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After Li Manping's additional explanation, even if you haven't seen the style of the built house now, you can guess that the generosity and style of the house will definitely attract many villagers to watch, and they will even imitate part of it when they go home to rectify their own homes. , especially the bathrooms and toilets, built according to the Li family's method, save time, effort, cleanliness and no odor, and do not cost much money.

"Okay, village chief, the style of the house has been determined like this. We also need your help to tell the villagers for us that our family will settle the wages according to the work done outside and ask the villagers to help build three houses." Li Yichang quickly organized the matter Entrusted to the village chief.

"We also need to purchase the extra bricks and wood from the villagers. Of course, the material fee will be settled when they deliver the materials, and there will be no arrears. Because we have no place to cook meals for more than a dozen people, and we don't have enough food to cover the meals." , so they also need to eat at home at noon, and the meal money will be subsidized on a daily basis." Li Yichang tried his best to explain the money transactions clearly.

The village chief happily took over the job, handling everything and taking charge of the entire construction process when the Li family could not appear often.He was very happy that the Li family trusted him so much and had a better impression of the Li family.

He took out a notebook and wrote down the various requests of the Li family in detail, so that he could see them clearly and make it easier to calculate the accounts in the future.

The main room of the house is in the middle, with rooms on the left and right. The kitchen and firewood shed are on the left rear of the main room next to the rooms on one side. The bathroom is on the right rear and shares a wall with the rooms on the other side. The hut is built separately in the backyard. The entire front and back yards of the house are enclosed by a two-meter-high earthen wall.Separate doors should be opened in the front and back yards to facilitate entry and exit.

Drill a deep well in the front yard and place a large water tank next to the well. The middle and lower parts of the water tank are connected to the kitchen, bathroom and backyard with special water pipes. Of course, there are water stop valves in the kitchen and bathroom, which can be controlled by twisting the switch. water flow.

You only need to carry a full tank of water next to the well every day, and there is no need to store it in the kitchen, which saves time and effort.This was figured out by Li Manping after a long discussion with several people based on the principles of water pipes.

A shallow ditch 10 centimeters deep and 10 centimeters wide was dug under the bathroom on the right rear to the backyard, and the ground was paved with stone slabs at an angle. The sewage during bathing would flow directly out of the shallow ditch, eliminating the need to pour dirty water.

The kitchen is connected to the main room and woodshed for easy access.The toilet is next to the wall of the backyard and is divided into two parts: the inside and the outside. The inside is the toilet, and the outside is a pit where excrement accumulates.

Li Manping also built the toilet in the style of a septic tank in later generations. She dug a pit 2 meters long, 1 meter wide and 1.3 meters deep. The entire pit was paved with large stones to prevent corrosion and penetration of fecal water, with stones in the middle. The bricks are separated into two pits, one large and one small. A hole as big as a bowl mouth is dug in the middle of the partition wall, and a moso bamboo tube or a special pottery pipe is inserted diagonally into it, so that the two pits can be connected smoothly, forming a filter device.Leave a ventilation opening above the pit and cover it tightly with a stone slab.

After the manure settles for a period of time and accumulates to the height of the hole, the upper layer of manure decomposed by sedimentation and fermentation will flow along the hole into the second pit. At this time, the fermented sewage can be used as agricultural fertilizer. Compared with other An open-air latrine will be much cleaner, reducing the spread of odors and flies.

The construction and supervision of the house were entrusted to the village chief, and the Li family waited for the house to be built and moved in.Because it is already mid-October, the weather in the north freezes early, and the house needs to be built within half a month, otherwise there will be heavy snowfall later and the land will freeze solid.

"Uncle Liu, please invite more villagers to build houses. It's best to build three houses at the same time, otherwise I'm afraid we won't be able to make it in time."

Village Chief Liu thought for a moment and concluded that Li Yichang's concerns were indeed a problem. The average person's house could be completed with seven or eight people in three or four days, but the Li family's house had new ideas and it might take a few more days.

"I have calculated that it will take about seven or eight people to complete one of your houses in about five or six days. This is still assuming that the materials are prepared first and the foundations are dug immediately. Three houses are started at the same time, plus washing and cooking. For women who are the breadwinners, we only need 30 or more workers, and you can find so many of them in the village. Everyone is the master of the business, and they know all these things."

"Okay, Uncle Liu, just watch it. I will give you 500 yuan today, and you can use it to pay for materials and so on. When a house is built later, I will also take the time to come and take a look. If it is not enough, tell me in time. If If I didn't come in time, please pay in advance, and I will make up for it when the balance is insufficient later."

Village Chief Liu shook his head, "This money is almost enough. It only costs 130 to 150 yuan to build a house in a country like ours. But since you have to buy all the materials, you should spend a little more money. It takes about a year to build a whole house." It’s about one hundred and eighty to two hundred, not much different.”

Li Yichang nodded, this is the real price, and said gratefully, "Okay, let's not be polite. I will make up for the shortfall after the construction is completed, and I won't make you lose money after all the work. Do you think so?"

Li Manping was very happy when she thought that she could move into a new room within a few days, but she had a headache when she thought about the eye-catching furniture in the space. Those treasures must not be taken out to see people now, so she could only re-type some common ones. Wood furniture.

"Grandpa Liu, is there a carpenter in the village? We want to make beds, wardrobes, tables, chairs and other furniture."

"Making a bed?" Village Chief Liu asked, "Isn't it a kang bed? The winter here is very long and cold, so we can't survive the winter by making a bed."

Li Manping then remembered that in the north she had always slept on a kang instead of a bed, and quickly explained, "I forgot that it's colder here. We have to sleep on a kang in winter. We made beds in my hometown. I'm used to it."

Liu Jianshan interjected, "You'd better get used to sleeping on a kang in the winter here. Sleeping in a bed really won't survive the winter. Otherwise, you'll be curled up in bed all winter and you won't be able to get out."

Li Manping felt terrible just thinking about it, and nodded like a fool, "Yeah, I'll get used to it. I'll build a big kang head in every room."

The village chief nodded and wrote down this point. Li Manping also saw three sets of kang tables, kang cabinets, large wooden tables, benches, wooden barrels and basins noted next to them.

Although there was a kang cabinet, Li Manping still wanted a wardrobe on the floor. She turned her head and looked at Li Yixing hopefully. Her eyes blinked expectantly, showing that she really wanted it.

"Slowly, what's wrong with your eyes? Are there flying insects?" Li Yixing asked her, not understanding the meaning and making random guesses.

Li Manping almost gave him a big look, hehe, stupid man.

Seeing everyone turning to look at her, she felt suddenly embarrassed. She lowered her head and avoided looking, blushing, "No, the dust got in accidentally. Just rub it and it'll be fine."

Yang Qin is a woman, and a woman with a little bourgeois taste. She understands what her daughter wants to say, and helps to fight for it, "We have girls at home, let's build an extra floor-to-ceiling wardrobe for our room. This is convenient for putting skirts."

Village Chief Liu nodded cheerfully and added the wardrobe to the book. He looked at the others and asked, "Do you have any items that need to be added? When a carpenter makes wooden furniture, he needs to select the appropriate wood first and then calculate the approximate materials for the furniture." , and finally cut out wood pieces and splice them together. If something is missing, we will use leftovers to make it later.”

Thinking that there were no necessary items, he shook his head and confirmed that this was it.

After everything was agreed upon, and seeing that it was already noon, the village chief invited everyone to have dinner at his house.Since they were going to bother the village chief so much, they didn't care about an extra meal, and they all agreed to leave in the afternoon.