To further reduce costs, Wen Xi partitioned the original two rooms into four. Each room was only about 20 square meters, but much larger than Mrs. Du's house.

As for kangs, only two of the four rooms had them. Each room had a large kang, with a partition in the middle, made of wood for the kang and bricks for the floor. The floor was a bit more luxurious, made of bluestone slabs.

In order to save money, I really did my best.

In addition to this suite made of bricks, there were two adobe houses built on the side, as well as a slightly improved toilet in the corner of the backyard.

The squat toilet in Wen Xi's bathroom was modeled after the oldest public toilets in her past life. It had a slope underneath. When she was done using the toilet, she could flush it with the water in the bucket next to it.

The manure pit was dug outside the courtyard wall and covered with branches to mask the smell.

The corner of the courtyard wall is right at the foot of the mountain, so it will not cause any trouble to people.

This toilet wasn't expensive to build. The highest point was probably the slope beneath the squat toilet, which was made of relatively smooth bluestone. Luckily, they didn't use many pieces, or I would have definitely stopped it.

The walls of the courtyard are all made of adobe, but they are quite high, about 2 meters high. After all, the family has children, and Mao actively supports this.

The next day, when the beams were being put up, few people gathered to watch. After all, there had been too many houses being built recently. The location of this house, in particular, wasn't particularly appealing.

But Mao still invited Mrs. Du and Fang Qiang and his sister. It was also a warming of the house.

When settling the wages, thanks to the cooperation between Wen Xi and Yuan Zi, almost all the expenses except the material cost of the kang were waived.

After deducting the deposit, I paid another 15 taels of silver. That brings the total cost to 35 taels. Add to that the 7 taels I paid for the land, and the total cost of the house is 42 taels of silver.

This is quite a bargain.

After paying the wages and seeing off Yuanzi and his team, they welcomed a few people who came to warm up the house.

Mao came out of the courtyard:

"Why are you here now? Isn't it too early?"

Mrs. Du smiled and said:

"Come over early to help you with the work. There are only a few of us anyway, so why go through so many rules?"

Fang Qiang scratched his head:

"I'll help carry water."

As he said this, he picked up the brand new bucket in the corner and went out.

Wen Xi had already taken Fang Ya and the little follower to visit the house.

Wen Xi has not been here since the house was built, so Gu Shengmo has been practicing calligraphy in the house and hanging out in the new house, so he is quite calm.

This was Fang Ya's first time here, and it completely changed her understanding of houses. She thought all houses in the world were the same as hers, just made of different materials.

But she was very familiar with those furniture because she saw her elder brother making them every day.

Some simple furniture and a solid "big bed" filled the whole house with warmth. I couldn't help but feel envious.

Wen Xi smiled and said:

"Before winter comes, ask your brother to build one too. As for the cabinets and other things, they are all your brother's craftsmanship!"

"Yeah! Why didn't I think of that? I can have a house like this, too. Hehe."

Fang Ya patted her head happily.

Gu Shengmo felt sorry for her watching from the side.

After touring the house, the three little guys had nothing to do, so they decided to go to the mountain to dig some wild vegetables. It was early spring, and the wild vegetables were very small, but they were the most tender and delicious.

Wen Xi was immediately excited at the thought of eating tender wild vegetables. It was even more exciting than eating meat.

There were many large trees on the mountain, and the green leaves gradually increased. Various unknown wild grasses and vegetables also sprouted on the ground.

As a fake ancient person, Wen Xi had to take the lead in the forest and listen to Fang Ya, because Fang Ya knew about wild vegetables, while she knew nothing about them.

In order to maintain his position in the future, Wen Xi also carefully identified various wild vegetables.