Lin Shucheng cooked something delicious and brought it to Lin Jinyue as a late-night snack.
Upon seeing the design drawings, Lin Shucheng's eyes lit up: "Girl, you really know how to enjoy life! This house must be so comfortable to live in."
Lin Jinyue had an expression that said, "This is nothing."
She continued, "Dad, I think we might still need running water and electric lights."
As for now, her family still has to draw water from the well.
However, her design still includes a water tank, and she will install one later.
This water tank was made for the benefit of wealthy businessmen.
Young masters from prominent families like Ji Zixuan naturally have no shortage of servants to help carry water to the water tanks above.
Heating the water tank is also simple.
There are some useless people and good-for-nothings.
There are two water tanks, one on the top floor and one on the second floor.
On the second floor, there is a special fire room containing a water tank connected to the bathroom faucet. The fire is lit manually, and hot water comes out directly.
Lin Jinyue didn't believe those wealthy businessmen wouldn't appreciate the culmination of thousands of years of human wisdom.
The next morning.
Lin Jinyue then saw a ship approaching from afar.
This ship is quite big.
Lin Jinyue chose a location not far from the riverbank, so she went to the bank and said to the people, "Can you transport the bricks to the designated spot by the river?"
The boatman hurriedly said, "Oh no, there's a bridge over there, we can't cross it."
Lin Jinyue smiled and said, "It's alright, Uncle, just transport it over there. It's inconvenient to walk up here, and it's not easy for your people to carry it either."
Lin Jinyue said directly to Lin Fugui, who was not far away, "Uncle Fugui, could you go and help pull up the bridge?"
As a result, the group of people delivering the bricks almost popped their eyes out.
What did they see?
How did I manage to climb up the bridge by myself?
The group of people stared in disbelief as they carried the bricks and tiles over, only to be stunned by the unmoving bridge.
The boat's captain, Old Xu, even asked, "Can people pass under your boat?"
Lin Jinyue nodded, "Isn't it all for the sake of crossing the ship? I even spent a lot of extra money on this, just so I wouldn't delay your ship's crossing."
Old Xu felt a little guilty.
He seemed to have been yelling too loudly earlier.
Old Xu also has a boat that frequently travels from Yunmeng County, passing through many villages and towns along the way.
Occasionally, they can even make a small profit by giving a few passengers a ride.
But recently, a boat suddenly appeared here.
Old Li immediately wanted to go down and argue with the person, but his deputy stopped him.
After some explanation, Old Li realized that the village had powerful connections; General Gu from Shawan County was their backer.
They were all ordinary people doing business, and none of them dared to offend the villagers, so they simply took a detour.
I only found out today that they had reserved seats for them.
Old Li thought to himself that he should go back and tell those captains.
Please stop cursing.
Old Li felt bad about it, so he quickly had people move the bricks and tiles to the side of the foundation for her.
Lin Jinyue felt rather embarrassed.
There were quite a few bricks and tiles on the boat, and by the time they were all unloaded, it was almost noon.
Lin Jinyue treated them to lunch.
While her father was cooking, she ran over to the group of over two hundred people.
Those two hundred-plus people had all built thatched huts. The men were clearing the woods tirelessly, while the women were leading oxen to plow the fields.
The children were also busy. Knowing that Lin Jinyue wanted wild fruits from the forest, they went to pick wild fruits while helping with chores at home.
Lin Jinyue felt somewhat reluctant to watch this scene.
Lin Jinyue then said to them, "There's no need to rush. If you're tired, take a rest."
The group of people all looked somewhat surprised.
Lin Jinyue glanced at the strongest men again; they were in their early twenties and had muscular builds.
Lin Jinyue found more than twenty people, all of whom were strong.
Lin Jinyue was preparing to have them build the house, so she said, "You guys, come find me later."
Lin Jinyue wouldn't entrust the more technical aspects of things like flush toilets, water tanks, and faucets to this group of people.
But you can let them do the building and foundation work.
Knowing that Lin Jinyue liked cleanliness, this group of people shaved the heads of both men and women to get rid of the lice, and applied ointment to them every day.
Hearing that they were to go to Lin Jinyue's place, the people whose names were mentioned immediately went to take a shower.
They waited until they changed into their cleanest clothes before they went over.
Lin Jinyue then selected several people from the village: Lin Fugui, Wang Ershi (the carpenter's younger brother), Li the blacksmith, and his brothers.
Lin Fugui is like a brick; he can be moved wherever he is needed.
Lin Jinyue had previously asked him to be in charge of purchasing pig pancreas, but later she bought a lot, so someone delivered it to her, which saved her a lot of trouble.
Now that Lin Fugui has some free time, Lin Jinyue thought long and hard, and realized that for some of the more critical technologies, her Uncle Fugui was still the most trustworthy.
Lin Jinyue said to Lin Fugui and the others, "From now on, you will be the fixed decoration team. I will teach each of you some techniques, but the profit will still be the same as before: I will get 20%, you will get 50%, and the village will get 30%."
Lin Fugui quickly said, "Don't worry, Yueyue, we'll definitely do a good job."
He couldn't help but ask again, "Yueyue, isn't this bamboo house quite comfortable? Why did you suddenly decide to build another house?"
You know what, they've actually grown attached to living in the bamboo house.
Lin Jinyue's expression was somewhat serious: "Isn't this because I'm worried about strong winds?"
Lin Fugui asked in surprise, "What kind of strong wind is this? How could it blow away our sturdy thatched hut?"
Lin Jinyue: "It's hard to say."
Everyone stared wide-eyed, somewhat incredulous.
At this moment, one of the burly men following behind Lin Jinyue spoke up.
Wang San, who was the manager chosen by Lin Jinyue from among these twenty people, said: "That wind is really strange. Our thatched huts don't even need a strong wind; a little bit of a gust of wind can blow them apart."
Wang San paused for a moment, then continued, "That wind is really strange. Sometimes it can even blow a house off its roof. Your house is definitely in a precarious situation."
Hearing what Wang San said, Lin Fugui and the others also began to get anxious.
At this moment, Wang Ershi couldn't help but ask, "What will you do if the wind blows your thatched hut over?"
Wang San said calmly, "Rebuild it."
Lin Fugui was dumbfounded. "Then, how about we build a house? Yueyue, how much will your house cost?"
Lin Jinyue: "I didn't even include labor costs. Just buying the bricks cost three hundred taels. If that's not enough, I'm afraid we'll have to buy more. But since the house I'm building is big, maybe one hundred taels of bricks will be enough for you."
That's right, besides buying bricks, we also have to consider labor costs.
We certainly can't work for nothing.
Lin Fugui did the math and realized, wow, the expenses were quite substantial.
In particular, Lin Fugui had just bought a batch of bricks to build a rabbit hutch and also bought a batch of rabbits, so he really didn't have much money left.
Lin Fugui's family is considered relatively well-off, as they have many members. In contrast, there are many people in the village who not only lack money but also have no one to care for them.
Lin Fugui was extremely anxious. "What should we do?"
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