Although he suddenly had so much money in his hand, Jiang Youcheng was not willing to go to a large restaurant in the county town for a meal. He only found a lively small restaurant on the side street and ordered a few hard dishes.
Braised fish, braised elbow in soy sauce, kung pao chicken, the staple food is white rice, and you can refill it for free after eating.
The restaurant is not big, and the tables and chairs look a bit old and simple, but it is probably a long-established restaurant, the chef is very skilled, and the dishes are made with thick oil and red sauce, which is very delicious.
This kind of dish is most suitable for farmers who don't often eat meat or fish.
Jiang Youcheng has been praising the chefs here for their skill since he sat down and used the chopsticks for the first time. This is the fourth time now.
The little son-in-law Song Jingyun also enjoyed eating so much that the corners of his mouth were stained with sauce and he didn't even bother to wipe it off.
But Jiang Michia was in trouble.
Even though she loves meat, the three dishes now are all meat dishes with rich sauces, which inevitably makes her a little tired. After eating half a bowl of rice, she asked, "Dad, there are no green leafy vegetables on our table..." …”
"Yes, isn't it?"
Jiang Youcheng picked up the braised fish and garnished it with coriander leaves for flavor, "It's so green."
Jiang Michia, "..."
It is quite green and has leaves.
Overall nothing wrong!
After a while, the three dishes were all wiped out by three people, and the rice was replenished three or four times.
When paying the bill, Jiang Youcheng packed up another lotus leaf chicken, preparing to take it back to add dishes to Mrs. Liu.
When Jiang Youcheng came out of the restaurant, the string of needlework baskets was still hanging on his body.
A sewing basket is something that can be stored, and it's not too late to sell it when it's empty.
After earning so much money from selling pearls, I was still worried about keeping it in my arms, so I decided not to stay in the county town any longer and rented a bullock cart to go home.
When she got home, Ms. Liu was very happy when she learned that the pearls had been sold for so much money.
For dinner, we specially cooked tomato and egg drop soup, minced tofu with minced meat, served with lotus leaf chicken, mixed with cucumbers, and steamed a pot of pure white noodles with scallion oil rolls.
The scallion oil is very fragrant, the flower rolls are tender and fluffy, and they taste delicious.
Song Jingyun ate three of the big flower rolls.
"You have a huge appetite." Jiang Michia joked.
"You said before that you can gain strength by eating more, so you have to eat more." Song Jingyun answered very seriously.
Jiang Michia, "..."
Nothing wrong!
The current little son-in-law has indeed grown stronger visibly to the naked eye.
If he was a skinny little guy with short ribs when we first met him, now...
Well, it should be the fat and thin middle row.
The next day, Jiang Youcheng and Mr. Liu called Jiang Michia and Song Jingyun together to discuss the matter of repairing the house at home.
What Jiang Youcheng meant was that the walls of the two houses were still intact. They only had to renovate the roofs, build two east wing rooms, and put up the courtyard walls. That would be enough.
Jiang Michia thought for a while and said, "These two houses are actually a long time old. When they were built, they were built with blue bricks mixed with mud bricks. The green bricks outside the walls have turned pink due to the wind and sun. I guess It won’t last long, even if the roof is repaired this time, there will be problems with the walls in a year or two.”
"We are going to build a new house anyway, so we might as well demolish all the old houses and build new ones. We will build three rooms facing north and south, the east and west rooms are connected with the main room in the middle, and we will build two rooms on the east side, each with a wing room. Build another kitchen, build two more on the west side, and a side room with a spare cow house. If we buy cows in the future, we can repair the courtyard wall and gate, and that will be enough."
"Building a house is already a lot of work, so we might as well just do it all at once so that we don't have to worry about building a house later and having to smash the foundation and call for help."
There will be a regular business here in the tea garden. If you go to the market on weekdays, if you hold on tight, you will not have to worry about making money.
According to what Jiang Michia said, it would only cost more than ten taels of silver to repair these green brick and tile houses and add some things inside, which the family could afford.
As Jiang Michia said, it is troublesome anyway. It takes one thing to clean it up thoroughly, and you will live comfortably in the future. A few more rooms can be used to store knitted things and so on. Farmers have many things, and more rooms are the best. Nothing better.
When Jiang Michia and Song Jingyun have a child in the future, the child will also have a ready-made house to live in, which is convenient.
but……
Mr. Liu hesitated, "If we demolish everything and build a new house, where will we live while the new house is built?"
Although it is summer now, it is common for many people to sleep in the yard to keep cool. Their family can make do with it, but if it rains, it is always inconvenient and they cannot go to other people's homes to take shelter.
"This is easy to do. Our yard is big. When we built the house, we built it in front of our current house. We just left a gap in the old house big enough to open the door. When the new house we said is built, the yard wall will push the old house in. In a circle, we pushed the old house forward and turned it into a backyard.”
Jiang Michia said, "When the time comes, it will be turned into a chicken pen or a pig pen. If it is placed in the small backyard and separated from the front yard, it will not look dirty. As long as you clean it regularly, it will not smell."
"This is a good idea." Jiang Youcheng nodded, "We won't waste any time when the time comes."
"Well, our land is small to begin with. If we have more chickens and piglets, we can sell them for more money." Mrs. Liu also nodded.
If the family is well off by then, and they don't want to sell eggs or pigs, they can just keep them for themselves and save money on buying them.
As for feeding chickens and pigs, if you don't have enough chaff, you should be more diligent, dig more wild vegetables, beat some pigweed, and you'll have everything.
The family discussed it for a while and decided to follow Jiang Michia's suggestion.
Now that he had made a decision, he did not want to delay the matter. Jiang Youcheng went to see his eldest brother Jiang Youfu in the afternoon to discuss building a house at home.
Jiang Youfu is ten years older than Jiang Youcheng, and he has almost watched Jiang You grow up. Since the old man's death, he has been like an eldest brother and a father.
Jiang Youfu takes care of his third wife, and Jiang Youcheng is willing to discuss many things with his eldest brother.
Moreover, building a house is a big deal, and everything must be planned carefully so that nothing can go wrong, and more people can avoid more mistakes.
The two brothers discussed for a long time and asked Li Zhengjiang Zhengxin to help take the lead.
Li Zheng was in charge of the village's taxation, household registration and other matters, and had to take care of all the trivial matters in an orderly manner. He could not put off these matters. Moreover, Jiang Youcheng's family had always been honest and had rarely caused any trouble. Jiang Zhengxin was also willing to help. Do more things for people like this.
With Jiang Zhengxin's presence, the matter of building a house started in full swing.
To draw a simple house plan, ask people in the village to help. If there is not enough manpower, hire from other villages, dig the foundation, smash the foundation, purchase bricks, wood, tiles, dig soil, buy sand and buy lime...
