Chapter 18: Improving Living Conditions
On the way home.
Li Gefei looked at his baby daughter who was stunned in front of the mirror, and shook her head with a wry smile.
"Nannan, why did you really accept it? This is a treasure worth a thousand taels of silver, and it is a treasure that the empresses in the palace are rare."
Li Qingzhao looked at her pretty face in the mirror and pursed her red lips narcissistically, "Young Master Yun means, can't my dad hear it? It's not easy for me to live in the capital. If you can help me in the future, please help me more."
"This is natural. I have similar interests with Yun Xian's nephew. If I can help, I must help... But, this mirror..."
"Oh, what should I do? They have already collected it. And I like this mirror very tightly. Mom must like it too. Don't you want your mother to be happy too?"
Li Qingzhao moved out of her own mother directly, which made her father Li Gefei speechless. In the end, there was no choice but to give up.
"You girl..."
After a pause, Li Gefei said, "Let's go back and invite him to come to your house for a simple meal, it's the day of your birthday."
Li Qingzhao was stunned when she heard this. She bit her red lips lightly, looked at herself in the mirror shyly, her cheeks were a little red: "Yes!"
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Peach Blossom House.
Qiu Niang looked at the silver ingots on the table with a cute look. There were a total of 100 silver ingots, a total of 1,000 silver ingots, and each silver ingot had an official seal.
"Lang, Langjun, the mirror is so precious, I, I..."
"Silly girl, why? Is your tongue knotted?"
Qiu Niang looked at Yun Yi timidly: "No, that's it, the mirror, I'm afraid I'll accidentally break it."
When Yun Yi heard this, he smiled and stretched out his hand, and gently flicked her forehead: "Silly girl, no matter how precious it is, it is for people to use. Don't worry, it's really broken. I'll give you another one, just use it with confidence."
Qiu Niang carefully took out a makeup mirror from her arms, which was very delicate. She was wrapped in a copper mirror box. Such a mirror in the jewelry store costs 30 yuan, which is more than twice as expensive as the one sold to Su Qing'er.
This was given to the little girl the day before yesterday. The little girl used a basin as a mirror to put on makeup, but she applied a big face to herself. She liked to walk with her head down. At first, Yun Yi didn't pay attention, but when she found out, she realized that she didn't even have a bronze mirror.
"You can find a place to hide these silver. I will ask you to get them when I want to use them."
Yun Yi handed over the task of hiding money to the little girl. This girl was a bit powerful. She hasn't found where she hid her for dozens of coins. She wanted to hand over the money to her, which was easier than buying a safe.
"Oh, by the way."
Thinking of the episode where Li Gefei and his daughter came to visit the house just now, Yun Yi called Qiuniang and ordered: "Go and find a few craftsmen later to see if anyone knows you. Each person will give you fifty-many documents. I plan to renovate the thatched cottage."
Qiu Niang put the silver ingots into the box, and when she heard this, she nodded obediently: "Well, I'll go find Uncle Chen, there are many craftsmen under him.
She felt that the reason why Langjun wanted to renovate the thatched cottage was probably because the girl who came in the morning was actually blamed for herself. She did not dispose of the filth in the thatched cottage as soon as possible, so that Langjun would make a fool of herself in front of the distinguished guest.
Yun Yi was indeed thinking about improving the living environment because Li Qingzhao screamed when she went to the toilet. However, Li Qingzhao's embarrassment at that time was just a small trigger. He had long had the idea of renovating the Peach Blossom House.
About half an hour later, Uncle Chen brought three men to the Taohua House.
I heard that I gave 50 coins to copper coins a day, and the craftsmen in the wooden workshop were rushing to work. In the end, Uncle Chen came forward and chose three of the best craftsmen to come...
Yun Yi was fiddling with a long rubber hose in the yard. He bought it for more than 500 yuan, made of food-grade materials. In addition to the thatched cottage, he also planned to build a water tower and connect water pipes to the places where water is needed in the entire Taohua House.
He roughly described his thoughts to Mr. Chen.
Uncle Chen is worthy of being an old craftsman. After listening to it, he understood Yun Yi’s idea.
"According to your opinion, this thatched cottage can be retained, and there is no need to dig that septic tank. There is a sewage drainage channel outside your yard, which leads directly to the imperial village outside the city... The rest is this water tower, which can be repaired, but how do you lift the water up?"
