Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 349 New House Budget
Liu Ya went out with the duck, Chun Niu hurriedly pulled Siping out together and said: "No, I can't let you go alone again, Siping and I will see you off."

"It's okay, it's not too late today, and the villagers haven't slept yet. If something happens, I'll yell loudly." Liu Ya smiled and pushed Chun Niu back, there was no need for her to make another trip.

But Chunniu didn't agree with anything, pulled Liu Ya and said: "It's okay, Siping and I will be companions when we come back. Besides, it's so early, it's okay to stay at home, let's take a stroll."

Liu Ya didn't say anything more, after all, it was Chun Niu's kindness, it's great to have such a friend.

While walking, Chun Niu asked: "You have to get up early to clean up the ducks tomorrow, do you want me to help you?"

Liu Ya shook her head and said, "No need, it's just two ducks, I can take care of them. Besides, you don't dare to kill them yourself, if you just boil water to remove the feathers, I can do it myself."

"Well then, I won't be polite to you. See if you need help, whether it's getting up early or getting late, just tell me." After Chunniu finished speaking, she said to Liu Ya: "Siping and I Today, I summed up the matter of building a new house in your house, and told Brother Liu about how much money and helpers you need. I guess Brother Liu will have to talk to you about it when you go home, so I won’t tell you now Let’s talk about it in detail. Go home and discuss it with Brother Liu.”

Liu Ya said: "Understood. I'm going to the city tomorrow, and I don't know when I'll be back. After you pay the bill, wait at my house. If I come back in time, we'll just settle on building the house." , and then trouble Siping to find me a helper mason. Now that you have a plan, build it quickly, or you will have to wait again in the rainy season."

Chunniu nodded, indicating that she understood.Seeing that they had also reached the door of Liu Ya's house, Chun Niu and Siping stopped in their tracks.Chun Niu said: "Okay, let's go here, we will watch you enter the yard before leaving, you can go back."

"Thank you, Chunniu." Liu Ya still thanked her sincerely.Although she knew that if she walked sideways with her own strength, she would not worry about being hijacked by bad guys, but she remembered Chunniu's intentions.

After entering the door, Liu Ya waved at Chun Niu and Si Ping, and seeing that they all turned around to go back, she closed the courtyard door and said, "Father, elder sister, I'm back."

Xiao Shu'er came out first, took the duck from Liu Ya's hand, and asked, "Second Sister, should the duck be raised in the chicken coop by untying its legs, or should it just be tied like this?"

Liu Ya said: "Untie it. Will I be pecked if I put it in the chicken coop?"

"It's okay, why don't you just leave it overnight?" After Xiao Shu'er finished speaking, he untied the duck's leg rope and put it into the chicken coop.In fact, the chickens are squatting in the chicken coop at night, honestly they can't peck or crow.

After washing her hands, Liu Ya went to Liu Dacheng's room, said hello to Liu Dacheng first, and then said: "Father, I have to get up early tomorrow morning, so I won't greet you. I will close the door when I go out." , you don’t have to worry.”

Liu Dacheng said: "Why is it so early? Don't you like to sleep a little longer?"

"I still have to clean up those two ducks, so I have to get up early. It's okay, I can get up by myself, I don't need you to call." Although Liu Ya always likes to sleep until she wakes up naturally, she has received special training to control the time. It is very accurate.In fact, as long as you set a rule for yourself before going to bed, when you want to wake up or plan to sleep for only a few hours, the difference between before and after will not exceed 5 minutes, and you will be able to wake up.

Liu Dacheng said again: "Chun Niu told me about building a house today, did she tell you?"

Liu Yadao: "No. She said you would tell me, so she didn't tell me specifically."

"Yeah, I was just about to talk to you about this too." Liu Dacheng patted the edge of the Kang, asked Liu Ya to sit over, then took a piece of paper from the Kang table, handed it to Liu Ya and said, "Ya'er, I jotted this down when Chun Niu was talking about it. The words are not pretty, but I can still understand them, just take a look."

Liu Ya took a look at it, her head was a little big.It's not that the father's handwriting is ugly, it's that he can't read it.Dad said he could understand, which is really flattering her.

Liu Ya had no choice but to say: "Father, you should tell me quickly. If you don't understand, I can ask you at any time."

Only then did Liu Dacheng take the piece of paper back, looked at it himself and said, "Well, that's what it means. Chunniu said that masons are a little more expensive than ordinary long-term and short-term laborers who do manual work. After all, they are craftsmen. One day It costs at least 560 Wen, and a meal at noon. This is a rule. Whoever builds a new house, the owner of the house will take care of the meal. Because some craftsmen live in other villages, let them go home for dinner In other words, it takes at least half an hour to go back and forth, and it also delays work. If our house wants to build three rooms, it will take at least four masons to work for seven or eight days. It doesn’t rain. The mud dries quickly so that the work will not be delayed. Calculated in this way, it is [-] Wen a day, and [-] Wen based on seven days.”

He also said: "In addition, there must be a master to lead these people to work. The master's craftsmanship is good, but he usually doesn't do the work. Only masters who do technical work such as hanging wires and erecting beams do it. The master's wages are expensive, but not The wages are calculated according to the number of days. It costs a total of four renminbi to build three rooms, and one more renminbi to build one more room. However, if it is rainy for days and cannot start work, these workers must be paid wages, but they can be calculated less. It’s enough for each person to pay eight Wen, and if people come to do some odd jobs, they have to take care of the food, and if they don’t come, they don’t have to worry about it.”

When Liu Dacheng said this, Liu Ya also secretly figured it out in her heart. In fact, labor is not expensive, and two taels of silver are enough to build five rooms.In fact, it doesn’t cost much to invite the workers to eat at noon. There are meat and vegetables every meal, which makes the workers happy, and the work is also diligent, hardworking, and cost-effective.

Liu Ya nodded to show that she understood, and then asked: "What about the materials? Where can we buy them? Our village is in the mountains, but we don't see any clay kilns for firing bricks nearby."

Liu Dacheng said: "That's what I'm going to talk about. Chunniu said that if you build a stone house, you'll hire someone to carry the stones in the mountains. But the stone is heavy, it's not easy to polish it, and it costs a lot. And it won't be too big if you use stones. At most two houses can be built, and each house should not be too big. Needless to say, it is sturdy, and it only needs to be plastered inside and out several times when repairing. It is also said that there are many stone houses in her natal Lijia Village, if Our family also builds a stone house, but she can go back to Lijia Village and hire people to carry stones. Those people have experience and know where the stones are easy to pick, and they can save a lot of money."

(End of this chapter)