Chapter 8: A Dream of Steaming All Summer
The days of summer are still very long, Fang Ning's family has also settled here, here is far away from the hustle and bustle, overgrown with weeds, but there are bamboo forests and other planting cloth, under the mountain are farmhouses, layer by layer, chickens and dogs smell each other, the fields are golden rice fields, ponds are raised pond fish, neighbors also come to visit the door from time to time, and soon Fang Ning and they are familiar with the children here, and integrate into the environment here.
However, there is still a lot to do in this hot summer.
The old house is still very dilapidated, in disrepair, and needs to be thoroughly renovated before it can really be inhabited, but it can't be too expensive, because they can live here for a year at most, and it will cost too much to make it worth.
Grandpa went into the mountains to cut some bamboo, and grandma made some handicrafts such as bamboo and rattan at home, and put the bamboo cages, bamboo baskets and other things in the corner of the living room to dry, and then exposed to the sun for a while You can use them.
Fang Wei changed her temperament, not like climbing trees and fighting with crazy girls in Yunzhezhuang to dig birds' nests, but learning to cook and cook with her grandmother, washing clothes, and occasionally talking to her parents on the phone to share her joy.
As for Fang Ning, he settled down, the little master who was doing things outside a while ago bought some interior decoration books and came back, the little master was still very strange at the time, a little baby can still understand such a profound book, but he didn't ask much, after all, this can also be regarded as a kind of fun to increase his horizons, not to mention that it is still a proud thing for children to be smart in the village, which adult doesn't want his junior to be a genius little prodigy?
Fang Ning gets up every day in the glimmer of the morning light, and after the morning exercise, he sits under the bamboo forest and holds the book and gnaws, the bamboo leaves fall one after another, sometimes the cicadas chirp endlessly, sometimes quietly, sometimes grandma is also nagging and broken thoughts by his side, but he is completely unaffected and has been absorbing knowledge.
After studying for a long time, I know some ways, and Fang Ning originally studied civil engineering, although the major and interior decoration are very different, but he can still touch the bypass and draw inferences.
He didn't do his own research, and he also took his grandfather to study the decoration together.
Both grandparents and grandchildren are immersed in the ocean of knowledge, and the research is deep into the key points or places that are difficult to overcome even if they rack their brains, and even grandma can't call them to eat anymore, so angry that grandma crosses her waist and shouts that these two people have gone crazy!
It is not enough to have theoretical knowledge, you also need to put it into practice.
Grandpa contributed five thousand yuan, Fang Ning gritted his teeth and took out a thousand costs, which together is six thousand, which is the capital for renovating the house, fortunately, the materials and prices in the past seven years are not very expensive, and many of the materials needed are available in the countryside, so if you can't do it, you can go to the second-hand market of Yunzhezhuang outside to Taobao.
The grandfather and grandson rode a tricycle to shop for treasures in the second-hand market, went around during the day, and came back at night to tinker, and half a month later, at least half of the vendors in the second-hand market knew their grandparents.
Everyone knows that this old man of the Fang family has a grandson with a smart head, although he is young, he is very smart and clever, and his mouth is able to speak, and he is like a small businessman, and he doesn't know what he sees, but he looks at other things casually, opens his mouth to see, and then lowers the price to death, and the last few dollars buy items, and those things that he really wants are accessories that are bundled and sold, so it can be said that the price of cabbage is worthless.
More than half a month of harvest is full, and many objects are purchased at very cheap prices, such as those chrysanthemum coins, those old banknotes, carved railings and painting screens, vases with a broken corner, and bottles and cans stained with mud.
Fang Ning clapped his hands with satisfaction, smiling brightly, "Grandpa, these things will be very valuable in the future!"
Fang Jiefang was suspicious, and he didn't take it seriously, anyway, he had nothing to do to play with his grandson.
Fang Ning stood on the wooden steps, looking down at the entire old house, every time he had a magnificent idea in his heart, he had the urge to promote words and point out the country, and wanted to change the things here, of course, this matter was not in a hurry, he could only come step by step, and it was expected that he would be busy in two months this summer.
He wants to renovate the house just like a fantasy, but one is imagined in his mind, and the other is to turn the imaginary things into reality, and the more he gets it, the more he wants to make it better.
This, he thought, is also addictive, and he can't stop at all.
"Grandpa, I said that this small pond in the corner of the bamboo forest must be the benefit of enjoying the cool in summer after the transformation, and here, get a reservoir to store water, and then get a pump next to the well at the foot of the mountain to send the water up, so that we don't have to worry about running out of water to drink......" Fang Ning pointed here and there for a while, and a lot of thoughts popped out of his head, he never felt that his head was so clear, and he felt that the whole world was his own.
"Then our budget will be exceeded!" Fang Jiefang thought for a while, "Buy a pump, the quality is slightly better, at least four or five hundred, and to get a reservoir, you have to buy cement, it's all money!"
Fang Ning also frowned, although Grandpa's 20,000 yuan seemed to be a lot, it was actually not enough, and he had to save 10,000 yuan in case of emergency.
So he had another idea in his mind, and it gradually sketched out clearly in his head.
But he still couldn't help but say it, let's get the house done first before mentioning the idea.
Fang Wei and grandma looked at their grandparents and grandchildren tossing hard, and felt that it was very magical, of course, it was difficult for Fang Wei to understand those boring and difficult decoration books, as for grandma, she was even more illiterate, she couldn't read a word, she would be able to read it in pieces, anyway, every time Fang Ning was thought in pieces, they would subconsciously avoid it.
The little master's family didn't know what Fang Ning's family wanted to do, the little grandmother was timid and cautious, because she bought it from other places, even if she lived here for many years, she still had no status, especially in the face of the grandmother's aunt, she was even more submissive, and she didn't dare to say a word. The children of the two uncles, Da Mao and Xiao Mao, looked at them ignorantly, Fang Wei doted on them very much, and often took the two of them to run around in the village to play, and taught them to read mathematics when they were tired of playing.
The master is usually on duty at work, he does not come back to eat at noon, and he comes to ask about the situation on the weekend, and the grandfather talks about the matter, of course, the family is in charge of the grandfather, and the master does not dare to say a few words, but he will help with any materials, such as hauling cement, wood, and helping if he can help. But most of them can only help, and you can't get involved if you want him to get involved!