A doctor who travels through two eras

Chapter 65: The Waterside Room Begins to Be Renovated

Lin Sanqi went back to Hyundai and bought a lot of cement. When he rushed to the back garden, the construction team had already arrived.

There were already a lot of bricks and wood piled up in the weed-covered garden.

Section Chief Quan and Old Xu were sitting in the shade chatting. When they saw Lin Sanqi coming in with a small cart of cement, they were both delighted:
"Xiao Qi, you're here. Great, great. We've been waiting for you, the master, to arrive and start the work. Hey, is this cement? I've never seen this wheelbarrow before."

The cart was brought by Lin Sanqi from modern times. It is a common flatbed cart, usually used for pulling rice in the Lin family rice shop. It is very practical.

"Uncle Quan, Old Xu, you guys are here so early, haha."

Lin Sanqi greeted the two men and found that there were six workers in the back preparing tools. When they saw their boss coming, they all stood up stiffly.

It took seven bricklayers to renovate a small water pavilion, which obviously meant that the work was to be completed quickly, which made Lin Sanqi very satisfied.

Old Xu was shirtless like the other bricklayers and asked with a smile:

"Comrade Lin, how do you say we should tear it down and rebuild it? Is the roof traditional or platform-style?"

Lin Sanqi quickly shook his head: "Old Xu, the plan I proposed yesterday is not feasible. My father said that building a new house would attract too much hatred, so he asked me to keep the original appearance of the waterside pavilion and then do something about the interior of the house."

Section Chief Quan next to him laughed:
"That's right. Your father is the one who has experience. I couldn't say anything yesterday. Your newly built house is not only likely to attract jealousy. What if the new house is too comfortable and is favored by other leaders of our hospital? Will you give it up or not? After all, it is a public house."

In theory, anyone can live in public housing.

Lin Sanqi also accepted it humbly: "Uncle Quan is right, I was too frivolous yesterday."

Old Xu doesn't care, it will be built anyway:

"Okay, we already have the craftsmen and the building materials. Comrade Lin, just build it the way you say. We will follow your instructions."

Lin Sanqi led everyone into the inner room of the waterside pavilion, pointed around and suggested:
"Don't change the outside of this house, not even the roof. The more broken and rotten it is, the better. Build new walls inside. My dad said it should be at least 370mm thick so it can keep the heat out in the winter. Also, reinforce the roof so that I don't get buried in the thick snow in the winter."

Old Xu estimated it and said with a smile:
"This renovation is simple. It just involves building thick walls inside the house. The indoor area will be much smaller. As for the roof, I'll give you a ceiling and make sure it's clean."

Lin Sanqi asked again: "Are there any carpenters among these workers?"

Old Xu nodded to himself and said, "I only know carpentry. I can do anything."

"Wow, Comrade Lao Xu is really amazing, haha."

After Lin Sanqi finished speaking, he took out a circle of fine metal mesh from the cart:

"Old Xu, in addition to building a glass window for me, you should also build a screen window inside with this kind of wire mesh."

In fact, it is not wire mesh. Its professional name is diamond mesh screen. This thing will be very common in a few decades, but it is probably not available in this era.

The water pavilion is in the back garden, which is overgrown with weeds and a pond, and is full of mosquitoes and insects.

If you can't open the windows in the summer, you will suffocate, but if you open the windows, you will be bitten to death by mosquitoes, so screen windows are the best choice.

Old Xu and Section Chief Quan were both surprised when they picked up the diamond mesh screen.

You have to know that in 58, the country had just experienced a great steel-making campaign. All metals from every household were used for steelmaking. The situation in the cities was still okay, but rural families didn't even have an iron pot.

There is still an earthen kiln standing in the back garden of the Gege Mansion, which is the remnant of the steelmaking in the courtyard last year. In the end, the steel was not made, but it brought disaster to the back garden of the Gege Mansion. Many trees were cut down and the whole environment was destroyed. This is why the back garden of the prince's house is as desolate as the Lanruo Temple today.

Wow, this Young Master Lin Sanqi even uses metal to install a screen window. It can only be said that he is very particular.

Behind this emphasis is an extraordinary network of relationships.

Knowing Lin Sanqi's strength, Old Xu was not vague:
"Okay, Comrade Lin, don't worry about our craftsmanship. We will definitely do it beautifully so that outsiders won't be able to find any faults."

Lin Sanqi asked anxiously, "How long will it take to be completed?"

Old Xu didn't care: "It's just a small house of about 30 square meters. It can be completed in 7 days at most. If it's tight, 5 days is also fine."

After hearing this, Lin Sanqi counted out 120 yuan from his pocket:
"Old Xu, I'm leaving the house construction to you. I'll pay the laborers 2 yuan each and you, the contractor, 5 yuan a day. That's seven days' wages. I'll give you three white flour buns for lunch every day. I'm not responsible for anything else."

When a house was built in the 1950s, the host had to provide one meal and two snacks.

But now they can't even get enough food, who has the food to feed the construction workers? Usually they are just given a steamed bun.

Old Xu and several other bricklayers became excited when they heard this.

To put it bluntly, they are farmers from the suburbs of Beijing who earn work points in the village. If they can earn a dozen or twenty yuan by the end of the year, they consider the situation good.

As a result, Lin Sanqi paid him 7 yuan for 14 days and gave him 3 big steamed buns every day. This treatment was unmatched anywhere else in the city.

"Okay, okay, Comrade Lin, you are so righteous, so we should not be vague either. We must work hard. Brothers, why don't you thank Comrade Lin?"

The other six bricklayers hurried up and bowed to Lin Sanqi repeatedly.

Section Chief Quan next to him thought, this kid has the potential to be a prodigal. He is lucky to be paid 1 yuan a day, but he is also paying 2 yuan plus 3 steamed buns? Is this asking for the best?

As an outsider, he felt sorry for the Lin family and wanted to complain to Doctor Lin Kushen.

Lin Sanqi had also turned around at this time: "Uncle Quan, how much are these building materials? I'll give it to you now."

"Oh, you just need to pay 300 yuan for the bricks, wood, sand, lime, etc. But if someone asks you, just say that this is a warehouse built by the hospital, and don't say it's your house."

Lin Sanqi nodded repeatedly: "I understand. If someone asks me in the future, I will say that I am temporarily staying in the warehouse. It's like a haunted house. I don't want to live there. Haha."

According to the unspoken rule in China, as long as you live there for a long time, the house will be yours.

After the housing reform in the future, the worst that can happen is that you just have to pay a small amount of additional fees.

The main characteristic of contemporary college students is laziness. It is better to let them sleep in a shabby thatched hut than to let them supervise the work at a construction site every day.

So after Lin Sanqi gave the money, he explained some details and then left.

After returning home, Lin Sanqi took out two 50-jin bags of flour from the space.

Just as he was about to push the cart and set off, he thought of that face that looked exactly like Mao Xiaotong, and Lin Sanqi took out another piece of pork...

(End of this chapter)