After Yang Tiezhu and Lin Qingwan discussed about the same, they were ready to go to Lizheng to discuss buying a homestead.The three-bedroom couple seemed to have discussed it well, and decided to buy a homestead and build a new house with their second brother and sister-in-law.
Yang Tiezhu and Yang Tiegen went to Lizheng's house together.
Lizheng’s house is considered to be the best in Luoxia Village, with blue bricks and gray tiles, three large tiled houses on the front face, three wing rooms on the left and right sides, and no stove, firewood, farm tools, etc. .Even the courtyard walls are made of blue bricks, which looks both grand and atmospheric.
Yang Tiezhu is now full of his new house in the future, so seeing Li Zheng's house is very concerned.I compared it in my heart and found that the Lizheng family house was good, but it was not bad after they were built.I looked at the courtyard walls of other people's homes again, thinking that the walls of their homes should also be made of bricks.It's firm, and it looks grand.
Thinking about this, I walked into Lizheng's house without stopping.
Lizheng was idling in the house in the afternoon, sitting cross-legged on the kang smoking a dry pipe.
As soon as the two of them entered the yard, they greeted them to come into the house.
Li Zheng's surname is Niu, there are more than fifty now.Because everyone has been screaming righteously, after a long time everyone has forgotten Lizheng's last name.The average generation is called Lizheng, and the younger generation like Yang Tiezhu is called Lizheng Uncle.
"Uncle Li Zheng." As soon as he entered the door, Yang Tiezhu called for someone.
"Here, what's the matter with you brothers?"
The people here are nice, kind and don't put on airs. The people in the village know his character, so Yang Tiezhu didn't talk nonsense, so he said that his family wanted to buy a homestead to build a house.
"Buying a homestead--" Lizheng squinted, and smoked a puff of dry smoke, "Which one do you like?"
Yang Tiezhu talked about the people who looked at Zhongcunwei, and then also said for Yang Tiegen that Yang Tiegen would also buy land to build a new house.
Li Zheng knew about the Yang family's affairs. He was the witness when the two descendants separated.The Yang family was like that at the beginning, because there was Patriarch Yang in front, and he didn't have much to say. After all, he was Lizheng and couldn't manage other people's family affairs.
Now when I heard that these two young people were going to buy land to build a new house, I was happy for them.
"Okay, the place you chose is spacious. How much do you buy?" After two puffs of smoke, Li threw the dry pipe aside and started talking about business.
Yang Tiezhu said it would take four mu.The three-family couple didn't have a lot of money in their hands. In addition, they had a simple idea. They didn't have Lin Qingwan's one set, so they said they would buy two acres.
Two acres of land is not big for building a house, and the country folks don’t build a big house, but there are also vegetable gardens, pigpens, livestock sheds, and so on. Most people buy two acres, but Yang Tiezhu said that it’s a bit of four acres. Big.
"What do you kid do when you buy so many places? Generally, two acres are about the same." Li Zheng asked puzzled.
Yang Tiezhu scratched his head, "I just thought about buying it all at once. There will be more children at home and the place will be spacious, and it will be more convenient to build a house." Of course, these are all excuses. He certainly cannot be honest with Lizheng. .
Yang Tiezhu, who has always been sincere, has been trained by Lin Qingwan, and during this period of time running outside to trade, he has also learned to speak and hide.But he wasn't really lying, he was just speaking vaguely.
Li Zhengren is so mature, of course he can hear the ambiguity of others.What's more, it costs money for others to buy land, not for nothing. He cares about so much.
"You kid is fine, have you made a fortune?"
Yang Tiezhu smiled naively, "Don't say that, Uncle Lizheng, making a fortune is just because the family has a little less land, and there is no way to support the family, so he made a small business with a friend and made a little money."
Lin Qingwan taught him this statement. The family suddenly wants to build a house, and someone will definitely ask.Even if others don't know it at first, they will know it later.So I made a small business with my friends on the excuse that it was difficult to support the family. As for the small business, generally people who know a little about humanity would not ask.
