Chapter 10 Building a Bamboo House
Just as Mu Zhengfeng guessed, the next morning, there were obviously more people in the village in the town than usual. Standing at the door and seeing this scene, both brothers and sisters seemed very angry, but Mu Zhengfeng looked calm instead.
Looking at the turtle caught back in the morning, Mu Zhengfeng felt that he would not gain much, and he would probably not gain much. Those who want to follow the trend and make money may gain a little. But this kind of follow-up is destined not to last for too long.
Looking at his resentful brother and sister-in-law, Mu Zhengfeng could only smile and comfort him: "Okay, when we enter the city tomorrow, we will send these turtles to sell. If we let us fish the turtles in Jinsha River, there will probably be no more left."
"Brother, let's go to the town to buy pig liver. They can catch fish, why can't we catch fish?"
"Okay, I promise you that there will be more turtles in our house than other families. Let's go with me to work in the bamboo forest."
"What are you doing in the bamboo forest? Cut bamboo?"
Just as his younger brother and sister were curious, Mu Zhengfeng said mysteriously: "When I arrive at our bamboo forest, I will tell you again!"
The door of the room was locked, and the three siblings brought some tools and quickly walked towards the mountains behind the village under the gaze of the villagers. The villagers who originally thought that the three siblings would come to the city today also felt a little puzzled.
Someone even said quickly: "I didn't go into the city today. It seems that I didn't catch it yesterday?"
"How can there be any every day? If there are so many turtles, you will make a fortune by fishing turtles!"
Mu Zhengfeng's attitude was still ignored by these comments behind him. He could not stop the villagers from following the trend. If other people really gain something, he would not be jealous. Anyway, he had earned the first wave of dividends.
He brought his younger brother and sister to his own bamboo forest. Looking at the lush bamboo sea, Mu Zhengfeng felt refreshed. Only the younger brother and sister said curiously: "Brother, what are you doing in the bamboo forest? Do you want to cut bamboo?"
"Well! Next, you have to help me do something. Didn't I tell you before, are you planning to move into a new home? I plan to build a bamboo house next to our bamboo forest and try to move in before the New Year."
As soon as these words were said, both brothers and sisters were shocked. Sister Mu Xuan even said, "Brother, it costs a lot of money to hire someone to build a bamboo house? I heard that it costs tens of thousands of yuan to hire someone to build a larger bamboo house?"
"Who said I had hired someone to get a bamboo house? I don't know how to build a bamboo house. By the way, you two will help you see where our bamboo house is. Don't look at me like this. You will know in the future that I am very capable!"
"Brother, you can't brag about it, right?"
Facing my brother's disbelief as usual, Mu Zhengfeng, who gave me a snail knock, smiled and scolded: "Boy, are you going to be in a bad mood? When the bamboo house is built, I will let you live in a room close to the toilet."
Hearing this, my sister seemed to think of something and couldn't help laughing. Although my brother and sister thought it was not reliable, my elder brother was so confident. What could they say?
After all, from now on, this family will be the leader of the eldest brother!
To be honest, the bamboo forest with an area of nearly 30 acres in front of me also creates a lot of benefits for the Mu family every year. The excavated winter bamboo shoots and spring bamboo shoots can be sold for a lot of money if they are sent to the town.
However, digging winter bamboo shoots is very hard. In previous years, Grandpa brought Mu Zhengfeng to dig. When the year is good, just digging winter bamboo shoots can make thousands of yuan a year. On the contrary, spring bamboo shoots can only make some money for oil and salt.
After walking around the bamboo forest, Mu Zhengfeng finally chose a flat land on the slope, which is about three acres in size. Judging from this land, it should have been desolate in the early years. Even though there are not many bamboos growing on this flat land at present.
Not far from the flat ground, there is a small stream. When the bamboo house is built, Mu Zhengfeng will also lay water pipes at the height of the stream to direct the mountain spring water to the bamboo house. As for the way in, it will be repaired at that time.
