The two came to Grandpa Huzi's house, Grandpa Huzi was carrying a hoe to go out, the old lady and Ling'er greeted him, he just nodded and was about to walk away, Ling'er stopped him: "Grandpa Huzi, don't go!" ”

The old man stopped, looked back at the two and didn't speak, as if waiting for the next step, his mother smiled and said, "That... Big brother, I heard ...... Will you build a house? ”

The old man hummed again, maybe the old lady was a little frightened when she saw him with a straight face and didn't like to talk, and stammered for a long time and didn't know how to speak, Ling'er said: "Grandpa Huzi, we want to ask if we can build only one house?" How do you calculate the price and wages? And the cost of materials or something, did the craftsmen buy it or did we prepare it ourselves? ”

The old man looked at the two suspiciously, and Grandma Huzi came out of it: "Oh, isn't this Ling'er and the Yang family's sister?" Come in, don't stand at the door, come on, come in and talk about something! ”

Grandma Huzi enthusiastically pulled the two into the yard, brought a stool for them to sit down, and shouted to Grandpa Huzi, who was still standing at the door with a hoe: "Hey, old man, why are you stupid, didn't Ling'er ask you about building a house?" Come back quickly, and talk carefully to Ling'er and the Yang family's sisters. ”

Then Grandma Huzi smiled and said: "Don't mind the Yang family's sister, my old man has always been like this, always with a straight face, as if others owe him something!" Actually, he didn't think about anything in his heart, he just didn't like to talk, but he knew the most about building a house, so if you have any questions, just ask him! ”

The old lady smiled awkwardly and nodded in agreement, Grandma Huzi was busy boiling water to make tea, Grandpa Huzi slowly put down the hoe and came back to sit down, picked up the half-woven bamboo basket on the side and began to work, it seemed that there was no intention of answering Ling'er's mother and daughter at all.

Ling'er saw that the old lady was not easy to speak, so she asked herself: "Grandpa Huzi, our yard has long been broken, and my father and mother are afraid that the wind and snow will be too big this winter, so I want to renovate the house or build a new one, but our grandfather's situation must be clear, so we want to ask first, as far as our house is concerned, is it cost-effective to renovate or build a new one?" ”

Grandpa Huzi kept his hands on it, and he was silent for a moment and said lightly: "The new cover is cost-effective, and the price of renovation is higher than the price of the new cover." ”

Ling'er looked at the old lady, the old lady nodded, motioned for Ling'er to continue asking, and Ling'er said again: "Then what should you do if you renovate it, how much do you estimate it will cost?" What about the new cover? ”

Grandpa Huzi glanced at Ling'er, and said indifferently: "Your house can't be renovated, even if it is renovated, the house must be knocked down and rebuilt, otherwise it will not be able to withstand the heavy snow!" The new cover depends on what kind of cover you build? The interlayer is the cheapest, and the materials can be prepared in two or three days, but it is not strong; The mud wall is slightly better, and the mud embryo needs to be redone; bricks..."

"We're going to have to mud the wall, I don't know how many processes there will be? What materials do we need to prepare? How long does it take to build? ”

Grandpa Huzi didn't answer immediately, he deftly braided the bamboo basket in his hand, and after a while, he stopped his movements and said: "To build a house, you must first dig the foundation and bury the foundation stone, and the labor cost is twenty wen a day, no matter how much you eat twenty-five wen a day;

The second is to do mud embryo drying, you can also directly use yellow mud to build the wall, but that is not strong, the price of the craftsman is slightly higher, 30 wen a day to eat, no matter how much you eat plus 5 wen;

Then it is to ask a carpenter to make doors and windows, which can be bought in the town or city, or replaced by doors and windows of old houses;

Finally, the upper beam is capped, the main beam must be made of solid wood, and the other is best to use wood planks, if not, it can also be replaced by a hard and straight hard-headed yellow bamboo.

