It is not too difficult for twelve or thirteen men in their prime to build a yard. In less than ten days, the house Xu Ling planned has been built in a decent way.
There was no steel and concrete at this time, so building a house relied entirely on wood and stone. Even if Xu Ling wanted to build a flower, it was a bit difficult.
Therefore, the appearance of the house is not much different from other buildings here. Xu Ling only put some thought into the layout of the courtyard.
The first is how many rooms there are in the home.
Xu Ling said there should be eight rooms. The Xu family has one room, Xu Ping and Xu An each have one room, and Old Man Fan has one room. He and Gu You need one room. The kitchen and utility room are a set of buildings, let’s just count them as one room. There is also a water room and a room for storing food. .
At first, everyone thought that eight rooms was too much and a waste of money. Mrs. Xu said: "I will marry a wife in the future and live in one room by myself. No matter how old An An is, she will get married. What kind of room do you need? Sleep with me." That’s it.”
Xu Ling watched his sister wilting. He pulled her to his side and scolded his mother with a frown: "Mom, what are you talking about? How old is An An? It's still too early to get married. She will get married in the future. This is her home too! If she wants to come back, she can come back!"
It was the first time that Xu Ling spoke to Mrs. Xu in such a serious tone. Mrs. Xu was stunned.
Li Cuicui came out to smooth things over and said with a smile: "Xu Ling, like Daliang, is good to his sister. Doesn't our family also have a room for my sister-in-law? When the little girl grows up, it's time for her to have her own boudoir."
Xu's face didn't look good, and she muttered: "Don't I want to save you money?"
Xu Ping, a fool, shouted: "Mom, don't build it for me, Xu An and I will sleep in the same room!"
Xu Ling immediately slapped his second brother on the back of the head.
"What nonsense are you talking about? You two are in a room."
He had wanted to separate the two children for a long time. They were both thirteen years old and still sleeping in the same room. It was not important to be poor in the past, but it was time to be careful now.
Xu An took his elder brother's hand and hid behind him, making faces at Xu Ping.
Xu Ping pouted his mouth like a pot of oil. Isn't it true that he was obedient?
So the matter of how many rooms to build was settled.
Then there is the structure of the yard. The whole building faces south and is not completely square. There is an aisle at the entrance, and there is a room on the right hand side of the aisle, where Fan Shiqing lives.
Xu Ling will be away from home all day. Although he is a wife, he should avoid getting into trouble with the women at home.
He took the initiative to find Xu Ling and asked him to arrange for him to stay in the front yard.
Xu Ling arranged this room for Fan Shiqing. Now that the main structure has been completed, all that is left is to paste the wall joints and soft decoration.
After exiting the corridor, there is a large courtyard with no buildings on the left. Xu Ling plans to dig a well and open a small garden in this area to grow vegetables, flowers and fruit trees. On the right are the utility room, kitchen suite, water room, and ventilation corridor. From then on there were three terraced houses.
The east wing is Xu's house, and behind it is the family's granary.
In the middle is the hall for entertaining guests, where the family eats and relaxes. The west wing is the study room of the family, where the children of the family will study and learn.
Xu Ling did not choose a formal building structure. The main purpose was to live with a large family. No matter how close they were, he wanted to have his own living space.
So from the study room, a path was opened diagonally to the left, and you could reach the residence where he and Gu Tuo lived. This is a two-story wooden building structure with a room for them to rest, Gu Tuo's embroidery building, and a room for storing clothes.
There is a fire pit below, where you can sit and warm up in the winter. It is equivalent to a reception hall, and there are two small bedrooms for children to rest when they grow up.
The residence of Xu Ping and Xu An is also a two-story wooden building. The upper part is Xu An's boudoir, and the lower part lives Xu Ping. Although the layout of the house is different from other families, it is overall symmetrical and harmonious.
This can be considered a bit of Xu Ling's ingenuity.
Other one-story buildings are easy to build, but these two two-story wooden buildings cost a lot of money. They must be built entirely with wood and have mortise and tenon joint structures. Xu Ling also has a lot of experience. The wood is pieced together like building blocks, and the overall structure is extremely strong.
Xu Linggai's new house was very strange to the villagers. Many people came to the house to find out how much it cost. Some people came with their hands full and could help move wood or work on it for a while.
Xu Ling also found that it was not possible to have his hands free while chatting with the villagers.
He didn't want to lie to the villagers, telling them that the cost of building a new house from head to toe should be no less than sixty taels.
Sixty taels!
People in the village were talking about it to the heavens.
"Has this boy from the Xu family changed his gender? He was still sneaking around a few months ago. How come he made so much money after just a few months away!"
"Well, Xu Linglan is lazy, bad and a little bad, but he is smart! He is also willing to endure hardships. He told me that when he was doing business outside, his boss got drunk, and he encountered Jiang bandits from time to time! If you dare to risk your life, this You can definitely make money too!”
"Forget it, why should I go out and suffer that kind of trouble? We don't know how to do business, we don't have the brains!"
Some of the men were interested, while others were waiting and watching. Many of them came to Xu Ling's door and wanted to make friends with him. Even if they didn't let him make a fortune with him, it would be good to hear what was going on outside.
Most of the women's discussions revolved around Gu You. They all originally sympathized with Gu You, but now they lamented that her life was getting better.
"If Xu Ling had such a mind before, wouldn't he have married a wife long ago?"
"Gu You also suffered all the hardships in the first two years. Now it's time to enjoy the blessings. She deserves this. Which one of you wants to marry a bastard like Xu Ling?"
"Haha, no one wanted to marry him originally, but now, it's hard to say."
"The two sisters of the Gu family are really lucky. One is married to a scholar, and the other is married to someone who can make money. I originally thought that God was not discerning, but I didn't expect that good times are yet to come!"
Gu Yao hasn't been out much these days. She is pregnant with Zhao Zhen's child. Zhao Zhen is the heart of the Zhao family. This is Zhao Zhen's first child. Even with her, the mother is more valuable than the child. Whatever the Zhao family wants, Give her nothing.
Although the sister-in-law in the family often looks at Gu Yao with displeasure, she has never touched the spring water since she married into the Zhao family. Zhao Zhen likes her and dotes on her. The elders in the family also say that she is good at taking care of others. As long as Zhao Zhen is taken care of, She was taken care of, and she didn't need to worry about anything else.
Gu Yao took it seriously and only surrounded Zhao Zhen all day long.
She has a beautiful appearance, but she is not as thin-skinned as a real little girl. She can do everything in the boudoir, and she can play with Zhao Zhen, a young man who doesn't understand anything.
Zhao Zhen loves her, and her parents-in-law protect her. Now that Gu Yao has a child again, she doesn't pay much attention to Gu You's affairs. She only heard that Xu Ling went out to do business to make money, and she still sneered in her heart. What ability can that bastard make money?
Who knew that Xu Ling's story of making a lot of money to build a new house was flying around the village like wings. Gu Yao also heard about it from the Zhao family.
Xu Ling actually has this ability? Why didn't she see it in her previous life?
At this time, Gu Yao concluded in her heart that Xu Ling, the bastard, had been reborn just like her.
But according to that person's habits, he didn't come to her door to settle a score with her. What's going on?
