My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 116 Building a House II

I have to say that Wang Lixian is very lucky. His home is located in the northeast corner of the village. The terrain is high. It is the former site of the warehouse of the former production team. Outside of Chen Ling's house, there are very few houses where people can still live.

   Furthermore, he didn't grow any crops this year. The ten mu watermelons were sold early, and the price was not low. Except for the second crop of melons that rotted in the fields, he had almost nothing to lose this year.

  I don’t have anything to do at hand. I really did my best to help Wang Jusheng this time.

In the end, Wang Lixian has been on the construction site for more than ten years. It is not comparable to Chen Ling and Wang Jusheng. He works in an orderly manner. With him leading the way, the efficiency is immediately much higher. The rafters, tiles and other debris are cleaned up, and the bricks and stones that can be used are cleaned up. The remaining abandoned earth walls are broken with a sledgehammer, and the stone drum is pulled back and forth to grind until the clods are crushed again. Can be used when laying foundations.

  This year's flood has taught everyone a lesson. The foundation of the house is ready to be built high, and no one dares to be careless.

   This kind of work is meticulous work, and if you want to do it quickly, it is not easy to do it quickly. Chen Ling, Wang Jusheng, and Wang Lixian, seven or eight people, took more than three days to complete it, and then it was time to lay the foundation.

   But apart from Chen Ling and the couple, everyone else was exhausted, especially Wang Li's waist was not good, and Wang Jusheng was ligated again. The two men couldn't eat and were tired, so they were ready to take a break.

Of course Chen Ling had no problem. He was not in a hurry to clean up his backyard. He took this time to grease the two bicycles at home. After being soaked in the rain, the chain and spokes were a little rusted, and it was easier to ride. It used to be a lot of effort, and it was re-lubricated after the butter was applied.

   After that, he was not idle, so he drove the bullock cart to carry the bicycles that Qin Rongxian and the two were riding, and sent them to the old couple.

When the flood came in a hurry, I brought a lot of other things with me. The two bicycles could not be ridden, so I left them at home. Fortunately, they were not damaged. The worst thing is to replace the chain and the front and rear rims. Nothing else. Seriously.

He went to the county town and sold watermelon, vegetables, eggs and duck eggs. This time, he went directly to the vegetable market to sell them. It was quickly disposed of. The price is not low. For a pound of money, Chun Peanut has soared to more than two yuan, and there are still many people madly grabbing it.

Due to the destruction of a large area of ​​farmland in several nearby cities, including this city, the supply of vegetables, melons and fruits is now in short supply. Even if you plant them immediately, you will have to wait two or three months. Vegetables are expensive, and meat is also expensive. It used to be more than two yuan to three yuan per pound of pork, but now it has risen to five yuan, and beef and mutton has reached more than eight yuan, and many of these stalls are still empty and out of stock.

   After Chen Ling went, he swung the basket out, and within 20 minutes, everything was sold out.

   He didn't even use the star steel scale he brought, so he was dragged and weighed.

   The people who bought it were either from department stores or grain and oil stores. There were basically no ordinary residents. These people didn't care whether they tasted good or not. As long as the quality was decent, they would let Chen Ling unload the goods.

   There were still several people who almost quarreled, just to grab a basket of vegetables.

  The watermelon can be kept for a long time, not to mention that the good guy Chen Ling raised the price twice, and they called it directly without blinking an eye.

   After this trip, Chen Ling did the math, it was almost as much as the money sold for two red eels.

   Not to mention, peanuts alone sold for more than 4,000 yuan, watermelons sold for over 2,000 yuan, and eggs, duck eggs and vegetables were added, so the two fish sold for a lot of money.

   "Well, yes, the house and Zhuangzi can be well planned now."

   "The next year will make a TV, this guy will feel comfortable just thinking about it."

  Chen Ling counted the money in his hand, thinking beautifully in his heart.

  …

   It took nearly a week to escape from the county seat and return to the village.

  The materials for post-disaster reconstruction and the engineering team to strengthen the dam have finally arrived, and the speed of the villagers building houses has been greatly improved.

The economic losses caused by the floods this year are extremely serious, but there are too many affected areas in the province, so the post-disaster reconstruction work is still mainly based on the self-construction of the affected households. and supplies.

No, Qin Qiumei has been helping the township propaganda team members in recent days, holding a loudspeaker and constantly shouting something like "The post-disaster reconstruction cannot rely only on the government, but on the collective, relying on the masses, production self-help, mutual aid" and so on. This slogan The villagers didn’t quite understand either. Anyway, the materials were delivered to the village, so they didn’t have to spend money and effort to prepare the materials to build the house. In addition, the engineering team from the city would help from time to time, so they were already very satisfied.

   So this month, going door to door is in full swing.

   Wang Jusheng and Wang Lixian also had enough rest, and they were ready to lay the foundation when they recovered.

   To build a house in the countryside, laying the foundation is the first process.

   This year, there is an engineering team in the city. Many people in the village have used the rammers of the engineering team, but they need to queue up. They can’t wait here, so they still use the old methods.

  The older generation didn't have machinery, they just relied on the crowd to lift and smash the ram.

   To lay the foundation, you must use an oval stone with sufficient weight, at least three hundred pounds, and four pine poles with the thickness of the bowl.

  The bars and boulders should be tied with hemp rope the thickness of your thumb. To prevent slipping, some old shoe soles or sacks will be added in the middle.

