After Zhuo Shao took the money, he called to order Huangsha cement bricks, and then contacted a few workers to start work.
To decorate the family, he plans to find all the workers locally.
In fact, the craftsmanship of the workers in Fuyang County is not necessarily worse than that of the provincial capital. In terms of water and electricity, all experienced workers can do it well, especially when there are design drawings.
Of course, if there is no blueprint, let the plumber make it for you... Then you have to pray that the plumber you find is experienced.
The same is true for woodworking. According to the design drawings, it is not a problem to make a cabinet with no shape, even if it is done by a worker who has not been in the industry for a long time. People in Fuyang County feel that the local woodworkers are not doing well, mainly because many people decorate their homes, do not find designers at all, or even have no concept of what furniture they want, and finally listen to the woodworkers’ fooling…
Zhuo Shao once saw a woodworker make a big wine cabinet in the living room in order to make more money...
That family is ordinary people who don't taste wine at all, so that's fine. His wine cabinet is so narrow that it can't hold anything at all.
The cabinet that cost hundreds of dollars to make can only be used to accumulate dust.
It's all like this, but the people in Fuyang County still like to find woodworkers to do everything.
Beds, bedside tables, sideboards, shoe cabinets... They are all made by carpenters, so the furniture in every household is the same.
For this decoration, Zhuo Shao plans to not hire woodworkers except for the wardrobe that reaches the top, and even the cabinet door, he plans to ask a furniture factory to order something special.
In this case, the requirements for woodworking are not high, and the woodworker who made computer desks that he had instructed before is fully competent.
To tell the truth, that person's craftsmanship is very delicate, in fact, it is not worse than the original master of their decoration company, but the aesthetics are more old-fashioned.
Of course, it's too far off to think about it now.
Zhuo Shao's first thing to do is to remodel the apartment.
For the sake of safety, many walls cannot be moved, but some can be slightly changed. For example, the position of the bathroom door will be knocked and re-planned...
Zhuo Shao did not dare to let others do this work, for fear that others would knock down the house, so he simply did it himself.
That afternoon, Zhuo Shao instructed the two children to do their homework obediently at home, and then went upstairs with a big hammer.
The walls of the house were made of bricks, and he could knock them completely.
From time to time, there is a sound of dong dong dong dong from upstairs. After finishing the homework, Zhuo Ting finally couldn't sit still and looked at Liang Chen who was obviously absent-minded not far away: "Brother Liang Chen, what is my brother doing?"
"I don't know, let's go take a look?" Liang Chen immediately looked at Zhuo Ting, he had long wanted to go up and take a look!
Zhuo Ting nodded, and the two hit it off.
When Liang Chen went upstairs, he found that the door of the family was open, he pushed the door and went in...
It was the first time that Liang Chen saw Zhuo Shao who was so dirty and gray.
"Why are you here? There's a lot of dust here, go down quickly." Zhuo Shao said quickly when he saw Liang Chen and Zhuo Ting.
A dusty construction site is not a place for children.
"Zhuo Shao..." Liang Chen felt sour in his heart.
He knew that everything Zhuo Shao did was to make money.
Zhuo Shao Mingming should wear a white shirt, sit in the classroom every day and read, and then sit in the office in the future... But now, he has to work hard...
"You guys come down, I'll be down soon, and I'll cook something delicious for you." Zhuo Shao coaxed.
Liang Chen nodded subconsciously, and after meeting Zhuo Shao's gaze, he felt something was wrong.
Why does Zhuo Shao seem to be coaxing him as a child
Liang Chen felt a little depressed, and then saw that Zhuo Shao knocked off a few bricks with a hammer... This action looks really handsome!
Liang Chen's face was hot, he took a deep breath and dragged Zhuo Ting downstairs.
Zhuo Shao has been very busy recently, and Liang Chen thought about helping him a little... Let Zhuo Ting watch TV, Liang Chen took out the dishes in the refrigerator and washed them, and then cooked in the rice cooker.
He hasn't moved a spatula and can't stir-fry, but he often sees Zhuo Shao cooking with a rice cooker, and he thinks he should be able to do it too.
It didn't take much effort to knock on the wall, and it took Zhuo Shao two hours to finish it all.
