Chapter 2: Renovating a small yard

Thanks to the enthusiastic and responsible Director Zhang, as well as Yi Zhonghai who received the notice, Xiao Yuan put down his luggage, smoked and waited for the person introduced by Director Zhang to come over.

It didn't take long for a middle-aged bearded man to come and introduce himself humbly, Li San, who has been a decorator for more than 20 years.

Xiao Yuan took out a pen and paper, and took the contractor with the same name as the thief swallow Li San, and walked around the small courtyard.

In each place, what needs to be rectified, he wrote down and drew a simple structural drawing, indicating the size and materials.

Dig a two-meter-wide, six-meter-long, and three-meter-deep hidden vegetable cellar against the east courtyard wall, and then he can use the space himself to slowly develop into a basement.

The old building itself is also tall enough, Xiao Yuan asked Li San to increase the height to 5.5 meters, so that it can be made into a two-story spacious duplex and become a rear cover building.

Thinking that the first floor still retains a one-meter-two corridor, pouring four steel-concrete support columns, the first floor covers an area of 120 square meters, the second floor is 146 square meters, and the eaves on the top floor float out 35 centimeters.

On the east side of the first floor, against the north wall, is a 12-square-meter toilet, which is equipped with dry and wet separation and is directly connected to the large sewer pipe outside.

On the south side is a 23-square-meter bedroom, and by the south window to make a long ondol, it is absolutely no problem to sleep five or six people.

The westernmost side is a 30-square-meter kitchen, one large and one small two stoves, the outside of the stove is smoothed with mud, the tiles are not easy to buy, and the corner is a place for storage, coal and firewood.

Make a table for washing hands, washing vegetables, and cutting vegetables by the window, this is very simple, with green bricks and concrete underneath, and marble for the countertop.

There are also 55 square meters, with a solid wood staircase on the side and a closed storage room below. The rest of the location is the living room and dining room, or okay, it's already quite a large area.

The second floor does not need much living room, just leave some space at the staircase, five bedrooms, one living room and one bathroom, one master bedroom, three bedrooms, a study, each room has a south-facing window, and the smallest study has fifteen square meters.

The top floor is made of wooden ceilings, and there is a layer of ridges on it, of course, it is a small tile of green bricks, which can be soundproof and insulated, and the roof is made of the best materials, and the ceiling has become a place to store sundries, and the area is quite large.

Of course, Xiao Yuan, who had done engineering in his previous life, would definitely instruct Li San, the bay window and the closet, these two space artifacts in the later life must be used!

The yard is easy to manage, the original two ginkgo trees are quite large, they must be retained, and a three-meter-wide open space is left to the east of the vegetable cellar, and all the others continue to use the original old green bricks.

His back cover building has exceeded the height of the house in front, and the ridge in front of him is also about four meters eight, in fact, he only needs two six-meter courtyard walls, there is no reason not to increase the height, right, at least three and a half meters, inlaid with glass slag, the average thief surrendered.

The west gate must be double-opened, 1.5 meters on one side, no threshold. Usually fixed side, only open one side can enter and exit, need to enter the truck and car to open all, fully enclosed solid wood door, secret lock in several places.

Li San followed him, from the expressionless face at the beginning, to the trembling hands of excitement later, he learned a lot of knowledge! This lord is a rich man with vision and ideas, this is a big business, I can eat a full meal during the New Year!

The cost of such a large project is very expensive, directly exceeding the house price, 860 yuan, basically pushed to the reconstruction, and he still has to use good materials.

Now is a good time for construction, there is no freezing, Li San said that he called more workers, and it can be completed in forty days, just the solar year!

Xiao Yuan feels that the time has been a little long, and he also knows that the project is very large, but he feels that he can save some time while ensuring quality and safety, it depends on whether the things you give are tempting!

What is the most scarce thing right now? No need to ask is food, especially coarse grains, this is a life-saving thing! Of course, fine grains, nutritious products, and meat are even more lacking, but Li San is not suitable for them, so they don't dare to think about it at all!

"Master Li, do you think you can hurry up, I can't stay in a guest house for more than a month, right? In this way, I can provide you with a batch of coarse grains, 1,000 catties of sweet potatoes, and 1,000 catties of potatoes, all of which are calculated according to two cents and one catty, but it will take a few days. "The potatoes and sweet potatoes planted in Xiao Yuan's space are almost ready to be harvested again.

