The village chief was naturally unwilling to accept it, but when Han Yiyi said that he would need Han Yiyi's help to find people and make arrangements for building a house later, he reluctantly accepted it.
After finishing her business, Han Yiyi took the two children with her. But before she could leave the house, the village chief's wife chased after her, carrying the basket Han Yiyi had brought earlier. This time, the basket was filled with vegetables and green beans. Han Yiyi accepted it without hesitation. Sometimes, relationships need to be maintained over time to last.
Watching the three leave, the village chief's wife sighed and said.
"Oh, what a good child, to have ended up with a family like the Fan family. But at least he has escaped that den of wolves, and things will only get better for him in the future..."
Sure enough, the village chief came to the thatched hut the next day with the land deed. Han Yiyi held the land deed, her eyes crinkling into slits with laughter, thinking to herself, "Now I can consider myself an asset in this place."
Now that we have the land title, the next step is to prepare for building the house.
Han Yiyi plans to build three rooms in the main house: one as a living room, two as bedrooms, one for herself, and one for Daya. She will also build two rooms on each side: one for Shitou and one as a guest room. However, since the two little ones are still young, they can live with her for now. The two rooms on the right will be used as a kitchen and a bathroom, with a toilet and a sewer next to the bathroom for added convenience.
Upon hearing Han Yiyi's words, the village chief's mouth gaped wider and wider. Only when Han Yiyi finished speaking and looked at him did he come to his senses and close his mouth, which was about to dislocate.
He had originally heard Han Yiyi say that building a house would be at most two mud-brick tile houses, but now he not only wanted to build a large blue-brick tile house, but also so many more.
“Han girl, your uncle knows you’ve earned some money from buying things, but you three will need it in the future, so you should keep some money on hand. It would be enough for you three to live in a three-room brick house…”
Han Yiyi knew that the village chief was doing it for her own good, so she smiled and said.
"Uncle, don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I have some spare money now, so I'll build the house first. Then Shi Tou won't have to worry about a house when he gets married..."
In Han Yiyi's view, if you have money, you should live as comfortably as possible. If you don't want to be too ostentatious, and you don't have much money, and you're already tired of living in thatched huts, you're in a hurry to build a house. She even wants to build a small multi-story house.
Hearing Han Yiyi say this, the village chief also felt that it made sense, so I didn't try to persuade him any further.
Since Han Yi had only recently transmigrated, she was completely clueless about building a house, such as where to buy bricks, tiles, or find bricklayers. So, Han Yi decided to contract out the house construction project.
Han Yiyi knew that the village chief's eldest son, Dazhu, was a bricklayer, so she wanted to contract the job directly to Dazhu. Han Yiyi also knew that Dazhu was an honest and upright person and would not cheat her.
When the village chief heard that Han Yiyi wanted to contract the house-building project to his son, his eyes lit up. Now that the busy farming season was over, many men went out to find work. However, even during the busy farming season, many families would send their able-bodied members to work elsewhere.
The reason was that Zhushan Village had too little land, and the amount of grain they had was simply not enough to feed them. His son was no exception. However, working away from home was not as reassuring as working right at home, so the village chief hurriedly went home and called Dazhu over.
Han Yiyi decided to give Dazhu four taels of silver as payment and entrust him with the entire task of building the house. According to Han Yiyi's plan, six rooms would be built, which would take about a month. In this way, Dazhu could earn almost a year's worth of money in a month. In the past, when he helped others build houses, Dazhu, as a skilled craftsman, only earned thirty coins a day, and he didn't often have houses built for others.
Therefore, when Dazhu heard that Han Yiyi wanted to give him four taels of silver as a reward, he quickly refused.
"This, this is unacceptable, this is unacceptable..."
“Brother Dazhu, I’ll give you this four taels of silver as payment. I won’t take care of the house construction. You’ll be responsible for buying the tiles and bricks and finding a bricklayer. I hope you can help me control every step and build the house to a high standard. But if you refuse to accept this money, then I won’t feel comfortable entrusting this matter to you and will have to find someone else…”
Hearing Han Yiyi say this, Dazhu had no choice but to accept the money and promised to help her build a house that was both beautiful and sturdy.
Seeing that the man had accepted the money, Han Yiyi took out another twenty taels and gave it to him, telling him to buy whatever he wanted and to ask her for more if he needed more later.
Dazhu took the silver and carefully placed it in his sleeve, afraid of accidentally dropping it. This was twenty taels of silver, more than he had ever received in his entire life.
On the way back, not only did Dazhu keep touching his sleeve, but even the village chief next to him spoke up with concern.
"Be careful not to drop it. Tomorrow morning I will go with you to the brick kiln to buy bricks. We also need to find some reliable and hardworking bricklayers so that we can build the house for Han Yatou as soon as possible. People trust you so much, so you must not make any mistakes..."
Hearing his father's words, Dazhu pinched the silver in his sleeve again before replying.
“Father, I know…”
The village chief knew that although his eldest son was not talkative, he was very reliable in his work, so he didn't say anything more.
Before the two even reached home, the village chief's wife came out to greet them. The village chief had just returned and hurriedly called Dazhu away, saying he had something to do at Han Yi's house. The village chief's wife was worried that something might have happened, so she rushed over to ask what was wrong.
Upon learning that Han Yi had entrusted the construction of the house to his son and had even given him four taels of silver as a reward, he was overjoyed.
Thinking about how her family had earned almost five taels of silver from Han Yiyi in the past few days, the village chief's wife cursed the Fan family in her heart for being blind to abandon such a good daughter-in-law. At the same time, she was glad for Han Yiyi, who had left that den of wolves and was now living a better life.
At this moment, the village chief's wife couldn't help but mutter to herself. She wanted to see what kind of daughter-in-law the Fan family would marry after divorcing such a good daughter-in-law as Han Yatou.
The next morning, the villagers saw several oxcarts carrying bricks heading towards the thatched huts, and they couldn't help but wonder which family was building a house, and even a brick one at that.
Because the road at the foot of the mountain was really difficult to travel, and oxcarts couldn't go up it at all, Han Yiyi decided to pave the road first. This would make it more convenient for her to transport bricks and tiles, whether she was walking on it in the future or building a house now.
Furthermore, Han Yiyi will definitely be doing business in the future, and it would be really inconvenient to come and go if the road is bad. There is a saying that goes, "If you want to get rich, build roads first." Since this road will have to be repaired in the future anyway, it is better to repair it now. It will only cost a few more truckloads of bricks.
When the crowd saw several oxcarts parked not far from the foot of the mountain, they realized that Han Yiyi was building a house, and they began to discuss it among themselves.
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