Five-year-old little girl: Mom has thousands of acres of material space

Chapter 56 Shopkeeper Jia ran away after meeting him

With two taels of silver in hand, Jiang Wei and Jiang Xiaoxiao left Yuelai Restaurant with satisfaction.

As soon as they went out, they saw Shopkeeper Jia from Zuixianju on the opposite street.

His face was ashen, and there were two boys beside him, who helped him tremblingly out of the herbal medicine hall next door.

In a daze, his eyes drifted over and happened to fall on Jiang Wei.

In an instant, Shopkeeper Jia turned around and left as if he had seen a ghost in the clear day!

The two boys were stunned for a moment, confused, but they hurried to follow.

Jiang Xiaoxiao: "..."

What's wrong? ?
  She silently turned to look at her mother.

What did her mother do to Shopkeeper Jia that night?

Sensing her gaze, Jiang Wei lightly shrugged and said, "I just tied him to a tree, threw a mouse into his collar, and then let a few snakes get into his clothes... Nothing When I thought about how timid he was, I was so scared that I pissed myself on the spot.”

Jiang Xiaoxiao: "..."

This is not a matter of the faint of heart. Any normal person would be afraid of this.

The ten major tortures in ancient times: sawing, cooking in oil, cutting out the tongue, cutting out the eyes... one of them is snake bite.

Being tied to a tree and unable to move, with more than a dozen snakes crawling around you, slippery, and biting you from time to time, it's scary just thinking about it... No wonder Shopkeeper Jia turned around and left when she saw her mother. .

"Don't worry, the snake is not poisonous. Even if you bite him a few times, he won't die." Jiang Wei said lightly, but it was enough to scare him to the point where he would never dare to destroy their business again.

Jiang Xiaoxiao silently gave a thumbs up to her mother.

After delivering the goods, the mother and daughter went to the carpenter's shop to inquire about building a house.

The carpenter's apprentice was pushing wooden boards with a plane. When he saw them, he quickly dropped what he was holding and went to the backyard to call for someone.

After a while, people came out. In addition to the carpenter boss from last time, there was also an old man wearing a long coat and leather boots.

Jiang Xiaoxiao noticed at a glance that the leather boots on the old man's feet seemed to be a pair of deerskin boots.

These days, few people can even afford to wear cloth shoes. Most people wear straw sandals. Leather boots are very rare and rare. Generally, only people with high status or no shortage of money can afford them.

But think about it, the status of carpenters and masons was quite high in ancient times. They knew a craft, especially those who built houses for people, provided security for the country and built city walls, etc., they would be favored by nobles. Appreciation brings many benefits.

"This is what I mentioned to you before, my master, his surname is Zheng." The carpenter boss introduced enthusiastically, "He just came back from the capital. He saw the construction drawings of your new house and wanted to discuss it with you. Just a moment."

Master Zheng took out the drawing in his sleeve, looked at Jiang Wei, and said, "Is this the house construction diagram you drew?"

There was a hint of surprise in his tone.

I didn't expect that a young woman could draw such an exquisite and exquisite house construction diagram. The lines are smooth and clean but not complicated. It is clear at a glance at the first glance.

"Can this house be built?" Jiang Wei glanced at the drawing. She drew a small two-story building with a modern living room. There is a high rooftop on the top of the building, which is a bit like a lookout. You can see the distance and the near. The situation is in full view. “Of course.” Master Zheng nodded.

He has been in this business for more than 30 years. Although people now build five or six bungalows in their homes, he has also built many second- and third-floor houses.

Several restaurants in the town were built by him.

"But the two-story building you want to build requires a lot of materials." Master Zheng gestured at the drawing. "The first floor you drew has four rooms, the second floor has three rooms, and one house has four walls. , each wall needs two layers of blue bricks, and each layer requires eight green bricks three feet apart. One wall requires more than two thousand green bricks..."

Jiang Xiaoxiao, who was listening on the side, took a breath unconsciously.

To build her small building, it would only cost 40,000 to 50,000 blue bricks. A blue brick would cost seven cents, and even two hundred taels of silver might not be enough!

Moreover, her mother also requested that a courtyard wall more than three meters high be built around the house, which was another huge expense.

"However," Master Zheng pinched his goatee and added, "You are building a large building, so I will give you two cents cheaper for the blue bricks, or five cents a piece."

Jiang Wei nodded and expressed his thanks: "Okay, Master Zheng, just prepare the materials as soon as possible. Don't worry about the money."

Master Zheng opened his mouth but said nothing more.

Even wealthy businessmen in the county would have to think carefully about building a house with large bricks and tiles like this. Ordinary families would not dare to even think about it. And the young lady in front of me, I heard she is from Yuhe Village...

How could a peasant woman in the countryside spend so much money?
  When he first heard about this deal from his disciple, he couldn't believe it, but now it seemed that the man looked decisive, and he must have made up his mind.

Forget it, he won't get such a big deal in a few years, so he can just build houses for others.

"In that case, I will instruct my apprentice to prepare all the materials for your home. But there is no need to rush. Green bricks are not easy to bake. There are not enough furnaces in the town. I have asked my apprentice to borrow furnaces from other towns."

Jiang Xiaoxiao knows this. Green bricks are considered to be relatively good building materials in this era. They have the advantages of good air permeability, wear resistance, and beauty. However, the production process is delicate and cumbersome and takes a very long time. It needs to be dried, fired, and fired. The temperature has to reach over a thousand degrees. Without a large number of furnaces, it is simply impossible to produce so many green bricks in a short period of time.

Finally, after some discussion, the time to build the house was finally decided, during the autumn period.

Jiang Wei added an additional deposit of sixty taels of silver.

Seeing her show off so much in one go, Master Zheng was completely relieved.

When leaving the carpenter's shop, Jiang Xiaoxiao was still thinking about the money. Including the fifty taels of deposit last time, the total amount was 111 taels of silver. Now her mother should have less than 70 taels of silver in her own hands... …

I've only been selling ice cream and ice cream for a few days, and I haven't made much money, but I've spent a lot of money in the past month.

"Oh, I wish I had kept the deer from yesterday and sold it." Jiang Xiaoxiao sighed quietly.

Although deer are not as valuable as deer, they can still be sold for dozens of taels to meet emergency needs.

Or if only one more deer had been harvested…

Deer were very valuable in this era, especially stags with antlers. They were known as extremely precious tonics. Almost only the royal family could afford them, and they were treated like tributes.

They were lucky to catch the deer that time, but such good luck does not come all the time. Jiang Wei went up the mountain several times and even caught deer deer, but he did not encounter the shadow of a deer.

(End of this chapter)