"By the way, how is the house plan finished?"
The village chief asked Lin Yi because Lin Yi had told him during breakfast that he would draw the plan of his new house himself.
"Hmm... the rough plan is finished."
"But the exact drawing will have to be done after the measurements of the cave are taken."
"I think I will go and get the measurements in the evening."
"That's good; after drawing the plan, I can gather the villagers to help build the house."
"No one will object if you offer to pay for the work."
The village chief said as he washed his hands at the nearby tap. After that, Lin Yi and the village chief discussed various things until lunchtime. The conversation stopped when the village chief's wife came and asked for food.
That afternoon, Lin Yi rode his tricycle to the field. The reason was to take measurements of the cave.
When Lin Yi was in his 3rd year at university, he did an internship under his mentor Mr. Chen. In those days, Lin Yi often had to do various measurements, so he bought a set of measuring instruments for himself from a second-hand store. Later, he participated in various competitions and won prizes and used part of the money to buy a brand new set of measuring instruments.
However, Lin Yi used the old set of instruments, thinking that he would use the new equipment after graduation to find a permanent job. But who would have thought that after graduation, Lin Yi would not have the opportunity to do anything he wanted to do.
If Lin Yi had not been bored living in that house, he would have been living happily by now, doing a good job. Lin Yi had made up his mind countless times that everything would happen as written in fate.
Lin Yi didn't have the opportunity to use his brand new measuring tools as he had hoped, but he had the opportunity to use them in a way he hadn't expected. So he decided to use those brand new measuring tools to measure the house he was building in Lin Yi's cave because it was very meaningful.
Lin Yi first measured the small section of the cave. It didn't take him long to measure it. It was even easier because he had a laser distance measurer that could take measurements automatically.
"The small section is bigger than I thought."
"100 square meters is the size of a million-dollar apartment in the city."
"The large section is about twice as big."
"That means I can build my own luxury villa for a low cost."
After measuring the small section, Lin Yi said to himself as he looked at the large section of the cave. Lin Yi then quickly measured the large section of the cave, which was about 200 square meters and about 6 meters high.
"Hmm... I can easily build a two-story house in this section."
"The small section is about 2.5 meters high, so that section can only be built as a single-story building."
"In that case, just like I planned, I could use the smaller part for the kitchen and dining room, and the larger part for the living room, bedrooms, and other rooms." Lin Yi thought, imagining the way the house should be built in his mind.
It wasn't that late when Lin Yi finished the surveying and arrived at the village chief's house. But he didn't go to draw up the plan of his new house right after he left.
Lin Yi had been in Peach Blossom Village for a few days, and he had a lot of work to do, so Lin Yi didn't have time to walk around the village. So Lin Yi decided to take a walk around the village.
"Shall I go with Xiao Lin?"
"No, I can go alone."
"Since I'm going to be a local in the future, it's good to know what the village is like."
"The other village chief also has work to do, so don't let me ruin his work."
"Okay, then, go carefully."
"The people in this village are not bad, so you can go anywhere in the village without any trouble."
"If you get lost, ask someone nearby."
"If you want to go to the mountain, you can just pick up a little kid playing on the road."
"Even though they are small, they know every nook and cranny of this village."
"Then I will go and come."
When the village chief asked Lin Yi to go with him, Lin Yi said no because he knew that the village chief had work to do. However, the village chief did not forget to give Lin Yi some advice before leaving.
Lin Yi had seen the road from the village chief's house to his land, so he decided to go to the other side of the village. Lin Yi walked slowly, enjoying the beauty of the village.
Many houses in the village were built in this direction. There was a peach tree in each house, as if to confirm that the village name was correct. All the houses in the village were built in the same way, ranging from small to medium in size, and most of the houses were single-story houses, while some were two-story houses. All the houses in the village were built of bricks, and they were all built recently.
The government recently provided relief money to renovate houses in the villages, and with that money, all the houses in Peach Blossom Village that were built of clay and unsafe were rebuilt with new bricks and covered with roof tiles. As a result, every house in the village was built in the same way.
Each house had a small open space, which was used as the yard of the house. This yard was mostly used to grow vegetables, fruits, and flowers. In addition to peach trees, some houses had lychee and mango trees. Moreover, the villagers did not forget to raise chickens and pigs in every house in the village.
After his house was built, Lin Yi decided to raise some animals, such as chickens and pigs.