But this is undoubtedly a very tiring job, especially for a junior high school student like him.
When Zhuo Shao went downstairs, he only felt that he couldn't lift his hands, his whole arm was numb.
When he arrived at the door of Liang Chen's house, he put himself on the outside, and took off his old clothes and pants that were now full of dust. Zhuo Shao only entered the door, and then he was a little surprised to find that Liang Chen had already cooked with a rice cooker.
"I cooked and steamed a bowl of eggs!" Liang Chen asked Zhuo Shao for credit. He also doesn't know how to do any tricks. Steamed eggs are the kind of eggs that are directly beaten on a plate and steamed, without putting anything in it, but if you add some raw soy sauce, it can also be used as a dish.
"It's really smart." Zhuo Shao smiled at Liang Chen, feeling like "my family is just growing up".
Well, this child has grown up and is an adult.
Liang Chen's praised eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhuo Shao excitedly.
He looked cute, Zhuo Shao wanted to reach out and touch his long hair, but he soon noticed that his hands were full of dust...
After taking a bath, Zhuo Shao felt a little better.
Although both hands still hurt a lot, but it did not affect the work. Zhuo Shao went into the kitchen, boiled cauliflower, and made a simple soup of cabbage, and then took out the braised pork that he made at noon and warmed it up.
Mao Mao Cai is the local collective name for all vegetables that have just grown a few days after sowing. Whether it is green vegetables or radishes, when they are still young, they are all called hairy vegetables.
And the Maomaocai that Zhuo Shao used to make soup today is actually a small seedling of Chinese cabbage, and it is very delicious to drink in soup.
Braised pork, cauliflower, cabbage soup, and steamed eggs, the dinner was quite sumptuous. Zhuo Shao, who had been working all afternoon, even ate two bowls of rice in one go.
After eating, Zhuo Shao asked the two children to go to bed early, but he took a few snakeskin bags and went upstairs again.
After the bricks are knocked out, they are put up and then thrown away.
At this time, Zhuo Shao inevitably missed the elevator room.
There is an elevator room, and he can use the elevator to remove the construction waste. Now...
Zhuo Shao picked up the bricks with his hands and put them in the snakeskin bag, intending to put them at the door, and then pay the doorman to find someone to transport the things away tomorrow morning.
There are already many people in this community who have renovated their houses. Those renovation workers have more or less contact with the guards. No matter what kind of workers you are looking for, you can find them at the guards.
Zhuo Shao put a brick in a snakeskin bag, dragged it a bit and found that it couldn't be dragged.
Liang Chen, who was wearing old clothes, smiled at him, then ran over immediately and helped him drag the snakeskin bag.
Zhuo Shao wanted him to go, but Liang Chen had already started to work. He wanted to say thank you, but he felt that it was a bit redundant to say so.
Liang Chen probably wouldn't want to hear it either.
It took Zhuo Shao two hours to knock on the wall before, but it also took two hours to clean it up now.
This work is not like knocking on a wall. It not only takes a lot of effort but also bears the reaction force. In addition, with Liang Chen's help, Zhuo Shao is not tired, but when he finished, his arms are obviously more sore. Although the hands are not broken due to wearing gloves, they are also a bit overused.
After taking a bath in the evening, Zhuo Shao smeared his two arms with safflower oil and rubbed them for a long time.
He fell asleep in the strong smell of safflower oil, and it turned out like this, and the next day, he still found his hands were swollen.
He overestimated his physical condition.
The next day, Zhuo Shao didn't cook breakfast or even prepared lunch. He took Liang Chen and Zhuo Ting to the breakfast shop to eat steamed buns and soy milk, and then sent Zhuo Ting to school first, and then Liang Chen to school.
As for why he said he was sending Liang Chen to school... After Zhuo Shao arrived at the school, he did not stay for class, but went to the teacher to ask for a day off.
"Mr. Yang, I found a job on the weekend, but my hand was injured. I want to take a day off." Zhuo Shao said to Yang Jianhua.
"Zhuo Shao, you are still young, don't always think about work, but study is more important..." Yang Jianhua frowned when he saw Zhuo Shao's swollen hands.
