After leaving Wang's home, Sun Baoyao took Xu Ling to the brick kiln. On the way, he asked Xu Ling how he could borrow money from someone like Wang.
Xu Ling smiled bitterly and said: "My little brother used to be careless and not decent in his behavior. If my father-in-law hadn't woken me up, I'd still be a rogue!"
Sun Baoyao laughed and said: "You can't tell at all!"
Just the fact that Xu Lingxian came to see him today made Sun Baoyao look at him.
The two chatted along the way and rushed to the brick kiln without stopping.
Speaking of brick and tile kilns, Sun Baoyao actually knew the people who burned the bricks and tiles, and he could even find a way to get Xu Ling the stones used to build the house.
If others want to go to the foot of the mountain to quarry stones themselves, the price of buying bricks and tiles will be much higher.
But the city wall was being built in Erfang Town, and some of the people who could not escape the corvee were sent to mine and transport stones. Even the families who burned brick kilns in the town were very busy.
If Xu Ling is really left alone to think of a way to buy it, not to mention the price increase, he might even have to queue up.
However, Sun Baoyao spoke in the middle, which saved Xu Ling a lot of trouble.
Although Sun Baoyao is not yet an official registered official of the Yamen, his father used to be an official in the Yamen. He has no fame. When he was young, he learned a few boxing and kicking moves from Lian Jiazi, and with the help of his father's connections, he became a member of the Yamen. Find a position here.
The pawn is of great use. He grew up in Erfang Town. He is acquainted with the people in the village. His behavior is not too eccentric, and his reputation among the people in the market is pretty good.
After Xu Ling got along with him, he also felt that this man was capable of getting things done, and he really wanted to make friends with him.
The two got to know each other, and their relationship heated up quickly.
Sun Baoyao acted as if he was working for his own family, helping Xu Ling order thousands of bricks and tiles from the brick kiln. Finally, the two of them returned to the town and ordered a table of good wine and food in a restaurant.
While pushing the cup and changing the cup, Xu Ling couldn't finish his words of gratitude, saying "Brother Sun" in each mouthful. He also didn't forget to drop a few silver barley grains from his sleeves, which happened to fall into Sun Baoyao's hands.
Sun Baoyao was drunk. He squinted his eyes and had two haloes on his cheeks, and smiled so hard that his teeth couldn't be seen.
After dinner and dinner, it was getting dark outside. Sun Baoyao persuaded Xu Ling to go to a brothel in the town. Xu Ling was pretending to be drunk, but immediately started to get drunk.
He was vomiting and fussing, and wanted to go home. Sun Baoyao advised him: "It's getting dark now, and it's not safe for you to go back. Why don't you come with me and find a beautiful girl to take care of you all night, and wait until early tomorrow morning?" It’s not too late to come back!”
When Xu Ling heard this, he picked up the jug with a confused look on his face, "Where's the wine? Why is there no wine! Waiter, bring me another jug of wine!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the wine bottle in his hand slipped and shattered on the floor. His head tilted and he fell to the table and fell asleep.
This made Sun Baoyao very anxious. He thought he could use Xu Ling's fortune tree to go to a brothel and have fun today. Who knew that Xu Ling was a drunkard who couldn't drink!
No way, Sun Baoyao couldn't leave Xu Ling in the restaurant, so he simply took him to his home and threw him in the guest room to stay overnight.
Xu Ling woke up from the wine when he threw him on the bed.
He heard a gentle voice advising Sun Baoyao: "Why does my husband drink so much wine again?"
Sun Baoyao clapped her hand impatiently, "What do you women care about men's affairs?"
The sound gradually faded away, and no one paid attention to Xu Ling. He wrapped himself tightly in the quilt, smacked his lips, and fell asleep soon after.
Early the next morning, Xu Ling felt extremely guilty and kept apologizing to Sun Baoyao. He was really a drunk.
Naturally, Sun Baoyao was not angry. He just smiled and said, "Brother Xu, we have a long life ahead of us. Let's drink together some other time!"
Xu Ling made an excuse and said: "Well, if it weren't for the fact that there is no one at home who can't do anything without me, I really want to drink and chat with Brother Sun every day. When my house is built, I will definitely invite Brother Sun to my house for a gathering! "
"That's a good relationship. I'm going to prepare a big gift to celebrate your move!"
Xu Ling secretly thought that if Sun Baoyao hadn't always wanted to drag him to the brothel, he wouldn't be so afraid!
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Xu Ling took care of the bricks and tiles, and his father-in-law and uncle also found the wood for him.
There is no steel and concrete these days, so we can only use wood to serve as various structures. The wood materials required for columns, beams, and trusses are also different.
Xu Ling knew nothing about this. Fortunately, his father-in-law was there to act as a supervisor.
All the wood he buys has to pass through his hands. Whether it has insect holes or not and whether it is strong or not is all decided by him.
Xu Ling's plan to build a new house also caused a stir in the village.
It's only been more than two months. Why, the eldest son of the Xu family seems to be a different person. Not only has he made money, but his temper has also changed.
In the past, Xu Ling's friends in the village came to him several times and asked him to go to the town to have fun, but they were all rejected.
Xu Ling's prodigal son turned back, and people in the village talked about it.
Zhudan also came to see Xu Ling, but he didn't say any nonsense. He just said regretfully: "Brother Ling, you have become really powerful now."
Xu Ling had no ill feelings towards this playmate who accompanied him to catch fish and sell them for money. When he heard him feel so lost, a sentence subconsciously flashed in his mind.
"There's already a sad barrier between us."
What kind of drama between Brother Xun and Runtu?
When building a house for his family, Xu Ling only had to tell him the requirements, how much space it would occupy, how many rooms it would have, and what the layout would be. He would not have to do anything else.
The family hired thirteen workers, and they provided two meals a day. Xu Ling had no way to intervene in the cooking. He just contributed money to buy vegetables and fish.
So I had more free time, holding Da Ya and the children at home, and leading Zhu Dan, my younger brother, around the village.
He bought a lot of maltose when he came back, and would take some with him every time he went out. He would give it to the children when he saw them. Li Dayuan's group of children also loved to play with Xu Ling's behind.
Knowing that Xu Ling's family needed bluestone slabs to build a house, one day he took Xu Ling to the river beach outside the village to find some stones that had been washed by the river. The pebbles of different sizes and colors were piled into a small slope, which was considered A little thought from the kids.
Xu Ling was much happier living in the village than outside. He slept until the sun was shining three times every day before getting up. After eating, he would go to the construction site to take a look, and then take away the noisy children at home so as not to cause trouble to the women's soldiers.
In the winter, the villagers had nothing to do, and they would visit it every now and then like him. Seeing Xu Ling's house slowly getting up, the villagers were also happy.
Some people heard that Xu Ling planned to pave the road with cobblestones. Sometimes when they saw beautiful pebbles on the road, they would pick them up and send them to Xu Ling's home.
Such a good life is simply outrageous, but there are pros and cons. Xu Ling couldn't find a chance to work in the space for several days. He could only calculate in his mind when the vegetables in the space would mature before going to Lingbao Town to sell them. vegetable.
But before going to Lingbao Town, he had to dig some lotus roots home and send them to Lingbao Town together. If he could sign a long-term agreement with the restaurant there, maybe Lianhuawanzi would have an easier winter this year.
