Chapter Forty-Eight: Looking Forward to the New West City
After a noon discussion and planning, the project started as scheduled in the afternoon. According to the registration order, the first three households to be demolished are Feng Yongchang, Tian and Guo Qiuxuan, and these three families have packed their luggage before demolishing their houses, of course, in the final analysis, they are all old houses that have been lived in for a long time, although they are dilapidated, but they are somewhat emotional, Feng Yongchangzai looked carefully at the house he was about to demolish, and couldn't help but shed two lines of tears from the corners of his eyes. And Tian's side also seemed reluctant, as if they were children raised by themselves, these two old men scraped a handful of soil from the wall of their old houses, put it in a jar, and carefully covered the lid and sealed it.
Su Yixue looked at her mother-in-law's reluctance and said with relief: "Mother, don't be too sad, although the old house that has accompanied us for several springs and autumns is going to be demolished, but we are not moving away after all, but the old house has been renovated, thinking about it this way, shouldn't it be said that the old house has become a new home?" In other words, you can imagine the old house wearing new clothes and continuing to live with us. After listening to Su Yixue's words of relief, Tian's heart was reluctant to calm down a little, and she thought about it carefully, and what Su Yixue said made some sense. So it's not too sad, it's just a new one.
And Feng Yongchang reluctantly touched the door frame and window on the wall before demolishing it again, and said in a choked whisper: "It's been decades, and we've come through ups and downs together, and now it's going to be rebuilt, old guy, you are finally refreshed." It's time to say goodbye to the past. You can rest assured that it won't be long before we can rely on each other again. The two young students standing beside Feng Yongchang persuaded: "Dad, don't be too sad, we have to think like this, if the yamen doesn't have this kind of thing, we can't repair the old house, right?" Therefore, this can be regarded as repairing our old house with the power of the yamen, which is also a good thing to think about. Another young descendant echoed: "That's right, what my father said is right, once it is demolished and reformed this time, we won't have to be afraid of wind and rain in the future." After listening to the persuasion of his two sons, Feng Yongchang also nodded slightly, patted the wall lightly and said, "Old man, we'll see you in a few months." Take care. After saying that, the servants took their luggage and went to the post station.
When Su Yixue's family and Feng Yongchang's family left, although Guo Qiuxuan was reluctant, he was still very happy, why is this? In fact, the reason is very simple, because she has seen the design drawings of Feng Yongchang's house, and she is very satisfied, after all, the area of her house is the same as Feng Yongchang's house, and what Feng Yongchang's house will build will be, then her home will be much the same. Although Hua Hua did not design the pattern of her house, she can accept it if she can build it like Feng Yongchang's house. So thinking of this, Guo Qiuxuan's reluctance was quickly thrown out of the clouds. This Guo Qiuxuan kept muttering while cleaning up: "Two floors, two floors, no more crowding." Guo Qiuxuan, the old man, couldn't help but shake his head while helping his mother clean up, and whispered: "Hey, a greedy and cheap woman really can't be provoked." His mother whispered dissuasion: "Be quiet, she's such a person, you know to complain now?" It's late. Hurry up and clean up the place for other officials. When his mother said this, he didn't complain much and quietly continued to pack his luggage. After touching a cup of tea, the family borrowed a flatbed truck from the engineering team to put the large bags of luggage on them, and then drove to the post station.
After all three families moved out, Hua Hua did one last inspection before the project began, and after confirming that nothing was left in the house, he instructed the engineering team to start demolishing the house. This post station is not far from this side, and you can clearly see the condition of your house when you stand on the terrace on the second floor of the post station. The three families came to the terrace on the second floor and quietly watched their house being smashed by the engineering team. The surrounding neighbors were also watching from a distance, watching the construction of the engineering team. Soon the houses of the three families were razed to the ground by more than two dozen construction workers. After watching his house fall like this, Feng Yongchang still couldn't hold back his tears, and a few tears quietly slipped down from the corners of his eyes again, and this scene was completely seen by the careful Su Yixue. She said a few words to Tian: "Mother, it's windy outside, why don't you go back to the house to rest first, I'll take a look at Uncle Feng, Uncle doesn't seem to be in a good mood." Tian held back his tears, nodded and said, "Well, go ahead, comfort and comfort." When he gets older, he doesn't think too much. After saying that, Tian turned around and went into the house. Su Yixue walked up to Feng Yongchang and said with relief: "Uncle Feng, don't think too much. Thinking too much is not good for the body, and life still has to go on. Yixue understands that you are reluctant to the old house, and you have a lot of feelings for the old house. But Yixue still wants to persuade you, let's still look forward, after all, it won't be long before the old house will continue to live with you with a new face. So don't be too upset. ”
After listening to Su Yixue's words of persuasion, Feng Yongchang nodded slightly, touched the tears from the corners of his eyes with his hand, and said: "Well, what you said is also right, of course my son also persuaded me, I understand what you mean, as the saying goes, the old does not go to the new and does not come, I understand that this is also for the good of the old house, so that the old house will no longer be tattered and leaking." But that little reluctance in my heart always lingers, after all, I have lived in that house for decades. Where is there how much memory I have. So I can't help it, too. I think after a few days, the transition will pass, and it will be good to take it slowly. After hearing Feng Yongchang's words, Su Yixue smiled at Feng Yongchang and said, "You can think so much Yixue is very happy, but then again, Yixue can't help but see the appearance of your new home, it's really good, two-story building, it must be very spacious and comfortable when the time comes, right?" It's really exciting. Feng Yongchang smiled and nodded: "Yes, you have also seen that this Huada is really unseemly, and he is very good at thinking about others." I'm also looking forward to the new house. Let's wait quietly for the completion of the renovation of the new house. After saying that, the two of them smiled and looked at the sky, and they were full of longing for the new house together.
