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At the end of the month, I rushed into the top ten of the flower list, I hope everyone will give me some strength

Open the door, there is a musty smell inside because no one has lived in it for a long time.Cai Yazhi took out the key and opened the bedroom door. This was Cai Yazhi's sister's boudoir at that time. After Cai Yazhi got married, she became Cai Xiaomei's own boudoir. Entering the room with Yaya, Yaya is very familiar with this place, obviously she used to come here with Cai Xiaomei often.The furnishings in the room are very simple, a wardrobe, a large kang, and a table of unknown function, and the quilts are neatly stacked on the kang.Different from the musty smell outside, there is a faint fragrance inside, obviously it has dissipated after a long time, if not for Zhang Taiping's extremely sensitive senses, he would not be able to smell it.

There is nothing to see in the bedroom.After leaving the bedroom, I pushed open the door of the middle courtyard. The ground in the middle courtyard was paved with bricks. There was a flowerpot on the stone table in the center, but there were no flowers in it.You don't need to look at the wing rooms on both sides, they must be similar to those before Zhang Taiping's house was cleaned up.

Entering the back room, Zhang Taiping frowned. Since no one lived in the house for too long, the house had already leaked, and the ground was dripping potholes from the roof when it rained. The light that shines through.The house needs to be popular to eat for a longer time. The bedroom and kitchen in the front room used to be tainted with fire and popularity by the resident people and cooking. Although no one has lived in it for a long time now, it is much more than the wall in the back room. , at least no leaks.

The backyard was as imagined, a huge tall and straight lychee tree in the middle almost covered the entire courtyard, and there were no other plants below, only the dogtail grass that could cover the entire ground under the tree.

This lychee tree is the same age as the osmanthus tree in the yard of Zhang Taiping's home, and it was planted by two old people when the yard was built, as were the two ancient locust trees in front of the gate.

The locust tree can still keep blooming every year. In March in Yangchun, the clusters of white and beige locust flowers are the most welcoming and gratifying.Because the two girls couldn't handle so many pagoda trees at that time, they reciprocated to the villagers and said, whoever has the ability can go to the tree to pick, and the number of picks is counted.This Sophora japonica is a good thing. Wash it, dry it in the sun, and steam it with noodles. It is suitable for all ages.Of course, it can also be made into Sophora japonica cake like sweet-scented osmanthus, but only Zhang Taiping's grandma in the village can make it.Therefore, the two big pagoda trees outside the gate are deeply loved by the villagers.

But only the older generation can know what kind of tree it is, because the litchi tree in the backyard has not blossomed and bear fruit for more than ten years.Cai Yazhi only remembered that the tree had borne fruit when she was very young. Later, the tree was still prosperous and graceful, but there was no sign of bearing fruit anymore.

After more than ten years, Cai Yazhi almost forgot that this is still a tree that can bear fruit.

Zhang Taiping's family of three walked around the yard and the house again. Zhang Taiping said: "If no one lives in the house for a long time, it will lose its popularity and gradually cause serious problems. It's like the back room is leaking."

Cai Yazhi is also worried. My sister goes to school all year round and doesn't live here, and I can't live here myself. Is it difficult for the house to leak first, then slip, and finally collapse?

"I'm going to repair the house here and put a new tile on the roof. What do you think?"

Cai Yazhi still didn't understand what Zhang Taiping's intention was, even if it was repaired, no one lived in it, wouldn't it be like this again after a while?

"Let me tell you without shame, with your man here, this place will definitely attract a lot of tourists or other people to visit here in the future, and these houses will come in handy by then."

Cai Yazhi was even more confused, how could anyone come to visit such a remote mountain valley?

Zhang Taiping wrote this without further explanation.Although Cai Yazhi didn't quite understand what Zhang Taiping was thinking, she chose to support him unconditionally. Besides, repairing the house is always a good thing, and it won't let the house continue to be dilapidated.

"When the time comes when our family plans to rebuild the toilets and bathrooms in the yard, we will tidy up this side as well as our side."

Cai Yazhi nodded happily.But after a while, I asked worriedly, how much will it cost to renovate the house?

Zhang Taiping thought for a while but still couldn't come up with a specific figure: "I don't know about this, I'll ask the village chief at night. You don't have to worry, it's only ten thousand at most."

1 yuan is not a big amount in Zhang Taiping's view, but it is quite a lot in Cai Yazhi's view. Besides, he owes the village chief 2 yuan in his account.A trace of worry flashed in her eyes, but she didn't look down on Zhang Taiping's interest, a typical gentle daughter-in-law who would marry a chicken and follow a chicken and marry a dog as a dog, and obeyed her husband's family in everything.

