"We're here, Mr. Mei."
Mei Hongyi was carried down and looked up at the high wall and electric fence:
"I haven't been out for a long time. When did such a large piece of land appear here? Is this wall strong?"
Su Tao said, "It's sturdy and has an alarm system. Anyone who sees zombies or forces entry without permission will be electrocuted and notified immediately. There's absolutely no problem with safety."
Mei Hongyi was surprised: "So yours is better than Dongyang, which has been well-defended for twenty years? And it hasn't been confiscated? There must be a lot of people coveting it."
Su Tao smiled lightly: "No one dares to come up with this idea yet."
The old man immediately stopped talking about this topic. He understood that with background and connections, he would be wary of someone even if he had bad intentions.
He turned to look at the unevenly arranged houses and the vacant land around them and asked:
"Why are all these houses so crowded together? Can some of the rooms get any sunlight?"
Su Tao was embarrassed: "I didn't think too much about it when I built it. Some rooms do have no windows."
But despite this, most tenants don't care about this at all, just having a place to live is nice.
But her original intention was not to survive, but to live!
Mei Hongyi said, "Come, push me around."
Su Tao and Zhuang Wan took turns pushing Tao Yang around.
Mei Hongyi seemed very satisfied: "Tao girl, this is a good place. The land is flat and solid, and it faces south. It's just a little small, so it can't be a large community. But it can still be considered as a small residential area."
Su Tao nodded: "Just tell me what you think."
"Do you have a budget? Have you found the right sources for building materials? You also need workers and engineers, and someone to maintain it after it's built."
Su Tao waited patiently for him to finish:
"Mr. Mei, you don't have to worry about any of this. Just go ahead and plan it. I have three requests. First, we need a residential area that can accommodate about 500 people. Second, we need public facilities like a cafeteria, office buildings, and a park. Third, we need to reserve two vacant lots."
She planned to use these two vacant lots to build a school or a hospital.
Even in the end times, we must not let children lose their knowledge.
But it’s not enough. Taoyang is still too young, so I can only keep him for now and take it one step at a time.
Mei Hongyi hesitated. "You don't consider anything? Then I'll plan it according to the standards of a high-quality residential commercial district before the apocalypse. If you can't build it, don't blame me."
Su Tao showed two rows of small white teeth: "Of course, you can also plan out the residential area first, and then slowly design the rest. I will show you the interior house layout now."
"Taoyang only has about thirty rooms right now. These smaller ones are single rooms. Double rooms come with a four-square-meter balcony and a separate bathroom. We also have a slightly larger unit with one bedroom, one living room, one bathroom, and a six-square-meter balcony. Here, this one is for you."
Mei Hongyi pushed his glasses up, hunched his back and looked at the clean and tidy, well-decorated, independent one-bedroom house in front of him. His old eyes gradually became cloudy and sore.
"Oh, I'm almost dead. It would be a waste to live in such a nice house. Tao girl, just prepare a small single room or a small storage room for me. It would be so unlucky if I died in that nice house one day."
Zhuang Wan's nose felt sore when she heard this, and she looked at Su Tao with tears in her eyes.
She thought of her deceased father.
Su Tao was afraid that she would cry out loud on the spot, so she said firmly:
"You have to stay here today, whether you want to or not. There are no extra rooms. If you insist on making trouble with me, I will have to pick a poor guy and kick him out to make room for you."
Mei Hongyi choked.
The little girl is very strong.
Zhuang Wan chuckled, and pushed the old man in with a smile, saying something nice:
"Old sir, our Boss Su doesn't need one or two houses. You can only design a beautiful home for us if you live comfortably and happily, right? Besides, it doesn't make sense for our Boss Su to let everyone live well while leaving you, a hero who has made great contributions to Taoyang, to live in the utility room."
"Don't make things difficult for her. Just live well and I'll find a caregiver to take care of your daily life later."
Guan Zining pouted behind his back and whispered:
"Zhuang Wan used to be such an honest and timid person, but you've influenced her to become so eloquent. Tsk."
Su Tao pretended to kick her.
Guan Zining twisted his waist and dodged, then slipped away with a snort.
Mei Hongyi was very enthusiastic about his work and submitted a preliminary draft of the residential area design plan to Su Tao on the third day.
"Tao girl, 3,000 square meters is still too small. Before the apocalypse, a residential community covered an area of 100,000 square meters. Your 3,000 square meters can only accommodate a medium-sized supermarket."
"While ensuring that residential areas are not overcrowded, public buildings must be reduced. Forget about the park you want for now. If you want to take a walk, just walk in the green space downstairs."
Su Tao and Zhuang Wan both showed regretful expressions.
I used to think that 3,000 square meters was a lot, but it turns out that according to pre-apocalyptic standards, it can only be used to build a supermarket.
As for building only a small community in 100,000 square meters, Su Tao found it even more difficult to imagine.
"For now, I've only planned the outline of the residential area. I'll give you a rough outline."
"The three types of rooms should be built into separate apartment buildings, with single rooms arranged as townhouses. A corridor should run down the middle of each floor, with windows distributed on both sides so that every room has a window. Ideally, each floor should have a separate laundry room and a shared balcony for convenient daily living."
"Double rooms are similar to single rooms. You can remove the common balcony on each floor and only keep the laundry room."
"There are three independent rooms on one floor, ensuring that at least two rooms in each house face south."
"Each apartment building must face south, and there must be a suitable distance between each building to ensure adequate daylight. The space left can be used for greenery or other small public facilities. Furthermore, to meet your desired population, you must build taller floors. This is a problem you will have to solve yourself."
Mei Hongyi finally finished speaking and glanced at Su Tao: "Did you understand everything?"
Su Tao was paralyzed: "I understand, the workload is a bit heavy."
This requires several late nights to rearrange the existing rooms.
Mei Hongyi thought she was worried about finding engineers and construction teams. "The workload is indeed huge, and it requires a lot of manpower and material resources. You have to be mentally prepared."
It just takes up her manpower.
Mei Hongyi pulled out another stack of hand-drawn renderings. "Although our area is small and we can't build large-scale public facilities, we can still try small and exquisite ones. We can even have flagstone or gravel paths between the buildings. If you're willing to spend the money, you can even build solid wooden paths with artificial streams underneath."
It was getting dark.
Su Tao finally finished the class and returned to her room with a stack of drawings. She was so tired that she fell asleep without even having time to eat.
Although I was tired, I felt satisfied and happy. I even dreamed that Taoyang Community was completed, neat and orderly, and a large park was built. The morning light and sun were playing around the fountain, and the surrounding greenery was full of flowers.
There are no zombies, no dirty and crowded streets, and no dilapidated buildings covered with patched clothes.
It was a peaceful scene, just like what Mr. Mei had painted.
Zhuang Wan listened closely to the door, then turned and whispered to everyone, "He fell asleep from exhaustion. There's no sound."
Shi Ziyue felt distressed: "I was so busy that I didn't even have time to eat. I was planning to give it to her when she was eating."
Everyone pretended to be silent: "Keep your voice down. It won't be too late to send her off tomorrow when she wakes up."
As he spoke, a humming sound of a baby came from the gift box not far away.
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