Chapter 7 Preparing to Build a House
Deng and her two daughters huddled together on the floor in a room, and the door was simply hung with a piece of cloth as a curtain.

There are no nails on the door to hang the curtain, but there are gaps everywhere on the earth wall. I broke two wooden sticks and inserted them into the door frames on both sides, and tied the cloth on the wooden sticks. It's all done!
Zhao Xiang and Hu Ling led Zhao Lin to make a shop on the floor in the main room and guard the gate.

Hu Ling originally asked Zhao Xiang and his son to go to sleep in another room, so he could just guard the door.

Where is Zhao Xiang willing?
Hu Ling can follow this road, the Zhao family already owes the Hu family a debt of gratitude, how can Hu Ling be treated and wronged by the current people?

Along the way, including getting a foothold here, whether there is a young man in the family to support the front, it is definitely different.

The whole family slept soundly.

With something in her heart, Zhao Liya woke up not long after dawn.

As soon as she moved, the others got up when they heard the movement.

There are still two packs of snacks in the baggage, and there is still water in the two teapots and water bags. Yesterday, when I borrowed the stove from Widow Qu’s home to cook porridge, I also boiled some tea and filled them up.

It's not cold today, and you can drink it cold.

After simply eating something, Zhao Liya warned: "Father, mother, you are at home, don't go anywhere."

Zhao Xiang smiled and said: "Don't worry, your parents are not so confused, and they are not so easy to bully. This person is not familiar with the place, so you should be careful when you go out."

"Well, we will!"

Zhao Liya and Hu Ling left without further delay.

In order to facilitate the monitoring and management of the government, Yan Village is not too far away from the county seat. The two of them were lucky. On the way, they encountered a bullock cart entering the city from elsewhere. They spent a few pennies on the car and arrived in Gaolian County in less than an hour and a half. .

After entering the city, Zhao Liya asked Shang Hu Ling to sit down in an old-looking teahouse in the downtown area, and ordered a relatively expensive pot of tea and three snacks.

When she and Hu Ling came out of the teahouse, they had already inquired with the teahouse staff where they could buy bricks, tiles, wood and furniture at a reasonable price, and where they could hire strong and willing workers.

This season is not the peak period for building houses, so bricks, tiles and wood are relatively easy to buy, and the price is also very suitable. The brick kilns and tile kilns are very close, so I bought things in one trip. They are in stock and can be delivered to Yanzhou tomorrow. village.

Originally, Zhao Liya was worried that the local people would be jealous of Yancun. Hearing that they were from Yancun, they would deliberately charge high prices or refuse to deliver the goods, but the other party just took a second look at them.

Zhao Liya was secretly relieved.

What Zhao Liya didn't know was that the local folk customs were tough, regardless of gender.What happened to Yancun?Does Yancun dare to buy things without giving money?If anyone dares to keep it, they will be beaten until their parents can't recognize it!

As long as there is money to make, it doesn't matter where it is from?
All the building materials have been settled, and by the way, the doors, windows and furniture have been ordered. This is only a deposit, and the carpenter will come to measure the size later.

Zhao Liya planned to build a brick house and a high courtyard wall. Such a large number of people needed a lot of rooms. They wanted to live comfortably and spaciously, and even more bricks, tiles and wood materials. The total cost was nearly 30 taels of silver.

Hu Ling felt distressed, but Zhao Liya thought it was worth it.

After a lot of work, it was already noon.

The sun hangs high in the sky, sweat is flowing, and the throat is about to smoke.

Zhao Liya wiped off her sweat and said with a smile: "Let's go eat first, take a rest by the way, then find a tea shop to fill up the water bag, and then hire someone."

Hu Ling smiled and nodded: "Okay, Aya, you are the master!"

Lingnan does not produce wheat, and Lingnan people do not eat noodles. There are no places selling noodles, dumplings, sesame cakes, steamed buns, etc. on the streets, only rice noodles, rice, and porridge.

Except for Zhao Liya, none of the family was used to rice noodles. After entering the Lingnan area on the exile, it was fine to eat rice noodles once or twice.

Zhao Liya took Hu Ling to a restaurant with a relatively simple appearance and presumably a relatively simple price.

Hu Ling was a little hesitant, and stood still at the door of the restaurant: "Why don't we eat rice noodles."

Rice noodles are cheap.

Zhao Liya smiled and said: "Eat, you will be strong when you are full! By the way, I will pack two good dishes and go back to my parents, Xiang'er, and Lin'er. Brother, I have told you many times, nothing is as important as your body! The body is the capital of everything!"

Hearing what she said, Hu Ling didn't object. He scratched his head, "Hey!", and smiled: "Okay, anyway, it's Aya, you are right!"

Zhao Liya "Puchi!" smiled: "May I look at that dish?"

"Row!"

Zhao Liya ordered a dish of dried small river fish fried with soybeans, a dish of stuffed bean curd with leek minced meat and shiitake mushrooms, a dish of fried bamboo shoots, and two servings of rice.

They are all local and easy-to-get ingredients, not expensive, plentiful, and delicious.

The shopkeeper was nimble, and quickly fried half of the prefabricated dishes, and soon brought them to the table with a smile, "Take it easy, you two, the dried small fish and the stuffed tofu made by ourselves are delicious. eat!"

Zhao Liya smiled and nodded: "Yeah, it smells so good, it must taste even better!"

The shopkeeper laughed and gave her a thumbs up: "You have vision!"

Both of them spoke vernacular, and Zhao Liya's accent was not so authentic, but there was no hindrance to communicating with the shopkeeper.

This made Hu Ling envious.

After they entered Lingnan all the way, the number of vernacular speakers gradually increased. If they want to live here in the future, they have to learn it on their own initiative.But no one learned as fast as Zhao Liya.

For example, now, Hu Ling can half understand, but Zhao Liya can already easily communicate with others.

The rice is very fragrant, and the dishes are really fragrant and delicious. The two of them ate a good meal. Zhao Liya ordered a roasted chicken nuggets with black bean sauce, fried river prawns with leeks, and steamed pork belly with flour. They were wrapped in layers of yellow paper. Carefully put it in the pannier that I just bought, and put it on the back of the Hu collar.

The locals are very simple and kind, each dish has ample portion and the price is very reasonable.

"Let's go to inquire about labor now, hire people, and they will be able to work tomorrow! Let's hire more people and try to build the house as soon as possible."

"Row!"

Hu Ling was refreshed and full of anticipation.

The man-made market is in the west of the city. It is the busiest in the morning. Countless idlers waiting for part-time jobs are waiting here. Whenever there are housekeepers, shopkeepers, and foremen who appear, they will swarm around them, rushing to sell themselves. .

In the afternoon, it was obviously much deserted here, and many people were sitting lazily leaning against the wall, as if they had no bones.Either in a daze, or dozing off, or whispering gossip with acquaintances.

Zhao Liya and Hu Ling walked past, and eyes fell on them with a little curiosity, inquiry, or indifference, but judging from their appearance, they didn't seem to be able to afford short-term labor, they were probably competitors, so they They all looked back.

(End of this chapter)

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