After Chen Mo returned home, Chen Ming had also worked out a preliminary budget.
"Er Wa, is there something wrong with this house plan? The courtyard wall has some errors!" Chen Ming said, pointing them out. "These dimensions are wrong—too long and too wide."
Chen Mo immediately understood why. "Uncle Ming, there's no problem with these dimensions. I planned them according to the homesteads of the six households at the Old House. The dimensions aren't much of an issue. I've already bought all those old houses, but you'll still need to go over there today and measure them again to get the exact dimensions."
"Well, look at you, kid! Since you've got the money to buy all those old houses, there won't be much of a problem. Let's go take a look now, and I'll give you an exact quote and construction schedule this afternoon," Uncle Chen Ming said.
The two of them rode straight to the Old House, walked around the entire area, and measured the exact dimensions. After returning home, they began discussing the details of rebuilding the house.
Chen Mo also wrote down all the issues and suggestions he had considered.
He planned to build the Old House into an L-shaped structure facing north and south, with four floors above ground and one underground. All four aboveground floors would be designed as suites. The third floor would have a large terrace, and the fourth floor would have one as well. There would be front and back courtyards, especially the backyard, which covered more than two mu. He planned to lay it all out and plant some vegetables there, watering them with Stream Water. Once those vegetables were mixed with the ones Inside Universe Bead, he could give them to his parents to eat.
After all the houses