"We'll add a few more things to the house, and after heating the kang (heated brick bed) for two days, it'll be barely habitable. We can take our time with the rest."
Two days later, the whole house was completely different from before. Although the floor was not yet cleaned, everything that needed to be there was there.
The kang (heated brick bed) had dried after two and a half days of heating, and a brand-new kang mat was laid on top of it.
The electrical wiring and sockets in the house have all been installed, but the door they ordered hasn't been delivered yet.
The brand-new stove in the kitchen is already waiting to be used for cooking in a few days.
Although they don't pay much attention to these things now, they've been working on this house for a long time, so they still plan to invite those who helped over for a meal, just to mark the start of their first meal together.
The house is very well preserved. Except for some damage to the kitchen tiles, the rest are basically in good condition. The remaining tiles were used for the toilet in the backyard.
Yes, Song Qing and the others built two small houses in the corner of the backyard, one as a toilet and the other as a shower room.
Unlike newly built buildings, the houses here don't have sewage pipes, so Uncle Laogen simply dug a latrine outside his house, just like the ones in his village.
This way, you can water the vegetables without having to carry a bucket of manure to the public toilet.
As long as it's cleaned regularly, it won't smell bad. The shower room is even simpler; it's just an empty room.
Neither house was very big, yet they still had more than enough roof tiles. The tiles were obtained through Uncle Lao Gen's connections; although they were defective, they didn't affect their use at all, and they were cheap.
He then built a rain shelter against the wall in the passageway. Song Qing had originally planned to place chicken coops in the passageway, and the rain shelter would provide shelter from the rain.
The aisle is wide, and the awning only takes up less than a meter of space, so rain can still fall into the remaining area.
"If there are extra tiles, just extend them from the roof to the wall, covering the entire passageway. That way, you won't get wet when you go to the toilet on rainy days."
Song Qing felt a little regretful; it would have been better if there were enough tiles.
“I asked Uncle Lao Gen to keep an eye out for us. Next time we have extra tiles, we’ll save them up and fix this place later.”
It's not that easy. These building materials are in high demand right now, and even defective ones are in short supply. Uncle Lao Gen was very lucky to have extra this time.
Uncle Lao Gen and his group worked for five and a half days. They were paid 3 yuan each per day, totaling 33 yuan. Song Qing also gave them a few extra industrial vouchers.
This is the grain-producing area of Northeast China. The land is fertile, and the grain distributed is enough to eat. The only problem is that the farmers don't have industrial ration coupons, so they are naturally very grateful to receive them.
Lu Yang doesn't smoke, so Song Qing went to the supply and marketing cooperative's store to buy them two packs of cigarettes for 80 cents each.
I'll invite them over for a meal later to thank them for their help during this time.
The furniture was mostly done; only a few small items remained. Lu Yang only had two days of vacation left, so they made a trip to Lizicun.
Tell them to deliver the finished product this afternoon, and clean the house today so we can move in tomorrow.
Lu Yang even used a bunch of newspapers to cover up the room. The furniture took two trips to arrive that afternoon, attracting curious onlookers from the neighborhood.
This furniture wasn't cheap, and everyone was gradually adding it. I didn't expect Song Qing and the others to buy it all at once.
Actually, even if they didn't have that pile of timber, Song Qing would still have to add pieces one by one. Now, he simply gritted his teeth and finished it all at once.
There were also basin racks, small tables for the kang (heated brick bed), and various small boxes for An'an herself. All in all, there wasn't enough wood for the area.
Fortunately, they still had some left, so they took it with them.
"The wages cost 132.5 yuan, and the rest will probably cost another 20 yuan or so."
She really spent money like water; all sorts of small amounts added up and Song Qing spent almost four hundred yuan in one go.
The day they moved was also a beautiful, sunny day.
The package sent from home arrived here a few days ago and has been sitting on the kang (heated brick bed) in the guesthouse unopened; it contains two large sacks.
There were also two luggage bags that Song Qing had brought herself, which Lu Yang had to carry in two trips to finish moving.
Lu Yang carefully wiped the wardrobes with a basin in his hand, while Song Qing sorted out all the clothes. Summer clothes were placed at the bottom of the wardrobes, and the clothes she was wearing now were hung on top.
Inside the two large sacks was a thick cotton quilt. It was a quilt that Song Qing's mother had exchanged for many cotton coupons to make, fearing that her daughter would not be able to adapt to the environment here. In addition to the quilt she had when she got married, she sent two quilts in total.
"The sun is shining so brightly outside, hurry up and take the blankets out to air them."
Lu Yang moved the new eight-immortal table from the main room and the table from the south room outside and placed them directly in the courtyard to dry.
An'an was lying on a small chair, sunbathing. This little wooden chair was a gift from the factory workers; it was made to be child-sized.
There was a backrest behind her, and she dragged out a small stool to stand on. She lay there and didn't want to move.
The courtyard is now quite empty. Of the eight large vats, the two that broke were given to Uncle Laogen. They kept the other two and moved them to a side room, where they can be used to store grain and pickle vegetables.
One of the two small vats was placed in the side room, and the other was used as a water vat. The remaining four good large vats were taken away by Party Secretary Liu.
Yanghe Village is famous for its liquor, and this house was originally used as a warehouse for storing liquor.
Those large vats were used for storing wine, and the wood was used to make boxes. In recent years, the village's winemaking industry has also stopped.
However, last year's harvest was very good, and the village planned to start brewing wine again to give the villagers another way to earn money, so the four large vats were bought for eight yuan.
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