"Shaw... Comrade Xiao, are you serious? Is there really 2,000 catties of coarse grain? Or two cents a pound? Li San's eyes widened, and the cigarette in his hand fell to the ground.

You must know that he often goes to the pigeon market, and the price has gone up three cents, and the most important thing is that there is no stock!

As long as it is eaten, everything has been robbed, not to mention wheat bran, it is a good thing, and now in the county below, even rice bran is bought, and I don't know how to eat it!

Whole grains like sweet potatoes and potatoes are the most popular because they are simple, tasty, nutritious, and can also cook! I heard that now in the countryside, thirty catties of sweet potatoes can be exchanged for a daughter-in-law!

"Do you see me like a liar? Don't worry, it won't take more than seven days at the latest, I promise to transport it to this courtyard, it depends on your ability! Of course Xiao Yuan wouldn't lie to them.

"Comrade Xiao, as long as you have food to give, as many people as you want, I promise to take it within twenty-five days!" Li San's chest clapped.

"Okay, I'll give you three hundred yuan to buy materials first, and without you telling me, I'll come over often." Xiao Yuan handed Li San a stack of great unity, and it also took a lot of money to purchase materials.

Li San was grateful, but he still clicked it carefully twice, one less is miserable, ten yuan can save the life of a family!

Many places have ended the big canteens and changed to a distribution system, and they can't afford to spend it in any place!

Living in your own family, you don't have to waste so much, a family of three has enough living expenses of ten yuan a month, at least you can't starve to death.

Public canteens, indeed, eat more and work less, and there is no difference between lazy and hard-working people who eat and talk the same.

The responsibility for the support of all members and the public lies in the large collective, and the members only participate in production and collectively manage the lives of members.

There are also a lot of serious consequences, the most powerful is waste, eating at home, parents will always save a mouthful of food for their children, who do you save in the big canteen? You don't have to eat, unless there's no food!

There is also a particularly strong blow to the forestry industry, it turns out that you can cook at home, pick up some leaves and branches, or burn some straw.

Now the big canteen cooks, you have to burn a lot of wood, otherwise the pot won't be hot, do you think the flood is so bad and it has nothing to do with it?

Another devastating blow is the breeding industry, where are the leftovers to feed the pigs? You don't need to mention it yourself, what are you feeding the pigs in the canteen? Even if you raise it, it will be confiscated, and if you don't cut your tail, it's your fate!

After discussing with Li San, he will bring someone over early tomorrow morning to start work, and the yard will be left for Xiao Yuan to live for one night today.

Xiao Yuan simply put the backpack on the bed, leaving two old military uniforms and personal toiletries, and all the rest were put into the space, just for one night.

I took a look at the watch, and it was only half past ten in the morning, and it was a stainless steel Rolex ref3525, an Oyster chronograph, his trophy from the Northern Korean battlefield, also commonly known as a prisoner of war watch, produced in 1943.

Changing clothes and going out, Xiao Yuan was going to go to the pigeon market to take a look around and learn about the market, mainly because he didn't have much money on his body, and there were not many tickets, so he wanted to sell some coarse grains tomorrow.

Changing into a gray tuan, Xiao Yuan carried an earthy yellow military canvas bag and walked in the direction of Dongzhimen, which was not far away.

About a kilometer out of Dongzhimen, there is a small forest, here is the spontaneously formed pigeon market, everyone has needs!

At this time, not many people, basically go to work, the rest are people who don't have to go to work, and they are also the most in demand, after all, there is still a canteen at work, what do they eat?

Fine grains are two pieces, Xiao Yuan still looks at whole wheat flour, are you embarrassed to say white noodles? When I ask people's fine noodles, they will have to be five pounds a piece, but the key is that there is no stock, and the most is only five catties.

The pork belly costs two yuan and two yuan a catty, and the fattest two yuan and five pounds are all short of oil and nutrition! Xiao Yuan took a look, only about two catties did not look, and it was estimated that he was killed yesterday by looking at the color.

It's worthy of Jingbei City, and there is pork to sell at this time, which is really powerful. No matter how difficult it is, we must also ensure the supply of Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, and this is an issue involving our external image.