Manor Romance

Chapter 12 Housewarming Dinner
On the cultivated land, using the remaining bamboo, Yunli ordered people to build two cylindrical, multi-level storage warehouses next to the well.The ryegrass will be harvested here and processed into organic fertilizer with the electromagnetic force of Yunli, which can meet the fertilization needs of all the land today.

The entire bamboo building and two warehouses were built, and Yunli spent nearly 2 yuan in total. Labor expenses accounted for the majority. Adding up the labor costs for cutting bamboo and building, it cost nearly 3000 yuan. The income from five acres of potatoes was filled in.In addition, it cost 3000 yuan to build the base, and more than 3000 yuan was spent on other materials, adding up, it cost a total of 2 yuan.

In Luzhen, the annual income of an ordinary peasant family is about this figure. To spend a whole year's income to build a bamboo house is considered a wasteful act by the villagers.

But Yunli doesn't think so. In the city where he studied, 2 yuan is nothing. You can't buy a car, you can't pay the down payment for a house, and you can stay in a star hotel for a month and a half, or go there once. Foreign luxury travel.For only 2 yuan, you can own an elegant and unique bamboo building here. In Yunli's opinion, it is very valuable, and the money is not distressed at all.

I don’t feel bad at all, but after a series of construction projects, Yunli doesn’t have much money to use. He still had some savings in the past, but most of them were spent on the cost of contracting Xiaolu Mountain. Now the savings in his hand are only It looks like less than 1 yuan.

Thinking in an optimistic direction, now that the bamboo building has been built, and the crops on the [-] acres of land have been planted, with the electromagnetic force in hand, he doesn’t have to worry about pesticides and fertilizers. When these crops are harvested smoothly, Yunli will be able to return to the basket A batch of funds will solve the urgent need.

According to the custom of Shanglu Village, whenever a new house is moved, the owner will entertain the neighbors, and the neighbors who are invited will bring their own brewed rice wine and "hemi" which symbolizes peace.People in the village believe that if you drink Baijia rice wine and then move into a new house, you will be safe forever.The "he rice" received by the owner will be used to brew new rice wine, and will be sent back when someone moves to a new house in the future.This custom has been passed down for many years, and it is a unique custom here. I heard that it is still applying for national intangible cultural heritage.

Yunli also went to do as the Romans did, and asked Huang Damin to help, set up two tables of wine and food, and invited those folks who had come to help build the bamboo house, the two tables were full of people, drinking and drinking, very lively.

After contracting Xiaolu Mountain, Yunli became a big employer in the village, and was very popular with the villagers. In addition to the recent incident with Xu Rui, everyone sincerely admired Yunli. From this person who didn't drink much in the past, he drank his fill despite his hospitality.The farmhouse's rice wine was mellow and strong, if it wasn't for the electromagnetic body protection, Yunli might not be able to stand still after drinking two cups.

The bamboo building can be completed so quickly and smoothly, the most thanks are Brother Chen and Xu Ping. Xu Ping has always been in charge of the recruitment work, and he also contacted him to pull the wires and change the water pipes. He arranged things in an orderly manner. Helped Yunli to share many chores.

Not to mention Brother Chen, he helped design the blueprints, did it himself, and refused to take money. If wages are counted, Brother Chen's share should be the most. After all, his work is handicraft, and he has no years of accumulation. , It is impossible to make that kind of taste.

Brother Chen didn't take money, but he had other ideas. Although he is still in good health, it is no problem to teach for a few more years, but he has already passed the retirement age, and it will be a matter of time before he retires.He had a property in the town, but after retirement, he wanted to live in the village more, so he booked a room with Yunli, so that he would have a good place to go after retirement.

Of course Yunli had no objection to this, he was naturally very happy that Old Brother Chen was willing to come, and he was also thinking about Old Brother Chen's craftsmanship, when would he be asked to make something like Zizhu Fengchi again.

When he went to the mountain to cut bamboo, Yunli found out that old brother Chen and Xu Ping were not right, and he got confirmation at the banquet.Xu Ping accompanied the smiling face to toast to Old Brother Chen, but Old Brother Chen didn't appreciate it, and didn't say anything. He just put on a bad face and let Xu Ping put his hot face on his cold ass, which was really embarrassing.The others were not surprised, they seemed to have expected this situation, and quickly changed the topic, it seemed that everyone knew the reason, although Yun Li was very curious, it was not easy to ask what happened on the spot.

After the banquet, Yunli couldn't wait to move into the bamboo building, and chose a room on the second floor near the south to live in.The string of purple bamboo wind chimes "won" from old brother Chen was placed by him at the foot of the left eaves of the big balcony, just facing the window of his room. Whenever there is a falling mountain wind, the wind chimes will emit spring water Pleasant voice, very pleasant.

The planting on the cultivated land is already on track, and the next job is to irrigate and fertilize regularly. In his spare time, Yunli tends to the yard outside the bamboo building.He has already sowed a batch of fine-leaf grass and big-leaf grass seeds in the open space of the yard. If there is no accident, a neat green lawn will grow here after a while.

