Apocalyptic Tundra Age

After Xu Zhonglei took care of his homestead, he bid farewell to his eldest brother Xu Zhiping's house.

Xu Zhiping is his eldest brother. Back then Xu Zhiping "incorporated" all the half-grown children in the village, and Xu Zhonglei was also one of the little followers.

Xu Zhiping was six or seven years older than him. When Xu Zhonglei was still a baby, Xu Zhiping had already recruited cats and dogs in the village, making the whole village go crazy.Parents say that Xu Zhiping is not good, but the hairy children are full of envy.Ah, freedom!

The good times didn't last long, Xu Zhiping didn't last long as the school bully in the county high school, and he reigned supreme for a year and a half.Because of fighting and blackmailing lower-grade students, they were sent home for self-reflection.After introspection and introspection, he dropped out of school directly.

Xu Zhonglei knew about this, mainly because Xu Zhiping's father chased him half the village with a broom, forcing him to go to school.Xu Zhiping couldn't die, crying and howling all the way.

That scene was much more interesting than watching TV, and it didn't waste electricity.All the villagers who had nothing to do came out, took out the wooden chairs, and watched and beat the children.

Xu Zhonglei was still in elementary school at that time. While watching the beating, his grandfather used the beaten child as a negative example: "If you are like him and don't study well, I will beat you to death with a broom."

Xu Zhonglei walked in the direction of brother Zhiping's house in his memory. He walked slowly on the narrow field ridge, while thinking about what to do.Time is tight, tasks are heavy, and there are too many things to do, and the money is not enough after calculation. Life is too difficult.

After passing the field ridge along the big pond, the cement road extends in all directions.While walking quickly, he thought about going to see Xu Zhiping.

"Have you got a meal yet?!"

"I'm back! When did you come back!"

"It's you, Shitou!"

Along the way, the gossiping little daughters-in-law standing at the door of each house, the old man sitting on the reclining chair, and the elder brother squatting on the threshold playing with his mobile phone, all greeted Xu Zhonglei one after another with great enthusiasm.Xu Zhonglei wondered in his heart whether the village had opened a WeChat group, and why the news spread so quickly.

There was a warm current flowing through his heart that was tortured by the capitalist boss, probably this is the feeling of hometown.

——No matter how many years he hasn’t come back, there will always be someone who can say hello, “Have you eaten yet?” He walks and says hello all the way.

Suddenly his eyes went black, literally.

A man with dark skin, medium build, wearing a bright orange jacket and black pants, appeared in front of him.Compared with the color of the skin, the clothes look even darker.

"Stone, why are you back?" Xu Zhiping, who was about to go out, obviously recognized him at a glance: "Hey, you boy, remember to come back and have a look!"

Xu Zhiping also put on a pair of rubber overshoes, which were also bright red, as if he was about to go to the fields.

"Brother Zhiping, don't laugh at me. I can't get along in the city, so I'm here to join Big Brother." He quickly shook hands with him, each mouthful of Brother Zhiping, and called him very affectionately. I think Brother Zhiping was also a powerful figure back then. , Now he has turned into an ordinary country guy, and his taste in choosing clothes has also changed a lot.

"Haha, I remember that you were also the kid who followed me. How are you doing now? I came back to take a look after thinking about it. I remember you were admitted to college, right?" Xu Zhiping did not deny his big brother He just hammered Xu Zhonglei on the shoulder, and said: "Don't talk on the road, come to my house for a drink of tea."

After speaking, he hooked Xu Zhonglei and walked inside.

When building a house locally, you usually find a place with higher ground near your own field, so that it is easy to drain when there is a lot of rain.Houses generally face south, which is a good feng shui with plenty of sunlight.Especially near the big water pond, there are □□ families scattered here and there, all of which have similar housing layouts.

After crossing the boundary of Dashuitang, you will be near the earliest road in the village.The transportation here is convenient, and it can be directly connected to the town and the county, so the number of people building houses is also the largest.

As for Xu Zhonglei's home, there is a large grove across the main road and the big pond, so it is not a popular place.The transportation is inconvenient. There is only a back mountain path connected to the highway. It takes a few detours to get to the field ridge of the Dashui Pond. The only advantage is that it is quiet.

Xu Zhiping's house is similar to Xu Zhonglei's house, avoiding the main road, built deeper, and the terrain is also high.The two of them climbed a steep slope, and Xu Zhonglei was panting from exhaustion before he saw the gate of their house.But when he saw the gate, Xu Zhonglei suddenly lost his breath.

——It is the typical rural style and Taobao Nordic style gate with Roman-style sculpture columns, lace iron art, lace and two large pure white columns.

For design students, this gate is really unbearable.

"The door of my house was chosen by my wife. It cost me a few thousand dollars, but it's useless. She likes it." Seeing Xu Zhonglei's eyes fixed on the door of his house, Xu Zhiping couldn't help explaining.

