"Why do all kids love big machines like these?"
"Because they're big! Think about it, really think about it!"
"Wow... you've got a serious issue."
"Seriously, don't let kids near the bulldozer!"
"I used to love diggers when I was a kid too."
"Kids are so cute. Master Chen, let them hop on and take a seat!"
Chen Yang patted a few of the kids on their heads. "If you like it, go ahead and climb up."
"Really?"
"Can I go up too?"
The kids were absolutely thrilled, their eyes wide with excitement.
"Yeah, go ahead."
"Okay!"
"Thank you, Uncle Chen Yang!"
The kids eagerly scrambled up the bulldozer, their faces glowing with happiness. Meanwhile, Chen Yang took the key out of the ignition and turned to the children's grandparents. "You watch over them. I'll be over there."
He then drove a truck carrying clay over to Second Grandpa's house.
"We'll dump the clay here," Chen Yang instructed.
Second Grandpa's house was on a large open piece of land, several thousand square meters, once used for threshing rice.
"Rumble, rumble…" The trucks lined up and started unloading the clay. It didn't take long before a small mountain of clay had accumulated, over forty tons of it.
"Your Chen family village is amazing! The scenery is beautiful!"
"Yeah," Chen Yang said, pulling out a pack of cigarettes and handing one to the boss and other drivers. "I'll transfer the rest of the payment now."
"No rush, no rush," the boss replied, but Chen Yang ignored him and transferred the money anyway. He didn't take people's politeness too seriously—doing so would be bad manners.
After they finished their smoke, the boss and his crew were about to leave when Chen Yang stopped them. "Boss, if you're not in a hurry, could you help me clean up the debris later?"
"Debris?"
"I'm going to demolish a house in a bit."
"Oh, sure."
"Three hundred per person," Chen Yang said, setting the price immediately.
"That's too much, you don't need to pay so much."
"It's not too much," Chen Yang replied with a grin.
They agreed on the price, and Chen Yang instructed the drivers to rest in the truck while he took care of other things.
"Yang Yang, you brought so much clay?" Second Grandpa stared at the pile of clay in disbelief.
"Yeah, for firing bricks," Chen Yang explained.
"How many bricks are you going to make?"
"Second Grandpa, how many bricks can our kiln fire in a day?"
Second Grandpa thought for a moment before answering, "Five to six tons a day."
"Can we really do that?" Chen Yang was surprised, worried that the amount of clay might overwhelm the kiln. But he didn't want to buy red bricks—there were no high-quality ancient-style bricks or tiles around, so he had no choice but to make his own.
Second Grandpa smiled. "Back in the day, when the village built houses, those little thugs monopolized the brick trade and sold them at crazy prices. So we made our own bricks. We had a few kilns break down, but if they were all working, we could fire twenty tons a day."
"Great!" Chen Yang's eyes lit up. "Second Grandpa, get started right away. All the kilns need to be fired up, 24/7 if possible. Let's aim to fire all the bricks within a week."
Second Grandpa raised an eyebrow. "Why the rush?"
"I plan to finish building the house in fifteen days," Chen Yang said confidently.
As they discussed the brick-making process, Chen Yang explained that he wanted to make a specific kind of blue-gray brick. He even walked Second Grandpa through the entire firing process.
"Wait a minute... you know how to make bricks?" Second Grandpa asked, surprised.
"Heh, just some random stuff I picked up at university," Chen Yang chuckled.
Chen Yang then handed over the task of firing bricks to Second Grandpa, who immediately went to talk to the village head.
When Chen Yang returned home, the sound of the village loudspeaker filled the air.
"Chen Yang is building a new house and needs thirty people to help fire bricks. The pay is three hundred a day. Anyone interested can come to Chen Yang's house."
It was the voice of the village head.
"Long time since I've heard the village loudspeaker," one villager said.
"Yeah, ours is broken."
" Master Chen is so generous. Three hundred a day, that's nine thousand for thirty people!"
"Money talks, huh?"