Lizheng is the person who understands the world, so he didn't ask any more, just talked about the land price of the homestead.
The land at the end of the village is worthless, only one or two dollars an acre.The two brothers Yang Tiezhu bought a lot, and Lizheng calculated it on the basis of one tael of silver per mu, and received a total of 6 taels of silver.
Because the purchase of land has to go to the government to file a deed, it all costs money, which is commonly known as "costs".Yang Tiezhu stuffed another two taels of silver to Lizheng and asked him to complete the deeds of their two brothers.As for the large amount of money, it was considered Lizheng's hard work.
Lizheng pushed it twice, but didn't push it away, so he took the money and told them to come here in two days to get the title deed.
After the conversation, Yang Tiezhu thought for a while, and said to Lizheng with a look of embarrassment, asking him to help keep the matter of their two brothers buying land and building a house secret.
Seeing the embarrassed look of the two brothers, Lizheng thought of the shrew He of the Yang family, plus the effect of the "facilitation fee" just now, and he nodded readily and agreed.
Yang Tiezhu thanked Lizheng again before leaving, and Lizheng sent the two out of the door with a look of "I understand".
When they got home, Lin Qingwan and Yao bought them knowingly, both with joy and joy on their faces.
Two days later, after the land lease in Lizheng was completed, Yang Tiezhu went over and took it back.
Once you get the title deed, you are about to start building the house.
The villagers in Luoxia Village usually ask the villagers to help them.If you are close, take care of two meals at noon and night, and everyone will help you build the house without any money.
Yang Tiezhu knows very well that he is very busy at home. Someone needs to make the lamei, and he and his third brother are still busy going out for delivery.Where is the idle time to stare at building a house.
Thinking of this, Yang Tie's stigma was big, and he wanted to give birth to three heads and six arms.
The three-bedroom couple is also very worried, with land and money, but there is no time to build a house.You can't just throw away the lameixian side and leave it alone. This is definitely not good. If you stop for a day, you will lose a lot of money, and you can't build a house in three or two days.
This time, without Lin Qingwan telling them about conversion ideas, Yang Tiezhu decided to find a clay tile team to help build the house.
Isn’t it just a matter of wages? You can make more money here with Lamei Xian.Anyway, you can't stop the savory flavor. Everyone knows how difficult it is to maintain the current situation.
Sanfang also decided to invite a clay tile team to build a house together with Erfang. Although it may cost a lot of money, they can also make a lot of money here.After Lin Qingwan's influence, and Xia Dacheng's frequent inquiries, the three-bedroom couple can now settle accounts, at least this conversion idea is still there.
After the agreement was made, Yang Tiezhu hurriedly started.
When he was in the town, he knew the head of a clay tile squad. The man was named Lu and he was in his forties.People who are familiar with him call him Uncle Lu, who is very good at building houses. There is a group of people under his hand who build houses for people everywhere on weekdays.When you have a big job, pick up everyone, and when you don't have a big job, pick up small tinkering jobs to make a living.
Yang Tiezhu was very familiar with him, even because of the lack of manpower under Uncle Lu, he had given him some help in the past.
Uncle Lu is a real person, and his friendship has returned to his friendship. When Yang Tiezhu worked for him, he also paid him the salary.Uncle Lu said that friendships belong to friendships, and work returns to work. Everyone feeds their families, and I can't let you give me my strength in vain.
Therefore, Yang Tiezhu has always admired Lu Shu.
When I found Uncle Lu and talked to him, Uncle Lu heard that he was building a house by himself, so he took it without saying a word.The wages were paid according to the market price, because it was a big job, or two houses, and the wages were reduced by 10%.
After the agreement was made, Yang Tiezhu began to discuss with Uncle Lu how to build the house.In order to be clear, he also showed the floor plan drawn by Lin Qingwan on the red paint board at home to Uncle Lu.
