Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 244

After lunch, Xiuyao, her eldest brother, sister-in-law and mother got into the donkey cart to find Zhang Guifang, and went to see how the house was.On the way, Zhang Guifang smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you can really think about it. You are building a house and buying land. The money is wasted like water."

Liu said with a smile: "If you have money, don't spend it, and keep the worms?" This is the idea Xiuyao instilled in her. If you have money, you have to find a way to spend it, let it make money, and it is not good to keep it at home.

Originally, Mrs. Liu was a little hesitant, but there were so many people coming to play the autumn wind at home, Mrs. Liu thought that it would be better to spend it as soon as possible, at least buy it as her own property, so as not to be missed by one or the other.

Liu Shi said: "To tell you the truth, we still owe money. It's just that Yaoyao thought of this, so we said it would be better if we made money. If we pay back the money now, there is nothing to do at home. The capital is very tight."

In fact, Xiuyao had repaid Mr. Sun's money before, and paid it back three times, but he was not around, and Xia Tian was not willing to accept it, saying that Grandpa Sun said that he owed the money, and when he would pay it back.Xiuyao thought, why not do something at home.

A few people went to Shahe Village, a donkey, and there were many people in the cart, so they walked a little slowly. Anyway, there were many people, and the chirping was lively instead, so I didn't feel slow.When he arrived at Shahe Village, Qin Ye purposely went around to have a look at the land. Now that the crops are growing well, it will be even better if we set up water trucks when the time comes.

Zhang Guifang led the way and found the yard, and she went to find the head Jia of Shahe Village who was in charge of this area. The owner had entrusted him to sell it for her.Soon after, Qi Wei followed Zhang Guifang and hurried over, and several people bowed to each other.

He opened the door and asked a few people to go in and have a look. As Zhang Guifang said, the inside is clean and spacious. Although the house is a bit old, it has just been repaired and looks brand new.

The yard is paved with stones, and pomegranate trees and oleanders are planted. Now the oleanders are in red, yellow, purple and white, very beautiful.

Xiuyao focuses on the inside of the house. It is best to check the house in summer, and there are traces of leaks.Xiuyao looked at the wall and the kang one by one, and said to Qi Wei, "Uncle Qi, there is a bit of rain leaking over there."

Qi Wei smiled and said: "It's not bad, just a little repair will do. Just change a tile."

Xiuyao took a look, there were three rooms in the main room and two side rooms, two rooms in the east and west rooms, and two rooms in the south room.She secretly calculated that when the time comes, the eldest brother and sister-in-law can live in the south room, which has a gate to the backyard, so that the women will not be embarrassed.Those female workers who want to stay can sleep on the big bunk in the east and west compartments.The loom is placed in the main room, and the two second rooms are used as kitchen, dining room and storage room.

They chatted with Qi Wei again, and learned that the owner had moved his family to Qingzhou Mansion, so he didn't live here. He wanted to sell the house for fear of it being ruined.The local tax collection rule is that where the land is, the Lizheng is responsible for collecting it. It is counted as a county, no longer zero points, so it doesn't matter if their land is located in Taoyuan or Shahe Village.

Mrs. Liu discussed with them whether renting or buying is a good deal, and Qi Wei smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, even if this house is built, it's just like this. Look at such a big place, and it's half a brick house, not a grass house. Comparable."

Seeing that Liu's family was active, he smiled and said: "Besides, you bought land in our village, and then you have a house, that would be even better."

Xiuyao changed her mind, she said to Liu Shi: "Mom, let's rent it, the house is going to be built up, it's not worth buying any more." It's better to rent every year.

Mrs. Liu thought for a while and said: "Well, it's still a good deal to rent. Our house can't be empty."

In fact, Xu Erni would like to buy it. She and Qin Ye will live here when the time comes. After all, Qin Xian is going to grow up, and when he gets married, he will live in a new house.But she didn't say it out. Seeing that both Liu Shi and Xiuyao decided to rent, she also said rent.

Qi Wei said regretfully: "If you rent it, you will have to pay a penny for a year."

Xiuyao smiled and said: "Uncle Qi, this is the truth and that's it. Even if you are worth two taels of silver a year, but in the countryside, almost no one rents a house to live in. If you let it go, you will be blind. How about renting it to us for seven hundred. We are also responsible for maintaining it."

Qi Wei laughed and said: "The little girl really knows how to settle accounts." What she said is also true. Now such a big house is not easy to sell, and there are few renters. Even though there is a price, no one wants it.

He said: "Okay, but I have to raise the price a bit, [-], otherwise it's not worth it."

Xiuyao said: "Seven hundred and five, we rent it."

Qi Wei sighed: "Success."

Seven hundred and five, it's really a good deal, Liu and the others are very satisfied, and feel that such a little girl like Xiuyao dares to haggle with the National People's Congress, which is more aggressive than Xiuxian.

