Traveling through 70, reborn officers with various pets

After work, Zhang Guoqing told Ou Ruoxing the production team's decision. She expressed no objection. After all, homesteads could not be bought and sold in that era, and it was the team's concession to agree to set aside a piece of land for her to build a house.

Taking advantage of the lack of work during this period, the strong laborers in the village either went to reclaim wasteland or to build schools.

The village chief also helped to mark out a piece of land for Ou Ruoxing's house and prepared to start digging the foundation.

Ou Ruoxing looked at the vacant land nearby and asked Zhang Guoqing with a smile, "Uncle, can you allocate an extra acre or two? I want to start a vegetable garden and grow some vegetables for myself."

This place is not far from the village and the educated youth center, but it is closer to the back mountain and has more wasteland.

Zhang Guoqing looked at the place and thought that allocating an extra mu of land would not be a big problem. It was also possible for her to reclaim the land and grow vegetables herself, so he agreed.

"Oh, by the way, uncle, this place is close to the mountain. I want to build a wall, at least to keep out the wild animals coming down from the mountain."

"This is not a big problem. We can just let them build the wall." Looking at the forest in front of him, Zhang Guoqing agreed without thinking.

He introduced Ou Ruoxing to a skilled house builder and let them communicate on their own. The school was about to be built and he had a lot of things to do and didn't have time to follow the whole process.

"Uncle Zhang, I'm going to trouble you these two days!" Ou Ruoxing said politely, "I want to build this house as big as possible. In the inner room, I want to put a kang, and leave space for a wardrobe, storage racks and boxes. It would be best if there is some space for activities. In the outer room, I want to build a stove for cooking and heating the kang. I want to put a big pot and a small pot, as well as a set of dining tables and chairs, a cupboard and a large water tank." She gestured while talking about the plan of the house.

Uncle Zhang is a cousin of the same clan that Zhang Guoqing found. He is an expert at building houses and he builds them quickly and well.

"Okay, good! Don't worry, Ou Zhiqing, I know how to build this house." Uncle Zhang nodded. He had already thought of the floor plan of the building in his mind. Although no one could draw in this era, he still had a concept in his mind.

"This piece of land is big enough. In addition to setting aside a vegetable garden, I will build you a bathroom and a woodshed. After the fence is built, I will open a back door for you to go into the mountains. This way, you don't have to go out the front door and then go back to the back."

Ou Ruoxing nodded after listening to this. It's true that every profession has its own expertise. This is absolutely true. People in this profession are always so thoughtful in what they say and do.

"Also, I'll build a toilet for you on the other side of the vegetable garden. This toilet is a little farther from the house and the smell isn't as strong." Uncle Zhang said, pointing to the other side.

Of course I have to agree to such a comprehensive plan!

According to this plan, building a house will only take a few days with two or three people working on it.

They agreed that wages would be paid in cash and coupons, but lunch was not included. Uncle Zhang's eldest daughter-in-law was about to give birth, so she wanted to exchange some sugar coupons and cloth coupons to buy some brown sugar and cloth.

The wardrobes, storage racks, boxes, tables and chairs have all been handed over to the village carpenters to make. Once the house is built and dried, the furniture can be moved in.

After dealing with these, Ou Ruoxing couldn't help with anything else, so she handed it over to Zhang Bo. In the end, as long as she went to inspect and confirm there were no problems, the settlement could be made.

"Ou Zhiqing, no one has much work to do these days. During the day everyone goes up the mountain to find some fruits and pick up some firewood to store for the winter. Do you want to come with us?" Aunt Wang asked.

"Yes, Auntie!" Ou Ruoxing responded readily.

She quickly followed, carrying the backpack, carrying a shoulder pole, rope and hatchet.

In late autumn and early winter, some nuts such as wild chestnuts, hazelnuts, and pine nuts in the mountains are ripe and fall all over the ground. Women and children in every household will go up the mountain to pick some and store them for consumption.

The group soon entered the mountains. Aunt Wang warned them, "Ou Zhiqing, we can just pick up the fruits at the foot of the mountain. Don't go deep into the mountains. There are wild boars, wolves, and other ferocious animals there."

"Okay, I got it, thank you, Auntie!" Ou Ruoxing accepted all the kindness from others.

Besides, she is not a capable person and there is no way she can defeat wild boars and other animals.

If you accidentally meet him and he doesn't run away, he is just a delivery man.

Although the heroines in the time-travel novels she read in her previous life were all very lucky, she didn't dare to joke with her own life.

If you are not careful, you may die.

She just honestly picked nuts halfway up the mountain. When she picked up a lot, she would sneak them into her personal space when no one else was paying attention.

When he had almost picked up all the firewood, he chopped some firewood nearby, tied it up with ropes and carried it back to the open space near the new house and stacked it.

Once the house is built, you can put it in.

Following them to pick nuts and firewood were Xu Yue and Zheng Yingjie, who were also hardworking people.

Upon learning that Ou Ruoxing had paid for the construction of his house himself, he sought the approval of the team leader and the village chief and built two more houses nearby so that they could live in the same area as Ou Ruoxing and could take care of each other.

Both the team leader and the village chief agreed, and the conditions were the same as Ou Ruoxing's. After the house was built, they had the right to live in it, but after they left, the house would belong to the production team free of charge.