In fact, Yunli is not sure whether it will work. This planting method is read from the book. The ratio of fine-leaf grass to large-leaf grass is three to one. Mixing seeds, plus a suitable environment and fertilization, can grow To produce a neat and compact lawn, many large professional football fields use this method to cultivate lawns, and Yunli himself also tried to grow lawns.

A few fruit trees were planted in the northwest of the small building, mainly for shade. By the low fence around the yard, Yun Li hadn't thought of what to plant for the time being, so he sprinkled them with ryegrass seeds. Store up your fertility and make plans later.

After expanding the cultivation to [-] mu of land, Yunli's daily work became quite heavy, especially the [-] mu of crops on the experimental field.Since Yunli only had experience in growing potatoes before, and he was still in the exploratory stage of planting tomatoes and purple eggplants, he had to observe the conditions in the experimental fields every day, record the influence of electromagnetic force on each crop, and re-test according to the growth conditions. Make follow-up irrigation and fertilization adjustments, in order to sum up their best planting plan as soon as possible.

In view of this, Yunli found Xu Ping again, and asked him to help find someone in the village. If he could spare a certain amount of time every day to come to Xiaolu Mountain to help take care of the fifteen acres of potatoes, then he could concentrate on the things in the experiment field.

What Yunli didn't expect was that he asked Xu Ping to find someone in the morning, and he brought him directly to Xiaolu Mountain at noon. What he didn't expect was that this person was Xu Lin, who was Xu Ping's elder brother.

Xu Lin is only one or two years older than Xu Ping, just in his early forties, but Xu Lin looks much older than his actual age, with a slightly hunchbacked back, and the same short stature as Xu Ping. , is the image of a bad old man.And if you get closer, you can easily detect the smell of alcohol on him.

After careful consideration, Yunli agreed to Xu Ping's request. In this way, Xu Lin became the first employee of Xiaolushan. He was responsible for the daily irrigation and regular fertilization of the cultivated land, and Yunli paid him 600 yuan a month. money wages.

Yun Li didn't know Xu Lin at all, and had never had contact with him before. From the first impression, Xu Lin was definitely not the candidate he wanted.However, considering the relationship with Xu Ping, Yunli still chose to be a personal relationship. In the future, the construction of the manor will depend on Xu Ping's help in many places, so hiring Xu Lin can be regarded as a win-win choice.

Xu Ping didn't hide anything from Yunli, and gave a general account of his elder brother Xu Lin's situation.Xu Lintong is from Shanglu Village and lives near Xu Ping's home. He used to be a well-known carpenter, and he was very willing to hire Xu Lin to do work for any houses in the town or village that needed renovation.

His wife's name is Huang Yunjuan, and she is also skilled at making bamboo decorations. The couple have a considerable income from their craftsmanship, and there are several acres of fertile land in the family. They live a pretty good life. Their family is also one of the earliest A model household that built a small two-story building.

Six years ago, an accident happened while carrying wood raw materials. Xu Lin’s right hand was crushed by the wood, which hurt the reaction nerve. Very dull.

With his right hand disabled, Xu Lin's proud craftsmanship was also disabled. Without a job, he gradually became depressed. He didn't take care of the farmland at home, and became addicted to alcohol. Relying on her wife Huang Yunjuan to support herself.

He drank the family's savings little by little. What's worse, Xu Lin sometimes lost his temper when he drank too much, beating and scolding Huang Yunjuan.Once he beat him with a bamboo stick. Their daughter couldn't see it, so she went to protect her mother and grabbed the bamboo stick in his hand, but the bamboo stick scratched her forehead, and blood flowed all over her face.

After this incident, Huang Yunjuan left Lu Town with her daughter and son who had just entered elementary school, and never appeared again. After Xu Ping inquired, she took her two children to the northern city.

Xu Lin, whose wife and children were separated, was still the same at first, accompanied by wine every day, without a trace of remorse. It was not until recent years, under Xu Ping's compulsory control, that he resumed some normal life, but he still couldn't do without wine.

Xu Ping assured Yunli again and again that with his supervision, his elder brother Xu Lin would definitely do a good job and would never cause Yunli any trouble. Moreover, he also hoped to take this opportunity to bring Xu Lin back to a normal life track. come up.

After listening to Xu Ping's heartfelt words, Yun Li had no reason to refuse.In fact, this job is not difficult. A few days ago, Yunli bought a lawn mower and a diesel machine that integrates water pumping and irrigation. It is very convenient to pump water up for irrigation.

As for fertilization, the organic fertilizer made of ryegrass was made by Yunli himself. Xu Lin only needs to spread an appropriate amount of organic fertilizer on the crops regularly according to Yunli's request. It's all simple. Kung fu, even if his right hand is inconvenient, as long as he uses dim sum, he can do the job well.

(End of this chapter)