At the end of the month, begging for flowers to rush into the top ten of the flower list, I hope you will give some strength!!

When I opened the door, there was a musty smell inside because it had been uninhabited for a long time. Cai Yazhi took out the key to open the bedroom door, this was the boudoir of Cai Yazhi's sisters at that time, after Cai Yazhi got married, it became Cai Xiaomei's boudoir alone, and there is no such thing as a man who can't enter a woman's boudoir in the countryside, Zhang Taiping followed Cai Yazhi and Yaya into the house, Yaya is very familiar with this place, obviously she used to come here with Cai Xiaomei. The furnishings in the room are very simple, a wardrobe, a large kang, and a table with unknown functions, and the quilts are neatly stacked on the kang. Different from the musty smell outside, there is a faint fragrance inside, which has obviously dissipated after a long time, and if it weren't for Zhang Taiping's extremely sensitive senses, he wouldn't be able to smell it.

There was nothing to see about going around in the bedroom. Out of the bedroom, I pushed open the door of the courtyard, the floor was made of bricks, and there was a flower pot on the stone table in the center, but there were no flowers in it. The wings on both sides don't need to be seen, they must be similar to before Zhang Taiping's house was cleaned up.

Entering the back room, Zhang Taiping frowned, because no one had lived in it for too long, the house had leaked, and the ground was a pothole with water droplets leaking from the top when it rained, and now the light from the roof could still be seen. The bedroom and kitchen of the front room are contaminated with fire and popularity due to the previous residents and cooking, and now it is not inhabited for a long time, but it is too much on the wall of the back house, at least there is no leakage.

In the backyard, as imagined, a huge and tall lychee tree in the middle almost covered the entire courtyard, and there were no other plants in sight below, only a dog's tail grass that could not be knee-free to cover the entire ground under the tree.

This lychee tree is the same age as the laurel tree in the yard of Zhang Taiping's house, and it was planted by the two old men when the yard was built, as well as the two ancient locust trees in front of the door.

The locust tree can also keep blooming every year, and the white locust flowers with a little beige in the strings of a tree in the spring of March are the most welcoming and the most gratifying. Because the two girls couldn't handle so many acacia flowers at that time, they reciprocated to the villagers and said that whoever has the ability can go up to the tree to pick, and pick as much as they want. This locust flower is a good thing, washed and dried and then steamed together with the noodles, suitable for all ages. Of course, it can also be made into acacia cake like osmanthus, but only Zhang Taiping's grandmother in the village can make it. The two large locust trees outside the gate are loved by the villagers.

However, the lychee tree in the backyard is something that only the older generation can know what kind of tree it is, because the tree has not blossomed and borne fruit for more than ten years. Cai Yazhi only remembers that the tree bore fruit when she was very young, and then the tree was still prosperous and slim, but there was no sign of fruit.

After more than ten years, Cai Yazhi has almost forgotten that this is still a tree that can bear fruit.

Zhang Taiping's family of three walked around the yard and the house again, Zhang Taiping said: "If the house is unoccupied for a long time, it will lose its popularity and gradually have big problems, just like the back room is starting to leak." ”

Cai Yazhi is also worried, her sister doesn't live here when she goes to school all the year round, and it is impossible for her to live here, so she will let this house leak first, then slip on the soil, and finally collapse?

"I'm going to renovate the house and put a new roof on it. What do you think? ”

Cai Yazhi still doesn't understand what Zhang Taiping's intention is to do this, even if it is repaired, no one lives there, and after a while, it will not be like this again?

"I'm ashamed to tell you that with your man, this place will definitely attract a lot of tourists or other people to come here in the future, and these houses will come in handy at that time."

Cai Yazhi was even more confused, how could anyone come to play in this kind of poor and remote ravine?

Zhang Taiping did not explain further. Although Cai Yazhi didn't quite understand what Zhang Taiping was thinking in his mind, she chose to support it unconditionally, and it was always a good thing to repair the house, and it would not let the house go into ruin.

"When the time comes, when our family plans to rebuild toilets and bathrooms in the yard, we will clean up this side as we do."

Cai Yazhi nodded happily. But after a while, I asked worriedly, how much would it cost to renovate the house?

Zhang Taiping thought about it but still didn't come up with a specific number: "I don't know about this, I'll ask the village chief at night." You don't have to worry, at most, it's 10,000 dollars. ”

10,000 yuan is not a large amount in Zhang Taiping's opinion, but in Cai Yazhi's opinion, it is a lot, and now he owes the village chief 20,000 yuan. A trace of melancholy flashed in his eyes, but he did not sweep away Zhang Taiping's head, a typical gentle daughter-in-law who marries a chicken and a dog and a dog, everything is up to her husband's family.

