Chapter 138 New House Completed
Xu Zhichun made everyone talk in a flurry, sighing, praising and envious. The atmosphere was perfect and he was also a little happy. He took Liang Mingxuan for a walk and showed him where everything was.
The main house has three rooms and two entrances, spanning two floors. The bedrooms are all upstairs, bright and airy. The kitchen, a spacious extension of the main house to the east, is also located adjacent to the dining room.
The spacious backyard has also been divided into sections, including a pigpen, chicken coop, firewood shed, utility shed, toilet, bathroom, etc. One side of the wall is planned to be surrounded by bricks 30 to 40 centimeters high to serve as a flower and vegetable garden, where roses, hydrangeas, peonies, jasmine and other flowers will be planted, as well as celery, garlic sprouts, leeks, coriander, green onions, as well as strawberries, tomatoes, chili peppers, etc.
In addition, a place was specially built for making konjac tofu, konjac noodles, etc.
The front yard patio is very spacious, suitable for drying crops, planting one or two magnolia trees, and building two small flower beds for planting flowers.
She whispered to Liang Mingxuan, "I've already made an agreement with someone. When the time comes, we'll dig a well at the northeast entrance to the kitchen. This will make it more convenient for us to have water at home."
Although it is a bit expensive, costing seven taels of silver, it is still worth it if I can use it all the time.
Liang Mingxuan walked around and listened to what his sister-in-law said. He was very happy. "I listened to your advice. This new home is great. Thank you for your hard work."
Xu Zhichun smiled and said, "A place where you live for a long time should naturally be built better."
That night, Xu Zhichun personally cooked at Liang Lizheng's house. He cooked pork slices with green peppers and garlic sprouts, stewed half of an elbow with golden fried tofu, braised the other half, and stir-fried some beans and eggplant.
Her cooking skills are not as good as Aunt Zhuer's, but there is more meat than vegetables. She adds soy sauce and soybean paste, and the dish is very tasty. The whole family likes it very much.
Aunt Liang sighed and laughed, "You've only been here a few days, and this is your third time buying meat. Don't buy it next time. If you have to buy, we should buy it. It doesn't make sense to always let you spend money."
Xu Zhichun smiled and said, "Aunt Liang, please stop talking like that. If it weren't for your family's help in building the house, I don't know what would have happened. I can still afford this little money."
Zhao took advantage of the situation and said with a smile, "Yes, mother, Zhichun can build such a big house, so this little money is nothing. I used to think that you guys selling gray tofu and bean threads were not profitable, but I didn't expect you could build such a big house in such a short time. Zhichun, are you still short of help? If you are too busy, I can help out. I can take the same wages as my third sister-in-law and the others. I'm definitely more efficient at work than my third sister-in-law, haha."
The atmosphere was stagnant.
Zeng Xiaoyan was speechless. "Second sister-in-law, eating can't stop you from talking. Even if we're short of people, we won't necessarily call you."
Zhao couldn't take it anymore. "What are you talking about, Third Sister-in-law? Why can't you call me if you need someone? You are really asking for trouble."
"It's not my business, why would I be so ungrateful? Sister Zhichun said long ago that even if we need to hire more people one day, we will choose from various families in the village, not just the same family. Aren't you making things difficult for me?"
"How am I making things difficult for others? Other families are different. How can ours be the same? Zhichun, don't you think so? How can the relationship between our two families be the same as that of other families?"
"Alright," Liang, the village head, frowned slightly and scolded, "Just eat your meal. Why are you talking so much? Zhichun has her own ideas about her own affairs. As the village head, I will help any family in the village when they have problems. There's nothing different. Second daughter-in-law, it's better for you and the eldest daughter-in-law to take good care of the sweet potatoes and potatoes in the fields. Why are you thinking about all that nonsense?"
The eldest daughter-in-law, Liu, quickly agreed with a smile, and then said with a smile, "Sweet potatoes are really good. I cut several vines and planted them. After watering them with fertilizer, they will grow into a large patch in a few days. With so many sweet potato vines, we won't even have to cut pig grass in a few days. These sweet potato vines are even fresher and much better than wild pig grass. It saves trouble and is good."
Xu Zhichun also laughed and said, "It's the same at our house. Two pigs can't eat all the sweet potato vines, so there's no need to cut grass for them."
When talking about sweet potatoes and potatoes, everyone is excited and full of hope, counting the time for harvest on their fingers.
Zhao opened her mouth, vexed. It was all Zeng Xiaoyan's fault for interrupting her and getting her angry. She had wanted to ask Xu Zhichun how much money he could make in a day selling gray tofu, but now was not the right time to ask.
Afterwards, Aunt Liang specially comforted Xu Zhichun, reassured her and told her not to take Zhao's words to heart.
Xu Zhichun smiled and shook his head, and told Aunt Liang not to worry.
The business ambitions in her mind had already slowly unfolded. There would be plenty of opportunities to hire people in the future. For the sake of the head of the village, both sisters-in-law Zhao and Liu would definitely be hired one day, as long as they were willing.
She was not afraid at all that she could not control Zhao.
If she breaks the rules and messes things up, it will be her own fault. Given the Liang family's temperament, Zhao would be taken away without her having to say anything.
It was a rare occasion for Liang Mingxuan to come back and stay for two days, so Xu Zhichun did not go into the city to set up a stall during these two days. Only Zeng Xiaoyan and others went.
Strength lies in numbers. By around 3:00 PM that afternoon, the entire courtyard wall had been successfully sealed. Xu Zhichun offered a day's wages, and everyone, in no hurry to leave, helped clear away the miscellaneous construction debris and debris inside and outside the wall.
There were potholes on the ground outside the yard, which were filled with soil and hammered down.
The gate will be installed this afternoon, and tomorrow we'll start paving the courtyard and backyard with blue bricks, while also building the kitchen stove. After the courtyard is paved, Qi Tian and three or four others will build the pigpen, utility shed, and finally, furniture. We'll move in on a specific date, hold a simple moving-in party, and that'll be it.
It's easier said than done, but there's actually a lot to do. It will take at least four or five days to get everything done.
Xu Zhichun was already a little impatient. The new house with high walls and a large courtyard gave him a full sense of security.
Liang Mingxuan felt the same way. He thought the house was really nice, especially the tall walls, which made him feel at ease.
He only has two days of vacation, and he will be able to live in the new house when he comes back next time.
Xu Zhichun prepared braised meat, a can of chili sauce that was long-lasting and good with rice, and some braised pork for him, and asked him to take them to the county school to eat.
After a few days, everything was completed and Xu Zhichun finally moved into his new home.
On the day of moving, villagers rushed over to watch the excitement.
Xu Zhichun prepared two full baskets of peanuts and melon seeds for everyone to eat. Seeing how generous she was, everyone praised her endlessly.
"This house and this yard, wow, they're really nice!"
"It's all made of blue bricks, how could it be bad?"
“It would be great if my family could build a house like this one someday.”
"I thought so too."
"Then you can dream together. There are all kinds of things in dreams."
"Hahaha!"
Uncle Liang and Uncle Liang II couldn't help but come over to see.
I feel so sad and unhappy.
How much money did the Xu family make? And how much did Minglang give to Liang Lizheng?
Everyone is wary of their family members and trusts outsiders. It makes me angry just thinking about it.
Unfortunately, they are no longer qualified to even "care" about the affairs of the third room.
After the villagers had left one after another, Uncle Liang said, "You can hold the housewarming party later, after Cui'er gets married."
(End of this chapter)
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