It is estimated that it will take a week to approve the construction procedures, so Hu Youmin has no choice but to go home and wait to see how the family's house is being built? He went to the mobile company to get a Baisha number, and the roaming fee was too expensive. Tell the new number to the second uncle, Village Chief Guo and Secretary Yang, and call him when the building procedures are down.

On the way back, Hu Youmin called Luo Juan, saying that he had changed his number, and told her about the furniture factory again. Luo Juan was very happy to receive his call, saying that she missed someone very much, but I don't know if that person wanted her? Hu Youmin pretended that the signal was not good, fed the phone a few times, and hung up the phone.

Back at home, the house was half floored. Hu Youmin hurried to the town to buy water pipes, drainage pipes, line pipes, and embedded wires, which were to be buried in the walls and floors. There is no running water in the countryside, but Hu Youmin has designed a running water system, built a pool on the roof, bought a pump to pump the water to the pool on the roof, and then piped the water to the kitchen and toilet.

The wood at home is cheap, and the fir wood that can be used as purlins only costs eight yuan a piece, and Hu Youmin is ready to buy some to build a factory in Baisha. He didn't want the villagers to know about opening a furniture factory in Baisha, but he just said that he bought it for a friend. He paid nine yuan a piece, but to peel off the bark, the villagers came to book the quantity, and the cedar trees on the mountain have grown very big, and it is very happy to be able to sell them for a few dollars.

The next step was to contact the carpenters and painters, and Hu Youmin asked the carpenters and bricklayers who worked in his house to help him ask if there were any people with better skills? People who could make popular and fashionable furniture? It was better to be younger, who had worked in a furniture factory in the city, who could read drawings, and who could use woodworking machinery.

There are three carpenters working in his house, one surnamed Cai is his father's cousin, Hu Youmin calls him Cai Bo, the other is a local old carpenter, and a young man in his twenties, named Wang Hao, is Hu Youmin's elementary school classmate. Cai Bo and the old carpenter were old, and they didn't want to go far away, and they were afraid that they wouldn't be able to make furniture in the city.

Wang Hao has been a carpenter for seven or eight years, worked in a furniture factory in Nanzhou for five years, and after getting married and having children, his wife did not let him go far away. But there was nothing to do in the township, the salary was not high, and the life was a little tight, and when he saw that Hu Youmin was looking for a carpenter, he hurriedly asked where he was doing the work? How much is a day? Is the salary good?

Hu Youmin said that in a furniture factory in Baisha, he has food and shelter, a guaranteed salary of 300 yuan, and a piecework commission, so he can rest assured that he can find him if he can't get money. Because Hu Youmin has now built the first building in the village, wears a famous brand, and uses a mobile phone, he is a wealthy boss in the eyes of the villagers, and no one doubts what he said.

Baisha is not far from here, only more than 60 kilometers, and it takes an hour by car. Wang Hao said that he would go back and discuss with his daughter-in-law, and he would reply to him tomorrow. Uncle Cai has a carpenter's son named Cai Xiaofei, now working in a furniture factory in Nanzhou, just got married last year, newlywed Yan'er, and he doesn't want to go out to do things, Uncle Cai said to call at night to see if his son can come back?

There is a neighbor named Zhang Fuchu, who is three or four years older than Hu Youmin, honest and honest, has brute strength, does things practically, does not steal and play tricks, speaks a little second, and is a little lacking in the village dialect. He had been helping out at Hu Youmin's house during this time, and he asked on the side: "Do you want to do a small job?" I also want to go to the city." ”

Hu Youmin felt that although others were not general, they could do things, and it was good to have a miscellaneous person in the factory. His family is also poor, and he has not yet found a wife, so it is a good thing to help him. When it came to letting him go, including food and lodging, and a salary of 200 yuan a month, Zhang Fuchu happily went to do things when he heard it.

