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Just as he was getting in the car, Fan Ming suddenly asked: "Brother, are you going to build a hot spring swimming pool when you get back?"

Zhang Taiping replied: "Yes, what's the matter?"

"Then you forgot to buy something!"

"What did you forget to buy?" Cai Yazhi also asked curiously.

"Swimsuit!" Fan Ming said, "When the swimming pool is built, you will definitely have to wear a swimsuit when swimming. Let's buy it together now to save you trouble later."

Cai Yazhi had never swum and didn't know what a swimsuit was like, so she turned her attention to Zhang Taiping.

After the swimming pool was built, you must wear a swimsuit when swimming, so he nodded and said: "Then buy it by the way." Then he turned to Wang Gui and said, "Then please wait a little longer."

Wang Gui smiled and waved his hand and said: "It's no trouble. There's nothing to do in the afternoon anyway. You go and buy it. I'll wait here."

A group of people, large and small, went back to the street where clothes were sold. They found a place to buy swimsuits, but they also sold women's items. Besides, the swimsuits sold here were all women's swimsuits. Zhang Taiping was too embarrassed to follow him, so he pulled her in.

Wukong stopped and wanted to follow him.

I found a more popular swimsuit store and bought myself two sets of swimsuits.

Men buy things neatly and neatly, especially people like Zhang Taiping who don’t want to worry about these small things. After the boss makes a price and feels it’s right, he just pays and takes the things and leaves. It takes less than three days from entering the store to leaving the store after purchasing.

Minutes. Women are much slower in this regard. One is because of their nature, and the other is that women always love beauty and carefully choose a swimsuit that is both well-fitting and beautiful.

It took less than half an hour for a group of people to come out of the underwear store, and the owner personally delivered the goods. Although a group of people filled the store to the brim and no one else came in for half an hour, it was better because they bought more.

, one full hour can almost produce the sales volume of a small store in half a day.

After leaving, Cai Yazhi glanced at Zhang Taiping with a red face. Even Lu Feng looked at Zhang Taiping with a strange look. Fan Ming also winked at Zhang Taiping mischievously.

Looking at everyone's reactions, Zhang Taiping knew that they had not only bought swimsuits inside for such a long time, but also bought other clothes. At least Cai Yazhi bought other clothes, otherwise she would not have looked like that when she came out.

It was already after six o'clock in the afternoon when they returned home. Cai Yazhi and Xing Rushui went into the kitchen to prepare dinner. Everyone else was sitting on the sofa or chairs to rest. After shopping for a long time, I didn't know what the strength was at that time.

With support, I could run and turn better than Zhang Taiping, but when I got home, I felt weak, and either my feet hurt or my legs were sore.

Zhang Taiping looked at the people half lying on the sofa in front of the TV and said, "It feels good to take a bath now. It can not only wash away the dust on the road but also relieve fatigue."

Fan Ming shook his head feebly and said: "I'm not going now, I'm too sleepy. Let's rest for a while first."

Only Ye Ling listened to Zhang Taiping and took a shower first.

Zhang Taiping shook his head and smiled and walked outside. He didn't feel tired at all. Since he was going to build a swimming pool tomorrow, he took the time to go out and find some bricklayers.

The most famous bricklayer in the village is undoubtedly the old man Qian, who is equally famous in carpentry. His two sons have also been taught by him to become qualified bricklayers. Even the second son Qian Wang has more than a dozen

A small construction team was formed. Zhang Taiping walked straight towards Old Man Qian's house.

Although summer is coming to an end and autumn is approaching, the aftertaste of summer has not dissipated. The earth that has been baked by the scorching sun for a day has accumulated enough heat. If there is no wind in the evening, the sweltering heat will be even more infuriating than the scorching heat during the day.

Uncomfortable.

Zhang Taiping's physical fitness has been greatly improved by practicing Qigong. His ability to withstand cold areas has been greatly improved. Even in winter, he will not feel too cold even if he only wears a shirt. However, his resistance to heat is poor.

A lot. Although it can withstand heat better than ordinary people, it is still limited. In this sultry weather, I am still sweating profusely, so I simply unbutton all the buttons and open my mind.

Old man Qian was lying on a recliner in the middle of the yard. The small radio next to him was playing Qin opera. He closed his eyes and gently shook his bamboo fan. From time to time, he would hum a few words along with the radio. He looked very happy.

contented.

Zhang Taiping couldn't help but sigh, his heart was naturally cool when he was calm, and he couldn't feel a trace of heat from the carefree old man Qian.

