Chapter 170 I want to take advantage
Both of them felt that even if they sold a few pieces of silver and a pair of earrings, they would only borrow less. After the house was built, they would not be able to afford any furniture, children's beds, cabinets and tables.
"Don't think about selling things yet. Let's wait for my brother-in-law to come and make an estimate. Let's see how much money is left. Then I'll go to Lucheng to sell things."
Li Changle paused for a moment, looked around, and whispered, "Uncle Kun still needs Buddha's hand snails over there. You go to the cave and carve out everything you can and sell them to restaurants for money."
After hearing this, Brother Li and Brother Li only nodded gratefully, and the two sisters-in-law also thanked Zhou Ruonan gratefully.
If it hadn't been for Ah Le's help this time, they would have had to wait at least a few years to build a new house and buy their own boat. The only person who could help them without reservation was his own brother.
Grandma Chen looked at the three harmonious brothers with envy, and was pleased that Chen Yongwei could make friends like Li Changle.
He feels that even if he is a hundred years old, he will not suffer any disadvantage in the village with the Ale brothers to help his grandson.
"A Nan, sister-in-law, and brother-in-law came here after work. You go back and see how to prepare some good dishes. In the evening, call Uncle A Dong and A Qing over to have a drink together."
Zhou Ruonan nodded and said: "I left two blue crabs at noon, as well as blood clams, skin shrimps, sea fish, and squid. I also have bacon at home, which can be used to make bacon glutinous rice."
After hearing this, Grandma Chen hurriedly said: "Ah Le, I can't let you spend money on everything. Grandma will go back and catch an old duck to make soup."
Li Changle smiled and said: "Grandma, we have almost eaten all the old ducks you raised."
"As long as you like it and move here in the future, I will buy two or three hundred of them and put them in the trench in front of you. The ducks that are enlarged by the sea will taste better when they are braised and braised."
Mother Li smiled and nodded, "I also bought some ducks that were grown on the beach. The duck eggs are better than those raised at home. Those duck eggs from the production team in the past were rated first-class every time when they were sent to the cooperative."
The enlarged ducks on the beach eat small fish, shrimps, and small crabs. The eggs they lay look small, but the yolks are stronger.
The pickled salted duck eggs produce more oil, the yolk is sandy, and they taste better than ordinary duck eggs.
A few people chatted and laughed, carried the grass onto the tricycle and stacked it, then went back to prepare meals and wait for their daughter and son-in-law to come home.
Li Changle and four others cut down the shrubs in the foundation, tied them up, loaded them on a pallet truck, and sent them back to the old house to be dried in the sun and used as firewood.
After most of the tree stumps in the field were cleared, Zhang Dejin and Li Changxi came to Nanshan. Looking at the spacious house site, they also felt that the location was good. There was nothing to worry about if they were far away from the village. Living in a spacious place was better than anything else.
Li Changle pulled Zhang Dejin to look at the row of dilapidated houses, "Brother-in-law, look at the walls of the row of houses at the back. Can they still be used?"
"Let me take a look." Zhang Dejin looked around a dozen rooms inside and out. "The walls are still usable. If they are left behind, they need to be repaired.
The doors and windows are too small and need to be changed. The stone slabs in the house are all good. You can keep the cement pool if you want to use it, but the two stoves have to be dismantled and rebuilt."
"Ajin, if we keep this place, repair it, build a wall, connect the front and rear yards and build a two-story building, how much money will it cost in total?"
A few people were happy and worried in their hearts. They were happy that they could buy a few houses for free by repairing them, but they were worried because they had too little money in their pockets.
Zhang Dejin walked from the stone house to the new homestead, took out a pen and paper to write and draw, "Three two-story rooms, plus repairing the backyard, wages, bricks, steel bars, cement, oyster ash, tiles and wood.
It costs over five thousand."
He said and looked at a few people, "In addition, the two households whose houses are located in Dongshan and Xishan need an extra gable wall and the cost is more, close to 6,000 yuan. The two households in the middle are connected by one less main wall.
, it’s a few hundred yuan less.”
Brother Li and Brother Li heard that the money was nearly a thousand yuan more than the originally expected four thousand and five hundred yuan. If the East and West heads were captured, the gap in money would be even greater.
Li Changxi saw the bitter expressions on his two brothers' faces, "Brother, have you drawn lots? Who owns the houses in Dongshan and Xishan?"
Brother Li shook his head, "The lot hasn't been drawn yet! We were supposed to draw the lot in the brigade, but Uncle A Dong asked us to draw the lot ourselves."
Li Changle looked at Brother Li and the three of them, "Why don't you let your brother-in-law write the lots now and we can catch them here?"
People here like the housing base in Dongshan. In summer, the sunshine time in the west is short and the house is cool. In winter, the sunshine is long and the house is warm. However, the disadvantage is that during typhoons, the house is more humid than in the west.
Brother Li glanced at Brother Li and said, "Ale, if we capture the building on the top of the mountain, the family's money will be short of two thousand, which is much worse than expected.
How about I and my eldest brother take the two connecting buildings in the middle? You and Awei take care of the two buildings on the east mountain and the west mountain. What do you think?"
Brother Li nodded and said: "Yes, I also want to say that the money of the second brother and I is not enough, so the two buildings on the top of the mountain will be built for you two. What do you think?"
Li Changle nodded cheerfully, "Okay, then Ah Wei and I will take advantage." He said and looked at Chen Yongwei, "We don't need to arrest you. I'll give you the east end building."
Chen Yongwei became anxious after hearing this, "Brother, I'll give you the east end..."
