Chapter 1079: Building a House

With Xue Gang's help, Yan Furong's speed of tearing down the house increased greatly.

In just a few days, the house was completely demolished.

The house's foundation was laid very well.

Yan Furong could tell that their family's foundation was an ancient-method foundation.

Very solid and reliable.

After measuring it, Yan Furong found that the current foundation fully met his requirements.

Xiao Shuai quickly produced the building plan.

From the demolished timber, they picked out the usable pieces, then repaired, reinforced, and maintained them using the latest technology.

For insufficient timber, they went and demolished the already abandoned houses.

The two of them worked for several more days.

Only then did they gather enough of the needed timber.

The people in the Live Broadcast Room found the timber somewhat familiar.

"Speaking of which, that column wouldn't be golden-thread nanmu, would it?"

"It looks a bit like it."

"What it looks like is golden-thread nanmu."

"The other timber is also good: fir, pine, beech, birch, and ironwood."

"Xiantaicun is truly a treasure land, with all kinds of trees, all very suitable for building houses."

"We've collected golden-thread nanmu, we've collected old timber, at a beautiful price."

"Their village's houses have solid timber; they're just ordinary homes—if they were of a higher grade, that would be better."

………

While working, Yan Furong would also take a moment to look at the subtitles.

To interact with everyone.

After seeing this subtitle, he spoke up.

"Our timber here is indeed good, all having been cultivated for a long time."

"Living here, we deeply understand the principle of not consuming resources without replenishment."

"Therefore, our predecessors have always paid attention to protecting the forest."

"Cutting trees to build houses must be approved by the village elders."

"Moreover, for every tree cut down, we must plant a hundred trees."

"And for trees that can become timber, when we have time, we often tend to them, ensuring they grow tall and straight."

"And the tree species are also carefully selected by our predecessors for their value."

"Some tree species initially didn't grow well here, but our predecessors went through breeding to make them adapt to Xiantaicun's environment."

"With such efforts, our own wooden houses have become sturdy and durable."

"A wooden house can be used for several decades, even up to a hundred years."

"You should know that resources are scarce here; we rely entirely on the excellent performance of this timber."

"If we use the latest technology, it could last several hundred or even a thousand years without problem."

"For example, carbonization technology—if we had used it before when building houses, treating pine and fir with carbonization, my house could have lasted a few more years."

While working, Xue Gang also watched the live broadcast through his eyes.

After Yan Furong finished speaking, he took a rafter and brought it close to the camera.

"Everyone look, this rafter has a problem; a major cause is roof leakage."

"Also, this purlin is rotted due to leakage."

"If we apply carbonization technology, it can greatly slow its rotting speed."

"Don't think it's just a simple carbonization; the change it brings to the wooden house is huge."

"There's also the issue of beams and columns cracking."

"In the past, they used techniques like applying plaster and paint to slow wood cracking."

"Xiantaicun obviously lacks this capability, so they just use dry flour; where conditions are better, they brush a layer of tung oil."

"Nowadays, technology not only offers various paints, but can also repair, restore, and extend the timber's service life."

"As for the roof, we will replace it with solar tiles, fundamentally solving the leakage problem."

While saying this, Xue Gang continued working.

He cut off the rotting parts, then processed them into suitable sizes, and afterwards sprayed them with a spray gun.

Yan Furong, meanwhile, placed the column on the workbench, repositioned it, and cut it into a qualified cylinder.

Watching Yan Furong shave off a layer of golden-thread nanmu, the people in the Live Broadcast Room felt a pang of heartache.

"He shaved off about half a centimeter; how many plaques could that make?"

"Yan Furong is too extravagant, treating golden-thread nanmu as if it weren't golden-thread nanmu."

"This is old timber, worth a fortune."

"I don't know if Yan Furong sells the offcuts."

"Their ironwood wall panels are also very good, very sturdy."

………

Online, there were all kinds of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Yan Furong and Xue Gang paid no heed, continuing their own undertakings.

The entire building's dimensions had been designed by Xiao Shuai; they only needed to process each component into shape.

When doing carpentry work, Xue Gang's advantages quickly became apparent; the parts he processed were fast, stable, and high in precision.

Yan Furong gave it a try; the fit was tight and seamless, and he was indeed much stronger than before.

So Yan Furong assigned the high-precision parts to Xue Gang to make.

He himself handled the large pieces.

The people in the Live Broadcast Room saw that Xue Gang's hands were like a ruler—he didn't need to measure and could finish processing the part in one go.

The gap between machine and man gradually became apparent.

After only a few days, Xue Gang already seemed like a veteran craftsman.

With Xiao Shuai's assistance, Yan Furong also made great progress, but he still couldn't compare to Xue Gang, who was equipped with a mechanical arm.

After finishing the woodwork, they began processing stone.

When processing stone, Xue Gang once again demonstrated ability surpassing Yan Furong's.

The stone pillars, processed by Xue Gang, looked very exquisite.

The only possible flaw might be that they were too regular.

The stone pillars processed by Yan Furong, although they appeared to have many flaws, overall looked spirited.

Because Yan Furong didn't follow the blueprint exactly, but instead made a secondary modification according to his own preference.

As each stone pillar was put into place.

The house's frame began to be erected.

The crane made when dismantling the house was put to use again.

Each processed column was erected on the stone base.

Then, one by one, wooden beams connected the columns.

Thus, the two of them erected the house's frame.

Afterward, the two took turns riding the tricycle to scout routes, meanwhile transporting tools and materials.

Only after the roof installation was completed did the two relax.

Their workspace was also moved inside the house.

After the solar-panel roof was installed, the people in the Live Broadcast Room could already make out the house's rough shape.

Xiao Shuai's designed roof was not completely traditional, but rather more flattened.

The eaves were long and beautiful.

Although the original plan was a year-long construction, the frame was completed in just one month.

Yan Furong also had to fulfill his promise, scouting mountain paths for everyone.

This time, once he set out, he would be gone for about ten days.

Only Xue Gang remained, working alone.

He originally felt a bit guilty.

Who would have thought that at this time, the passenger-carrying qualification of their two tricycles also came down?

Xue Gang went out on a trip and lured back a beautiful woman.

The beauty was selected from among those who had signed up.

She had already saved up three months of leave.

In the Live Broadcast Room, she had brushed nearly a hundred thousand worth of gifts.

Yan Furong was preparing to make contact and give it a try.

Who would have thought, he was lured away by Xue Gang.