Upon hearing this, Liang Shuyan slapped Yinxia across the face!

"Who gave you the audacity? Who do you think Chunyan is? She's my niece. What's wrong with her? What did Chunyan, the team leader, do that you think is wrong? How dare you talk to me like that? Don't you even respect your aunt? And dressed like that, are you here to work?"

Thinking of Sanwang's appearance earlier, and looking at Yinxia in front of her, Liang Shuyan seemed to have a question in mind: "Could this be a conspiracy? Could it be that Aunt Liu deliberately instigated her daughter to seduce Sanwang?"

"Auntie, I've been working diligently all along, but Chunyan always targets me. I... I?"

Chunyan stepped forward and said politely, "Auntie, you don't know, this Yinxia is shameless. She dressed like this to deliberately seduce my third brother. She knows that my third brother and Sister Ruyan are already engaged, but she still deliberately seduces my third brother!"

This sentence seemed to cause an uproar, and several workers standing on the other side of Chunyan also stood up to correct Yinxia.

Aunt Liu suddenly appeared out of nowhere and said anxiously, "Auntie, what's wrong? Did Yinxia make you angry?"

Chunyan wanted to say something, but she saw Aunt Liu hiding behind Liang Shuyan.

Liang Shuyan seemed to understand something, and looked at Aunt Liu with her eyes, saying calmly, "I'm here to discipline my employees, what are you doing here?"

After she finished speaking, Liang Shuyan called Chunyan out.

Chunyan cried and said, "Auntie, I saw it all. With Aunt Liu backing her up, Yinxia is simply lawless. She sleeps in until she naturally wakes up at the work shed every day and also insults the workers at will. Starting tomorrow, I will not go to the work shed anymore. I want to go to the school and learn to read properly with the teacher."

"Does Aunt Liu come to the work shed often?"

Chunyan nodded: "Auntie, I don't know why Aunt Liu comes to the work shed every day. After she comes, she just sits there and whispers to Yinxia. When other people get close, they stop talking."

Liang Shuyan seemed to understand. She looked at Chunyan and said, "Don't be afraid. You are a member of the Jin family. Your aunt has made it clear to you. Tomorrow, you will still go to the work shed. Don't do anything else. Just keep an eye on Yinxia and see what she does next."

Chunyan nodded.

At this moment, Dashan and Zhao Heng returned, along with several craftsmen. The donkey cart was loaded with some timber and the craftsmen's tools. Zhao Heng didn't say a word and simply took the things off the donkey cart.

"Mother, these are the craftsmen we found in town. I've inquired about them, and they are all highly skilled. These are the bricklayers and masons, and the rest are workers!"

The foreman, surnamed Qi, whom everyone called Old Qi, was dressed in a light blue robe. He politely approached Liang Shuyan and said, "Greetings, Madam. May I ask what kind of house you wish to build?"

Liang Shuyan took out a drawing from her bosom, handed it to Lao Qi, and said with a smile, "This is a drawing that I had the children draw a few days ago according to my instructions. Please take a look."

Old Qi took the blueprint Liang Shuyan handed him, his brows furrowing slightly. This design was indeed quite different from how people in the countryside build houses nowadays. People in the countryside don't need blueprints when building houses; they just dig the foundation and start building the walls.

This blueprint is quite unusual. Not only are the lines clear, but it also has special icons and text. Old Qi has seen some architectural blueprints, but none of them are as clear as this, nor as detailed as the one Liang Shuyan gave him. Old Qi has built houses for wealthy people before, and even though he built houses according to blueprints, those blueprints were still relatively rough, and some details required the craftsmen to make additional modifications during construction.

"Madam, is your house going to be this big? If it's built according to this blueprint, it will need at least three acres of land."

Old Qi asked a question, then continued, "Look, this main hall is divided into two large halls, left and right. The kitchen is also very large. There are four children, each with their own room. There are also two empty guest bedrooms, and a study over here. The front yard needs a large, square garden, and the back yard has an archway with a vegetable garden inside, divided into twelve equal parts. On the left are the chicken and duck shed and the livestock shed! There's also an outhouse in the corner! I estimate it will cost at least 100,000 taels of silver!"

Liang Shuyan nodded: "That's right. Although the second son is at the martial arts school and doesn't come back often, his wife is going to have a baby. Since we're going to build a house, we'll build a bigger one. Oh, and I also want to build a playroom for my grandson. My eldest sister's family of three, Zhao Heng, and Chunyan also need to have a place to live. Oh, and Mr. Su, and Ruyan and her daughter!"

Next to the vegetable garden, a well is planned to be dug. This way, the whole family won't have to fetch water, making it much more convenient to get water. It can also be used to irrigate the vegetable garden, which is also very convenient. In addition, there is a gate, which must be grand. Two rows of bamboo will be planted outside the gate, and a small, dark house is also essential.

Liang Shuyan did a quick calculation and found that there were more than a dozen people in her family, big and small. If everyone were to live together like this, they would need a larger room.

The teahouse also needs to be renovated, and a dining hall should be built for the workers so that those who live far away and don't want to go back can eat here.

Old Qi let out a long sigh and said, "I really didn't expect that a farmer's house could have a courtyard that's even bigger than those of wealthy people! It's making this old craftsman a little nervous!"

"Old Qi, don't be so polite. Come with me to see the land for building the house. The place I chose isn't small, and it's also quite close to the orchard behind the mountain. Even if we take over the orchard in the future, it will be very convenient."

Old Qi coughed twice, then turned and instructed Jin Dashan, "Please take these people and settle them in first. Your mother and I are going to check out the land; we'll be back soon."

"By the way, if we're building a house, is water readily available? If not, have a few people prepare to dig a well first!"

Liang Shuyan pointed to the mountain not far away and said, "We have to go to the mountain more than five miles away to fetch water, so we'll have to trouble them to dig a well first!"

Old Qi pointed at the two men in gray clothes in the middle and said, "You two, take your tools and come with us!"

After leaving Liang Shuyan's house, we walked for about half an hour and came to a large open space. Liang Shuyan then said, "Old Qi, what do you think of the terrain if we build a yard here?"