Chapter 15: Beginning to Renovate the House
The two of them moved into a pet-friendly hotel with their cats and dogs. After an on-site inspection, Qin Muxue drew a blueprint for the renovation of the house.
Ding Manman leaned against Qin Muxue and offered some suggestions for reform from time to time.
Although Taoyuan Village is located in a remote area, it is surrounded by fields and lakes, and the natural environment is very good.
Although Qin Muxue has supplies, she has to consider that no one has super powers and the only one with super powers is a kitten that has just been weaned. In her plan, the two of them also need to find some reliable teammates to survive the apocalyptic crisis together.
The shelter built in this place is only temporary.
Dajiang is only temporarily safe. The entire blue planet will suffer fatal disasters, earthquakes, acid rain, blizzards. These are what they need to face now. In the future there will also be extremely hot weather, floods and so on.
The next day, the two went to the construction market to buy materials, and then came back to start renovating the house in a grand manner.
The houses on the Dajiang side have relatively high foundations, which is exactly what Qin Muxue wanted. When there is a snowstorm, the snow will pile up very high in one night. For this reason, she bought a snowplow and a sled, so that she can deal with the snow around the house and move in the snow without any effort.
Watching a dozen workers renovating the old house day and night for several days, Old Lady Qu wanted to give her grandson a chance to spend time with the two girls. "Xiao Qin, I have a grandson who has nothing to do at home. Can I ask him to come and help you?"
Old Mrs. Qu always said that her grandson stayed at home. In Qin Muxue's impression, he should be a otaku. She was already busy renovating the house, and thinking that one more person would mean more help, she agreed to Old Mrs. Qu's request.
Who would have known that the person standing in front of Ding Manman and Qin Muxue was a burly man nearly 190cm tall, with solid muscles all over his arms and a bulging chest. He had a buzz cut, a handsome face, a scar on the tip of his eyebrow, and looked very burly.
Qin Muxue, who is 170cm tall, has to look up at him, let alone Ding Manman, who is 160cm tall. She is like a little bird in front of Qu Yanbai.
"My grandma asked me to come and help supervise you, saying that you girls might not understand." Qu Yanbai directly stated her purpose.
This seemed to be different from what the old lady said at the beginning. Qu Yan just looked at the drawing and said, "Look at this place. If we modify it as you said, the tiles will easily fall off." He fixed it in no time.
Qin Muxue took it and looked at it and found that it was indeed more reasonable.
Then Qu Yanbai looked at several workers who were working and asked them to stop. "How can you be efficient if you do the same thing in a group like this?" He gave each worker a cigarette, and they quickly determined the plan for allocating workers during the discussion.
The workers knew that he was a villager, so they did not dare to slack off. They had to re-divide the work according to the adjustments and start the renovation.
The two found it amazing. Ding Manman asked curiously, "Do you know anything about building decoration?"
"I know a little bit." The man held a cigarette in his mouth, lit it and began to puff. "I heard that you are female college students from the city. Why are you here instead of studying hard?"
Ding Manman and Qin Muxue looked at each other. This guy didn't look like an ordinary otaku.
Qu Yanbai is indeed not an ordinary person. He is a veteran with first-class physical fitness.
Qin Muxue explained: "We are just tired of the busy and stressful life in the city, and want to experience the countryside."
"Oh, what pressure do you students have? Do you have a heavy workload? Isn't college very easy?"
Qu Yanbai looked at the professional design drawings. This girl had very unique ideas and the protective measures she designed were very thoughtful. She must have known a lot about this aspect.
Ding Manman immediately explained: "I'm not feeling well, and my bestie wants to accompany me to my hometown to recuperate for a while, right, Muxue."
She pushed Qin Muxue's arm, and Qin Muxue nodded in agreement. It is better to be cautious with strangers.
When Qu Yanbai lowered his head, he saw the girl's watery eyes, pale face, and cherry lips that were bloodless. She looked very thin and pitiful.
It is indeed possible that she was sick, so I didn't ask any more questions.
