In the countryside, there are generally two ways to build a house, one is for those with money, and the other is without money.
Needless to say, if you have money, you can ask a construction team to buy materials directly to build a house.
However, those who have no money usually buy coal and burn red bricks at home. Burning red bricks generally does not require much skill, and ordinary farm men can do it.
Like Wanxi Village, almost every household burns red bricks themselves.
Qin Suyun just walked into the village and saw several villagers carrying coal in baskets from outside the village. There were two baskets of coal per load, weighing at least several hundred kilograms. There were seven or eight blue and gray trucks outside the road. The figure is looming.
Qin Suyun looked at Zhao Jinsheng and his group who were carrying coal in full swing in the village with a face full of surprise, and said with surprise: "Aren't all the roads outside been damaged by the earthquake? Where did this coal come from? Is there someone starting now? Have you come to do business?" The earthquake caused extensive damage. Not only the houses in the village collapsed, but also the roads outside were damaged a lot. Some sections of the road collapsed and collapsed, making it impossible to drive through them. Even Zhao Tianliang and his group had to walk out of the ruins with their bicycles.
There is no reason why these coal-carrying vehicles can transport coal on a road that is not even accessible to bicycles!
This Wanxi Village does not live next to a coal mine. If you want to transport coal here, you have to walk a long way. Such a long way is not something that just a few people can walk with a basket. Coupled with the heavy coal in the basket, it is not enough to tire people out?
Zhao Jinsheng put down the load of coal on his shoulders, picked up the towel around his neck and wiped his sweaty cheeks, and said with a smile: "Miss Qin doesn't know, some of the roads outside were damaged by the earthquake, but some It's still passable. Those who do business can always find a road that can be driven. In addition, they drive small trucks and don't need a particularly wide road... No, yesterday afternoon People are coming from door to door asking us if we want coal."
"That's right! These people have very clever minds."
Zhao Weide, who was next to him, also stopped to rest and interrupted, "Don't talk about the coal seller, just talk about the brick-burning factory named Tang in Jiangtang Village above. Their business has been very good recently."
The brick-burning factory in Jiangtang Village is the only brick-burning factory here, specializing in burning green bricks. The house of the other brick-burning factory was well repaired. After the earthquake, the brick-burning factory was not damaged at all. Therefore, many residents whose houses collapsed ordered green bricks from the brick factory to rebuild their houses.
There are several families in Wanxi Village who want to order green bricks, but the brick-burning factory is too busy at the moment and won't accept their orders at all.
Because of this matter, I know how many families are talking about it at night.
"Alas, this earthquake has caused suffering for us ordinary people. Look at these well-connected people, they have all made earthquake wealth." Zhao Weide said and frowned unhappily.
The price of the coal they bought this time has tripled, yet they still have to buy it!
After all, it's not appropriate for so many of them to always live in other people's homes. When they encounter difficulties, it's okay for the villagers to help them, but they can't always live in other people's homes because of this, right?
Others can understand it for a few weeks, but if you live there for a year, they will definitely have opinions!
But this earthquake was so severe that all the roads outside collapsed due to the earthquake. They didn't know how long it would take to wait for the distant coal mines to be transported to their village to burn bricks and build houses, so they could only endure it. It hurts to buy coal from their local coal yard.
Zhao Weide felt pain in his face when he thought of the coal price that had tripled. If it hadn't been for the pigs they had just sold, they would have been unable to afford coal.
The two brothers have a large family, so logically they should build a big house, but this time the cost is too high, so I'm afraid they will have to build a small house first.
There are many people who feel the same pain as Zhao Weide this time, but they have no choice but to collect money to buy high-priced coal. If you don't have money, you can also call someone who is familiar with the coal mine. IOU, wait until the bank opens after a period of time, and then repay the money.
This is what many villagers do today.
This earthquake not only destroyed the houses, but also all the electrical systems in the area. Without electricity, naturally there is no way to withdraw money from the bank.
It is precisely because of this that the coal mine owners are not short of buyers at all. Without electricity, they cannot mine coal. The coal they are selling now is all the previous inventory. Their coal mines have generators and other things, but they are like this. It is not cost-effective to operate a small coal mine. Unless the price of coal rises higher, they will not keep running the generator. In addition, there is only one small coal mine in the surrounding area. The two owners of the coal mine I'm in a really good mood!
This is the first time their coal mine has been so popular since electricity was supplied to every house!
