Xu Ning remained silent, and Qin Xianglan realized that she had said the wrong thing.
"You're not leaving, are you?!" Qin Xianglan blurted out in panic.
Her thoughts were all reflected on her face. Xu Ning simply shook his head and laughed, "Don't worry, unless there is really no other way, we will stay here in the short term."
There's no telling when the drought in the north will end. Without water, we're basically dead. It's no different here.
Besides, continuing to drift on the sea is not an option.
However, she had done everything she could to bring the Xu family to the south so that they could survive in peace. If those pirates insisted on coming, don't blame her for using the power of technology to teach them how to behave!
There are a total of thirty-five households in Xianyu Village, most of whom are locals with the surname Qin, and only two households came from other places.
Including the Xu family, there are currently three families with the same surname.
The matter of building the Xu family's house was decided, and the next day, the old village chief Qin summoned all the young and strong men in the village. After careful selection, a total of thirty men were responsible for building the house, and ten women with nimble hands and feet were responsible for doing some odd jobs.
As the saying goes, a sparrow may be small but it has all the organs. Although Xianyu Village is small and shabby, it still has talented people who can build houses.
The man was A Che, the father of the young man A Ji. He used to be a carpenter in the city, but later he injured his leg and lost his job, so he came back to Xianyu Village and fished with the villagers.
"Chezai, how deep do you think the foundation should be for this piece of land?" Ah Che had made a living in the city and could speak Mandarin.
"Our soil is soft, so we need to dig it deeper, at least five feet." Five feet is nearly one and a half meters, which is enough for a house with only one or two floors.
"Grandma, let's build an attic." Xu Ning talked about the pirate incident with everyone in the Xu family before going to bed last night. Xu Ning meant to build a two-story house, with the top floor mainly used to openly observe the situation on the beach.
"Is the attic made of the same stone?" A Che asked, because that would require a lot of stone.
"It has to be stone." Xu Ning also planned to secretly mix some steel bars and cement in it. She was thinking about how to take it out better.
"How about this, Qin Da, you take a few people to the town to have a look, if there are any fired blue bricks, buy some and the others will go find stones first. The wages will be the same." Xu Ning secretly told Old Lady Xu about his plan. The excuse was given by the gods. After thinking about it, Old Lady Xu decided to take people to the town or county to have a look.
Except for the few men Qin Da took away, the others were digging the foundation in the selected residential land.
There is no farming in Xianyu Village, and there are few hoes. Basically, one person digs the land, while several people pick up stones and mud together.
This would inevitably slow down the process, so Old Lady Xu asked Qin Da to buy a few more hoes.
"Auntie, you may not be able to buy hoes in town. You have to go to the county." Ironware is regulated and you have to register with the county government no matter how much you buy. There is no county government in the town, just a larger market.
"Okay, since we are going to the county too, let's go together." There are many things that will be used in the new home. Although Xu Ning can exchange them from the treasure chest, Old Mrs. Xu does not agree, and the entire Xu family does not agree.
Xu Ning also thought that all the things had to be transported through a clear channel, so he exchanged a few Daqing Dynasty silver notes and forced them to Old Lady Xu on the way to the county town.
"Grandma, this is all the money I earned from fishing. You are not allowed to give it back!"
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