The rural life of a peasant girl

Chapter 41 Planning a New House
Unknowingly, it was already afternoon, after Su Ling finished explaining the matter, he got into the ox cart that he bought newly, Wang Mu also drove the ox cart when he came, and they went home happily.

The next day, when Su Ling's grandfather heard that Su Ling had sold the wine, he wanted to go home quickly and take him to the restaurant. Even if Su Ling said that he was not in a hurry, he didn't listen. I can only go back with her. Li also feels that she has lived at her daughter's house for a few days. Although her daughter and son-in-law didn't say anything, she couldn't stand the people in the village talking too much. Her daughter's mother-in-law is also very powerful. He was also afraid of being gossiped about, so he planned to go back with him.

Su's mother failed to keep her, so she had to pack the things and let Mrs. Li take them back. I gave a big bag of homemade wheat noodles, which weighed about a hundred catties!There were two baskets filled with sweet potatoes, which were so full that they even weighed three hundred catties. Father Su loaded the things into the ox cart, and Mrs. Li called Wang Caiyun and Wang Jianlin into the ox cart driven by Wang Mu. Su's mother kept watching. The bullock cart did not take Su Ho's hand until the shadow was gone, and then returned to the house.

"Mother, this time we have sold the wine and have some money in our hands. We need to renovate the house, otherwise it won't be able to keep out the wind when winter comes. I think it's best to rebuild it. When Dad comes back, you can discuss it with him?" Mother Su looked at the rough-made mud house and knew that what her daughter said was true. She was afraid that she would open a shop and build a house all of a sudden. After all, my family has always been so poor, and I am afraid of being hated when I get better all of a sudden.

Su Ling naturally also knows this truth. You must know that people's hatred of the rich is very serious in modern times. If you don't get it right, you don't know what will happen. Although the ancients were relatively simple and kind, especially the people in the village, who I don't know if there will be one or two of them just because people don't like it!

When it comes to the house, Su Ling has to make a good plan, especially after coming here, there is no bathroom, and the toilet is semi-outdoor, she feels aggrieved at the thought of going to the toilet.

We also need to build a toilet, even if it is a squatting pit type, at least we don’t have to step on the wooden plank on the latrine every time we go back to the toilet. In the toilet, she is still afraid that if she is not careful, she will fall into the latrine.Heck, then she might be the second person to die in the cesspit after Jin Jinggong.I just don't know if there will be a sentence on her epitaph - go to the toilet, sink and die!If that's the case, she will crawl out of the cemetery in embarrassment when she dies!

There is also a bathroom, there must be a separate bathroom, or it is in the kitchen every time, so she can only be careful. With a separate bathroom, she will also buy a big bathtub, so that she can take a beautiful bath then!She didn't have any conditions before, but now that she has conditions, she won't treat herself badly, not to mention that she has to enjoy the money she has earned. She doesn't have the great ambition of family, country and world, as long as she lives a happy life every day , A little money is very happy.

It would be best to have a study in every room, which would be good for her or for the eldest brother. Speaking of the eldest brother, hey, it seems that I haven’t seen him for a long time, and I don’t know how he is doing. These days Mother is talking about it!

Also, He'er must have a room of her own. Su Ling lived with Su Ho because there were few houses in the family. Su Ling did not reject being with Su Ho, but as she got older, every Individuals have more or less their own little secrets, and they all hope to have a small personal space.

Even if the family is rich, Su Ling doesn't want to follow the practice of a big family with one person and one yard. According to her, the whole family should live in one yard, so that it seems close.

Soon, the draft of Su Ling's design came out. She designed it according to the specifications of the Beijing courtyard. The large courtyard is composed of the main room, east and west wing rooms and inverted rooms, enclosing the courtyard in the middle from four sides.

Next to the main room is a side room, so that if you buy a maid and servant in the future, there will be a place to live. The main room must be lived by parents. There are also a few rooms in the east wing, which are temporarily customized for the elder brother. The remaining west wing is for her and He. son's residence.

Father Su went to move the wine, and then sent it directly to the restaurant, and took back the rest of the silver by the way. There were ten jars of wine, each jar was ten catties, and there were several smaller jars for Father Su to take. Back home, of course, Su Ling's grandfather also left behind.

The 400 taels of silver will be handed over to Su’s mother for safekeeping. After all, the family is going to build a house now, and it is very inconvenient to have no money in hand. After Su’s mother and Su’s father talked about building the house, Su’s father agreed very much. , He wanted to mention it a long time ago, but the family has been busy so he didn't say it. Now it's time for the slack farming, and it's easy to find someone to help with building a house.

Su Ling took out the designed sketches. It was the first time that Su's father and Su's mother had seen a house built like this, and they were also surprised. They praised them repeatedly, saying that their house was built according to this way.

If you want to build a new house, you definitely can’t just build it. The next day, Su’s father brought the prepared gifts to the village chief’s house to say hello. Those who build a house in the village or do other important things must first talk to each other. The village head said hello, it's a tradition or it's a sophistication, Su Ling doesn't quite understand, Su Ling knows that in the village, the village head still has a lot of power, ordinary people don't want to offend easily, why not? It is also difficult to handle when things are asked to come to the door.

Father Su went to the old house after sending the gift from the village chief. After all, he had to talk to his parents about such a big matter as building a house, even if they had been separated, even if his mother didn't want to see him. , he must also take this trip.

In the old house.

"Father and mother, our family is planning to build a new house. Come here and tell you two. If you have time, you can go and help us." Su's father's words can be said to be faultless, after all, he wants to build a house This kind of thing needs to be checked by the elders. Even if it can’t help you, it’s good to stop everyone’s talking. After all, if the son builds a new house and no one of the parents is there, what will it look like? !
"Yo, my second brother already has the money to build a new house, how come the pension money for mother is so little every month! I don't see more, and now there is no one in Huaxi Village that can compare with your family's life, every day Big fish and big meat, mother is still eating chaff and swallowing vegetables!" Su Fifth Aunt Feng mocked.

"Fifth brother and sister, what nonsense are you talking about? Our family is full of fish and meat every day." Su's father is a farmer who is not good at words, let alone this is his own brother and sister, and he doesn't know how to refute.

"I still said no, who doesn't know that your family has opened a shop, and you don't know how much you have earned! You pretend to be poor here." Feng continued to be mean. She thought that their family would definitely be even more destitute when they moved out of the old house. In the first year, she was really gloating when she saw their family's lack of food and clothing, but now they are living so prosperously in just one year, and the breath in her heart can't be swallowed.

(End of this chapter)