My village can't be like this

Chapter 94
It has been a little over a month since the ground was broken, and the house has been almost built, and the efficiency of the construction team is also very fast. It is no wonder that those houses in the city are built so quickly, and there is a reason for it.

Now at Zhang An’s house, only the top girder has not been installed yet, so the roof tiles have not yet started.

But after looking for someone to look at the day, it just so happens that there is a good day for raising the beam in the past few days.

So Zhang An is not in a hurry, it just so happens that the doors and windows that he asked someone to order before are all ready, and now he just pulls them over.

You can ask the construction team to install the doors and windows first.

It also happens that the wall and the ground can be dealt with first.

On the floor, Zhang An listened to Li Hongbin's persuasion, and instead of laying floor tiles, he got a terrazzo floor.

But Zhang An didn't plan to do anything at all, and even just wanted to make a concrete floor.

Who knew that Li Hongbin still had these businesses in his hands, so it happened to be done.

Terrazzo floors are much better than floor tiles.

Especially in the past two years, floor tiles have just entered the market, and they are ridiculously expensive.

Although terrazzo is also expensive, it is still much cheaper than floor tiles.

The key point is that the terrazzo floor remains the same for many years, and its elegance will never go out of style. Twenty years later, some people will also use the terrazzo floor.

Although Zhang An discussed with Li Hongbin for a long time, in the end Li Hongbin decided to make up his own mind.

He could tell that Zhang An was just an outsider and didn't understand anything.

As for the homestead given to Li Hongbin by the nearby village, they also found someone to take care of it.

The ground breaking ceremony has already passed before, and the foundation has been laid.

As long as Zhang An's house is finished, the master craftsmen can go over and start building Li Hongbin's own house directly.

Regarding the matter of moving to Changqing Village, Li Hongbin persuaded Li Yao's grandparents at home for several days, and finally persuaded the two old people.

Zhou Lan was quite happy, because Changqing Village was close to the town, and if the two elders lived in Changqing, it would be convenient for them to go back and forth on weekdays.

It's not like before, it takes hours to go back to my hometown every time.

Li Hongbin, an old driver, had to drive slowly on that mountain road, and Zhou Lan was even more afraid to drive.

The second elder didn't want to move here at first, and kept telling Li Hongbin that they were used to living there and were reluctant.

In fact, it’s not that I’m used to it, but I just can’t let go of the tombs of Li Hongbin’s grandparents. I feel that after moving away, it’s quite far away if I want to go to worship on weekdays.

Their family was not a local population before, but moved here from other places during the war.

There are so many people like this in the nearby mountains that there is no such thing as a hard-to-leave homeland.

But in the end, under the persuasion of Li Hongbin, Zhou Lan, and Li Hongbin's two elder brothers, the two elders agreed.

And it was Zhou Lan who said that if the second elders were to come over, they could bring Li Yao to stay with their elders when Li Yao was on vacation.

When she was in her hometown, Zhou Lan was worried about letting Li Yao live there because of the long distance.

How can people who are grandparents not like their grandchildren?

Especially the children of the eldest and the second family, the two elders grew up with them, and they had no chance to bring the only son of the third family with them.

After a long time, I didn't get close to them very much, so Zhou Lan's words could be regarded as a lifeline for the two elders.

As soon as Zhou Lan said this, the old man didn't hesitate immediately, and moved, as soon as the house was built.

On the day when their family broke the ground and laid the foundation, it was the meal cooked at Zhang An's house for everyone to eat.

Time came to the morning when Zhang An's house went to the beam, and many people in the village who had nothing to do came to Zhang An's house to join in the fun.

Two thick and long trees were carried from Zhang An's old house to the new house together.

These two big trees were cut down by Mr. Zhang's family last year. They are high-quality wood, and they are the best choice for making girders. The length and size are just right.

Some time ago, Zhang An and his son were going to invite someone to go to the woods on the mountain and cut down two suitable big trees to make beams, but after Zhang An’s fourth grandfather found out, he said that he had them at home and there was no need to cut them down.

So these two pieces of high-quality wood were carried to Zhang An's old house. This morning, everyone carried them from the old yard to the new house together.

Two big trees were erected on top of the wooden horse, and the old carpenter in the village took tools to repair them.