In the evening, Zhang Taiping came to the village chief's house with two packs of cigarettes.The old village chief was not here yet, so Wang Gui received him.

After learning about Zhang Taiping's intentions, Wang Gui said, "Do you want to take off the entire roof and replace it, or just replace the mud and tiles?"

"Is there a difference?"

"There is a water leak, and the wood on the roof has been flooded. After such a long period of wind and sun, the quality will definitely not be as good as before, and it will not be very strong. If only the mud and tiles on the roof are replaced, it will be fine. It’s just that the living time will not be long, and the wood inside will still have to be replaced after a few years. If the roof is completely replaced, at least all the rafters on the girders will have to be replaced.”

Zhang Taiping thought for a while and thought: "Let's replace them all. If we only replace the tiles and mud on the roof, it will be troublesome after a few years. The most important thing is that it is not safe."

"That's fine. Replacing everything at once seems troublesome, but in the long run it's equivalent to rebuilding again. It's a once-and-for-all solution."

"Then estimate how much it will cost in total."

Wang Gui took a pen and drew on the paper for a while, then handed the calculated result to Zhang Taiping and said: "I know the situation of that house, the main reason is that it is not allowed to be felled indiscriminately now, the wood used to make the beams is valuable, and the rest there is nothing."

Zhang Taiping took the slip of paper that Wang Gui handed over, and couldn't help but look up in surprise at this man who usually seldom speaks, he didn't expect that he could also write well.

Seeing Zhang Taiping's surprised eyes, Wang Gui made a rare joke: "What? You are only allowed to write well, and others are not allowed?"

Zhang Taiping also joked, "I'm not a state official."

"Ha ha."

"It's hidden."

Wang Gui said: "That's no better than you. If you want to say, you hide it deeply."

"Where did I hide it, it was the same all day long before and now."

Wang Gui didn't speak any more, Zhang Taiping also carefully looked at the items and prices he listed.In fact, it doesn't cost much. It may take three days in total to complete it, and it is less than 7000 yuan including the three-day wages.

Zhang Taiping did not intend to settle this matter immediately when he came this time, because he was afraid that the funds were not enough, mainly because he did not want to default on wages, and his reputation was not good. There is a mentality of pushing back if the funds are not enough.I just wanted to inquire about the price today.

However, the price here is very different from that in the city. I didn't expect it to cost less than 7000 yuan.

So he asked again: "If you add two toilets and bathrooms, how much can you pay in total?"

"What's the standard of your toilet and bathroom?"

"The toilet doesn't have to be the same as the one in the city. It should be made of cement to cover up the smell. As for the bathroom, just build a small house under the eaves in the backyard."

"It's simple, three or four hundred yuan is enough."

Zhang Taiping did the math and it was only 7000 yuan, so he didn't plan to push it any further, and decided directly: "Then it's settled, you help us find some craftsmen. Make a list of what you need, and I'll go Buy it back."

"no problem."

The next day, Wang Gui found two people, one was Song Lan's husband, Wang Min, and the other was Qian De, the son of old man Qian, both of whom had worked as experienced craftsmen for many years.Together with Zhang Taiping and the others, they were not in a hurry to start working this day, but first went around the two courtyards and listed out what they needed.

On the third day, with the help of the old village chief, Zhang Taiping and Wang Gui arranged everything. Naturally, Wang Peng's work was indispensable during this period. This boy was more enthusiastic about Zhang Taiping's affairs than his own.Wang Min and Qian De found a few more people and began to remove the roof of the leaking room.

It took a day to tear down the roof and several more days to attach the new girders to the walls, then lay the rafters and masonry.

On the day of going to Daquan, everyone Zuo Jin knew who could come would give a labor to help. This is a tradition in the village. After all, no one can be sure that they will not need help from others in the future. Only then can we get back the help of others.After the beam was finished and the firecrackers were set off, the host family would prepare a sumptuous banquet. These were taken care of by Cai Yazhi and a group of helping women, and Zhang Taiping didn't need to care about them.

After the house was repaired, Zhang Taiping paid 50 yuan a day to everyone except for the day when the beam was lifted.As for the people who came to Daliang on this day, Zhang Taiping didn't pay them any wages, because it was a tradition and it was purely a favor.

In the next two days, Wang Min and Qian De built toilets and bathrooms in each courtyard according to Zhang Taiping's request.The side toilets are not the most common dry toilets in the countryside, and the toilets in the city are not realistic. The toilets are made of cement and can block the smell.The bathroom is also simple, just change into a small house, there is enough space for a bathtub and a person to stand in it, and there must be a place for solar energy on the small house.It's just that these things don't exist yet, but I believe they will be available soon.