Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

The late autumn mornings were getting cooler by the day, and as the sun rose, the singing began to emanate.

"The black hair is long and long"

"Floating around, floating on your shoulders"

"Girl, girl, girl"

"No flower can smell as good as your hair"

"The black eyes are watery, flickering like ripples in the water"

"When she walked, she was like a willow tree swaying in the wind."

"..."

It turned out that Liu Guozheng was humming a tune by the swimming pool, doing the radio gymnastics he learned in his previous life, not caring whether it was standard or not, and called it exercising.

"Brother Zheng, your little tune is pretty good."

"But what do you mean by twisting and turning?"

The tune sounded pretty good, but the movements confused Erlang.

"Erlang, you don't understand, I'm just exercising."

Liu Guozheng himself knew that this radio gymnastics was not only not standard, but also had a lot of discrepancies, and the main focus was on doing it at will.

"Tsk, Brother Zheng, do you think I don't understand?"

Erleng curled his lips.

"What do you mean?"

This time it was Liu Guozheng's turn to be confused.

"Every spring, the old rams in the village become very manic, pacing back and forth constantly, especially around the ewes in the pen."

Erlang was talking calmly and didn't notice that Liu Guozheng's face had turned dark.

He raised his leg and kicked Erlang, who fell to his buttocks.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Erlang got up and ran.

Liu Guozheng threatened: "Erlang, run away and forget about breakfast."

"Brother, I was wrong."

Hearing that he was not allowed to eat, Erlang ran back quickly, sticking his butt out and said, "Brother, you kick me."

Liu Guozheng kicked him symbolically, and Erlang fell to the ground. He stopped acting weird and waited obediently for his meal.

"Erlang, get ready to eat"

Breakfast was simple, corn cakes and mutton soup. Anyway, Liu Guozheng thought it was simple. His life was not good enough. He had not eaten white flour steamed buns. He had white flour, but he was afraid of trouble and he was afraid that he could not make it well, so he just used corn cakes.

No matter what, breakfast should not only be enough, but also good.

Skipping breakfast for a long time can easily lead to gallstones, obesity, and even diabetes.

Liu Guozheng had a deep understanding of this before he traveled through time.

After breakfast, take a rest.

"Brother Zheng, what are the arrangements for today?"

After resting for a while, Erlang asked out of habit.

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu needed no arrangements, their task was to clean up the large area of ​​land south of the Central Avenue every day, clearing away the gravel and gravel and leveling the land.

"Let's just ask them to unload the bricks. Also, I wonder if Old Song can get some cement and lime."

"Besides, didn't you say that Wang Zhenguo and his men know some masons and carpenters? If they come, they can start laying down the wood first."

"If you don't come, you still need to look for it in the nearby village."

I guess there is only this much work to do in the morning. As for yesterday's purchasing officials Chen and Li, even if they agree, they will have to wait until the afternoon. After all, the people in the factory are so rude that they will have to hold a meeting to study and coordinate, which will definitely take until the afternoon.

"toot toot"

The car arrived, and I didn’t expect it to arrive quite early.

"Comrade Liu, our factory director said that cement and fine sand are not available for the time being, but we have as much limestone as you want. Let's bring a truckload here today for you to use first."

"Okay, that's great. Thank your factory manager for me."

Liu Guozheng was not disappointed by the lack of cement. He also knew that this was a time of large-scale construction and that priority would be given to key national construction projects.

They simply parked the car on the south side of the road and unloaded the limestone. This time they loaded four wild boars, which added up to six with yesterday's load, so it was considered a one-time payment for 50,000 bricks.

I also gave the driver an extra chicken and asked him to take a chicken and a rabbit back to Director Song. I also wanted to treat him to a meal when I had the chance so that he wouldn't work for nothing.

"Comrade driver, have Wang Zhenguo and his team found a bricklayer?"

Seeing that the car was about to leave, Erlang asked hurriedly.

"Oh, I almost forgot. I found it. Let's come together on the next bus."

"Okay, thanks."

"polite"

The driver Chen Yuanshan left happily. He didn't expect that he would get a pheasant. He was envious of Wang Zhenguo and others yesterday, but today he got a surprise. He can have a good meal when he goes back in the evening.

Now that the bricklayer was found, Wang Erleng felt relieved and no longer had to run to the nearby village.

Liu Guozheng was a little surprised that there was no cement. It seemed that the first batch of houses would not be needed. It seemed that the task of getting cement would fall on No. 1 and his friends.

"Brother Zheng, these things are all big pieces, how do we use them? Do we need to smash them into pieces?"

Wang Erleng had never seen limestone before, because all the houses in his village were made of adobe. Families with better conditions used a mixed structure of bricks and soil. Even if they were made entirely of bricks, they did not use cement and lime. The main reason was that they could not afford them and had no place to buy them.

"This can't be used yet. It needs to be matured."

"Brother, what do you want to do?"

"Let's dig a lime pit first."

"Okay, I'll dig it."

Erlang picked up the shovel and started working first. The two of them took turns and neither of them got tired.

"Brother Zheng, the lime pool has been dug, but what do we do with the water?"

"Bring water over from the fish pond."

Instead of using buckets to draw water from the pond, it is more convenient to dig a ditch and build a temporary pool to bring the water over.

"it is good."

This job is not easy either. Cleaning up gravel and stones is still very strenuous. However, compared to starving, what Chinese people are least afraid of is labor.

Two lime pools were dug, so we can rotate them to burn slaked lime without delaying the work. After all, the construction period is quite tight.

Both lime pools are not too deep, which makes them convenient for use, but is prone to accidents if they are too deep.

After the lime pool is dug, it is filled with water.

When the water is half full, start pouring limestone into it.

Limestone reacts with water, releasing a lot of heat.

The heat wave hit my face, making a hissing sound, and was accompanied by the unique pungent smell of lime.

Quicklime is highly corrosive during the reaction process, so try to avoid getting it splashed on your skin.

"Erlang, stay away from me, kid."

Having never seen such a scene before, Erlang stretched his head to try to get a clear view, but was quickly pulled away by Liu Guozheng.

Not to mention that the heat can disfigure you, but at least you'll suffer for a few days if it gets on your face.

If you accidentally fall in, if the lime pool is deep enough, you will die immediately. It will be a very miserable death, as you will be scalded to death. It is scary to think about it.

It is said that in the past there were people who fell into lime pools and were scalded to death.

As the water level continues to rise and there are fewer bubbles, continue pouring in limestone.

There is no fear of too much water.

With just enough water, the limestone can not only react more fully, but also save time.

When the bubbles stop coming out of the water and it becomes cold, it will completely turn into slaked lime.

This time mainly depends on the amount of limestone and water added.

Even though the water is turbid at the beginning, after a few hours of the limestone fully reacting and settling, the water will become clear.

If there is too much water, a layer of loess will be spread on it. Firstly, it can absorb the moisture; secondly, it is for safety to prevent someone from accidentally falling in.

Let it sit overnight and you can use it the next day.

Adding lime to loess makes its viscosity and hardness much stronger than pure loess.

The most important thing about combining the two is that it can save money.

Until the 1980s, rural houses were still built with mud walls.

White lime is usually used to make white lime paste, which is used for whitewashing interior walls. It is both beautiful and saves money.

Later, when economic conditions improved, cement and fine sand began to be used in large quantities.

The lime pool was completely filled, so the two of them sat on the bricks nearby to rest.