Return to 1983: Starting from hunting in the mountains

Chapter 162 Building a House

In particular, there is a lot of wasteland in Liuligouzi Village. This kind of wasteland does not produce food and no one wants it. It is suitable for building houses. Therefore, when building a new house, there is no need to tear down the homestead and rebuild it.

"Jiansheng, our house is quite good. We don't need to spend money to build a new house."

Bai Ruoxi was a little hesitant. It costs a lot of money to build a house. Besides, the house she lives in now has no problems except that it is small and leaks in some places when it rains.

"This house is still too small. I plan to build a large courtyard in the style of a courtyard house."

"Build five north rooms, three east and west wing rooms, build a Guangliang gate, build three more inverted rooms, and build a big yard behind..."

Lu Jiansheng told Bai Ruoxi his idea.

"How much does it cost to build such a big yard? We can't live in it, and building such a big yard is too conspicuous."

Bai Ruoxi put down the clothes in her hands and said seriously, she was also a person from that era,

“Now that the country has reformed and opened up, it’s different from before. You don’t have to worry about being too eye-catching and causing trouble.

Lu Jiansheng smiled, as if he was convinced of Bai Ruoxi.

"Seven, eight?"

Bai Ruoxi rolled her eyes at Lu Jiansheng.

"The house must be built bigger. When the time comes, we will have seven or eight more children before we have a place to live."

"A man is a teenager until he dies!"

The next day, Lu Jiansheng was not idle. He immediately went to the village chief Liu Fugui. He was the village chief. Lu Jiansheng wanted to ask him for help in building a house.

Who dares to come and cause trouble if you have a gun in your hand?
He, Lu Jiansheng, is not a man of faith.
And this kind of thing is actually not too eye-catching, that is, the people in this place are poor, and many wealthy places are popular in small Western-style buildings. That is to say, the control of reinforced concrete is now strict, otherwise he would not necessarily consider building a courtyard house.

Lu Jiansheng smiled and muttered, of course this is also a little fun between husband and wife...

Besides, so what if it's a little more ostentatious?

"Daughter-in-law, do you agree? If you don't agree, I will pick you up. I won't put you down until you agree."

"Uh... I really can't do anything to you, why are you acting like a child, listening to you, listening to you, take your hands off quickly."

This kind of help is more practical than working for money. It is a real effort.

The two little dumplings raised their heads at this time and looked at Bai Ruoxi and Lu Jiansheng with confusion. Seeing nothing interesting, they continued to wash the clothes with all their strength.

Bai Ruoxi said coquettishly.

After all, building a house is not expensive these days. You can usually build a new house for three to four hundred yuan. This is mainly because in this era, when building a house in the village, most villagers help each other and work together to build the house.

"What are you doing? Tangtang Xixi is still here! You daddy..."

"Daughter-in-law~"

This is also a kind of favor. Today, when you are building a house, I will help you with the work for a few days. Later, when I build the house, you will also go and help me with the work for a few days.

Bai Ruoxi blushed, but these days, it is normal to have seven or eight children.

"Then I will go to Uncle Fugui tomorrow to discuss it first, and then we will find some people to come over and see how to build it."

Lu Jiansheng was still undecided when he saw Bai Ruoxi. He quietly came to Bai Ruoxi's side, suddenly put his hand on her fair face, and put his mouth close to Bai Ruoxi's ear.

Anyone who commits adultery while helping will be stabbed in the spine by the villagers. If something happens to the family in the future, the villagers will hide away and be unwilling to help, and they will be easily isolated.

It's just that Lu Jiansheng's family has a special situation. He was too poor before and his relationship with other people in the village was not very good.

Therefore, it is estimated that few people will come to help when building a house. Besides, he has money now and cannot let others work in vain, so he naturally has to spend money to find people.
Therefore, when it comes to finding someone, it is of course best to approach the village chief Liu Fugui. The next day, early in the morning, Lu Jiansheng knocked on Liu Fugui's door.

"Jiansheng! You are such a busy man, why do you have time to see me, an old man, today?"

Liu Fugui looked at Lu Jiansheng who came over and asked with a smile.

"Uncle Fugui, my house is too run-down. Ruoxi and I discussed building a new house with the yard in front."

Lu Jiansheng didn't hide it, he directly stated his intention, then took out a piece of yellow straw paper and handed it to Liu Fugui.
Last night, Lu Jiansheng and Bai Ruoxi reached the end of their discussion and simply took out the yellow paper they usually used when shopping and sketched out the courtyard.

“Building a new yard?”

Liu Fugui took the yellow straw paper and took a look.

"Well, your yard looks good. Jiansheng, you are really promising now."

Liu Fugui said with envy on his face. Although he couldn't see what kind of drawing it was, he was obviously a little interested when he heard that Lu Jiansheng was building a new house.

"Jiansheng, why are you looking for me to build a house? My old arms and legs can't help you."

Liu Fugui said slowly, what he meant was to tell him that he was old and could not help him in vain.

"Uncle Fugui, I want you to help me find some house builders, and the wages are fifty cents a day."

Lu Jiansheng smiled and said, fifty cents a day may not be a high salary in the county, but in the nearby villages, there is no need to worry about no one coming.

You must know that Lu Jiansheng was digging ditches in the brigade before. At the end of the day, he only gave him a little food, so he still found Liu Fugui because of his connections.

"Fifty cents a day, Jiansheng, do you think I can help you..."

Liu Fugui said awkwardly,

This old guy, who just said that he had old arms and legs, immediately changed his face when he heard about money.

"Uncle Fugui is easy to talk to. As long as someone helps me find a good one, just come!"

Lu Jiansheng smiled. Of course, he didn't expect Liu Fugui to be of any help, so he just started.

"Jiansheng, don't worry, I'll help you find everyone in the next two days."

Liu Fugui said with a smile on his face, "Basically everyone can build a house these days. Since you are given fifty cents, are you afraid that you can't find anyone?"
You must know that farmers work hard and can't make more than one yuan or fifty cents. As soon as he lets the news out, someone might give him a benefit and come over to grab him.

"Okay! But you have to bring your own tools to build the house."

Lu Jiansheng followed suit.

"Then I will find three or four masters for you first and come over to see how to build it. I will arrange some people later. Do you think a total of thirteen people will be enough?"

When he thought of the benefits, Liu Fugui immediately suggested it to Lu Jiansheng.

"Ah."

Lu Jiansheng nodded.

After leaving Liu Fugui's house, he met Liu Shengli and Lu Erniu, planning to go to the kiln in the next county to buy bricks.

The houses built in the village these days are all adobe houses. This kind of adobe house is time-consuming and labor-intensive, especially the time it takes to make the adobe house.

Since Lu Jiansheng is building a new house, it is of course impossible to use adobe to build the house. However, these days, when he goes to the kiln to buy bricks, he has to pull the bricks himself.

So Lu Jiansheng took Liu Shengli and Lu Erniu, drove the donkey cart and red deer to the kiln in the next county to pull bricks.

(End of this chapter)