"Let's come less often in the future. It was our daughter's own choice, what can we do?"
The village chief was also disappointed and frustrated. He thought that if his daughter had listened to him, she would have married one of the men introduced by the matchmaker.
While it may not be considered a life of luxury, we are certainly well-fed and clothed, and there is absolutely no reason for us to look down on others.
As it turned out, she insisted on taking a liking to this person. It wasn't that Sun Wei was incompetent, but rather that Sun's mother was being too unreasonable.
The village chief's wife was sullen the whole way, constantly worrying about her daughter.
The village chief went straight to find Wei Yuyan after returning home.
"Wu Chen's wife, the land deed is ready, take a look."
The village chief handed the land deed to Wei Yuyan.
"So fast."
Wei Yuyan quickly took it and looked at it. It had her name written on it and was stamped with her seal.
"Well, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now."
The village chief wasn't in a good mood either, so he handed the task over to Wei Yuyan and took his leave.
"Take care, village chief."
Wei Yuyan thought the village chief was a decent person, so how come he had a daughter like Liu Cuifang?
After closing the door, Wei Yuyan began studying the floor plan of her new house again.
She was thinking of dividing the storage room in two, opening two doors, and separating them with wooden boards.
This is equivalent to having an extra side room on the first floor, which guests can stay in.
After redrawing it, Wei Yuyan went out to find Brother Lifu.
"Is Brother Lifu home?"
Wei Yuyan knocked on the door, but Xiuhua and her husband were either taking a nap or the door was bolted from the inside.
"Yes, sister-in-law. We got up early this morning to sell steamed buns, and then took a nap after lunch."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua opened the door, yawning.
"Sorry to disturb your afternoon nap. By the way, I've bought the land for the foundation, the one on the far right."
Wei Yuyan shared this good news with them.
"Really? That's great. When are you planning to build it?"
Sister-in-law Xiuhua was genuinely happy for her.
"I'm here to discuss this with Brother Li. I heard he used to help people build houses, so he should know people. I don't know anything about these things."
Wei Yuyan didn't know much about building houses; she just wanted a ready-made house to live in.
"Lifu, get up quickly, your sister-in-law wants to talk to you about something important."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua poured water and sat with Wei Yuyan in the main room looking at house plans.
"What's the big deal?"
Li Fu walked out, completely bewildered.
"Go wash your face, and then I'll talk to you."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua urged him to calm down first. Brother Lifu listened and went to wash his face before coming in.
"Brother Lifu, I've bought the land and got the deed. This is the structural plan of the house I plan to build."
Look, you should know the people who built the house, right?
I need someone to manage everything for me. I'll just pay them, not provide meals.
Wei Yuyan felt that she had worked hard enough this year. Although cooking could save some wages, she still had to work very hard.
Now that we have the means, there's no need to be so frugal.
"This house is nice, sister-in-law, it's making me really want to buy it."
Brother Lifu thinks the house has a really good structure.
"What are you so eager for? We've only lived in this house for a few years."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua was annoyed; their house was newly built after they got married and separated from their family.
At that time, I didn't have much money, so I could only build mud houses. Over the years, I've saved up some silver.
With the stable income from my younger brother and sister-in-law's steamed bun shop, they will definitely be able to live in a brick house in the future.
"I was just saying that; our houses are actually quite nice. But if you're talking about the person in charge of building them..."
There isn't one in our village, but there's one in the next village who I'm on good terms with—we're related by marriage.
I feel at ease leaving it to him. Otherwise, if you're in a hurry, I can have him come over tomorrow and we can discuss it in detail.
Li Fu thought it was definitely too late to come today, so he would come to him again tomorrow.
"Sure, I'm free all the time anyway, have him come tomorrow."
Wei Yuyan nodded. The sooner the better, otherwise it might be too late, since there are only two months left until the New Year.
“If we start construction now, the timeframe will be quite tight, sister-in-law.”
Sister-in-law Xiuhua thought for a moment and then spoke.
"Well, let's pray for good weather. As long as it doesn't rain every day, there shouldn't be any problems. The furniture should also be prepared in advance."
Li Fu was thinking.
"Okay, I understand."
Wei Yuyan was thinking about what furniture to make after she got home.
The old furniture in our house was mostly in poor condition; it had been around for many years, except for a few cabinets that were still in good condition.
Besides, my own big bed is pretty good, so I don't need anything else.
"Let's talk at my house tomorrow. Although we're old acquaintances, he won't dare to ask for a high price if we're there."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law was also worried that the other party might take advantage of Wei Yuyan's lack of knowledge and ask for a high price, so she, as the matchmaker, still had to keep an eye on things.
"Of course."
Li Fu nodded.
After returning home, Wei Yuyan began to compile a list of the furniture items she needed to make.
The main room needs a round table and eight stools. The kitchen needs a cupboard and a shelf to store dried vegetables and other items.
The room on the second floor needs two beds. Originally, each room only had one wardrobe, but now each room will have an additional wardrobe.
Xiao Lei's room needs a bookshelf and a desk, while Qian Qian's room needs a dressing table.
In my own room, all I need is a dressing table.
That's about it. It probably costs a lot of money. I hope business will be booming this year, and that should be enough.
"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"
Before she knew it, it was time to leave school, but Wei Yuyan was too engrossed in her calculations.
Even Qianqian didn't know when she came in.
"Oh my, you scared me! I was writing down the furniture I need for the new house. Take a look and see if there's anything else I need?"
Wei Yuyan handed the paper to the two children to look at.
"Wow, I can have a dressing table now."
Qianqian was very happy.
"Sister-in-law, the bed in my room used to be fine, there's no need to change it."
Xiao Lei still has the same old habit: he can't bear to throw away or replace anything old or broken.
"No, that bed is too old. A bed doesn't cost much."
Seeing that the children didn't seem to have any other ideas, Wei Yuyan put the papers away.
The next afternoon, Sister-in-law Xiuhua came to call Wei Yuyan.
"Sister-in-law, let's go, Master Huang has arrived."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law was waiting at the door.
"They're here."
Wei Yuyan had just woken up, washed her face, locked the door, and went out with her sister-in-law Xiuhua.
As soon as Wei Yuyan arrived at Xiuhua's house, she saw Lifu and a middle-aged man sitting in the yard chatting.
"Sister-in-law is here. Come, let me introduce you. This is Master Huang, Huang Longyan."
Brother Long, this is my sister-in-law, Wei Yuyan. You can just call her "sister".
The first thing Zhang Lifu did was to introduce the two of them to each other.
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