Tell me my story (16)
Tell me my story (16)
? Talk about your impressions of building houses in the countryside
During the years when I went to the countryside, the village was built Houses, in my impression, are all "dry-made" houses, which are built with adobe (also called earth foundation) walls, remove the earth foundation, then use wooden molds to install clay and compact it, and then remove the rectangular adobe to dry in the sun. Cut the soil foundation, that is, on the leveled field, roll it with an ox-drawn stone roller, use a cutter to cut the line according to the required size, and then use a knife and shovel to shovel it up and pile it in the sun (think of it as bricks). After drying, use Walls were built with mud. Cement (cement) was not available at that time and was generally not used. The roof was made of hard mountain (adobe) and covered with straw. Thatched houses were warm in winter and cool in summer. At that time, there were also some wealthy farmers. (Those who have working-class family members at home) have built a brick-concrete structure, using stringers and rafters, or using cement prefabricated boards, and roof tiles are built on the rafters. The style of the tile-roofed house with a courtyard "stands out from the crowd" in the village.
? When people in the village built their houses, they even invited "old gentlemen" who were illiterate (actually the so-called "Feng Shui gentlemen" in the old days). For fear of being "suspected of superstition," the villagers at that time Don’t dare to call me “Feng Shui Master”, call me “Old Master”), choose the base of the door, determine the direction of the door, and what kind of door should not face the main road, big tree, cesspool, or tomb. If there is a tree in front of the house, it must be cut down (the roots of the tree are said to be bitter, which means hard days), and the mulberry tree in front of the house must be cut down (the mulberry tree is said to mean "mourning", which is unlucky). There is also a need to entertain good craftsmen, that is, to entertain good tile workers. If the master is neglected, it is said that the master tile master can use the "left door bypass" to trouble the homeowner, "Mold two small people and a water wheel with soil, and turn the front of the car back." "Externally, it means that the owner's family's financial resources are flowing out." This is just a saying (it's just a legend, it's impossible). The craftsmen hired to build houses in the village are usually fellow villagers or even relatives, so there can't be any "mischief" done by villains. of.
? To build a house, you must choose an auspicious day. No matter how poor your family is, you still have to have a table of "starting wine." When the house is being raised, firecrackers are set off. Bricklayers used newly made wooden beams (on which they asked educated people to write "Fu Lu Shou" with a brush). That year, a family in the village built a house, and the owner asked me to write "Fu Lu Shou" for them. ", to show favor and good luck.
At that time, the government allocated resettlement funds for us educated youths to go to the countryside, and the production team built educated youth houses for us. They were the simplest "dry base" type houses. Of course, when building "educated youth" houses We didn’t hold the Shenma Ceremony according to such rules anymore, but we bought a pack of “Harvest Brand” cigarettes for the reception (9 cents a pack, cost 90 cents).
? The year before last, I visited my second hometown. All the thatched houses in the village that used to be "gangda base" were gone. Our former "educated youth house" became the only "gangda base" house. "The house was not demolished for some unknown reason, and some farm tools and other items were piled up for the villagers. I joked to the retired head of the village who was my friend at the time, that this was reserved as "intangible cultural heritage", right?
? Now the countryside is running towards "moderate prosperity". According to the plan, the villages are building houses along both sides of the rural roads. There is no longer one of the "doors must not face the main road". The current size of the village It is moving towards a relatively unified structure, equipped with green spaces and leisure places, forming a new rural pattern.