The weather slowly warmed, Tang Tiezhu and Tang Tiexiong brothers began to go up the mountain to cut wood, the two of them specially cut pine trees, pine trees are tall and straight, grow thick, used to build a house three or four zhang high is not a problem, it is not easy to have moths, the most suitable for building a house, and the pine tree is close to Uncle Bigfoot's house, so the two of them transport wood to save a lot of trouble.

They can make three or four pieces of wood a day, and then put the good wood in the yard of Uncle Bigfoot's house, the village is not big, since Tang Tiezhu Tongli bought Uncle Bigfoot's house after the news spread, the people in the village knew that Tang Tiezhu wanted to put his home there, so every time the felled wood was put in Uncle Bigfoot's house, no one stole it.

Half a month passed, the two of them cut down more than fifty pieces of wood, Tang Qing'er went to take a look, each wood was as thick as an adult man's waist, she counted the rings of the trees, these trees are almost eight hundred and ten years old, equivalent to the longevity of the old man in the village.

At her father's speed, the wood used to build a house for the two families is enough, Tang Qing'er thought happily: We must build a few more rooms, so that each of the younger siblings can have their own house.

If she built a grass house casually, she didn't need to hire someone to build a house, and her father could build it.

His family has built such a house in his life, he must build it strongly, and he has to find a good bricklayer to build a strong house, and her father has asked her grandfather and her grandfather to find it from his own village or other villages, these are people who rely on craftsmanship to eat, for example, the foundation is particularly firm, the brick joints are particularly tight, and the walls are very smooth.

At noon that day, Tang Jiaoer was taken by Tang Qinger to the second aunt's house to play with Tang Fei'er, and she went home to help his mother, Tang Tiezhu went home to eat, so he rested at home for a while, Li asked Tang Qinger to pour a bowl of water for her father, Tang Tiezhu drank it in one go, and said: "It's really thirst-quenching, it's so happy." ”

Li Shi was very distressed to see that the head of the house was so tired, but he had to say: "Dad has found us a good bricklayer, let's discuss what house to build, when to start construction, it is best to build the house before the farm is busy,"

"Daughter-in-law, I don't understand any of this, you say we'll build a few rooms." Tang Tiezhu never understands these messy things, he has strength all over his body, he will do whatever you ask him to do, just don't let him use his brain.

"How about a house built with stones and a bridge made of wood," most of the houses in the village are made of this, and although they have some family foundation, they can't build them too eye-catching.

Tang Qing'er's house in her heart was not like this, so she hurriedly stopped and said: "Let's build a wooden frame house, there is a lot of wood on the mountain, and we don't need to spend money to buy it, let's cut it more, this wooden frame house is magnificent and useful, even if someone asks, we are not afraid, just say that our family has no money, and we can't afford to build a brick house to build a wooden frame house." ”

"Qing'er, how do you know?"

Tang Qing'er didn't dare to say what she thought, so she made an excuse and said, "It was written in the book that Zhou Xuan borrowed from me last time at Master Zhou's house,"

Li knew that his daughter was learning literacy with her sons, but she didn't expect that she could read by herself now, and said with emotion: "My Qing'er is really good, and now I can read books, if we don't want to be at home, we will cover it according to what Qing'er said, what the book says will not be wrong,"

Most of the people in the village, like Li, think that the people who can read and write are right.

"Is it like the one built by the town's outsiders?" Tang Tiezhu couldn't hide his words, he once went to the town to do bricklayer work for the outsider's family, and his house was built of wood.

Tang Qing'er doesn't know what the houses in the town are like, they are all rich people, and the houses they build are either brilliant or antique, her house can not be seen like that, her house must be strong and durable, and the tunnel: "We don't have to build it so delicately and beautifully like them, we just use wood to make a house frame." ”

"Well, what Qing'er said is, let's have a few pounds, you still want to be like the rich people in the town."

"We don't have the money to build a house like that, but it's okay to think about it,"

Tang Qing'er saw that the house had not yet been built, but her father and mother disagreed first, and said with a smile: "Mother, what I said is that we can build a wooden frame house into two floors, live below, put things upstairs, the walls can be made of bricks, and the roof is also covered with tiles, the book says that this kind of house is particularly strong, and we can also make the terrain higher, so that our house is close to the river and is not afraid of flooding,"

"Qing'er is right, the terrain must be high." Tang Tiezhu didn't forget to interject.

"Boss, then let's build two large rooms, downstairs can be set up into a hall, a back hall and three bedrooms, upstairs can not only put food, but also make two or three bedrooms."

Tang Qing'er's thoughts were the same as Li's, and she couldn't help but echo and said: "My mother's design is good, isn't it that our house will be the first two-story house in the village, Dad, do you say no?"

"You two just say it's good, anyway, the houses we built are for your mothers to live in, and you can't be picky if it's not good after it's built."

Li was happy, and there were also things that annoyed her, so he said to the owner: "How much wood do you say we need to build this house?" ”

"There are still dozens of pillars, beams, rafters and wooden planks for paving, it's okay, my second brother and I are slowly chopping, seeing that the weather will take a month before it can start, and the wood cut will be almost enough by then."

