The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 102
"What elder brother said is right! Just follow what father said!" Gu Chengyi saw that elder brother agreed, and it was useless for him to object alone. Brothers like the third and fourth brothers, even if they had no objections, he couldn't jump up alone.Besides, before the family was separated, they all belonged to the public, and they still had to hand in the food they got.Even if the family is separated in the future, that will be a matter for the future, and we will talk about it later.

Mrs. Lu was not dissatisfied with Papa Gu's suggestion, and reserved twenty acres of land for Xiaobao, and he was not afraid that he would lose money in the future. The 500 taels of silver belonged to the public, and it was impossible to keep all of them for Xiaobao, the old man would not agree.Seeing that Gu Chengyi had given in now, he stopped talking.

"Now that we've finished talking about buying land, let's talk about building a house! If we bought the 55 mu of land, it would cost more than 80 taels, and in addition to the corvee tax of 18 taels, we would only have [-] taels left. This money is not enough!" After solving the matter of buying land, the matter of building a house must be rearranged.

"Father, we have a lot of family members, and we need to add more people to import in the future. There are fewer houses, so it is definitely not enough to live in, so the house can't be small, and we need to build more rooms. Originally, I planned to build a two-entry house and buy the second grandpa's house next door. Just right. The place is spacious, and the yard can be built bigger. How much money will it cost for the two yards?" Gu Chengyu said his plan, but with such a budget, it may cost a lot of money. How much money will this cost? There should be a few.

"What? Two entrances? Oh hello! Isn't that the same as Mr. Zhao's house in our village? His house has two entrances! It's a big tile house with blue bricks, so spacious! His uncle, Does our family really want to build such a nice house?" When Mrs. He heard that she wanted to build a big house, she had long forgotten the unhappiness just now, thinking with longing that she would be able to live in such a big house in the future. There is no need for the whole family to huddle together on a small kang, and the sickness can be covered in hot weather.On rainy days, we had to put a wooden basin in the house, otherwise the rain would leak onto the kang.The windy weather is especially annoying, and the thatch of the roof is always blown off by the phoenix.

"I do have such a plan, why don't I ask my father how much money it will cost to enter the house twice?" Gu Chengyu looked at his father and said.

"Why did you think of a house with two entrances? It would cost a lot of money. If you use blue bricks and tiles, I guess it will cost a hundred or so taels! This is just a house, and the things inside are not counted." Gu Laodi originally thought that it would be better to build the main house like the original Gu family plus the east and west wing rooms, and add two more rooms to each wing room, which would be four or fifty taels of sky.If it is built with two entrances, it should be bigger. I don’t know if a hundred or so taels is enough!

"A house with two entrances will definitely not work, the cost is too high, and our family doesn't have that much money." Gu Chenglian also interjected.The original [-] acres of land belonged to the fifth child. He had nothing to say. When he was an apprentice in the town, he didn't take any monthly money from the family. The family has always been supported by his two elder brothers.Ginseng was discovered by Xiaobao, who only got [-] mu of land, not much.

As for building the house, he felt that it was very important. He and the fourth child were not young anymore, and they were still crowded in the same room.What's more, he is fourteen years old, he can tell him about his wife, even though he was embarrassed and ran out at that time.But think about it now, can't you share a room with your brother when you have a daughter-in-law?

"The third one is right, then you can only build a smaller one, and buy the homestead next door. When the children grow up, you can add it! Second child, I call you back today, and go find Li Zheng was discussing about buying a homestead, what did Li Zheng say? How much money do you want?" Old man Gu remembered that after seeing the fields, he asked his second child to come back to find out about Lin Lizheng.

"I've been there. Lin Lizheng said that the yard next door to our house now belongs to the village, so you can buy it, but the price here is not cheap." Gu Chengyi recalled that Lin Lizheng asked him why he wanted to buy this place. , he kept it in mind, saying that he wanted to build a yard. There were too many people in the family, and he was afraid that he would not be able to live in it in the future, so he bought it first, and then built it when he had money.He didn't say that his family is going to build a house now, his family offended Li Zheng's family last time, who knows if Li Zheng will hold grudges?

Unexpectedly, he agreed readily, saying that there are many Gu family members, so he really needs to build a few more houses.Gu Chengyi was also glad that Lizheng didn't embarrass his family, thinking that the matter would be over.Who knows, after listening to what Lizheng said later, I realized that this matter is not that simple. How could people not hold grudges?

"What's the matter? The yard next door is only more than one mu of land at most. The homestead in the village has always been two taels of silver per mu. Why is it not cheap? How much does he want?" If he said that, he knew that it was Li Zhenggong who had avenged himself.It seems that he still has to go.

"He said that there is a house built on this land, and if you want to buy the land, you have to buy the house together, and you have to add five taels of silver to buy the house." Gu Chengyi also knew that this was a deliberate embarrassment, and the dilapidated house was still worth five taels silver?
"What? That dilapidated house is made of mud bricks, and it's half collapsed. There's nothing valuable in the house, and he still wants five taels of silver? Is this a money grab?" When Mrs. Lu heard that, she wanted to add an extra five taels of silver. , suddenly became angry.She knew that when the second child's family came back and said that his family sold ginseng, it was spread all over the village, and this place must be trying to take the opportunity to blackmail.

"Father, why don't you talk to him! The shabby house is piled up there, and our family finds it troublesome! If he wants the shabby house, let him move! Anyway, we only want that place , who wants that shabby house?" He felt a little unbelievable, this house was given away and no one wanted it, yet Lizheng even wanted to sell his house for five taels of silver, this is simply more money-loving than she!

"For this matter, I'll go there again when Ming'er goes to the town to deal with the field." Father Gu planned to ask his elder brother to go to Lizheng's house after Ming'er bought the land, but he didn't believe it. Li Zhenghui didn't even give his elder brother face.

"Second brother! When you went today, did you bring some gifts?" Gu Chengyu thought that no matter what time it is, if you take someone's hand short or eat someone's mouth short, if you bring a gift, people will always look at it, right?

"Why do you still want to give gifts? If anyone in our village wants to buy land and build a house, they just go there directly? I haven't seen anyone give gifts yet!" Gu Chengyi was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he felt that it made sense.The situation in his family is different!
"Then I'll buy some pastries tomorrow?" Gu Chengyi felt that he should buy some jujube cakes tomorrow to explore.

"Buy another piece of meat! The etiquette is light, I'm afraid people will look down on you!" Gu Chengyu felt that Li was the kind of person who looked serious on the surface but was a little greedy in his heart.Of course, there are times when he is still very knowledgeable about current affairs. Tomorrow, he brought a gift with him, which gave him enough face and earned him a lot of money, so he should be able to agree.After all, it is definitely impossible for this house to cost five taels. If you take it to the village and talk about it, you will have someone poke your spine.

(End of this chapter)