At this time, Guo Qiuxuan, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but imagine his new home, a spacious and comfortable home, "I don't have to squeeze on a kang with my mother-in-law anymore, and I can never ...... anymore." Guo Qiuxuan kept thinking in his heart. And her old man stood next to her and thought quietly: "I hope to stop after the new house is built." Ay. I just want to live a good life, why is it so hard? ”
So the first batch of housing demolition and renovation projects kicked off.
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The project proceeded smoothly like this, Nangong Xue and Hua Hua came to the construction site every day to inspect carefully, and carefully supervised the construction of the house, even if it was a brick to be built, it can be said that the two of them were so serious about the renovation project that they could not describe it in words. Nangong Xue watched the workers build houses according to the requirements of the two of them, even if it was Nangong Xue or Hua Hua's instructions many times, they did it one by one without complaining.
The neighbors of Xicheng watched Nangong Xue and them take this renovation project so seriously every day, and they were also very relieved, feeling that they had finally met a good official in this life, a good official who was honest and sincere for the sake of the people. As a result, more and more people agreed to rebuild, so much so that the people of the whole Xicheng agreed. I think there were still some people who were unwilling to demolish and reform before the start of construction a while ago, thinking that they were unreliable and did not trust them. Looking at it now, they all have established a bridge of integrity with Nangong Xue and them, and they are all willing to rebuild, believing in their ability, and believing that they will definitely renovate a comfortable new home for themselves. Hua Hua saw that the people of Xicheng had agreed to demolish and renovate the houses, and the joy in his heart was about to fly. "Finally, you can put your design to work, Dad, you can take a good look at it. I'll make you proud of me. Hua Hua cheered for herself in her heart.
During the smooth progress of the project, officials from various ministries of Kyoto Prefecture also came to inspect and supervise from time to time, after all, this project was also undertaken by Kyoto Prefecture, and none of their officials wanted any accidents to occur during the project. If there is an accident, no one can afford to pay for it. Therefore, they are all doing their best to run errands for this project. Obey Nangong Xue's orders and arrangements. During this period, Nangong Xue not only supervised the progress of the project, but also carried out the overall rectification of Xicheng step by step, and she discussed with various ministries of Kyoto Prefecture in order to make the lives of the people of Xicheng more convenient and affordable. "Ladies and gentlemen, you see, this is my new plan for Xicheng."
As he spoke, he pointed to the blueprint and explained, "This is the people's residential area, I don't make any changes here, I plan to demolish all the shops here, rebuild, and redistribute, the pharmacy should be away from the residential area, so that it is convenient for the people to see a doctor and grab medicine. In addition, build a large market here, so that the street vendors are here to do business, so that it will appear more standardized, Xicheng Yamen management will also be more handy, the market will be built to recruit some people to do cleaning in the market, after all, a clean and tidy environment will make people willing to buy daily necessities here, of course, a clean environment will also make people feel very comfortable. It's a lot better than the messy and dirty ones that used to be. Of course, a convenient grocery store is also built here, which is convenient for the surrounding people to buy groceries. Instead of having to run far to see the grocery store as before, it's inconvenient like before. Of course, Xicheng still needs to build more small squares and small gardens, so that people can take a walk in the small garden when they have nothing to do, and it is also very pleasant to enjoy the shade. I've also marked the plan for the small garden, how about you take a look? By the way, in the future, why do you want to send more flatbed trucks in Xicheng? Collect domestic garbage, because before I looked, the domestic garbage in Xicheng was all over the street. It makes the whole West Side like a garbage dump. In such an environment, it would be hellish if the people could live well. Therefore, I strongly suggest that we add a garbage collector, and then transport the garbage to other places for standardized treatment, so that it will not affect the lives of the people but also improve the quality of the living environment, and also allow the idle people with no income to have one more way to earn money, which is a good thing to kill multiple birds with one stone. Are you right? The above is my plan for the renovation of Xicheng, do you have anything else to add to my renovation? I'll listen to you carefully. ”
After listening to Nangong Xue's story, the officials of various departments in Kyoto Prefecture were all shocked, and they couldn't even believe their ears, if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes and heard it with their own ears, who of them could believe that this reconstruction of the people was from the mouth of such a twelve-year-old girl, and they looked at Nangong Xue in surprise one by one, and couldn't say a word for a long time, and the anxious Nangong Xue asked again: "What's wrong with you?" Talking? What's missing to give a supplement, yes? What do you mean by not talking? "Your lords came back to their senses when Nangong Xue asked this. He said in unison: "Lord Nangong has planned so carefully, the officials have nothing to add, please listen to Lord Nangong's arrangement." After getting the approval of the adults, Nangong Xue smiled and said: "Okay, then the reconstruction of Xicheng will be done according to this map." You've all agreed. In order to prevent backlash in the future, please sign this consent and press a fingerprint to indicate that you agree. After speaking, the adults picked up the pen one after another, signed their names on the blueprint and pressed their handprints, and then Nangong Xue put it away, and prepared to enter the palace and submit it to the emperor for the emperor to make the final approval.