Then Qi Wei went to Lizheng to look for the lease deed, and asked Qin Ye to press his fingerprints. After that, he handed over the keys, etc., and filed the record at Lizheng.

Xu Erni just cleaned up, and Qin Ye went home to get the bedding, and moved here now.As for the house of the third grandfather's house, Mrs. Liu wanted to return it first.Because when they lived, a pigsty was newly dug, a shed was built, the roof was repaired, and the yard was paved, the third grandpa didn't ask for this year's money.The Liu family insisted on giving it, but the third grandfather and the third mother were not happy, "I said, nephew and daughter-in-law, are your days better, lest we get dirty, quickly pick it up and clean it?"

Mrs. Liu hurriedly laughed and said, "What are you talking about, Mrs. and Mrs. We live in a house, so we should pay for it."

The third mother said: "That doesn't need so much. Besides, you dig circles and pave the road, we have to look for it." She pushed back halfway, "That's good. We Yaoyao have already said that we need to help with cotton ginning , We are all thinking about making money.”

Liu Shi smiled and said, "That's not what it should be."

It was decided that Mrs. Liu would pay the rent, and then said that she would move out in two days. The third mother sent her out, and came back and said to the third grandfather: "I said that Dafu's family is capable, and it will get better sooner or later." Fortunately, we mentioned it when we separated that day, otherwise the good things today would not be our turn." Xiuyao had already agreed with them that the third grandpa would help with cotton ginning. As long as the operation is normal, basically every day busy.It's much better than doing odd jobs for someone else's house.

Moreover, Xiuyao also needs to help them refit the cotton ginning machine, and the efficiency will be faster by then, which is not comparable to what it is now.

After Xiuyao decided to rent a house, she came back and made an agreement with the third grandpa and a few cotton ginners to start working now. In addition, she also hired a few old women to take care of spinning.For tasks like spinning, the old women's skills are better, and they can't do any heavy work, so they are happy to help spin and make money.

They spun the thread, and when they reached a certain amount, Xiuyao asked Qin Ye to send it to the dyeing workshop of Feng's Cloth Village in the county for dyeing. Because shopkeeper Feng had said hello, there was no trouble this time, and the price was very reasonable.

At the same time, Zhang Guifang and Xiuyao found a total of ten women here, all of whom would bring looms to the house, weave according to Xiuyao's requirements, and then pay them according to the horse.The price was negotiated, and Xiuyao provided the cotton, and was responsible for the wages of ginning and spinning, while the weavers were only responsible for weaving.

When Xiuyao asked Zhang Guifang to look for a job, she explained that unless there were a few big festivals throughout the year, or important weddings and ceremonies at home, there was basically no rest during the busy farming season.If you can't do it, you can't join. Those who come here are those who have discussed with their families and think that coming here to weave makes more money than helping at home.

In addition, pickles and vegetables are provided here, but rice noodles are not provided, and weavers are required to bring their own.After all, the wages given at the beginning were not low, and Xiuyao didn't have that much money for them to eat and drink. If they were asked to take the money out of the weaving workshop to be responsible for eating and drinking, they might not be happy.So Xiuyao asked them to solve the food by themselves, Zhifang can be responsible for pickles and vegetables.

Her plan is to wait for the real money to be made, and then discuss with the weavers that each of them will take out the money, so that people can buy food for cooking here.After all, it costs money to hire a cook to cook.If you don't let everyone taste the sweetness first, no one is willing to take the money first.

When the sixteen looms were in place, all the parts that Xiuyao ordered in the county were completed. Qin Ye brought them in to refit the looms. Different needs come to weaving.

After the adjustment of the loom was completed, Qin Ye also pulled a cart of thread back, and everyone was busy pulling the warp and wiring, making all preparations for the loom, and these preparations would take several days.

They helped each other to make preparations, and Xiuyao couldn't help. She asked her eldest brother, sister-in-law and second sister to stay and help Zhang Guifang take care of the weaving house. She had other things to do.

As soon as Xiuyao arrived home that day, Qin Dafu came back from the corn field and said anxiously: "Yaoyao, why do those barleys look like sorghum, with some black things growing, are they also black rice? I don't know if they can be eaten .”

In the past, everyone's understanding of Umi came from the sorghum field. The tender Umi is like the tip of a brush, with a white body, which gradually spreads down as it grows, and turns black when it matures.

Sorghum Umi is edible. It is sweet when it is young, but it does not eat the head. It tastes better when it grows up. If it is old, it will be black and it will feel like a sticky mouth.

The old Qin's family was reluctant to throw it away, so every summer and autumn they would beat back the Umi and eat it.Dip it in miso when it is good, and eat it like that when it is normal, and it can also fill your stomach.

So Qin Dafu thought that the thing that looked like Umi in the wheat field could also be eaten.

(End of this chapter)