Li Changle smiled and waved his hand, pointing to the dilapidated house at the back, "I want the west end because I want to get an extra room, so I can take advantage."
Brother Li smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Okay, this 'advantage' will be taken by A Le."
Brother Li and Chen Yongwei also smiled and nodded.
Several people knew in their hearts that he was not taking advantage at all. If he occupied an extra room, he would have to pay more for renovations. If he wanted to be in the red book, he would have to pay money to the village.
Li Changle hopes that when he sells dried catfish in the future, the room will be more spacious and it will be more convenient to dry.
There are also foundations for two or three houses at the west end, which are a bit close to the mountain and have poor lighting. In recent years, no one may have chosen to build a house there.
He thought that when he got rich, he would buy the place and build a cold storage. It was close to the dock. Then he could sell ice and collect some seafood to freeze and sell in the city.
Zhang Dejin thought of the situation when his family was separated, and smiled and patted several people on the shoulders, "This is the most peaceful and joyful building I have ever seen. Harmony brings wealth, and this place will definitely be one of the most prosperous houses in the village from now on."
Li Changxi was also very happy that her husband could talk, so he took over and said, "Brother, Ah Le, Ah Wei, you will make a lot of money along the way."
"Thank you, master, for being the official!" Li Changle and others thanked him happily after hearing this.
Zhang Dejin smiled and said: "For bricks, tiles, oyster ash, etc., I can find a friend who burns brick kilns to give them a preferential price. I will guarantee the difference. I will pay half of the bricks and tiles first, and the rest half a year later."
"Building four houses together will take several months to complete. There will be two fishing seasons in autumn and winter in the second half of the year. One or two thousand yuan can be earned back in one season if you are lucky."
Ah Le's no-nonsense attitude has now become a thing, and Ah Wei seems to be an honest person. His two elder brothers and sister-in-law have endured hardships. The family has father-in-law and mother-in-law, and he is not afraid of them defaulting on their debts.
Brother Li and Brother Li thought that the ship had been refitted at the port. During this period, they would go to sea to earn some money. In addition to the money they would get from selling the bergamot snails in the cave, there would still be a buffer period of half a year after completion. With good luck, they could earn one or two thousand yuan.
It should be no problem.
"Okay, I'll excuse you." All four of them thanked them gratefully.
Zhang Dejin said with a smile: "One family does not speak the language of two families."
Li Changxi felt sweet when he saw that his husband was willing to help his brother, "Brother, why is your brother-in-law so polite, Ah Jin?"
"It's just that if you don't speak the same language as one family, when you make a lot of money, I want to stake a share and earn some dividends!"
"Don't worry, we will notify you as soon as possible."
Zhang Dejin smiled and nodded, then thought about it and said, "Have you considered the stairs and the layout of the house?"
Brother Li: "You are the master master. You can arrange it as you see fit."
Li Changle thought about living in this house for another thirty or forty years, and he didn't want the current suite room without a bathroom.
"Brother-in-law, I want to build a house with a toilet and a shower room. What do you think?"
After hearing this, Brother Li hurriedly said: "Ale, don't you see that Wang's family also uses a latrine outside? How stinky does it smell when you build a latrine in the yard?"
"It's not the kind of latrine outside, it's a cesspit dug underneath and covered with a stone slab." Li Changle thought for a moment, "It's almost like a hospital toilet."
After hearing this, Brother Li and Chen Yongwei both felt good. Now that they have a toilet at home, they no longer need to wash the toilet or pour out bath water.
After hearing this, Brother Li looked at Zhang Dejin, "Doesn't this kind of thing cost a lot of money?"
"It won't cost much to build a room with a bathroom downstairs. If you build it upstairs, you have to buy pipes and waterproof it, which will cost a little more."
Zhang Dejin feels that his brother-in-law is not like a countryman at all, and he spends a lot of money every day.
Brother Li heard that it didn't cost much to build a toilet downstairs, so he hurriedly said: "Then build a toilet downstairs and not upstairs."
Chen Yongwei and Brother Li also thought that one downstairs would be enough, "We are the same, we will build one downstairs."
"I want both upstairs and downstairs!" Li Changle ignored them, picked up a pen and paper, and drew a floor plan of a bathroom and bathroom suite of a later generation, "Brother-in-law, do you think I want to build something like this?"
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There are three bedrooms upstairs, a living room, a bathroom, a bathroom, a balcony, a kitchen, a dining room, a guest room downstairs, a room for storing sundries, and a bathroom.
Zhang Dejin looked at the floor plan he drew with a curious look on his face for a long time, "Ale, what you drew is a bit like the layout of the house I built for my work unit in town two years ago.
Your layout is more reasonable and practical than that one, and it is definitely more comfortable to live in than a suite, but in this case, more bricks will be used."
Li Changle smiled and said: "Brother-in-law, after the house is built, you will live in it for a lifetime. Comfortable living is the most important thing. Besides, all the extra money has been spent, but it is just the difference between owing a thousand and owing a thousand and five, it is not bad.
That’s it,”
After hearing this, Chen Yongwei nodded repeatedly, "Brother, I built the same thing as you."
Brother Li and Brother Li didn't dare to compete with them, "Ajin, we can't make the decision. We have to go back and ask your sister-in-law before we decide."
"Okay, I still have five or six days to finish over there. There are four houses here. I have to find a few masters to work with them. I also have to figure out how to lay out the drawings of A Le. After you think about it, follow me.
It’s too late to say that.”
The price of the house is based on the price when Mao's wife built the house. It is also a two-story building, not a Cantou house. It cost less than 4,000, but it is not as good as Ale's. The stairs are made of wood and the second floor is all wooden.
Chapter completed!