Chapter 44

The next day was Thursday. Early in the morning, Su Xinghui sent Yu Gaoshan to the bus, and then accompanied Professor Rao to Yezhugou with Li Maofare and Zhang Xiaochuan.

The village cadres of Yezhugou Village were now performing their own duties. Gao Daping went to the township to run for loans and handle business licenses for the farm and the bamboo weaving factory. Zhao Zhongfu went to the township brick and tile factory to buy bricks. Bricks were very popular now, and if they weren't ordered early, they wouldn't be able to buy them when they needed them.

Fang Youcai presided over the construction of pig sheds, chicken sheds, and rat sheds for the farm in the village. Of course, it was impossible to enter a substantive stage now, so they could only choose a place first and prepare to dig the foundation. Of course, there was no need to worry about workers. In the countryside, when building houses, the villagers built them themselves, and there was no need to hire an engineering team.

Actually, the village cadres originally planned to repair the cow shed and use it as a farm, but Professor Rao said it was not appropriate. Firstly, the area of the cow shed was still a bit small, and wild boars needed enough activity space. Raising pheasants, bamboo rats, and so on required high conditions for ventilation and drainage, which the original cow shed could not meet. It was best to build some new chicken sheds and rat sheds.

Professor Rao came to Yezhugou this morning and looked for the most suitable place with Fang Youcai to build the houses. Su Xinghui and Zhang Xiaochuan also followed behind. There were also two strong laborers, holding wooden sticks and bringing a few dogs. In case they encountered wild boars, it would be good to protect Professor Rao.

Now the ecological environment on the mountain was good, and there were more and more wild animals. Although there were no fierce beasts, it was still very dangerous if they encountered big wild boars. Now their hunting guns at home had long been confiscated, and they only had wooden sticks and dogs for self-defense.

After walking around the village, Professor Rao took a fancy to a shady hillside. This piece of land was close to the mountain forest, not planted by anyone, and the time it was directly exposed to the sun during the day was very short. It was very cool and was the place suitable for building a farm.

After choosing the place, Professor Rao pointed out to Fang Youcai and the others where to build the pig shed, where to build the chicken shed, where to build the rat shed, and how to dig drainage ditches. He had been in this line for decades, and he could be said to know these things by heart. He could handle all kinds of details with ease, which made the group benefit a lot.

Without delay, Fang Youcai immediately asked a laborer to go back to the village to call people. Today, they started digging the foundation. They were just waiting for bricks, tiles, and prefabricated slabs to arrive, and the work of building the houses could start immediately.

Along with the laborers came a group of women. Led by Women's Director Xia Lan, they brought cold tea. This cold tea was made by boiling mung beans and Chinese herbal medicines such as honeysuckle in the mountains. It had a miraculous effect of relieving summer heat and cooling down in summer. Although the climate in Yezhugou was cool, the temperature during the day was still a bit high.