The farmer has a mall

Chapter 18 Building a courtyard wall or building a city wall

"You child, what are you crying for? You should be happy to see grandma."

Gu Yueju nodded quickly when she heard the words, raised her arms and wiped her tears.

"My mother asked me to thank you and my sister. The meat is delicious, and the cake is also very fragrant."

It was the most filling meal she had eaten in recent years.

On weekdays, at the dinner table, the aunt would share the meals, saying that she doesn't need to eat so much when she is young.

Every time her father and brother were not at home, she could only get half a fist-sized bun, and sometimes even a bowl of thin porridge.

"Grandma's thanks, it's because Nanmai is careful, she left some for you in advance."

Huang looked at the frail little girl and frowned.

"How can this child be so thin, he doesn't eat on weekdays?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Gu Yuemei's stomach gurgling.

Mrs. Liu hurriedly took a steamed bun from the kitchen and handed it to her.

"You put it on first, and eat dumplings at noon, and you will stay with grandma to eat today."

Liu's tone could not be refuted, and he immediately ordered Gu Laishhou to bring Xiao Liu and Gu Chengzong.

Gu Laishhou had already seen the thin-skinned dumpling filled with big belly, and when he heard Liu's order, he was overjoyed and ran to Gu's house happily.

Gu Yueju looked at Gu Nanyan who was having fun in the yard, and saw that her little face was flushed with baby fat on her face, which was very gratifying.

Gu Yueju took small steps, walked over anxiously, took out a purse from her sleeve and handed it to her.

"Nanyan, thank you for taking care of grandma. I sewed this purse by myself overnight yesterday. It's worthless. Don't dislike it."

Gu Nanyan looked at it and handed it to her eyes, the purse with the word "smoke" embroidered on the lower right corner.

The calligraphy is embroidered very ugly, crooked, it looks like someone who can't write, it was embroidered according to gourd painting,
But the stitching of the purse is very fine, although it is not made of expensive materials, the workmanship is very good.

It looks like it has been done with care.

Gu Nanyan got up slowly, went to the main room to wash off the mud on her hands, and then took it from Gu Yueju's hand.

"Thank you, I like it very much."

For a strong woman who doesn't touch Yang Chunshui with her ten fingers and only sticks needles on people, Gu Yueju's ability to embroider a purse like this is already quite remarkable.

Seeing this, Gu Yueju couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Regarding Gu Nanyan, Gu Yueju was also somewhat angry at first.

After all, the family loves her grandma the most, because she left the Gu family.

But thinking about it later, Gu Nanyan looked a few months younger than her, with injuries and no parents, she definitely couldn't live alone.

As for her, grandma left, she still has her parents and brother.

After thinking about it like this, he gradually felt relieved, and even faintly felt a little sympathy.

Gu Nanyan looked at the thin little girl, showing a timid smile.

"Do you usually do this?"

She held up her purse and asked.

Gu Yueju was in a trance for a moment, and realized that Gu Nanyan was asking about purses, so she nodded quickly.

"When I have nothing to do on weekdays, I will do some needlework and ask my brother to sell it in the town."

Although it can't sell a few copper coins, it can be regarded as extra income for their family.

Gu Nanyan seemed very interested, she took the purse and looked at it over and over for a long time.

During the meal, there were only Liu Shi, Gu Nanyan, and Gu Laishhou's family on the table.

Master Li's face was swollen like a steamed bun, and he hadn't dared to show his face for several days.

On weekdays, when I go out to relieve myself, I always cover my head.

However, the water tank is full every day, and Gu Nanyan often hears the sound of water being poured into the water tank in the middle of the night.

However, Mrs. Bai and Aunt Cui have been very indifferent to him recently, they ignored him and went straight back to the house to have dinner with their son.

Steward Zhao has been very mysterious these two days, often disappearing for a day.

Gu Nanyan hasn't seen him for two days.

Little Liu sat at the table cautiously, this was the first time in three years that she had dinner with her mother-in-law.

Gu Yueju was fine, after chatting with Gu Nanyan for a while, she became familiar with her.

Gu Chengzong is much calmer than Gu Laishhou.

His skin is slightly dark, and he is already taller than his father at the age of 16.

Probably just came back from the field, his cuffs rolled up, revealing a pair of strong forearms.

