Build Madness

Ge Laosi is an honest and authentic rural man.

After the land ownership was confirmed in 1997, 30 mu of cotton was contracted from the village.

The situation in the past few years was not good, the price of cotton was low, and the profit was not much.

However, this year the country has adjusted its tone and cotton prices have rebounded, which has saved a lot of money.

Now that the farm work in the cotton field is over, and the eldest son is getting married at the end of the year, he wants to fill in the time to build a new house.

Had dinner.

After moving the things in the old house, the whole family sat under the eaves, chatting while removing corn cobs.

Father, I called people in the village today. Dachun and his masters have all returned to the northeast. Xizi and Damao are at home. Uncle (Ge Feng) can come. Xiaotian got into trouble yesterday and he doesn't know where he went. Son Ge Lei said in a muffled voice.

Ge Laosi lit a cigarette and frowned, Where's your second master?

A few days ago, I chopped corn stalks, cut off my own leg, and was lying at home.

Then buy five catties of eggs tomorrow and have a look!

okay!

In this case, you, me, your uncle, second uncle, second uncle, third uncle, Da Mao, if Xiaotian can come, it will be enough for eight small ashes. But the master of the wall is only your uncle and Xizi. I'm afraid it will take two months to cover, not to mention that your uncle has to go back to the construction site after planting the wheat, which is not easy! Ge Laosi smoked a cigarette, his face full of sadness.

My father can also build walls. I'll call him tomorrow?

My father-in-law is in his seventies, don't mess around!

Why don't you go to another village and ask? Ge Lei suggested.

It's not a relative, it's enough for someone to come! The time is wrong, it will be fine if you wait until the end of the year!

Xiao Lei got married at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, how could it be too late at the end of the year?! The fourth aunt was a little anxious.

It should have been built last year!

You were rich last year?

Ge Laosi became angry from embarrassment, stared and said: You bitch...

bang bang...

Fourth Uncle, open the door!

Here we come! Ge Lei stood up and opened the door: It's Xiaotian!

Why is he here? He eats and drinks all day long. You shouldn't call him when building a house! the fourth wife of Ge Laosi muttered.

Hey, you mother-in-law, I'll slap you... Hey, Xiaotian, why are you still bringing something? I'm out with my uncle!

Haha, it's a hot day, drink it as a drink! Ge Xiaotian finished the beer and handed cigarettes one by one, Fourth Uncle, I heard that our family is building a house?

Yeah, I asked Xiaolei to invite you in the afternoon, did you go out to play?

Oh! I have some work outside, so I don't have time to go home after being so busy!

After Ge Xiaotian finished speaking, the three members of Ge Laosi's family looked at each other, full of suspicion and contempt, but they didn't dare to show it.

Who are you bluffing, if you can do business, your old sows can climb trees!

But Ge Laosi understood that he was here to shirk and help build the house, so he squeezed out a smile:

Oh my god, it's fine if you're busy, we don't lack people here.

Hey, what are you talking about, fourth uncle! Your house is my house, how could you not come! Ge Xiaotian took out his notepad and picked up a pencil: Fourth uncle, how did you find someone?

Ge Laosi was a little suspicious, and didn't understand what the little overlord in this village was going to do, but after all, he was his eldest nephew, so he said truthfully:

There are only two masters, and your father will return to the construction site in a few days.

That's it! Ge Xiaotian looked around the yard.

Cement, sand, lime, red brick...

The materials are almost ready.

Including the two rows of brick stacks in the alley, there should be 70,000 to 80,000 red bricks, and about six houses should be built.

It was not popular to pour roofs at this time, and they were all prefabricated cement boards.

House demolition, foundation laying, wall building, cement slabs, roofing, plastering...

If there are only two masons, they will work overtime, and the construction period will be less than two months!

Ge Xiaotian knew it well.

Fourth Uncle, how about I do the math for you?

Huh? Ge Lao Si was a little puzzled, What's the deal?

Let's build a house, we need ten people to do the job and the bricklayer, right?

right!

Ten people, talk about one cigarette a day, building a house is a celebration, you can't buy bad ones, can you?

Ge Laosi nodded.

It's okay to have a good harvest of the big chicken Hardman. Let's use the Red General. The name is festive and domineering. It's four yuan and five, and one piece is forty-five!

For wine, drink Lanling Daqu, it's not good if it's loose, it's six yuan in a bottle, and you need five bottles a day anyway? Thirty!

Chicken three yuan two, pork five yuan, bean sprouts ten cents fifty cents, cucumber...fresh lotus root...celery...

The construction period is two months...

You have to bring your own trowel, clay board, and trowel...

Rent steel racks, pumps...

The tamper is eighty per hour...

Ge Xiaotian prepared enough homework today.

In this era, there is no contract labor in building houses in the village.

One is that it seems impersonal to build a house without inviting people.

Second, the wages are too expensive!

Small workers make twenty a day, masons make forty a day, overtime is not counted, and foreign workers are lazy. Whether it is quality or the speed of building houses, they are not as good as their own people.

Therefore, if you want to win the job of the fourth uncle's house, you must use a roundabout strategy.

Just the addition of these miscellaneous things is not counted as materials, and your house will cost seven or eight thousand to build!

Ge Laosi took a breath, and said sadly, Seven or eight thousand is not enough, I estimate ten thousand!

Ge Xiaotian nodded and didn't speak, but turned the notepad to the last page, revealing several hand-painted house types.

Generally speaking, the big three rooms are popular in rural areas, that is, the main room is connected to the bedroom, with a wing room on the side, or three rooms connected into one.

If the fourth uncle builds six new houses, regardless of the kitchen and toilet, it must be two sets and three rooms.

He has a set with his fourth aunt, and Ge Lei uses a set when he gets married.

Spacious, bright, the bed can be seen by a guest.

There's no privacy, and there's nothing special about it.

Fourth uncle, look at this, how about the design of the two halls and four rooms?

Oh? Let me see! Ge Laosi took the notepad and made gestures carefully: Hey, this house is beautiful! But the construction method is a bit laborious!

How much is the brick? This apartment is no different from the city. It's fashionable, elegant, grand, and decent!

Besides, the big three rooms are 50 square meters, and the two sets are 100 square meters! But this Gaifa is 130 square meters!

Ge Xiaotian said, picked up a pencil and described: This is the 48th load-bearing wall, this is the 37th side wall, and the others are separated by the 24th wall, or the 18th wall, the 12th wall...

Red bricks can be added at most 10,000 yuan, one yuan and sixty cents, including cement, sand and steel bars, and the total material budget is only 3,000 yuan more!

This is equivalent to buying a 30-square-meter house for 3,000 yuan, how appropriate!

And, the yard is so big...

The fourth aunt frowned, Occupied the yard, how can I dry the food in the future?

Our family doesn't grow food! Ge Xiaotian kicked the corn cobs, I've already contracted cotton, so why do I grow corn? When the wheat is ripe, put it in the wheat field, and when the cotton is ripe, I also use the wheat field!

Ge Laosi nodded, That's the truth!

Ge Xiaotian closed the notepad, Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt Lei, if you say that the 8,000 yuan wallet does not include materials, and you don't need to worry about other things, and you can help you build this apartment in a month, what do you think?

Sure! Fourth Aunt spoke first.

Ge Laosi took a deep puff of cigarette, nodded, Sure profit, no loss!

Ge Xiaotian rubbed his hands, and said with a silly smile, I'll take care of this job!

Huh? The family of three were all stunned.