Chen Yang smiled. "It's all in the family. It's just hard labor, three hundred isn't much."
Soon, thirty villagers showed up, all eager to help. They were familiar with the work, and with Second Grandpa's guidance, they quickly got to it.
"Now that the bricks are getting fired, I need to get the house knocked down." Chen Yang moved towards the bulldozer. The kids were still playing on it, having had a blast.
"Grandpas, keep the kids out of the way. I'm about to demolish the house."
"Wow, demolishing a house!"
"Are we really demolishing it? I'm so excited!"
The kids hopped around, their energy palpable.
Chen Yang had already moved everything out of the house and into the backyard—there wasn't much to move anyway. He climbed into the bulldozer and started it up. With a roar, the bulldozer began to power forward, slamming into the yard wall before heading straight for one corner of the house.
For the next two hours, Chen Yang demolished the house with precision. The once-small, rundown house was reduced to a pile of rubble in no time.
And during those two hours, his livestream audience hit an all-time high of 1.3 million viewers!
They watched, enthralled, as Chen Yang skillfully operated the bulldozer, swinging the blade and tearing down the house. It was pure satisfaction for the viewers—like watching a real-life superhero in action.
By 1:00 PM, the house had practically disappeared into the ground, leaving only a flat, open plot of land.
After a quick lunch at Second Grandpa's house, Chen Yang immediately got to work on laying the foundation, driving wooden stakes into the ground and pouring cement. Every step was carried out with meticulous precision, all according to plan.
By the end of the day, the outline of the new house was already beginning to take shape.
The online audience, catching up on the livestream, was left in complete awe.
"What the hell... what kind of speed is this?"
"Holy crap, Master Chen's execution is insane!"
"One day—demolish the house, fire bricks, lay the foundation, set the wooden stakes… all in one day?"
"It felt normal when I was watching, but now that I think about it... this is completely unreal!"
"What kind of demonic efficiency is this?"
"This is insane! He's gonna finish the whole thing in less than two weeks at this rate!"
One fan downloaded Chen Yang's livestream and uploaded it online, playing it at 20x speed, then shared the video on Douyin.
The title of the video? "Demolish a House in Two Hours, Build a New One in Half a Day!"
The clip quickly went viral.
After posting Chen Yang's video, Xiao Bei had gained over 300,000 followers. The moment the video went live, it attracted thousands of views.
"This video is definitely going to become my most viewed one ever!" Xiao Bei said with great confidence.
As expected, just an hour later, the view count had already surpassed one million. The likes had hit 300,000, and the comments were flooded with awe and amazement.
The video also spread across Weibo. The official account of Feiyu (a popular media company) shared it with the caption: " Master Chen performed a miracle in one day!"
"Is this even human?"
"It looks so normal while you're watching, but… why is it happening so fast?"
"I want to know too. How did he get the wood posts into the ground like that?"
"Those posts must weigh over a thousand kilograms, right?"
"Seriously, is Master Chen a professional bricklayer or something?"
"The speed isn't the scariest part. The scariest part is his stamina. How can he keep going all day without stopping? If it were me, I'd be in the ICU by now!"
Back at Wu Zong's office, the CEO watched the online buzz and the success of Chen Yang's livestream with a deep sigh of relief. He knew he had made the right bet.
This guy, Chen Yang, was simply not human. No, scratch that—he was like a god descending to Earth!
Meanwhile, overseas, a blogger on a foreign website had begun compiling and reposting videos related to Chen Yang.
"Oh my god, you won't believe what I just saw."
"Is this the so-called infrastructure?"
"Compared to this, our country seems so weak."
"Are Chinese people really this terrifying?"
"From today onwards, I'm going to be nice to my Chinese friends."
"Mom, I think I'm in love. His name is Chen, and though I don't know him, it doesn't matter. Love conquers all."
What Chen Yang didn't know was that he had become an international sensation. His reputation had skyrocketed, and his popularity hit an all-time high of 2.9 million—a new record for his live stream platform.
