Chapter 47: Preparations for Building a House (Adding Changes for the First Helmsman)
Decades of ups and downs have stained this wooden house with wind and frost, and the uninterrupted fireworks of plants and trees every day have dyed the wood and planks that build the house pure black.
The interior of the black house, covered in countless layers of smoky black ash, has become unusually strong after countless years of time, and now even if you use steel wool balls to brush it, it will take a lot of effort to brush off the smoky ash on it.
However, no one wants to paint the smoky ash, because it is the essence of the grass and trees, and it is pure black carbon, which is equivalent to pure natural tree paint.
As a result, the wooden houses have been able to stand for decades, and even the oldest wooden houses in the village are two or three hundred years old, and although they are as dark as ink, they can still live in them.
Darkness led to another result, and the room looked a little dull at night, despite the kerosene lamps.
Guo Qu's mother and son walked into the house, and dinner had already been eaten, but the old man didn't know, so he made the meal, and he kept waiting, waiting for Guo Qu and the girl to return.
As for Guo Qu's mother, the old man subconsciously thought that she would not come, so the moment he saw Zhang Mingfen, the stunned on his face, and the subsequent emotion, could be seen at a glance.
The old man was eating alone, afraid that he would think that there were few people eating, so Guo went to get a bowl and ate with him.
Seeing that her brother was going to eat, and the girl was also clamoring to eat, Zhang Mingfen hurriedly took another bowl, served it with rice, and then began to feed her.
Guo Qu was very happy today, he glanced at the kerosene lamp, put down the bowl, and went to the cabinet to get two candles to light them.
Many people think that in the countryside in this era, they can't afford to use candles, indeed, the candles on the street are rarely bought, because rural people buy wax, and then use bamboo knives to make their own bamboo sticks and make their own candles.
With the help of the two candles, the light in the room finally became a lot stronger, and the old man just glanced at it and didn't say anything, because Guo Qu was now in charge.
After eating, Guo went upstairs to make the bed in the attic, because, from today on, the wing room no longer belongs to Guo.
He moved upstairs and slept in the attic, this wooden house was built with others, and on the other side was Guo Qu's grandfather's, the grandfather died, and now Guo Qu's uncle's.
It's just that his uncle rebuilt the shingle house, and there was no one on the other side of the house. His uncle asked them to clean the other side and then take it to live, the old man was reluctant before, but now Guo doesn't want to.
When the girl saw that her brother didn't have a sleeping room, her mouth suddenly deflated, she couldn't do it, she was going to let her sleep with her mother, but now she had to carry her to the attic.
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Lying on the bunk in the attic, the girl had already fallen asleep, but Guo Qu was quietly thinking about what he would do in the future, now that there is a mother in the family, this house is not enough to live in.
So he wanted to repair the house and repair it to the street, but in the village of this era, there was really no money-making industry.
It's good to go to the street, you can do some small business on the street, and then your mother doesn't have to work in the fields, and she can make some money by the way.
In addition, the house rented in the supply and marketing cooperative, after the house is repaired, can also be returned, which is really a triple win.
It's just that repairing a house is a long process, so you can only start slowly.
In addition, the matter of collecting waste products cannot be left behind, so he plans to use it in the morning to repair the house and repair the house in the afternoon, so that he can make reasonable use of the time.
After making up his mind, Guo Qu was very happy, and then he wanted to fall asleep and wait for a better tomorrow.
As a result, people were in good spirits on happy occasions, and they couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, and they didn't fall asleep until the bright moon sank in the west.
The next morning, Guo Qu got up early, and then took the old man and went to his father, ready to ask him for a piece of land, after all, he couldn't spend money in vain.
What kind of person was his father? To be honest, Guo Qu himself did not know, and people's hearts were the most difficult to guess.
In his impression, his father is an alcoholic, he likes to drink very much, and he is addicted to alcohol to the point of no drinking, a few years ago, it was better, Guo Qu's mother is still there, he is more or less restrained when he wakes up, but since his mother is gone, he has become even worse, and he spends all day drunk all day, but the wine is not good.
This time to find him to ask for land, Guo estimated that it was still a little difficult.
However, when he got to the street where his father was staying and explained his intentions, his father was still lying on the bed, and only said, "Whatever you want." ”
Guo Qu was a little incredulous, he didn't expect that the most difficult level he originally thought wanted to repair the house would be so simple!
At this moment, the father figure in his memory instantly became blurred, he was confused, and his father, who originally felt selfish, became incomprehensible.
However, he didn't say anything, after this thing was done, he immediately went back to the village and invited the plasterers from the two villages, these plasterers all learned from Lu Ban, and the ancestors they usually worship are Lu Ban.
Unfortunately, times are changing, and now they have to learn more about the work of plasterers, so in recent years, the two of them have been building brick houses for others in various towns.
The group of four people hurriedly walked down the street again, and Guo Qu relied on the memory of his descendants to choose a piece of land in his father's field, and then let the two plasterers see it.
"I'm going to build a two-story house, and the other area should be 20 meters long and 10 meters wide, and the two frontage fronts should be five or six meters away from the street, and then the cement will be connected to the street. ”
Guo went to say the main idea, and left the rest to the two plasterers, who were more professional, and the foundation and bricklaying were all in charge of them.
The plasterer was found, but Guo had to prepare the stones, cement and sand, and the stone bricks had to be put on the agenda.
Guo Qu suddenly found that it only took one thought to repair the house, but when he really started planning, it was extremely cumbersome.
In this era, no one has opened a battlefield yet, because even if the common people want to build brick houses, they choose to do it themselves, and the detonators and fuses for firing guns can still be bought from the county town.
However, although no one opens a sand field, there are people who half-rent the sand beating machine, but if they want to rent someone else's machine, then they have to rent someone else, because the owner of the machine basically goes wherever the machine goes, he goes.
In this way, Guo has to cook for others when he goes to the house, which is really a headache.
But no way, even if he wants to be lazy and wants to buy a brick house directly on the street, he has no chance, because there are five or six brick houses on the street, and there are so few brick houses, others will definitely not sell them.
What to do?
What else can I do, step by step, slowly repair it myself.
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