On the blueprint, there was a design for a beautiful single-story house.
This was a typical Hui-style building, which was fitting since Nanshan was located in Huizhou, and Chen Yang loved this architectural style.
He always thought that classical buildings were the most beautiful.
Now, with the opportunity to redefine his house, of course, he would choose the style he liked.
However, while he had called it a renovation, once the blueprint was drawn up, it became clear that this was more of a demolition and rebuild project.
This was no small task.
He continued to write in his notebook:
"Marking lines, piling, and material preparation."
These three were the most important steps.
And the good news was, Chen Yang could handle all of them by himself.
"Alright, let's get started. The house I want to build will mainly be a brick-and-wood structure, and the amount of brick needed won't be much."
"First, I'll establish the general structure, and then the rest will be simple."
"I estimate that this house will be completed in... hmm, about 15 days."
He pondered for a few seconds before giving his estimate.
"Fifteen days? Are you joking? In 15 days, you won't even finish pounding the wooden piles!"
"Master Chen, let's stick to playing with mud, don't mess around with this. Leave the professional stuff to the pros. You didn't study construction, did you?"
"Though you're skilled with woodworking, building a house isn't like making a gift box."
"I believe in my husband!"
"I believe too!"
"My husband is the best! Even if it's a thatched house, I'd live with you!"
"Husband, let's build a thatched house, I'm ready to face hardships together!"
Chen Yang smiled and said, "Since I'm doing this, I must be confident. In 15 days, you'll see if I'm just bragging."
Building houses in the countryside was already relatively quick.
Plus, he was building a single-story house.
If it were a two-story house, he wouldn't dare claim he could finish it in half a month—not even a month would be enough.
The second floor would require many more time-consuming steps and specialized machinery.
But a single-story house was simple.
For Chen Yang, it was just a bigger version of a thatched hut.
In fact, he had initially considered saying 10 days, but he was worried it might be too shocking for the viewers, so he added five extra days.
With his current physical condition, working non-stop for ten days straight, without sleep, would not be a problem at all.
What he needed to do now was prepare all the materials ahead of time.
He quickly made a list of what would be needed.
Before he knew it, it was already 5 p.m.
He said, "Alright, that's enough for today. I'll start the renovation tomorrow. I need to go order the materials first."
After closing the stream, Chen Yang checked his reputation points: 1.2 million!
That was more than he had in the morning.
In total, he had gained 2.2 million reputation points today.
"If I can keep winning the Spirit Water, that would be great."
He was feeling optimistic and started a lucky draw.
"Congratulations to the host for winning Professional Driver."
"Congratulations to the host for winning Spirit Water."
"Congratulations to the host for winning Spirit Soil."
"Congratulations to the host for winning Spirit Soil."
"Congratulations to the host for winning Spirit Soil."
"Congratulations to the host for winning Spirit Soil."
Spirit Soil x10, Spirit Water 1 bottle.
Then there was the Professional Driver ability?
What was that? It sounded a bit... strange?
[Professional Driver]: The ultimate experience for post-modern mechanical craftsman. Whether it's any vehicle, ships, hot air balloons, planes, yachts, or even aircraft carriers—when you're behind the wheel, you'll experience the most perfect driving sensation ever.
"Seriously... Professional Driver? That's so specific."
This ability was probably one of the top three most ridiculous things Chen Yang had drawn so far.
He could even drive an aircraft carrier!
The only word that could describe this was absurd.
Chen Yang looked at the other items he had won earlier.
[Sunscreen Lotion]: An ultra-modern sunscreen lotion that can be evenly applied to skin exposed to sunlight. It effectively blocks UV rays, locks moisture in the skin, and leaves it soft and radiant. You deserve this!
Chen Yang: "..."
[Tai Chi]: A martial art passed down by the great Zhang Sanfeng. Practice daily to strengthen your body.
This one seemed pretty useful.
Although it was a time of peace and there was no need to fight, the health benefits were certainly welcome.
Besides, what boy hasn't dreamed of being a hero?
When Chen Yang was a child, after watching the movie "Young Zhang Sanfeng", he tried to imitate the moves in the village square, kicking up a cloud of dust, looking like a goofy martial artist in a "fighting family."
When he thought back to that time, his face turned red from embarrassment.
Such a shameful memory...
After taking a moment to reflect, he drank the Spirit Water and went to the backyard.
He took out the two portions of Spirit Soil he had won the night before.
That was a total of 120 pounds, or about 60 kg.
Using a shovel, he mixed the Spirit Soil with regular dirt and stirred it up.
Then he scattered the seeds and watered them with well water.
After finishing this task, Chen Yang ran to find his Second Grandpa.
"Second Grandpa, is the old earthen kiln still usable?"
"Yeah, why?"
"I'm thinking of renovating the house and need to burn some bricks."
"Why go through all that trouble? Just buy ready-made ones."
"Ready-made ones aren't to my liking."
"You really like to make things complicated, huh? Well, if you want to burn bricks, come over and do it. But you'll need to buy the clay from the brick factory. I don't know if they'll sell it, though."
"Don't worry, they'll sell it."
After leaving Second Grandpa's house, Chen Yang went to the small shop in the village.
"Uncle Long, I'm here to borrow your van again."
"It's so late, where are you going?"
"Going to the brick factory in the town."
"Going to buy bricks?"
"No, buying clay."
"Buying that stuff? Oh, right, I saw you drag a big tree back this morning?"
"A small tree, nothing too big."
"That tree had to be over 10 meters tall, and you call that small? You really have some strength! I never realized it before."
"Not that big, just about that size. But Uncle Long, your strength is even greater. Who doesn't know that you single-handedly took down a wild boar with just a shovel?"
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I'd almost forgotten. Back in the day, when I went up the mountain to gather wild herbs with your dad and the others, who would've known we'd run into a wild boar? If I hadn't learned some martial arts from a Shaolin monk, do you think I could have wielded that shovel so well?"
"Back then, all the girls in the ten villages and eight townships would lower their heads and blush when they saw me."
Uncle Long proudly reminisced about his past feats.
Older folks loved to tell stories about their glorious days, and they were even more fond of exaggerating their accomplishments.
After he had finished his bragging, Chen Yang finally got in the van and left the village.
Clay wasn't something that absolutely had to be bought—he could make it himself.
But it would be a huge waste of time.
Making just one brick wasn't something you could do in a few days.
First, he would have to dig the clay, then let it dry under the sun for at least half a year.
That was the most time-consuming part of the process, so Chen Yang decided to buy it instead.
As he drove Uncle Long's van, Chen Yang couldn't help but think: "Maybe it's time for me to buy my own vehicle. It's so inconvenient without one here in the countryside."
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