During this earthquake, some people were displaced and in pain, while others took advantage of it and made a fortune.
Qin Suyun sighed, but there was nothing he could do to help. He only hoped that the disasters in the dream would come again later, so that everyone would not have a place to live.
"My dad plans to find someone to repair the wooden houses in the village that can still be repaired in a few days, and then our family will move into those wooden houses. As for the matter of burning bricks to build a house, we will be busy for at least two or three months. If I want to move into a new house, I guess I have to wait until spring." Zhao Jinsheng had watched his father build the house of Village Chief Zhao's house before, and Zhao Jinsheng still knew the process of building a house.
"There is nothing we can do about it. People can't live without a house, right? I discussed it with my brother before and planned to go back and burn bricks. At the same time, I would pick out the red bricks that can still be used from the ruins at home. It can save a lot of money."
"Hehehe, my dad decided the same way. In two days, my dad and I will go to burn bricks, and let my brother take my wife and the others to search in the ruins. With luck, maybe the bricks for a house will be saved. "
"Oh, Miss Qin, your house is the strongest! After such a big earthquake, I don't see any cracks in the outer wall of your house!"
Zhao Weide and Zhao Jinsheng started chatting while talking, but they did not forget to continue picking coal. After saying a few words to Qin Suyun, they turned around and started picking coal again.
The two of them bought a lot of coal this time. Fortunately, they have a lot of labor at home, otherwise one person would be exhausted just carrying coal!
The village was very busy with rebuilding houses. In just a few days, dozens of families bought a large amount of coal and began to burn red bricks.
There is a hilltop here in Wanxi Village that specializes in burning red bricks. In the past, bricks were fired there every year when every family built a house. This year, because of the earthquake, the whole hilltop was particularly lively.
In more than a week, Qin Suyun has not seen anyone come to the village except for one visit from the county. Presumably, places like Yunhai City must have been more severely affected. And the higher authorities have no energy to take care of these small villages. There are not thousands of small villages affected by the disaster like Wanxi Village in the country, but at least there are hundreds.
There is really not enough manpower available from above to take care of it.
On the other hand, Uncle Jiu listened to his radio every day and heard a new piece of good news.
That means the higher authorities are going to distribute relief supplies to them again!
After hearing the news, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up. They were so motivated even to bake bricks!
Qin Suyun couldn't help but be happy when she heard the news. Even though she didn't need the help of these relief supplies now, she was still very grateful.
"It's great that the leaders above have not forgotten us! I believe that after they deal with the victims in the hardest-hit areas, the people above will definitely send people to help us! By then we will be able to live better and better!" Zhao Xingguo cheered for many villagers.
"The village chief is right! There have been no aftershocks for more than a week. This earthquake must have passed. After we build the new house, we can move in directly!" Everyone also said the same, in front of them This is a sign that life is getting better.
However......
Sometimes it's not too early to be happy about many things, such as the distribution of relief supplies.
According to the radio announcement, relief supplies would be distributed to them the next day.
But on the night when the broadcast was broadcast, the flying snow in the sky was falling like goose feathers. The heavy snow in the sky was mixed with the howling north wind, which made everyone's cheeks hurt, and the whistling wind kept coming one after another.
Dahei and the others were breathing heavily in white, their eyes fixed on the snowstorm outside the window.
This snowstorm is very big. Compared with the first snowfall of winter a few days ago, the amount of snow is not bad, and it will even come more quickly.
The blizzard prevented the transport planes and helicopters that were supposed to come down to distribute relief supplies from taking off normally. Naturally, this time the relief supplies could not be distributed.
This blizzard lasted for three days and three nights, with no signs of stopping.
Many villagers in the village who have just moved into wooden houses have to clean their roofs every few hours to prevent them from collapsing.
Although Qin Suyun's family doesn't need to go up to the third floor to clean the roof every few hours, she still has to burn two pots of stove in the glass house on the third floor of her house. The temperature is too low now, so she can pour the pots directly from the second floor window. If you add hot water, it will turn into ice slag in an instant!
She and He Zhennan had to stay in the room on the first floor to light the fire, and all the poultry and livestock raised in the backyard were put by Qin Suyun in a pen, which was padded with a thick layer of straw and sawdust. Qin Suyun hung up thick straw curtains, leaving only a small window for them to ventilate.
Qin Suyun frowned deeply as he looked at the blizzard that was still going on outside the house.