Because Lin Qingwan's painting was very simple at the beginning, it was just a rough idea, after seeing it, Uncle Lu didn't realize how shocking the person who drew this picture was.I just think this person is very attentive and has considered all aspects.The picture is rougher, you want to use a red lacquer board charcoal head to paint how detailed it is.
Coupled with Yang Tiezhu's explanation, he almost understood how the house was going to be built.
Finally, Yang Tiezhu mentioned that he wanted to build the brick courtyard. Uncle Lu thought about it and shook his head. He didn't say anything else, which meant that it was very expensive.
The walls of the four-acre yard are all made of bricks, so how many bricks do you need?
Seeing Yang Tiezhu's uncomprehending look, Uncle Lu slowly explained to him how many bricks he would use, how much money each brick would cost, and the two-person high courtyard wall.Counting the ground, it would cost nearly 50 taels of silver to build a courtyard wall.
Yang Tiezhu didn't expect that a brick courtyard would cost so much money, and he wondered how much the brick wall in the house would cost.Then I thought about how big Lizheng's house is, and the wall is not high, as tall as a person.His house alone has four acres.
He smiled bitterly, wondering if it was a mistake to buy so many homesteads.
But he and his daughter-in-law had originally imagined that the house would be built up. It would have to be a large area. Then the courtyard would be a large area. Of course, the small workshop would take up a lot of space, but these were all necessary.
He couldn't pay attention for a while, so he told Uncle Lu to go home and discuss with his wife.
Uncle Lu didn't say anything else, so he sent him out.
When I went back, I told Lin Qingwan about it, and Lin Qingwan was also surprised.She knew Yang Tiezhu's plan to build the courtyard wall with bricks, but she did not expect to spend so much money.
But when I thought about it, I understood. It is true that a brick is only a big one. Their family covers an area of four acres, and they are surrounded by a circle. The minimum is two people high. How many bricks do you need?
But to be honest, Lin Qingwan didn't think it was too expensive for more than 50 taels of silver.Because she can imagine how many bricks will be used, and the manpower and material resources behind making this brick.
Yang Tiezhu thought about this, but he still felt distressed.They have some money now, but no one will say that you spend 50 taels of silver to build a house, but if you change to a courtyard wall, the psychology is especially subtle.
It was not that Yang Tiezhu was reluctant to bear the silver, but that he always felt unworthy.
Lin Qingwan understands that kind of psychology, but she thinks more.The house is built, but this wall is still missing. Can you build a big tiled house and build the wall with mud?
Well, many of the villages in Luoxia Village are big tiled houses and earth-embedded courtyard walls.But Lin Qingwan just feels that something is wrong. It's like you bought a diamond ring. The ring is made of real diamonds, but the ring below is made of iron.
I knocked on my head 99, still care about this worship?
Lin Qingwan began to patiently explain the difference from Yang Tiezhu's explanation. First, the brick wall looked good, and then the wall was also strong, and there was no need to repair it every time.There are too many shortcomings in the wall of the soil embryo. Lin Qingwan gave Yang Tiezhu an example one by one.
First of all, when it rains heavily, yellow water flows along the roots of the wall.The Yang family is the courtyard wall of the earth embryo, so Lin Qingwan has seen the yellow water flowing on the wall of the rain courtyard.Then the wall will be repaired after a year or a half, and the soil embryos will be blown out by wind, rain and sun, especially when it rains and snows, and it breaks very quickly.The most important thing is that their home is large and the fence must be long. After that, repairing the wall will not exhaust people.
It's not a big deal to be tired, but they will be busy with business in the future, where there is still that spare time to fill the wall from time to time.With that little effort to repair the wall, it is better to build a brick wall once and for all, and be stable even if it is windy or rainy.The most important thing is to save time. If you have free time, you can take a few more trips to the fresh dried meat business.Of course, you can also say that you can ask a mason to come over to repair the wall, but then you have to pay others. It is also a lot of money over the years...
In this way, Yang Tiezhu felt that his wife was justified.
Spend some money to save trouble in the future.
