The Taoist priest looked exasperated. "Have you ever thought about where all these people live?"
"Of course I've thought about that! When we came back, we specially bought bricks and tiles, and then we'll build a house for them on the other side of the valley so they can live there."
Besides, they won't be living with us, so everyone will be comfortable.
Lu Chuan chimed in, "We brought back some bricks and tiles when we came back today, but Xiao Han's space is full, so we'll have to go back again later."
The Taoist priest then asked, "What about before the house was built? Where did they live? We can't expect them to live in a thatched hut in the valley."
"Hehehe, we've thought about this too. We'll let the men and women sleep separately. There are two rooms in the backyard, right? We'll let them stay there. If there's not enough room, we'll clean up the woodshed next to the kitchen in the front yard. It won't be long anyway, they can always squeeze in."
The Taoist priest sighed, "Alright, alright, it's already been bought, so there's nothing we can do about it."
Grandpa Zhao, however, did not react so strongly. "It's good to buy some servants. There's more and more work to be done at home. We definitely can't manage on our own. Now that we have more help, we can finally take a good rest."
Haha, you won't have to do any more farm work in the future, isn't that great?
Grandpa Zhao patted the Taoist priest on the shoulder to comfort him. The Taoist priest replied, "I didn't say you couldn't buy them, it's just that buying so many at once is definitely not something you're used to. Who buys so many things for their servants all at once?"
Xu Han touched her nose, feeling a little guilty. Okay, this time she couldn't control herself. Right now, the family really doesn't need so many people; wasn't she just thinking of buying more at once to save money?
Moreover, the situation is becoming more and more stable now, and Xu Han is even thinking of starting a business in the county town in a while! How can she manage without manpower? She's never comfortable hiring from outside, so it's better to buy her own!
Grandpa Zhao continued to comfort her, saying, "It's not much, it's not much. Xiao Han will definitely have a use for these people. It's just that the incident happened suddenly and they have nowhere to live. What's so difficult about that? Just hurry up and build two houses so they can all live outside."
It's still just our family living here. That way, someone can do the chores, and no one bothers us—it's great! If you ask me, Xiaohan made the right choice.”
The Taoist priest shoved Grandpa Zhao's hand away, saying, "Just keep spoiling her!"
After saying that, he walked out. Grandpa Zhao quickly asked, "Where are you going? Is it really worth getting angry over something like this?"
"Didn't you hear them say they have to go down the mountain to transport bricks later? Aren't you going to cook for them and let them go hungry?"
When the group heard that the Taoist priest was going to cook, they knew that he wasn't really angry; he was just saying it.
Huh? What? Cooking? At this thought, the three of them stood up at the same time, looking at each other.
Everyone was thinking about how to stop the Taoist priest, and who would be the one to take the blame. If no one went, they would be the ones to suffer in the end.
Xu Han whispered, "I'm not going. I just got yelled at, and he'll be even angrier when he sees me."
Lu Chuan said, "I'm not going either. I just spoke up for Xiao Han, and if I go now, I'll definitely get a beating."
Grandpa Zhao was about to say something when he heard the Taoist priest calling from outside, "Old Zhao, why aren't you here yet? You really expect me to cook for myself?"
Upon hearing this, Grandpa Zhao swallowed the words he was about to say and went to the kitchen with a look of utter despair.
Xu Han and Lu Chuan looked at Grandpa Zhao with sympathy, secretly relieved. They also gave Grandpa Zhao a helpless look.
Grandpa Zhao saw what the couple was doing, looked down and chuckled, "You two! Behave yourselves."
Lu Chuan and Xu Han nodded vigorously, practically as if the words "I'm very obedient" were written on their foreheads.
After Grandpa Zhao left, Xu Han went into Mu'er and Ze'er's room and hugged her two sons and kissed them again.
Lu Chuan took this opportunity to tidy up the backyard and the storeroom.
After finishing lunch, Xu Han casually put the items from her spatial storage into the room that Lu Chuan had just tidied up, leaving them there for a while before putting them back into her spatial storage after the bricks were delivered in the afternoon.
She had just stepped out of the room when Lu Chuan finished packing up, and the two of them hurried down the mountain without even having time for a lunch break.
When the couple rushed to the location, the people transporting the bricks and tiles had already been waiting for quite some time.
He was extremely excited when he saw the two of them, as if he was afraid they wouldn't come. "You've finally come! If you hadn't come, we probably would have had to send you back."
Lu Chuan said, "I'm really sorry, it's our fault. The village is too far from here, so we rushed here as fast as we could. The villagers are still walking behind us. I was afraid you would be waiting anxiously, so I ran here, and my clothes are all soaked."
Seeing that Lu Chuan was indeed sweating a lot, the man didn't say anything more and began to direct the others to move bricks and unload goods.
As he was leaving, the man looked at the many more bricks and tiles than in the morning and kindly asked, "Can you carry all of these? Do you need me to find someone to help you?"
Lu Chuan replied with an honest and simple expression, "No need, no need. Hiring someone will cost money. We can move it ourselves slowly. If we can't finish today, we can move it tomorrow. There are many people in the village, so we can finish transporting it in a couple more trips."
"Alright then! I've prepared all the tung oil and other things you wanted. You can just go and pick them up tomorrow."
"Okay, thanks, brother. We'll pick it up on time tomorrow."
After Lu Chuan finished speaking, the person left. Lu Chuan looked around to make sure no one was there before cautiously instructing Xu Han to quickly put the things away.
After packing their things, the two hurried home, and finally made it before dark.
Fortunately, it's summer now, so it gets dark relatively late; otherwise, I would definitely be walking alone at night again.
When Grandpa Zhao saw them come in, he asked, "You're back. Have you finished transporting the goods?"
"The bricks and tiles have been delivered. We bought quite a lot this time, enough to build about ten houses. We'll build them bigger, and if we need more, we'll buy more."
"Okay, it's good that they've brought them back. Otherwise, just transporting the bricks and tiles would have caused a lot of trouble. This is much more convenient. Now we're just waiting for them to come back and start building the house."
The Taoist priest asked, "Are you going again tomorrow?"
Xu Han replied, "Let's go, hehehe, let's all go together as a family, so you can see our newly bought house."
"Okay, I'll go with you guys tomorrow. I'll take advantage of these few days when I have some free time to familiarize myself with the place, otherwise what will I do if I can't find it later? Hahaha."
"Yes, yes, let's take a stroll around the county town then. Mu'er and Ze'er haven't been to the county town in a long time."
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