Sand is not valuable and no one would steal it, so it was directly transported to the place where the house was to be built and unloaded casually on an open space.
"Chu Min, this is about two thousand kilograms of sand. Is it enough for you and brother Chu Tian to build two houses?"
Chu Min wiped the sweat from his forehead. "It's not enough. I asked Brother Wang Qiang, and he said the best ratio of cement to sand is 1:4. He also said that if there is lime, 1:1:6 would be even better and stronger!"
Chu Jun was incredulous. "Is it really that troublesome? I see that the brick houses of the brigade are just ordinary mud walls..."
Chu Min, "So, the brigade's wall has only been built for a few years? It's already about to collapse!"
Chu Army, "..."
Chu Min kicked the sand under his feet and said, "Brother Wang Qiang said that a wall built with sand, cement, and lime will not collapse even after being lived in forty or fifty years!"
"Oh, that's great. Let's build a cement house that can accommodate several generations! When our grandchildren get married, they can still live in it!"
"It's a pity that building a cement brick house is not cheap, otherwise I..."
Listening to the discussions of the people around him, Chu Tian complained in his heart, "Forty or fifty years? Grandchildren? They all think it's a good idea! What a pity! After the reform and opening up, in less than thirty years, the young people will be unable to resist and will run away. How many young people will still be willing to farm in the brigade? By then, the only ones left will probably be the elderly..."
Chu Min smiled and greeted the helpers, "I have prepared a simple meal at home. Let's all go to my house for dinner?"
Chu Tian glanced at Chu Min and saw Chu Min smiled at him. He then followed their footsteps. In his heart, he was thinking that these people were not only helping Chu Min, but also helping him, so he did not intend to take advantage of Chu Min...
It is said to be a simple meal, and it really is a simple meal. Each person has a bowl of corn porridge, two cornmeal pancakes and some pickles from Lao Chu's family, which is considered a meal.
It was just such a simple meal, but no one disliked it. After all, helping each other during the slack season is mutual. This time you help me, and next time I will help you. No one will really charge money...
After dinner, everyone made an appointment to go and haul sand twice the next day and the day after tomorrow. After hauling the sand, they would go to the cement factory to haul cement.
When Chu Tian got home, he told Yao Xiujuan that Chu Min had invited the team members who had helped him to come home for dinner today.
Yao Xiujuan listened and said seriously, "Brother Tian, they are not only helping Second Brother, but also helping us. We can't just let Second Brother treat people to a meal."
Chu Tian nodded. "I know. I told you this because I wanted to tell you that I plan to send some food to my second brother's house. I'd like to ask my second sister-in-law to help with the cooking. I can take a little more, but I can't let you cook for several people with a big belly, can I?"
Yao Xiujuan said quickly, "It's okay, it's okay. It's just cooking some porridge and making some pancakes. It's not that tiring. Besides, Xiuli can do it too."
Yao Xiuli on the side nodded quickly, "Brother-in-law, I can do it..."
Chu Tian waved his hand and said, "Xiu Li, my brother-in-law knows that you can do it, but I, your brother-in-law, don't even plan to let your sister do it, so how could I possibly let you cook for a group of people?"
"The reason we don't let you cook is, firstly, because the place we live in is too small. Even if we cook, it's not convenient to eat. Secondly, the educated youth will be back in a couple of days, and by then there won't be just a few of us here. It's not very convenient..."
Yao Xiuli blinked and said "Oh" obediently without arguing with Chu Tian. She remembered clearly what her parents said before she came, that she should listen to her eldest sister and brother-in-law.
Yao Xiujuan would not refute Chu Tian, because she knew that Chu Tian was thinking about her, and she firmly believed that Brother Tian would never harm her. All she had to do was to believe and support him unconditionally.
For several days in a row, Chu Tian went out early and came back late every day. Finally, after five days, all the things were brought back. The sand was piled in the house. As for the cement, Chu Tian originally wanted to unload it into an empty cave in the educated youth camp, but the educated youth in the educated youth camp had already returned. Chu Min was afraid that these educated youth would cause trouble, so he suggested unloading it into the firewood room in the old Chu family's yard. Anyway, there was a lot of firewood in the firewood room now, so there was a place to put it. But the two of them thought of their sister-in-law who loved to take advantage of others...
When they didn't know where to unload the waste, Sun Weiguo suggested that they unload it in the warehouse of the brigade headquarters. After all, when the brigade headquarters was first built, there were several large warehouses, but they had never been used in full.
Chu Min and Chu Tian looked at each other and agreed after a brief thought. After all, it would not be safer anywhere else than in the brigade headquarters!
Captain Sun Da looked at the cement piled up in the corner of the warehouse and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "Chu Min, Chu Tian, you two brothers are really good! You can even buy cement? But I heard that the cement our company ordered last year was still not available when we asked a few days ago..."
Chu Min chuckled, "Maybe we're lucky, right? We just happened to have some extra prepared when we went to make the reservation..."
Chu Tian found it amusing. What good luck? What extra preparation? The cement factory has always had a production shortage. No matter how much it produces, it is always sold out. Otherwise, why do so many people wait in line for a year...
The reason they were able to buy it was obviously because of Chu Min's thick skin and willingness to give gifts and say nice things. In other words, he really admired Chu Min for his adaptability. How unpleasant the sales director's words were when he started!
He almost couldn't stand the various insulting words several times, but Chu Min kept smiling without changing his face...
Anyway, he can't reach Chu Min's level...
Before closing the door, Captain Sun took one last look at the cement pile and thought to himself, "I wonder when the brigade will be able to save enough money to buy some cement and rebuild the brigade headquarters..."
Chu Min stood at the fork in the road leading to the educated youth camp and said to Chu Tian, "Did you hear what the captain said just now?"
Chu Tian nodded, "Well, the captain will go to the regiment headquarters for a meeting tomorrow, probably to discuss the issue of spring plowing and planting..."
Chu Min touched his chin. "It got warm early this year. The snow has melted now. It's just that the fields are too wet to work in. However, I estimate that we'll have to start tilling the soil in two or three days at most..."
Chu Tian, "Well... I'll be busy then."
Chu Min sighed, "Yeah, we haven't even dug the foundation yet..."
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After all this talk, it seems like you're worried about the foundation not being dug?
"There are still two or three days left, right? Let's find some more team members to help dig. There are only fourteen houses in total. I estimate we'll be almost done in two or three days..."
Chu Min smiled and praised exaggeratedly, "Oh, my little brother is so smart!"
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Chu Tian rolled his eyes, turned around and left. Recently, whenever he was alone with Chu Min, Chu Min would choke him and he didn't want to say a word!
Chu Min looked at Chu Tian walking away, feeling very happy. Why didn't he realize that his little brother was so funny before? His little expression was much cuter than his previous lifeless look...
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