Well, the aesthetics are different, just be happy.

Xu Zhiping's house is a two-story building, the lower floor is made of brown tiles, the upper floor is white tiles, and a small red roof.The area is about 110 square meters, and two walls extend from the back of the house to build a small space.A classic Wuling Hongguang stood on the large area of ​​hardened cement.

Looking at the house type, it is the classic layout of self-built houses, which is a typical rural self-built house set.There is no weird design, which shows that the builder of this house can at least understand the drawings.

"What do you think of my house?" Xu Zhiping asked while taking out the key to open the door.

"Yes, I think this design is very good."

"Hey, you are an expert in stone! I paid for this from a designer, and my wife picked it!"

"How much did it cost?"

"More than 5000!"

Xu Zhonglei has nothing to say, the country people are really easy to deceive, this kind of all-terrain and all-weather self-built house set map, the whole set can be bought in Taobao for 200 yuan and you can get a hard-shell folder.But that "designer" is at least an insider, and he really can't talk to this simple and honest big brother about the transaction of selling pictures. The house has been built, so how can he return it?

Xu Zhonglei could only shut up silently and changed the subject; "Where did sister-in-law go?"

"My little girl starts school today. I sent her to report. She should be back." Xu Zhiping opened the door, let Xu Zhonglei sit down, went into the kitchen to boil water, and gossiped, "You are six years younger than me, right?" , I have children, are you married? Do you have a girlfriend?"

"No, no, nothing." Xu Zhonglei's biggest mental preparation when he returned to his hometown was to urge marriage, especially for someone like him who is 26 years old and already 28 years old. Not getting married in the countryside is the biggest sin.

He himself estimated that after staying in the village for half a year, aunts and aunts would come to introduce the matchmaker.Let's just talk about it, he resigned and returned to his hometown is a big topic, if there are too many debts, he will not worry, if there are too many gossips, there will be nothing to worry about.

"You're a college student, so I'll ask my wife to introduce one to you, just because I'm afraid you won't like it." Xu Zhiping sat down to talk to her while he was boiling water.

"Don't, I am free to fall in love, it doesn't matter if I don't get married." Xu Zhonglei quickly waved his hand, "I have something to do with you, brother Zhiping, so don't laugh at me." Don't find me a girlfriend either.

Xu Zhonglei said that he wanted to stay in the village and would not go back. He didn't know who he rented the land to, so he was at a loss now.

"I rented your family's one and a half mu of land, which is right next to the big pond." Xu Zhiping is very fond of his land, "There is still half an mu of land, which is grown from the mountain. It has not been cultivated for a few years. The land I'm not fat, and I can't manage water well, so the village chief gave it to me.

I didn't grow food either, so I planted some sugar cane and some sweet potatoes.750 per year, covered for 30 years, the money was not much back then, only 5 years of money.Later, when I earned some money, I paid all of them, which added up to more than 2 yuan.The village head said, the money has already been transferred to your account.What, you didn't receive it? "

Xu Zhiping was probably really frank, he didn't hide anything, and said: "If you want to practice in various fields, I won't plan to plant things this year, so I'll give you a try."

"You have given me the money, and the land has been contracted to you. What's the matter if I want to come back again? At that time, I want to plant something in the vegetable garden, so I ask you for some seeds. Moreover, I plan to build a garden myself. The house is busy!"

Xu Zhonglei wanted to ask what happened to his land, and now he knows.The village head was not greedy enough, so he took nearly 2 yuan from him.But Big Brother cannot be allowed to return the land directly.

The village head holds his homestead, and the house he plans to build is so large that it is many times larger than the homestead.It's almost as soon as the report is accurate, it's better to build a house while taking advantage of this matter.

"Hey! That's a good relationship. You've only been back for two days, and you can't be idle." Xu Zhiping patted his thigh, "What kind of building do you want to build? Has your homestead been approved? Are you going to demolish your old house?" ?”

"You don't need to push the old house, it can be built next to the original old house." Xu Zhonglei sighed, "I haven't left this house yet. You have been back to the village for so many years. I just want to ask if anyone knows you. A reliable engineering team needs to be able to understand the drawings."

"You're asking the right person about this. My house isn't bad!" Xu Zhiping deliberately paused, trying to create a little suspense. Xu Zhonglei looked over with puzzled and expectant eyes very cooperatively. Xu Zhiping swelled, "This house I found someone to build it myself!"

"Didn't you find someone else's designer for your drawings?"

"Ahem, brother Zhiping has also been a small contractor for four or five years. If you have work, you will do it. If you don't finish the work, if someone wants to build a house, I will follow this method. I have built so many. No one in the family is dissatisfied. ,Hahaha.

