Chu Jie and Chu Jun were both stunned by what they heard. Chu Jie waved his hands and said, "You built so many toilets on the fifth floor and even separated the kitchen. What about the first to fourth floors?"
Chu Tian pointed at the building and explained, "There are two flush toilets at each end of the corridor from the first to the fourth floor. As for the safety of the kitchen, I specially built three kitchens next to the boiler room in the courtyard on the first floor. When the time comes, each room will be equipped with several stoves for the residents to cook."
In fact, gas tanks and gas stoves already existed in the late 1970s. After people saw the convenience of gas stoves, they no longer wanted to light a fire to cook every day.
It would only become common after the reform and opening up in the 1980s. However, it was already the second half of 1979, so Chu Tian did not plan to build so many stoves.
Chu Jun was curious, "What is a boiler room?"
Chu Jie didn't wait for Chu Tian to speak, and explained to Chu Jun with a smile, "Brother Jun, most buildings use pipes to centrally heat each room, and the boiler room is where the heating is burned."
Chu Jun nodded in understanding, "So that's how it is..."
He looked at Chu Tian's building, thought for a moment, and then approached Chu Tian to ask, "Little brother, how much did it cost to build this building?"
Chu Tian thought for a moment and said, "So far, I have spent about 150,000 yuan just on bricks, cement, cement boards, and steel bars for my house, right?"
"What the hell? 150,000 yuan? Does it cost that much to build a building?"
Chu Jun widened his eyes. Fifteen thousand! Ten thousand yuan was a huge sum of money in his mind, and fifteen hundred thousand was a huge sum of money.
Chu Tian smiled and waved his hand, "No, no, one building doesn't need that much. I bought materials for four five-story buildings. The average cost for one building is more than 40,000 so far."
Chu Jun accepted the incompetence and said, "What do you mean by more than 40,000 so far? Do we need to spend more money later?"
Chu Tian nodded. "Of course, this money is only for the building. After the house is built, we still need to install doors and windows, paint the walls white, lay cement on the ground, install handrails on the stairs, etc..."
"And the wages and food expenses of the hired workers..."
"Brother, these all require money."
Chu Jun asked weakly, "Then, roughly how much does a building cost?"
Chu Tian calculated in his mind, "Four five-story buildings should not exceed 300,000. On average, each building will cost about 60,000 to 80,000, right?"
Chu Army, "..."
Seeing Chu Jun's dejected expression, Chu Jie laughed, "Brother Jun, what's wrong with you?"
Chu Jun shook himself. "I, I, I'm wondering when I can earn enough money to build a house..."
"It's obvious that we don't need that much money to build a house in the brigade, so why does the city need so much?"
Chu Tian and Chu Jie looked at each other after hearing this, and then they both laughed.
Chu Jun looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression, "What are you two laughing at?"
Chu Tian grinned, "Brother, I want to do it right the first time, so I plan to use good materials in the future. In addition, this building actually started out as two courtyards. One courtyard is already larger than the one you bought, so the two combined will be even larger."
"With a larger area, there are more rooms to build. With more rooms, more materials are needed, so the cost is also much higher. This building alone costs over 100,000 yuan. Actually, for smaller buildings, like the one my second brother is building now, which is also planning to build a five-story building, the cost is probably less than half of mine. About 50,000 or 60,000 yuan will be enough, right?"
Chu Jun sighed helplessly upon hearing this. "Well, fifty or sixty thousand is not a small amount. If I sell all my belongings now, I can only get around four thousand yuan. I can't even afford to build a floor of a building..."
Chu Tian finally understood why Chu Jun reacted so strongly, so he said, "Brother, I built it so that I could rent it out in the future, so I built it with high floors and many houses."
"You don't have to build as many floors and rooms as I did, nor do you have to build all the yards at once like I did."
After a pause, Chu Tian kindly suggested, "Brother, I can lend you some money. You can build a three-story building first, rent out the first and second floors, and live on the third floor. When you have more money in the future, you can build another one, right?"
"Anyway, those four courtyards won't be yours unless you rebuild them. Don't forget that you have the official property certificates!"
After hearing what Chu Tian said, Chu Jun fell silent. After a while, he said in a muffled voice, "I, I'll go back and discuss it with your sister-in-law."
Chu Tian smiled and nodded, "Well, discuss it with my sister-in-law. If possible, it's best to make a decision quickly. It would be best if we can build one before winter, so that there will be no delay..."
Chu Tian stopped talking before he finished. Now that the higher-ups had not issued an order to resume free trade, it would be better for him not to tell anyone about it.
Chu Jun was puzzled, "What's the delay?"
Chu Tian said casually, "You can live in the new house if you don't delay the New Year."
Chu Jun said "Oh" and said nothing more.
Chu Jie glanced at Chu Tian thoughtfully, wondering if he should buy one or two courtyards. His family now had over a thousand in savings, and the courtyards they had bought, except for Chu Tian's, were basically around four hundred. Even if they were five hundred each, he could buy two...
Finally, Chu Jun listened to Chu Tian's words, borrowed his money and started to build a house. However, he planned to build a four-story building, so that he could live on the fourth floor and rent out the three floors below, which would bring him more income every month.
Chu Tian had no objection to this. There was not much difference between lending him 30,000 and 35,000 anyway. Moreover, after half a year, free trading would resume, and anyone who was not lazy would be able to make money!
Because the conditions Chu Tian offered to the construction workers were really good, several other master craftsmen who had hesitated at first took the initiative to find Wang Qiang again. Several young and strong men also found Wang Qiang and expressed their desire to be apprentices. Wang Qiang was unsure, so he found Chu Tian to discuss what to do.
Chu Tian was amused after hearing what Wang Qiang said, "Brother Wang Qiang, what's so difficult about this? Just agree to it."
Wang Qiang was shocked. "Do you all agree?"
Chu Tian nodded and said, "Agree. My second brother and I still have several buildings to build. It will probably take you two years to complete them."
"That's too slow."
Wang Qiang kindly reminded, "It's okay if all the master chefs want to take the exam, but there are already more than a dozen apprentices signing up..."
Chu Tian waved his hand indifferently and said, "Take them all. After all, no one is a master chef right after starting out. It takes a long time of experience to become a master. There are just a dozen apprentices here, so we can assign them to the master chefs and let them do some odd jobs and learn from their experience."
Wang Qiang nodded, "Okay, I understand."
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