After drinking tea, Old Mrs. Zhao toured the Lin family's brick house inside and out before leaving with satisfaction.

After returning to Hexi Village, the Zhao family went straight to Song Xizheng's house with no other intentions but to buy land.

There is an open space behind the Zhao family's house. The villagers used to pile up hay there, and now it has been bought by the Zhao family.

"Oh, that piece of land..."

Song Xizheng finally reacted.

Old Mrs. Zhao nodded: "Yes, yes, it's the land where my eldest daughter-in-law stole someone else's property."

Everyone in the Zhao family: “…” There’s no need to explain it so clearly.

Auntie Zheng chuckled and almost couldn't straighten her waist with laughter. In the past, Ma was fierce and suppressed Old Mrs. Zhao so that she didn't dare to speak loudly, but now she really let herself go.

"There aren't many people buying land in the village. That piece of land is vacant anyway. I'll sell it to you at a normal price," Song Xizheng was definitely very open-minded.

He immediately took out the village land record atlas, drew it in front of the Zhao family, paid them money, and reported it to the county tomorrow. Only then was the road cleared.

The money is also paid to the county.

A piece of land like this in Hexi Village only costs one and a half coins, which is really not expensive for the Zhao family nowadays.

"You want to build a house?"

"Yes, it's a brick and tile house," said Old Mrs. Zhao excitedly.

Zhao Taohua was also happy: "We can keep our old house for now. When the time comes, we can have the craftsmen start building from the open space in the back. When the back is finished, we can live there. We can then tear down the front and build a separate courtyard for my eldest brother to marry."

Song Qizheng nodded, thinking that this plan was good.

Zhao Dazhu was embarrassed again.

"You're thirty years old, and you're still so innocent?"

Dazhuzi was mercilessly criticized.

After everything was done, before leaving, Zhao Taohua asked one more question: How was the Song brothers' business in the neighboring county today?

Auntie Zheng said, "She left in a hurry to go out with Erniu this morning and hasn't been back since lunch or dinner."

"That's right. The next county is far away, and it would take a lot of time to go back and forth. They carry the raw materials, so their business is not bad."

After the greetings, everyone in the Zhao family returned home.

Now almost all the villagers have picked the raw materials for ice jelly, and they are all busy looking for ice jelly seeds at night. When they have picked all the seeds nearby, they run to places farther away.

The Zhao family is a rare family with nothing to do.

The second day.

Foreman Lin came early with his two apprentices to measure the land. The Zhao family's land was indeed not that big, so the two sides bargained for a while.

The final price is thirty-eight taels, including basic furniture, all included.

This price clearly showed that Foreman Lin had made a profit, and the Zhao family had not used up their entire budget, leaving room for both parties to negotiate, so both sides were quite satisfied with the outcome.

After the deal was settled, construction officially began.

Foreman Lin has a group of apprentice craftsmen, but in the early stages there is a lot of hard work, so he inevitably needs help from the villagers.

Zhao Jiazhuzi had accumulated a lot of favors in his life, and now that he had made public the secret recipe for his ice jelly, his reputation in the village was rising rapidly, so there was no need to worry about that.

"The village has been too busy recently. Let's choose a day when the village is a little less busy before starting work," said Zhao Taohua.

Foreman Lin also thought it was suitable, and after both parties agreed on the deposit, they happily made the decision.