Chapter 11 starts to build a house
As soon as the Zhao family came, Widow Qu set her sights on her. Intuitively, she felt that this family was unusual, maybe it was a support.
Looking at the big guy Hu Ling again, the more I look at it, the more I feel satisfied.
It's just that I don't know much about the Zhao family, so I dare not speak easily, and want to wait a while before talking.
But in fact, she was already seven or eight points active.
As for whether the daughter is willing or not, hmph, that girl is just stubborn.
Zhao family.
After the rice is steamed, the black bean chicken, steamed pork with rice flour, and river prawns with leeks are heated separately in the pot, and the family has a beautiful dinner.
Three servings of dishes cost less than eighty renminbi, and the same meal in the posthouse on the road to exile cost four taels of silver, which is simply too cheap in comparison.
Everyone didn’t feel distressed about the money when they ate, but instead had a strange feeling of “making money”.
After dinner, the family sat together, Zhao Liya and Hu Ling briefly explained what they did during the day, so that their parents could know what they were doing.
Sleep on the floor at night.
This is not possible, even through the bamboo mat, the moisture is still too heavy, and there are too many insects and ants, such as centipedes, ants, etc., if you are not careful, you may be tricked.
Zhao Liya plans to make a simple bed tomorrow, even if it is two long benches with a bed board, it is better than a floor.
I have nothing to say all night.
The family woke up early the next morning and cooked a pot of porridge with eggs and vegetables.
Eat in a hurry, waiting excitedly for Uncle Ruan Gui and the others to come.
After a while, Uncle Ruan Gui and the others came, but what they said surprised the Zhao family.
".When we were about to enter the village, these two people said that you were going to hire people from the village to build a house, and told us not to come. I thought that you, the owner, are not such people, so I wanted to come over and ask in person. Who knows? These two people stop it."
A group of young people around Uncle Ruan Gui pushed out angrily that the two people being twisted by them were Mao Ya and Hulu who had caused trouble in the past two days.
Hu Ling rushed at Mao Ya, Hulu waved his fist fiercely and said: "Why are you again? What's the matter? You still want to ask for a beating, don't you!"
Mao Ya stiffened his mouth: "I'm not wrong—ah!"
Hu Ling's fist "Boom!" hit Mao Ya's cheek: "I call you a bitch."
Hu led the fist down, Uncle Ruan Gui and his group looked much better.
Gourd's face was pale, and he bravely said: "Don't let the fat and water flow to the outsiders, do you understand? You would rather fatten up the outsiders than give the work to the villagers. Everyone in the village has opinions. You are too unkind. Do you still want to hang out in the village?"
After saying this, Uncle Ruan Gui and the others couldn’t help but hesitate a little. There is a bit of truth in saying this. After all, the Zhao family wants to live in this village. If the whole village is offended.
It's not easy to tear faces with the Gu family brothers, but there is no need to show good looks to the Gu family's dog.
Zhao Liya sneered: "Nonsense! How dare you thugs represent the people of the village? Believe it or not, I'll beat you up again! People in our village are kind, but you guys are so badass here to sow discord. Build a house today, it will be auspicious, I don’t care about you, get out, if you dare to mess around next time, you won’t be so lucky.”
Mao Ya and Hulu looked at each other in dismay, put down the panacea and said harshly, "Wait for me!", and left in despair.
"Hey, okay, let's start working now. This house has to be demolished and the foundation laid."
"OK!"
Everyone in Zaihu Village was beaming, rolled up their sleeves and started to work.
To be honest, if the salary and treatment offered by the Zhao family were not too attractive, they might have declined the job. It would be troublesome to get involved in this kind of dispute.
But the salary is worth the hassle.
It is only natural to use money to work, so what are you afraid of?
Brothers Li Guangwu and Li Guangxing also took the initiative to say: "My boss, don't worry, if someone comes to find trouble, we don't need my boss to come forward. Let's come. Dare to make trouble with us, hmph, who do you look down on?"
"Yes!" Everyone echoed.
Of course Zhao Liya would not refuse, she nodded with a smile: "Then please!"
Zhao Liya was willing to pay such a salary yesterday, and the original intention was to let them do their best as soon as possible, but unexpectedly blocked a big trouble.
The house was demolished, and everyone built a temporary shack for them in the open space to live in temporarily.
Fortunately, I have few belongings, and it is easy to resettle.
Then, it is to clear the site and lay the foundation.
All kinds of building materials will come into the venue at noon and afternoon today. Zhao Liya and Uncle Ruan Gui discussed and checked the place where the building materials are piled up in advance.
Hu Ling called two young men from Zaihu Village to accompany him, and drove the ox cart into the city again.
There are a lot of things to buy, such as rice, meat, various seasonings, etc., so I can cook at noon. There is no cauldron at home. Uncle Ruan Gui and the others said that they can rent it in the city, and by the way, they also rent dishes and chopsticks. Large water tanks, simple canopy beds, etc. should also be bought.
Maybe you can’t buy everything in one trip, so you have to go twice.
Ruan Sanniang and Aunt Li Shishi, who were in charge of making lunch, began to dig the earthen stove in the open space. They will boil a pot of boiling water later, put it in a small jar with a wooden lid, and wrap the dried honeysuckle, grass roots, and light bamboo leaves in gauze. , wild chrysanthemum, etc. are put in to make herbal tea. If you are tired from work on a hot day, drinking a cup of herbal tea can clear away heat and relieve summer heat.
Zhao Liya went to the widow's house to buy vegetables.
Meat is bought from the city, and vegetables, eggs, etc. are bought from the village. If you want to kill chickens and ducks, you can also buy them from the village, so that the villagers can earn a little bit.
Widow Qu is hardworking. Just mother and daughter, the boss has a vegetable garden between Zhao's house and theirs. The garden is full of verdant green and well-kept.
Zhao Liya went to buy it, of course she was happy.
Radishes, eggplants, beans, peppers, lettuce, lettuce, cucumbers, leeks, shallots, corn, etc. are all available.
The news that the Zhao family built a house to buy vegetables in the village quickly spread. The next day, without Zhao Liya going out to buy food, someone came to ask.
When Zhao Liya needed anything, she smiled and told people to go back and get it. Not only did she buy vegetables, she also bought eggs, and the price was very fair.
Forty or so people need to consume a lot of vegetables every day. The villagers who are diligent and have a lot of vegetables in the vegetable garden earn a little money to subsidize their families. relation.
The Gu family was very angry and wanted to make trouble, but they didn't expect the people in Zaihu Village to be so responsible. They would actually leave people here at night to guard the materials for building the house, so that the Gu family couldn't do anything to make trouble.
Zaihu Village is mainly inhabited by Ruan and Li families, more than 300 households. The Gu family can't afford to mess with the natives.
(end of this chapter)