Chapter 125 The waiter of the Li family can always make things right
In fact, when ordinary people build a house now, they prepare some wood as purlins and rafters, which are basically purchased. Prepare the rest by yourself. The soil is dug out by oneself, the reeds are tied by oneself, the stones used for laying the foundation are picked up by oneself, and the soil is pulled out by oneself.
So it doesn’t cost much to build a three-room house, and it’s mainly laborious work.
The current houses in northern Xinjiang are adobe houses, which are high in the north and low in the south, but they are different from the sloping houses in Gansu, which are high in the north and low in the south. The north side is usually only half a meter to one meter higher than the south side, so one is higher and one is lower is not particularly obvious.
The reason why it is higher in the north and lower in the south is to ensure that there is no water on it, and it will flow down along the roof when it rains.
After determining the site for the entire house, the alkaline soil on it must be dug out, stones the size of volleyballs must be picked up to divide the rooms into shapes, and then loess must be dug from other places to fill the foundation.
The houses in the production team settlements here are all built on alkali shoals, so if the alkaline soil above is not dug away, after the houses are built, the alkali will return to the house and white hair will grow.
After the foundation soil is filled and compacted, the next step is to use the soil embryo to build a house.
Building soil is an essential skill for adults and children here. The adults have to build their own houses, and the children have to complete work-study tasks in school.
The specific steps are to find a loess area, dig a hole to loosen the loess, and then soak it in water. After soaking, use a chopping tool to scoop out the loess to form a bag like a tomb, and sprinkle it with Maiwei(yi)zi(just) It is the husks left after removing the wheat kernels from the wheat ears), wait for the yellow mud to dry slightly, then use your hands to cut out a suitable ball, put it into the prepared soil mold, and flatten it - of course, you need to use your hands Pressing from top to bottom, there is a relatively cool movement.
Those who know how to spread out soil will have a square and plump shape, while those who can't do it will look skinny.
After the walls of the house are tied up with adobe, wooden purlins and rafters are put on top, and then a layer of reed handles are laid on top - long reeds are tied into small handfuls to form a Dense layer, then apply room mud on top and smooth it.
When the mud dries, the house is almost ready, including the steps to install windows and doors.
The house mud also needs to be applied every two or three years, because when it rains, the roof rainwater will take away some mud when it flows from north to south.
Besides buying wood, the rest are basically manual labor. Therefore, in Xu Chengjun's eyes, Ma Hao's wood was really only valuable. It is recognized that the strength of farmers these days is worthless.
At this time, Northern Xinjiang was still vast and sparsely populated, with one production team and three settlements. No one really had any idea about the homestead. After all, as long as it complied with the regulations, the captain would approve it - one homestead plus yard could be approved for two. Three acres, can you believe this?
"Okay, three hundred and five." Li Long came over with money. He immediately took out the money from the inner pocket of his coat, "Shall I give it to you now?"
"No! Did you really bring it over?" Xu Chengjun realized after a while, "Wait until I call the accountant over!"
After saying that, he sent his son Mingwa to call over the village accountant.
After accountant Chen Qiang came, he heard Xu Chengjun say that Li Long would spend 350 yuan to buy the horse number in the team. He looked at Li Long like a fool.
So what's there to buy from a broken horse number? You still need three hundred and fifty?
He thought it would be great if his yard could be sold for 350 yuan. Is the waiter from the Li family really stupid?
But since they want to buy it and the captain has spoken and written a note, let’s accept it.
Taking the receipt and certificate written by the village committee, Li Long happily put it into his inner pocket, and then said to Xu Chengjun:
"Director, I will go to the mountain early tomorrow morning. Pull the sheep back.”
"Okay, in two days our village will be dividing the land, and it's time for your sheep. We won't rent a carriage for this trip. This is official business for the team. I'll give you a note, and you can go and give it to the boss. Luo said. "
Back home, Li Long told Li Jianguo about buying the horse number.
"Why do you think of buying a horse number? Three hundred and fifty is not a small amount of money!" Li Jianguo sighed, "Why do you want such a big yard? You can't live in it as a family..."
“I heard from my friends that when spring arrives in the mountains, the cubs of those animals After they were all harvested, I was wondering if I could catch some and raise them. Even if I couldn’t, I could still raise pigs. "You can’t imagine raising pigs in a horse farm." Li Jianguo shook his head, "Just buy it." Well, maybe you can catch something and come back.”
Since Li Long proved his ability to make money and catch fish, as well as provide valuable gossip from time to time, Li Jianguo no longer treats him as a child.
So whatever Li Long buys, that is his freedom. He has his own considerations and he will not interfere too much.
After breakfast the next day, Li Long went to the horse number to hook up the carriage and drove to the county.
When he arrived in the county, he first went to the big meat canteen and bought two steamed buns. After eating, he saw that it was time to go to work, so he went to the pharmaceutical company. There are currently no pharmacies in the county, not even state-owned ones, let alone private ones. When you get sick, you are usually treated by a bare-legged doctor in the village, and go to the hospital in the county. If you want to buy medicine, go to a pharmaceutical company.
Li Long felt that the change of seasons made it easy to get sick, so he brought some commonly used medicines for colds, anti-inflammation, and diarrhea to Harimu.
When they arrived in the mountains, it was also mid-morning, and Li Long saw Halimu packing things outside the winter nest.
"Li Long, Adasi, long time no see!" Harimu shouted happily when he saw Li Long, and the dog next to him also roared twice.
The carriage could not reach Dongwozi, so Li Long tied it to a tree on the roadside.
Half of the snow in the mountains had melted. Fortunately, there was no mud on the road. The melted snow flowed directly into the ditch, and the road surface soon became half dry.
"I'll come over and buy a sheep for our team." Li Long said, "We are going to divide the land there."
"I heard that the pasture here will be re-divided." Harimu said with a smile, "This is a good thing."
Enter the house, when Li Long drank milk tea, Handed several boxes of medicine to Harimu one by one.
"Mark it yourself. This is for reducing fever. It is meant to be taken when you have a fever. One tablet for adults and half for children. This is for treating diarrhea. Take two..."
Li Long said on one side He said, while asking Harimu to mark it - he brought a pencil from Li Juan when he came, and asked Harimu to mark it by himself.
After resting for a while, Harimu took Li Long to pick sheep.
"Don't worry, I'll pick a big one for you. It's pompous (face), it's there!" Harimu reassured Li Long.
Halimu pulled out a big sheep from the sheepfold. Judging from its body shape and weight, it must have weighed more than 20 or 30 kilograms. Li Long was very satisfied.
Because it was not eaten at that time, Li Long wanted to take the live sheep back. Harimu knew that Li Long was in trouble, so he did not force him to stay and sent him down the mountain.
He turned to look at the wood piled beside his winter nest and smiled.
At this time, Li Long's purchase of a horse number had already spread in the village.
Li Long has become the focus of discussion again - this little dragon of the Li family can really fix things!
(End of this chapter)