Fortunately, the bamboo forest is not too far from the village road, and a simple walkway can be built at that time, so vehicles can still be entered and exited. The most important thing is that the bamboo house is located behind the village, and you can see the village at a glance when standing on the slope.
It is convenient to connect electricity at that time. With water and electricity, Mu Zhengfeng believes that living here will be more comfortable than living in the village. With more than two acres of open space left, you can build a yard and transplant some flowers, plants and trees as decorations.
If you are leaning against the bamboo forest, you will raise some local chickens and other things at that time, I believe it will be more convenient to manage. If you talk to Liu Yaoyang about this kind of free-range local chickens, I believe that it will not be a big problem to sell at a good price!
After choosing a place to build a bamboo house, Mu Zhengfeng also said directly: "Xiaoyan, your next task is to take Xiaoxuan to clean up all the weeds on the ground. If there are stones, you must pick them up and throw them away next to you."
"Yeah, I get it!"
Assigning the work they can to their younger brothers and sisters, Mu Zhengfeng carried the machete and started cutting bamboo into the bamboo forest. Mu Zhengfeng was indeed experienced in building bamboo houses. However, the large bamboo house still needs to be planned and designed carefully.
In order to ensure the firmness of the bamboo house, Mu Zhengfeng thought it would be best to use hard-textured trees or steel on the main beam. However, in terms of cost, the former costs less. As for the mixed wood for the main beam and support, it should be found in the forest.
Cut some bamboo first, which is also easy to choose at any time when building. When he enters the city tomorrow, he will buy some tools needed to build a bamboo house, and then draw out the construction design of the bamboo house, so that his younger brother and sister have a more intuitive impression of the new home.
At noon, the flat land was almost cleaned by the brothers and sisters. A lot of bamboo cut by Mu Zhengfeng was piled up on the cleared open space. Even though the brothers and sisters were sweating profusely, the three of them felt very happy.
Perhaps this kind of pride of building a new home by hand makes my younger brother and sister enjoy it. But Mu Zhengfeng will not let them do the real hard work. After all, my younger brother and sister are still young and still developing, and overwork will also have sequelae.
When he got home, Mu Zhengfeng also said considerately: "You guys have a rest first, I'll go cook!"
"Brother, I'll help you!"
"Okay, then you can help me burn the fire! When we move to the bamboo house, we will buy a gas stove to cook rice. OK?"
"Not good? I heard that gas stoves are very dangerous, and a can of gas costs about a hundred yuan!"
Listening to what my younger sister said, Mu Zhengfeng became more determined and wanted to buy a gas stove to make it easy to cook. Although the food from the earthen pot is more fragrant, there are only three people at home, so there is no need to be such trouble.
If it really doesn't work, build another earth stove at that time. If there are really customers visiting, then use the earth stove to burn. Usually, Mu Zhengfeng thinks that using a gas stove should be more convenient and cleaner, and save more time!
After dinner, Mu Zhengfeng also began to urge his younger brother and sister to go back to his room for lunch. This was also the rule he had set for his younger brother and sister after he was in charge. Even if he was a little uncomfortable at first, Mu Zhengfeng felt that this habit was very necessary.
Even after he returned from rebirth, he began to get used to taking naps. Even if he didn't sleep for a long time, he could ensure that he was more energetic in the afternoon. In the afternoon, Mu Zhengfeng did not continue to go up the mountain, but took his younger brother and sister to the Jinsha River to fish.
When building a bamboo house, it is best for younger brothers and sisters to participate. If they go there in the afternoon, they will suffer from their physical fitness in the evening. Just when the three of them caught fish and were about to go home, they saw many villagers appear by the river.
These people were not embarrassed when they saw Mu Zhengfeng, and even smiled and said, "Xiaofeng, where are you fishing?"
"Yes! I've finished fishing and I'm going to go home! Are you here to get the turtle hook?"
"Yes! You won't think we'll steal your business, right?"
"That's OK! This river is not my family's! Then you put the hook, my brother and sister will go home first."
Chapter completed!