My father was a well-known mason in these ten miles and eight towns back then, and he was also good at carpentry.I have been working with him for a while, and I can also set up an engineering team.Now, other employers have a lot of miscellaneous requirements, and some of them just take the pictures and ask us to help build them. If they don’t, they won’t make money! "

"Brother Zhiping, you have quite a lot of business!" Xu Zhonglei was shocked. Building a house and contracting land are exhausting things!

"I can't help it! They are all from the folks in the village. Building a house is just a favor! Besides, my Yinyin family is still young, so I can save more dowry money while I can do it now!" It can be seen that Xu Zhiping has already left school. Ba has become a slave to his daughter, and that bright orange coat should have been created by his family "Yin Yin".

"Brother Zhiping, let's not let our fat and water go to outsiders. I really want to do a big project, let's see if you can do it?"

"Say, I'll make you some tea."

"The house is not high, so we only need to make one floor, and the walls are required to be twice as thick. A basement needs to be dug under the house, so the foundation must be very deep, and a biogas tank must be dug to build a pointed roof," Xu Zhonglei said. After taking a sip of tea, he continued, "In addition, I also want to build a one-story one-story house with a pointed roof, which will be used as a warehouse and directly connected to eight rooms. By the way, the two projects will be the Northeast heated kang. , the basement is used for pipe heating, and the bungalow can use the northeast fire wall.”

Xu Zhiping took off his orange coat and walked back and forth a few times.While walking, he was still calculating, counting on his fingers, "Stone, this set is not cheap, I guess I can't count without this." He compared a number to Xu Zhonglei, showing a suspicious expression.

Xu Zhonglei showed a boring smile and said: "The budget is 100 million, but there are requirements for quality. I also hope that the construction can be completed within four months. By the way, you can also package the interior decoration together. The budget is [-] million." Ten thousand."

Xu Zhiping must have been intimidated by this kind of nonsense about returning home, otherwise he would definitely question it. The decoration budget of [-] is not too much, definitely not too small.

Seeing that Xu Zhiping didn't speak, and looked shocked, Xu Zhonglei was still a little nervous, "Besides, the pipes, connectors, switches, and tiles in the room are best for decades. I will Provide yourself."

"Stone, you are not epileptic, are you?"

Xu Zhiping interrupted Xu Zhonglei's idea about funding and questioned; "Our place is not cold in winter, why do you need such thick walls? There are still eight houses? I thought you wanted to raise cattle, but I didn't expect you What kind of kang do you need? Even if you want to build a house, it’s enough to build a house like mine? Don’t you really want to stay in this country?”

"I resigned, and I just plan to return to my hometown to start a business."

"You are one of the few college students in our village. You have been staying in the city for several years. Why are you planning to come back suddenly? What kind of grievance did you suffer?" What are you doing back home?

"Brother Zhiping, you don't have to worry. It's not that something happened to me. I just watched my colleague work overtime for three consecutive days, fell to the ground, and couldn't get up again. After that, I thought about my future carefully. In our industry, we also eat youth food. When you reach the age of 34 or 35, the company starts to prepare to let you go. I am already so old, even if I can work hard for a few more years, I am afraid that the money I earn will not be able to pay. Pay for the medical bills!"

Xu Zhonglei smiled wryly: "Besides, you know, I also went to the fields to plant rice seedlings, and went to the mountains to cut firewood. When I was in Guang'an, I always wanted to go back to the countryside, to the place where I was born, so that I can be safe here. feel."

Xu Zhiping listened quietly, and said with emotion: "It's not easy for anyone in this world."

Xu Zhonglei changed the subject, "Brother Zhiping, tell me, I made the blueprint, see if you can do it, if not, I can only ask the people in the county."

"Do you have enough money?" Xu Zhiping now has the mentality of a worried elder.

"Enough!"

"Alright, I'll take over your job. I guess I'll need twenty or thirty people. In the early stage, I'll dig the foundation, mix the mud, and build the fence. I'll just find people from this village and the next-door village. I'll do the big work later, so I can save money. Money. You also need to contact the excavator, your kang must need refractory bricks, I will prepare it first."

Xu Zhiping's busy and orderly manner reassured Xu Zhonglei.

In rural construction, it is usually to find a contractor to contact the wall plasterer, mason and small laborer in his own hands.There are also all kinds of professional talents, such as those who dig the soil with excavators, those who can fix the house, and those who have special materials in their hands. These human resources are all in the hands of the contractor.The employer can only listen to the contractor's suggestion, which is prone to shoddy materials and uneven personnel, and the aesthetic design of the finished product will be completely in accordance with the contractor's thinking.

Now, Xu Zhonglei's house is taken over by Xu Zhiping. At least, Xu Zhonglei can feel Xu Zhiping's kindness.

The countryside is a society of acquaintances, and friends are used to make money!