Chapter 29 Preparing to Build a House
"Xia'er, if your mother-in-law comes to bother you again, just come to me and I'll help you vent your anger."
Wang Guilan finally said this, and Ye Jishun finally calmed down.
Only then did they start talking about business.
Zhang Juexia then expressed his thoughts.
Ye Beixiu spoke first, "What Xia'er said is what I want to say. Tomorrow we will go to the town to choose bricks and tiles."
Ye Jishun thought for a moment and said, "I'll go with you."
Now that you have decided to build a house, you need to consider how many rooms to build and what the regulations will be.
A few people walked around in the yard again and came to the backyard. Wang Guilan saw that they also raised chickens and rabbits, and she was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.
"Every household here raises hens, but we don't raise rabbits. When your grandfather and his family go hunting in the mountains, if they come across a female rabbit like this, they have to release it."
"We saw it was pregnant with baby rabbits, so we thought of taking them home to raise. Rabbits are fertile, so we wanted to try raising them at home to see if it would work."
Ye Jishun gestured to Wang Guilan, "Listen to what your grandson's wife said. It sounds particularly pleasing to your ears. We have been hunting all our lives and have never had such thoughts.
If rabbits can be raised at home, the children won’t have to go hunting in the mountains and suffer that hardship.”
"Well, Xiu'er is a lucky child. Fortunately, he had his own ideas. If he had listened to the third daughter-in-law and married her..."
“Cough… cough…”
Ye Jishun coughed to stop Wang Guilan from speaking.
Wang Guilan quickly stepped forward and said, "Old man, what's wrong with you? Why are you coughing again?"
Ye Jishun snorted in his heart, it would be a wonder if my cough could be cured with an old woman like you who talks nonsense.
Zhang Juexia looked at the old couple in confusion and couldn't help but look at Ye Beixiu. Ye Beixiu quickly looked away.
Zhang Juexia thought to himself, if you can't escape it on the first day, you can't escape it on the fifteenth day. As long as it's something I want to know, I will be able to find it out.
Ye Beixiu just didn't want to talk about the past anymore, and his heart was clear.
He pointed at the backyard wall and said, "Grandpa, Grandma, Xia'er, this is my plan. We'll expand the backyard further. Then we can raise more livestock and have more space."
Ye Jishun stood on a high point and looked out carefully. "That piece of land outside can be used. I'll ask your village head grandfather to buy it when the time comes. Now that we have money, we can build the courtyard wall with bricks. Not only will it be strong, but it will also last a long time. We can also build two warehouses to store some small things."
"Xia'er, what do you think?"
She had been listening carefully to what Ye Jishun and Ye Beixiu had said just now. "Grandpa is right. Since we are planning to build a house, we should tidy it up better."
"I agree too. I still have some private money, which I will use to build a house for Xiu'er and the others."
Zhang Juexia and Ye Beixiu said together, "Grandma, no need."
"You two are really good kids. This is also a token of our grandparents' love."
"The fawn we sold yesterday brought us one hundred taels of silver, which is enough to build three courtyards. Grandma, you don't have to worry about us."
Wang Guilan was also shocked when she heard about so much silver, but she soon smiled happily, "Our Xiu'er's life is getting better and better."
"Alright, old woman. Since Xiu'er has money, don't take your private money out. When we build the house, you can take the eldest and third daughters-in-law to help with the cooking, and I'll take the men to help Xiu'er with the work."
Zhang Juexia immediately followed up, "We've been waiting for Grandpa to say that. I'll have to ask Grandpa and Grandma to worry about it then."
The layout of the new house was quickly decided upon, with five main rooms and three side rooms on each side.
A toilet and a stable were built in the southwest corner of the yard.
When the time comes, if you really buy a horse or something at home, you don’t have to worry about having no place to put it.
Only three warehouses were built in the backyard.
Originally, Ye Beixiu just wanted to reserve space for the stable and didn't want to build one.
But what Ye Jishun meant was that since we were building a house, we should take everything into consideration and build whatever could be built.
He said earnestly, "A house is something you live with for life. If you clean it up neatly, it will be convenient to live in. Don't live in it and then find that it's not working here or there, and you'll have to clean it up again. It's a waste of time and money."
Zhang Juexia felt that Ye Jishun’s words were absolutely right. Ye Beixiu was so lucky to have such an understanding relative by his side.
At this time, she remembered another thing. In ancient times, survival depended on the weather. If there was a famine and there was not enough food at home, people would starve.
She then asked, "Grandpa, is there anyone in our village who digs cellars at home to store food?"
Ye Jishun shook his head. "I haven't heard of that, but?"
He suddenly thought of something, "Xia'er, is there anyone doing this in your mother's village?"
Zhang Juexia considered it for a moment and said, "Hmm."
In fact, she had no idea what the situation in Dahe Village was like.
"Everyone was very secretive about digging a cellar in the house, not wanting others to know.
Since you've thought of it, when the house is finished, I'll tell Xiu'er which room you want to dig in. The fewer people who know about this, the better."
“Thank you, Grandpa!”
"The family has gone astray again."
Ye Jishun is an impatient person, and Ye Beixiu is even more so. After the father and son decided how to build the house, they started thinking about buying land.
Then they went to the home of the village head, Ye Jidong. This time, Ye Jishun asked Zhang Juexia to go with him. "Let Xiaer also get acquainted with the family and listen to these things. The final decision will still be made by the two of them."
Because Ye Beixiu brought ten eggs when he went to Ye Jidong's house last time, Ye Jidong's favorability towards Ye Beixiu increased sharply.
When they arrived at Ye Jidong's house, Ye Beixiu took the initiative to greet him and introduced Zhang Juexia to him.
Ye Jidong smiled and asked them to sit down, and asked his family to pour tea.
Ye Jishun didn't hesitate and went straight to the point, "Xiu'er wants to buy some land and rebuild the house. What are the current regulations of the court?"
A hint of surprise flashed in Ye Jidong's eyes. He picked up the teacup and took a sip of water before asking Ye Beixiu, "Which land do you want to buy?"
"I need some land behind my house to build a house. Also, I want to buy some wasteland."
Ye Jidong fell into deep thought. After a moment, he said, "When you came that day, I also told you about the rules of wasteland. However, if you want to buy land, have you ever considered buying mountain land?"
Ye Beixiu and Zhang Juexia looked at each other and asked, "Grandpa, what's the difference between wasteland and mountainous land?"
Ye Jidong smiled, "Normally we just open up a wasteland at the foot of the mountain, and call it wasteland. But this mountain is really big, and the land below the foot of the mountain is also called mountainland, and it is also wasteland."
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