Chapter 62 The Reason for Moving in a Hurry
Zhang Yongquan nodded and said, "Using local materials is indeed a good idea. I would like to measure it with an ink line later. Wait, do you want to cover the entire foundation, or not?"
The foundation is estimated to be more than 200 square meters, so the house will be quite large.
Size is secondary, money is what matters.
His gaze shifted from Lin Yi to Lin Qin's face.
Lin Qin had discussed this with Chen Wenjun before, and immediately climbed up and pointed to the area to the north and said, “Cover up all of this row. We want to build a two-story cement house with a hall, a kitchen, two bathrooms, and three rooms. On the second floor, there will be a hall and four rooms.
We don’t have enough money right now, so it’s not realistic to build it all at once. We can just build one layer first, but we have to use cement slabs to seal the roof, not bricks and tiles.”
Zhang Yongquan gasped when he heard this. "If that's the case, the cost will double. We definitely won't be able to finish it this year!"
Lin Qin knew what was going on, and smiled flatteringly, "We know, so I'll trouble you, Master Zhang, for the rest of the day. Just do as much as you can this year, and we won't force you."
Zhang Yongquan nodded in understanding and began to value this job more.
After all, most houses in rural areas are now built with tiles. Unless you are a millionaire, no one would build a two-story cement house that looks like a small Western-style building.
Lin Yi on the side was obviously a little surprised. When he heard Lin Qin say that she planned to build it slowly, he swallowed the words of dissuasion that came to his lips.
Who doesn't want his daughter and son-in-law to bring him honor? Not to mention that he only has two daughters. The eldest daughter married so far away that no one knows whether she is living a good life, but it is true that the youngest daughter has a miserable fate. If the youngest son-in-law really built a two-story cement house, who would dare to look down on him if they told others about it?
After discussing it, we started working immediately.
Time passed quickly while working. When the sun rose, the skin exposed to the sun became hot, and sweat flowed down, causing a stinging pain.
Lin Qin hurriedly went to get the bamboo hats that she had prepared in advance and distributed them to everyone one by one, even the two children were not left out.
The two children have helped move a lot of red bricks in the past half day. When they are tired, they go to the side to dig the soil and play, without the adults having to worry about them.
When Lin Yi heard Chen Wenjun's call, he quickly put down his shovel, paddled the bamboo pole to pick him up, and made lunch at the same time.
Lin Qin continued to pile up stones.
She and Lin Yi have been repairing the gap in the wall for half the day.
The foundation was dug early in the morning and she just started filling it. With more effort, she will be able to reach a height of about 30 centimeters this afternoon.
After Chen Wenjun got ashore, he saw Lin Qin was very busy, so he went over to help without saying a word. He was not as good as Lin Qin in mixing cement, so he helped her transport the stones to save her from running back and forth.
With Chen Wenjun's help, Lin Qin's speed was obviously much faster. While Lin Yi was cooking, the two of them had already stacked two rows.
After the last bit of cement was used up, Lin Yi also brought the food over.
The dishes were the dry rice, tofu fish soup, water snails with soy sauce that they had discussed yesterday, as well as the shrimp cakes and fried dough sticks that Chen Wenjun brought back, and a bowl of braised pork belly, which was also bought by Chen Wenjun.
Everyone gathered under the big banyan tree to enjoy the cool breeze and eat. The food was so delicious that no one had time to talk and they just focused on eating.
Lin Yi has been keeping an eye on Zhang Yongquan and serving him food. Zhang Yongquan refused several times but still couldn't resist Lin Yi's enthusiasm.
I hurriedly thanked them and said, "I'll put up the basic frame lines today and fix the positions of the windows and doors. Tiantian Qingxiang and the others will do the work tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I'll come over to do the rest of the work when they're almost done."
It would take at least four or five days to build a wall. The house was about 180 square meters and required a lot of materials. He didn't know how much money Chen Wenjun had. If he didn't have enough money, it would take even longer for him to come next time.
"Okay, okay! Master Zhang, please arrange it however you think is best." Lin Yi was very cooperative.
After dinner, Chen Wenjun went to help Zhang Yongquan with some work, and then helped Lin Qin push a few carts of stones over. When he saw that it was almost done, he rowed the boat to set up the traps and catch fish.
Liu Yaya and Chen Ping'an had been playing in the soil in Nanyu all morning and were tired. They were eager to pick wild duck eggs and insisted on going with Chen Wenjun.
Lin Qin couldn't persuade them, so she had to let Chen Wenjun take them away.
In the evening, when Chen Wenjun rowed over, the two children ran ashore excitedly, jumping and dancing excitedly, "Mom, Grandpa, my brother Ping'an and I found a lot of wild duck eggs. Uncle said that we can make money for the family now!"
"And there are snails." Chen Pingan added.
Liu Yaya nodded frantically, "Yes! We also found a bucket of snails. Uncle said they were very big and fat, and could be sold for money!"
Seeing their little faces were sunburned, Lin Qin felt distressed. "Hurry up and drink some sugar water. Go take a rest under the shade of the tree. We will eat soon."
Chen Wenjun parked the boat and found that the height of the gap wall had reached his hips. He was surprised and said, "You are too fast!"
Lin Qin stretched her back with difficulty, "Look at how many people are working! My dad is doing one side, and I'm doing the other. We've agreed that we'll get it to the top of our heads tomorrow, and another day the day after tomorrow, and it will be about two meters and a half.
Just put some broken glass bottles on top to make sure no one can get in, or you can make it three meters high and then put some broken glass bottles on it."
Chen Wenjun thought thoughtfully, "In this case, we have to build the gate."
The two of them looked at Zhang Yongquan and told him the situation. Zhang Yongquan said immediately, "It's just a door! It's no big deal! Tell me the reserved height and width, and I'll bring the materials over. It will be done in one day."
Chen Wenjun quickly handed him a cigarette and said, "Master Zhang, do you think it will be finished the day after tomorrow? We will be able to build it to a height of about two meters tomorrow, and we can almost install the door."
Seeing that Chen Wenjun was anxious, Zhang Yongquan did not refuse and agreed immediately.
After sending them to the other side, Lin Qin asked, "Why are you in such a hurry?"
The door didn't have to be built so quickly.
Chen Wenjun's eyes were frighteningly bright, full of expectation. "It's hot now, and it's stuffy sleeping on the boat. If I open the window, I'll always run into some embarrassing things. As an adult, I don't mind, but I'm afraid the children will hear it."
Lin Qin immediately understood what Chen Wenjun was talking about and her face turned red.
It is human nature to balance yin and yang, but this situation is not so important among the Tanka people, especially in the summer when everyone is afraid of the heat. They do things that are not suitable for children with the windows open. The noise is so loud that everyone can hear it, but they just can't figure out which family it comes from. Once the sun rises, the fishing boats leave and no one will pursue the matter.
Adults are accustomed to this kind of thing, but children are not. They can easily learn bad things by watching and hearing them.
When the child was young, Chen Wenjun had no choice but to take care of Chen Ping'an alone, so he had to go back to the port. Sometimes Chen Ping'an was woken up by the noise in the middle of the night and asked him what was going on.
Since then, Chen Wenjun has tried to stay as far away from other fishing boats as possible, but this is not a long-term solution.
(End of this chapter)
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