Building a house is quick. Just find good people, buy good materials and start building.
The leader was a village bricklayer named Sun Youquan, a man in his forties.
"Jingheng, what kind of house do you want to build?"
Zhou Suisui pointed and said, "I want to build three rooms in the middle: two bedrooms and a living room. The room on the west side should be bigger because I have three children. Then I'll build a kitchen near the west side, and a bathroom on the east side near the bedrooms. It would be best if it could be connected to the east bedroom. I'll build a toilet behind the bathroom. I'll give you a design of the toilet, and you can just follow that. It's a flush toilet, which may be a bit troublesome, but I can pay extra and provide all the materials needed. I'll build a firewood eave next to the kitchen, and the whole house will be built of bricks."
Sun Youquan was a little shocked. He had heard about Zhou Suisui's family's financial situation, but he still mentioned it to her, "This will cost a lot of money. I estimate that what you mentioned will cost around a thousand yuan. And our workers will be paid 60 cents a day with food, or 80 cents a day without food. Do you think that's okay? But don't worry, these people are experienced in house construction. Their craftsmanship is impeccable. The house they build can be lived in for 80 or 90 years without any problem."
"Okay, I can accept this price, but I might not be able to provide meals. I'll just give you 80 cents a day and have everyone bring some food from home. Is that okay with you?"
Sun Youquan nodded quickly: "Okay, why not? That's settled then."
I felt deeply moved that the third Gu family was really rich. They wouldn't even blink an eye when spending a thousand yuan.
Ever since Zhou Suisui spread the word that she could earn fifty yuan a month, those people in the village who had previously called her a lazy woman behind her back stopped saying that.
Some families with sons even regret why they didn't propose marriage on their sons' behalf. If they could marry a girl who is one year old, she would be a cash cow, and who wouldn't want that?
So now Zhou Suisui’s reputation in the village has improved a lot.
The people who built the house were all men in the village. The carpenters and bricklayers were relatively good in skills. The village chief was also a kind man. He found honest, hardworking and capable people, so Zhou Suisui was not worried.
Zhou Suisui and the children moved to the old house these days, so it is more convenient to feed the old couple.
So much so that half a month later, both Gu's father and mother were full of food and looked much better.
During this period, Gu's parents also saw Zhou Suisui's ability to spend money and make money more intuitively.
Every time they saw her spending lavishly, and wanted to stop her and advise her out of the aftereffects of the famine, they would see the remittance slip sent to Zhou Suisui. The amount in it was so high that Gu's father and mother would be surprised every time, and the old couple would be speechless.
What's more, Zhou Suisui doesn't hide anything. For example, when the children drink malted milk, Zhou Suisui will also make a cup for his father and mother.
When eating apples, he would give one to Gu's father and mother, and even more so when eating meat. He never complained that the two old people ate too much.
Zhou Suisui said directly: "We can't finish these anyway, so we can make new ones for the next meal and don't eat leftovers."
My goodness, how many people can’t even eat leftovers nowadays, let alone such good leftovers.
After living there for a while, even Gu's father and mother were not as interested in meat as before.
Father Gu even sighed: "This is the life that people should live."
Upon hearing this, Mother Gu kicked him and said, "What do you mean? You used to live like a pig."
Father Gu didn't dare to resist and could only agree with her: "No, no, I just said it casually, hahahaha."
"But speaking of it, the third son's wife is really filial. Her own parents are probably no more filial than her." said Gu's mother.
"Old man, what do you think will happen when we get old..."
"Stop it! What are you talking about, old woman? In our village, every elderly person lives with the eldest son. If you go to the third son's house, wouldn't that make people poke holes in the eldest son's spine?" Father Gu disagreed.
"That's just what I said." Mother Gu said embarrassedly.
She really didn't think that much. She just felt that the third son's wife was filial and that the third son's family would have a better life.
You can tell a person's future by looking at the age of three. I'm sure the eldest and the others will have a bright future when they grow up, so I did that on impulse.
After realizing it, I realized that I really shouldn't have done that, so I won't say anything more.
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These guys worked really efficiently and they almost finished building the house in just half a month.
Because we are villagers, we don’t have to be paid on a daily basis. We can just pay it all at once after we finish the work.
It’s not the busy farming season yet, and Gu’s father would usually keep an eye on it, so it was done quickly.
Their wages were settled on the day of completion. Normally, they would be paid 80 cents a day for the 20-day work period. There were 18 people in total, so each person would be paid 16 yuan, a total of 288 yuan.
Zhou Suisui added an extra four dollars to each person as a thank you.
I originally wanted to buy something for them, but then I thought better of it, it would be more practical to just give them money.
Everyone was very happy when they heard that they would be given four more dollars, mainly because four dollars was really a lot of money now.
At the current prices, a pound of pork costs 60 cents, a piece of candy costs one cent, and a pound of rice costs 65 cents. Four dollars can buy almost seven pounds of pork. This reward is really a lot.
"Everyone has worked hard these days. You have been very honest and hard-working every day. I know this and I am especially grateful to you all. So I added four dollars each, and we rounded it up to twenty dollars, so that everyone can have fun!" Zhou Suisui said with a smile.
Although the old couple felt that this was unnecessary, they did not object.
Now Zhou Suisui, the money-giving boy, became completely famous in the village.
Everyone praises her whenever they mention her, especially those whose families built houses for them, who praise her to the sky.
What's more, if they hear someone say that Zhou Suisui is not good, they will directly start a fight with them.
If Zhou Suisui knew this, he would have to sigh and say that money makes the world go round. It turns out that no matter what era, money is the most useful thing.
The new house was built and Zhou Suisui's family was about to move in. The furniture Zhou Suisui ordered from the village carpenter also arrived.
Two wardrobes, a table with eight chairs, a dressing table, two kang cabinets, and desks for the three children, which looked like study tables in later generations. It cost more than three hundred yuan for all the miscellaneous items.
The carpenter is also very honest and the materials used are also the best solid wood. Zhou Suisui still likes this kind of solid wood style furniture.
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