Relying on the strong sense of being a hunter, Zhang Taiping walked up to him without making a sound, but he was still noticed by old man Qian. He opened his eyes and said, "It's the handsome man. Sit down." He said and took a bench from the side.

Pass it to Zhang Taiping.

After Zhang Taiping sat down, he said: "Uncle is very leisurely."

"Haha, let's listen to Qin Opera." The bamboo fan in Old Man Qian's hand began to shake slowly again.

"Come here and ask Uncle Qian for help."

"What happened?"

Zhang Taiping said: "I'm going to build a swimming pool in the garden. I wonder if Uncle Qian has time?"

"A free man has plenty of time." Old Man Qian sat up straight when he heard the business was about to begin. "When are you going to start construction?"

Zhang Taiping replied: "If it works, we can start construction tomorrow."

"I have no problem here. I just have your things ready?" Old Man Qian asked.

"What do you need to prepare?"

"Bricks and cement."

"There were a lot of bricks left over from the last time we built a wooden house on the mountain, which should be enough. As for the cement, just make a call tonight and it will be delivered tomorrow," Zhang Taiping said.

Old Man Qian said: "That's good, I'll go there tomorrow. But are you in a hurry?"

Zhang Taiping replied: "Of course the sooner the better."

"In this case, I will find two more people to help."

"Uncle Qian, just follow your own wishes."

Old Man Qian nodded and said, "Then what wages are you going to give them?"

Zhang Taiping thought for a moment and said, "How about eighty per person per day?"

"Then let's do it." Old Man Qian nodded and said. To be honest, eighty yuan a day is a very good salary in the countryside, so Old Man Qian naturally had nothing to object to.

After going back in the evening, Zhang Taiping called the owner of the grocery store in Dacun outside and asked him to deliver a piece of cement tomorrow morning.

The next morning, Old Man Qian brought the two of them over early, carrying tools they might need.

When Old Man Qian arrived, he didn't talk nonsense and asked directly: "Commander, where are you going to build the swimming pool?"

"Let's build it in the center of the lavender field." Zhang Taiping pointed in that direction and said.

"Let's go over and check out the place first," said Old Man Qian.

Zhang Taiping took the three people under the big osmanthus tree and said, "Just stay here, as long as there is a certain distance from the big tree."

"Tell me your request." Old Man Qian took out a small leather notebook and pencil from his pocket and said to Zhang Taiping.

Zhang Taiping thought for a while and said: "First of all, it is a circle, with a radius of eight meters."

"What's the radius or not? Just say the distance from this side to that side." Old Man Qian glanced at him and said.

"Uh! Okay." Zhang Taiping choked, "The distance from here to there is sixteen meters."

Old Man Qian recorded it in a small book with a leather cover and pencil.

Zhang Taiping continued: "The depth of the two meters at the edge cannot be said to be submerged by Yaya, and the depth of the inner two meters cannot be said to be submerged by Ye Ling. As for the depth in the middle, it is a gentle slope, but the middlemost place is also

The depth cannot exceed 1.8 meters."

Old Man Qian said jokingly: "You have so many requests. I will have to measure the heights of the two little girls later."

Zhang Taiping didn't pay attention to Old Man Qian's joke. He still had the most important thing to say: "The bottom edge and the surrounding walls are all inlaid with pebbles from the wheat field. The most important thing is to build a building above the swimming pool."

A roof can keep out rain in summer and snow in winter."

"Is the swimming pool still used like this in summer?" A person next to him couldn't help but asked curiously. Old man Qian was also curious about the question. He stopped his pencil and waited for Zhang Taiping's explanation.

Zhang Taiping smiled and said, "I wonder if Uncle Qian knows about the spring in the orchard?"

Old Man Qian was very familiar with what was in Zhang Taiping's orchard. He nodded and said, "You know, although the spring water is warm in winter and cool in summer, you can't swim in it in winter, right?"

"I don't know yet, but the water flowing out of the spring suddenly turned hot the day before yesterday."

"Is there such a thing?" The three of them looked at each other, feeling a little unbelievable. How could hot water suddenly appear from the spring that had been there for decades?

"Let's go! Go over and take a look!" Old Man Qian put the notebook away temporarily and said.

Zhang Taiping led the three of them towards the orchard again. As soon as they turned in, they saw a long steaming line.

The four people walked along the stream to the source and took a look at the spring. They finally confirmed that the water flowing out of the spring was indeed hot water, and the temperature was not low.

