Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 774 The fifth day after the start of work
The female comrades who were cutting the meat ignored it. Under the command of Liu Guilan, Wang An and Wang Li went to take care of the two pigs with broken front legs.

There is really no need to put these two pigs into the pigsty. The main reason is that unless there are special circumstances, these two pigs will not be able to escape.

So, the two pigs were simply tied up in the yard with iron chains.

After tinkering with the two pigs, Wang An and Wang Li strolled towards the new residential plot.

The first time he saw Wang An, the bricklayer Sun Xiangyang asked anxiously:

"Xiao An, I see on this blueprint you specifically marked leaving a hole in the foundation. What does that mean? You have to leave two."

When Wang An heard this, he asked anxiously:

"Uncle Sun, you haven't forgotten it, right?"

Sun Xiangyang nodded and said:
"I didn't forget. Of course I didn't forget. I was just wondering what this thing is for."

When Wang An heard this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In fact, the reason why Wang An wanted to build a hole in the foundation with bricks was because Wang An had a plan. When conditions permitted, Wang An would install a toilet in the house and, by the way, install a shower or something.

The purpose of these two holes is actually to reserve for the installation of sewer pipes.

Although it is possible to dig holes immediately after installation if conditions permit, it is a bit too much trouble to dig holes in the stone wall underground.

You have to know that in Heilongjiang Province, if you want the sewer pipes to be used normally in winter, the pipes must be below 2 meters.

Otherwise, the pipe will soon be frozen solid and blocked.

Wang An's foundation, one meter below the ground, is a stone wall that is one meter wide, and the part above one meter is 1 centimeters wide.

If you want to dig a hole in a 2-meter-wide stone wall 1 meters underground without damaging the foundation, then this is not an easy task.

Therefore, it is very necessary to reserve this hole in advance.

Hearing Sun Xianghui's words, Wang An did not intend to hide it, and explained casually:

"I'm thinking of researching a sewer pipe or something. Before winter comes, I'll let the dirty water from washing clothes flow outside through the pipes."

Sun Xianghui was stunned when he heard this, and was obviously shocked by Wang An's words. After a while, he nodded and said:

"This thing you came up with is great. It saves us from having to go outside in the middle of winter. If it could be like in the city, where we can put the toilet inside the house and there's no stink, wouldn't that be awesome? Hahahaha."

After saying this, Sun Xianghui just started laughing to himself.

But when Wang An heard this, he was somewhat speechless, because Wang An himself wanted to do just that, that is, to put the toilet in the house.

However, many building materials were not available at that time, and flush toilets were absolutely high-end items. Even the water toilets in big cities were mostly squat toilets.

However, Wang An did not discuss this matter with Sun Xianghui, but continued to watch the construction progress.

I have to admit that work can be done faster when there are more people. Before dark, the foundation of the house where Wang Dazhu and his family lived, which was 1 meter deep and 1 meter wide at the bottom, was completed.

It is estimated that by this time tomorrow, the 1-meter-deep foundation of Wang An’s house will be completed.

This progress is not slow at all.

Compared to the speed of laying the foundation, the progress of the carpentry work was much slower. Not only had the wood for the triangular beam not been completely laid, but the fence boards had not been broken out either.

Locally, the act of sawing wood into boards is called "breaking boards", which actually means breaking the wood into boards.

However, it is well known that the slowest part of a carpenter's work is actually cutting materials and making various components. When it comes to assembly, the speed will leap forward.

Besides, there is no rush to use the triangular beam. It will only be used after the walls are all built and the beams are all cast and dried.

So considering the current progress, there is no need to rush.

Finally, when the female comrades had cut and cooked more than 80 pieces of meat weighing half a pound, it was time for dinner.

After all the helpers had entered the yard, Wang An told them that there was no meat in the dishes and that each person would take half a pound of meat home.

What was totally unexpected was that almost everyone approved of Wang An's approach. Words like "Xiao An is kind and righteous", "The boss is particular", "This job is comfortable" and so on all came out of these people's mouths.

After dinner, when everyone went home, they all had happy faces, it was almost as festive as the Chinese New Year.

After all, many families can only eat meat in the true sense during the Chinese New Year.

In this era, the attraction of meat to people is absolutely unparalleled.

Time flies, and it is the fifth day after the start of work.

After breakfast, Wang An used a hand tractor to replace the four-wheeled cart that was driving the circular saw, then hung the cargo box on the four-wheeled cart, and drove the four-wheeled cart straight to the county town.

There is no way. As the number of helpers continues to increase, the 3000 kilograms of cornmeal at home will probably be completely consumed in just two days.

Therefore, Wang An’s main purpose of going to the county town this time was to buy food, and a large amount of food.

If the amount of grain comes and goes in small quantities, the supply and marketing cooperative can buy it, but if the quantity is large, you have to go to the grain station.

When you go to the grain station to buy grain, especially in large quantities, you cannot avoid a very important thing - grain coupons.

Now you can buy 10, 8, 15, 30 or 50 kilograms of food at a high price without using food coupons.

But if the quantity is huge, then food stamps must be used.

In this era, grain is a war reserve material, so how could it be possible to sell a large quantity of it to others casually?

Fortunately, Wang An had food coupons, and a lot of them. These food coupons were left to Wang An by his ninth brother.

I have to say, on this point, Brother Jiu has to be said to be quite serious and particular.

You have to know that those were 8 stacks of food coupons, weighing a total of 8 kilograms. Although 150 kilograms were given to Shen Wei at the beginning, Wang An also had a lot of food coupons in his pocket later on.

Of course, in addition to buying food, I also have to ask Fang Xiu'e about scar removal medicine.

The matter of scar removal medicine is also a top priority. The profit of this thing is terrifying just thinking about it.

In addition, it is also very necessary to do something with Fang Xiu'e that both men and women like.

It's true. So many days have passed and little Wang An can't hold back any longer.

(End of this chapter)