"You want to add insulation material. I know where to buy this material cheaply. It can save you a lot of money."
This renovation looks simple, but Qu Yanbai can see that these materials are not cheap. Fire-proof, shock-proof and thermal insulation materials are all available, and the cellar also needs to be renovated. How can two young girls afford so much money?
Qin Muxue discovered that Mrs. Qu's grandson was actually a very smart person, not as stupid as she said. What's more, all she needed now was speed, not money, because all she had was money.
Qin Muxue asked: "Big Brother, how should we address you?"
"My name is Qu Yanbai, you can call me whatever you want."
"Mr. Qu, actually there's no need..." Before Qin Muxue could finish her words, Baozhu was barking wildly in their direction.
Qin Muxue hurried into the room and touched Baozhu's head. "I'm sorry to lock you up here. There's no other way before the renovation is completed. Some of the workers are afraid of dogs. I'm really sorry, Baozhu. I'll let Manman make you something delicious to make up for it tonight!"
Qu Yanbai turned his head, looked at Baozhu, and whistled.
Strangely, when Baozhu heard the whistle, she actually sat up straight, stopped yelling, and straightened her back, looking ready to take orders.
Qu Yanbai walked over and squatted down. "Just as I expected, this is a retired dog."
"Excuse me, I felt very close to your dog when I saw it, and I couldn't help but blew the training whistle. Do you mind?"
Qu Yanbai said sorry, but there was no apology on his face. He reached out and touched Baozhu's smooth fur. He could tell that the dog was well taken care of by its owner. "You take good care of her. It seems that you are also a dog lover."
Qin Muxue couldn't help but roll her eyes, "Of course." Baozhu had once depended on her and saved her life. How could she not cherish her?
At this time, Pearl yawned and came out from the corner. The little girl was not afraid of strangers at all, but just looked at the stranger curiously.
"Meow meow meow?" (Master, who is this?)
Qin Muxue was about to introduce them, but Qu Yanbai stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, my name is Qu Yanbai, and we will be neighbors from now on."
Qin Muxue was stunned. This guy was really not simple. Pearl's words were clearly only transmitted to her, so how could he understand them?
Qin Muxue's eyes looked at him with a deeper look and a few more thoughts.
Pearl actually put her paw in his palm and started playing with him excitedly, but she was very sensible and did not extend her sharp claws. Both the dog and the cat seemed to like him very much.
This made Qin Muxue temporarily relax her vigilance against him. After all, her own cats and dogs were quite accurate in judging people. They could identify bad guys easily, and were more enthusiastic about good guys. Since it had been verified by Baozhu and Zhenzhu, she could relax her vigilance a little.
Qin Muxue winked at Ding Manman and pulled her aside. "Manman, if you have time, find out more about this man. He is not a simple man."
"I know." In fact, Ding Manman had a pretty good first impression of him. She even glanced at him secretly. When she saw the man turned his head and looked at her, she immediately pretended nothing had happened.
"Do you need those materials? I can take you to that factory to buy them. I have a truck at home that can help you load them back. It's not far away. Over there is a factory of new materials, and there is furniture for sale. You must need them." Qu Yanbai asked with a smile.
Qin Muxue was a little tempted: "Can I customize furniture there?"
"Sure, I know the boss. I guarantee the goods are good and the price is low, and I won't cheat anyone."
So the two of them took Qu Yanbai's truck and headed towards the factory.
Along the way, the fields were green and endless, and the air was filled with the scent of grass.
In the scattered fields, Qin Muxue discovered that the soil in the fields was actually black.
She asked curiously, "Why is the soil black?"
Qu Yanbai explained as he drove: "This is black soil, a soil with good properties and high fertility, very suitable for plant growth, so the rice here is famous throughout the country."
Qin Muxue looked at the black soil and fell into deep thought.
In this case, it would be better to stockpile some black soil in the planting area of the space to grow crops. Anyway, there is still a lot of remaining area in the space. When the time comes, you can ask the villagers here and find a way to get some black soil. It would be even better if it can be solved with money.
