Chapter 117： Looking for a builder

Chapter 117 Looking for a house builder

So, he yelled: "Mom, what does the puppy want to eat? It's so small, can it drink milk?"

Sun Mei said with a smile: "No, the dog's stomach function is very weak, so it can't drink milk, only goat's milk. It's okay, just feed it rice cereal and steamed buns at night. It's best to raise a small dog."

Zhao Zhitong was relieved and continued to play with the puppy.

After dinner in the evening, Zhao Zhitong and Zhao Ya were responsible for feeding the puppy rice cereal together, and then went to see Zhao Dong draw the design of the new house.

Actually, Zhao Zhitong can’t understand anything, but it doesn’t prevent her from making suggestions. No, that’s it.

"Daddy, let's build a grape trellis in the yard, so there will be grapes to eat."

Zhao Dong thought for a while and said, "Yes, let's build it in the second court."

Zhao Zhitong said again: "Father, let's build a swing next to the grape trellis."

Zhao Dong nodded, felt that there was no problem, so he picked up a pen to mark it.

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After she finished her suggestion, looking at the design drawing of this new home, it was as if she had seen a new home.

The little ones are very excited and have already started to enjoy their new home in various ways.

After Zhao Zhitong went to school the next day, Zhao Dong went to Zhangjiacun with gifts and design drawings.

There is a foreman Zhang in Zhangjia Village, named Zhang Jinbao, who is a master foreman who specializes in building houses in several villages around him.

He is skilled and has a good reputation. If anyone in the surrounding villages builds a house, they will come to him.

When Zhao Dong arrived at Zhang Jinbao's house, unfortunately, Zhang Jinbao had just gone to work in the fields, and only Zhang Baolin's wife and mother were at home.

After hearing Zhao Dong's intentions, Zhang Jinbao's wife asked him to come back at noon, and Zhang Jinbao would be waiting for him at home.

Zhao Dong smiled and nodded his thanks. He didn't stay long, so he went out and returned home. At noon, he brought his things and came back again.

At this moment, Zhang Jinbao was waiting for him at home.

When Zhang Jinbao came back, he had already heard from her mother and daughter-in-law that Zhao Dong had looked for him, so after meeting Zhao Dong, without asking any further questions, he led the person in, smiled and went straight to the topic: "Your house is ready to move in." ?”

Zhao Dong nodded, "Yes."

Then, with a smile, he put a wrapped box of pastries on the table, with a red seal on it, and said with a smile, "A little thought, my family is going to build a house, so I need to trouble Master Zhang a lot."

This red envelope was still about building a house when he met the stone when he came back today.

Shitou reminded him to wrap it up, saying yes, wrap a red envelope to Zhang Jinbao, and he will help calculate how many bricks and tiles are needed to build the house, in case buying too many bricks and tiles is wasted, and buying less will delay things.

This is very good, so Zhao Dong did it.

After seeing the red envelope, Zhang Jinbao nodded with a smile, and asked, "What kind of house is your family planning to build? An earthen house, a wooden house, or a brick house?"

Zhao Dongdao: "Master, I am going to build a brick house, so please ask Master Zhang to help me see how many bricks and tiles I need."

As he spoke, he took out the design drawings and told Zhang Jinbao his rough plan.

When Zhang Jinbao saw the design drawings, Zhang Jinbao was stunned.

After listening to Zhao Dong's narration, Zhang Jinbao was shocked.

One is that the yard that Zhao Dong wants to build is really big, which is really rare in the countryside. The other is that the design and planning of these houses looks very novel and unique. He has built houses for so many years, and he has never seen them before. .

He felt that Zhao Dong should know how to build a house.

So, he asked: "Do you know this business?"

Zhao Dong didn't lie either: "No, I just know a little bit, so I still need to trouble Master Zhang a lot."

Zhang Jinbao nodded with a smile and said, "Leave this to me, don't worry, I'm just in this business, and I'm sure I won't do something that smashes my own brand."

As he spoke, he looked at the blueprint and asked, "The well is in the backyard?"

Zhao Dong nodded: "Master Zhang, can you dig wells?"

Zhang Jinbao smiled confidently: "Yes, of course, we have people who specialize in digging wells, cellars, and ice cellars." Then he glanced at the drawings and asked, "Do you want to dig cellars?"

Zhao Dong slapped his forehead, and then remembered what he had overlooked. The cellar is excellent for storing vegetables in winter.

So nodded, "Hit."

Immediately, he thought about it and asked, "Master Zhang, can you also open the ice cellar?"

He was still very surprised by this. He didn't expect that they could even hit this kind of thing.

Hearing this, Zhang Jinbao laughed instantly, and proudly said: "Hey, don't underestimate us, the ice cellar is not a problem, like the ice cellar of the Wei country gentleman's house, but we are responsible for making it."

After finishing speaking, he accidentally fell in love with Zhao Dong; "Do you want to fight one at home?"

Zhao Dong smiled: "I have this idea."

There is no air-conditioning here in summer, and the heat is unbearable. If there is an ice cellar, it will be much easier for them in summer.

So he asked: "What does the icehouse you build look like?"

Then Zhang Jinbao explained to him that there are mainly two kinds of ice caves now, one is to dig earth pits directly; the other is to use masonry arches for excavation and construction to form underground ice caves.

Naturally, the second will be more costly and laborious.

Don't think about it, Zhao Dong will definitely choose the second option.

After everything was finalized, Zhang Jinbao started typing with the abacus, and after a while, gave him a budget for the number of bricks and tiles.

Then, he took Zhao Dong directly to the brick kiln factory to order bricks and tiles.

Because Zhang Jinbao is in this line of work, and he is familiar with the people in the brick kiln factory, and Zhao Dong is polite to him, and the red envelope is also generous.

That Jinbao took him directly to the Majia Brick Kiln Factory, where bricks and tiles are the most affordable.

Because Zhao Dong wanted too many bricks and tiles, Boss Ma was in a bit of danger, because there are quite a lot of bricks and tiles ordered now, and it said it would take two months to make them.

However, after two months, it will be too late to build a house.

So, Zhang Jinbao sold his favor, and the owner of the brick kiln factory, Ma, asked them to come to pull bricks and tiles in half a month.

Zhao Dong immediately thanked him with a smile, and said in his heart, there are indeed people who are easy to handle. If it weren't for this Jinbao, he probably would have to wait until next year to start building a house.

After that, Zhao Dong agreed with Zhang Jinbao on the date of building the house, agreed on the wages of the workers, and then returned home.

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At night, after the children fell asleep, Zhao Dong settled the bill.

To build the house this time, the money for bricks and tiles, plus the wages of the workers, and the meal money for the foremen at noon, calculated, all the expenses until the new house is built will cost about six hundred taels of silver.

Actually, it didn’t cost so much originally, because he added an ice cellar. However, it was still within his budget.

After Guangjuxuan's medicinal vegetables started to be sold, they didn't have to worry about running out of money for the time being.

And the news that their family was going to build a house spread like wildfire. The villagers were happy for Zhao Dong, but naturally there were also some bitter words.

Zhao Dong's family didn't take the discussion in the village seriously.

When the ten-day appointment with the peony flower shop came, Zhao Dong went to the county seat alone, and brought back the fruit tree seedlings.

(end of this chapter)