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It's the end of the month, I beg for flowers to break into the top ten of the flower list, I hope you can give me some help!!!

Opening the door, there was a musty smell inside because no one had lived there for a long time. Cai Yazhi took out the key and opened the bedroom door. This was Cai Yazhi's sister's boudoir at that time. After Cai Yazhi got married, it became Cai Xiaomei's boudoir alone. In the countryside

There is no such thing as a man not being allowed to enter a woman's boudoir. Zhang Taiping followed Cai Yazhi and Yaya into the house. Yaya was very familiar with this place. Apparently she and Cai Xiaomei often came here before. The furnishings in the room were very simple, including a wardrobe.

There is a big kang and a table with an unknown purpose, and the quilts are neatly folded on the kang. Different from the musty smell outside, there is a faint fragrance inside, which has obviously dissipated over time. If it weren't for Zhang Taiping's

My senses are extremely sensitive and I can't smell it.

I walked around the bedroom and found nothing interesting. After leaving the bedroom, I opened the door to the courtyard. The floor of the courtyard was made of bricks. There was a flower pot placed on the stone table in the center, but it was missing.

There is no need to look at the wing rooms on both sides. They must be almost the same as they were before Zhang Taiping’s house was tidied up.

Zhang Taiping frowned when he entered the back room. The house had been leaking because no one had lived in it for too long. The ground was filled with puddles from the water that leaked from the roof when it rained. You can still see the water leaking from the roof now.

The light that comes through. The house needs to be popular to make it delicious. The bedroom and kitchen in the front room were contaminated by the fire and popularity because they used to live there and cook. Although no one has lived in it for a long time now, it is better than the back room.

There are too many walls, at least there are no leaks.

The back yard is as expected. A huge and tall lychee tree in the middle almost covers the entire yard. There are no other plants visible below, only foxtail grass that can reach no one's knees covers the entire ground under the tree.

This lychee tree is the same age as the osmanthus tree in the courtyard of Zhang Taiping's home. It was planted by the two old men when the courtyard was built, as were the two ancient locust trees in front of the door.

The locust trees can still bloom year after year. In March, the clusters of pure white and beige locust flowers are the most welcoming and joyful. Because at that time, the two girls could not handle so many locust flowers.

, he reciprocated the favor and said to the villagers, whoever has the ability can go to the tree and pick as much as he wants. This locust flower is a good thing. Wash it and dry it, then mix it with noodles and steam it. It is suitable for all ages. Of course it can also be done.

Making locust cakes like sweet-scented osmanthus, but only Zhang Taiping's grandmother could make them in the village. Therefore, the two large locust trees outside the gate are deeply loved by the villagers.

But the lychee tree in the yard is something that only the older generation can know what kind of tree it is, because this tree has not bloomed or bear fruit for more than ten years. Cai Yazhi only remembered that this tree had borne fruit when she was very young.

Afterwards, the tree body was still as prosperous as brocade and tall as a canopy, but there was no longer any sign of bearing fruit.

After so many years, Cai Yazhi has almost forgotten that this is still a tree that can bear fruit.

Zhang Taiping's family of three walked around the yard and house again. Zhang Taiping said: "If no one lives in a house for a long time, it will lose its popularity and gradually develop big problems, like the back room starting to leak."

Cai Yazhi is also worried. Her sister goes to school all year round and does not live here, and she cannot live here. Is it difficult to let the house leak first, then let the soil slide, and finally collapse?

"I plan to renovate one side of the house here and put a new layer of tiles on the roof. What do you think?"

Cai Yazhi still doesn't understand what Zhang Taiping's intention is. Even after repairs, no one lives in it. Will it become like this again after a while?

"I'm going to tell you without any shame, with your man here, this place will definitely attract a lot of tourists or other people to come here to play, and then these houses will come in handy."

Cai Yazhi was even more confused. How could anyone come to visit such a remote mountain valley?

Zhang Taiping did not explain any more. Although Cai Yazhi didn't quite understand what Zhang Taiping was thinking, she chose to support it unconditionally. Besides, repairing the house is always a good thing and will not let the house deteriorate anymore.

"When our family plans to build a new toilet and bathroom in the yard, we will also tidy up this side to look like our side."

Cai Yazhi nodded happily. But after a while, she asked worriedly, how much would it cost to renovate the house?

Zhang Taiping thought for a while but still couldn't come up with a specific figure: "I don't know that either. I'll ask the village chief tonight. You don't have to worry, it's only ten thousand dollars at most."

Ten thousand yuan seems not a big amount to Zhang Taiping, but it is a lot to Cai Yazhi. Besides, he now owes the village chief twenty thousand yuan. There was a trace of worry in his eyes, but it was

She has no intention of spoiling Zhang Taiping. She is a typical kind-hearted daughter-in-law who follows the chicken and the dog when she marries the chicken. She obeys her husband's family in everything.