This brought him 29 chances to spin the reward wheel, and he hit the jackpot 19 times, getting 19 portions of spiritual soil, 3 bottles of spiritual water, and 7 woven hats.
However, he didn't claim the spiritual soil immediately. He planned to save it up until the house was complete and then claim everything at once. He was hoping to replace all the soil in his backyard vegetable garden with spiritual soil, which would improve the crops massively.
The next day.
The third day… the ninth day...
Each day, Chen Yang's progress was jaw-dropping. From the original flat ground, a beautiful house had emerged—a classic Hui-style architectural gem, complete with wooden beams, blue bricks, and gray tiles. It looked both elegant and refined.
At 6:00 AM, Chen Yang stood outside, gazing at the building as morning mist enveloped the structure, creating the feeling of stepping into an ancient town, bathed in soft rain.
"This is so beautiful," he murmured to himself. "Looks like 15 days was a bit of an overestimate. If nothing goes wrong, this house will be finished today."
Of course, the interior still needed work—things like flooring, lighting, wiring, and windows hadn't been installed. But those were minor details. Chen Yang wasn't rushing to finish everything; after all, his challenge was to build the house itself in 15 days, not to complete every single detail.
Once the building was up, the decoration and finishing touches would take much longer.
After breakfast, Chen Yang opened his live stream.
"Good morning, everyone. Today marks the tenth day of my challenge."
He grinned as he addressed the audience. "If all goes well today, I'll finish the outer wall of the yard, and my challenge will be completed five days ahead of schedule."
The audience, who had gotten used to Chen Yang's early starts, were already pouring into his stream. Within minutes, the live viewer count hit a staggering 70,000, even though it was still only just past 6:00 AM!
"Alright, let's get to work!"
Ever since he started building the house, Chen Yang hadn't been chatting much with the audience—he was too focused on the work at hand.
The outer wall was more than halfway done, and today, he planned to finish the remaining section of the yard wall.
From 6:00 AM until 11:00 AM, every single brick was laid by his own hands. The house itself—everything from the stakes to the walls to the roof—was all done by him.
As viewers watched, they thought the progress was impressive but still normal. That is, until they realized just how fast Chen Yang was working.
The most shocking part, however, was the professionalism he showed while building.
The techniques he used to lay the walls and structure were incredibly precise, almost as if he had been trained in architecture. The wall structure, the way he laid the bricks, every little detail was so professional that even industry experts couldn't find a single flaw. And he did all of this while maintaining unbelievable speed.
That was the truly terrifying part.
At 4:30 PM, the final brick was placed. Chen Yang jumped down from the ladder, took a deep breath, and smiled.
"We're done."
The camera followed his gaze, focusing on the small house.
"Ten days ago, this was just a rundown shack."
"Now, it's a beautiful Hui-style building."
"Now, don't get me wrong," he added, addressing the viewers, "I didn't build a mansion. It's just a single-story house. Once you get the structure up, it's mainly about laying the walls and putting on the roof."
"And yes, this is just the outer structure—I haven't done any of the interior decoration yet."
The audience was starting to understand.
"If he were to do the decoration too, even a month wouldn't be enough!"
"Of course! With the interior work, a month might not even be enough."
"The plumbing and electrical work haven't even been done yet. Master Chen will still be living at Second Grandpa's place for a while."
"Big Black and Little White have probably gained a few pounds from all the food Second Grandpa's been feeding them."
Chen Yang walked closer to the house and pointed to the gable. "Look here, this is called a horsehead wall, a signature feature of Hui-style architecture."
"Because Huizhou is in the southeast, with a lot of rain and wind, the houses often had their tiles blown off. To fix that, they came up with the horsehead wall, which not only looks beautiful but also serves a practical purpose."
"And see this eaves? It's a double eave, which was an improvement over the old single eaves used in early Hui architecture. The double eave is not only more decorative but also functional, especially during the rainy season."
"To be honest, I could talk about Hui architecture for three days and nights, but today, the house is finally done. I need to go to Second Grandpa's house for dinner. We'll talk more tomorrow!"
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