Seeing this, Lu Yuan's face darkened. "Second uncle, third uncle, fourth uncle, grandpa is still sick."
Lu Yuan suddenly spoke and everyone shut up.
As soon as Old Master Lu left, Lu Yuan became the new head of the Lu family.
The masters of several branches of the Lu family did not want the head of the Lu family to leave so early.
Once Lu Yuan takes over the family business, their lives may not be easy.
After all, she is my niece, not my biological father.
Old Master Lu is still alive, and Lu Yuan has no children yet, so he can still compete for the position of head of the family.
Du Qingfeng said: "It's not that there is no way. My prescription can temporarily prolong the old man's life for three months. To fully recover, in addition to the old man's personal will, he also needs a hundred years of ginseng to prolong his life."
Mrs. Chen, the third wife, was delighted. This was the chance to show her filial piety. She smiled and said, "That's great! I happen to have a ginseng plant that's over a hundred years old that could come in handy."
Second Wife Luo: "Third sister-in-law, didn't you send that century-old ginseng to your daughter Jin'er as a dowry gift to the Qiao family?"
"Hey, my in-laws are in better shape than me. Tomorrow morning I'll send someone to the Qiao family to get some for my father to use first."
The Third House Master, Lu Zexu, said, "Master Du, we have the century-old ginseng. How long will it take for my father to recover?"
"It will take half a year to recover before the illness strikes, but the old man's body cannot withstand any stimulation in the future, so he needs to rest well."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. It’s good to be alive.
Lu Yuan checked the time and said, "Uncles and aunts, it's late. You should go back and rest early. You've been tired all day."
Madam Ye of the Fourth House said, "Yuan'er, are we any more tired than you? You must take good care of your body. Don't stay out too long. You should rest early."
"Aunt Si, I can take care of myself."
After everyone left, Lu Yuan asked, "Master Du, is it true that my grandfather fell into a coma due to excessive worry triggering his old illness?"
When Lu Yuan left Huayang County, Lu Shiyuan was still in good health. How could he suddenly fall ill and faint?
Du Qingfeng saw that all the people waiting outside the meeting room were from the main house, and whispered, "If I'm not mistaken in my diagnosis, the old man must have been greatly stimulated, and his anger triggered a relapse of his old illness."
Lu Yuan pondered for a moment after hearing this, "Wei Yun."
"I'm here."
"Grandfather, did you receive any outsiders yesterday evening?"
Wei Yun shook his head. "Yesterday evening, the master of the family didn't receive any outsiders. He was drinking tea and practicing calligraphy in the study. The master told me to go to the south of the city to buy plum wine. When I came back, the master..."
Du Qingfeng said, "Master, now is not the time to investigate. Your health is more important. You need to rest early."
Lu Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, Wei Yun will send more people to guard here."
The second day.
"Madam, the Qiao family's warehouse was flooded two days ago, and these are all that are left of the century-old ginseng."
"What?!"
What kind of fate does she have? Every time she tries to show her filial piety, she fails!
Third Madam Chen looked at the hundred-year-old ginseng with only a few whiskers left in front of her, and her eyes rolled back and she fainted...
An hour later.
The news that the Lu family was paying a huge sum of money to buy the century-old ginseng spread throughout Huayang County...
"Okay, kids, go play."
Xiao Lingyu sent the four little ones away, took out a pen and paper, and designed an ancient version of the villa according to the appearance of the villa in the space.
In this era, there was no cement or reinforced concrete to build walls, so glutinous rice mortar was used to build walls, which was both strong, durable and sturdy.
Using peppercorns and mud to paste the walls can keep warm and repel insects, and then you can apply a layer of lime.
Xiao Lingyu studied the feasibility of building two fire walls. The pepper paste wall already provided insulation, and adding another fire wall would keep the room warm in winter.
However, we also need to consider many factors such as the heated area, smoke exhaust, ventilation, and wall load-bearing capacity. It seems that we cannot solve the problem once and for all by just using one stove. If we open two small stoves on each floor, we will need two smoke exhaust passages. Although it is a bit troublesome, keeping warm is very important.
In this regard, Xiao Lingyu admitted that she could not bear the suffering of the cold and she was not resistant to cold.
Xiao Lingyu still doesn’t know how big the blue bricks in this world are?
To build a three-story building of 300 square meters, you will need at least tens of thousands of bricks. Buy 100,000 bricks first and then buy more if they are not enough. Also, buy 200 kilograms of glutinous rice and 200 kilograms of Sichuan peppercorns each.
Including labor costs, it would cost about two hundred taels. The annual rent for Qixia Cottage is fifty taels. Two hundred taels should not be expensive to build a three-story villa in Guihua Village.
"Mom, what is this?" Su Ning'an came to the main room with a canvas.
"This is the house we're going to build in the future. It's a three-story building. In the future, this first floor will be the living room, or the main hall..."
Xiao Lingyu briefly told Su Ning'an about the layout of the house.
"And this is a fire wall. As long as you boil water on the stove in winter, this wall will be warm..."
Su Xingyi slid his wheelchair to the outside of the main hall and listened carefully to Xiao Lingyu's explanation of the fire wall insulation issue.
Last night he was thinking about converting the bathroom into a bedroom, and today Xiao Lingyu was thinking about building a house.
She seemed different from other young ladies from wealthy families.
Not only can she cook, she can also teach the children to read and write, and even teach the eldest son to paint. She can also sell chili peppers for silver.
Xiao Xier is right, she seems to have many skills.
Now, in order to build a house, she can design the style of the house and even knows how many bricks are needed.
Isn't it the job of a rich lady to be served?
She shouldn't be able to do rough work like building a house, right?
Su Xingyi glanced at her pair of hands as white as jade, and it was obvious that she had never done any rough work.
Su Xingyi frowned and thought for a while. She should be the eldest lady who gave the orders. Building the house should be the idea in her head, and then she let the masons build the house according to the drawings.
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