Rebirth of the Legend of the Red Age

Chapter 39: Magical Use of Space

After determining the source of the materials, the father and son acted separately. First, Wang Li's father took Lai San to contact and purchase other building materials, and then transported them back to the courtyard and placed them next to the pile of earth in the garden.

At night, when there were fewer people around, Wang Li and his father drove a horse-drawn carriage to the north city wall to fetch bricks, which they brought back and placed in a corner of the garden.

During the day, Wang Li's father and Lai San used building materials such as city wall bricks, cement, sand and gravel to lay the foundation of the underground part and the surrounding walls. Wang Li continued to work after school.

But my father and Lai San didn't realize that the speed at which they used the bricks was not as fast as the speed at which the bricks were added. Fortunately, they were both rough and had never studied mathematics. They were not sensitive to numbers and volumes and did not notice these things.

In fact, this was all Wang Li's doing. He was afraid that he would be noticed if he often went to pull bricks, and he was also worried that his father would be too tired. Therefore, he would secretly run to the north wall late at night, fill the space with bricks, and then bring them back to the courtyard garden.

Don't underestimate the loading capacity of this five cubic meters of space, you should know that he can carry more goods in one trip than his father and he can carry in two trips by horse-drawn carriage. Because the density of the city wall bricks is very high, one cubic meter can reach several tons, and the load-bearing capacity of the carriage is not very strong.

In short, after the material problem was solved, the construction of Wang Li's house went very smoothly.

Some readers may ask why the building materials are not placed in the middle of the second courtyard. That is because there are too many people practicing martial arts now. Wang Li temporarily planned part of the second courtyard as a martial arts training ground, which is convenient for several people to practice dancing.

Time flies by in the ordinary but fulfilling life of Wang Li's family. In a blink of an eye, the underground warehouse in the front yard has been capped and the soil has been backfilled. The underground part of the main house has also been completed and capped.

It is worth mentioning that in order to increase the load-bearing capacity of the underground warehouse in the front yard, Wang Li built several reinforced concrete pillars underground that go directly to the roof of the shed, which makes the underground warehouse more solid.

It is now midsummer, which means the rainy season. The family decided to leave the basement and the underground part of the main house for a while after they were built. They would rebuild the entire outer wall of the courtyard house this summer. The reason why it took so long was mainly because of Wang Li's abnormal design of the outer wall.

The outer wall he designed uses the best selected old blue bricks, 10 cm wide and 4 meters high, and the inner wall is made of city wall bricks, 20 cm wide and 4 meters high, and the adhesive in the middle is cement and gravel. It still meets his requirements and will not break down in 100 years.

It was Sunday, and autumn was about to begin. The construction of the fence was basically finished, so the Wang family gave themselves a day off. Wang Li took his two friends to stroll around the neighborhood. When the three of them came out of a restaurant after lunch, they ran into a man riding a tricycle with some waste on the back.

Zhang Fang said: Master, look at those freight items, they are probably also sold to your family, your business is really good.

Li Renlian also agreed: Yes, and he doesn’t have to go out early and come back late every day like our fathers, and he never has any free time.

Uncle Wang's life is really happy! He waits for business to come to him at home every day, and he can close the shop early every day to rest. Moreover, his salary is not low. This is life!

Wang Li smiled and said to them: "Don't talk nonsense, you don't know how many people envy your family and your origin. Although my father earns a lot, his work is not tiring and he is not busy at ordinary times."

But many people look down on this job, unlike your father who is respected by everyone. In short, each has its own advantages and disadvantages. After all, it is a new society, and different positions have different functions!

While they were talking, the scrap collector had already gone far away. Wang Li took a last look at him and suddenly froze.

The two friends next to him immediately asked him: What's wrong?
Wang Li immediately asked back: This is not right! Did you see that the man was dressed very cleanly?

The two friends nodded immediately.

Wang Li asked again: You often come to my house, but when have you ever seen him come to my house to sell scrap?
The two friends immediately shook their heads and said: No.

Wang Li then asked: Where did he sell his scrap? Did he sell it to another recycling station? Why do I feel like he doesn't sell scrap?
(End of this chapter)