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

Chapter 786 The mute eats Coptis chinensis

Nothing happened that night. Dawn came in a flash and it was the sixth day since the start of work.

Today, it is time to build the circle beam for Wang An’s house.

I have to say, the good thing about building two houses at the same time is that it does not delay the work.

After the foundation of the house is built, it takes time for the cement to dry. It does not mean that you can directly build the beams after the foundation is built.

Correspondingly, after the ring beam is built, you cannot start building the wall directly. It takes time for the cement to solidify.

Fortunately, this time does not need to be too long, only about a day is enough.

So the two houses were taken turns like this, which was very convenient, mainly because it did not waste time or manpower, and most importantly, it did not waste too much food.

Otherwise, if they didn't do any work but only provided meals, dishes and cigarettes, it would be a big loss for the Wang An family.

The ring beam only needs to be about 30 centimeters thick, but because it is made of pure cement, it has to be poured in one go.

That is to say, there cannot be any pause from the beginning to the end of the circle beam.

Otherwise, the entire ring beam may not be cast together, thereby reducing the strength of the ring beam.

Yesterday, Wang Dazhui and others had already tied up the steel bars, so today, all they had to do was simply pour the steel.

After mixing the cement, the bricklayer Sun Xiangyang gave an order and everyone poured the mixed cement from all directions into the brick troughs that had been built in advance.

Everyone worked together, making the whole scene so exciting and heart-pounding.

Soon, a group of people filled the entire brick groove with cement, and then worked together to insert crowbars and iron rods into the poured cement, one after another, at a very fast frequency.

This step is called exhaust.

This step is a must when pouring anything with cement.

Otherwise, if there is air in the cement, any object cast with cement will not reach the corresponding strength and hardness.

Not until the entire circle was completed did everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

I have to say that work can be done really quickly when there are more people. The ring beam that was originally expected to take a long time to be completed was unexpectedly finished before noon. This way, we can build the ring beam of the house where Wang Dazhui and his family live in the afternoon.

At lunch, Wang Dazhu asked Wang Andao:
"Xiao An, when will the warehouse and shed be built? How do you want to build them after that?"

Wang An thought for a moment and said:
"I'm thinking of building up the two sides of our two houses, that is, the east and west warehouses, with 6 rooms on the east side and 9 rooms on the west side. After that, we can put the deer shed and sheep pen in the south. The pig pen smells too bad, so we can put it in the southwest corner, away from where people live."

After a pause, Wang An continued:

"By the way, we need to leave a big gate on the east side to connect it to our old yard. It will be convenient to grow or raise something in the old yard in the future. What do you think of this arrangement, Dad?"

Wang Dazhu nodded and said:
"Well, we can do as you say. Our yard is so big that we can do whatever we want. It's too spacious."

Wang An heard this and said with a smile:

"It is indeed spacious. When the time comes, we can clean up the area in front of the new house. The two yards together will have nearly 40 acres of land, right?" Wang Dazhu said with a smile.
"That's great. Our old yard has nearly 7 mu of land, and the new residential land is 15 mu. No one cares about the wasteland around it. When we clean it up and level it, it will all be ours. We can raise anything we want."

Wang An imagined the wonderful life in the future and couldn't help laughing. After thinking for a while, Wang An said:

"Then Dad, please find me a suitable place, and I will build the foundation of the warehouse in the afternoon."

Wang Dazhu was stunned when he heard this, and said subconsciously:

"Why do we need to push the foundation when building a warehouse? It's just flat, and when we're done, we can just dig a shallow trench and lay the bricks directly, right?"

Wang An said firmly:
"The water level here is shallow, so we should do it neatly. If we don't do it properly, the wall will sink and become crooked after years. We will have to repair it again, which is very troublesome."

Wang Dazhu listened, thought about it for a while, then nodded and said:

"Yeah, that's the case. Let's make it 1 meter deep. It's useless if the foundation of a warehouse is too deep."

Wang An quite agrees with this point, because a normal brick house has a foundation of only 1 meter deep. As for a warehouse, a foundation of 1 meter deep is enough, or even half a meter will be enough.

Wang An took a mouthful of rice, chewed it twice and said:
"Okay, Dad. After dinner, call the two brothers from the Sun family and we'll go lay the wires. I'll push out the foundation before you lay the beams this afternoon."

After making the decision, Wang Dazhui and Wang An focused on their meal.

In fact, the reason why Wang Dazhu was so anxious to build a warehouse was that he had no other choice.

Since every household's fields have basically been planted in these two days, more and more people come to Wang An's house to help.

By this morning, the number of helpers had reached more than 90, which means that almost all the men in the village had come, and some families even came with both father and son.

It is obvious that they are just trying to make a living and they don't even care about their reputation.

The reason for saying this is that anyone with a discerning eye can see that there are already enough people helping out in Wang An's home, and there is no need to add any more people.

But these people pretended to be blind and pretended not to see anything. As soon as the work in the fields was finished, they came over impatiently.

To be honest, as the nominal head of the family, Wang Dazhu is really helpless!

You know, in this way, Wang An's family will consume food even faster.

Wang Dazhu was naturally heartbroken when he saw the food being consumed so quickly, so the only thing he could do at this time was to ensure that the helpers were not idle.

I have to say, this is really like a dumb person eating bitter herbs - there is no way to express the pain.

Fortunately, the warehouse, shed, pigpen and other things have to be built sooner or later, so it would be nice to start the work while there are more people.

So, after the grandfather and his wife had lunch together, they called the brothers Sun Xiangyang and Sun Xianghui who wanted to go home, and they walked towards the new homestead together.

Laying out the lines was a piece of cake for the bricklayers, so in less than half an hour, the foundation lines of the east and west wing rooms were all completed.

After laying the line, the Sun Xiangyang brother went home. They had to go home because they had to bring back the saved rice and meat, as their wives and children were waiting for them at home!
After Wang An and his family took a short rest, it was already afternoon.

(End of this chapter)