Tian An asked Chunxi to serve tea and cakes to the old man: "Uncle, please have some tea and cakes first. I need to think about what you said."
The old man looked at the tempting cakes on the table and waved his hand casually, saying, "Take your time to think about it. I'm not in a hurry."
Tian An asked Chunxi to keep the tea for the old man while she went to discuss it with Zhao Yiming. In fact, she could make the decision on this matter herself, but she felt that although they were familiar with each other, at least some respect should be shown.
After Tian An found Zhao Yiming, he told him what had just happened.
After hearing this, Zhao Yiming asked, "What does An An think?"
Tian An said, "I mean, it's definitely not possible to do it like Uncle Fu's family did before. But we can let him exchange two acres of land for a house. He doesn't have to worry about anything. We can just help him build the house with all the labor and materials."
Zhao Yiming calculated carefully and said, "I think it's feasible. This way, according to the price of land outside, we can still make a profit. But two acres of land for one room, I'm afraid he won't agree!"
The two discussed it again, and then Tian An went to find the old man in the village.
Looking at the two empty plates of desserts on the table, Tian An's mouth twitched. Wouldn't he be tired of eating so many sweets?
However, it turns out he's not tired at all.
Seeing Tian An coming in, the old man looked up at Tian An, rubbed his hands and said, "Girl, do you still have this cake?"
Tian An looked at Chun Xi and motioned her to bring another plate.
After sitting down, she directly told him her plan. When she heard that two acres of land was exchanged for a house, the old man said dissatisfiedly:
"The Tianfu family only sold five acres of land and built four houses! Maybe they still have some money left. If you calculate my two acres of land and one house, that's double the money!"
Tian An explained, "Uncle Fu's house was burned down by the Qian family, and we took all the land, so we used the wages to compensate his family. We don't have to compensate you, but the wages must be calculated."
The old man curled his lips and said, "I know that those bricklayers are all employed by your family. You only provide them with food and drink but don't pay them."
Tian An also said: "Food and drink are all free! I also have to prepare clothes and bedding for them. If they get sick, I will have to pay for their medical treatment!"
The old man's eyes widened. "You still have to take care of clothes and bedding? No other long-term workers are like yours."
Tian An sighed and said, "If I treat them well, they will work hard!"
The old man muttered to himself, "If I have enough food and warm clothes, I can work hard!"
Thinking about Tian An's conditions, the old man hesitated. If he wanted to build a house, he would need twice as much land as Tian Fu's family!
Seeing that he was hesitant, Tian An did not rush him. After Chun Xi brought in the cakes, Tian An told Chun Xi:
"Spread the word later. If anyone in the village wants to build a house, they can follow Uncle Tian Fu's standards. Two acres of land will be exchanged for one house. We'll provide the labor and materials, and the construction will be scheduled in the order they're needed."
Chunxi took the order and went down.
The old man was so anxious that he didn't even bother eating his cakes. "Girl, what do you mean by this? We haven't even discussed it yet! How can you just tell everyone?"
Tian An took a sip of tea and said, "Master, you're still considering it! Besides, building a house is a good thing, so of course I have to tell everyone. If I only build a house for you, the other people in the village will be unhappy."
"Then you should wait until we have discussed it first before notifying them!"
Tian An said helplessly: "I don't know how long it will take you to think about this! I can't waste everyone's time!"
Anyway, everything is built in order, so the first ones to arrive will have their houses built first!"
As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something, and continued, "The village school needs to be renovated, and a greenhouse is being built on the land. If I don't have enough money later, I may have to wait a little longer. I will build it for you when I earn more money."
After Tian An finished speaking, he stopped talking and didn't even look at him. He just drank his tea.
Hearing that there might not be enough money, the old man opposite was so anxious that he scratched his head and cheeks, and even the pastries seemed not delicious anymore.
After a while, Chun Xi came in and said, "Miss, the news has been spread. Several families asked about it on the spot. Unfortunately, I don't know much about it, and you are entertaining guests, so I asked them to come and ask you in person tomorrow."
After Chunxi finished speaking, Tian An nodded and let her go.
He took another sip of tea before looking at the old man across from him: "Uncle, why don't you go back and discuss it with your family first! After all, exchanging land for a house is a big deal, and you should discuss it with your family first."
The old man looked at Tian An and said, "How many houses can you build with the money you have?"
Tian An didn't say how much silver he had, but just said, "Ah! I've spent a lot these days, so I shouldn't have much left.
I can’t estimate how many houses can be built. After all, I don’t know how many houses their family wants to build!
If they build several houses for one family, then they definitely can’t build houses for several families.”
The old man thought that if people in the village built a house, who wouldn’t want a few rooms?
If I had paid for it myself, I definitely wouldn't be able to build it. But the problem is, now all I need is land! Besides Da Niu's family, who else in the village doesn't have land? No, Da Niu's family also has quite a bit of land now.
The old man was still hesitating, and Tian An stood up and looked at the sky outside.
"Uncle, why don't you go back and think about it carefully before coming back! An An still has some things to take care of later!"
When he heard Tian An was leaving, the old man became even more anxious: "Don't leave yet, let me think about it!"
Tian An had no choice but to say: "Then I will wait for you for another quarter of an hour."
Soon the quarter of an hour had passed, and Tian An did not ask the old man any more questions. He stood up and was about to go outside.
Seeing that Tian An was really going to leave, the old man didn't bother to think about it anymore and said hurriedly: "I agree, two acres of land is two acres of land."
Tian An, who was almost at the door, stopped and turned back to ask, "Master, have you really thought it through? Are you sure you don't need to go back and ask your family for their opinion?"
The old man waved his hand and said loudly: "I have the final say in our family. If I say to build a house, then we build it. No need to ask others."
"Okay! Then I'll have someone prepare the contract." He then asked the old man, "Sir, do you want someone who can read to take a look at it? Or should we just go and sign it in front of the village chief?"
The old man himself was illiterate, so to be on the safe side he agreed to go to the village chief's house to sign the contract.
Since the two had already discussed it, the village chief didn't say much and readily helped sign the contract.
Half an hour later, the old man strode out of the village head's house with the contract in his hand. He boasted to everyone that his family was also going to build a blue brick and tile house.
Everyone knows that this guy went to find Tian An. Could it be that Tian An really agreed to build a house for him?
The crowd became restless and surrounded the man, asking him about building the house.
Seeing that everyone was surrounding him, the old man started to act arrogantly, looking at everyone with a squinting eye and refusing to talk about building the house.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, everyone lost their patience: "Humph! If you don't want to tell me, then forget it. Let's ask Tian An ourselves."
After saying that, they dispersed.
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