Chapter 78 Discussion
When talking about building a house, Mrs. Cui's eyes were shining brightly and her face was filled with unconcealable excitement.
Before Zhiluo married into the Cui family, Old Madam Cui didn't even dare to think about building her own house.
At that time, I couldn’t even imagine having enough to eat, but now not only can I eat enough and eat well every meal, I can also actually make money.
Having just counted it several times, Mrs. Cui can be sure that it is not an illusion, but that she really earned so much silver.
Jiang Zhiluo looked at Old Madam Cui's excitement and smiled happily. "Mom, do you have any ideas about the design of our house?"
"I don't have any ideas. As long as we have a house of our own to live in, I'm content."
"Zhiluo, if you have any ideas, we will follow your ideas. Living comfortably is the most important thing."
Old Madam Cui knew very well that if it weren't for Zhiluo, the family would not have had so much money.
As for building the house, Zhiluo can build it however she wants.
Jiang Zhiluo said, "Mom, I think we should make some plans. For example, we can buy more residential land, which will be enough to build a house."
"We can build a bigger bedroom, custom-make cabinets and tables, and also a dedicated study, bathroom, and other rooms. We can also build a special wing and shed in the yard to store things. We can store farm tools and firewood under the shed, so we don't have to worry about getting wet on rainy days..."
As I recall, whenever it rained in the village, everyone would go to the yard to move things that could not be exposed to the rain into the house, or cover them with oil paper, sacks, etc.
But the firewood piled in the corner could not be covered at all, and much of it was soaked by the rain.
To put it bluntly, the environment is too simple. It would be much better if we built a wing and a shed in the yard.
But even if you just build an extra room or a shed, it will cost a lot of money.
Furthermore, if the yard of the house is small, adding side rooms will make the entire yard even narrower.
Madam Cui nodded and said, "Well, Zhiluo, what you said makes sense."
"That way, we can chop more firewood in the winter and store more. We don't have to worry about the snow blocking the mountain and making it impossible to chop firewood, and we don't have to worry about the snow soaking the firewood."
Their state is located in the far north of Yun Country, and it is really cold in winter.
If we didn’t heat the kang, we really wouldn’t be able to withstand such a cold winter.
Just thinking about it made Mrs. Cui feel cold.
Fortunately, they chopped some more firewood before last winter and heated the kang every day, so it wasn't so cold.
Jiang Zhiluo's expression changed. In her opinion, if the Cui family's conditions improved, they might leave this place and go to the capital.
With Cui Hejin's ability, he won't stay in this place forever.
But now is not the time to think about those things, I should just focus on living a good life at home first.
Jiang Zhiluo said, "Mom, where do you think is a good place to buy a homestead and build a house?"
Mrs. Cui said, "Mother doesn't quite understand this."
"Zhiluo, I think you're smart, so you can make the decision."
Just like doing business, if it weren’t for Zhiluo, she wouldn’t know how to set up a stall and what food to cook.
Mrs. Cui trusts Zhiluo very much.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law set up stalls together every day to sell things and discuss many things together. Old Mrs. Cui likes her daughter-in-law more and more and trusts her very much.
I am also convinced of her abilities.
Jiang Zhiluo did have an idea, but she was still in the habit of discussing it with Mrs. Cui first.
"Mom, I think with the money we have, we can buy a one-acre residential plot. It's impossible to buy land of such a large size in the village."
"One acre of land!"
Mrs. Cui was stunned.
Most people in the village lived in four-room houses, so she was shocked that Zhiluo bought an acre of land all at once.
Jiang Zhiluo nodded and said, "Well, if it's one acre of land, our house is bigger, and we can use the front and back yards as vegetable gardens to grow things."
Some fresh foods, such as leeks, are inconvenient to grow in fields outside.
She also wanted to get some watermelon seeds and grow some fruit.
If this kind of watermelon is planted in a field outside, there is a possibility that someone will steal the watermelons when they are ripe.
The people in Donghe Village are very honest and simple, but people from other villages, or those gangsters in town, will also find ways to steal some food from the fields.
Generally, when the autumn harvest comes, the villagers will build a thatched hut in the fields and sleep in the fields at night to watch over the crops.
Mrs. Cui nodded in agreement and said, "That's a good idea, but there's really no such large land in the village for building a house."
From the east end to the west end of the village, the houses of four or five families are built next to each other, with an alley left between the front and back rows of houses for walking.
There is a large area in the middle of the village with an old locust tree. People are used to chatting under the tree in the cool air. There is also a stone mill over there.
People would go there when they used stone mills to grind things. It was a place for villagers to relax, and no one would build houses there.
There are only some vacant lots in the village that can be used as residential land, but that is only enough to build six rooms at most, and there is no way to enclose such a large front and back yard.
Not to mention the area of one acre of land.
Jiang Zhiluo said, "Mom, I've looked around and think we can buy an acre of land at the end of the village, on the northernmost side near the foot of the mountain, to build a house."
"It's next to the village in front and close to the valley at the foot of the mountain in the back."
Jiang Zhiluo felt that the mountains were full of treasures, and she would go to the mountains to pick something if she had time.
Madam Cui's expression changed slightly. "Isn't it too far back? There are wild animals on the mountain. Will it be dangerous?"
Mrs. Cui felt insecure about building a house at the back of the village.
If her son's martial arts skills were still intact, she wouldn't think so.
But now her son's martial arts skills are useless, and she doesn't know any martial arts. If the wild beasts in the mountains come down, they will attack their house first.
She herself doesn't care, but now that she has such a good daughter-in-law, she has to help her son protect his wife.
Jiang Zhiluo looked at Mrs. Cui's expression and thought to herself, she couldn't tell Mrs. Cui that if a wild wolf came down from the mountain, she would have a way to deal with it.
"Mother, why don't you wait for your husband to come back and discuss it with him."
"Okay, let's discuss it again."
While the two were talking, a voice came from the door.
"Excuse me, is Miss Jiang at home?"
It was the voice of an old lady.
Jiang Zhiluo was a little stunned. Who was looking for her?
In Donghe Village, she was only familiar with Aunt Zhu, the wife of the village head, and was not very familiar with other people in the village.
Mrs. Cui was familiar with the villagers. When she heard the sound, she quickly stood up and went to the front to open the fence gate.
When they saw it was Old Madam Zhao, they were stunned, "It's Aunt Zhao, please come in."
Although Mrs. Cui was confused, she warmly invited everyone in to talk.
Old Mrs. Zhao came over with her two grandsons, carrying a basket in her hands.
Zhao Dalin and Zhao Erlin each carried a large bundle of firewood on their backs.
Mrs. Zhao said gratefully, "Yunniang, I really owe it to your Zhiluo last time. If it weren't for Zhiluo saving my life, who knows what would happen to our family now."
"I've been recuperating during this period and haven't been able to come over to thank you."
"I came here today specifically to thank you."
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