The roofs of three or four houses had holes in them, their beams had fallen down, and a whole wall beside the yard had collapsed.
The room was a mess except for cobwebs.
But Ji Changying fell in love with her at first sight.
The layout of the entire courtyard is very spacious. When you open the door, you will see a large courtyard. The rooms are arranged in an orderly manner, and every room can get sunlight.
She took a look and immediately thought of how to transform this place.
Ji Changying gave his father a look, and Ji Fengshou spoke with a troubled look on his face: "You praised this house to the skies, but it's so run down it's going to cost a fortune to fix. How are you going to sell it?"
The village chief glared at me and said, "What do you mean? Can I ask for a random price? How about this? Since we will be one village in the future, fifty taels of silver."
The village chief tentatively held up five fingers.
After hearing this, Ji Fengshou turned around and pulled his brother to walk out.
"Hey, hey, hey, young man, everything can be negotiated!" The village chief finally saw the hope of selling it, and there was no way he would let it go, so he quickly stepped forward to stop the man.
Ji Fengshou shook his head frantically: "Uncle, we are a family and we don't talk behind each other's backs. Do we look like rich people? This is a house worth fifty taels of silver! I wouldn't dare to be so bold even in my dreams. Forget it."
The village chief gritted his teeth and said, "Then how much silver do you want to pay?"
Ji Fengshou's face was full of bitterness: "I just want to buy a house worth ten or eight taels to live in first, and then rebuild the house after we settle down and make some money. After all, our family has a craft passed down from our ancestors, so making some money is not a difficult task."
"In the past, I could have lived in a house worth hundreds of taels, not to mention fifty! But we're in dire straits now! Even a penny can make a man die."
Ji Mingxuan lowered his head with a red face, not daring to listen to his uncle's bragging.
Ji Mingxue also lowered his head, for he was afraid of laughing out loud.
Ji Minghao had a blank expression on his face, and secretly made a note in his mind: Be sure to brag in moderation when you go out.
The village chief looked at him suspiciously: "What kind of craft did you inherit from your ancestors?"
"Carpenter! My family's inherited carpentry skills are pretty good! I make some money just for fun." Ji Fengshou patted his chest and talked nonsense seriously.
You Tianming looked at them in shock and confusion. Was the Ji family's ancestor a carpenter?
Aren't you a scholar? ...
The village chief thought of the strange-shaped mule cart and suddenly realized.
"In that case, how about this? You pay ten taels of silver for the house and live there, and I'll give you three years to pay off the remaining balance."
This house is just sitting there anyway, so I might as well take the ten taels of silver first.
According to his observations along the way, none of these people could come up with ten taels of silver.
If this house remains unused, it will become more dilapidated year by year. Who would buy it?
Ji Fengshou looked embarrassed: "Even so, paying forty taels over three years is not a small amount. This won't do. It's too expensive!"
The village chief gritted his teeth and said, "How much money do you want?!"
Ji Fengshou turned around with a silly smile on his face, and called each other "uncle" and "uncle" all the time. The two of them exchanged words for a long time, and finally he won with thirty taels.
The key point is that only a deposit of ten taels of silver was paid, and the rest had to be paid off within three years.
The whole family was stunned. How could it be like this?
"Then let's go write a contract now?" After finalizing it, Ji Fengshou looked at the village chief with a flattering expression.
"Can you write or can I? We are from the same village, how can you run away? I am not afraid of you, so why should you be afraid?" said the village chief angrily.
Ji Fengshou was not afraid that he would run away, but he was afraid that he would go back on his word. With a contract, both of them felt at ease.
So he pointed at his brother and said, "My brother can do it!"
In this way, under the village chief's surprised eyes, Ji Fengshou and Ji Fengyi took the money and went to sign the contract with the village chief.
Mrs. Hu looked at the messy yard and couldn't contain her excitement: "This will be our home from now on!"
Looking at the newly built home, Ji Changying couldn't wait to say, "I'll grow vegetables here. I want to grow something for research over here. I'll plant some flowers against the wall over here. When they bloom, the whole wall will be covered with flowers!"
Ji Changchuan also became interested: "Then use this room as a study!"
"Then I'll live in this room."
"I can finally sleep in a bed by myself! I want this!"
The three older brothers also chose the rooms they liked.
After the contract was signed, Ji Fengshou began to visit people all over the village, and asked who had the best skills in repairing houses.
In the evening, they simply cleaned up two rooms and the family cooked some porridge and ate it with pickles.
"We can fix the house ourselves, but the kang is no good. I heard they said we need to find someone who specializes in kang repairs, otherwise the whole house will be filled with smoke when firewood is burned, which is enough to kill people."
After Ji Fengshou found out the details, he was thinking about going to the city to hire someone to repair it, but he was a little worried about who to find.
"That kid should know who has good cooking skills. You can go to the city tomorrow and ask him." Ji Changying said while eating.
"Okay, I'll ask him tomorrow!" Ji Fengshou felt relieved when he heard that he had found the person he was looking for.
Mrs. Hu pondered, "Then I'll go to the city with my uncle tomorrow to buy some vegetables and food. I see there's a cellar in the yard where we can store our things."
"I will take them to repair the roof at home tomorrow." Ji Fengyi looked at his sons and spoke.
"I'll stay home and help!" Ji Changying planned to go to the mountains tomorrow to see if there was any suitable wood to make charcoal.
Winter is coming soon and the firewood is not burning well.
You Tianming had been sitting quietly in the corner. When he heard what they had said, he quickly stated his intention: "I'll take care of the furniture. If you need anything, just tell me and I'll do it all!"
Hearing that everyone had plans for tomorrow, Zhou suddenly became anxious: "Then what should I do?"
"Of course you follow me to move things!" Mrs. Hu's words instantly put Mrs. Zhou at ease.
"Moving things is good. I like moving things." Zhou happily ate two large bowls of porridge.
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Early in the morning the whole family began to prepare for what they were going to do.
Ji Fengyi discussed with his three sons and decided to build sheds for the mules and horses first.
After all, these two things are valuable assets of the family and cannot be lost in the slightest.
Just as Ji Fengshou led his men out, Ji Shilin and his three brothers came over: "We came to see if there is anything we can help you with!"
Ji Fengyi looked at them in surprise: "You haven't cleaned up your own yard yet, right? We can do it ourselves."
Ji Shilin scratched his head. "My family is poor, and the yard that Shi Lei and I bought together is quite small! He and Da He can handle it by themselves. Your yard is big, so we'll fix it up for you first!"
After saying that, he saw that half of the yard had collapsed, so he took his brothers to sort out the bricks.
Ji Fengyi tried to persuade them for a long time, but the three brothers just kept working and didn't respond, which made him laugh and cry.
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