Little Lingling followed her grandmother outside and played with foxtail grass out of boredom. After a while, the people over there came back.
Zhao hurriedly went to meet them. "You all came out to check the terrain right after arriving. I'm afraid you must be tired. Why don't you go back to the courtyard and have some tea and rest?"
He Hongsheng nodded. "Alright, by the way, let me ask if you have any needs or anything like that. Let's make a rough outline first. I need someone to order the materials first."
"Okay, let's go to the yard and talk slowly. There's no rush. Little Bell, let's go back!"
Little Bell then ran over from the river, looked at He Hongsheng, and said with a smile, "Hello, Grandpa, hello, uncles."
He Hongsheng looked at Xiao Lingling's well-behaved appearance and felt very warm. "Okay, okay, you too. Big sister, your baby is really white, tender and cute!"
Zhao loved being praised for her granddaughter. She smiled with her eyes curved. "Yes, I have several grandchildren, but this girl is the most caring one."
Everyone came to the backyard, where a table had been set up with a pot of tea and several clean tea bowls.
This tea is very ordinary, but the water has been mixed with water from the spirit pool by Xiao Lingling, so the taste is a bit sweeter and it tastes pretty good.
He Hongsheng stretched out his hand to the side, and someone immediately handed him a drawn topographic map.
"Big sister, come here, look, this is the topographic map I just drew, and all three of your families are on it.
I thought, since we are going to build it, we should build it in a more unified style so that it will look more harmonious.
So, although I'll cover it with Lao Jiang first, you can also tell me your requirements first and draw a simple sketch so that I can have a clear idea when the time comes."
Zhao really didn't expect it to happen so quickly, but he had a brief conversation with Lin Changshu before.
"I don't really understand whether it looks good or not, but I can tell you about the requirements. We are just farmers, so our requirements are very simple."
The old man nodded and waved to the person next to him, and immediately someone took out a pen and paper and started taking notes.
"Don't be in a hurry, big sister, just tell me bit by bit!"
Zhao picked out the important things first, such as that at least everyone in the family, whether adults or children, should have a room, which was a must.
Then there must be basic things such as vegetable garden, chicken coop, toilet, kitchen, and woodshed.
Now that we have a carriage at home, we need to find a place to park it.
Anyway, all in all, there were quite a lot of rooms needed. Zhao felt guilty and her voice became lower and lower as she spoke.
Little Bell was quite happy to hear that. As soon as her grandma stopped talking, she started talking.
"Grandpa, I want a room too. Oh, by the way, my eldest brother loves reading the most, so we can prepare a study for him to use for the imperial examination.
My second brother and I love practicing martial arts, so we can prepare a practice room, or even a place in the yard.”
He Hongsheng smiled and said, "A study is fine, but a practice room is not necessary. Your Grandpa Jiang has already reserved one for you in their yard."
Little Bell was stunned. "Ah? Master, did you reserve a training room for me?"
Now it was He Hongsheng's turn to be stunned. "Your master? Lao Jiang?"
"Yes!" Little Bell nodded.
He Hongsheng was a little surprised, his eyes wide open, he couldn't understand why the old man would take in a two-year-old baby.
But he also knew that Lao Jiang would never act rashly when it came to accepting disciples, so he thought that this little girl must have some outstanding qualities.
He quickly came to his senses, "Oh, that's it. Your master reserved a separate pharmacy, a training room, and even planned to turn the backyard into a small martial arts arena.
Then you can just use your master's resources, there will still be plenty of space left!"
When Xiao Lingdang heard that Master had already made a plan, she was extremely happy. "Hehe, OK, OK, then I'll go and get Master's help. It's a waste if I don't get it, hehe."
Zhao hesitated and said, "Brother He, aren't our requests a bit too much? This place only has two or three acres in total. If it's difficult, you can remove some of it."
He Hongsheng laughed and said, "Don't worry, sister. Your request is not difficult to achieve.
I will draw a sketch when I get back today and show it to you tomorrow. If you have no objection, you can order the materials directly.
We can start work as early as the day after tomorrow! By the way, do you have any requests from your neighbors? "
Sun also went to help in the fields today and hasn't come back yet. However, she told Zhao about it before she left, so she also knew something about it.
"The neighbors don't have too many requirements; it's basically the same as ours. It's just a little smaller, with six people in total, so four bedrooms is enough.
But if there's room, we can reserve one or two more rooms as a backup!"
He Hongsheng nodded, "Okay, then I understand. Let's go back and draw the map and show it to you tomorrow!"
As he said this, the person behind him helped him to stand up.
Now Zhao was anxious. She couldn't let anyone go back hungry, so she quickly stopped them.
"Don't worry, don't worry. It's already noon. You came here in such a hurry. How can I let you go back hungry?
My daughter-in-law has already made it and it will be ready soon. It won’t be too late for us to go back after dinner!"
He Hongsheng is an impatient person. Once he takes a job, he has to finish it as soon as possible. Now the drawing work is so urgent that he has no time to stay for dinner.
"I won't stay any longer today. Drawing is more important. When we start working, are you still worried that I won't have time to come to your house for dinner? I might have to bother you every day!"
Zhao tried to persuade him several more times, but seeing that she couldn't persuade him anymore, she had to give up.
Just as they were about to get on the carriage, Xiao Lingling came out from somewhere, holding two big peaches in her hands, and stuffed them into He Hongsheng's arms.
"Grandpa, if you don't eat, you'll be hungry. It's so uncomfortable to be hungry. Here are some peaches for you. They're so sweet!"
He Hongsheng was a little dazed looking at the two tempting peaches in his arms, but when he saw Xiao Lingling's innocent smile, his heart warmed.
"Okay, then Grandpa He will accept it. Thank you, Little Bell!"
Little Lingling shrank behind Zhao a little embarrassedly, leaving only her red little face exposed, which made He Hongsheng laugh a few times.
Then he got on the carriage and said, "Big sister, no need to see me off. I'll come again tomorrow!"
Zhao responded with a smile and walked her out the door. As she watched the carriage getting farther and farther away, she came back to her senses, raised her hand and poked Xiao Lingling's face with a bit of anger.
Little Bell knew that her grandma was angry because she took out the peaches casually.
But she didn't know why, but she felt that this grandfather was kind. He was a bit like the grandfather who often came to visit her when she was still a koi.
So, she couldn't help but want to be nicer to him.
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