Seeing that he was so happy he almost jumped for joy, Chi Yu smiled and asked:
"Ah Lin, did you buy all this wood from Uncle He's family, or did you buy it from the villagers?"
"They were all bought from villagers! My dad and my two uncles started renovating the house when they came back."
They used up all the wood from their own house and Grandpa He's house.
These few were bought from villagers. They weren't expensive; they were practically given away for free.
Upon hearing this, Chi Yu raised an eyebrow but remained silent, while Chi Lin understood her meaning.
The villagers said, "Thank you, Auntie, for helping us all make money."
They also said that you opened the general store for everyone's benefit.
This wood can be found on the mountain; it's worthless, I'd give it to you for free.
It was my uncle who disagreed, so in the end we only paid half the money.
After hearing this, Chi Yu stopped talking and walked towards Chi Da Hu.
It was at this moment that Shen Kai and the others also came over carrying baskets of stones.
Seeing this, Chi Yu asked, "Brother, didn't you say that building a wooden house would be enough?"
"Wooden houses aren't durable. If it's like what you said, it'll probably collapse after a couple of shakes."
I think if we're going to build it, we should build it well, so people can rest here at night.
But without cement, how could they cover up all this rubble? Chi Yu didn't voice the question.
When she saw her second and third sisters-in-law and the others carrying baskets of yellow mud from who-knows-where after picking up the stones, she seemed to understand something.
She knew that some mud houses were built with walls made of yellow mud, straw, and bamboo strips.
This yellow mud, perhaps containing a lot of clay, is what she's looking for.
Thinking of all this, she went inside to find Chi Qiao.
Just then, Chi Qiao finished counting the items. When she saw her come in, she was about to speak when she was interrupted.
"Sister, go out and take a look. Is that yellow mud on the ground sticky? Is it the clay we're looking for?"
If so, let's experiment with the limestone in the correct proportions and see how the resulting cement performs.
If it goes well, then go back and wipe all these houses clean.
If something like that really happens, we'll feel safer inside if we can't hide in time.
Upon hearing this, Chi Qiao immediately followed Chi Yu out.
She was still a little puzzled when she saw the yellow mud.
Chijia'ao is surrounded by mountains on all sides, making it a small basin at a high altitude.
However, there is a lot of wasteland here, the soil is barren, and there is no clay at all.
Not far away, there is a stone mountain, which was the place where people used to quarry stones when they performed corvée labor.
She understood that these pebbles were brought over from over there.
But she didn't quite understand this kind of yellow mud.
Most of the houses in Chijia'ao are stone houses, and a few are wooden houses.
Needless to say, the wooden house was considered a dangerous building in Chijia'ao.
The main problem is that if a large wild animal were to wander into the village, this house wouldn't be able to protect it at all.
Stone houses are safe, but they cost a lot of money to build.
If you want to avoid spending money on those stone slabs, your family has to prepare them well in advance.
Whenever he had free time, he would go to the rocky hill to break stones. After breaking the stones, he would then chisel them into equal-sized stone strips.
It's a craft, and it's also time-consuming and laborious.
With that kind of effort, you could hunt countless wild animals.
But stone strips alone are not enough. When covering the structure, glutinous rice juice, limestone, and star fruit vine paste must be added to ensure it is secure.
Thinking of all this, Chi Qiao suddenly lost her patience, pulled Chi Yu aside, and whispered:
"Little Fish, I think what you're trying to do is a bit complicated."
Even if we know now and have done it, you know what will happen next, and there's nothing we can do about it.
Besides, cement doesn't necessarily guarantee a strong structure. It would be better to add steel reinforcement during the construction process.
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