After becoming a stepmother,I transfered the whole family into farming

Chapter 39: New House Completed

The twelfth lunar month arrived, and the house was finally completed after a month and eight days.

The walls of the original two rooms were re-plastered, and the new walls were neat and smooth. After the roof was reinforced, the thatched roof was removed and covered with green tiles.

On the basis of the original house, two rooms were added on the east and west sides.

On the west side are two slightly larger tiled houses, each of which is 20 square meters. One is Qin Yao's bedroom, and the other is the new bedroom for Dalang and his four siblings.

All the furniture in Qin Yao's bedroom is new.

A 1.5-meter bed, a 1.5-meter wide and 2-meter high wardrobe, two square boxes, and a set of office desks and chairs.

Except for the bed and box, which are simple styles popular here, the rest of the wardrobe and desk were designed by Qin Yao herself.

The wardrobe is square and does not require any carvings, just like modern minimalist furniture.

The interior is divided into a hanging area and a stacking area. There are four drawers underneath, with space left on the top for quilts.

The desk is a rectangular table measuring 1.2 meters by 60 centimeters, with two drawers and a simple wooden chair.

The bronze mirror is very expensive, so Qin Yao couldn't bear to buy it, so it is temporarily unavailable. Apart from that, all the things needed for daily life are available.

The remaining space can be slowly added when she wants something in the future.

In the bedroom of the four siblings, there were two 1.35-meter bunk beds that Qin Yao asked a carpenter to make.

In this way, each of the four brothers and sisters has his or her own independent bed.

In order to grab the upper bunk, the four brothers and sisters drew lots for a long time. In the end, the upper bunk was occupied by Sanlang and Erlang, while Dalang and Siniang slept on the lower bunk.

Two newly built cabinets are placed between the two beds, which can be used for storage and also have space for some daily necessities.

There are two drawers under each bed, plus a cabinet, so the four brothers and sisters are allocated the same storage space.

Under the window, there was a two-meter-long and eighty-centimeter-wide table, with four high stools, one for each of the four brothers and sisters.

Because Si Niang is a girl, Qin Yao also considered that it would be inconvenient for her to sleep in the same room with her brothers when she grew up, so she made a threshold groove in the four-person room in advance into which the wooden board could be inserted.

When Si Niang grows up a little, we can insert the door panels to create an independent small space, which is big enough for a single bed, a dressing table, and a small wardrobe.

And the door has been reserved in advance. It is locked now, and when it is opened, it will be another door, a completely independent space.

When it comes to decorating the rooms for the four brothers and sisters, Qin Yao has done a good job of making things fair.

The carpenter bought the bunk bed because he thought it was exquisite, and gave Qin Yao a big discount when he ordered all the furniture for the house.

The two new houses on the east side are much smaller, with thatched roofs, one is 15 square meters and the other is only 6 square meters.

The larger one is a combination of a kitchen and a utility room, separated into two rooms, right next to the original side room.

The original stove was knocked down, and a mason was hired to build a new stove with two burners so that cooking and frying could be done at the same time.

Qin Yao specifically asked Liu Ji if he had any opinions. He shook his head and said no, this was good, and there was no need to change it.

I bought a new water tank, and placed two of them in the kitchen together with the old one. Filling it with water once is enough for the whole family to use for three days. It is much more convenient than filling it several times a day before.

Of course, it would be even better if there was natural spring water on the back mountain that could be brought in.

But because the project is too large, it can only be put on hold for the time being.

The small room of six square meters is the bathroom.

Uncle Jiu spread all the tiles that were broken during transportation on the ground, and used a wooden hammer to knock them flat one by one. Even if the ground got wet, there was no need to worry about it turning into mud.

Qin Yao plans to use this place specifically for taking a bath. She can also put a toilet here at night to make it convenient to go to the toilet.

Every household in the village has a outhouse, but because of superstitious beliefs such as feng shui, the outhouses are built far away, usually behind the house, about thirty meters away.

Of course, the distance can also be fifty meters.

Qin Yao had no choice but to follow the local customs and built her hut at the foot of the mountain more than 20 meters away from her home.

When going to the toilet, you have to go through the back door of the newly built wall first, then go out the door and walk across a wasteland before you can go to the toilet.

Fortunately, she had a shower room. If she felt lazy, she could just use it at home and then empty it in the toilet at dawn.

Liu Ji moved from the main house to the side house, which became his room from then on. The room was filled with old furniture from his previous home.

Those that could not be used were chopped up by Qin Yao to make fire.

Although Liu Ji envied the new house and new furniture, he did not dare to say anything. He just complained quietly about the unfairness while cooking.

It is he who does the laundry, cooking and cleaning in this house, but his treatment is not as good as that of the four kids who run around everywhere every day.

The former main house has become a living room for receiving guests and a dining room for eating. It is simply furnished with some tables, chairs and benches, with no other decorations.

Now all the furniture in the new house is of natural wood color, and the green mud floor has been pounded tightly with hammers. The floor is bright and smooth, and the whole house feels warm and bright.

A new two-meter-high wall was built to protect the entire yard in the middle, dividing it into two yards, front and back.

The front yard was very spacious, and a lot of the previous vacant land was enclosed in it. Old Man Liu specially used the stones he picked up to enclose two vegetable plots. Zhang also gave him a bag of vegetable seeds, and told Liu Ji to grow some vegetables for himself, as it was not right to spend money to buy them every day.

Qin Yao built a large sink at the kitchen door for convenient washing of clothes and vegetables.

The sink used is a stone pig trough that my uncle no longer needs.

Qin Yao carried the heavy stone trough back by himself. After washing it, he used a pickaxe to chisel the four walls flat. Now he had a ready-made large single trough that was a full one meter and two meters long.

Uncle Jiu helped find four short wooden pieces to make a support, 80 centimeters off the ground. He placed the stone trough on it, fitting perfectly into a perfect wash pool.

It must be very comfortable to use it for washing dishes and clothes.

Qin Yao dug a hole in the middle of the stone trough for drainage, which can usually be blocked with a wooden plug to store water.

In order to prevent the ground in the yard from getting wet, a water pipe was made with bamboo and directly connected to the drainage ditch under the eaves, and then drained to the barren slope outside the house.

After the sink was finished, the tribesmen who came to help said it was very useful and planned to go back and make one for the women in their own families so that they wouldn't have to carry a large basin of water to empty it, which would be very tiring.

In order to match this sink, Qin Yao moved one of the two water tanks in the kitchen over, making it more convenient to use water.

If it rains, the accumulated water in the sink can also be used to water the vegetables.

The backyard is a little smaller and is currently vacant. Qin Yao plans to erect a few wooden stakes or something like that to make a martial arts training ground.

After the entire new house was built, Qin Yao finally felt some convenience in life.

We chose an auspicious day, asked my two sisters-in-law to cook a meal together, and invited the villagers to come and warm the house.

Everyone was envious when they saw the washbasins, shower rooms, and simple and beautiful wooden furniture that they had never seen before.

(End of this chapter)