Lin Qingwan proposed to build the courtyard wall first before starting to build the house.In this way, no villagers were curious to ask, and they just built the house.Since I don't want to attract attention, I simply hide it to the end.When the house is built, no one knows what it is like. When the time comes, it will be said that the house is near the foot of Luoxia Mountain, and a strong courtyard was built for safety.
Yang Tiezhu didn't have any opinion on this. He wanted to be low-key and unobtrusive. That's fine.
On the second day, Yang Tiezhu went to Uncle Lu again, and after finalizing the wall, he built it with bricks.
Uncle Lu was very surprised, but didn't say anything.Since others have decided this way, they must have enough money in their hands.Yang Tiezhu also knew that he was very good at hunting, and money shouldn't be a problem.
Yang Tiezhu told Uncle Lu the request to raise the courtyard wall first, and euphemistically expressed the idea of not wanting to attract people in the village.Uncle Lu nodded in understanding, he could understand this idea.
Young people, it's better to keep a low profile than to fantasize.
Yang Tiezhu and Uncle Lu made a final decision, and handed over to Uncle Lu the three-bedroom house.
However, the requirements for the three-bedroom house are simple, that is, the large tiled house that is common in the village, so it does not require much thought.
Uncle Lu took Yang Tiezhu for a few days before contacting him about buying bricks.Because it is in large quantities, it is a lot cheaper for them, but the money for buying bricks also costs a lot of money.
Chapter 80, 81
When the courtyard wall of Yang Tiezhu's house was erected, everyone knew that a house was being built here.
This place is located at the end of the village, and there are usually few people passing by, or a few nearby households have noticed that they are talking in the village. No one knows that there are people building houses here.
When the villagers were curious to see, the courtyard wall had been erected and the gate had been installed.
The oil-black gate is inlaid on a wall made of blue bricks. There is no gatehouse on the gate. It is just made of gray tiles to prevent the rain from getting wet.The courtyard walls are also very ordinary, they are made of blue bricks, and there are no tiles on them.
On weekdays, the door is closed tightly. I only hear movement inside, but I don’t know what I’m doing. I guess I’m building a house.
The villagers who came to visit all slapped their lips, thinking that this is such a masterpiece, even the courtyard walls are made of blue bricks.There are only a few families in Luoxia Village who can build the courtyard walls with bricks.In particular, the walls of this courtyard are high. The walls of two people are much higher than any of the other brick courtyards in the village.
But everyone came over and took a look curiously, some envy and jealous, but no other ideas.After all, it is not impossible for Luoxia Village to use bricks to build the courtyard wall.
Lizheng’s house is already the best in Luoxia Village. This yard is the high point of the courtyard wall. How good can it be?
People usually have an inertia, that is, the things they can’t see will be made up with real examples. Compared with the house of Bili Zhengjia, everyone thinks that the yard may be higher than the wall, and there must be nothing else in it. Things.
But he was still curious, and some people ran to ask Lizheng curiously, but his mouth was tight. Yang Tiezhu had also confessed, so he didn't say it. When you thought of it, you would know who built the house.
The villagers don't understand that it costs a lot to build a courtyard wall with bricks. They just think it must cost a lot of money, but the details are uncountable.But Li Zheng knows that it cost him nearly 20 taels of silver just to buy bricks.If it wasn't for making the family look magnificent and deterrent, Lizheng would not be willing to spend so much money.
At first, he thought for a whole month before he made up his mind.When Lizheng thought of that time, his lips hurt.
Yang Tiezhu really made money, otherwise he wouldn't spend such a large capital.
I was thinking about it as an old person, and I was waiting to see the villagers' reaction after the house was built. The most important thing was the good show of the Yang family.
Yang Tiezhu ran around while buying materials, and at other times was busy delivering goods to nearby towns.Later, I went to several other restaurants in other towns, and it really went smoothly.
In this way, he feels more confident about building his own house.
It took more than 50 taels of silver to buy the brick courtyard walls, and he didn't feel any distress.Just like what his wife said, after the wall is built, it will save more trouble in the future. The most important thing is to save time. Saving time is to make money. This means that there is a return of investment.