After a few days, the bricklayer brought three men, all about thirty years old. One is a carpenter, the other two are painters, the carpenter is called Peng Dafu, the painter is called Mao Weiguo, and the other is called Zhu Hongchun, all of whom look like loyal people. Hu Youmin asked them to go in detail, and after they asked some detailed questions, they were willing to go, and Hu Youmin said that the factory was still under construction, and it was estimated that it would take about a month to inform them at that time.

Uncle Cai and Wang Hao told Hu Youmin the next day that Cai Xiaofei was willing to go, and Uncle Cai said that his cub would come back at the end of the month. After finding a master, Hu Youmin calmed down, and the fir trees were basically cut, all of them were peeled off the bark, and piled them in their respective yards, waiting for him to pull them. Now we are waiting for the approval of the construction procedures. It's been a week, and there has been no news from Baisha, so Hu Youmin made a phone call to Village Chief Guo, who said that he would have to wait a few days.

In order to build the family house as soon as possible, Hu Youmin asked his father to hire six bricklayers. Hu Youmin saw that their skills were good and that they were serious and responsible, so he said that the family's house had been built, and asked them to go to Baisha to do work for one or twenty days, and the salary would be increased to 15 yuan a day, and the round-trip fare would be reimbursed, and they happily agreed. Hu Youmin hired three more small workers, plus Zhang Fuchu had four people, and he paid ten yuan a day and also reported the round-trip fare.

The house began to pour the concrete on the top of the second floor, Hu Youmin was going to make a flat roof, he was afraid that the waterproof would not be good, and the flat roof was not durable, and it was easy to crack after a long time, so he decided to build a tile roof. The windows were not made of wooden lattice, Hu Youmin was rustic, so he went to the town to order the aluminum alloy windows, and installed them when the house was built.

After the pool on the roof was built, Hu Youmin went to the town to buy a submersible pump, waterproof wires, some tap pipes, tees, elbows, faucets, a bottle of glue, and went home to install tap water. The well is in his yard, he first installed the submersible pump, tried the pump, and then connected the water pipe, the water pipe in the yard was buried in the ground, and then connected to the embedded water pipe, and the pool was equipped with an overflow pipe, and the overflow pipe flowed to indicate that the pool was full, and the pump could be turned off in time.

Install a faucet on the embedded water outlet pipe. Hu Youmin began to pump water into the pool, the pool was waterproof, not leaking at all, pumping a small half of the pool of water, Hu Youmin turned off the pump, afraid that the structural force of the concrete was not enough. When the faucet was turned on and the water flowed out, the happy parents grinned, and the neighbors also came to see the excitement, praising Hu Youmin for being a spiritual man.

The next step is to build a kitchen, which is called a small three rooms in the township. Hu Youmin built five rooms, two rooms in front of the landlord for the kitchen and dining room, three rooms stretched out to the yard, one for miscellaneous houses, and two for garages.

After the building was built, according to the custom of the township, the parents had already made preparations, chose an auspicious day, and invited relatives and neighbors. This day was particularly lively, firecrackers were set off all morning, and some relatives who had not been in contact with each other before also came, and everyone admired the building while visiting, and the faces of the parents were full of joy and pride. The first time Hu Youmin saw his parents smiling so happily, his eyes were a little moist.

The cost of building the house was less than expected, just over fifteen thousand, with some bricks, sand and cement left. Hu Youmin and his parents said to build a courtyard wall, plant some osmanthus trees, camphor trees, ginkgo biloba, fruit trees and the like against the courtyard wall, leave a vegetable field on the west side of the house, and harden the rest of the yard with concrete.

After the summer, the front of the building is pasted with tiles, the house is pasted with baseboards, the stairs are pasted with ladder tiles, the floor tiles are all pasted on the ground on the second floor, the living room is covered with 800 by 800 bricks, the bedroom is 600 by 600 bricks, the balcony and hall on the first floor are pasted with marble, the bedroom is pasted with tiles, the bathroom is pasted with non-slip bricks, wall tiles, the roof and the living room are pasted with 12 cm of gypsum lines, and then the paint is scraped.