After the end of the world, the ecology of Blue Star has changed greatly, and the climate and soil are no longer suitable for growing crops.
At that time, even the roots of trees were dug out by humans. In the absence of food, humans treated all plants as food just to fill their stomachs.
When they arrived at the materials factory, Qu Yanbai led them to the door with ease. He seemed to be familiar with everything here, which made Qin Muxue wonder if she had been cheated.
"Don't get me wrong, this is a factory opened by my comrade-in-arms. Most of the materials used in my home are also sourced from here. They are very durable, which is why I introduced it to you," he explained.
Qu Yanbai went up to the factory director and started chatting with him. "These are two neighbors who just moved in. They are both young girls. I want to help them out. Can you help them look at the design drawings and decide which materials are better and which prices are fair and affordable?" He patted the factory director on the shoulder, looking very familiar.
The factory manager nodded and looked at the two pretty girls. He couldn't help but teased them, "Are you attracted to one of them? You're so enthusiastic. I've never seen you so active before."
"Don't talk nonsense and ruin the reputation of two little girls. It's just helping each other." He took out a lighter and lit a cigarette for the factory director.
During the conversation, Qin Muxue also heard that Qu Yanbai was a veteran. No wonder he could have such a good relationship with Baozhu and knew this special way of whistling.
The factory manager introduced them to a new type of composite material. "This material is cold-resistant, warm, earthquake-resistant, and waterproof. Look how strong it is."
After various tests, Qin Muxue found that the performance of this material was indeed surprisingly good and the price was reasonable.
"This is the factory price, and you are Lao Qu's neighbor, so I will definitely give you a discount." The factory director smiled and moved closer to Qin Muxue, "Girl, is your little sister single?"
Qin Muxue's face was full of black lines, and she seemed to understand his intention.
"I think it's a good match for my big brother."
Qin Muxue could only explain: "Nowadays, people emphasize free love, so it's not easy for me to interfere in such matters."
In fact, what Qin Muxue was thinking in her heart was, my Manman is a beautiful flower, how can I let her be paired with that pile of cow dung?
Qin Muxue paid a deposit and asked the boss to make it and deliver it to her home as quickly as possible.
Then she went to the factory to look at other furniture. The furniture in the old house could be accommodated, except for items like beds. Qin Muxue had high requirements for beds, probably because she had experienced the previous apocalypse, and she often had trouble sleeping. If the bed was not comfortable in this life, she would suffer from insomnia all night long.
Here, a bed could be customized according to her requirements, and Ding Manman also customized a comfortable bed.
I also customized some cat climbing frames and other supplies for Pearl to play on.
Then, Qin Muxue asked the factory manager if he had any training tools. The factory manager looked curious and asked, "What training tools?"
Qin Muxue explained: "It's just a target or something like that. I practice archery and I need to train regularly, so I want to customize some targets."
"I can make these for you with the scraps I have here. It's free and I thought it was something else. It's not that simple. The girl is quite good. She can even shoot arrows." The factory director couldn't help but show admiration. "Back then, in the army, our Qu Yanbai was also the top shooter!"
Qu Yanbai stamped out his cigarette and said, "Say less."
Then he asked Qin Muxue and Ding Manman, "Have you two made your choice? If you have, I will take you back! It will be dark soon."
"We have chosen." Qin Mu couldn't think of what to buy for a moment. As the sky gradually darkened, he thought it would be better to go back first!
When they got home, the kitchen was basically cleaned up. In addition to the induction cooker, rice cooker, and stove, Ding Manman kindly suggested, "Brother Qu, why don't you and Grandma Qu stay here and eat! Try my cooking."
Qu Yanbai didn't hesitate and nodded silently.
Qin Muxue rolled her eyes, "You're so rude."
"After all, Brother Qu has helped us so much and saved us money, so it's only right that we treat him to a meal. It's just some home-cooked dishes."
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