Chapter 328 Need to pay more

If you want to take a bath in the summer, you don’t have to go back and forth to fetch water. Just turn on the faucet and fill the bathtub with water.

Although farmers in the countryside just jump into the river when they want to take a bath in the hot summer, they are only children and grown men.

The women in the family have no choice. Even if there is a bathtub at home, it is troublesome to get water and they cannot take a bath whenever they want.

Now the women can take a bath whenever they want and no one will interfere.

Before this, people from the upper and lower villages didn’t even know what a faucet was, let alone why good well water could be automatically supplied by installing some long and short pipes.

Anyway, I heard from people from Taohua Village that it was called a water pumping device, and they said that it would make it more convenient for people living in buildings to use water.

Of course it is convenient. Water comes out just by turning the faucet. How can it not be convenient?

You need to pay for the pipes and pumping equipment, and each household has to pay 100 coins for water use every month.

But think about it, after a busy day, you don’t have to worry about running out of water at home. The cost of key equipment is not much per household, and you can use water comfortably. Who wouldn’t want that?

There is also the floor. There is no such thing as floor at home. We just level the ground and step on it repeatedly to make it firm. However, the houses built in Taohua Village are paved with special floors and tiles.

After wiping the floor, it is bright and shiny, and people can sleep on it. There is no problem of loose soil or dust after a long time.

Before, they wondered why the balcony had to be built outward and even used steel bars. Now they know that the balcony can be used to dry clothes and a tea table can be set up to drink tea.

Country people don't have the elegance of drinking tea, but having a place like this, with two chairs, they can sit there when they are free, looking at the mountains and the water. How can I describe how comfortable it is?

There are some functions that you can do without, but cannot live without.

Especially in comparison, it seems that the new house built at home lacks many functions.

Those who did not sign up for the collective house-building were a little confused. Isn't a house just for living in? It just needs to be big enough for the whole family to live in. Why are the houses built in Taohua Village so fancy and have so many functions?

The key point is that the windows of the houses built in Taohua Village are all made of colored glaze.

You know, colored glaze is more expensive than steel bars.

Look at the wooden windows of your own home, and then look at the lithium alloy window frames and glazed windows in the houses built for the villagers in Taohua Village. They are bright and clean, block wind and rain without blocking light, and are extremely convenient to open and close.

It is true that comparing goods will lead to throwing them away, and comparing people will make you angry.

I used to think that building my own house would save money and I wouldn't be taken advantage of, but after seeing other people's houses in the village, I regretted it so much.

They are all from the same village and they are not poor. It is really hard for them to feel so bad that they are so much worse off than others.

After a few days of agony, they couldn't help but come to Zhou Yang and Kong Daming for help.

The new house cost more than one or two hundred taels of silver, so it was impossible to refuse it.

But they want water and biogas, too.

"Village chief, logically speaking, we are all from the same village, so can you also turn on the tap water for us?"

"Yes, village chief, my family also raises 200 chickens and 400 ducks, so there is a lot of chicken and duck manure, and we also need the help of the biogas digester."

"Village Chief, can you help us talk to Supervisor Bai?"

Supervisor Bai is Bai Dayong, and he is responsible for the house construction in Shangcun and Xiacun.

"Yes, village chief, we are not taking advantage for nothing. We are willing to pay whatever we deserve."

"This..." Zhou Yang pretended to hesitate.

Kong Daming also looked embarrassed: "This matter is really difficult to deal with." "Village chief, we also know that we shouldn't do this, but we have no choice."

"Yes, village chief, let's think of a solution."

"village head……"

In fact, Bai Tao had already anticipated such a situation.

When the granaries are full, people know etiquette; when they have enough food and clothing, they know honor and disgrace. Humans are social animals and will tend to compare with others, unless the gap is too big.

People from the same village, other families do this, and your own family does this too. It’s okay for a short time, but after a long time, you’ll feel like you’re being scratched by a cat.

When Zhou Yang and Kong Daming came, Bai Dayong already knew what was going on, but he didn't show it.

After listening to the two people's request, Bai Dayong frowned and said, "Hiss, this matter is troublesome and not troublesome, but it is also troublesome if it is not troublesome."

Kong Daming: "Supervisor Bai, please tell us. If there is anything you need our cooperation, we will definitely cooperate."

He had anticipated that such a situation might occur before, so he asked Bai Dayong. He naturally had an idea in his mind, otherwise he would not have dared to bring it up.

Zhou Yang also nodded: "There are 23 households in our village who built their own houses before, and they all want to apply for water pipes and biogas digesters."

After a pause, Zhou Yang looked embarrassed and said, "We are all from the same village. We all want to live a good life. It's just that we were afraid of the hard life before, so we didn't sign up to build a building together."

Kong Daming also quickly reported the number of households on his side: "There are more households in our village, 28."

Hearing this, Bai Dayong sighed and nodded: "We are all farmers. It's not easy to make money. I naturally understand everyone's concerns."

"Since both of you have come to ask for help, I will transfer some craftsmen back."

"But the projects are different, so the prices will naturally be different." Are you kidding? If they were all the same, what would happen if such a situation occurred in the future?

Therefore, Bai Dayong had already thought about it from the beginning that adding money was a disguised punishment.

Zhou Yang and Kong Daming looked at each other and asked cautiously, "I wonder what the price is?"

Although the villagers who came to ask for help said they were willing to pay, they had a limit on the amount they were willing to pay, otherwise they would not have been reluctant to spend the money and built their own houses in the first place.

Bai Dayong flipped through the notebook, listed the items one by one, and then took a pen to start calculating the prices.

"... That's all they need. In addition, they have to pay more for water every month than other households. It's 150 coins a month."

"At least pay for two years to balance the costs and not take advantage of other villagers. After two years, the price can be reduced to the same as other people."

When they heard that the reason for making more friends was to prevent them from taking advantage of the people in the front, Zhou Yang and Kong Daming, who were in the first batch, naturally would not be unhappy.

Moreover, the calculated amount was less than what they thought before they asked.

"Okay." Zhou Yang nodded in agreement.

"No problem, that's very reasonable." Kong Daming also spoke.

Bai Dayong: "By the way, during this period, if there are other material costs and accessories costs..."

Although he didn't finish his words, Zhou Yang and Kong Daming knew it.

They both responded in unison: "Sure!"

After all, there were examples of building buildings before, so they naturally knew that some material and accessories fees should be paid.

　I'm a little hungry. Is there any cutie having a midnight snack?
　　(End of this chapter)