Early the next morning, Shi Zhen went to Fang Changming's house first.
Now the roof of the house has been fully covered, and work such as tiling the exterior walls is being done.
This job is not difficult, but it takes a lot of practice to be fast.
After Shi Zhen taught Shi Daniu and the others, he let them post slowly. As for himself... He found someone to work with him to make water and electricity for the house.
Whether a house is comfortable or not has a lot to do with the number of sockets and whether the switch layout is good or not.
Nowadays, many houses in rural areas have few sockets, and it is very inconvenient to use switches.
Shi Zhen built a lot of houses for people at the beginning, and he also knew something about water and electricity. It was a little troublesome for him to make it all by himself, but he knew where the switch was best.
For example, in the bedroom, switches and sockets are placed on both sides of the bed, which is convenient to use.
There should be more sockets in the kitchen, and the restaurant can't be without sockets...
The electrician had never taken on such a complicated job, and was almost bewildered by Shi Zhen, and today is the day of the water and electricity inspection.
Shi Zhen specially called Fang Changming to explain the situation of each switch to Fang Changming.
There are so many wires on the wall. If it was replaced by ordinary people, you might suspect that Shi Zhen was deliberately spending more of their money. Fortunately, Fang Changming is a local tyrant. After listening to Shi Zhen's explanation, his eyes became brighter and brighter: "This is really useful. Convenient!"
Shi Zhen even arranged the socket for the air conditioner for him, which is really good!
Shi Zhen also talked about how to decorate the kitchen.
The custom cabinets of later generations are not easy to do now, but you can build some low walls with bricks, paste tiles, lay countertops, and then install wooden doors outside.
This not only saves money, but also works well.
Fang Changming naturally had no opinion on this, and even after Shi Zhen described it, he was very interested in his kitchen that had not yet been renovated.
Shi Zhen also discovered that Fang Changming liked something more luxurious.
Also, people at this time have suffered, who doesn't like a luxurious house? In this case, the ceiling of the house, etc., must be arranged.
After the acceptance of water and electricity, Fang Changming gave another part of the money.
The money he gave was very straightforward, mainly because of his younger brother, who spent a lot more money than Shi Zhen took with him.
From this, it can be seen that Shi Zhen didn't take his money too much.
As long as Shi Zhen builds the house, he doesn't mind letting Shi Zhen make more money.
Fang Changming left soon, and when Fang Changming left, Shi Zhen and Shi Daniu had dinner together, and then rode a bicycle to pick up Guan Baiyu at the town station.
Normally, Guan Baiyu came back by bus.
As for why he rides a bike... To be honest, it's still the most convenient way to go.
The wheels of his car are very large, and if he pedals hard, the speed of the car is very fast.
When Shi Zhen arrived at the bus station, he didn't wait long when he saw Guan Baiyu getting off the bus.
He took Guan Baiyu and first went to see the dilapidated house he just bought.
He thought that Guan Baiyu would also feel disappointed when he saw this house, but he didn't expect it. As soon as Guan Baiyu saw the house, he said, "Brother, this location is very good, it's a shop!"
Guan Baiyu looked around the house and said, "There is an open space at the door of this house, and many things can be placed outside the door by then."
"Yes," Shi Zhen laughed, "I'm going to buy a truckload of bricks this afternoon and start building this house in the evening."
Guan Baiyu said: "Brother, let me help you!"
Shi Zhen agreed: "Okay."
Shi Zhen changed the tractor, went to the brick factory to buy a truckload of red bricks, transported them to the house he just bought, and moved the bricks into the house.
In the countryside, everyone bought bricks and stacked them directly in front of their houses. After all, the neighbors all knew each other, and no one would steal bricks.
But this is in town, and the bricks are still safe in the house.
When Shi Zhen moved the bricks, Guan Baiyu followed and handed the bricks from the tractor to Shi Zhen.
When the two were working, many people from the neighbors came to watch the fun and asked them what they were going to do.
Shi Zhen didn't hide it: "We bought this house and want to repair it."
"It takes so many bricks to repair? You don't want to re-build and build up the house, right? That won't work, it will block our light!" An old man said.
