Chapter 182 Building a house
"With that being said, I just clean up my innocence early and plow it a few times. Whether it is good for the land or the next year, I feel that something is wrong with it." Mushui replied.
"You are obsessive-compulsive disorder!" Mu Xiu said in his heart, but he said, "Okay, Dad, we will be back after dinner later."
"Go quickly!" Mushui waved his hand and continued to clean up the deserted stones.
When Mu Xiu and Mu Xiaocao had lunch and brought back the food and water, Mu Shui and Chen Xuhui were still working hard.
"Dad, Brother Chen, come and wash your hands and have dinner." Mu Xiu shouted at the edge of the field.
After hearing this, Mushui and Chen Xuhui both put down the work they were doing and walked towards this side.
Mu Xiu raised Qingshui first, came over with his hands to wash it clean, Mu Xiucai opened the basket and brought out the food inside.
Mushui and Chen Xuhui were already hungry. They swallowed the food they brought with them and drank a full tank of water. Then they continued to work in the fields with satisfaction.
Mu Xiu and Mu Xiaocao also began to pull weeds and pick up stones. When they were working, time passed extremely quickly. When the surrounding environment gradually began to darken, Mu Xiucai discovered that the whole day had passed.
After busy farming for a day, everyone was exhausted and their faces were full of fatigue.
"I want me to tell you, it would be great if we bought a cow, which would save a lot of trouble now." Mu Xiu felt tired after seeing Mu Shui carrying the plow for most of the day.
"Cows are the foundation of work. With ox, it will be much more convenient to plow the land in spring in the future, and you don't have to be so tired. Even if you can still get a car during the busy farming period, it is also convenient to go out." Mu Xiu said the more he felt that buying a cow was a wise decision, but no matter how easy it is to use a cow, it is not as good as a tractor. What Mu Xiu is depressed now is that she has a tractor in her space now, but she can't take it out for use now. It's so frustrating.
"One cow is not cheap. There are only 6 cows in our village. Now we focus on the public ownership of the fields first. We can't get the turn of the fields to the households." Mushui stood up and beat his waist.
"In the past two days, I have heard from the villagers that Uncle Dahua's house bought a cow." Mu Xiu asked curiously.
"Yes, but he didn't buy the cow. The in-laws family he was looking for was now in the cattle and sheep business. When he got married, he gave a cow as a betrothal gift." Mu Xiaocao explained from the side. She just heard Zhou Shuilian say last night.
"This cow is not cheap, it costs 500 yuan." Mushui said astonished.
"Hey, it's dark, let's go home first." Mu Xiu stopped talking after making up the bill in her heart. She was a little depressed. After all, she was still too short of money.
"Xiu, don't worry, Uncle Mushui and I can resist here." Chen Xuhui felt Mu Xiu's mood change and stood beside her and said softly.
"Well, wait until the spring wheat is sold, and then get it together." Although Mu Xiu has money, this is for building a house. It seems that he can only work hard for this period of time first, but in autumn, he will have to buy a cow no matter what.
When the group returned home, Zhou Shuilian had already prepared dinner. When she saw everyone coming back, she hurriedly brought the food to the main hall. After everyone had eaten, they all washed and went to bed.
Other people's busy farming is about to end, and Mu Xiu's family's first start. Two days passed in a blink of an eye. Finally, three acres of land were packed, and fertilizer was poured on. Early in the morning, Mu Xiu called Mu Shui to stop him.
"Dad, I won't go to the ground today. The foundation here has been dry. I will build the house first and keep it hanging for a few more days!"
"Okay, build these two small houses first in the next two days." Mushui put down the tools in his hand and walked towards the foundation west of the kitchen.
"Xiu, this lime soil is really useful. Look at the foundation, it's really solid!" Mushui has only been caring for the land clearance these days and has no time to look at the foundation. After looking carefully, he couldn't help but exclaim.
"Xiu, can you buy some more?" Zhou Shuilian asked, standing aside.
"That's all left, I pulled it back. After the house is built, it will be applied again. It will be very solid." Although the cement in Muxiu space is enough, cement is now rare. It is difficult to explain when asked by the people who come to help the workers. After all, it will only be used on a large scale in a few years.
"This is a rare thing, and it's not easy to get this." Mu Xiaocao knew the market.
"Okay, start building a house!" Mushui shouted.
Everyone divided their work, Mu Xiaocao went to pick up water, Mu Xiu mixed cement and transported bricks here, Chen Xuhui first moved the bricks, and then built the house with Mu Shui.
The bathroom and toilet are small in size and are built quickly. Mushui has helped build houses since he was a teenager. When anyone in the village built a house, he always asked the villagers to help him. Over time, he also learned a lot.
When he was at the Mu family, the room he and Zhou Shuilian were built day and night, but later they gave it to Mugen to get married, and Mushui and his wife gave up the house...
The first thing she built was a bathhouse. Mu Xiu had had enough of it here. Everyone took a bath at least once a month. Although she scrubbed every day, she didn't feel comfortable rinsing it with water after all.
The bathhouse and the kitchen share a wall. Mu Xiu asked the foundation to be deeper. The bathhouse was about 40 centimeters shorter than the kitchen. A hole was made in the kitchen wall, which was the same size as thick bamboo, and could just fit into a piece of bamboo joint. The remaining three walls were left, and a window was opened on the northernmost wall, which could be opened to ventilate and breathable.
The few people were busy for almost a day, and the bathhouse was finally built. Mushui and Chen Xuhui applied a layer of walls on all sides, including the ground, with cement. The ground even applied several times in accordance with Mu Xiu's request.
"It will be used after a few days, but Xiu, why do you have to open a hole in the kitchen wall?" Mushui remembered to ask.
"It is convenient to boil water in the kitchen. Put a wooden bucket above the hole in the other side of the kitchen, connect it with bamboo joints, and then fix a wooden bucket below the hole in the bathroom, and make a switch gate. In this way, you only need to boil hot water in the kitchen, mix it into warm water, and pour it directly into the bucket. The water can flow into the bucket in the bathroom. Open the gate and the water flows down, and there is no need to burn a large bathtub water. This is not only convenient to take a bath, but also does not waste hot water." Mu Xiu explained, this is equivalent to a simple shower.
Chapter completed!