How long it takes to build depends on how well you prepare the materials, whether the manpower is sufficient, as fast as ten days, and as slow as half a year! ”

Half! Ling'er laughed dryly: "Grandpa Huzi, how much does it cost to build a room according to your experience?" ”

"Not necessarily, it depends on how well you prepare the materials and how many people you invite!" The old man seemed to repeat with some impatience.

Grandma Huzi smiled and said: "Ling'er, it's not that our old man doesn't give you the right number, this is really inaccurate, for example, in our yard, the foundation is dug with the help of the sons, and the foundation stone is also buried by the sons, so naturally I don't need money."

Then the mud embryo was made by the old man and his sons, and the beams and partitions were also cut back by them on a special trip to the vast mountain, and this yard cost money to build walls, caps and custom doors and windows, and nothing else is money, and the furniture in and out of our yard is only one or two taels of silver! ”

"Ahh So cheap, alas! Or the whole sister-in-law is blessed, and all the children and grandchildren can do it! The old lady sighed with envy.

Grandma Huzi is naturally happy, the most proud thing in her life is that she gave birth to four sons, all of whom are physically strong, capable and filial, but she is not happy She also did not forget to praise Ling'er a few words, saying that after Ling'er grows up, she will be able to find a good son-in-law with a solid family background and capable and filial piety, and the good days of the Yang family husband and wife are not far away!

Although this is the way women often praise girls in the village, Ling'er is so harsh to hear it! She couldn't help but interrupt the two old people who were touting each other: "Grandma Huzi, my father is sick, my mother and I can't do much work, maybe we have to ask someone to help with many processes, if we hire people for the whole process, how much does it cost to build a house?" ”

The old lady also nodded: "Yes, yes, sister-in-law, there are only a few people in our family, and there are not many things I can do!" ”

Grandma Huzi looked at the old man, thought for a while, and said, "If you invite people, the price will be too high!" A room is counted as two or three taels! ”

"So much!" The old lady was so frightened that her face turned white, Ling'er helped her to comfort her, and asked, "Grandma Huzi, is there any way to save some money?" ”

"This..."Grandma Huzi sat down and thought for a while: "Sister Yang, I don't know how much you plan to spend to build a house, but to be honest, it is not as cost-effective to build one house as three rooms." Think about it, you need to prepare materials to build one, three rooms also need to prepare, one has four walls, three rooms have two walls to share, if one room needs two taels, three rooms may be four taels is enough! ”

"But... But ......" The old lady was very hesitant, and Ling'er felt that she was reasonable, "Grandma Huzi, besides this, is there any other way to save money?" ”

"Other...... If you don't plan to live in that house for ten or eight years, I think you can make up your mind on the foundation, and the average person can use a whole stone as the foundation, you can dig it yourself and fill it with big stones, but you must fill it in, so you can save at least four or five hundred yuan! ”

Ling'er suddenly became interested when she heard this, digging the foundation is not just hard work, this is capable of herself, so she asked a lot of details, during which Grandpa Huzi also gave some good suggestions, Ling'er was full of interest, and she took care of the foundation! Then you can also think of your own way to find a way for the house beams, secondary beam partitions or something, only the mud wall......

Ling'er thought for a while and said: "Grandma Huzi, Ling'er knows that grandpa is the best mason in our village, and several uncles are also very good at their jobs, so please ask grandpa and uncles about the mud wall of our house!" ”

Grandma Huzi smiled and said, "No problem, I promise to do it for you!" ”

Ling'er looked at the old lady in embarrassment, and said, "It's just... It's just the situation in our family......"

Grandma Huzi rolled her eyes, and said with a smile: "Our folks in the township, naturally we can't follow the algorithm of outsiders, so let's do it, the masons outside are at least thirty wen a day, if your family wants, I will make the decision, give twenty-five wen a day, let them go home for dinner, is this good?" ”

The old lady was embarrassed to refuse, but Ling'er hurriedly nodded with a smile: "Okay, good, thank you Grandma Huzi, Grandma Huzi is so good, Uncle Jiarong will definitely be able to marry a beautiful and virtuous daughter-in-law and come back to honor you!" ”

Grandma Huzi was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, and praised Ling'er for being able to speak.