Shi Zhen smiled good-naturedly: "We just need to repair it, we won't be able to build it high. If this house is not repaired, there is no way to live in it."
The old man glanced at Shi Zhen suspiciously, but didn't say much.
When Shi Zhen and Guan Baiyu moved the bricks into the house, they also saw elementary school students passing by them after school.
This is indeed a nice place.
After moving the bricks, Shi Zhen drove to pick up Shi Daniu and the others. After dinner, Shi Zhen brought Shi Daniu and the others to the town, next to the original wall of the house, and dug a trench on the outside.
Shi Zhen intends to rebuild the wall outside the original wall of the house, and finally cap it... The broken house in the middle will be demolished after he has finished building the outer wall.
He directly demolished the house and rebuilt it, which is easy to cause trouble, such as needing approval or something. If he said that he just built an extra wall to reinforce it, he could be fooled for a while.
That night, Shi Zhen simply made the foundation, and then built a wall on it little by little.
The house he built was actually a little bigger than the original house, but the people around him didn't notice anything wrong.
The house is really small, but in three nights, the outer walls were almost finished.
Shi Zhen demolished the house inside, and all the slate and bricks laying on the ground were dug up.
At this time, when building houses in rural areas, the only bricks that can be bought are red bricks.
But in fact, the quality of the blue bricks used in old buildings in the past is much better than the red bricks that everyone uses now.
The house was originally built with blue bricks, but now Shi Zhen has left all those blue bricks behind.
He didn't buy a lot of red bricks, and the house could be raised a little higher with blue bricks, and some of the things inside could also be built with these blue bricks.
Shi Zhengai's house is a little taller than the original house, but not much, so the surrounding neighbors don't have much opinion.
And he himself is also very satisfied with this equivalent of rebuilding the house.
The house is three meters high, and there is a small attic with a height of more than two meters at the highest point. Of course, because the roof is sloped, this small attic is two meters and five in the middle, and the two sides are actually very low.
But here, there are a lot of things.
Then Shi Zhen started painting the floors and walls again...
When Guan Baiyu came back for another big week, the small house had already been built and looked brand new.
But it still has to hang for ten days and a half months before it can live in people.
This house was bought by Shi Zhen, but Shi Dalin paid the money to buy the bricks to repair the house. Because the labor is free, and some bricks and tiles have been demolished, the house has been fully renovated with water and electricity, but it doesn’t cost much Thousands of dollars.
At this moment, the two sides of the house have opened doors, but there are no windows. In the corner, there is a small stove and a small water tap, so that in the future, Shi Dalin and the others will open a shop here and be able to stay at home. Make something to eat.
As for the toilet, there is a public toilet that has just been built nearby, you can go there - the house is too small to squeeze in.
The house is already there, and the next step is to buy the counter, as well as the purchase of goods.
This money is also from Shi Dalin.
In the evening, the Shi family.
Shi Dalin lit the dry cigarette again and counted the money in his hand while smoking.
His savings may not be enough to purchase goods.
"Big brother and sister-in-law's fried skewer stall, the business is really good recently, everyone goes to them to buy the iron-plate tenderloin. The people from the Wang family don't know where they bought the rib, so they can't sell it, so they can only hide from the big brother and the others... Really Good." Zhao Meiyun came in from outside and said with a smile.
She went out for a stroll just now, and saw that Shi Dashan's fried skewer stall was surrounded by many people.
Since knowing that Shi Zhen bought a house to open a shop for them, Zhao Meiyun's body will soon recover.
Zhao Meiyun only went to see the house after she was completely healed. At that time, Shi Zhen had already built the house almost, and she was not disappointed with the house at all.
After watching it, I was still in a good mood.
Today, seeing that Wang Zugen's parents couldn't beg for the Shi Dashan couple... She was even happier.
That family is so abominable, and now they are finally at a loss!
"Yeah." Shi Dalin is also in a good mood. Wang Zugen and the others set up a stall. Everything has to be bought. The stall also needs to spend money to find someone to do it. The initial cost will be quite a lot. , but he definitely doesn't earn as much as he did before!