"Teacher Yang, don't worry, I won't do this kind of heavy work anymore, but I still have to find something to do, or else I will go to high school in the future... I still have a sister." Zhuo Shao said.
Yang Jianhua tried to persuade him again, but seeing Zhuo Shao's firm face, he couldn't say anything.
"Mr. Yang, I will study hard." Zhuo Shao assured again.
Zhuo Shao decided to tell Yang Jianhua this after thinking about it.
He said hello to Yang Jianhua in advance, and it was much more convenient for him to ask for leave in the future.
He is very efficient in self-study, and in fact, he does not necessarily have to attend classes in school.
If it were other students, Yang Jianhua would definitely let them study hard, but Zhuo Shao... If there is only one person, save a little bit, and apply for some poverty subsidies, he can always finish university, but he still has a younger sister...
"Go back and have a good rest." Yang Jianhua finally said.
"Thank you, Teacher Yang." Zhuo Shao smiled at Yang Jianhua and left the school.
When Liang Chen was in class, Zhuo Shao didn't come, only to know that Zhuo Shao had asked for leave, and he was lost for a while. All morning, he was unhappy like a defeated rooster.
It wasn't until after school at noon that Liang Chen regained his energy.
He is going to pick up Zhuo Ting, and then take Zhuo Ting home for dinner!
Liang Chen got up from his seat and planned to go out, but he was stopped after only a few steps.
It was the student in their class who blocked him with Fang Jiajia that time.
"Liang Chen, why didn't Zhuo Shao come to school today?" The man asked with a smile, looking at Liang Chen with a little ill will.
This person's name is Duan Kelin, and he and Liang Chen have been classmates since the first grade of elementary school.
He didn't know when he started hating Liang Chen, he only knew that the hatred had become stronger and stronger as time went by.
He hates Liang Chen very much. In his opinion, Liang Chen is simply disgusting.
When Liang Chen was rejected by his classmates, he was very happy, but when Liang Chen got Zhuo Shao's friendship and began to change, and even got second place in the exam, he couldn't stand it.
Liang Chen, why did he do better than him in the test
He saw that Liang Chen was getting more and more unpleasant, so Fang Jiajia called and went to help beat people.
After being beaten by Zhuo Shao, he once dared not provoke Liang Chen again, but today, seeing that Zhuo Shao was not by Liang Chen's side, he couldn't help but jump out.
"Did Zhuo Shao want you anymore? I just said that you are so disgusting, no one will want to stay with you..." Duan Kelin looked at Liang Chen maliciously.
In the past, Liang Chen would have been afraid to speak at this time, but now... Liang Chen is still in a hurry to pick up Zhuo Ting!
Liang Chen ignored Duan Kelin and wanted to bypass him and go out.
"Want to go? Liang Chen, you..." Duan Kelin reached out to grab Liang Chen, but at this moment, Zhuo Shao's voice rang out: "Liang Chen!"
Liang Chen, who was a little scared at first, raised his head and saw Zhuo Shao standing at the door of the classroom against the light at a glance, and the fear in his heart disappeared without a trace.
"Duan Kelin, do you want to fight?" Zhuo Shao glanced at Liang Chen and then at Duan Kelin, his eyes were very cold.
Duan Kelin shivered subconsciously, turned around and ran away without even thinking about it. After running away from Zhuo Shao's line of sight, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhuo Shao looks, why is it so scary? ! And... Zhuo Shao's body seems to be full of the smell of safflower oil
That Zhuo Shao, didn't he go to fight with people again
In a shock, Duan Kelin made up his mind that he must hide from Zhuo Shao in the future, and never provoke Zhuo Shao again.
At this time, Liang Chen looked at Zhuo Shao with surprise: "Zhuo Shao, why are you here?"
"Come and bring you food." Zhuo Shao said.
After Zhuo Shao went back from leave today, he first asked someone to clean up those bricks, and then went to buy vegetables and cook.
He first brought food to Zhuo Ting, and now he came to bring food to Liang Chen.
"Hurry up and eat." Zhuo Shao gave Liang Chen the lunch box in his hand.
Braised chicken, fried carrot slices, fried green vegetables and boiled kelp... Liang Chen happily ate all the food.
