When they arrived at the old house, the second uncle and others were doing a lot of hygiene, and when they saw the fifth uncle coming, they greeted each other. The fifth uncle first took a closer look at the old house, pondered for a moment, and estimated how much cement, lime, etc. needed. Chu Jiaqiang said his request by the way, and the fifth uncle nodded.

"Shengyi, you can go and pull the materials back in a while, I have seen the days, today and tomorrow are good, and the stove can also be rebuilt. We try to get it done in these two days, and it is not appropriate to start construction the day after tomorrow. I'll go back and find a few people, the amount of work is not large, and I should be able to catch up. "The fifth uncle may be the reason for the construction, and he is also vigorous in doing things.

"In that case, I'll go with Uncle Shengyi! I'll leave it to the second uncle here. By the way, Fifth Uncle, how is this salary calculated? Chu Jiaqiang asked.

"Huh? We generally calculate it like this, the contractor takes care of 50 meals a day, and 60 does not care about the meal. Hadron what do you think? The fifth uncle said.

"Oh! That's not expensive, so be it! I don't have time to take care of the food, the fifth uncle, you will be one hundred days away! Eighty-one days for the other workers, everyone must help me get it right. Chu Jiaqiang didn't care about the money, he had to pay more, so that the workers could be more active and do a better job in the construction of the old house.

The second uncle and second aunt opened their mouths, and finally shook their heads with a wry smile. Chu Jiaqiang's practice is to improve the labor of construction workers in disguise, and if someone in the village wants to build construction in the future, it is naturally not good to pay too little, and he will definitely complain about Chu Jiaqiang when the time comes.

"Hmmm! Good! Rest assured, with my check, I will definitely help you make it beautiful, and you don't have to worry about the quality. The fifth uncle promised on the spot.

Everyone kept going, the fifth uncle immediately went to find someone, now that the farm has passed, it is not difficult to find someone to help, and Chu Jiaqiang went to the town with Chu Shengyi.

Feeling the constant bumps and vibrations of the car, Chu Jiaqiang said: "This road has to be repaired." ”

Chu Shengyi smiled slightly, he also felt the same way, he drove this car in and out of this road almost every day, the quality of the road condition has a great impact on the car, sometimes it is broken once, and the money earned in a month will almost be lost.

"It doesn't work much, except for major repairs, do a good job of drains, otherwise everything will be in vain. On heavy rainy days, the road turns into a small river, and the potholes that were previously filled with mud and sand and gravel are soon hollowed out again. Chu Shengyi was used to it.

Chu Jiaqiang nodded thoughtfully, and the situation in the village also understood, overhaul was impossible, and the villagers were reluctant to pay for it on the road. At most, it is not to organize everyone to repair the road, dig the blocked drainage canal, and smooth the road surface.

When he came to the town, Chu Jiaqiang first went to the rural credit cooperatives and took out 20,000 yuan. There are no banks in the town, only a rural credit union, and a postal savings.

Then go to the street to buy kitchen utensils such as chopsticks and iron pots, quilts, pillows, mosquito nets and other bedding. I walked into the grocery store and asked for a few energy-saving lamps, two fluorescent tubes, and a bundle of wires. Chu Jiaqiang put his things in the car and walked around again. Walked into the market and cut a few catties of beef. When I went outside, I saw a large superman on the stall, and there was a set of small monsters next to it, and I asked the price, and I got a total of 156, and I talked about the price, and I won it for 120.

Back in the car, Chu Shengyi was startled: "Did you really buy it for that kid?" He had asked about this set of things before, more than a hundred, and he was reluctant to pay for it.

"Huh! Since you agreed, you have to make it happen, right? Don't talk about this, Uncle Shengyi, do you think you should go to see lime cement first, or buy red bricks first? Chu Jiaqiang smiled and said nonchalantly.

"Let's go and see lime cement first! The brick factory is a bit far away, so we'll go there last. Chu Shengyi immediately drove and drove towards the end of the street. At the end of the street is a concentration of building materials, where reinforced concrete can be found.

After getting out of the car, the boss immediately came out of it to greet him: "Xiaoyi, what do you care about?" ”

"Haha! I haven't let your big boss take care of it yet! This is a nephew of mine, and he needs some cement and lime for decoration. By the way, what's the market now? Chu Shengyi is obviously very familiar with this boss.

"It's all acquaintances, so I'll tell you the real price! Twenty-five pieces of cement are now a bag, and lime powder is thirty pieces a bag. How much does this little brother want? The boss gave Chu Jiaqiang a cigarette each.

"Fifteen bags of cement and eight bags of lime. By the way, what is the price of your flooring here? Chu Jiaqiang saw the porcelain tiles and the floor on the table, and his heart moved.

"Oh! I don't know which one the little brother likes? Let me introduce you! I have three types of flooring, and this non-slip floor is the most expensive, eighty each; This print is the best-looking, but the cheapest, thirty per piece; This is the easiest to dry up the water, fifty-three each. When the boss saw that there was another business to do, he immediately foamed at the mouth.

Chu Jiaqiang thought for a while, and prepared to put the wings, toilets, and living rooms on the floor.

"Just this kind of easy drying water! Fill me with three hundred pieces first, and then come over if it's not enough. By the way, this bathroom door is good, is it a little smaller? Eight centimeters wide and two meters high. Chu Jiaqiang finally set his eyes on a bathroom door inlaid with opaque glass in the middle.

"Yes, yes! The wood of this door is made of ebony olive, which is liked by many people, and the price is fair, it was originally more than three hundred, but little brother, you help the elder brother so much, forget the fraction. Shengyi, you and the little brother go first to have a cup of tea, and load you into the car immediately. "The boss is very happy, this is more than 16,000 business, not small.

The boss immediately ordered people to carry the materials onto the car, which filled the tractor king with half a full load, and later pulled the red bricks, even if it was fully loaded.

After settling the account, Chu Jiaqiang found that the 20,000 yuan he took out plus the remaining 1,000 yuan before was left, and there was not much left, so he couldn't help but smile bitterly and took out 10,000 again.

Back in the car, Chu Jiaqiang smiled bitterly: "Damn, this money is not durable in the countryside now." ”

"Huh! Got it now? If you buy high-grade materials, this floor is more than 10,000. Now the materials are getting more and more expensive, and no one in our village dares to build a building, which is the reason. A building costs at least 60,000 or 70,000 yuan, and there are only a few families in our village who have reached this property, and once it is built, it will immediately become poor, who would be stupid? Chu Shengyi said with a smile.

The car will soon arrive at the brick factory, red bricks are cheap, and it doesn't matter if you buy a few more, but Chu Jiaqiang didn't ask for much, the fifth uncle said, at most five hundred yuan is enough.

"Ahh By the way, sand too! Chu Jiaqiang said suddenly.

"Haha! I thought you forgot! The fifth uncle finally told me that the sand is not in a hurry, and I went back to the next village once, where there is a person who specializes in scooping sand, and the quality is definitely better than that pumped out by the sand pumper. Chu Shengyi explained.

"That's good, now that the things are basically ready, let's go back!" Chu Jiaqiang thought about it once, and it felt almost over.

Chu Shengyi nodded and started the car. On the way back, he slowed down a lot, mainly because he was afraid that the floors would crack, and it was really hard to say that their road was so bad.