  The combination of two things is called a rammer.

   Laying a foundation is a laborious job.

  It takes three or four people to grab the bar around the waist and lift the rammer, but often they can't work together, either they can't lift it up, or they smash it crookedly.

In order to keep the movements consistent and lay the foundation well, you have to find a way to make people work harder together, so they shouted horns and sang songs, and asked everyone to step on the points, follow the rhythm, and smash down. Compared with the silent tamping, not only is it faster, but the foundation is also firm.

   But this time, laying the foundation at Wang Jusheng's house doesn't have to be so troublesome.

   A rammer was pulled from Wang Lixian's house, and it was only a little over 300 jin. Chen Ling held the bar with both hands and was able to lift it up.

   When the others saw it, their eyes almost popped out.

  Wang Jusheng was even more stunned: "I'm a god, and I said that you are not as good as Yang Gangdan. With the strength of your body, Yang Gangdan will have to make you turn two big somersaults."

Wang Lixian, on the other hand, was afraid that Chen Ling would be stubborn and exhausted, so he walked up to him without saying a word, frowned and patted his chest and arms back and forth. Without breathing, he smiled and gave him a thumbs up.

   "Come on, let's go!"

   "Today there is wealth and honor, we can rest our waists for a while."

   "Hahaha, you can't do nothing, I think at least one more sheep should be killed, and when the work is done, make up for the wealth."

   "Otherwise I'm exhausted, I should scold me."

   "Fuck you, come over quickly to help offer Goza limes."

When laying the foundation, it is often necessary to sprinkle lime twice, which can resist greater pressure and absorb water, which is equivalent to drainage consolidation. The virtual soil can be better compacted, and the soil has higher strength and Water resistant.

  The foundation made in this way will also be firm and abnormal, and the house will be stable and not easy to tilt and collapse.

  Quicklime is a material shipped from the city, and every household can receive it according to the area of ​​the house.

So Wang Jusheng and Wang Lixian carried a bucket of lime and began to sprinkle. After the lime was sprinkled once, Chen Ling lifted the rammer and slammed it on the ground one after another. With the pounding sound, the lime kept rising. The white smoke and the floating soil were also smashed and firmed up.

Now Chen Ling has more energy, and a 300-pound rammer is just a piece of cake for him. The ramming is fast and stable, making Wang Jusheng, who was originally waiting to help replace him, become bystander.

  Wang Jusheng saw that he would not be used for the time being, so he held his big head and sang a song on the beat.

   "Chen Fugui, do your best!"

   "Hey yo..."

   "It's not easy for ordinary people to build houses!"

   "Hey yo..."

   "With Chen Fugui this year, it's really quick to fight!"

   "Hey yo..."

   "Chen Fugui, you are so powerful, you are half an acre of land in the blink of an eye!"

   "Hey oh oh oh..."

   not only made the big head giggle, but also made people working in the distance run over.

   It turned out that Chen Ling was doing the tamping by himself. The 300-pound rammer was like a toy in his hand, rising and falling, rising and falling, very rhythmic.

Everywhere    is filled with white smoke of lime, look closely, the ground has been smashed hard and solid, and everyone is dumbfounded.

   "Is this really that lazy boy of wealth?"

   "I used to think that this baby has thin skin and tender meat. He doesn't do any work every day, and he has no strength to appoint him. How could he think that he is stronger than a cow."

   "No, this guy is like playing with a rammer in his hand, and Yang Gangdan has to give him a thumbs up when he sees it."

   After a while, not only the villagers in the village, Qin Qiumei's group in the village, and the engineering team in the city all came to join in the fun.

   Wang Jusheng saw this situation, grabbed the trumpet from Qin Qiumei's hand, and shouted more vigorously.

   "Bump on that bump!"

   "Hey yo..."

   "Go all the way to the south!"

   "Hey yo..."

   "Make a plum mark!"

   "Hey yo..."

   "Fugui gave birth to a fat boy!"

   "Hey yo..."

   "In the future, I will be a champion!"

   "Hey yo..."

   When he shouted, the others followed suit.

   was originally just Wang Jusheng shouting alone, but Chen Ling was really embarrassed and felt embarrassed.

   But when there are more people, it's like a chorus.

   made his blood boil.

Especially Wang Susu watched from the side, listening to the sky-shattering chant, her face couldn't help but turn red, but her beautiful big eyes were unusually bright, she seemed to be very proud of her husband, and had a sense of honor. .

   In this atmosphere, Chen Ling rammed more and more vigorously. Every time, the rammer was lifted above his head, and then dropped heavily to increase the strength. The foundation was hit really fast and well.

   The work that originally took three or four people at least a day to complete, actually let him finish it in half a day.

   Chen Ling finished his work at noon, and the crowd was reluctant to disperse. He felt that today was an eye-opener and he was full of addiction, and spontaneously cheered him in unison.

   "Will your family build a new house?"

   "Cover, why don't you cover it?"

   "I'll help you when the time comes, will you take care of your meals?"

   "That said, come to help and make you hungry?"

   "Haha, that is, regardless of wealth, Brother Xian and I will take care of you!"

   "Come on, if you and Li Xianguan don't go there, I just heard that Fugui's cooking is delicious, and I want to eat him twice."

  The crowd burst into laughter.

   (end of this chapter)