Chapter 7 Listening to the Rain, Bamboo House

Chapter 7 Listening to the Rain, Bamboo House

As the provider of the blueprints, Liang Zifeng did not have to pay for the bricks and tiles used in the Liang family's new house. However, if he wanted to use them again in the future, he would have to pay a price, which could be labor or money.

Liang Zifeng of course agreed to the village's decision. This gave him time to build a bamboo house as a temporary residence during the construction period.

With the experience of building the cowshed, building the bamboo house was also easy. However, no one helped this time because most of the labor force in the village went to help build the brick kiln.

During the discussion of the brick kiln with several village leaders, Liang Zifeng learned some information about this small mountain village. The seemingly small village now has 234 households and a total population of , which is not small.

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The Liang family planned to build their bamboo house on the hillside behind their home, about 50 meters away from their house. The hillside was not steep, and there were many tall trees that were dozens or hundreds of years old in the middle to block the view. Therefore, not many people knew that Liang Zifeng had started building the bamboo house.

With machetes and axes, Liang Zifeng and Lao San went into the woods on the back hill every day to cut down the short shrubs, leaving only large trees with a diameter of more than 30 centimeters.

Some small carnivores like to hide in the bushes. Without the bushes, it would be safer for the younger brothers and sisters, and there would be more firewood to burn.

After accompanying the third brother to cut bushes for a whole day, Liang Zifeng went to dig the foundation on the mountain behind. He left the task of cutting bushes to his two younger brothers so that they would also have something to do.

Because of the cover of the woods, there was no need to worry about anyone discovering that he was using his mental power. Liang Zifeng was seen controlling several shovels and digging at the same time. The scene looked a bit weird, like a horror movie.

The foundation was dug in just a few days. However, on the second day, it started to rain lightly and it rained all day long.

In the shabby thatched hut, the third and fourth brothers were practicing standing still, while Liang Zifeng was holding the little girl, sitting quietly at the door with a pot of burning charcoal in front of him.

It is early summer now, but the temperature in the mountains is not high. It rained lightly today, and the temperature is a little cool.

Perhaps it was the sound of the continuous rain outside and the warmth brought by the charcoal fire that made the little girl begin to feel drowsy in Liang Zifeng's arms.

Originally, Liang Zifeng was the only one sitting at the door, enjoying the sound of rain outside and the warmth of the charcoal fire. The little girl who was watching her third and fourth brothers standing in the room turned her head to look at Liang Zifeng.

Maybe the little girl felt that her second brother was a little lonely, so she ran over to ask for a hug and stayed with Liang Zifeng, but she didn't expect that she was almost asleep at this moment.

Liang Zifeng is enjoying his current life very much. In his previous life, he was busy running around studying to survive. After waking up in this life, he has been busy making sure that he and his brothers and sisters can survive. Today, when he suddenly had some free time, he realized that he was still quite lucky.

In the afternoon, the rain stopped for a while, and the brothers and sisters ran out wearing straw sandals. In such weather, they were reluctant to wear cloth shoes.

Liang Zifeng went to check out the cowshed and found that there was nothing wrong with it. They had taken the problem of rain into consideration at the beginning, so drainage ditches were dug around the cowshed. In addition, the inside of the cowshed was raised a lot, so the ground inside the cowshed was dry.

Neither of the two buffaloes were tied with ropes. The cow was lying on the hay, chewing something. When she saw Liang Zifeng, she didn't get up, but just called out to him, probably to say hello.

The calf was more lively and ran over, trying to lick Liang Zifeng's face, but Liang Zifeng gently pushed it away, then kept stroking the calf's head with his hand.

Then he felt the rain on the calf's head. He smiled and patted the calf gently. It was obvious that the calf was naughty and ran away when it rained.

After leaving the cowshed, he didn't see the three little guys. They were probably going to play somewhere else. Liang Zifeng walked towards the back mountain. The muddy road did not make him feel tired. Instead, he felt very relaxed and comfortable.

Since waking up, Liang Zifeng has never relaxed his practice, including visualization, internal martial arts, and the breathing method that he optimized.

The result of the visualization method is that his mental strength continues to improve, and standing still makes his body stronger.

The breathing method seemed to make his mind and body more compatible. It also gave him a special feeling in the last few days. He felt a faint sense of energy in the lower dantian.

Yesterday, when he was practicing a certain footwork, he suddenly felt a special force surge throughout his body, making his movements more agile and easier.

Besides, he was walking on a muddy road, and there was a special force between his legs assisting him, making him seem to have endless strength. Often, he only needed to exert a little effort to take a step two or three meters away.

Liang Zifeng didn't know if that was the so-called true qi, so he just called it true qi. After all, he had never encountered it in his previous life, nor had he heard anyone talk about it.

In this life, except for going to the market once, he has been in this small mountain village, surrounded by ordinary people. He has no idea whether there is such a thing as true qi.

When they arrived at the foundation, they saw that it was full of water and there were small puddles on the surrounding ground. Liang Zifeng thought that they should start digging the drainage system and the foundation of the fence tomorrow.

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On the first day of June, a two-and-a-half-story bamboo house appeared on the hillside behind the Liang family's home. Liang Zifeng originally planned to build a one-story house, but as the temperature rose, he changed his mind.

He thought that living in a bamboo house in the summer was also a good choice. As for rebuilding the original house, he could take his time.

The foundation of the bamboo house is a rectangle that is 12 meters long and 8 meters wide. Each floor is more than 3 meters high. The reason why it is called a two-and-a-half-story structure is that there is another structure more than one meter high above the second floor.

In fact, the main purpose of the third floor is to store things and provide insulation. Without this layer, the second floor would be very hot under the hot summer sun, and they would have no choice but to sleep on the first floor.

The first floor is the kitchen and living room, as well as the bathroom. Yes, Liang Zifeng dug a drainage system for the bamboo house. The floor of the bathroom is paved with large bamboo pieces. The disadvantage is that it is very slippery. The drainage system is also paved with bamboo pieces. It's a pity that there is no ceramic, so it can't be used as a toilet, otherwise it would be perfect.

Liang Zifeng, who came from modern society, certainly needed a balcony for viewing the view when building the bamboo forest, so there is a circle of corridors outside the second floor, which can also be said to be a circle of balconies.

The eaves of the roof can cover the balcony, so even on rainy days, they can sit on the balcony and drink tea, watch the scenery and listen to the rain.