Li Mu originally wanted to leave quietly, but he missed one thing. In the Xishan Mountain of Xiaoyao Valley, there was a group of students from Datang Technical School who were building their own school building. They also gathered back on their own initiative to continue working on the third day of the new year.
Survived. As soon as Li Mu arrived at the entrance of the valley, someone discovered them, so a group of students hurriedly put down their work and gathered around to help move things.
It was a good thing to have someone to help, and Li Mu was happy to have some free time. Taking advantage of some time, he rode a horse around the valley to check on the progress of the project.
When Li Mu and Gongsun Kang discussed, they divided the construction of the valley into three construction periods. The first construction period has been completed and the house where he lives now was built. The second construction period is to build the "town center" where he works.
The place is equipped with a government office, a treasury, etc. The third phase is fortifications. The entrance of the valley must be blocked, a bunker must be added in the valley, and the passes of the surrounding peaks must be repaired to prevent the secrets in the valley from being spied on. As for the fourth phase,
In the meantime, it cannot be left to manpower. He has to build a secret passage. If he has to run away one day, he needs to be able to do it without being aware of it.
The total of the four construction periods is one year, each of which is three months. Now that the first construction period is basically completed, what appears in front of Li Mu is a standard farmhouse courtyard that he personally designed.
At first glance, this is a very ordinary building, but in fact it is very ordinary. Li Mu has never had any big requirements for a place to live. He doesn't like carved beams and painted buildings, as long as it is clean and regular. So the farmhouse he designed
The small courtyard is his most ordinary house. The only bright spot is the windows. All the windows in this courtyard are made of colored glaze, that is, glass, and are thickened with double-layer glass for thermal insulation.
Just this piece of glass, in the eyes of outsiders, has skyrocketed the cost of construction. Glaze is a precious stone, and ordinary people can pass it down to their families if they have a piece of it. When Zhulu Hou built a house, he actually used large pieces of colored glaze as windows, which is amazing
What kind of handwriting is it?
Although it looks like an ordinary farmhouse, it is actually a golden mountain. Gongsun Kang calculated that if all the colored glazes in this courtyard were taken off and sold, the copper coins in exchange would fill this courtyard. He really
He couldn't figure out where Li Mu got so much colored glaze, but he didn't dare to ask. When installing windows, he watched the carpenters working with his own eyes, for fear that if a piece was broken, Li Mu would break his glass.
The skin was peeled off.
A pigsty was built at the back of the courtyard. Gongsun Kang also didn't know why Li Mu did this, but he still did it obediently. He was a master craftsman in the palace and didn't know how to build a pigsty, so he went to the craftsman's workshop to find a pigsty.
It took an old bricklayer from the countryside to build the pigsty.
In addition to these, Gongsun Kang also strives for perfection in all aspects of construction. Although there is little room for development in the design drawings, the details can be considered. Every brick used to build this house is carefully selected and jointed
It must be "full and even" without making any mistakes. Every stone used to pave the yard must be of the same size. And it must be river pebbles, not mountain stones, because mountain stones have edges and corners and are easily dented. Use stone slabs.
It’s not possible either. The slate is too regular and not natural enough. It looks stiff when blending into the environment.
These are things that Li Mu did not ask for, but Gongsun Kang thought of them all in order to perform well in front of Li Mu. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to build a courtyard for so long, which would be longer than the construction period in heaven and earth.
The effect was naturally satisfactory. Li Mu visited it inside and out and found no faults. He said "good" and Gongsun Kang almost jumped up with joy.
Coming out of the courtyard, you can see that the foundations for the second phase of the project on the other side of the river are already being laid, and a little further to the west are the students' dormitories under construction.
The gap between professional and unprofessional can be clearly seen at these two construction sites. Although they have worked very hard, the school building built by the students is still unsatisfactory, and many flaws can be seen at a glance. But Li Mu did not
I intend to point it out, but let them figure it out for themselves. If they don't understand, there are craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry nearby. They can also ask, but they can only ask. Help is impossible, because Li Mu has already decided
According to the rules, the buildings of Datang Technical School must be built by the students themselves. If one generation of students cannot build it, then the next generation of students will continue it. In short, no craftsmen will directly intervene in this project.
Thinking about what these people looked like when they came here, the situation now is actually very good. At least they can sleep in a room with a roof instead of living in a tent like they did years ago.
After going around for a while and coming back, the things were almost unloaded. Li Mu sent Bai Nao'er and Gongsun Kang away, as well as all the students who were helping. It's good that he can still take care of the food for ten or eight people.
What does he have to do with dozens of people? Drive them all away and live in peace.
After all the hard work, it was almost noon. Li Mu lay down on the deck chair and complained that he was hungry. Bai Qiaoqiao had to find all the vegetables, rice and dried meat he had brought, and filled the pot with water to cook. Li Zhien did not
He knew how to cook, so he could only help light the fire, but there was no firewood. Unfortunately, Li Mu couldn't just lie down and be an uncle, so he took an ax and went to the forest to find dead trees, ready to chop them down and use them as firewood.
