Druid's Country Retirement

Chapter 136 Planning
Li Hongbing, who was sitting in the courtyard of Tie Zhu's house talking, put down his cell phone and his face changed.

Tie Zhu next to him noticed this subtle expression, "Uncle Hong Soldier, what's the matter, what's the matter?"

"No, did you just talk about that?" Li Hongbing smiled and said nothing.

"The walls of the old house, and the new yard." Tie Zhu reminded.

Li Hongbing slapped his thigh, "Yes, one phone call disrupted everything."

"That's what I think. The wood used for the walls of the old house is all rotten, and I plan to replace it with bluestone, which is calculated as three meters high. There is an open space next to it. I want to build another house. In the future, there will be a place for guests to live. You guys Add it up and see if it works."

With the bluestone courtyard wall, build another house.

Uncle Hongbing is generous again.

"Uncle, what kind of house do you plan to build, an earthen house or a brick and tile house." Lao Gen, a bricklayer, asked with a puff of smoke.

Li Hongbing thought for a while, then shook his head, "The brick and earthen houses are too damp, and I'm not used to living in the city."

After deciding on the materials, Lao Gen said that there was no problem.

"Well, it just so happened that a primary school was built in the village. The construction required a lot of blue bricks and lime. The village chief planned to build up the abandoned old brick kilns and lime kilns and let the village contract them out so that everyone could earn some money. Uncle Hong Bing built the house. Bricks are falling too."

Brick kilns, lime kilns.

In the past, every village basically had its own kiln factory and lime kiln, because in that era of self-sufficiency, the construction materials of the whole village could only be made by themselves.

Later, temporary small brick kilns became popular. Whoever built a house built a small kiln to burn it by himself, and the old brick kiln was abandoned.

Later, after the machine-made bricks came out, there were more and more machine-made brick factories, and fewer and fewer villages fired their own kilns, so they fell into disuse.

Li Hongbing knew about this kiln factory, it was located at the west end of the village, and he often went to play when he was a child.

Although it has been abandoned for a long time, it is a paradise for children and a paradise for wild animals and plants.

I remember that there were many animals in the kiln factory at that time, including weasels, snakes, hedgehogs, night owls, hares, ravens, magpies and various birds, as well as many wild vegetables and grasses.

The deepest memory is the elm forest on the west side of the brick kiln.

In spring, the elm tree is full of elm coins. Li Hongbing often climbs up to grab the elm coins, removes the sundries, and stuffs them into his mouth for fun.

Fragrant and sweet.

Most of the time, I also take it home for grandma to make paste cakes, steam steamed buns or steamed elm money.

Unexpectedly, one day, because of myself, the kiln will be used again.

After solving the house materials, Li Hongbing looked at Tie Zhu.

"Where's the courtyard wall, where do you get the bluestone?"

Tie Zhu grinned, "You don't have to ask, only the hemp blue stones from Wuya Ridge are the best. In the early years of major construction, a lot of hemp blue stones were produced from Wuya Ridge, and all the neat ones were pulled away, leaving a lot of leftovers. Building a courtyard wall is enough."

"Okay, go to Crow Ridge tomorrow morning. If it's brick tiles, Lao Gen will help keep an eye on them."

After discussing the matter of the courtyard wall and the house, Li Hongbing got up to leave, walked a few steps and thought of something, then turned around.

"By the way, I saw that Sister Cui's house was leaking, so you take the time to repair it, and I will pay for it later."

"Whatever money you want, it's a family. We'll go there later."

"That's right, when will Teacher Cui become Aunt Cui, Uncle Hongbing remembers to pick us up for a drink."

"Haha, it's best to drink Double Happiness Wine."

Several old men spoke out and laughed.

Li Hongbing shook his head helplessly, the rumors had spread to such an extent, no wonder Cui sister would move out.

After leaving Tie Zhu's house, Li Hongbing went around the school construction site again.

Building houses in rural areas is not so particular. Unlike urban areas where design, supervision and inspection are all involved, rural areas have their own standards, and the quality of houses depends entirely on word of mouth. If you want to build a house in the countryside, no one will have a poor reputation. Dare please.

As long as sufficient materials are prepared and the number of construction workers keeps up, under good weather conditions, the completion time of the primary school will not exceed two months.

Back at the entrance of the village, the villagers sat in twos and threes under the persimmon tree and chatted.

Li Hongqi's four unlucky fellows were bandaged and gathered together in a sprawling manner. When they saw Li Hongbing, they greeted Li Hongbing quickly.

"Brother Hongbing, come and have a meeting."

"You brats, you should have a long memory this time!" Li Hongbing approached with a smile and cursed, took out a pack of cigarettes and threw it over.

"It's not that Hongqi wants to marry a daughter-in-law. He insists on asking for wealth and danger. He broke his ribs and gave me one leg and two for victory." Jianjun threw a few cigarettes to his companion angrily. Put the cigarettes down into his pocket.

"Okay, it's good to save my life. I can't stop talking about embarrassing things." Li Hongqi lit a cigarette with a mournful face, took a deep breath, and exhaled the smoke, "When my leg is healed, I plan to go to the city. Go to the construction site to move bricks."

Ever since the news of the four of them breaking their bones in Mishan spread in the forest area, the matter of marrying a daughter-in-law was completely obsolete. Who would marry the girl to a fool who was lost in Mishan.

The other three hurriedly answered.

"Count me in."

"I'll go too, and stay in the village to starve to death."

"Take me with you."

There was nothing Li Hongbing could do about it. The current situation in Caogou Village was like this. There was still a way to survive if they went out to make a living. If they stayed in the village, they would live or die.

As the old saying goes, it’s not about saving the poor, it’s about saving the poor.

What's more, these four village slippers.

What I can do is to help check the recovery of the fracture.

In the small square, Anna was riding a black horn, chasing a group of little kids, running from east to west, from west to south, and from south to north like ducks, all sweating profusely.

"Seeing them, I feel old." Li Hongqi was full of emotion.

Shengli rolled his eyes, "You old dick, you don't even have a wife."

"You have, your wife has run away."

"Yi Niang, it's agreed that no one will mention this matter."

"It was you who first said that I don't have a wife."

Seeing the four unlucky guys making noise, Li Hongbing was too lazy to join in. Seeing that the time was approaching noon, he called Anna, who was sweating profusely, to go back to the old house for dinner.

Seeing that Anna was going home, Tie Dan reluctantly followed the other kids.

"Little aunt, are you still coming out to play this afternoon?"

little aunt!
It's only been a long time, and not only has his seniority been corrected, but he has also become the king of children.

Li Hongbing looked at Anna riding on Heijiao's back in surprise.

Anna's chubby little face was flushed, she looked at her father, her eyes were full of prayers, and with her father's consent, she excitedly said to Tie Dan and the others.

"Come on, let's play together."

In the boundless meadow, the sun sprinkles a layer of gold powder, and wild flowers of various colors, here and there, are bathed in rich fragrance.

Li Hongbing was riding a three-wheeled motorcycle, and beside him was Anna riding a black horn.

The father and daughter chatted about interesting things that happened in the village on the road.

Seeing Anna dancing happily, Li Hongbing knew that it was the right thing to bring his daughter back to Caogou Village.

Children should play carefree and grow up happily.

(End of this chapter)