Chapter 167 Found something good
"However, considering your current pregnancy, it is not appropriate to carry out large-scale construction work at this sensitive time, so we may have to wait until next spring to actually start construction and finally move into the new home."
Zhang Xufeng continued to add.
He knew that pregnancy was a period when pregnant women needed extra rest and care, so he didn't want to bring any extra stress or anxiety to Shumian'er.
Both women agreed to this arrangement.
Although this means that they still need to live in their original place temporarily, it is worth making a short sacrifice for better living conditions in the future.
And when I think about having my own warm little home, I can’t help but feel a little sweet and longing in my heart.
"Given this situation, please stay here for the next period of time and wait for the birth. As for me, I plan to seek the support of the village chief as soon as possible, determine a suitable site for building a house as soon as possible, and begin to gradually collect the materials needed to build a new house."
Zhang Xufeng spoke of his plan in a firm tone.
"So what kind of building materials will be used in new homes of the future?"
Tasting the pumpkin pancake in her hand, Shumian was enjoying the delicious food while feeling very interested in future plans.
In her heart, she has begun to look forward to a warm and solid little home.
A straw hut was clearly not an option for her.
This kind of simply built dwelling is neither stable nor durable, and is even more helpless when facing bad weather.
After some thought, Zhang Xufeng replied: "Perhaps we can first build three blue brick houses as the main living space, which will not only be more solid but also improve the overall safety and aesthetics; as for auxiliary facilities such as the kitchen, we can temporarily choose to build them with mud. This way, we can not only meet the basic living needs at this stage, but also reserve space for upgrading and renovation in the future, and then gradually improve them when economic conditions allow."
He has a clear plan for the future and hopes to realize his ideal home step by step.
Add to that the ten taels of silver raised to build the new house, the three taels of silver obtained from the division of the family, and the small savings accumulated bit by bit in daily life, if all of them were used to build a high-quality house, I'm afraid the funds would still be a little stretched.
Although building a house is important, it is only a part of family expenses. After forming an independent family, there are many other aspects that require investment, such as purchasing daily necessities.
In addition, in order to ensure that his wife and children can live a carefree life in the future, Zhang Xufeng does not want to be too aggressive and concentrate all his resources on building the house this time.
“That sounds good!”
At least they are no longer those simple, fragile, wind and rain-proof huts. In imagination, there are solid tile roofs to protect the head, and even if there are continuous heavy rains, there is no need to worry about the inconvenience caused by rain invading the room.
In addition to the sources of funds mentioned by her husband, Shu Mian'er herself also had some idle silver in her hands, which was enough to support the family's current food and clothing needs and prevent the entire family from falling into poverty because of this plan.
"Are you really that excited?"
Zhao Chunhua looked at her good friend in front of her with a happy smile on her face and joked that she knew very well that deep down in Shu Mian'er's heart she was actually filled with joy that she had the ability to control the changes in her life.
This sense of self-control undoubtedly makes him full of infinite vision for the future.
Since his family made this decision, Zhang Xufeng has had more free time and can spend it as he wishes.
Whenever he didn't have to take care of the pigs, he would go to that place alone with a change of clothes and spend a short and pleasant rest there.
Sometimes, he would help his mother-in-law with some trivial housework to reduce her burden.
The land owned by Zhao Chunhua has been rented out to others, and her daily routine now is to take care of some family affairs.
Every time Zhang Xufeng came here, he would always bring a sharp hatchet and a sturdy hemp sack and go up the mountain to collect enough wood for her.
Recently, the sky has always been gloomy and the rain seems to have no intention of stopping. Rain can be seen almost every day, and only occasionally will the rare blue sky appear every two or three days.
Due to the continuous rain, the temperature in the air has also dropped.
In order to resist the slightly chilly weather in early autumn, Zhao Chunhua changed herself into clothes filled with warm cotton; and for the cute little Shitou, she also carefully bought him a new style of thin cotton clothes to keep him warm.
Before this, all the custom-made clothes had been completed and packed into a big bag and brought back.
As for the part of this batch of custom-made clothes that belonged to Zhao's parents, Zhao Chunhua directly asked her younger brother Zhao Yunbai to take it back to their hometown and give it to the two elderly people.
Considering the current special circumstances, she may not go back to visit her family for some time in the future.
On another ordinary working day, when Zhang Xufeng carried a full basket of firewood down the mountain, it was the countless number of times he had done the same thing in recent times.
What was different today was that he went up the mountain with Shu Yixian and Shu Erniu.
Shu Yixian is one of the teachers in the local private school. According to regulations, each teacher can enjoy one day off per month, and this time happened to be his day off.
So, the three good friends set out together, holding axes and walking deep into the dense forest, with the aim of collecting enough wood for the entire winter.
It should be noted that at that time people had not yet clearly distinguished between the two ways of recording dates: the Gregorian calendar (solar calendar) in the modern sense and the old lunar calendar (lunar calendar).
At first, Zhao Chunhua was a little confused because she felt the unusually hot and humid atmosphere when June arrived.
It was not until later that we realized that the locals only followed a system similar to the current lunar calendar to record time, so by July and August, the rice in the fields had already reached the maturity stage.
After returning home after finishing the hard work, Zhang Xufeng first placed the pile of wood he had just picked on the open space outside the house to dry, then walked into the house and drank a large glass of warm water to replenish the lost energy, and then called his wife to come and see the extra gains of this trip.
"My lady, come and see what good stuff I found!"
he shouted excitedly.
I saw a lot of neatly bundled and orderly arranged fresh firewood not far from the door.
In addition to the usual burning materials, the surprising thing is that the backpack actually contains about half the capacity of the light brown underground tuber crops with different appearances and unique texture spots on the surface.
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