Yun Yi didn't expect that the transformation was quite simple. As for whether it was whimsical to discharge sewage to the imperial farm, it was actually not the case that the crops in the imperial farm grew so gratifyingly with these fertilizers. People were eager for the whole city to send the filth.
"I have already had a preliminary idea about the problem of water draw in the water tower. Uncle Chen doesn't have to worry, I will solve it myself when I look back."
It is best to use a water pump to draw water for the water supply tower. Of course, Yun Yi felt that the water pump was a bit troublesome. He wanted to go back to another time and space and purchase a water pump, which is purely manual. At that time, connect the rubber hose and press it a few times to draw water from the well and send it into the water tower.
One afternoon.
Chen Bo first asked two carpenters to tear down everything in the original thatched cottage, and then divided it into two rooms of men and women according to Yun Yi's wishes. Each room was made of a sewage pipe to connect the sewage channel outside the yard. The ground was raised a little above the pottery pipe, and Yun Yi said that the rest would be left to him.
Other places are leveling, plastering, then smoke it with mugwort, and finally replace the windows with vents with wooden windows such as blinds...
As for the water tower, this is better solved. Uncle Chen directly brought a huge wooden barrel from the wooden workshop. This wooden barrel was originally used to store grain. After listening to Yun Yi's description, Uncle Chen thought it would be okay to use it as a water tower.
Yun Yi felt that it was enough when he saw it. Now he and Qiu Niang used water in the Taohua House. If this big bucket was filled with water, bathing, washing clothes, and cooking, it would probably take three days to use up a bucket.
The large wooden barrel is directly fixed to the wellhead of the backyard with four thick logs as a bracket. This can not only shelter from wind and rain, but also store water sources, which can kill two birds with one stone.
Qiu Niang said happily, "You don't have to worry about getting wet in the rain when washing clothes in the future."
Yun Yi smiled and thought to himself: You haven’t seen the real good thing yet. Just turn on the faucet with water in the future!
After a series of transformations, it was actually only more than two hours before and almost completed in the evening.
After paying the wages, he politely sent Chen and his group away.
Yun Yi asked Qiu Niang to prepare supper, but she returned to the bedroom and traveled to another time and space to start a big purchase.
First of all, I bought two toilets directly, one for men's toilet and the other for women's toilet.
I bought some essential items such as hardware, faucets, waterproof coatings, etc.
Next is the water pump, which is difficult to find. Yun Yi still took some effort and finally bought a new oil pump from a grain and oil wholesale market for 80 yuan to replace it.
After only about an hour, Yun Yi returned to the Northern Song Dynasty again.
The sound of Qiu Niang cooking came from the front yard. Yun Yi smiled, picked up a toilet and walked towards the cottage. The specific installation was completely according to the instructions. In fact, it was quite simple, and it was basically enough to have hands.
After both toilets are installed, the water pipe is opened. Yun Yi fixed the oil pump to the log of the water tower bracket with screws, and then the hose at the water inlet is connected to the water well, the hose at the outlet is connected to the large bucket, and the small screws are used to fix it on the inner edge of the bucket.
The first time I used a water pump to fill it, Yun Yi forgot about this, so he had to carry a bucket of water to the hose and pour water into the hose.
After a while, I perfectly pumped the well water. Although the speed is not as fast as an electric water pump, it is much more convenient than lifting water in one bucket. The most important thing is that hand-cranking does not require much effort, Qiu Niang can operate it.
Finally, the kitchen and the cottage were filled with water. Yun Yi drilled a hole as thick as a hose with a tool. He first fixed the hose with waterproof glue, then climbed into the bucket and fixed it again with screws.
After handling this, I tray the hose along the support of the water tower onto the courtyard wall. In order to avoid pulling out the spider web to affect the beauty, there are many more hoses needed to be used in this way. Fortunately, Yun Yi was prepared for it.
After connecting the hose to the fence, cut the hose, took a three-hole water distributing interface, inserted the hose, fixed it with a throat clamp, then connected one hose to the thatched cottage, and pulled the other to the kitchen for a while.
In the thatched cottage, there are two toilets and a faucet at the door. A four-hole water distribution interface is used. The toilet is installed, and a faucet is installed at the sink at the door. The hose is tightened and the throat clamp is fixed. Everything is very simple.
Yun Yi installed the kitchen hose with a faucet, then ran to the water pump and shook it hard.
Chapter completed!