The Song brothers exchanged a glance, pursed their lips, and remained silent.
You're kidding, that was an order from Prefect Sun. He probably found the most experienced craftsmen and hired twice as many people, working day and night to finish it so quickly.
When villagers build houses, they usually ask other villagers for help. However, they also need to take care of their farm work now, so they can't find enough people. In addition, it's the rainy season, and it will take a lot of time to fire and dry the bricks.
Because of Aunt Song's request, the Song brothers did not tell Su Yun'er the first reason, but only the second reason.
Fortunately, Su Yun'er didn't dwell on it too much. She simply clenched her fist lightly and said, "Okay, it's fine. Three months is fine. You can't rush things!"
The new house could be completed in more than three months, but Su Yun'er did not want to disturb the Song family for more than three months.
So the next day, Su Yun'er went to the village head's house.
The rain was so heavy that the village head hadn't even gone out. Upon hearing Su Yun'er's purpose, he asked in surprise, "You're looking for a house?"
"Yes, I inquired about it yesterday. It will take quite a while to demolish the old house and build a new one, at least three months. But no one can say for sure that it will be finished in three months. I don't want to keep bothering the Song family. I remember there are some vacant houses and yards in the village. I plan to find a suitable and sturdy house to live in."
The village headman was perplexed upon hearing this.
“There are indeed a few vacant courtyards in the village, but they’ve been empty for a long time and no one has maintained them, so they might not be habitable. Oh, wait, there is one courtyard that’s actually quite sturdy,” the village head suddenly remembered.
About a decade or so ago, there was a family in the village whose only son didn't want to farm for the rest of his life, so he secretly ran away, and his fate was unknown, leaving the couple to depend on each other. Just when everyone felt sorry for the couple, thinking that having a son was like having no son at all, and that they would probably die without anyone to take care of them, suddenly a few years ago, the son who hadn't returned home for more than ten years came back.
Not only did they return, but they were also dressed in fine silks and satins. It was said that they had gone to a coastal city to learn how to do business, and this time they had finally made money from their business and came to pick up their parents.
People and things can be taken away, but houses cannot, so the houses were entrusted to the village head.
"Their family members probably won't be coming back. The house is similar to yours, but it has two brick rooms and the yard is much bigger than yours. Oh, and there was a well in the yard, but it's been abandoned for a long time."
Upon hearing the word "well," Su Yun'er's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately asked, "Is this house for sale?"
"Sell? You actually wanted to buy a house? I thought you were just staying there for a few months." The village head was shocked. Buying a house cost a lot of money. Although houses in the village were not as expensive as those in the city, they were still a lot of hard-earned money.
Su Yun'er smiled and said, "I haven't decided yet. Now that our family is in a better financial situation, if we can acquire some assets, we can leave more for the children in the future."
The village head nodded in deep agreement: "Yes, as parents, we're just planning for our children's future. Alright, if the weather's nice another day, I'll take you to that courtyard. If you like it, I'll write to the family and ask if they'll sell it."
Having achieved her main objective, Su Yun'er chatted with the village head for a few more minutes before leaving.
The next day, the rain that had been falling for two days finally stopped.
The sun came out, and Su Yun'er and the village head went to inspect the house.
The house wasn't far from the original Chen family home. The reason Su Yun'er didn't know was because she rarely walked around the village and didn't often come from this direction, so she hadn't noticed it before.
This house was indeed much larger than the Chen family's, but the ground inside was just ordinary soil, which had become muddy after being soaked by rain for two days.
Fortunately, there were no problems with the main structure of the house.
What intrigued Su Yun'er the most was that well.
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