No matter how busy they are at work every day, the Chinese policemen will take time to visit Li De's house under construction.
Although it was Li De's home, in the eyes of the Chinese policemen, it was hope.
The hope of settling down in Cape Town and letting my family live a good life.
For this reason, many Chinese police officers will even go to the construction site to help when they are off duty. Seeing Li De's home being built bit by bit, the Chinese police officers are happy in their hearts. In the future, their homes will also look like this.
Build it up bit by bit, and the Li De of today will be them tomorrow.
The progress is indeed fast. Even if Rock doesn't emphasize it, Christian doesn't dare to be lazy. The dozen or so workers are being pushed by Christian like tops without stopping for a moment. When Li De's house is completed, there will be more
The house is waiting for Christian and the others. If Rock hadn't demanded quality, he wouldn't have been able to find many qualified construction workers. Christian would have liked to have multiple construction sites start working at the same time.
Unlike Anton, Luo Yi and others who have become police chiefs, Li De is still a police officer and does not have much savings. Including bonuses during this period, Li De's total money is less than one hundred pounds.
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This amount of money is definitely not enough to buy a house, but it is enough to build a house. All the building materials Li De needs to build a house are purchased by Luo Ke. Luo Ke does not go to the big building materials dealers, only small builders, and tries his best to select them.
Boers, so Rock can get very high discounts, and the quality is absolutely guaranteed. No one dares to cheat with Rock.
Although Li De has not married yet and has not high requirements for the house, Li De still followed Roque's suggestion and chose to use white marble for the foundation of the house. Building a house on such a marble base, as long as it is carefully maintained, it will be like a building.
The house can be used for decades or hundreds of years without any problem.
Li De did not have high requirements for the wood used in building the house. The main materials were eucalyptus and pine, which are abundant in Cape Town. They are cheap and of reliable quality. Although the completed house is not as strong and durable as the one made entirely of marble, it is worse than The construction period is short and the cost is cheap, which is also acceptable.
The construction speed of a house with a wooden structure is really fast. The wood is simply processed and spliced together using a mortise and tenon structure, and then reinforced with steel nails. You can build it as long as you want. Several "walls" can be built like this.
When put together, the overall structure of the house is completed. Some people who are more particular will also paint the outside of the walls. Li De chose white. After painting, from a distance, it looks no different from a marble building.
Interior decoration was even easier, as there were also professional workers in this area. After Li De decided on the wallpaper and flooring, he handed them all over to the workers. After all, a house was built in less than ten days.
"This house is so beautiful! If I had known it, I wouldn't be in such a hurry and build one myself." Anton regretted a little after visiting Li De's house.
It is indeed beautiful. All the exterior walls are white, including the front steps and porch. The craftsmanship of the workers is still very good. The gaps in the wood splicing are all covered up by paint, and the whole house looks seamless.
, a completely new look inside and out, this kind of house has exceeded Anton’s understanding of houses. In Rock’s words, it is described as a “fairy tale world”.
The decoration in the room is also eye-catching. The beige wallpaper and dark brown floor complement each other. There are several fabric sofas randomly placed in the living room, which is full of warm family atmosphere. In addition to a bed and a wardrobe, the bedroom
There wasn't much other furniture, and I hadn't even had time to buy bedding. The room was filled with the fresh smell of logs, and the floor was so clean that you couldn't bear to step on it. Everyone wanted such a house, even Henry was amazed.
"Reed, go back and buy two shotguns, hang them on the wall as decorations, buy a vase, and buy some decorative paintings. Your house will be short of a mistress." Rock was busy coming up with ideas to buy shotguns.
Of course, its role is not only for decoration, but also for protecting the family and cultivating the martial spirit of the family. As for decorative paintings, they can be found everywhere, as long as they are not the kind of bare-butt women posing.
Well, that should be described as "body art", but from a traditional Chinese perspective, it is immoral, and I guess Li De may not be able to accept it.
"Hey, I'll buy it later." Li De has been sleepwalking since he entered the room. Now Li De has not accepted this fact.
"Reed, good luck guy!"
"Reed, how much did it cost to build the house?"
"It's indispensable. One hundred pounds is probably not enough."
More Chinese policemen are impatient. Li De's house has been completed and Luo Yi's house is mostly completed. More Chinese policemen are planning their own property and trying to build the house even though they are trying to sell iron.
"It cost less than eighty pounds. It was mainly due to the first step. The stones and wood used to build the house didn't cost much, otherwise one hundred pounds would definitely not be enough." Li De told the truth, and his gratitude to Roque was beyond words.
In fact, compared with building materials, the most expensive thing in building a house is labor. But who makes the Boers' wages so cheap now? A dozen workers, each working at 5 pence a day, only three or four shillings a day, Li
De put on his police uniform and went for a walk on the pier, and received more than that. It was so easy to settle down in Cape Town, but none of the Chinese policemen had thought twice before.
"Boss, after Mr. Luo's house is finished, mine can almost start construction, right?" The impatient Chinese police have already started queuing up. They have to start early. God knows whether the price of building materials will increase tomorrow. As for whether they have enough money?
That's not a problem. There are so many Chinese policemen, and just a few of them are enough. With Roque here, how can we still be afraid of not making any money?
"If you want to build a house, queue up here at Reed. Don't worry about running out of space. There are plenty of places on Mill Street." Now Roque no longer has to try his best to seduce the Chinese police to naturalize. After returning from Kimberley, almost all the second-class residents
A batch of Chinese police officers have completed their naturalization, and more Chinese police officers have sent telegrams to their hometowns, hoping that their families can immigrate to Cape Town as soon as possible. It would be great for the family to reunite in Cape Town, with no worries about food and clothing, rather than starving and freezing in the Qing Dynasty.
Life is ten thousand times better.
In fact, they have not yet realized that what is more unbearable than starvation and cold is the wars that have raged in the following decades. They would rather be peace dogs than serve in troubled times. Look at what kind of life the Boers are living now.
Knowing what life was like for the Chinese in the Qing Dynasty in the next few decades, compared with the Qing Dynasty, Cape Town can really be regarded as a paradise.