In the evening, Zhang Taiping came to the village chief's house with two boxes of cigarettes. The old village chief was not there yet, so it was Wang Gui who received him.

After learning Zhang Taiping's intention, Wang Gui said: "Do you want to lift up the entire roof and replace it with a new one, or just replace the mud and tiles on it?"

"Is there a difference?"

"There is a water leak. Water has entered the wood on the roof. After such a long period of exposure to wind and sun, the quality is definitely not as good as before, and it is not very strong. It would be fine if we just replace the mud and tiles on the roof.

Even if you don’t live for long, you will still have to replace the wood inside in a few years. If you replace the entire roof, you will at least have to replace all the rafters covering the beams.”

Zhang Taiping thought for a while and thought: "Let's replace everything. If we only replace the tiles and mud on the roof, we will still be in trouble in a few years. The most important thing is that it is unsafe."

"That's fine. Replacing them all at once seems troublesome, but in the long run it's equivalent to rebuilding them all over again. It's a once and for all solution."

"Then please estimate how much it will cost in total."

Wang Gui took a pen and drew on the paper for a while, then handed the calculated result to Zhang Taiping and said: "I know the situation of that house. The main reason is that it is not allowed to be cut down randomly now. The wood used to make the beams is valuable, but the other ones are not.

there is nothing."

Zhang Taiping took the piece of paper handed over by Wang Gui and couldn't help but look up in surprise at this man who rarely spoke. He didn't expect that he could also write well.

Wang Gui saw Zhang Taiping's surprised look and made a rare joke: "What? You are only allowed to write well, but not others?"

Zhang Taiping also joked: "I am not a state official."

"hehe."

"It's so hidden."

Wang Gui said: "That's no better than you. It's you who hides it deeply."

"Where did I hide? It was just like that all day long before and now."

Wang Gui didn't say anything, and Zhang Taiping also carefully looked at the items and prices he listed. In fact, they didn't cost much. It might take a total of three days to complete, and including three days' wages, it was less than 7,000.

dollars.

Zhang Taiping didn't want to settle the matter immediately when he came this time, because he was afraid that he didn't have enough funds. The main reason was that he didn't want to delay the payment of wages. His reputation was not good to begin with, and it would be even more nonsense if he delayed payment of wages again, so he decided to do so.

I have the mentality of pushing it back if I don’t have enough funds. I came today just to inquire about the price.

However, the price here is very different from that in the city. Unexpectedly, it only costs less than 7,000 yuan.

So he asked again: "Then if we add two more toilets and bathrooms, how much money can we pay back in total?"

"What are the standards of your toilet and bathroom?"

"The toilet doesn't have to be the same as in the city, just make it cement, the kind that can cover up the smell. As for the bathroom, just build a small house under the eaves in the backyard."

"This is simple, three to four hundred yuan is enough."

Zhang Taiping calculated that it was only 7,000 yuan, so he didn't plan to push it back any further and settled directly: "Then it's settled, you can help us find some craftsmen. List down what we need, and I'll

Go buy it back."

"no problem."

The next day, Wang Gui found two people, one was Song Lan's husband Wang Min, and the other was Qian De, the son of old man Qian. They were both experienced craftsmen who had been working for many years. Together with Zhang Taiping and the other four, they worked together that day.

Instead of rushing to get started, I first walked around the two courtyards and listed what I needed.

On the third day, with the help of the old village chief, Zhang Taiping and Wang Gui got everything done. Naturally, Wang Peng was indispensable during this period. This boy was more enthusiastic about Zhang Taiping's affairs than his own. Wang Min

Chandler and I found a few more people to start removing the roof of the leaking room.

It took a day to remove the roof, and a few more days to put the new beams on the walls, and then lay the new rafters and mud tiles.

On this day, everyone I know who can come will contribute a man or woman to help. This is a tradition in the countryside. After all, no one is sure that he will not need help from others in the future. If you help others now, you will be able to help others.

Only when the time comes can we get help from others. After the firecrackers are fired, the host's family will prepare a sumptuous banquet. Cai Yazhi and a group of helping women will take care of these things, and Zhang Taiping does not need to worry about them.

After the house was repaired, Zhang Taiping paid fifty yuan a day to everyone except the people who came on the day of the beam. As for the people who came on the day of the beam, Zhang Taiping did not pay wages, because this was

A tradition, purely to help.

In the next two days, Wang Min and Qian De built toilets and bathrooms in each courtyard according to Zhang Taiping's requirements. The toilets are not the most common dry toilets in rural areas, and the toilets like those in the city are not realistic.

The building is made of cement that can block the smell. The bathroom is also simple. It is just a small house that can accommodate a bathtub and a place for people to stand. There is also a place for solar energy on the small house. That's all.

Things are not available yet, but I believe they will be available soon.