In the evening, Zhang Taiping came to the village chief's house with two boxes of cigarettes. The old village chief was not there yet, and it was Wang Gui who received him.

After learning of Zhang Taiping's intention, Wang Gui said: "Do you want to remove the entire roof and replace it with a new one, or just replace it with mud and tiles?" ”

"Is there a difference?"

"There was a leak, the wood on the roof got into the water, and after such a long time of wind and drying, the quality must be much worse than before, not very strong. If you only change the mud and tiles on the roof, it will work, but you won't live for a long time, and you will still have to change the wood inside after a few years. If you change all the roofs, you will have to replace at least all the rafters that are laid on the beams. ”

Zhang Taiping thought for a while: "It's better to change them all, if you only replace the tiles and mud on the top, you will be troublesome in a few years, not to mention, the most important thing is that it is not safe." ”

"That's fine, changing all the surnames at once may seem like a hassle, but in the long run, it's like rebuilding all over again. It's a one-and-done solution. ”

"Then you estimate how much it will cost in total."

Wang Gui took the pen and drew on the paper for a while, handed the calculated result to Zhang Taiping and said: "I know the situation of the house, the main thing is that it is not allowed to be cut down indiscriminately now, the wood used to make the beams is valuable, and there is nothing else." ”

Zhang Taiping took the piece of paper handed over by Wang Gui, and couldn't help but look up in surprise at this man who rarely spoke, but he didn't expect that he could write well.

Wang Gui saw Zhang Taiping's surprised eyes, and made a rare joke: "What? If you are only allowed to write well, you will not be allowed to be good at others? ”

Zhang Taiping also joked: "I'm not a state official. ”

"Huh."

"It's hidden."

Wang Gui said: "That's better than you." If you want to say that you are hiding deeply. ”

"Where I hid, it was like that all day long before and now."

Wang Gui didn't speak again, and Zhang Taiping also carefully looked at the things and prices he listed. In fact, it doesn't cost much, it may take three days to complete in total, and even the salary for three days is less than 7,000 yuan.

Zhang Taiping didn't think about deciding this matter immediately when he came this time, because he was afraid that the funds would not be enough, mainly because he didn't want to be in arrears, and his reputation was not good. I came here today just to inquire about the price.

However, the price here is very different from that in the city, and I didn't expect it to cost less than 7,000 yuan.

So he asked, "How much can I pay back if I add two toilets and bathrooms?" ”

"What standard are your toilets and bathrooms?"

"The toilets are not like those in the city, they are made of cement to hide the smell. As for the bathroom, just build a small house under the eaves of the backyard. ”

"It's simple, three or four hundred yuan is enough."

Zhang Taiping calculated that it was only 7,000 yuan, so he didn't plan to push it back, and settled down directly: "Then it's decided, you can help us find some craftsmen." Make a list of what I need, and I'll buy it back. ”

"No problem."

The next day, Wang Gui found two people, one was Song Lan's husband Wang Min, and the other was Qian De, the son of Old Man Qian, both of whom had been experienced craftsmen for many years. Together with Zhang Taiping, the four of them did not rush to start doing it that day, but first turned around the two courtyards and listed the things they needed.

On the third day, with the help of the old village chief, Zhang Taiping and Wang Gui did all the things, and during this period, Wang Peng's saddle and horse were naturally indispensable, and this kid was more enthusiastic about Zhang Taiping's affairs than his own. Wang Min and Qian De found a few more people and began to tear down the roof of the leaky room.

It took a day to tear down the roof, a few more days to put the new girders up to the walls, and then to lay the rafters and mud tiles in the heart.

On this day, everyone who knows that can come will either a man or a woman to help, this is a tradition in the village, after all, no one is sure that they will not need help from others in the future, help others now, and then they can get back the help of others. After the firecrackers are firecracked, the main family will prepare a sumptuous feast, and these free Cai Yazhi and a group of women who help take care of it, and there is no need for Zhang Taiping to take care of it.

After repairing the house, Zhang Taiping paid 50 yuan a day to the rest of the people except Shangliang. As for the people who came to Daliang on this day, Zhang Taiping did not pay them, because this is a tradition, purely to help.

In the next two days, Wang Min and Qian De built toilets and bathrooms in the courtyard according to Zhang Taiping's request. The side toilet is not the most common aqua toilet in the countryside, and the form of toilet like the one in the city is not realistic, and the one built is made of cement to block the smell. The bathroom is also simple, that is, it has changed to a small house, which can put a bathtub and space for people to stand, and there is a place to put solar energy on the top of the small house. It's just that these things don't have them yet, but I believe it won't be long before they are.