Chapter 765: A Scene of Busyness

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was the next morning.

Just as everyone was busy with their own work, the trucks sent by Wu Dong and Wang Shuai arrived.

This time, a full 6 large trucks came.

Among them were 2 full trucks of cement and 4 full trucks of sand.

That is, a full 30 tons of cement and a full 60 cubic meters of sand.

It must be said that Wang An's dear brothers and sisters from different fathers and mothers were truly very generous. Even though only 23 more tons of cement were needed, they sent 30 tons.

It could be seen that the reason each truck of cement was 15 tons and each truck of sand was 15 cubic meters wasn't because they didn't want to load more, but because each large truck could only carry that much; it was already the limit.

Wang An looked at the large truck tires that had been pressed flat and thought back to when he used a four-wheeled vehicle to haul cement, which also had tires that were pressed flat. He couldn't help but sigh: whether it's the trucks of this era or the agricultural tractors of this era, they are truly suffering!

And the reason for saying this is because they have been bearing weights they shouldn't have been bearing.

It's just that with the arrival of the cement, Wang An's 9 mules and horses and the two donkeys, one large and one small, had all been tied to the backyard.

There's no way around it; cement is something that absolutely cannot be damp or rained on. If it gets wet, the cement will all be ruined.

So the group of mules and horses and the two donkeys all had to be led out of the open shed, and the vacated space was all used to store the cement.

After unloading the trucks, the drivers declined Wang An's family's invitation to eat and all drove away.

To tell the truth, these people's discipline is truly very strict.

After sending the motorcade away, Wang An looked at the cement in the open shed and suddenly discovered a slightly shitty problem.

That is, if according to what Wu Dong said, the ratio of cement to sand is 1 to 2.5, then the cement and sand at home are perfectly matched.

Because counting the cement Wang An bought and the cement Wu Dong and the others sent, Wang An's family now has a total of 51 tons of cement.

As for the sand, there are a full 90 cubic meters, which is about 126 to 130 tons.

But if calculated according to the best ratio of 1 to 3 or 1 to 4, then it would be short of a full 26 tons, or even 51 tons of sand. Calculated by cubic meters, that's 19 or 37 cubic meters.

The reason it has to be calculated by cubic meters is because locally, sand is calculated by "cubic meter" for money; no one would weigh this thing on a scale.

To say, sand isn't expensive at this time. Ordinary sand, which is the kind that has some large pebbles in it, is 3 yuan per cubic meter. Very good water-washed sand, which is the kind Wu Dong and the others sent, is 4 yuan per cubic meter.

It's just that although sand isn't expensive, wanting to haul it home still takes some time.

There are sand factories in the township, and there's more than one, because where there is a lot of water flow, there must be many sand factories.

It's just that you have to be careful when dealing with the people in the sand factories. To be honest, among those people, there are very few good people, and the vast majority are fucking thugs and loafers.

Fortunately, this sand is enough for a short time, so there's no rush for now.

Thinking about these things in his mind, Wang An returned to the crawler tractor... Just like that, Wang An drove the crawler tractor and pushed for two consecutive days before he finished pushing the foundations for the two houses, as well as the ground fire dragon combustion chambers for the two houses.

Looking at his labor results for these two days, a huge sense of achievement arose in Wang An's heart.

Circling his labor results, Wang An couldn't help but nod with satisfaction. This work was done beautifully, and the foundation was pushed straight and level. The local water level is very shallow, but fortunately, Wang An's construction site is on a slightly higher slope, so Wang An was able to push the foundation a full two meters deep.

Even so, the soil two meters below was already in a very moist state.

Actually, when building a normal brick-and-tile house, a foundation over one meter deep is already enough. However, Wang An was building the brick-and-tile house to the standard of a two-story building, which is why he pushed such a deep foundation.

But after these two days, Wang An felt that he would most likely not tinker with the second floor anymore. It's worrying and laborious, and mainly it's not of much use.

Such a spacious brick-and-tile house is already comfortable enough to live in.

As Wang An finished pushing all the foundations, the bricklayer brothers Sun Xiangyang and Sun Xianghui, who had helped with odd jobs for two days, and the stonemason Li Laicai and others, entered the site and began to lay stones, which is the work of laying the foundation.

If following the normal procedure, after digging the foundation, it needs to be tamped, and the tool for tamping the foundation is called a "tamper."

As for the "tamper," it's actually a stone roller without a frame.

It is worth noting that a stone roller is not a millstone, and the roles of a stone roller and a millstone are completely different.

Although these two are solid stone tools and are both incredibly heavy, a millstone is a cylinder that is the same thickness from top to bottom, and the surface of the millstone is very smooth.

But a stone roller is different. A stone roller

is a cylinder that is thick on one side and thin on the other, and the surface is also uneven.

The "tamper" is to stand the stone roller upright, with the thick side facing down and the thin side facing up, and then tie a one-meter-long pickaxe handle on each side.

Tamping the foundation means two people lift this thing and smash it, relying entirely on the weight of the stone roller itself to smash it.

The reason why the foundation Wang An dug doesn't need to be tamped like this before laying the foundation is because the place where the crawler tractor passed has already compacted the foundation, and there is no need to tamp it again.

Looking around, at this moment, the entire construction site of Wang An's house is a scene of busyness.

In the southeast corner of the construction site, carpenter Niu Yichen and his son Niu Dalong are leading several people to make triangular beams.

In the position west of the foundation, Great Uncle Wang Dashu is leading a group of people to mix cement and sand, because the sand pile and the spring are right here.

As for the matter of moving bricks, it has stopped. It will be in time when building the walls. There are many people, so there is no need to rush at all.

And surrounding the foundation are piles of stones. Of course, these stones are also constantly decreasing.

In these two days, the group of people led by Wang Daliang and Wang Li who were blasting stones had already hauled back quite a lot of stones, but it wasn't enough; they still had to continue blasting.

Besides, Wang Li's family also needs to use them when building a house, so finishing the blasting and hauling them back is peace of mind.

In these two days, Wang An also discovered one thing: his eldest brother Wang Yong, second brother Wang Shun, and third brother Wang Gan were learning to drive a walking tractor from Wang Li.

And these three people can now fully handle it. It's clear that Wang Li wants to remove himself from driving.

It must be said that Wang Li is quite thoughtful.

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