After feeling inexplicably emotional for a while, Li Zexuan walked towards the southernmost courtyard.
That place was an area he randomly picked with better lighting, but he himself did not expect that there would be a hot spring there. If he had known about it earlier, he would not have designed this villa so stingily.
Because his previous idea was to get a temporary residence here. After all, it is only a few steps away from Yanhuang Academy. But now that there is a hot spring here that is rare, Li Zexuan wants to build a bigger one. The residence should be at least similar in size to the current Li Mansion. It can then be regarded as a manor of the Li family outside Chang'an City.
Although this will cost a lot more money, Li Zexuan is not short of money now. In his opinion, if he makes so much money, wouldn't it be a waste if he doesn't enjoy it~?
"Hey~! Boss, are you here~?"
Arriving at the gate of his courtyard, Li Zexuan met an acquaintance.
"Gu Xiaomao~? What are you doing here~?"
Li Zexuan asked strangely.
According to Yan Shaoning, all the craftsmen of Yanhuang Academy are now concentrating on building the remaining buildings. As the captain of the eighth team, Gu Xiaomao has no reason to hang around here~!
Gu Xiaomao quickly replied: "Back to my employer, Commander Yan asked me to take some time today to bring a few people here today to conduct a comprehensive inspection based on the construction drawings to see if there are any omissions in the construction. He said that the academy will start school soon, so don't worry about these things." The hospital will probably be put into use soon, so there can’t be any mistakes~!”
When Li Zexuan heard this, he suddenly said angrily: "Well, you Yan Shaoning, you have obviously arranged for someone to come over to investigate, but you deliberately didn't tell me and made me go all the way. You definitely did it on purpose~!"
"Oh~! Have you finished the investigation~?"
Li Zexuan adjusted his emotions and asked.
Gu Xiaomao took out a piece of paper, nodded and said: "Hey, boss, I've finished checking. Nothing is missing in your villa. On the other hand, there are two fences and a stone bench missing in the villa No. 7. Yan and I will After the commander reports, he will bring someone over to repair it~!"
Li Zexuan glanced at the piece of paper and found that there was no Chinese character on it at all, but only patterns of ghost drawings. Obviously, Gu Xiaomao had never gone to school. But even so, the work attitude is still remarkable.
"Xiao Mao, where did your group rank in last month's competition~?"
Li Zexuan asked seemingly casually.
"Hehe~!"
Gu Xiaomao scratched his head in embarrassment and replied: "Last month our team won first place, everyone's salary was doubled, and the team I led was rated as the top five. One of the groups was rewarded with another five guan of money. Including salary and some bounties in the middle of the month, there are probably nearly ten guan of money. I have never seen so much money in my life~! Thank you so much, boss~!"
Feeling the joy from the heart of this young man, Li Zexuan's slightly depressed mood gradually improved. He smiled and said: "Xiao Mao, you don't have to thank me. You got these with your own hands~! And you brought it with you A group of eight teams have achieved such good results, Qingque, the original captain, probably has to thank you~!"
How could Gu Xiaomao dare to answer this? He knew Li Tai's true identity.
"By the way, Xiaomao, while you are working here, has the autumn harvest at home been affected~?"
Gu Xiaomao bowed and said: "This doesn't have much impact, but I heard from my father that this year's harvest is 10 to 20% less than last year. Fortunately, my boss is kind-hearted and offers me such a high salary. With this money, The grain that my family has reduced will have no impact~!"
Li Zexuan's face became a little solemn. He suddenly remembered the problem of Hanjiazhuang's reduced grain production that Han Yuxi told him a while ago, so he asked: "Xiao Mao, are you the only one whose grain harvest has decreased~?"
Gu Xiaomao shook his head and said: "No, boss~! No one in our village has a larger harvest than last year, and a few families' harvest even dropped by more than 30%~! Alas~! They are not as lucky as me to meet With such a good employer like you, I guess they will definitely starve before next autumn harvest~!"
Li Zexuan was silent. They saved one family, but they couldn't save thousands of families~! He patted Gu Xiaomao on the shoulder and said, "Okay, you don't have to worry anymore, the court will definitely have a solution~!"
"Hmm~!"
Gu Xiaomao nodded moodily.
Seeing this, Li Zexuan changed the subject and said, "Xiao Mao, how much money have you earned in the past two months~?"
If someone else had asked this question, Gu Xiaomao's first impression would be that the other party was interested in his money. But when Li Zexuan asked, it was different. Gu Xiaomao summed it up for a moment and replied: "It should be fifteen coins~!"
Gu Xiaomao's team performs actively and often ranks at the top in every competition. The salary is actually not much, but the bonuses are sincerely large, so it is possible to achieve the miracle of earning fifteen coins in two months.
After traveling through time for so long, Li Zexuan is no longer the ignorant novice. He understands very well what fifteen dollars means to an ordinary people's family, so he asked: "Xiao Mao, have you ever thought about using this money?" What to do~?”
Gu Xiaomao was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head and said, "My father and mother want me to use the money I earn to find a wife, but I don't want to get married so early. I want to use the money to buy medicine for my mother first." Eat, cure her illness, and if there is any leftover, I plan to use it as capital to start a small business in Chang'an City~!"
Li Zexuan said in surprise: "Your mother is sick~?"
Gu Xiaomao replied sadly: "Well, my mother got the root of the disease when she gave birth to me. Later, she often felt dizzy and suffered leg pain. It became more and more serious in the past few years. My father didn't dare to let her get out of bed. Survive~! The doctor said before that my mother could recover if she took some body-replenishing medicine, but...but the medicine was too expensive and my family couldn't afford it, so...it has been postponed until now~! So, this time I must do it Cure my mother’s disease~!”
Li Zexuan praised: "Okay~! Xiaomao, your idea is right, filial piety comes first, I support your decision~!"
Gu Xiaomao was a little embarrassed by the praise, so he said shyly: "Thank you, boss~!"
"Then what kind of business are you going to do after you cure your mother's illness~?"
I don’t know why, Li Zexuan suddenly wanted to get closer to the world of this simple farmer’s boy, maybe because he was also a farmer’s boy in his previous life~!
Gu Xiaomao thought for a while and said: "As long as it doesn't break the law, I'm willing to do any business that can make money. I want to make more money and build a big house like these other houses in the future. Then I can go find a wife. Later, I will send my son to study in a prestigious academy like Yanhuang Academy. If he fails to pass the exam in one year, I will let him take the exam in two years, and if he fails in two years, he will take the exam in three years..."
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Fourth update~!
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