In a few days, the installation of aluminum alloy windows will come, Hu Youmin said that the windows on the first floor will be equipped with anti-theft nets, and his parents said that they will do according to his opinion.

The mother hesitated for a moment and said to Hu Youmin: "You Yanzi, the house is very polite, there are a lot of matchmakers for you now, you don't like the women in Hong Kong at home, when will you bring my daughter-in-law back?"

Hu Youmin said that I have not yet reached the age of twenty-three, what are you anxious about? My mother was a little annoyed: "No matter how anxious it is, all good women are married, and when the time comes, you will be able to find it!" Hu Youmin comforted her: "How handsome are you cub, and you are afraid that you will not find a daughter-in-law? The mother glared at him: "You are not in a hurry, I still want to hold my grandson." ”

"I'll wait for you for another year, if you don't bring me a daughter-in-law back, I'll find you one in the township." Mother said a little overbearingly.

Hu Youmin knew that he was dissatisfied with his feudal mother and didn't want to fight with her, so he was going to go out for a walk, when his younger brother came back, his internship was over, and he was going to go home for a few days to find a job.

Hu Youjun knew about the construction of the house at home, but he didn't expect it to be built in such a grand manner! He put down his luggage, and he didn't have time to make noise with his family, so he excitedly looked downstairs and upstairs.

As he looked at it, he asked, "Big brother, this is your design, right? It's better than the house in the city, and there is a toilet in the room, which is really foreign! You live in a house with a toilet, and I live in the other, is it okay? Big brother, you live upstairs, and I live downstairs." ”

Hu Youmin said: "You live upstairs, downstairs for your parents, and my sister and I sleep in the guest room." "Mother was busy saying no, the big room was for him and his younger brother to get married, so he did what Youjun said.

was afraid that his mother would be involved in finding his daughter-in-law again, but Hu Youmin did not fight with her. Hu Youjun felt that he was a little selfish, and hurriedly said that he would just stay in the guest room.

Now there is no furniture in the house, only three very old wooden beds, one of which has a broken leg, and my father has nailed a wooden plank to the place where the broken leg will be used, an old-fashioned wardrobe, and an old desk. The room seemed empty, and Hu Youmin explained in detail what furniture to make at home.

Each room is against the wall to make a row of hanging wardrobes, from the bottom to the top, leaving eight centimeters of plaster line on it, the back board with six plywood, the side panels, partitions, doors with fir boards, paste wood grain paper to make varnish, and so on after pasting the floor tiles, do it, and then draw some wardrobe styles, agree on which position of the wardrobe to do in the room.

Make a set of wooden sofas, a set of dining tables and chairs, and a cupboard, and this one is made according to the parents' own ideas. Beds, bookcases, desks, TV cabinets, and coffee tables are made in his own factory, and he will bring them before the end of the year.

My father said that he had to prepare the materials quickly, and the family had dry miscellaneous wood, but now the sawsaw fir planks were not in time, and it would take half a year to dry. Hu Youmin said to see who has dried fir trees to buy, go buy some.

Later, when it came to his younger brother's job search, Hu Youmin couldn't help much, so he had to say that he would be assigned wherever he went. Hu Youjun wants to stay in Changde City, but it doesn't matter, his hopes are vague, and it is estimated that there is a high possibility of being assigned to the county seat.

Hu Youmin said that it is not bad to be assigned to the county seat, close to home, no matter where you are distributed, you will work hard, and gold will shine wherever it goes.

Hu Youjun's face was a little gloomy, and his parents comforted him: As long as he eats the state grain and ensures the harvest during droughts and floods, isn't it the same where he works? Hu Youjun said that he talked about a girlfriend at school, who is a native of Changde, and if he can't stay in Changde to work, his girlfriend will break up with him. He took out 500 yuan to his younger brother and asked him to go to Changde City to find a job in a few days.