Two types of bricks are used to build a house with four rooms.
Green bricks are used to build the main hall and side rooms.
Mud bricks are used to build stoves, toilets, firewood sheds, etc.
The reason is simple: adobe bricks are cheaper than blue bricks. Looking at Changping Village, 70% of the houses in Changping Village use home-fired adobe bricks.
Earth bricks are cheap, but they have a disadvantage, which is that the wall is prone to cracking due to long-term exposure to the sun and rain, resulting in a dangerous wall.
Therefore, when walking in the village, you often see that the walls of some people's adobe houses are cracked to one side, and they can only be supported by a few wooden pillars outside the outer walls.
Blue bricks are different, they are stronger, more durable and more reliable than adobe bricks.
The disadvantage is that it is more expensive.
The same amount of blue bricks used to build one house can be used to build four or five adobe houses.
The front yard and main room of Lao Yang's old house are made of blue bricks. When Lao Yang was at his peak, he gritted his teeth and built a big house.
At that time, Yang Huaan was admitted to Tongsheng and gave birth to his eldest grandson Yang Yongxian.
Old Yangtou plans to select the eldest son and grandson of Dafang to be a scholar on behalf of the old Yang family. Since he is a scholar, a gentleman must build a blue brick house if he does not build a dangerous wall.
Except for this, the other houses in the backyard of Lao Yang's house are all adobe houses.
The walls are made of adobe bricks, and the roof is covered with thatch and felt.
In Yang Ruoqing's first memory, the third bedroom lived in the west room in the backyard.
When it rains, it rains heavily outside and lightly inside.
Washbasin, footbath, tea bowl, anything that can be used as a container must be put to use.
There was a leaky area at the end of the bed as big as a cattail leaf fan, which was inconvenient to catch, so Sun held an umbrella and put it on the tent.
Now more than twenty years have passed, and it is the old Yang family, headed by Sanfang, that has become prosperous.
The living standards of most people in the village are actually still at their original state.
Looking at the entire Changping Village, the Luo family is the only one that can use blue bricks for every brick in the front house and backyard.
The Luo family has two toilets, both of which are made of blue bricks.
Other families are in better condition than the Luo family, so the four-bedroom house this time is still built with a mixture of blue bricks and adobe bricks.
Old Yangtou and Yang Huaming, father and son, walked and looked at the homestead. At the same time, the father and son were also discussing about the materials for building the house.
"What are you going to use for the roof? Do you want thatch? There is a lot of thatch in the woodshed of the old house, and you can also find some felt cloth."
Old Yangtou asked Yang Huaming.
Those things were left over from the last time he moved back to the east house, when his sons helped him and the old lady renovate the east house.
Yang Huaming grinned and shook his head, with a sense of accomplishment on his face: "Dad, I don't need those in my new house. I have ordered several carts of terracotta tiles!"
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After hearing this, Old Yangtou couldn't help but turn around and look at Yang Huaming in surprise.
"We can't use terracotta tiles in every room, right? How much would that cost!"
Even the third-bedroom, fifth-bedroom, and second-bedroom apartments would not be used like that.
Terracotta tiles are used in the main room and there are two or three main wing rooms.
Other guest rooms, as well as rooms used for other purposes, are almost always made of felt and thatch.
Only houses with permanent residents use clay tiles.
Yang Huaming chuckled, "We originally wanted to have the same design as Third Brother and Fifth Brother's courtyard. No, Third Girl came back with a message and money, asking us to use terracotta tiles in every room, and save the ones that shouldn't be used. Don’t save!”
Old Yangtou's mouth twitched slightly when he heard this.
"The third girl is really extravagant. How can grandson-in-law Liu Xueyun allow her to help her parents' family like this?"
"Dad, the third girl's words and the money have been brought back together, which means that my son-in-law Liu Xueyun doesn't care about this, and the third girl can make the decision!"
It is still useful to raise a daughter. The daughter can marry a good and capable son-in-law and support her parents' family.
The third girl is the most powerful daughter of the fourth family of the old Yang family, and has provided the most help to her parents' family in recent years.
Ju'er is okay, although Chen Biao's family is far less wealthy than Liu Xueyun.
However, the advantage of Ju'er is that now, if something happens to her parents' family, Ju'er and Chen Biao can rush over as soon as possible to help.
At the same time, because Ju'er had a short distance to marry, she married in the town.
This also gives Yang Huaming and Liu a place to 'walk' during holidays.
Kang Xiaozi usually does business in the town, and Tiedan studies in the school in the town. Because the second sister Ju'er's family is in the town, it can also provide some convenience for the two younger brothers.
As for the eldest daughter He'er, Yang Huaming could only sigh.
Not only was he unable to provide financial help to his mother's family, he also had no son-in-law to provide physical help.
Taking a granddaughter to live and eat at her parents' house, in the final analysis, is adding to the burden on her parents' family.
But, so what?
After all, she is her own daughter and granddaughter. She can't just drive them out and let them live on the streets, right?
Neither Yang Huaming nor Mr. Liu could do such cruel things!
However, fortunately, as He'er has grown older over the years, he has learned a lot more than before.
He can help Kang Xiaozi do business in the town, and he can also stay at home and take care of the housework.
All blessings are squandered before the age of fourteen, and what is left is suffering and suffering.
Now it’s time to pay off the debt.
Hey, after all, he is a poor child. He has a bad life and encounters unkind people...
"Dad, since the three girls have said so, her mother and I must listen to her."
Yang Huaming put aside his previous chaotic thoughts and then talked to Old Yangtou about the materials used to build the house.
"Third girl said, use blue bricks, use clay tiles, and it's best to lay tiles on the floor in the house."
"This way she can have a more comfortable stay when she brings her children back for a short stay during the holidays."
"In addition, the third girl also specifically told us that the toilet should not be careless. It can't be like the toilet behind our old house. There should be a squatting position in front of the pit or two shaky wooden boards to make it wet on rainy days. It's slippery, not only smelly, but also extremely dangerous. If you don't stand properly, you might slip and fall into the latrine behind..."
Yang Huaming was talking eloquently, but suddenly stopped talking.
Because he found that Old Yangtou was looking at him with a strange look.
"Dad, why do you look at me like that?" he asked.
Old Yang didn't say a word, but continued to look at Yang Huaming, with a meaningful smile on his face.
Yang Huaming was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized what the meaning behind Old Yangtou's smile was.
Yang Huaming's expression suddenly changed, as if he had swallowed a hundred flies, and some of the flies were still stuck in his mouth, unable to swallow or spit them out.
He stomped his feet and complained to Lao Yangtou: "Father, you are too unkind. That is my nightmare and has troubled me for many years. Now that you have brought it up again, aren't you cheating on me?" !”
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