Chapter 64: Preparation
The next morning, the master who built the stove came to work, and estimated that he could get it done in half a day.
The old carpenter and apprentice also came, and today they had to install all the doors and windows, and Qiao Xiaoru asked them to use the remaining wood to make some crude wooden shelves, small wooden stools, cupboards and the like. It can be placed in the kitchen and warehouse to save too much mess.
Furniture at home is also to add some, such as bath buckets, buckets, large and small wooden basins, dining tables, stools, chest of drawers, etc., the furniture in the room can be moved over, but also to add some, such as Qiao Xiaoru and Xiaodou Sprouts room also have to add a small desk, a chair, in addition to the small bean sprouts room originally did not have a wardrobe, but also had to add another one.
Qiao Xiaoru also asked the old carpenter to make these furniture, but the wood was made by the old carpenter, not the main one.
Carpenters generally use their own wood to sell furniture, so that they can sell for a few more money, unless the main family has good mahogany, ebony and other wood needs to be made, will invite a carpenter to the door.
In addition, Qiao Xiaoru is also going to make a super large wooden cabinet with a half-person high lid that can be moved, and put it in the warehouse as a granary. After the rice is harvested and dried, it can be stored inside, as long as the lid is covered, it is tight and safe.
You must know that this is a rural area, and there will be no shortage of rats in the countryside if there is anything lacking! If this grain is not hidden, it will be cheap for nothing!
And a super large cabinet is placed on the wall in the warehouse, and you can put things on it on weekdays, which is very convenient, isn't it?
In addition to furniture, some bamboo weaving utensils used in rural households such as baskets, baskets, baskets, back baskets, dustpans, baskets, baskets, chicken coops, chicken covers, etc., Qiao Xiaoru also went to the village to do this handicraft and said, in a few days people will be ready to send it.
In addition to the stove master and the old carpenter's apprentice, Qiao Xiaoru asked Uncle Zhang to help today. Although the house has been built, it is necessary to build a bathhouse, a thatched house, a shed, stack farm tools, and build a chicken coop under the shed, which she and the foolish husband can't do alone. It's enough to have Uncle Zhang's help.
The bathroom room is set up next to the kitchen, a little more than two meters high, three or four square meters in size, built on a specially dug wide gutter, when the time comes, Qiao Xiao's wrist-thick bamboo will be erected on the ground, and the bamboo will be nailed into the ground to be fixed. In this way, when taking a bath, the bath water can be poured directly into the gutter and flow down the gutter to the outside without staining the place.
The thatched hut is built in the corner of the backyard near the courtyard wall, which is also three or four square sizes. In order to breathe, there is almost a foot of space between the roof and the four walls, which are not tightly connected.
The thatched houses in the countryside in this area are still relatively clean. Generally speaking, there will be a basket of grass and wood ash in the thatched house, and after convenience, the grass and wood ash will be covered with a small wooden shovel, cleaned up once every three or four days, and the vegetable garden will be used for fertilizer, plus ventilation, and there is no peculiar smell at all.
As for the modern toilet system and drainage system, it is simple not that you can't make it with ideas, as long as you say your own ideas, Qiao Xiaoru still believes that there are craftsmen who can make them. But Qiao Xiaoru doesn't think it's necessary at the moment. Because her home won't always be just a cabin.
After the tiles bought to build a wooden house, there is still a lot left, and it is estimated that it is enough to build a bathhouse and a thatched house.
The shed where the farm tools and sundries are placed is even better, just rely on the backyard yard wall to build a simple one, nail some planks at both ends, and the side opposite the courtyard wall does not need to be blocked, just open it.
There are no more tiles, Uncle Zhang suggested using cedar bark to cover, Qiao Xiaoru also thought it was good, so he planned to go up the mountain with Fool Fujun tomorrow to find cedar bark, and by the way, cut the bamboo that needed to be laid in the bathroom.
The chicken coop has to take some pains, in order to clean up the chicken manure conveniently, the bottom is not attached to the ground, but more than two feet from the ground, the bottom and the surrounding are fence type, and the ground below can be paved with grass and wood ash. A slope was specially built on the door and ground of the chicken coop with wooden planks to facilitate the chickens to enter and exit. The top of the chicken coop is nailed together with four pieces of wood to form a square box, and the inside is curled with dry straw to pave the bed, which becomes a chicken nest for the hen to lay eggs and hatch chicks. There are three such litters nailed.
As for the pigsty, Qiao Xiaoru has no plans to raise pigs, so forget it for the time being.
Raising pigs is too troublesome, they eat a lot, they grow slowly, and they are dirty. If you want to eat meat, you might as well go into the mountains with the foolish man to get a sheep!
Uncle Zhang, Qiao Xiaoru, and Silly Fujun spent a whole day to get these things right, and when they finished it, the master who built the stove and the old carpenter and apprentice had already finished it and went home.
Qiao Xiaoru thanked him gratefully, Uncle Zhang smiled and said generously, and said that there was anything else that needed help to call him again, and Qiao Xiaoru didn't smile pretentiously.
After such a whole day, although the yard seems to have become more chaotic, it is improving little by little, and in this way, it will be able to move over in two or three days.
Tian and Xiaodou Sprouts were not idle, and cleaned the house where the doors and windows were installed.
Just when the family was about to leave, they didn't want to, and Zhang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came again.
Qiao Xiaoru and Tian both have a feeling of scalp tingling, and now when they see this big house and the second room, they must be fine!
But no matter how numb your scalp is, you can't ignore it, Tian said hello with a smile.
Zhang was not polite, and said, "I saw a lot of tiles left yesterday, right?" It just so happens that my pigsty should be renovated and renovated, and it will take up space when stacked horizontally and vertically, so I'll take it away! Third brother and sister, this tile is not a valuable thing, you won't be reluctant, right? ”
Maybe it was not as strong as the Yang family, or maybe he knew the result of the Yang family's toughness yesterday, although the Zhang family was aggressive and unpolite, he was not overbearing.
"This-" Tian subconsciously looked at Qiao Xiaoru.
In other words, after dividing the family, Tian only knew how weak his temperament was, and he was used to Qiao Xiaoru being in charge of everything.
Qiao Xiaoru smiled politely: "It's unfortunate that the second uncle came, we built a thatched house and a bath room today, and used up all the remaining tiles!" The sheds in the backyard are all tiled! ”
The corners of Zhang's mouth twitched, a look of dissatisfaction and disappointment.
She still didn't believe Qiao Xiaoru's words, so she looked at the front and back yards, and then said stupidly: "That's it!" If not, forget it! Hey, you're too particular about it, why don't you just build a thatched house and a bath room with cedar bark......"
Hearing her muttering clearly, the corners of Qiao Xiaoru's mouth twitched, as if she hadn't heard anything and didn't say anything.
It's really a trough, her family wants to come to get tiles when they renovate the pigsty, and how can they build a bathhouse and thatched house by themselves to become "too exquisite"!
Thank you for the reward from Yishang aiq Liying, Mo Mo Da~