The pastoral concubine of space

Chapter 19

"You—hey!" The village head was a little annoyed by her attitude.

But at this time Zhang Chengye was still helping, and said seriously: "Zichen's mother is right, village head, the Zhao family is arrogant and unreasonable, how can you give them money! Maybe it's the first time they give it, and they will still be greedy. The second time, wouldn't it be endless."

Xiao Yunchu glanced at Zhang Chengye appreciatively. This was just another thought she hadn't said, and it was hard to see that this honest man was thinking fast.

Zhang Chengye got a blue eye, he was overjoyed, he straightened up unconsciously, his dark face was also a little red.

The village chief wanted to continue persuading him, but Liu Yinghua quickly pulled him back and gave him a look, "Okay, everyone in the Zhao family has left, so why are you still talking so much? It wasn't caused by the strong wind. Is it that easy to catch a big bug? She doesn't have a profitable business. From now on, she and her two children will live on this money. When the children grow up, they will marry a wife and marry someone. Why don't you have money? The money may not be enough, and a new house will be built after a while, so how can there be money for the Zhao family."

Village head Liu also had something to say, "Zichen's mother is an outsider after all, and it's not good for her to get into trouble with the villagers. If the villagers feel that it's not suitable to stay in the village, it will be more troublesome." Glancing in Xiao Yunchu's direction, it was self-evident who he was speaking to.

Xiao Yunchu smiled slightly, "Village Chief, you are joking. Didn't my two children and I have registered permanent residence in the village? How can they be regarded as outsiders? I bought the land, and this land belongs to my private property. No one is qualified to let me leave, do you think this is the reason?"

Village Chief Liu's expression froze, he was silent for a while, and then sighed, saying no more.

Liu Yinghua probably saw that her old man was not in the right mood, so she hurriedly greeted Xiao Yunchu and dragged him away, blaming something in a low voice as she walked.

"Then I, I'm leaving too." Zhang Chengye said shyly.

"Thank you for speaking for me today." Xiao Yunchu's attitude was polite and not close.

Zhang Chengye looked a little disappointed, but he still waved his hands, "We are all from the same village, and it is also right to help each other, so I am leaving."

After everyone had left, Xiao Yunchu remembered that the two children were still waiting inside the house, and he didn't know if the movement outside had frightened them.

As soon as he turned around and was about to go back to the house to appease the two cubs, he met two pairs of big sparkling eyes. There was no fear or fear in those two pairs of eyes, only full of admiration.

It's night, the village chief's house.

Village head Liu tossed and turned on the kang, and didn't fall asleep for a long time, until Liu Yinghua next to him couldn't sleep, so he simply lit the oil lamp and sat up. Seeing his old man's face was always sullen, he said helplessly: "You What's the matter, haven't figured it out yet?"

Village head Liu didn't say a word.

Liu Yinghua was a little annoyed, "Xiaoyun did nothing wrong, even if you have some ideas, shouldn't it be against the Zhao family, so that such things will not happen again in the future?"

"I didn't say she did something wrong." Village Chief Liu suddenly turned his head and sat up, "It's just that, after all, they are all from the same village, so it's a bit too much for her to go to the government. How will you get along with the villagers in the future? Besides, you didn't hear what she said to the Zhao family at that time, and that she would break Zhao Erzhu's legs if she dared to come here. You said this... don't you think Zichen's mother has changed recently? Is it a lot?"

Liu Yinghua was a little speechless for a while, to be honest, she was also surprised by Xiao Yunchu's cold warning words at that time, but after thinking about it, she was not incomprehensible.

"Isn't it good to be changed? It's better than being soft-tempered and gossiping with no one before. I don't know how to refute it, right? I see, she is in good health, and she has figured it out. She is a woman who is in charge of the house, and she doesn't stand up for herself Doesn’t it sound like she’s being bullied everywhere? She said that a little bit harshly, and she guessed it was just to frighten the Zhao family, how could she really do it.”

After hearing this, Village Chief Liu disagreed, "How can I be bullied everywhere? As the village chief, I will definitely take care of them." After all, there are only a few.

Liu Yinghua rolled her eyes, and said amusedly and angrily: "If you take care of her, you can take care of her in every aspect? You are the village head, so you can take care of the villagers, but it's impossible to take care of her alone. That's really cool, everyone else in the village Then there should be something to say, after all, why don’t he prop up the family by himself, protect himself, and protect the two children?”

Village Chief Liu was silent for a while, as if trying to smooth out his emotions. After a while, he stretched his brows as if he had figured it out, and sighed, "What you said makes sense. It's better to be tough than weak."

Liu Yinghua yawned, pinched the oil lamp and lay down on the bed, "Okay, go to bed as soon as you figure it out, don't you have to go to the ground tomorrow, Xiaoyun has money in his hand at the moment, and return Thinking of the new house, I asked Er'er about the price of the custom-made blue bricks in the town, and I will go to Xiaoyun's place tomorrow morning to talk to her."

Soon, there was no sound in the house.

In the early morning, Xiao Yunchu took his two children for a run in the village as usual. On the way, he inevitably encountered a few villagers who went to work in the field early. After hearing what happened yesterday, when he looked at Xiao Yunchu, his eyes changed a little. Looking at her with admiration, it can be clearly felt that the villagers have discovered that she is different from when she lived with her head closed.

