The news that the Ye family was going to build a new house quickly spread throughout the village.
Boss Ye couldn't leave at this time. He had to weed and level the land first, and then use wooden pegs and thin hemp ropes to outline the size and location of each room.
Only after finishing these can he hand over the rest of the work to Ye Dongkui.
In order to rush back to the capital as soon as possible and not miss the trial of the Huang family's case, Boss Ye planned to hire people in the village to help weed and level the land.
Ye Qinggang, who lived next door, heard the news and quickly came to introduce himself: "Brother Ye, I often do house building work. I also participated in the construction of the brick and tile house for the village chief. If you trust me, let me come and help!"
If you help build a house in the village, the host will provide you with food and you will also receive some wages.
The most important thing is that all the work can be done in the village, which will not interfere with his taking care of his family and crops.
Ye Qinggang had originally wanted to take advantage of the slack season in farming to go to the capital to work.
But after Ye Laizi died, Lu came back to accompany Xiao Huang. In order to behave well in front of his wife, he decided not to go to the capital for the time being.
When he heard that the Ye family was going to build a house, he was the first to go and ask for work.
Before Boss Ye could speak, Ye Dongkui nodded and said, "Qinggang has some experience in building houses and can handle all kinds of work.
"Don't worry about the rest. I'll help you keep an eye on him and won't let him slack off."
Ye Qinggang blushed at what Ye Dongkui said: "Uncle Dongkui, look at what you said. That was my past self. Now I am very hardworking."
Ye Dongkui narrowed his eyes and looked at him, saying without comment: "It's no use talking about it, let's see what you will do when the time comes!
"Let's be frank. If you don't do your job well, I won't give you face."
"Uncle Dongkui, don't worry, I won't." Ye Qinggang wiped his sweat after hearing what he said, and thought that even if it was for his wife to see his changes, he had to work hard.
After hearing what Ye Dongkui said, Boss Ye also knew what Ye Qinggang was thinking. He raised his hand and patted his shoulder and said, "Uncle Dongkui, please help me build the house. He is old and cannot be asked to work. I will trouble you to take care of many things.
"As for wages, I'll also give you 20% more than others.
"I don't care about anything else, but the job must be done well.
"If you do a good job this time, after the autumn harvest, I will introduce you to a job in the capital."
Ye Qinggang was overjoyed when he heard that his salary was 20% higher than others. After hearing Boss Ye's last words, he wanted to pick up his hoe and go to the fields to weed right away.
Seeing this, Ye Dongkui assigned him a task and said, "Go to the village and ask who is willing to help weed. You must find at least ten to fifteen people.
"Let's try to finish the work this afternoon so we can set the line tomorrow morning."
"Okay, Uncle Dongkui, leave it to me." Ye Qinggang happily accepted the order and quickly gathered people in the village.
A dozen people carrying hoes ran straight to the foot of the mountain.
Ye Dongkui and Ye Lao Da were already waiting there.
"See the area where the ropes are pulled? This is a huge area that needs to be weeded and leveled.
“The wages are naturally according to the village custom, and after work we go to Old Ye’s house for dinner together in the evening.
"There's nothing else to say, let's get started!"
Everyone said yes and quickly dispersed. One person found a spot and started weeding.
Everyone worked very hard, because when it came to building a house, weeding was just a small job, and there was still a lot of work that needed to be done to hire people.
If you work hard now, you will have the opportunity to stay and continue to make money.
Such a good job is rare in the village, so everyone who was called was very enthusiastic.
Soon, people from the village came to watch them work.
They watched and chatted at the same time.
"The Ye family really wanted a huge piece of land!"
"That's right! It's more than enough to build five large courtyards. I heard that they even paid money to the village for it!
Someone enviously said, "It seems that the Ye family has really made a lot of money!"
Someone immediately said, “I heard that the Ye family is going to build brick houses!
"How much does this cost? You're really just wasting money now."
"Oh, you don't know, I heard that it was Old Madam Ye who had been having dreams recently.
"The man who dreamed that she had died early said that the family must build brick houses for all his sons, otherwise he would not be able to rest in peace in his grave.
“She didn’t take the dream seriously the first time, but after having the dream several times in a row, she finally decided to build a house.
"If we really build all these brick and tile houses, not only will we have to spend all the money we earn, we might even have to borrow money from others!"
When they heard that they needed to borrow money, the people who were chatting animatedly just now immediately took a step back.
"Well, if you ask me, people should still do things within their capabilities."
"That's right. We're not completely without a place to live. There's no need to build a house while starving!"
"That's right, didn't Ye Lao Da and Ye Lao Si receive so much reward silver before? Don't be so extravagant. This should be enough for them."
After everyone talked for a few words, they saw Mrs. Ye Dasao and Mrs. Ye Sansao coming from the side road.
They quickly dispersed and went home through other paths, as if they were afraid of being caught and asked to borrow money.
Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Ye San were both carrying shoulder poles and walking in front, while Qingtian followed behind them holding a clay pot.
"Why are those people running?" Mrs. Ye asked in confusion.
"Who knows? Why did they run away when they saw us coming?" Mrs. Ye was also surprised. "Only Qingyuan's wife is left over there. Let's go ask her."
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