Old Man Qian couldn't help but sigh: "The magic of the mountains is really beyond what people can predict." He had been running in the mountains for half his life, and he had a kind of awe for the mountains, but he was the easiest person to accept this change.

After reading it, he calmed down and took out the notebook and said, "What are you asking for?"

Zhang Taiping said: "The roof above must be large enough to cover the entire swimming pool. It can be made of wood or bamboo."

Old Man Qian thought for a while, this was very troublesome, but it could be built successfully, but it would take a long time. However, Zhang Taiping paid a lot of money, and more time would make more money, so no one would object. He said

: "It can be built, but we need to erect a few pillars in the center of the pool. Let's use bamboo on the top. It is not only easier to build but also easier to repair."

Zhang Taiping nodded and said, "Just do what Uncle Qian said."

After discussing the requirements, Old Man Qian asked Zhang Taiping to help remove the lavender on the ground, and then found white ash to draw the line.

After the news that Zhang Taiping was going to build a swimming pool spread, people came to watch and were surprised to see the spring turned into hot water. After such a long period of publicity, everyone already knew the value of hot springs. Now the spring in Zhang Taiping’s orchard

It suddenly turned into a hot spring, and some were just envious of it without any evil thoughts. The villagers were simple-minded in one aspect, and another convenience was that Zhang Taiping was so majestic that no one dared to have any bad thoughts.

That night, Zhang Taiping cut down the old bamboo that he had cultivated for more than ten years from the space. The root was as thick as an arm, which was more than enough for the roof.

Since the amount of the project was a bit large, Old Man Qian hired a few more people to help.

In the next few days, Zhang Taiping fully cooperated with the work of Old Man Qian and others, and it was finally completed on the sixth day.

The swimming pool with a diameter of 16 meters looks very grand. It is inlaid with colorful pebbles and looks beautiful. Six cement pillars protrude from the middle bottom, and they are all wrapped with pebbles, which can not only support the upper pillars

, it can also be used as a support to reduce the chance of accidents when swimming. Above it are six pine wood pillars fixed by cement, supporting a dome-shaped top, which is quite charming above the pool surface and under the big trees.

Fan Ming walked around the swimming pool with her hands behind her back and said in an old-fashioned way: "This swimming pool is very good!"

Zhang Taiping was amused by her appearance and said, "Is it bad that it took so long and so many things?"

After the pool was built, the next step was to consider the issues of drainage and water inlet. First, a water outlet was built that led directly to the river outside, and then the hot spring water was introduced. In order to prevent the unsightly evaporation of hot water during the flow, the

A passage was built with bricks between the spring and the swimming pool, and a layer of stone slabs was placed on top.

Finally, Fan Ming discovered the problem: "Brother, why don't you even have a changing room?"

Zhang Taiping also suddenly realized that he had always felt that something was missing. After hearing what she said, he realized that it was the lack of a changing room. He couldn't just change from inside the house and then run to the swimming pool every time he went swimming.

So he said to old man Qian: "Well, Uncle Qian, let's build two more bamboo houses under the logarithm."

Old Man Qian said with a smile: "This is easy." Then a group of people started working together, all of them were veterans at this. After half a day, two exquisite and elegant bamboo houses were built.

Zhang Taiping said to Fan Ming: "Let's see what else we need."

Fan Ming looked around again and said: "We have to put a few small coffee tables next to them. Then put fruits and tea next to them when swimming. People will be very thirsty when swimming."

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "I won't bother Uncle Qian as long as I don't have any wine to make."

Fan Mingyou said: "The last step is to build a path from here to home."

Zhang Taiping took a look and found that this opinion was indeed pertinent. In the past few days, the path that everyone walked on was paved with bluestone slabs and turned into a bluestone trail.

The hot spring water is injected into the pool, and the running water quickly washes away the soil inside. Although there is a hazy mist on it, it cannot block the colorful brilliance refracted from the bottom of the water. In the haze, it gives people a dreamlike feeling.

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"Can we swim in it now?" Fan Ming asked Zhang Taiping after everyone dispersed.

Zhang Taiping smiled and said, "That's all right. If you want to swim, you can go swimming."

Fan Ming still doesn't have to worry about it. People's moods will be different in different atmospheres. It is very common to wear a swimsuit when swimming in the city, but it is a very surprising thing in the countryside.

, so Fan Ming can’t let go.

He whispered: "It's better to swim at night when there is no one around."

"It's up to you." No objection.

ps: Please give me flowers!