"Stay well in class, and I'll pick you up after school." Zhuo Shao put away the lunch box after he finished eating and was ready to go back.
"No, no, I can go back by myself and pick up Zhuo Ting." Liang Chen said quickly.
"What if Duan Kelin and the others come to trouble you?" Zhuo Shao asked back.
Zhuo Shao knew that Duan Kelin and the others didn't dare to do anything to Liang Chen, but he couldn't just let him go because Liang Chen wouldn't be seriously hurt.
Liang Chen couldn't help laughing, looking a little silly.
In the afternoon, the cement, sand and bricks that Zhuo Shao wanted were delivered. After he checked them, he accepted them and asked someone to move them.
After he finished all of this, it was time to pick up Zhuo Ting... Fortunately, he had already prepared the evening dishes at noon, otherwise they would not be able to eat for a while when they were picked up and returned home. .
The next day, Zhuo Shao's hands were much better, so he went to school, and waited for the night to go home...
Zhuo Shao rolled up his sleeves and became a mason.
After Zhuo Shao joined Liang Xin's decoration company, he wanted to learn some crafts, and the first craft he learned was masonry.
Building walls is not very technical. Zhuo Shao did a good job in the past, but now, he did it by himself.
There are a lot of places to build walls.
The bathroom plumbing should be wrapped with bricks, and it can be well designed here - it is a good choice to leave a recessed wall hole when building the wall, which can be used to store toiletries in the future.
The room dedicated to the children's playroom was very long, and there was no need for a cabinet in it. Zhuo Shao planned to build a low wall with a height of more than half a meter and a slightly wider width in the middle, and then lay wooden boards on it.
In the future, people can sit here, and children can walk with them, and he will make a platform to the south of the low wall, which can just divide the room into two areas.
Of course, he did this, and another reason was that the design was guaranteed to be beautiful and innovative.
Zhuo Shao was working in full swing, and when he was working, Liang Chen came again.
Liang Chen was still wearing old clothes, he helped him move the bricks back and forth to Zhuo Shao's feet, like a hard-working little bee.
In the end, after all the bricks were moved, he didn't leave, but read books in the dim light in the room, the book "Must Read for Teenagers" that Zhuo Shao bought for him.
"What book are you reading here? Don't break your eyes." Zhuo Shao couldn't help saying.
Liang Chen closed the book, sat for a while, and suddenly ran downstairs.
Zhuo Shao thought he was going back to sleep, but he didn't expect Liang Chen to come back after a while with a battery lamp in his hand.
This year, the Three Gorges Hydropower Station has not yet been built. In the south, which lacks coal, there is often a shortage of power, and power outages are even less common, so someone invented the battery lamp.
A rechargeable battery with a bright light bulb is a battery light.
After the battery is fully charged, the light bulb can stay on for several hours. If the power goes out at home, this is basically all the lighting.
However, Zhuo Shao didn't know that Liang Chen's family also had this.
"You should have gotten it earlier." Zhuo Shao said with emotion when he saw that his working environment suddenly became brighter.
There is a light bulb installed by the developer in this house, but it was about to be removed by the owner, so it didn't light at all.
"I forgot..." Liang Chen looked at Zhuo Shao with some unease.
"I don't blame you." Zhuo Shao said with a smile, "I thank you before it's too late."
A smile appeared on Liang Chen's face.
Liang Chen insisted to accompany Zhuo Shao, so Zhuo Shao couldn't work until late. He had to finish work at ten o'clock in the evening. In the end, he worked for three nights in total by building the wall and painting the wall he built.
The mason's work was all done, and after a few days of drying, the plumber came in.
The electrician Zhuo Shao looked for worked in a cement factory in Fuyang County.
This electrician is in his thirties. He has read books and can read drawings, and he can do his work well. The only drawback is that he has to work in the factory during the day and can only work at night.
This is not suitable for others, but it is more suitable for Zhuo Shao - he has to go to school during the day and is free at night!
What made Zhuo Shao even more satisfied was that this man also introduced him to a plumber who worked in a waterworks.
At this time, many plumbers were working in factories, and they took up private work outside, but in the future, when they earned more from decoration than their salary in the company, they would go to sea one after another.