He is serious about Zhang An's work, because this year Zhang An asked him to do a lot of door and window work, which made him a lot of money. This is a business that he could not find in previous years.

The old carpenter, surnamed Lin, is in his sixties, and his carpentry work is the best in the nearby ten miles and eight towns.

If it wasn't for him being too busy alone, Zhang An would have asked him to do everything, because the doors and windows he made were beautiful and durable.

After a lot of work by carpenter Lin, the two square top beams have been dug out.

Zhang An's grandfather was gone, so the two elders of the Zhang family took the red cloth bought by Zhang An's family, tied it to the girder, and tied the deed paper written by Mr. Kandi to the girder.

After doing this, everyone helped to send the two girders upstairs. There were a lot of people, so the two girders were sent upstairs with ease.

As soon as the auspicious time arrived, firecrackers began to be set off in the yard, accompanied by crackling firecrackers.

"The beam is up!" The old man below also shouted loudly, and the people who heard it next to him also shouted, "The beam is up".

Everyone upstairs also helped to lift the girders that had been lifted upstairs to the top of the girder and put them in place.

At this time, it means that the upper beam is successful.

Zhang An carried a few shengzi filled with candies and pancakes, and began to throw them down from upstairs. The adults below led the children to snatch them up on the ground in a lively manner. It is said that the more lively the snatching, the better.

At noon, because there were too many people, we could only set up a big banquet on the drying ground. Today, we invited Uncle Jianzhong and Zhou Yang from the second grandfather's family to cook.

The master craftsmen including the construction team were also invited to dinner.

Everyone was eating lively, as if they were holding a banquet.

The girders were installed, and it was the work of the construction team in the afternoon, and they quickly covered the roof of the top floor with tiles.

Since then, even if Zhang An's new house has been completed, as long as the water and electricity are connected, they can move in.

Tap water is simple, and the village can take over the branch by itself, but if it needs to be connected to electricity, it has to be obtained by someone from the power supply bureau in the county, and the electricity meter must be reinstalled.

The current power supply bureaus are all in the county, and there are no nearby towns or villages. It will take many years for the township power supply bureau offices to be established.

So every time there is a power outage, it will take a long time before calling.

To collect electricity bills at this time, the power supply bureau finds a person in each village. When it is time to collect electricity bills, he lifts a ladder to read the electricity meters of each household, and then collects the money.

Early the next morning, Zhang An went to the county. Today he is going to the power supply bureau to find someone to come over to open an account and connect wires. He should go there early and come back early.

When they arrived at the bureau, the staff had already gone to work. Zhang An asked several people and found the person in charge. Finally, he paid 150 yuan.

Zhang An thought that Li Hongbin's family was also building a house, so he immediately said that there was another family building next to him, and he could bring an extra electric meter there, and they could install it together at that time, saving them a few trips back and forth.

The wiring in Zhang An's house has been laid. After the electric meter is installed and the incoming line is connected, it can be used normally.

Now it is different from later generations, since people said to install it for you tomorrow, it will pass by tomorrow. Unlike in the future, they always say that they will install it when they have time recently, and the result is that it drags on for several months.

After finishing the work, seeing that it was not yet noon, Zhang An went into the county town for a stroll.

Recently, the dry toilet at home has also been renovated. Zhang An intends to go to a place that sells electrical appliances. Bathing in winter has always been a big problem, but he was stunned when he arrived in the store.

Zhang An wanted to buy a water heater, but he didn't see what Zhang An wanted in the store.

Now there are water heaters for sale in the store, but most of them are gas-fired water heaters used in the city. In the countryside, there is no way to use them without gas.

After searching several stores, Zhang An asked the bosses about solar water heaters.

In the end, a boss told Zhang An that because it rains a lot in this mountainous area, there are too few sunny days. As the saying goes, there is no sunny day for three days, so solar hot water is not very popular in the mountainous area now.

Because products such as water heaters are very expensive products, basically people in the city will buy them, and people in the countryside don't have much money to buy them.

But if the sun does not come out often, the solar energy will not be able to play the role of hot water. I originally wanted to buy it to save some gas costs, but I still have to use electricity, which is more expensive than gas-fired water heaters. Why bother? choose it.

So now many owners who sell electrical appliances dare not buy at all, because if they can't sell it, they have to throw it in their hands.

