supernatural farm girl

Chapter 44 Section 045 Building a House (2)

045 Building a house (2)

After the bricks are bought and the workers are recruited, they can start building the house.The second uncle, He Youfu, said that there were no more refined bricklayers in Zhuangzi, so he should go to Waizhuang to recruit one.He happened to know one, skilled in workmanship and accurate in line alignment, but the wages were more expensive.

Anxiu didn't care about money, so she asked her second uncle to hire this mason for her.

On the first day of August, everything was ready.Building a house is a big deal, and there are many rules, which Anxiu doesn't understand, so she didn't want to follow them, but the second uncle stopped her, saying that she couldn't be perfunctory at all, and that she had to follow the rules, otherwise the Feng Shui days would be in vain.

In the early morning hours of the first day of the new year, the masons and small workers all came.The sky was dark, without a trace of moonlight.The second uncle asked someone to light several turpentine torches.The first thing is a simple sacrifice to heaven: a big firecracker is set off, an incense table is set up, and all the people involved in building the house must bow down.

Then there's the feast: cooking a big meal for all the people who helped build the house.

Finally, a few tiles on the roof were removed symbolically, and the ceremony was completed.

It was only after dawn that the house was officially built.

Grandpa Anxiu's old house has a very large yard, so Anxiu simply dug the foundation again and expanded the original three rooms into four.The walls are all made of firebricks, the beams of the house are made of the best wood, the window lattices are carved, and the same color of blue tiles is used. The outer courtyard is also made of firebricks, two meters high.

I planned to do it in half a month, but unexpectedly, I can finish work in seven days. Counting the days, Anxiu was startled, and she couldn't help muttering in front of her second uncle and He Jiangsheng: "This is too fast, no one will cut corners. Bar?"

Anxiu is mainly responsible for cooking, and doesn't stay on the construction site all the time.All the cotton in her communal land has bloomed, and she has to go back to pick it up, otherwise all the cotton will fall on the ground, and this year's work will be wasted. Anxiu understands him; It's just for food, no matter what; the uncle's farm work is also heavy, sometimes it is the busy season of picking cotton, and seeing that there are many small workers in Anxiu, I feel sorry for it, and no one comes again the next day.

Only the second uncle and He Jiangsheng have been busy working for Anxiu on the construction site, and Juanzi and the second aunt pick up the cotton at home.Apart from cooking, Anxiu went to pick cotton for the second uncle's family.She couldn't move bricks and mud, so she had to do light work.Erbo's owner is working on her construction site, so he can't hire someone to pick cotton, right?Anxiu took He Yuer and He Shusheng to battle in person.

So she handed over the construction site to the second uncle.

"It's nothing." He Jiangsheng said with a smile, "Xiu your food is good. Everyone is open-minded. Naturally, they work hard. No one is lazy. Not only did they not cut corners, but they did more beautifully than other people's work. Don't believe in looking back on yourself. Go see."

Anxiu felt that He Jiangsheng's words were reasonable. He was indeed very generous in food, and he managed three meals a day, all of which were pure white rice.These small workers are peasants, and except for Chinese New Year, they seldom eat white rice. They always mix sweet potatoes and potatoes into the rice.As for this multigrain rice, I can only eat one meal a day.

Although there is no fish, there are some oily and meaty stars in the dish.

When the gate is closed, it is officially completed.Completion of work is more important than start of work, so the ceremony is more complicated, not only to burn incense to sacrifice to heaven, but also to invite ancestors, and then hold a feast of hundreds of families, inviting all the families in the village to come and eat.These are all the second aunt's work for her, and she doesn't understand anything.

Seeing that the second uncle's family worked hard for An Xiu wholeheartedly, Mrs. Xiao said sourly: "The blessed family has taken a fancy to An Xiu's money, An Xiu really treats her as if she is sincere, useless little whore!"

When Anxiu heard these gossips, she almost jumped up and scolded. Second Aunt and Juanzi persuaded her: "Whatever she likes to say, it's not worth getting angry with someone like her!"