As soon as he went out, he saw a meat ball rolling towards him. Li Mu was startled. Just as he was about to hide away, the meat ball came closer, and then he recognized it. It was his precious son Pang Da. Pang Da had been running away for a while.
Panting, he saw Li Mu right in front of him. He took a deep breath and charged forward again, hitting Li Mu in the stomach and knocking him down.
"Oh, my son!" Li Mu wailed, complaining endlessly. This kid must have eaten chemical fertilizers. Why is he growing so fast? He hasn't been seen for more than ten days. It's like blowing up a balloon, and he has gained a lot of weight.
Er. It was like a bag of rice weighing down on my body. It weighed at least sixty or seventy kilograms.
"Big fat boy!" Li Mu grabbed Panda's two little ears, rubbed his nose affectionately, and said: "It seems that your mother Ou has taken good care of you, good boy, in two months, you
Daddy can’t hold you anymore.”
Wang Ou's car creaked and stopped in front of him. Wang Ou got out of the car and saw Pang Da knocking Li Mu down. He said angrily: "You are naughty again, why don't you get up quickly?"
Pang Da turned around and glanced at Wang Ou. Seeing her serious expression, he whispered twice, got off Li Mu and returned to Wang Ou's feet, and rubbed her twice to please her.
Li Mu was stunned and said: "Ou, you have a problem, this little brat is so honest to you, he seems to be able to understand what you are saying!"
"It's nothing. We have been together for a long time, so we are familiar with it." Wang Ou came over and pulled Li Mu up. Seeing the ax on the ground, he asked: "Husband, what are you doing?"
Li Mu picked up the ax and said: "Chopping firewood, washing rice and cooking..." Suddenly he remembered Wang Ou's background and said: "Ou, you are a lady, I'm afraid you have never lived like this, right? Have you?
Are you interested in going to chop firewood with me? When you come back later, you can also see how Qiaoqiao cooks, Qiaoqiao's skills are no worse than those of a cook."
Wang Ou laughed when he heard this and said: "Others are striving for fame and wealth, and want good clothes and food, but it's better for you to do the opposite." After saying that, Wang Ou sighed and said: "Who let me fall in love with you?
It could just be a husband singing and a wife following her."
He turned back to the maid in the car and ordered: "Send my things to the courtyard and ask my wife where they are placed. After packing them, you can go back to the city."
The maid couldn't help but said: "Miss, you are alone..."
"Why are you alone? My husband is here!" Wang Ou said angrily, "If you talk nonsense again, be careful I will punish you."
The maid quickly shut her mouth and glanced at Li Mu, looking timid.
Li Mu waved his hand, and the carriage entered the courtyard. Wang Ou came over and took Li Mu's arm, as if he had done something wrong, and said apologetically: "This servant is negligent in discipline, which makes my husband laugh."
"What's the matter? What's this?" Li Mu kicked Pang Da, who was about to rub Wang Ou's leg again, and said casually: "Don't be too strict with your servants. They are also thinking about you? This
It seems that the maid has changed again, is it the one I saw last time?"
"Ah?" Wang Ou was startled. Of course, this maid was not the same one from last time. Wang Ou never kept a maid around for too long, lest they know too much. They usually changed them every half a month, but she didn't
Thinking that Li Mu would notice it, and because of her guilty conscience, she was also afraid that Li Mu would notice something.
But he glanced at Li Mu secretly, as if he was just asking casually, and said vaguely: "They are all the assistants in the store. They followed me when I went out. It turns out that I have a maid from my mother's family who followed me.
Got married two years ago."
"Oh." Li Mu smiled, didn't say anything, and just walked away.
Wang Ou took a deep breath, changed the subject, and asked about his marriage to Li Zhien. Li Mu had nothing to hide. The two of them entered the woods while chatting. There were all dead branches and dead trees in the forest. Li Mu chose a tree that was not beautiful.
Chop them down, roughly or thinly, and lay them on the ground to start pruning the branches.
When he lived in Dingxiang, Li Mu once cut down trees to make furniture, and he was very good at these tasks. The branches of trees are easier to burn, and it is best to put them in the stove to make firewood. It is also easy to bundle.
For a technical job, if you know how to bundle firewood, you can carry a lot of firewood at once without getting tired, but if you don't know how to bundle, you can carry a small amount and still get tired.
The job of collecting firewood is completely beyond Wang Ou's understanding. She is the eldest lady from the Wang family in Taiyuan. Let alone collecting firewood, she has never seen firewood. The only thing she can do is to scatter it in all directions.
I helped pick up the dead branches. But because of my clothes, I looked very clumsy. It was like sweeping the street in an evening dress. It looked awkward no matter what.