Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 754 Blasting Rocks and Digging Foundations

After everyone had finished their meal, the 50 or so gentlemen were divided into three groups.

The first group of people was led by father and son Wang Daliang and Wang Li. They each drove a hand tractor and took the group to the nearby stone mountain to transport stones.

This stone mountain is not far away. If the nearby residents want to use stones, they basically come here to blast and pull stones.

However, apart from building pig pens and sheep pens, stones are not very useful at this time.

The main thing is that there is no shortage of wood in the forest area, and many things can be replaced by wood.

However, it is worth mentioning that this "stone blasting" is not the same as that "stone blasting".

Because normal rock blasting uses detonators and explosives, but the locals use fire and water.

Of course, this is just a name given to the quarrying method by the locals. In fact, this quarrying method has been passed down since ancient times and is called "fire method".

To put it simply, it is to find a few suitable places next to the stone mountain, then light a fire with a large amount of wood, and when it is almost burned, pour water on it.

Under the alternation of hot and cold, the stone will explode directly.

Finally, use crowbars and pickaxes, sledgehammers and chisels to pry off the exploded rocks.

The efficiency of this "fire burning method" of quarrying is not very high, so it requires a large group of people to burn in multiple places.

The second group of people was led by the old man Wang Dashu, and their temporary job was to haul bricks.

Just use Wang An's three-horse carriage to pull the bricks from the yard to the homestead.

This job requires no technical skills at all and anyone can do it.

The reason why it is "temporary" is because the trucks sent by Wu Dong to deliver sand, cement and steel bars have not arrived yet. When they arrive, it will take a lot of people to unload the trucks.

The third group, also the one with the highest technical content, was led by Wang Dazhui and Wang An.

This group of people are made up of the village's stonemasons, bricklayers and carpenters, and they do the most important work, which is laying out lines and digging foundations.

Normally speaking, digging and tamping the foundation is the most tiring job. Fortunately, Wang An bought a bulldozer, a magical tool for digging, which made this job the easiest.

Wang An drove the bulldozer to the homestead and directed everyone to start laying the lines.

Although he would not build a two-story building, Wang An planned to build this house according to the standards of a two-story building.

To put it simply, although the house after construction is a normal brick and tile house, it is actually also a building.

In this way, when the policy becomes relaxed in the future, no one will care about trivial matters anymore. If Wang An wants, he can continue building, that is, add a second floor.

Of course, houses are generally built as they are, and few people will continue to tinker with them after the house is built.

Even if you do some tinkering, you will only be decorating the interior and exterior of the house, and the main structure will basically not change.

The main reason is that this thing is both worrying and laborious, and it costs a lot of money, so no one wants to go through the hassle.

It was not until last night that Wang An and his family finalized the blueprints for the house, which was to transform the original two-story building with a 5-by-5 ​​structure into two large tiled houses with five rooms each.

Wang An’s idea was very simple, that is, he and his wife would live in the five rooms on the west side, while his parents and younger brothers and sisters would live in the five rooms on the east side.

In this way, I can satisfy my mother's wish to separate the family and live on her own, while also satisfying my own wish not to separate the family.

They were all in the same courtyard, they just lived in separate rooms. For Wang An, it was impossible to split up the family. And there was another advantage to building so many houses, that is, as the brothers and sisters grew up, they would all have their own separate rooms, and they wouldn't have to live in a crowded place.

So regarding the drawings, Wang An just expressed his own ideas, and then listened to his family's opinions. However, after listening, Wang An basically did not make any changes.

It's mainly because of my family's thinking. The layout is a bit too narrow. If we follow their ideas, the house will be built cramped.

The north-south length of a normal house is 7 to 8 meters, but Wang An designed it to be 10 meters based on the length of the beams in his house.

Of course, the reason why it is 10 meters also has a very beautiful meaning, that is, "perfect".

However, although the width of the house is 10 meters, the room inside is not like this, because the front and back are divided into four and six.

The living room in the front is 6 meters long, and the room in the back for storing rice and flour is 4 meters long.

The same goes for the outer room. The front is used to receive guests, and the back is the kitchen, because Wang An plans to build the kang against the north wall.

As Wang An directed everyone to lay out all the lines, voices of doubt soon emerged.

I only heard the bricklayer Sun Xiangyang frowning and saying:

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"Xiao An, your house spans ten meters from north to south. Isn't that a bit too long? The boss in the house must be cold."

Wang An heard this and said with a smile:

"It's okay. We still have to separate the rooms inside. I plan to build a northern kang. The front room will be six meters long, and the back room will be four meters long."

When the stonemason Li Laicai heard what Wang An said, he said in disbelief:
"It must be cold here because we have a northern kang. It's very cold and gloomy there."

At this time, Wang Dazhu took the opportunity to interrupt and said:
"Yeah, this kid is so stubborn. He insists on building a north kang. Tell me, where can we build a north kang here?"

Wang An smiled and then retorted:

"In fact, the northern kang is only warm during the day. Before nightfall, it's freezing cold near the window, and the corners of your feet are open to the wind."

As soon as Wang An finished speaking, everyone fell into a brief silence.

Wang An looked at everyone, then smiled and said again:

"When the time comes, we will build a fire wall on the north side of the kang, build a stove outside the room to burn the fire wall, and build a fire dragon under the floor of the room. Just think about it, how warm will this room be?"

This time, everyone was silent for a little longer, but soon, everyone's eyes were filled with light.

I only heard the bricklayer Sun Xiangyang said excitedly:

"This room is absolutely amazing. If you stay in this room to sleep or something, you will get tired!"

Those who understood the situation began to sigh, and almost everyone said that they would build their own house in the same way.

Only Wang Dazhu stared at everyone blankly. He really didn't know why everyone's attitude changed so quickly.

Wang An didn't respond to the others' comments. He smoked a cigarette and said:
"Dad, you guys give me some instructions. I'm getting in the car."

As he spoke, Wang An started the chain track car, climbed into the cab of the chain track car, and began to push the foundation along the line.

(End of this chapter)