Since the start of work, Sanbo has brought his three sons here every day, and he doesn't remember having a holiday with Anxiu a few days ago.The four members of Sanbo's family eat and work lazy all day long, they don't know how to work at all, and they just add to the chaos.He Jiangsheng said it several times, but it didn't help the matter. He Youfu stopped him when he wanted to tell Anxiu.

There was a quarrel, and no one in the family looked good.

By the time everything was over, ten days had passed.Anxiu looked at the tall courtyard, the heavy courtyard gate, and the four big houses with red bricks and blue tiles, and felt a little more at ease.This time there is finally a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

"Sister Xiu, there are so many houses, why don't you take over our father?" He Yuer said excitedly, looking up.

The corners of Anxiu's mouth twitched, and he said after a while: "My father will take it, and my mother will follow. Do you want my mother to come and live?"

He Yuer immediately shook her head like a drum.

After the house was completed, there was a big banquet, and there was a lot of food left.Anxiu sorted them out and sent some to his uncle's house, who was still in the neighborhood.Aunt Xu from the neighbor He Erfu's family often helped her cook and wash dishes these days, and she didn't eat her food. Anxiu was very moved and left two portions for her alone.

After sending it out, I found that there are still a lot left.Although it is autumn, the weather is still hot, and it will spoil if you can't eat it.Anxiu asks Uncle Li, who is herding cattle, to stay and have dinner with him every night.During this period of time, when the old man came back from herding cattle, he would come to Anxiu's house to help with the construction site, but he insisted on not asking for wages, and he only went home when it was dark.Anxiu had no choice but to let him eat three meals a day.

Looking at Anxiu's spacious and clean yard, old man Li sighed deeply: "Girl Xiu, you are really capable. You can build such a big house by yourself, which is even more magnificent than Landlord Sun's house!"

"It's just good luck, not ability!" Anxiu laughed.The whole Zhuangzi and even the neighboring Zhuangzi knew how she got rich, and Anxiu didn't intend to hide anything.Besides, her house is the best in a radius of tens of miles, so it's hard not to be famous.

On the tenth day of the lunar new year, Anxiu went to the fair to order a whole set of furniture, complete with everything.

On the fourteenth day of the eighth month, all these furniture were sent to the Zhuangzi, filling the entire yard, and all the adults and children around came to see them.If you have a good heart, let's just say that girl Xiu has finally come to her senses. After being tortured by Mrs. Xiao for four years, she is now living a good life. God is open.

There are jealous ones, with a sour tone: Isn't it just to earn some money, such a waste?It won't last a few years, how will they live in the future?How can black bears be picked up every time?

Anxiu pretended not to hear, called Erbo and He Jiangsheng, arranged all the furniture, and considered that she had a complete home.

There are four main rooms, one main room and three houses.Anxiu tidied up two rooms, one for He Shusheng, and one for herself and He Yuer.The remaining room is temporarily used to put down sundries, and when Yu'er grows up in the future, she will be the boudoir for Yu'er alone.

He Shusheng faltered: "Xiu, shouldn't the two of us sleep in one room?"

Anxiu couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing, intentionally misinterpreting his meaning: "You are three years older than Yu'er, and you mean to ask Yu'er to sleep alone? Shusheng, are you afraid of the dark?"

"That's not true!" He Shusheng hurriedly defended, his ears turned red, and he said after a while, "I'm not afraid of the dark, I'm just..."

Anxiu looked at him with a smile.

He Shusheng was even more embarrassed, and loudly concealed his guilty conscience: "I sleep alone, I sleep alone, I am a man!"

Anxiu looked back and saw He Yu'er also pursing her lips and giggling.

Four side rooms were also built in the yard.There are two rooms on the left and right, made of earth bricks.Only one room was roofed with blue tiles, and for the remaining three rooms, He Jiangsheng helped Anxiu tie up thick thatch roofs.Anxiu has her own plan. The two rooms on the left are the kitchen with the green tile roof, and the thatched house with the thatched roof (firewood was hard to come by in ancient times, and rich people would have a special house for firewood. The firewood is mainly branches and the like. , Feng Shui sun is easy to rot, without burning.), the two on the right are used as cowsheds and pigpens.

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