Chapter 132 Viewing a House

Chapter 132 Viewing a House

The mule cart moved slowly along the main street, and an ox cart passed by.

Lin Zisu and Dahei were sitting outside the carriage. She recognized her own oxcart immediately and shouted at the top of her voice: "Lin Youcai!!! Lin Youcai!!"

Dahei: “Woof woof woof woof…”

Old Man Lin: "Girl, why are you calling your father by his full name?"

Lin Zisu: "If you don't call me by my full name, but just call me dad, he won't know who to call me!"

Cars in the city are not allowed to drive too fast, and their speed can only be slightly faster than walking.

Lin Youcai was startled when he heard his name, and quickly pulled the reins to stop the ox. He leaned over and looked back. He saw Dahei and the girl next to him. The young woman driving the mule cart looked unfamiliar.

Lin Youcai: "Whose mule cart are you riding in?"

Lin Zisu: "We are going to look at the house with the staff, do you want to come?"

Tao Mingyuan stuck his head out and said, "We just finished our work! Let's go!"

Lin Youcai: "Go, it's a good opportunity to go and take a look."

Butcher Zhao: "You go ahead and we'll follow behind."

The North Gate is the entrance to the city from the Yangtze River Wharf, and the four cars were heading towards the East Gate.

Qingshui City has four gates, which are not opened or closed in the morning or at night, and there is no one guarding the gates. There are security teams patrolling inside and outside the city 24 hours a day, and several teams take turns patrolling inside and outside the city.

It took more than 40 minutes to get from the North Gate to the East Gate by car through Qingshui City. After walking out of the East Gate for more than ten minutes, you can see courtyards arranged in an orderly manner. The walls of the courtyards are all made of mud and stones, and they look more than 2 meters high.

Li Yuan and the other two drivers stopped the mule cart. She pointed to the courtyards and said, "Grandpa, these courtyards are all public rental housing built by the government two years ago. They can be rented out for short or long periods of time."

Lin Benshui: "Are there people living in these houses now?"

"There are people living there, quite a few. The yards are big and small, and the prices are different. Do you want to take a look at both big and small ones?"

Lin Youcai: "Since we are here, let's take a look."

Lin Benshu: "Let's go, there are many of us, let's check out all the empty yards."

The two drivers stayed where they were and waited, watching the four carriages.

Li Yuan led his men forward to the gate of a courtyard, took out the key to unlock the double wooden doors, pushed open the gate and walked in. "This is a Type 3 courtyard. The courtyard is spacious. You can grow vegetables in the front and back, and raise poultry and livestock."

Li Yuan showed everyone the front and back yards, and came to the wooden building in the middle and said, "This is the house, it has two floors, people can live upstairs and downstairs." She took out the key to unlock it, and pushed open the double wooden doors of the main hall. "The main hall is at the entrance, and there are rooms on the left and right. There is also a room behind the main hall. Each room has a window. When you open the window, the light is very good.

There is a main hall and three rooms on the first floor, and four rooms on the second floor. The kitchen is a cement room, built separately on the left, and the stairs to the second floor are between the kitchen and the house. "As she walked to the kitchen, she pointed to the wooden stairs with handrails, took out the key to open the single wooden door of the kitchen, and led everyone in to see the kitchen.

The cement kitchen has two stoves and a chimney on the roof. The cement countertop can be used to cut vegetables or put things on it, and there are two layers below, which can also be used to place pots and pans.

Everyone looked at the kitchen, then walked up the wooden stairs to the second floor to look at the rooms.

"It's a typical southern wooden building. The entire building is made of wood, without a single nail!" Lin Zisu patted the wooden board. This kind of wooden building is still built for living in modern rural areas.

When the elders were young, they would plant trees on the mountain where they lived. Decades later, when their grandchildren wanted to build houses, they could go up the mountain to cut down trees and build houses. Since they had their own wood, they only had to pay the labor fee of the craftsman and buy roof tiles.

If you don't have wood at home and need to buy wood to build a house, the price will be very expensive. It is much more expensive to build a beautiful wooden house than a brick house.

The wooden building here has no special design, no complicated carvings or anything like that. It is mainly solid, simple and practical. The wooden boards are pure solid wood and very thick, and the wood is painted with tung oil.

After watching, everyone went downstairs to the yard. Li Yuan pointed to the black tiles on the roof and said, "The tiles on the roof are all good, and there is no problem with water leakage. If there is any problem with the house, you can come to the housing center to find us. We will have someone to repair the house, but if the house is damaged by human beings, you will have to pay compensation according to the price.

Everyone should be careful and safe when using fire. There are two large water tanks in the yard, which must be filled with water at all times, just in case and for use in putting out fires.

There are two big wells in this area, and you have to fetch water yourself. Go over there, a little further away, and there is a small river.

By the way, the toilet and bathroom are built separately in the backyard. I suggest you go to the big bathroom in the city to take a shower in cold weather, which is warm and convenient. ”

Tao Mingyuan: "Houses in the south are just different from those in the north!"

Old Man Lin: "Why is there no kang?"

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Uncle, we don't have a kang here. It's cold in winter, but not as cold as in the north. It doesn't stay cold for long either. We usually roast over a charcoal fire."

Lin Benshu: "Then this price..."

Li Yuan: "Our short-term rentals are based on months, with a minimum of one month. Whether you live there for a full month or not, we charge you per month. In the first year, the monthly rent for a Type 1 courtyard is 1 yuan, for a Type 300 courtyard is 2 yuan, for a Type 500 courtyard is 3 yuan, and for a Type 800 courtyard is 4 yuan."

Lin Bentie: “So expensive!”

Lin Bentong: "Can this price be lower?"

Li Yuan shook his head: "This is the price set by the government. It is clearly marked and we cannot change it."

Lin Youcai: "Let's take a look first, take a good look, ask for a good price, and then decide when we get back!"

The group visited Type 4, Type 2, and Type 1 yards, and also looked at where the two wells were and which way the stream ran.

The layouts of the four courtyards are basically the same, the difference lies in the size of the courtyard and the size of the wooden building, and the number of rooms. Type 4 courtyard is the smallest, with only a front yard, a one-story wooden house, and three wooden houses in parallel. There is a separate kitchen on the left, and at a glance there are four rooms in a row. The toilet and bathroom are built separately on one side of the front yard.

The yard of type 2 is larger than that of type 1, but there is no backyard, only a front yard. The wooden house has only one floor, no second floor. The kitchen is on the left, and the house on the right is a double wooden door. The main room is inside, and there are rooms on both sides. There is another room behind the main room. The toilet and bathroom are also built separately on one side of the front yard. However, the room area is larger, and the yard is also larger.

Type 4 has a large front and back yard, and the kitchen, bathroom, and toilet are all made of cement and built separately on one side of the backyard, with a two-story wooden house in the middle. There are twelve rooms, many rooms, and they are very spacious.