Returning to hometown to farm: The apocalypse system arrived ten years earlier?

Chapter 49 Five Ridges and Six Beasts
The main structure of this kitchen designed by Li Xiang is naturally reinforced concrete, and the walls are made of thick red bricks. There are three rooms on the ground and three rooms underground.

Because the three underground rooms are to be used as cellars, the walls and floors must be waterproofed to prevent moisture. In addition, ventilation ducts will be installed to the top of the kitchen.

A small exhaust fan and isolation net are designed in the ventilation duct. The outlet is curved downward and the position cannot be too low, otherwise snakes, insects, rats and ants will crawl into the duct.

There is a corridor on the ground, connecting the kitchen and the back door of the old house, so there is no need to carry an umbrella when it rains. The shape is based on the corridors of ancient wealthy families.

His old house is a brick and wood structure with flying eaves, which is quite ancient in style. With this corridor, I believe the effect will definitely be great.

Although the new kitchen is made of reinforced concrete, Li Xiang also designed a main ridge and four vertical ridges on the top, and will make antique glazed tiles and eaves.

He also designed "dolls" on the eaves, which was the romance of the ancients, called "eaves beasts", that is, "roof beasts", also known as "eaves mythical beasts", would be placed on the eaves.

There are many kinds of mythical beasts, and the 10 most common ones are: dragon, phoenix, lion, Pegasus, seahorse, xiá (xiá) fish, suānní (suānní), xiezhi (xiè zhì), fighting bull and xingshi (xíng shí).

In front of the small animals, there is usually an immortal riding on a phoenix, which is called "immortal riding a phoenix".

It would be a bit "outrageous" to put 9 in a small kitchen, so Li Xiang weighed the pros and cons again and again and only set up dragon heads (chiwen, swallowing beast) at both ends of the main ridge. Five crouching beasts are arranged on the four vertical ridges, namely: Suanni, Douniu, Xiezhi, Feng, and Xiyu.

At the same time, the original old house also needs to be reinforced. At some key load-bearing nodes of the house, several thick pillars are built with red bricks and cement. There are two exterior walls that are slightly cracked and tilted, and they are also planned to be demolished and rebuilt.

But the main structure remains unchanged.

As for building a new house, we can only wait until next year. Firstly, we don’t have enough money this year, and secondly, we don’t have enough time.

Because the kitchen he designed this time was "slightly larger", he could have built it by himself, but in order to meet the deadline and finish it as soon as possible before the heavy snow, he invited a construction team from the county town to be responsible for the construction.

The construction master was introduced by Jiang Jianguo. He is a cousin of the owner of the blacksmith shop, Lei Xiazi. His surname is Huang. Since he has an acquaintance, the price is reasonable. The other party is also good at some antique buildings. He has done some ancient building restoration projects for the county government and his craftsmanship is excellent.

In fact, the other party didn't think much of Li Xiang's "small project". The budget was only 100,000 yuan. What was there to do? But since they were introduced by an acquaintance, they came over. Anyway, they could help to get it done in five days at most.

There were eight people in the other party's group. It was not easy for them to come all the way from the county town, so they asked for free meals.

Li Xiang said that it was no problem, and that this was only natural. We couldn't ask them to go back for dinner, could we? This trip would delay a lot of things.

……

Master Huang brought the equipment and the team, and Li Xiang also invited some elders from the village to help, responsible for carrying bricks and tiles, and making fire and cooking.

It’s just that the elderly in the village are too old to do heavy work.

Fortunately, there was Li Xiang, who was as strong as seven or eight people. He was as strong as a bull, with bronze muscles and seemed to have endless energy, which made the construction workers envy him.

There was a young man in the construction team who loved fitness and had very strong muscles. He even tried to compete in arm wrestling with Li Xiang, but was naturally defeated.

Master Huang laughed and said, "You have always been arrogant and looked down on others. Now you are convinced of your defeat, right?" "Master! You are a real master!" The young man felt incredible. "Oh my god, you really graduated from college? Not a martial arts school?"

Li Xiang laughed: "I am a bachelor of science."

In ancient times, a gentleman was required to master the six arts and be proficient in both civil and military affairs. Li Xiang was born in a poor peasant family and was never a weak scholar. Especially now that he is a "first-level extraordinary", his martial arts skills are almost unmatched, and his cultural attainments are even higher.

……

Now is the slack season for farming, and Li Xiang's family has started "large-scale construction" again, and the house has become lively again.

"Xiang, why did you suddenly think of building a kitchen? I think the kitchen you designed is a bit... too solid." An elder from the village who came to help asked curiously.

Because the wall thickness of Li Xiang's kitchen is more than twice that of an ordinary house. And it's just a kitchen, only one floor, well, even if you add the underground floor, there are only two floors, is it necessary to cast such a strong reinforced concrete structure?
How many years do you plan to use this?
In fact, if he was not afraid of shocking the world and it was still far from the end of the world, and of course, most importantly, he had no money, Li Xiang would have planned to build it according to the specifications of being resistant to nuclear bombs.

At the end of the world, a nuclear war broke out.

Li Xiang said, "This winter may be very cold, and there may be heavy snow, so we must have a warm and sturdy kitchen."

He looked at everyone and said, "Everyone should prepare in advance and stock up on some supplies for the winter."

Everybody laughed.

Not only the construction workers laughed, but also the elders in the village. The young man who had lost the arm wrestling competition with Li Xiang shouted, "Hibernating? That's something only northerners think about. Why would we southerners hibernate during the winter?"

Another person echoed: "That's right, if there is a heavy snow, the children will be so happy."

"Forget about the kids. I can't wait to have a snowball fight."

"If there is a heavy snowfall, we don't need to travel to the north and get ripped off by those snow towns."

An old man lamented: "Many years ago, there were one or two heavy snowfalls, but they melted away in a few days."

Li Xiang said no more. He looked up at the sky and sighed softly. This year's heavy snow has just begun...

No one believed him on a snowy day, let alone when he said the end of the world was coming?

Take care of yourself and your family first.

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