The well is located in the southwest corner of the yard, next to the kitchen. As long as the well water is not dried up, it is very convenient to draw water.
It's clear that the previous family lived in relatively good conditions. The wellhead was supported by blue bricks, and the wide well rim was polished smooth and beautiful. Above it was a windlass; when drawing water, turning the windlass would lift the bucket full of water up.
Su Yun'er stood by the well, pretending to look around. The village head was checking the sturdiness of the houses. When Su Yun'er saw that the village head wasn't looking this way, she quickly turned her back and her consciousness flashed into her spatial dimension.
She wanted to test whether the spiritual spring water in the space could be connected to a real-world well.
Inside the space, Su Yun'er could still hear the village head pushing open the broken wooden door and going inside to check.
Su Yun'er quickly opened the game panel and searched through the [Settings].
"Found it!"
Next to the words "[Reality Binding]", there is a question mark enclosed in a circle. Clicking on it will lead to an explanation of this function.
Su Yun'er quickly read through it. The gist of it was that certain items in the game could be bound to real-world items. After binding, players wouldn't need to frequently leave the game to use the same real-world items to perform the same functions in the game.
However, points will be consumed accordingly.
Su Yun'er opened the binding function, selected [Spirit Spring Water], and the system showed that it could indeed be bound to the well in front of her.
Having gotten the answer she wanted, Su Yun'er exited the game space with satisfaction.
Coincidentally, the village head also came out of the house.
"The main structure of this house is still sturdy; brick houses are definitely more durable than mud-brick houses. It's also easy to clean up." The village head was somewhat satisfied.
Su Yun'er was in the same boat. Once she understood the condition of the well, the rest of the house was a piece of cake. She could repair the damaged parts, replace the broken doors, and either compact the muddy ground or pave it with stone bricks. In short, these were things that could be done with money.
After inspecting the various properties, Su Yun'er found them all satisfactory and decided to purchase the courtyard.
Su Yun'er entrusted the village head to inquire whether the owner of the courtyard was willing to sell. She felt that there should be no problem. She just needed to pay the money, go to the yamen to complete the procedures for the sale of the house, and then she could start moving.
A few days later, on the same day that the village head sent out the letter, the Chen family's damaged courtyard and houses also began to be repaired.
First, they had to move the large tree and then clear away the damaged parts. But the tree was too big; even a dozen strong young men couldn't lift it. In the end, they had to saw the tree into sections and move them out piece by piece. Su Yun'er didn't throw away the sawn pieces of wood. She drew some sketches of furniture and asked Guangcai, the carpenter in the village, to make new furniture for her.
The people who came to help repair the house and yard were found by Aunt Song and Song Muqiang. Some were from Daliushu Village, and others were from nearby villages.
In addition to wages, the Chen family, as the employer, was also responsible for providing two meals a day and water.
Fortunately, the kitchen is still usable, so there's no need to build a temporary stove.
The day before construction began, Su Yun'er made a special trip to the city, bringing out a lot of vegetables, rice, and flour from her spatial storage, replenishing some seasonings such as oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar, buying some meat from the butcher's stall, and finally renting a mule cart to send everything back to Daliushu Village.
Fortunately, the weather is cool now, and vegetables won't spoil so easily if stored properly. As for meat, Su Yun'er still puts it in her space as usual and takes it out when needed.
Anyway, it's in the kitchen, so it's convenient to find time to cook.
Preparing just two meals a day and tea is not an easy task. Old Mrs. Chen couldn't manage these things by herself and needed Su Yun'er to help her, so she couldn't stay in the shop all day.
In fact, He Liu and Lin Moniang could handle most of the things in the shop, but Su Yun'er had to do the making of tofu pudding herself.
So for many days in a row, Su Yun'er would come to the shop early in the morning, grind the soybeans that He Liu and the others had soaked the day before when they closed into soy milk, filter and boil it, then add lime before rushing home. By the time He Liu and Lin Moniang arrived at the shop, the tofu pudding had already solidified.
I don't know how many days passed like this.
After some time, the letter sent out by the village head finally received a reply.
But what arrived was not a letter, but a person.
The homeowner returned in person, weary from his journey. He immediately found the village head and explained his purpose: to complete the paperwork for buying and selling the house.
Things were done very quickly, and Su Yun'er soon obtained the house deed.
Su Yun'er was overjoyed to have the contract in hand.
Finally, after two lifetimes, I am a homeowner myself.
Now I not only own a restaurant, but I also own a house. I have completed the first stage of my wonderful life!
That same evening, after all the formalities were completed, Su Yun'er told Old Lady Chen about it. Old Lady Chen was initially surprised, then disbelieving, until Su Yun'er produced the deed, at which point she truly believed what Su Yun'er had said.
Although Old Lady Chen was illiterate, she had seen the style of this document before. Moreover, official documents were not allowed to be forged, and if caught, one would be beheaded. Furthermore, it required the signature of a witness, and in Daliushu Village, the witness was basically the village head himself. None of these things could be forged, and Su Yun'er would not do such a stupid thing.
"Good heavens, this is a house! Even though it's in the village, you can't buy a courtyard like that for less than several dozen taels of silver."
Buying a house and land is the dream of many people, and Su Yun'er has achieved it at such a young age.
“Mom, this is nothing. I’m planning to buy a house in the city in the future. I want to be a city dweller.”
Old Mrs. Chen's smile vanished instantly, not out of anger, but as if shaking her head like a rattle-drum: "I'm not greedy. We're doing quite well now. I don't dare to dream of buying a house in the city. Houses in the city are so expensive, you can't buy one without several hundred taels of silver. And I can't help you with anything at the shop. How many bowls of tofu pudding, each costing four or five copper coins, would you have to sell to save up several hundred taels?"
She waved her hands repeatedly: "I don't want that, I don't want that!"
Su Yun'er leaned forward, hugged her, and shook her: "Mother, believe me, our future will be better."
The next day, before any better days arrived, the village head came.
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