Zhuo Shao was too busy to touch the ground.
He now puts all his studies in school, and after returning home, he spends almost all the rest of his time in that house except for cooking for his two children.
Because time is very tight, Zhuo Shao can only choose simple dishes when he cooks, but even so, he also cares about nutrition.
For example, today, what he is doing is meat and vegetable products, soy products, eggs, everything... hot pot.
Zhuo Shao bought a hot pot and came back, cut half a chicken into pieces to make the soup base, and asked Zhuo Ting and Liang Chen to cook the quail eggs and vegetables he bought after the pot was boiled. Went upstairs to work again.
He didn't have time to accompany his two children to eat hot pot slowly, so he explained that they would give him some leftovers and eat them hot when he returned.
There is no natural gas in Fuyang County yet. The water heater Zhuo Shao finally settled on was an electric water heater. It was installed not only in all the bathrooms, but also in the kitchen. The electrician in this area has never been in contact with him and is not very good at it, so Zhuo Shao went with him. Do.
He also studied electrician...
While the two were doing it, someone came in outside the door.
The one who came was the husband of the young couple. His surname was Zhou and his name was Zhou Zhengqiang. He had called Zhuo Shao several times before, but today is the first time he came here after Zhuo Shao started the decoration.
"Mr. Zhou, you're here!" Zhuo Shao saw him and immediately greeted him with a smile.
He used to be the owner of a decoration company and was still very enthusiastic about customers. Now that he has only a shell subsidiary company, he is even more enthusiastic about Zhou Zhengqiang.
Zhou Zhengqiang's family only became rich in the past ten years. His life was not much different from those of his children, because education was generally not valued at that time, and he went to his father's factory after graduating from junior high school. work in.
At that time, all the people in the factory were his elders, so they called him Xiao Zhou, but now some people call him Xiao boss, but no one ever called him President Zhou...
His father has never been called like that!
Zhou Zhengqiang only felt that Zhuo Shao was very comfortable.
"Has the house started to be renovated?" Zhou Zhengqiang asked, and was stunned as soon as he entered the house.
His house has been renovated, and the speed is very slow, but now...
Just over a week has passed, the layout of the apartment has been changed, and the water and electricity are almost done!
The speed is really good! The electrician is still working at night, and he is really dedicated!
"Mr. Zhou, don't worry, our company's renovation progress can be guaranteed. In order to make the project progress faster, we also specially recruited some local masters to do it." Zhuo Shao said with a smile, saying that he had no provincial workers at all. The things that are said are high-sounding.
Zhou Zhengqiang thinks this is fine. It is indeed a bit troublesome for workers in the provincial capital to do it all the way from home.
It's just... Why are those water pipes and wires all on the roof
"Many renovation companies or workers put water pipes and wires on the ground in order to save costs, but this is actually inconvenient for maintenance. If they all live from the top, it is more convenient to repair if there is a problem. Of course, the water pipes I use are all high The standard hot water pipes and wires are also much thicker than the standard ones, so there will be no problems for 20 years." Zhuo Shao said.
Zhuo Shao used really good things. When Zhou Zhengqiang left, he picked up a cut off water pipe and a piece of wire and took it with him. When he came back later, he was even more satisfied with Zhuo Shao.
Although he spent more money, Zhuo Shao did not fool himself, and Zhou Zhengqiang was very happy.
Zhuo Shao hopes to renovate Zhou Zhengqiang's house as soon as possible. Only after the house is renovated can he get money.
But he didn't miss what he should do... At this time, he did all the things like bathroom waterproofing that people didn't pay much attention to.
Zhou Zhengqiang didn't know that the bathroom had to be waterproof before. When he came to see it, he found that the bathroom was full of water and was puzzled, but after hearing Zhuo Shao's explanation... He was shocked by the sophistication of the provincial decoration company.
The decoration company in the provincial capital is amazing!
His house, it is estimated that it will eventually be renovated to become the first part of their county!
Zhou Zhengqiang is looking forward to his new home.
Zhuo Shao smiled and tried to fool Zhou Zhengqiang, but he didn't let his sponsor know that the so-called decoration company actually didn't exist at all.