Zhao Meiyun said again: "I didn't expect the fried skewer stall to be so lively. I knew we could do it again..."
"If it's us, it won't work, big brother and the others have their brains alive." Shi Dalin said.
Seeing that the business of Shi Dashan and their stalls is so good, Shi Dalin is also a little envious, but after thinking about it carefully, he feels that he can't do it, so he gave up.
Zhao Meiyun has always felt that she is inferior to Chen Xiaofen. She used to ask Chen Xiaofen to make up her mind when something happened to her... She nodded in agreement.
Of course, she recognized these things so much, mainly because there was no Zhao Dongjuan whispering in her ear.
No one always mentioned favoritism to her, so she didn't think much about it.
If Shi Zhen didn't sell the stall, he wouldn't be able to buy a house!
Compared with setting up a stall, there must be a more decent shop.
Zhao Meiyun talked to Shi Dalin about opening the store again.
Shi Dalin thought of something, and said, "A Zhen owns the house where he opened the shop, and he will also use his tricycle and freezer for us... We can't use his money in vain. We will give him money when we make money in the future. of."
Zhao Meiyun hurriedly said, "What I want to give, I want to give it!" Her Qiujuan earned money, but she didn't give much to her family, not to mention Dongjuan.
It was Shi Zhen, who gave the stall at the beginning. Shi Zhen gave the money for her broken leg to treat her illness. This shop also relies on Shi Zhen to open the store. If you make money in the future, Shi Zhen will pay more. This is as it should be. .
Shi Dalin said again: "I don't have enough money to buy the goods, you go and ask Qiujuan if I can borrow some from her, and the food she paid for, right there? Let's use it first, I'll make it up for her later."
Shi Dalin asked Zhao Meiyun to keep all the food expenses that Zhao Qiujuan paid, and planned to use it as a dowry for Zhao Qiujuan when Zhao Qiujuan got married in the future.
"The money is with me! And Qiujuan, she is definitely willing to borrow money." Zhao Meiyun agreed.
It's just borrowing money, her family Qiujuan can't be unhappy.
When Zhao Qiujuan heard that Shi Dalin wanted to borrow money, she was not at all unhappy, and even took out her passbook for Shi Dalin to see.
Before, she was reluctant to tell others how much money she earned, for fear of being missed by Zhao Dongjuan, but now it is different.
Neither Shi Dalin nor Shi Zhen cares about her money.
Zhao Qiujuan can earn almost 1,000 in a month. She has set up a stall for more than ten months, and the total amount of money earned is less than 10,000.
Zhao Dongjuan got married and took 6,000 yuan as a betrothal gift. She felt that she was not good enough, and she couldn't despise her sister who was digging at Soso all day long, but in fact... Zhao Qiujuan's money had already exceeded her betrothal gift money!
However, Zhao Qiujuan pays 100 yuan for food at home every month, and from time to time, she also buys some things at home, plus some clothes and so on...
Her current savings is only 7,000.
Shi Dalin was shocked when he saw the passbook that Zhao Qiujuan took out. He really didn't expect that his stepdaughter, who didn't like to speak out, actually made so much money.
In contrast, he spent a lot of money on color TVs and other things, and he had a lot of miscellaneous expenses at home, and he didn't have much savings.
Zhao Qiujuan took the passbook and said, "Dad, I'll go to the bank with you tomorrow to get the money. You can just take the money and use it, don't rush to pay me back."
If it wasn't for Shi Zhen, where would she get the money? And she is not married yet, according to her thoughts, even if Shi Dalin asks her to hand over all the money, it should be.
Of course, if this is the case, she will definitely save some private money.
"I can't use this much." Shi Dalin said, "You can lend me 5,000 yuan, and the rest of the money... go buy a bicycle, buy some beautiful clothes, girls, and also dress up. "
Zhao Qiujuan didn't buy any clothes for herself this year, and she was disheartened most of the time.
Zhao Qiujuan had no intention at all, but when Shi Dalin said this, he really thought about buying a bicycle.
Just buy that nice, women's bike.