After seeing the truck off, Liang Liang gave each bricklayer five yuan for unloading, and then chatted with the foreman.
The foreman said it would take a month to demolish the bungalow and install the pipes, but it would take more than two months to tidy it up to a level where people could move in.
However, it will definitely be possible to check in when the rainy season arrives.
As long as people can move in before the rainy season, that's fine.
While the mother was happy about the large pile of firewood Liang Liang had brought back, she was also worried.
Where do we put all this firewood?
Look at this mess! We've brought the stuff back, but now we're worried about where to put it.
“Build a row of flat sheds on the eastern hillside, all the way to the main street and courtyard walls, and put all the firewood in the sheds.”
This wealth required three large buildings to be neatly stacked, reaching all the way to the ceiling, before it could be placed inside.
Liang Liang hadn't expected Zhao Fang to use a semi-trailer that was taller than the front guardrail and filled the truck with firewood.
That amount of firewood would last his family for five years.
Once the new house is built, the water and heating system will definitely need to be installed. Although there are no advanced systems like underfloor heating or electric heated beds yet, there are still bulky 80-inch radiators.
With central heating, you can't burn firewood anymore; you have to burn coal.
If coal is burned again in winter, the rate at which this wealth is consumed will be even slower. If you calculate it this way, it could last for ten years without any problem.
Yes, we made too much. No wonder my mother is worried.
With more firewood, Liang Liang's mother was only slightly worried; her biggest worry now was that her son would have to spend a huge sum of money.
She could manage a few visits, but if her son poured out a whole bag of money, she felt her heart wouldn't be able to take it.
However, her worries were unnecessary this time, because Liang Liang didn't bring back much money from the broken thread, but she did bring back a fixed deposit book. I wonder what she will think when she sees this deposit book and the numbers in it?
Liang Liang and the foreman checked the architectural drawings again.
His single-story house is 25 meters long and 9 meters wide, with six large windows on the front. In the countryside, apart from multi-story buildings, this should be the largest house.
In addition to the living room, the east and west bedrooms, there is also a secondary bedroom, a bathroom, and a toilet.
Anyway, a span of nine meters is enough for Liang Liang to design all these facilities into the house.
After Liang Liang and the foreman reviewed the blueprints, they stood on the street watching the bricklayers finish their work before leaving.
As soon as Xu Mei turned onto this street on her bicycle after school, she saw Liang Liang standing at the front door of her house.
He didn't even go into his own house; he just leaned his bicycle against the stone wall by the door and bounced over to Liang Liang's house.
"Brother Liang! When did you get back?"
Liang Liang wasn't going to answer those pointless questions, so he went straight to asking the farmers' band.
"Is your band still practicing?"
Xu Mei shook her head: "Spring planting has already started, where would we find time to train? We can only practice together every few days."
"Don't forget those songs. We might be holding a gala or something this year, and you might even have a chance to perform."
Liang Liang is just spouting nonsense, talking rubbish without any basis.
But Xu Mei took it seriously: "Really? You really have a discerning eye or something?"
"It will happen! It definitely will!"
If all else fails, why not just sponsor two events yourself? You could easily raise 30,000 or 50,000 yuan and let these ordinary people have a good time.
Have you improved your guitar skills lately?
"I think my elder has made progress, really!"
"Come on! I know you're all talk and no action. A young lady like you shouldn't keep bragging, or you'll never get married!"
Xu Mei made a face at Liang Liang.
"Oh, right! Go back and tell your dad that I've been staying at your place these past few days, in your brother's room, since he's not home anyway. I won't stay for free; I'll buy your dad cigarettes and alcohol, how about that?"
Xu Mei was overjoyed to hear this.
Just when she was wondering how to spend more time with Liang Liang, he suddenly decided to go to her house to sleep. It was like a beautiful girl had fallen from the sky—no, it was more like a handsome man named Liang Liang had fallen from the sky.
"Are you having dinner at my place tonight? If you are, I'll make you some scrambled eggs when I get home!"
"I'm already being generous by sleeping at your house, not eating there. I eat at my own house... Hmm! You can fry eggs? When did you learn to fry eggs?"
"I learned it all last year!"
"Are you sure your scrambled eggs won't poison someone?"
"What could possibly poison someone? It's an egg, not poison!"
"I believe it won't poison people, but it will definitely kill people with its saltiness!"
"You look down on me! I'm ignoring you now, I'm going home to do my homework."
Xu Mei turned around, took a few steps, and then turned back.
When are you going there?
"Around nine o'clock! Maybe earlier, maybe later."
After dinner, Liang Liang went to the small shop and bought two bottles of local Gaochengshan Baijiu and two cartons of Suoluo cigarettes.
Xu Mei's father can drink a little alcohol, not much, and he can also smoke a little.
These two bottles of wine and two cartons of cigarettes are for him.
Just then, Xu Mei came running down the street.
"Did you tell your dad?"
“I told you! My mom has packed all your luggage, so you can just go and stay there.”
"Take these things back to your dad."
"No! I just want to sleep for a few days! What else do you want?"
"Stop arguing! I've already bought them, hurry up and take them home!"
Xu Mei then took the two packs of cigarettes and two bottles of wine home.
Xu Mei's house has four rooms, two on the east side, one on the west side, and a kitchen in the middle.
Xu Hebin lived in the west room.
Liang Liang stayed at the small shop until 9:30 before going to Xu Hebin's house to sleep.
Xu Mei ran downstairs and told him to go back to sleep.
"Look how diligent you are! You could just stay home and sleep, why did you make a special trip down here!"
"I do!"
Money can't buy willingness; there's no way to change that.
"Brother Liang! Tell me a story!"
"We'll be home in two and a half minutes, what's the point of telling stories! I'm not telling any!"
"Tell me a joke, that will do. Just one joke, and then we'll be home."
"No jokes!"
"I won't leave unless you tell me."
Liang Liang sighed, "What kind of people are these?"
"Alright! Fine! I'm scared of you! Tell me, there's a college student who's fallen for the prettiest girl in his class."
Is it okay to date in college?
"Don't interrupt! Of course you can date in college. This college student fell in love with the prettiest girl in his class, but she didn't have a chance to confess. Then, by sheer bad luck, the pretty girl asked him to bring her a drink. After buying the drink, the college student secretly put a laxative in it and waited outside the girls' restroom. A little while later, the pretty girl rushed over, and the boy, blushing, went up to her and said, 'I like you, will you be with me?' The girl firmly refused: 'No!' The boy wasn't flustered: 'No? Hehe! If you don't agree, I won't let you in!'"
Xu Mei raised her fist and punched Liang Liang.
"You're a bad guy, you're a bad guy!"
"What, you mean I'm a bad guy! It's not like I stopped that girl from going to the bathroom, what does it have to do with me?"
Isn't this ridiculous?
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