"Okay, Master Xu, please check if there's anything wrong."
"Well, there's basically no problem. The stairs can be made into a curve so that they aren't too steep. Where do you plan to put the kitchen?"
"And if it's divided into two floors, we'll have to add a pillar near the bathroom, otherwise the house will be unstable."
“Okay, you’re a professional, I’ll follow your lead on this.
I also need to build a stove outside, which is inconvenient when it is windy and rainy, and there is a lot of dust. I want to extend it a little above the gatehouse to prevent rain from falling under the porch.
It would be even better if the corridor could be enclosed so that firewood and briquettes could be stored outside."
"What's wrong with that? The space at the door is originally yours. Every household in the yard has it this way. If you build a house on the extra space, it's yours. As long as it doesn't interfere with others, no one will mind."
In fact, Jiang Mengxue also noticed the situation in the yard.
The whole house cannot be said to be shabby, it can only be said to be a mess.
There are dozens of families living there. One family built a kitchen in the empty space on the side, and another family built a small brick house next to the house.
This kind of thing only happens near your own home and does not interfere with other people's homes. As long as it is not too excessive, no one will say anything. After all, every family does this. There is no reason why your family can do it but others can't.
As long as no one goes to the streets to make trouble, the people on the streets won't care. With so many things to do all day, where would they have so much free time?
Now after hearing what Director Gu said, Jiang Mengxue naturally thought about what to do outside.
"How about this, Master Xu, seal off the corridor outside as well.
But it doesn't need to be sealed to the ceiling, about two meters will be enough, so that you don't have to cook in the dark. Build a roof on the corridor that extends outwards one or two meters so that the rain can't get in."
"Doctor Jiang, you can build the bathroom outside. The small yard next to your house is yours. You don't have to go through your side to get to the backyard. Isn't the Li family across the street right there? Build a room in the yard, and then connect the corridor to the yard and make it your own little yard."
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