After Li Waishan left, Tao Ren and others wanted to stand outside. After all, the family was about to have breakfast, and it was not appropriate for them to stay in the yard.
Su Li watched them go out but did not stop them. She went into the kitchen and served breakfast with Xia Xiuzhi.
"Does Second Sister-in-law still have boiled water at home? The mudman outside seems to have left very early, and the dew is heavy. Give them each a bowl of brown sugar ginger tea to keep away the cold."
Xia Xiuzhi thought that this was exactly the case. They were all from the nearby production team, and they might have to come to the village to help others build houses in the future.
"You seem to have come quite early. There's not much left in the thermos. I'll go and boil another pot. It'll be ready soon. You guys eat first."
Su Limei declined, as she just happened to have something to say to Xie Zhenghe. She said to him while serving him the rice.
"Brother, if we build a house together, we won't need the bricks, tiles and people. My brothers from my mother's side heard that I was going to build a house and sent someone to tell them that they would come to help. Besides, it would be bad if we didn't clear out the villagers when we build the house."
Xie Zhenghe put down the wooden stool in his hand and said, "Yes, Third Sister-in-law, once the money is confirmed, I will take the masons and bricklayers to check out the homestead first. If it is convenient, we can start working today!"
"Okay!"
As we were talking, a few little ones came over happily. The breakfast was simple, a plate of hot and sour cabbage, a plate of scrambled eggs with peppers, two plates of pickles, a basket of corn steamed buns, and a big pot of bean cakes and rice porridge.
The whole family had a warm meal.
Tao Ren and others smelled the fragrance of food at the door of Lao Xie's house and felt a little sour in their mouths. When they saw other people's food, they thought about their own family.
No wonder people say Shanghe Village is wealthy now. If they can get this order, they will have a good time this year.
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw the door open. Tao Ren was startled, thinking that the contract negotiation was about to begin.
Unexpectedly, I saw Xie Zhenghe and Xie Zhengyang, one carrying two thermoses and the other carrying a pile of bowls.
"Comrade, come over early in the morning and drink some ginger and sugar water to warm yourself up."
After saying that, one of them poured water while the other passed it.
The bricklayers felt a little embarrassed for a moment. The sun had begun to warm up. It wasn't that cold actually. It was just that they had eaten some dry biscuits in the morning and had trouble digesting them. So they felt a little nauseous.
Tao Ren and the others were very moved. Besides, the ginger soup in this bowl was added with brown sugar, which smelled sweet.
"Thank you, thank you! Haha!"
"It's okay, drink it quickly, and then we can go in and talk about the date."
"Okay! Okay!" When Tao Ren and the others heard that they had to negotiate a date, they quickly finished the ginger soup in their bowls.
About half an hour later.
A few people were sitting together in the small courtyard, and they had almost finished chatting.
"I understand, comrade. You want to build a front and back yard. The front yard is for entertaining guests, with a main hall, east and west wing rooms, a kitchen, and a firewood room. The boys in the family live in the front yard, and the girls live in the back yard. There is a small door in the back yard that leads to the private plot.
"You said we could build a barbecue in the backyard and dig a well," Tao Ren said.
Su Li nodded. She had many osmanthus trees in her space, and now she couldn't own a mountain. She wanted to move a few of the osmanthus trees out of her space, build a grape trellis in the front yard, make a small garden, and plant two osmanthus trees.
Plant a few peach trees, apricot trees, and pear trees in the backyard, and build an oven in the yard so that you can bake some snacks yourself when you want to, and take them from the space when you want to eat them but don’t want to bake them.
It must be very beautiful to tidy up a farmyard like this.
Then, Su Li added, "There are two rooms on each side of the main hall facing the courtyard gate, and two rooms on the east and west sides. One is used as a kitchen, one is used as a bathroom, one is a utility room, and the other is a study. The study is larger and can be a place for children to read and study together."
Fortunately, Su Li and her family have a larger homestead, otherwise all her ideas would not be enough. It's no wonder that she has to prepare so many rooms, but if there are too many people in the family.
The rooms on both sides of the main hall are for four boys to live in. As the boys grow up, they also need their own space, so one room for each is just right.
There is a room in the backyard, one for Su Li and Xie Zhengchuan, and one for Baoya. Su Li has thought it through. The room for Baoya can be divided into two rooms and connected to make a dressing room for her. The little girl should be well brought up from a young age, so that when she grows up, she will not run away just because of a few sweet words from other boys.
There are two more rooms, one is used as Su Li's study, and the other is used as a guest room, or as a baby room in the future. She and Xie Zhengchuan are still young, so it is normal to have a child in the future.
So Su Li felt that he had to plan so many houses to have enough living space.
"Also, the kitchen is different from the existing kitchen. On one side of the wall, I need to build a table that is half a meter wide and one meter and two meters high, and leave a space of about two meters for the cabinets. On the other side, I can build a clay stove and put a coal stove."
Tao Ren thought about it and realized that this would cost a lot of materials.
"Where are you going to build your toilet?"
The corners of Su Li's mouth twitched. Thinking about the soil at home, she couldn't stand it. There was a pit between two big stones, and she would add some soil on it every time she used it.
Su Liji had never gone to the toilet before. He always went to the toilet on campus. Since Xie Zhengchuan came back, it was Xie Zhengchuan who cleaned the toilet at home.
If you still have such a toilet in a new house, it will not only smell in the summer, but it will also be very inconvenient in the winter. The yard is full of dirt roads, and after rain or snow, it will not only be muddy but also very slippery. If you go to the toilet at night, you may slip and fall hard.
"See if you can make it into a water-washed dish."
"Yes, it is possible, but it will cost a lot of materials. If we live in the front and back yards separately, we will have to build two toilets. The space is a bit large, so we can make them into male and female toilets. The feces in the pit can be flushed into the pit outside the house, and it can be used to irrigate the fields. We can also build two stone paths leading to the toilets, so that the ground is not slippery and it is safe."
Tao Ren suggested, rubbing his hands.
Su Li nodded, "Materials are not a problem, then follow your plan, just tell me what you need. We have two yards to build, so we may need a lot of things. If you don't have enough time, just make a list and I will buy them all later."
Tao Ren laughed and nodded quickly, "Okay, let's go check out the place later."
"No hurry, my eldest brother hasn't said how he's going to build his house yet."
"Yes, blame me. So how does Comrade Xie plan to build it?"
Xie Zhenghe felt a little envious when he heard that Su Li was going to build a yard. He remembered that he had asked Yumei for her opinion before, and she told him to decide for himself, and she would listen to him.
"Our house is simple. We have two boys and two girls. We only need three rooms on either side of the main hall and two rooms on each side of the yard. We also need to open a small door leading to the private plot. The toilets should be the same as you said. We also have an elderly person here. The stone road needs to be repaired and made smoother. The kitchen can also be repaired as you just said."
"Okay, let's see if there's anything that needs to be changed on the homestead, and then we'll talk about it."
Su Li glanced at the sky and said, "In this case, my brother from my mother's side will also come to help. Since we have two houses, we are afraid that we will not have enough manpower, so we plan to hire a few people in the village who are good at building houses. However, they are definitely not as experienced as you. You can arrange to do anything when there is something to do. Now let's finalize the payment."
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