As for what is investment and what is return, Yang Tiezhu also doesn't understand this new term.But he thinks what his wife says is good and reasonable.
After the road ran smoothly, Yang Tiezhu took Yang Tiegen to nearby towns several times, and explained the delivery to him clearly, and then the two of them switched to deliver goods. Now it is more convenient to have a mule cart.
As for the person who doesn't go, he stays at home to help or supervises the building of the house from time to time, so these two men are busy these days.
Lin Qingwan also wants to help, but her belly is getting bigger and bigger now, and her belly for more than 6 months is buckled on her belly like a basin, making it inconvenient for her to do anything, especially the legs and feet seem to have started to swell in recent days.
Yang Tiezhu was terribly frightened when he discovered that her legs were swollen at first.They didn't feel relieved until they asked Yao's Yang, they said that the pregnant women were like this.
Yang Tiezhu felt distressed when he saw the swelling of his wife's legs and feet.So this tall and strong man learned another thing, and that is to soak his wife's feet in hot water every night.This is what Yang taught him, saying that if you use hot water to soak your feet, your legs and feet will feel more comfortable.
Yang Tiezhu not only brought water to his wife’s feet every night, but also helped her get massages.Pinching his wife's legs and feet, he knew how much she had suffered.
The swelling was so severe that when I pressed my finger, it was a nest, and I couldn't even put it in the shoes I could wear before.
But Wanwan doesn't show it normally, is it afraid that he is worried?
In Yang Tiezhu's heart, his Wanwan is a squeamish little person. Wherever it hurts, he will show it to him with red eyes and pouting... Isn't it a coquettish thing? Actually, it's not that fragile. Lin Qingwan rolled her eyes and broke. Broken thoughts.
Yang Tiezhu, whose brains were wide open, felt distressed that his eyes were a little red, so he gently dried his wife's feet and put them in the quilt.
"Wanwan, just say if it hurts, don't hold back your breath."
Huh?Lin Qingwan was more comfortable being pressed by the man, and suddenly she was a little confused when she heard this.
Seeing the little tangled look of her own man, she realized that he was feeling sorry for her?
She kicked her feet funny, "I'm fine, it doesn't hurt."
"Really?" He obviously didn't believe it.
"Really, you help me press and I feel more comfortable." You just trust them, they are really not so squeamish.She who is usually a little squeamish in front of him, that is an illusion, an illusion!
So Yang Tiezhu smiled silly."Then I will press for you every day from now on."
Seeing the back of the man busy going out to pour the foot wash, Lin Qingwan smiled sweetly.
After lying down, he leaned back and nestled in the man's arms.She has a big belly now and can only sleep on her side every day.In order to accommodate her, the man who used to lie on his back has now changed to sleeping on his side, just to make her leaning against him comfortably.
that's nice!
From the beginning, she had never regretted marrying him, and at this time she felt even more that her decision was right.Such a man would never change her money.
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During this period of time, the Yang family has become more and more troublesome. When the farm was busy the other day, Yang Xuezhang still couldn't get to the ground, even with the Feng family.
However, Wang and her man Yang Tieshuan became dogs with exhaustion, so the two people became unbalanced.
In the past, only the Wang family made trouble. It was a little trouble, and the He family didn't take her seriously.But Yang Tieshuan also followed suit, it was no small matter.
Yang Tieshuan still looked like an unrelenting bastard, and he slapped his work directly, pulled his wife and went on strike.
It's useless if He beats and scolds, and others are justified. That's why our family has to go to work, and others just sit in the house and enjoy the blessing. You can't be too partial.
It goes without saying who the other person is referring to.
Elder Yang was also helpless in the face of such a situation, so he could only speak to let Yang Xuezhang go down with him.
Can't do it?Learn slowly, anyway, you can't sit in the house all day long.
Yang Xuezhang originally wanted to take the time to visit his father-in-law's house a few more times, so the idea of asking for knowledge can only be put down temporarily.Put down the book and go down to the ground with the hoe.
