Chapter 38 Buying Land and Building a House
Su Chunlin looked at Su Tai with a puzzled look. Su Tai blinked at him, signaling him to be patient.
Because Su Chunlin was willing to help buy seeds, Su Changxi became more concerned about his purchase of wasteland, and even took him out to choose a place personally.
While wandering around, Su Tai fell in love with a piece of wasteland at the foot of the mountain, which was neither high nor low.
This piece of wasteland is on the east side of the mountain. After noon, half of the wasteland is in the shade. It is definitely a good place to escape the heat in summer. More importantly, the wasteland is about ten acres and is connected in pieces. There are only weeds on it and not too much gravel, so it won't be too difficult to clean up.
Su Zhan also likes this place because it is closer to the mountains from here.
Under Su Tai's instigation, Su Chunlin spent five taels of silver to buy this piece of wasteland.
Su Changxi took charge of all the work related to the deed.
On the way back, Su Chunlin asked worriedly, "Girl, why did you agree to help buy food just now? We have troubled your uncle several times, we can't cause trouble for him again! This relationship must be used wisely! Otherwise, brothers will become estranged after a long time!"
Su Tai covered her mouth and laughed secretly, "Dad, don't worry. We can ask Brother Shen for help this time, and we don't need to trouble Uncle. And you see, after I agreed just now, the village chief uncle was very active in doing things!
We just need to choose the land and give the money, and we don't have to worry about the rest. If you don't agree, the village chief will definitely help, but he will inevitably feel uncomfortable, thinking that we are unwilling to help with such a small matter, and we will definitely be estranged from our family in the future."
Su Chunlin also knew that what his daughter said made sense, so he shook his head and smiled helplessly, "Then I can only trouble Shen Yi."
When the father and his two sons returned home, Han was both happy and worried when she learned that there were ten acres of wasteland at home.
"Dad, can our family take care of all this land?"
Su Chunlin pondered and said, "You don't have to pay taxes for the first three years of land reclamation. We can do it slowly. If we are really too busy, we can just not open it."
Su Tai chimed in, "My father is right, but Mom and Dad, look at how valuable our soybeans and peanuts are this year. In the next two or three years, even if other families follow our lead in planting, they won't have as good a harvest as ours. Don't you want to seize the time and make more money?"
The couple looked at each other and instantly became full of energy.
"I decided to go and open up the wasteland tomorrow."
Su Chunlin also said: "I will find someone to go into the mountains to cut wood and pull stones to prepare the foundation first."
After the autumn harvest, everyone has no work to do. When someone says they want to build a house, most people in the village will come and ask if they need help. Even if they don't get paid, it's good to save some food for the family.
At this time, Xu suddenly came with Shen Yi. Seeing that there was no one in Su Chunlin's house, the two asked around and found out that Su Chunlin had bought land to build a house.
Xu's heart skipped a beat, and her face fell a little. "The Su family is building a house at this time. I guess they don't have time to marry off their daughter this year."
Shen Yi tilted his head to look at her with amusement, feeling helpless, "Second Aunt, we finally recovered, there's no need to be so anxious."
"How can I not be anxious? You are already an adult. Look at Mo Chunxiang, who was engaged to you before. She even gave birth to a child!" Xu felt unhappy when she talked about this.
Shen Yi knew that his explanation was useless, so he stopped talking. When they arrived at the place, they found that Su Chunlin was not only building a house, but also a big mansion.
Su Chunlin also spotted the two of them at the first opportunity, and hurriedly took Han and Su Tai over, "His second aunt, Shen Yi, why are you here?"
Xu curled her lips, put on her warmest smile and asked curiously, "Xiaotai's parents, how big a house are you going to build? Why are there so many people?"
It seemed that there were about twenty or thirty people working.
Han laughed out loud, "I just happened to make some money this year, and the kid's father is afraid that the money will be gone someday, so it's better to exchange it for something real! So, we bought these ten acres of wasteland first, and used two acres of land to build two courtyards. Now we will build this courtyard first, and there's no rush for the other one next to it, we can still do it in two years.
It just so happens that the kids want to raise chickens, so they plan to build a chicken coop or something. After the autumn harvest, everyone is free, so more people come to help.”
Xu felt dizzy after hearing this. She blinked hard to calm herself down and exclaimed, "With so many things to do, can we finish them before winter?"
Su Tai's eyes sparkled with a smile as she led them closer to take a look. As they walked, she explained, "We plan to build a double courtyard. The backyard will be connected to a row of houses in the front yard on three sides, with about sixteen rooms and two back houses. The front yard will have four rooms on each side of the main hall, which will be used as the kitchen, firewood room and wing rooms. We will also build a high stone wall around the yard, like in the city."
Xu smacked her lips in amazement. "How much silver will this cost?"
Su Tai thought for a moment and said, "My father said it would cost about sixty taels."
Xu was stunned for a long time. They built the house bit by bit. At the beginning, they spent four or five taels of silver. When they saved enough money, they continued to build one or two rooms. In the long run, they didn't need to spend ten taels of silver to build a yard. The Su family spent sixty taels of silver to build a yard.
The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she felt. She secretly pulled Shen Yi to the side and whispered, "Ayi, why don't you also get two rooms? It can't be too different from the Yue family, right? Don't worry, I'll ask your second aunt and cousin to go over and help."
It is said that marriage should be between families of equal status. Before, the Su family and the Shen family were not much different. But now, no matter how proud the Xu family is, they dare not say that the two families are of equal status.
Shen Yi sneered, "Second Aunt, don't worry. I actually had the idea of renovating the house. First, there are not enough rooms at home. Second, the house was built when my parents got married. It's been almost 20 years now. It's not safe. I just haven't figured out how to do it yet. I'll discuss it with Xiao Tai later."
"Yes, yes, yes, you two should discuss it carefully. I will go talk to my in-laws." Xu was so happy that she shouted to Su Chunlin from a distance, "Xiaotai's father, our Chen Yi also said he wants to build a house!"
Su Tai widened her eyes in astonishment and looked at Shen Yi with sympathy, "With Second Aunt's loud voice, you can't build a house even if you don't want to."
Shen Yi just found it a little funny, and looked at Su Tai lovingly, "You like this kind of yard, don't you?"
Su Tai nodded.
Shen Yi immediately said: "Okay! Then I will rebuild it according to your wishes."
Su Tai was greatly shocked, "Brother Shen, I'm just saying, you don't have to do so much for me!"
Chen Yi smiled, "We have to build a house anyway. You are its future mistress, so naturally you have to like it. If you have any other requirements, tell me everything and I will ask for help later."
Su Tai saw the sincerity in his eyes, and at that moment she suddenly decided on the man in front of her.
(End of this chapter)
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