Xiuai ate the delicious meat with her cheeks puffed up. She swallowed the meat quickly and then responded seriously to Li.
"Fifth Aunt, I know that a boudoir is a room for unmarried girls. Having a boudoir of your own is something every girl longs for.
I heard from Dahua and Erhua that it’s lucky for the three sisters to have their own boudoir, but can Ai Ai really have her own boudoir?”
Everyone laughed again. Zhang Xinxiang looked at Xiuai lovingly. "Even our daughter Aiai wants a boudoir. When the time comes, our two daughters will have one too. Mother will find a way to build one for you."
"So do we."
Each parent was making a promise when the old lady interrupted with a smile, "Alright, alright, one by one, our goal now is for everyone to have their own room.
We have worked hard to escape famine and come here just to live a good life. This time we will build a house and build it all at once. Lao Liu, have you decided on the final plan for our house?
The residential areas are planned and most of the houses are almost uniform.
However, there are some exceptions. For example, the Luo clan has a larger courtyard and more land. It can't be helped; they have money, and when they enclosed the land, they intended for five or six generations to live together.
The old lady also told her sons about the Wen family's territory, and each branch of their family should build a courtyard.
But the condition is that they must all be next to each other, so that it will be convenient for her to visit any of them when she gets old.
"Mother, I have fenced off the land next to the river in the east, and there is still a lot of land going into the mountains.
When we have more people in the future, we can build up the area around it, so our house is the last one to be built.”
"Okay, the very back is the best place. It's close to the mountains and forests so it's cool in the summer."
The old lady was very satisfied with the land, but Uncle Wen frowned.
"I'm afraid it's not ready yet. The Luo people's house is only half built, and the houses in our village are still standing. It will probably take some time before the Luo people's house is finished."
Xiushui frowned. "Sixth Uncle, there are hundreds of them building houses. I don't know how fast it will be, but it shouldn't be a problem for hundreds of people to build a whole yard a day.
It’s been more than 20 days now, why haven’t the Luo family members finished building it yet?”
She was usually busy with the pharmacy and other chores, and really didn't pay attention to how they built the house.
The old lady didn't pay much attention to it, she just knew that the progress was very slow.
Wen Liu's eyes widened. "Build one a day? What are you thinking? The first few courtyards that Patriarch Luo and his family built all had several entrances.
It would take at least three or four days to build any yard. On top of that, materials were sometimes in short supply, so up to now, the Luo clan had only built half of it.
It will take about 20 days for our family and the villagers to build their houses.”
Everyone's joy disappeared.
"That won't do. It's already autumn, and since yesterday's rain, we've all started wearing long clothes. Twenty days from now, who knows if the temperature will suddenly drop. If it rains continuously again, we'll be fine if we stay in tents, but those who sleep on the ground outside will be in trouble."
"Yes, although sleeping bags are good, many people still prefer to sleep on the floor when they come here. But sleeping on the floor every day is indeed a problem. We still need to build a house quickly."
Xiushui still couldn't understand. "Sixth Uncle, there are nearly 600 people in our Linji Village now. Even if the Luo people don't work, there will only be less than 200 people waiting in line.
In addition to the women and children who do not work, that is to say, there are about 200 strong men in our Linji Village who can build houses.
The Luo people also recruited many refugees from outside and nearby villagers, totaling nearly 300 people.
Five hundred people are building a house, but you say you can't build a yard in a day. I want to ask you, these hundreds of people, are you working together instead of separately?"
Even if there is no gravity machine, there are still 500 people. These 500 people are divided into five groups and their respective tasks are planned. Wouldn't it be a quick thing to build the house?
Moreover, her claim of a hundred people building a yard was an exaggeration. With a specific division of labor, fifty people could actually build a yard.
With 500 people and a clear division of labor, building ten courtyards in two days shouldn't be a problem. But so far, they've only built twenty. This efficiency is truly slow.
Uncle Wen paused for a moment before answering.
"We split into two groups, with over 200 people on each side working together. Some built walls, some carried stones, and some laid tiles. There was a division of labor."
Now the old lady also realized that something was wrong, but everyone else nodded as if it was not the case.
"Yes, isn't that what building a house is all about?"
"No, when the bricklayers are busy working, even if someone hands them bricks and stones, what about the rest of the people? Do they just stand there and watch?"
Wen Liu immediately understood what his niece meant by the question.
“Yes… After the people who leveled the foundation earlier finished their work, the people who built the walls started working, and the people who shoveled the ground would take a break.
Occasionally, I would help lift stones or wood, and only lend a hand when I needed to put up the beams and pillars for the house..."
The more he talked, the more he felt that his so-called village supervisor had not actually done his job.
If we can make comprehensive use of this manpower, we won't have to waste so much time.
Seeing that he understood, Xiushui sighed again, saying that people at that time had not learned how to make good use of time and had wasted so many days in vain.
"Uncle Six, this won't work. You guys need to divide the work when building the house.
Take the foundation for example. You can assign a group of people to level the foundation.
It is true that the bricklayers are built by a team of people, but there is no need for a master to have an assistant, right?
In this case, you can just put the materials aside and have someone pass the bricks and throw the bricks. It shouldn't be a problem for one person to take care of two bricklayers.
Not to mention that I can't take care of it all, these jobs also require skills and brainpower.
If you don’t know how to throw, learn to throw. If you don’t know how to cooperate, learn to cooperate.
There are also things like putting up pillars and laying tiles, which also require coordination with the division of labor.
People can be divided into several groups. People in this group will be responsible for an area, and people in that group will be responsible for an area. When working, there will not be a situation where some people are too busy and some are too idle.
The wages have been paid, and the meals have been provided, so of course you have to work like a hard worker. With your mess, more than 200 people building a yard, there must be a lot of laziness and slacking off.
By dividing the team into various groups with clear division of labor, building the house will of course be much faster."
"I'll go tell them right away and remove the people."
Uncle Wen Liu was ashamed again. He initially felt that being assigned such a task was a humiliation for him as a scholar.
It's a complete waste of talent. Some farm work and some renovations don't require any planning or supervision.
Today, when my niece mentioned building a house, I realized how wrong I was...
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