Baiyue Cave Master

After Wang Yuanchao placed the large aluminum pot on the ground at the edge of the construction site, he smiled and said to everyone on the construction site:

"Comrade Hu, fellow villagers, please take a break. I have made some mung bean juice for everyone. Come and drink it."

After Wang Yuanchao finished speaking, Hu Zhengwu took the lead, stopped what he was doing, and walked over with a smile.

"Wang Zhiqing, have you just returned from the commune?"

Wang Yuanchao first took out a small bowl and handed it to Hu Zhengwu. After scooping a few spoonfuls of mung bean juice, he said:

"Yes, I just arrived in the village yesterday and now I'm living in the educated youth camp. You know there's nothing in there.

So I went to the commune to buy some things today.

Come, Comrade Hu, try the green bean juice I made to see if it suits your taste."

The mung bean juice had just been boiled and was still very hot in his hand. Hu Zhengwu blew along the corner of the bowl and took a few sips.

"Mm, so sweet, Wang Zhiqing, mung bean juice is delicious. You are really generous with the ingredients. The mung bean juice is so thick and you put so much sugar in it. It tastes so good."

"Haha, I made a big pot. If it tastes good, drink more. Come on, folks, I'll serve it to everyone. Let's drink it quickly."

Hu Zhengwu was not polite either. He became addicted to the mung bean juice after drinking it for a while. He drank three bowls in a row before slowing down his drinking speed. He introduced it while drinking:

"Wang Zhiqing, the foundations of the house and the wall have almost been dug out.

The foundation is already being laid in the places that have been dug in advance.

Today we will all work hard to lay the foundations of the house and the walls.

It happens that the weather is good now, with sunshine every day. After the base is ready for a day or two, we will start building walls, putting up beams, covering the roof, and installing doors and windows.

If the house you want to build is small, this part can be done very quickly and will only take a day or two.

Then we need to build the fire wall and the kang. The house will be built for you in seven days. There will be absolutely no problem. "

Wang Yuanchao knew that to build a house now, one only had to lay cement and bricks on top of it. The project was very simple, unlike building a house in the countryside in his previous life, which required a lot of time to lay the foundation and load-bearing columns.

So I am very satisfied with the progress of this project.

Thinking of this, Wang Yuanchao suddenly remembered the matter of the suspended ceiling, so he asked:

"Comrade Hu, after the house is built, can you use wooden boards to build a ceiling for my house?

Otherwise, my house has a slanted roof and the space inside is so large that even if I burn the fire wall in winter, the house won’t be warm and people won’t be able to live in it.”

"Does it have to be suspended ceilings in only one house, or in all houses?"

"It's enough to have a suspended ceiling in the living room and bathroom, but not in the kitchen, woodshed, or toilet."

"Wang Zhiqing, the bathroom and toilet in your house are connected, but only the bathroom has a suspended ceiling, not the toilet.

The suspended ceiling in the bathroom is useless.”

Wang Yuanchao thought about it, nodded and said:

"Okay, Comrade Hu, then let's install suspended ceilings in the house, bathroom, and toilet. How much will this cost?"

"We have plenty of wood in the mountains, and it doesn't cost much.

The main thing is that the ceiling wood panels need to be processed. How much will it cost? I will find out more about it later and then tell you. "

"Okay, thank you Comrade Hu."

"You're welcome. This is what I should do. By the way, Wang Zhiqing, although your yard is only 7-8 meters away from the river, the snow here is very thick in winter and will freeze. It will be very inconvenient to get water. Don't you really want to consider digging a well in your yard?"

"Won't the well water here freeze in winter?"

"Well water won't freeze. It's underground water, and its temperature is naturally constant, so it's usually warm in the winter and cool in the summer."

Wang Yuanchao felt that his life experience in the Northeast was definitely not as good as that of people who had lived there their entire lives. His main point was to listen to advice, so he asked:

"Comrade Hu, how deep should the well be dug and how much will it cost?"

"Your homestead is close to the river, so the groundwater must be very abundant.

If you dig a well in your yard, I estimate that it will only take about 20-25 meters to get water.

As for the cost, it will probably cost 7-80 yuan.”

Wang Yuanchao had already agreed in his heart, but his face was always tangled, hesitant, and painful. After a while, Wang Yuanchao took a deep breath and said:

"Well, the house has already been built, and I can't let myself be without water in the winter.

Then Comrade Hu, can you please find someone to dig a well in my yard?"

“Okay, digging the well can be done at the same time as building the house.

It just so happens that we have to stop working on the foundation of the house for a day or two tomorrow.

I had planned to bring the materials for building the house, the doors and windows, over the next two days, and also arrange for the well diggers to come over, so that we can finish the well at the same time as the house is built.”

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Comrade Hu."

"It's not hard. I do this for a living. I'm familiar with it."

Wang Yuanchao chatted with Hu Zhengwu for a while. After the villagers finished drinking the mung bean juice, he said goodbye:

"Comrade Hu, you guys keep busy. I have to go up the mountain to collect some firewood. Otherwise, we won't have enough firewood for dinner."

"Okay, Wang Zhiqing, let's get busy first."

After saying goodbye, Wang Yuanchao returned to the educated youth site, found a hemp rope, carried a bamboo basket on his back, took a hatchet, locked the door of the site, and walked towards the back mountain of the homestead.

In April in Northeast China, spring comes and everything revives. Standing on the edge of the mountains,

Looking around, lush green mountains are hidden under the sky dyed red by the setting sun.

The clear Qingyu River meanders down from the green hills where the Songhua River forks like a jade belt. The sparse adobe houses and blue brick houses of the Hongqi Brigade are dotted at the foot of the Greater Khingan Range like blue and yellow gems. From a distance, it looks like a beautiful landscape painting.

If it weren't for the fact that he lived in such an era of food and clothing shortages, Wang Yuanchao would really have to sigh, just for the clear water and green mountains, that the people living here are so happy.

Wang Yuanchao climbed up the mountain along the mountain path trampled out by the villagers, step by step through the mud.

Along the way, there were only tall trees, wild grass and flowers everywhere in the mountains, not to mention pheasants and rabbits, not even a single prey was seen.

The village had just finished winter, and the snow on the mountain had not dried up yet, so the road up the mountain was very difficult to walk on.

As soon as Wang Yuanchao entered the mountain, he found that the ground was covered with branches of all sizes that had been crushed by ice and snow in the winter.

If we ignore the moisture in the branches, Wang Yuanchao chose a very good time to go up the mountain to collect firewood.

After tying a bundle of firewood with hemp rope and putting it into the space, he walked all the way up the mountain, bending down along the way to put the branches scattered on the ground into the grassland in the space.

At the same time, he used his consciousness in space to make all the branches into one-foot long and suitable sizes for burning.