I don't need to mention the hard work during the period. My hands have worn out several layers of tender skin.
Seeing the hard work of the old son, He felt very distressed.But no matter how badly she felt, the boss became angry, and the old man also spoke.
The words of anger can only be found on the second and third child, but now the second and third are separated, and the He family can't find anyone to anger. He can only give medicine to his son while being heartbroken.
Only then did the Dafang couple balance their hearts, and through this, the Wang clan asked the He clan.Let her go to the ground, then Feng will also go to the ground. If Feng does not go to the ground, then she will not go to the ground either.
He couldn't, so he had to let Feng go down too. Anyway, it was for the sake of her old son to protect Feng. Her son went to work as a cow and a horse, so Feng should go there too.
There are few manpower, and there is no one who does the work except for Mr. Yang. Therefore, the work of the Yang family is very slow, and all of them are tired like a dog.
Later, even the He family and Yang Ermei went to the field to help from time to time, so these people didn't care about what the two rooms and three rooms were doing all day long.
Grandpa Yang noticed that he wanted to ask questions, but he hesitated several times and didn't say any. He still remembered the trouble between the two families and the family.
Yang Tiezhu and Yang Tiegen didn't take the initiative to speak to him, Yang Tiezhu didn't bother to talk to him, Yang Tiegen was too busy to be confused, and Old Man Yang wanted a face again, so he didn't ask himself to be boring.
The relationship between father and son is even more awkward, worse than strangers.
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On the other hand, Tian Cuilan is anxious recently.
She hadn't seen those two people for a long time.
What she didn't know was that Yang Tiezhu was busy building a house and delivering goods recently. Lin Qingwan saw that the man was busy, and she didn't pretend to have to accompany him for a walk.
When the man is busy, she walks on her own, taking a walk in the house or in the yard, and taking two steps outside the yard as far as possible.
Tian Cuilan also recently got in touch with a good friend she met in the past. It was a girl she knew when she was not married before. Well, now she is not a girl but a little wife.
That little daughter-in-law was called Meifang. Before she got married, she played well with Tian Cuilan, and later married to a family named Chen in this village.Tian Cuilan had a lot of good friends in the past, but most of them were married to other villages, and Meifang was alone in the village.Meifang is the third daughter-in-law of the Chen family. She doesn't have any other hobbies on weekdays, but she likes to talk gossip with some young daughters-in-law in the village.
Just as Aunt Tian thought, most people in the village still sympathized with the poor person Tian Cuilan.Meifang did not dislike Tian Cuilan as the person who was deprived, and treated her as enthusiastically as before.
After Tian Cuilan and Meifang resumed their previous friendship, she also learned a lot about Yang Tiezhu and his wife from Meifang.
Tian Cuilan didn't know what was wrong with her now. When she first came back, she never thought about asking about it.Since meeting Yang Tiezhu and his wife on the road, and seeing the blessed woman at the Yang family wedding banquet, her heart seemed to be open.
Because of her performance at the Yang Family Wedding Banquet, her mother thought she was still thinking about Brother Tie Zhu, so she said a few words to her.She knew that the woman was the daughter-in-law bought by Brother Tie Zhu, and she knew that they had been married for some time.As for Aunt Tian's intention to say this, she wanted to alert her to what she meant, but she left it behind.
But from Meifang, she knew how happy this little daughter-in-law was.It is said that many people in the loving village of those two people know that they were held in the palm of their hands by a man for a long time, and now they are pregnant again...
Tian Cuilan thought, she was as happy as she had imagined, and she was jealous with happiness.
Why can she be so happy?Tian Cuilan knows that the root of women's happiness is actually in men, and it really is because of Brother Tie Zhu...
Her brother Tie Zhu is so good...
It's just that she hasn't seen Brother Tie Zhu for a long time, so she can only do her best to dig out something about those two people from Meifang's mouth to soothe her anxious heart.
Aunt Tian has also been very happy these days, because her daughter finally knows that she's going out and walking around for some relief.