Seeing Gu Nanyan looking at him all the time, he gave her a gentle smile.

The meal was very harmonious, and after the meal, Gu Laishhou and Gu Nanyan talked about building a house.

"You have to go to the town to buy the bluestone bricks you want. The brick kiln can burn 2000 yuan a day. I'll order [-] yuan first. If it's not enough, I'll add it later."

Gu Laishhou took out the purchase order and handed it to Gu Nanyan.

"Each brick costs three Wen, a total of 15 taels, and I paid a deposit of five taels first."

Not to mention that the houses in the town are expensive, one bluestone brick is enough to exchange three steamed buns.

Unlike their village, houses can be built with yellow mud mixed with some straw.

"Five thousand is definitely not enough." Gu Nanyan frowned.

"For an additional 5000 yuan, the courtyard walls will also be built with green bricks."

Thinking of the one-meter-high earthen wall in her home, Gu Nanyan smacked her back molars.

Even a dog can't stop that thing, and ordinary people can step in with a lift of their legs.

Thinking of this, she added: "At least build it three meters high."

In this case, is 1 yuan bricks not enough?
Gu Laishhou was speechless.

Are you building a courtyard wall?Why do I look at you like you want to build a city wall.

"Two meters is enough, and then plant some thorns on the top of the wall, so that no one can climb in."

Don't be a monster, as long as the yard is small, your three-meter-high wall can cover it so that no light can come in.

Gu Nanyan nodded thoughtfully.

The courtyard wall is too high, which is really not conducive to lighting, and it also prevents her from climbing the top of the wall to watch the excitement.

"Then build two meters."

After earning money in the future, expand the yard a little bit and then go up the base.

However, security must be strengthened.

"Don't plant thorns on top of the wall."

What can that thing do, it can also block cats and dogs.

Gu Laishhou thought about it too, it would be bad if the folks in the village hurt someone.

I didn't expect Nan Yatou to be quite thoughtful.

Just as he wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard Gu Nanyan say another sentence:
"The thorns are too troublesome. Go to the blacksmith's shop to make hundreds of blades, and then stick them on the wall."

Gu Laishhou: "..."

You are actually building a city wall!

How could someone insert a blade into the wall of his own courtyard without fear of falling off and cutting his head in half?
There are hundreds more, do you want to poke people into a sieve?

This is how much hatred and hatred.

Gu Laishhou was afraid that she would say something that would stir his heart, so he hurriedly skipped this topic.

"And the earth dragon you mentioned. I asked several foremen, but they didn't know what it was."

Nan Yatou said that he wanted to install an earth dragon to keep warm, but he thought it was because he was ignorant and had never heard of it. Who knew what an earth dragon was when he went out and asked.

"No."

That would be difficult.

The ancient earth dragons dug fire tunnels underground, and the hole was outside the house.

Then burn a fire at the entrance of the hole, and the heat will be transmitted into the house through the fire channel.

It's just that if this is the case, not only will a lot of firewood be burned every day, but it will not be very warm.

If you use the modern method to install pipes under wooden floors or tiles, and conduct heat through water flow, you will need a lot of water pipes.

In fact, you can find a blacksmith to make a few, but the joints of each pipe must fit together very precisely, otherwise there will be water leakage.

Anyone who has installed floor heating at home knows that if there is a leak in the pipe, you have to pry open the floor of the entire room to find the leak.

And the blacksmith here is completely relying on eyesight to complete the casting, the possibility of water leakage...

Probably above 90.00%.

Gu Nanyan sighed faintly.

If it doesn't work, she can only rely on the turntable.

After all, winter in ancient times was really cold enough to freeze people to death.

After only a few days of Gu Nanyan's leisurely life, Gu Laishhou brought a mason who he knew well from the town to see her.

In fact, she originally wanted to wait until the end of the new year and have some money in hand to repair the house. After all, the 5000 taels was the money that King Cheng invested in, so it is not easy to embezzle it for personal use.

It's just that she really can't bear the damp musty smell of the small woodshed, and the weather is getting colder, and the yard is leaking everywhere.

So he discussed with Mrs. Liu and built the house years ago.

　In the process of saving the manuscript, the code word is usually very slow, but I participated in the spelling activity yesterday, and the speed reached [-] per hour!I wrote a total of [-] words in more than four hours.

　　It turns out that I am also a capable person.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)