This is exactly the result she wanted. If the changes are too big at once, the villagers will be afraid or even jealous, but let them see her changes step by step, and the reasons for the changes will be self-recovered. After a long time, her nature will be completely restored. It won't look too obtrusive.

To be honest, what happened yesterday was actually beyond her expectations. I thought that I scared Zhao Ermazi away last time. With this list of counselors, I shouldn't dare to provoke her again. I didn't expect that after I calmed down, I would still be wicked. , I dare not miss her, but miss the money in her pocket.

Tsk, money really touches people's hearts.

There was one incident yesterday that she didn't specifically justify. Zhao Ermazi's broken leg was really not broken by her, but by her foot, but he didn't notice it when he ran away in panic.

To be honest, people in the village probably looked at her even more wrongly.

After running back and having breakfast, Liu Yinghua came over with a smile not long after.

After asking the two children to play in the yard, Xiao Yunchu and Liu Yinghua sat down and talked.

"Didn't you say that you want to build a new house? I asked my second son. The price of blue bricks in the town has increased in recent years. It cost three taels of silver, not counting other labor costs and other expenses. The house is not completely built with blue bricks, so it is even more unaffordable. If you build according to the pattern of our house, all kinds of expenses Adding it up, I'm afraid it will take two to thirty taels of silver to get it down."

Xiao Yunchu asked about the price of the blue bricks in detail, and then recalled the structure of the village chief's house, "I'm going to build a bigger one while I have the money in my hand. When Zichen Zixi grows up, there will be many places for activities, and all of them will be used For the green brick cover, two to thirty taels may not be enough at all.”

She has a lot of secrets, like a small farmyard, surrounded by fences, you can see what the family is doing from a distance, the privacy is too poor, it is better to build a big house with high walls Block outside eyes.

Liu Yinghua opened her mouth wide in surprise, "How big do you want to cover?"

Xiao Yunchu tilted his head slightly, with a casual attitude, "It's probably like the houses of the big families in the town, the kind with two entrances and three entrances? The kind with a gatehouse, a wing room, an upside-down room, and a back room."

"You, you and your two children are the only ones in your family. What are you doing so big?" Liu Yinghua frowned disapprovingly, "You don't even have a job to make a living, and you don't even plant land, so you still have to keep some money for yourself. , the children are getting bigger and bigger, and other expenses will not be less, and don't you have to keep all their dowry money in the future? If you really follow the method you said, I'm afraid you won't have enough money make."

Xiao Yunchu laughed, the two children are so big, it is too early to think about the dowry, not to mention, there are countless valuable things in her space, which are enough for them to use for several lifetimes, there is no need to save money like this.

"It costs a lot to build a big house, but it can last for a long time. When Zichen and Zixi grow up, marry a wife and have children, the number of people in the family will definitely increase. It's not good to wait until there are more people to build , it’s troublesome, isn’t it.”

This is actually the case for many families in Youxi Village. At the beginning, the family will be enough for several people to live in. When the children in the family get married and have children, and the space is not enough, they will build one or two huts next to them, making it difficult The layout of the house is generally messy, the layout is completely unreasonable, and it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to build up every now and then.

Liu Yinghua was still a little confused, "However, your land is not enough to build such a big house."

"It's nothing, the big deal is to buy a few pieces of land around it together. Aren't the left and right sides empty?" If you don't enclose your own land as soon as possible, God knows if someone will move in to be her neighbor in the future. If something happens Too many, don't bother her to death.

"By the way, Aunt Ying, I want to build a new house as soon as possible. I have to wait several months for the autumn harvest. I can't wait. Look, if I build a new house, what is the matter of finding someone, according to the village's practice? The charter? Can the village find enough people to help me build the house? Or should I go straight to the town to find a craftsman to build the house?"

As soon as Xiao Yunchu changed the subject, Liu Yinghua immediately stopped being entangled, and her spirit was shaken, "Generally, when building a new house in a village, they will ask the villagers of the same village to help them. Farmers are good at building small farmyards, and they work quickly. But if you want to build a big house like that of a big family, and those kind of upside-down houses, I don’t know much about the back-covered houses, and the village is not good at this kind of thing. I’m afraid I have to invite a few people in the town to teach them. teach."

Xiao Yunchu nodded understandingly, looking for foremen in the town, and recruiting odd jobs in the village.

"How do you calculate the wages?"

As the daughter-in-law of the village chief, Liu Yinghua has a clear understanding of this matter, "It depends on the situation. Some people who come to help are relatives who have a close relationship, so basically they don't charge money, take care of the food, and wait for the house." After the building is completed and a better table is set up, it’s over. For the rest, you are usually given seven or eight or ten yuan a day, regardless of a meal at noon, and it takes at least ten and a half days to build a house. months, a little longer or even a month, and you can earn one or two hundred coins, which is pretty good."

Xiao Yunchu probably had an idea in his mind, and asked some other questions, and when the consultation was almost done, he went to the village chief's house with Liu Yinghua, planning to buy enough land first.

(End of this chapter)