A few days later, Old Man Tang came to talk to Tang Tiezhu, he sat in the house and said to Tang Tiezhu: "Boss, I have inquired, if your family wants to see the wooden house, only the carpenter Shen from the next village will build a wooden frame house, and the best stone masonry is the old man Liao from our village." ”

"Well, I know Lao Liaotou, this Shen Mu Pao, I also asked someone to inquire, saying that the house he built is very strong, and many rich people in the town are looking for him to build a wooden house, Dad, do you think he can take my job?"

"If you can come, he just wants us farmers to not be as picky as the people in the town, build a house to pick and choose, we just need to build it and live in it, so people are willing to take this job,"

"What did you tell him about the salary?"

"I asked him, and he said that when you start building a house, you can just call him, he brings his own carpenter and hand-off, these people are used to doing these jobs with him, and they all know what he wants when they work, and it is easy to do, he and the carpenter are fifty yuan a day, and the miscellaneous ones are thirty yuan a day."

Tang Tiezhu nodded, the price was still acceptable to him, "Okay, after we finish cutting the wood, you will accompany me to find Carpenter Shen and ask him to build a house for us." ”

"Well, you can come to me then, and you should think about how to build a house, and when you go, you can explain it to others." Old man Tang told everything that should be instructed, and walked away with his back hunched over.

Li Shi has been listening to the head of the house talking to his father since Old Man Tang came in without interjecting, and when he saw that there were only two of them left in the house, he sighed: "Dad has copied a lot of heart for us to build a house,"

"Yes, when the house is built, we will take my father to live for a few days and enjoy the blessings,"

Finally, on the last day after the beginning of spring, Old Man Tang took Tang Tiezhu to visit Carpenter Shen, who looked like an adult worker, with dark skin and wrinkles on his face, all of which were sunburned in the scorching sun in summer.

After sitting down in the house, Old Man Tang introduced to Carpenter Shen: "Well, this is my eldest son, Tang Tiezhu, boss, this is the Carpenter Shen I told you,." ”

Tang Tiezhu shouted: "Brother Shen." ”

"Okay, Brother Tang and Uncle Tang look alike, they are father and son,"

"Hehe, eldest nephew, today the eldest of my family is here to tell you about his family's house."

"Oh, even so, you have to tell me when you are going to build a house, and what kind of house you are going to build,"

"Brother Shen, my daughter-in-law and I have found someone to calculate, and I want you to come over and help us build a house on February 18, what do you think?" Tang Tiezhu roughly told Carpenter Shen about the structure of the house he designed.

Carpenter Shen said straight after hearing it, and was ashamed to say that he had built a house for so many years, but he had never thought of building it like this, according to what Tang Tiezhu said, then this house can not only store grain at home, but also prevent flooding, the new house to be built by his family is higher than other homes, if there is a flood in the sky, it will not be flooded, and sighed: "The house you said should be no problem to build, Uncle Tang should also tell you the salary, I brought four carpenters and five miscellaneous people, the carpenter is fifty wen a day, and the miscellaneous one is thirty wen a day." ”

"Well, Dad told me that the price is very fair." Tang Tiezhu then asked, "Brother Shen, are any of you who can build walls?" If I could, I'd like to leave it all to you. ”

Carpenter Shen nodded, "Yes, we can do all of this, and when we pick up jobs in the town, we will do what you said." ”

"That's great, how is the salary calculated?"

"This can be less than the carpenter's, the cost of building a wall is thirty wen a day, and the price of laying a hand is the same as twenty wen a day."

"Then how many days does Brother Shen see it will take for us to build two large rooms, three bedrooms, a hall and a back hall?"

"Because you are building a two-story wooden frame house, you need to lay wooden planks, which is a bit time-consuming,"

"Really? I want to be able to build a house and live in it before the farm is busy. ”

"If that's the case, it should take a month, and it's faster to build wooden frames and walls, but it's more troublesome to make planks for paving."

"Of course, I hope that the sooner the better, because you have to help us build two houses, one is my own home, and the other is my second brother's, my second brother was logging in the mountains today, and he didn't come, and I will introduce him to you next time," I didn't expect things to go so smoothly, and said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll meet you next time, Uncle Tang, your two sons are really capable, I really envy you when I think of building a house like this,"

"Hehe," Old Man Tang was embarrassed and didn't know what to say, and he didn't dare to say that he still had two sons.

"Brother Shen has another matter, do you know how to sell bricks and tiles?" Tang Tiezhu wanted to get everything done this time, save himself from going home and worry about other things, so that he could go home and finish cutting all the wood with peace of mind, and wait for them to come over on February 18.

"I know, we are familiar with selling bricks and tiles, if you can trust me, I can introduce you to a family, the bricks and tiles burned by his family are very good, and the price is not expensive, and many people in the town use his bricks and tiles to build houses."

Tang Tiezhu was worried about buying tiles and bricks, that is, he asked Carpenter Shen casually, but he didn't expect that he really knew someone, it was great, so he said happily: "Look at what Brother Shen said, the villagers, I still can't believe you?" ”

Old man Tang also nodded and said, "I know your character, if your craftsmanship and character are not good, can I come and invite you?" ”

"Hehe, look at what Uncle Tang said, if you and I have time one day, I will take Brother Tang to buy bricks and tiles."

"Well, when the time comes, I will ask Brother Shen to help and say."

"No problem."

"I don't think it's too early, and there are still some things at home, so I won't bother you too much." Tang Tiezhu saw that the things about the house were almost arranged, so he got up and said goodbye.

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Three shifts a day, so tired to say! Work during the day, yard at night!