Chapter 19 Building a new house

Author: Mahjong Jun

Chapter 19 Building a new house

"Dad, I also want to contract the barren hills south of the village."

"What are you doing in such a huge barren mountain? You can't grow anything there, but there are quite a few pheasants and hares."

Zhao Xuehai asked with a frown.

"That mountain will be of great use. There will be a lot of mushrooms in the mountain in the next two months. Dad, do you believe that I can sell mushrooms better than wild vegetables?"

Another point is that the mountain may be used for some farming in the future.

There are even treasures buried under the mountain.

Underground in that mountain and the area further south is a large-scale, high-quality ilmenite. More than 20 years later, satellite remote sensing mapping discovered anomalies, and these resources came to light.

You may be able to earn some compensation in the future.

As for whether to apply for prospecting rights in the future, I won’t consider it for now.

Ilmenite is not an area that private capital is capable of getting involved in. When the time comes, the coal mining business can be done a little bit.

As soon as Zhao Wenmu said that mushrooms could be sold, Zhao Xuehai understood.

That mountain is indeed suitable for mushroom growth, and the area is large. Contracting it in advance will save you trouble in the future.

"Dad, do you think Uncle Xuelei will contract it for me?"

Zhao Xuelei, the production captain of Shanqian Village, is a distant cousin of Zhao Xuehai.

In the entire Shanqian Village, people with the surname Zhao probably account for more than 60%.

Zhao Xuehai understood what he meant. At the beginning of the year, the production team had only contracted half of the cultivated land to households. It was already under tremendous pressure. It would not be easy to get the team to agree to contract out such a large piece of barren mountain.

"How much do you plan to pay?"

"It's 1,000 yuan a year, and the contract has to be signed for at least three years. After three years, I will still be given priority to contract."

"So much money!"

Shanqian Village is a small village, with less than 100 households and a population of about 400.

1,000 yuan is not a small amount, it is enough for all the families in the village to celebrate the New Year.

"Well, 1,000 yuan is definitely not a loss."

Zhao Wenmu is very confident about this, what a huge barren mountain!

"Okay, I'll tell you!"

"Dad, by the way, tell me about the homestead and help me buy more of the eight acres of wasteland. That wasteland is not small anyway."

"You kid, no wonder you came to my door today. I don't think you have any good intentions!"

Zhao Wenmu chuckled.

"Isn't it just a coincidence that things happen in such a hurry?"

"Oh, by the way, Dad, I have no money now. Tell Uncle Xuelei that I will pay off the 3,000 yuan within a month."

"Go, go, go!"

Zhao Xuehai and his wife drank and ate slowly, while Zhao Jing and Liu Sufang finished their meal early and went to sit on the kang to talk.

When the little girl came to her grandparents' house, it was always quiet.

At this moment, he raised his two little hands beside his head and slept soundly.

Liu Sufang clapped Zhao Jing's hand, smiling all the time.

The family of three didn't go home until evening.

When leaving, Liu Sufang insisted that they take back the things they brought. Why did the two old guys need so many good things? In the end, Zhao Wenmu hugged the little girl and ran away, leaving Zhao Jing alone with her old mother.

The door was pushed aside for a long time.

The little guy's giggles reached Liu Sufang's ears from a long distance away, making her feel that she had never been so happy in her life.

Zhao Xuehai continued to work on hunting after lunch.

In the evening, he took two bottles of wine to Zhao Xuelei's house.

Although I don’t know how they negotiated, the result was just as Zhao Wenmu expected. The production team agreed to contract the barren mountain to him.

In his previous life, his second uncle Zhao Xuelei was very courageous. In 1980, before the household quota system was implemented across the country, Shanqian Village had to take advantage of it. Later, he led the villagers to set up a brick factory and a food factory.

A bit like Lei Dongbao in the TV series Dajiang Dahe.

He was a typical example of rural reformers of that era.

One step is fast, each step is fast! Under his leadership, Shanqian Village did not miss the best development opportunities, and soon got rid of the poverty and secluded living conditions. In the following decades, it has always been the best development in Pingyang County.

's village.

Therefore, Zhao Wenmu believes that as long as the rent is high enough, Zhao Xuelei is still willing to take a risk.

After all, Shanqian Village is indeed poor, and 1,000 yuan can do a lot of things for the village.

As for the homestead matter, it is within the rules, so there will naturally be no obstacles.

After receiving so much money, Zhao Xuelei simply waved his hand and included the small piece of wasteland in the contract. In this way, he could use the entire wasteland at will.

This is really an unexpected happy event.

It's a small happy event.

After the homestead site was approved, Zhao Wenmu decided to start construction immediately and take advantage of the slack time to build a house.

Otherwise, when the wheat is ripe in more than a month, there will be no one to help.

Nowadays, there are very few professional engineering teams in rural areas. The villagers help each other build houses. Generally, they don’t need to pay any wages. They only need to take care of two meals a day.

Zhao Wenmu is not good at these things.

Zhao Wenmu is good at the construction industry. After all, he was also a well-known developer in the industry in his previous life.

He is very familiar with land site selection, housing design concepts, capital operations, and marketing, but he is not good at specific design and construction.

As a boss, you don’t need to be proficient in everything, it’s enough to know how to employ people.

The second brother Zhao Wenguang is a carpenter and often helps others build houses. His own family just built a house last year, so Zhao Wenmu entrusted him with these tasks.

He went to the family area of ​​the sugar factory to sell vegetables instead of Zhao Wenguang.

What Zhao Wenmu wants to build is a brick house, which is rare in the entire Shanqian Village.

Although he had made up his mind to live in the city in the future, he still planned to build a spacious and tall house. After all, he would always come back to live there.

The draftsman Zhao Wenguang hired was very professional. Zhao Wenmu explained his requirements in detail, describing the style of house he wanted and the details of each place.

The old master quickly understood his idea, and the sketches of various parts of the house satisfied him very much.

The overall appearance of the house is not too advanced, but some details have been optimized.

If you want to add various household appliances in the future, it is best to reserve the corresponding space now.

Especially the kitchen and bathroom.

And the circuit layout of the whole house.

Due to his limited vision, the old chef could not imagine that things like refrigerators, range hoods, and washing machines would enter thousands of households. There were even some things that he had never heard of.

Naturally, these are not taken into consideration when designing a house.

This requires Zhao Wenguang to remind him that something as long, wide and high as this location will be placed, a switch needs to be reserved in this place, and there must be water pipes in this place.

The furniture was all made from the best materials purchased by Zhao Wenguang and handed over to another master craftsman to make. Zhao Wenguang only dealt with some simple small items.

The toilet is not a dry toilet. He plans to abandon the traditional squat toilet and make it a flush toilet. He will just go to the county town to buy one.

Not only that, he also specially designed a shower room, otherwise taking a bath in winter would be too painful.

In short, countless details need to be considered in all aspects.

Of course, you should ask Zhao Jing for his opinion on a new house.

Zhao Jing has never expressed any dissatisfaction with the adobe house she lives in now.

But when she heard that a new house was going to be built, she was still very excited. She didn't say that the current house was fine for living in and there was no need to build a new house.

She studied it seriously for several days.

"Brother, I want a room where I can just read books and sew clothes. You can also keep accounts there, is that okay?"

She wants a study room.

She raised her head and asked, the sun shining on her face, warm and genial.

"Sister, do you still want to study?"

Zhao Wenmu suddenly asked.
To be continued...