In the end, Zhang An gave up the idea of ​​buying this thing.

I found a place that sold other home appliances, went shopping around, and picked out a washing machine for my mother.

Because regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, the clothes at home are washed by hand, and it is the most difficult to do laundry in winter, so Zhang An also bought one.

Especially when washing quilt covers, bed sheets and thick clothes in winter, it is too inconvenient.

At this time, the washing machine only had two drums, one for washing and one for dehydrating. Zhang An chose a brand that later generations would use for themselves.

Because in the later generations, the family also bought such a double-tub washing machine, and it has been used for more than ten years without breaking, which impressed Zhang An too deeply.

Every time Zhang An said to change to a new washing machine, Wang Fang said that the one at home can still be used, and he will buy a new one after it breaks down. After waiting for nearly 20 years, Zhang An finally bought a new one, and it is not broken. .

In Zhang An's impression, the washing machine seemed to cost 680 yuan, and it only cost more than [-] yuan a year, which is really a bargain.

It just didn’t break down, but the motor of the drying drum broke in the middle of the process. Wang Fang was reluctant to sell it as a scrap, and finally spent more than 100 yuan to find someone to replace the motor, which took another seven or eight years.

The quality is almost nothing to say the least. Many household appliances in the later generations are very durable and of good quality after being used for five or six years at most.

Compared with it, it is completely insignificant, far from it.

There is no need to buy a refrigerator, the one that Li Hongbin sent over before is big enough, and it can be used when it is moved there.

Walking to the display counter where the TVs were placed, there were already color TVs for sale at this time, which were imported from abroad, but after seeing the price Zhang An thought about it and decided to forget it.

It is not worthwhile to buy a small color TV set for thousands of dollars. If Zhang An buys it back like this, Wang Fang at home will definitely hit him head-on and criticize him for spending money indiscriminately.

Now this thing is being upgraded very much. After a few years, the price of this color TV will drop in a straight line. There will be opportunities to buy it in the future, but there is no rush now.

Moreover, Changqing Village still doesn't have a closed line that can put TV on, and there are no small satellite pots like the later generations on the market. They only sell antennas and that kind of extra large pot.

If you buy the antenna, you can receive several TV stations, and the big pot is easy to break.

After thinking about it, Zhang An, who was not worth it, didn't even buy a black and white TV.

In the end, Zhang An just bought a washing machine and went back.

Before going out, he checked that there was no more meat in the refrigerator. Although Zhang An did not enjoy eating without meat, sometimes it would be better to stir-fry vegetables with some meat.

So he went to the meat stall in the vegetable market and cut a few catties of good pork belly.

Seeing that the quality of the meat on the meat table today is very good, I bought some more, and I plan to go back and ask my mother to fry some crispy meat.

Back home, it happened that Wang Fang had already prepared lunch.

"What did you buy again?"

Seeing Zhang An get out of the car with a big box, Wang Fang gave him a hand.

"Bought a washing machine and came back, so that you can wash clothes without your hands in the future, mother."

As soon as Wang Fang heard that it was a washing machine, Wang Fang felt that she must have spent a lot of money. She couldn't help but feel a little worried. Recently, the family spent a lot of money.

"Xiao An, this washing machine is not cheap. Our family just spent so much money to build a house. Let's save money. I can wash these clothes by hand. Why spend this money?"

As the saying goes, if you have money in your pocket, you don’t panic. During this period of time, Zhang An’s family’s money was flowing out, and Wang Fang became more flustered the more she watched.

She was worried that the family's money would run out, and what would happen if there was an emergency.

Zhang An also knows what his mother thinks, "Mom, I will save some money in the future, but I still have to buy this washing machine. It's okay to wash some thin clothes, but it's hard to wash bed sheets, quilt covers and thick clothes. Especially in winter, the cold water is still tricky, and it can’t be dried after several days of washing. With this washing machine, it is much more convenient.”

Zhang An knew that her mother was used to saving money, and her extravagant spending gave her a sense of unreliability, so she didn't say that the money was a bastard, and if she didn't make money again, she would only be more worried and anxious. .

I just followed my mother's words and said that I won't buy it next time, and save it in the future, so that she can feel at ease.

(End of this chapter)