After death, I became the cannon fodder of the three protagonists

Chapter 44
On the way back to the small courtyard, the village head gave Su Mo the subsidy from the government, a total of two taels of silver.

The villagers are already repairing the roof of Chen Cihai's house, but there is no one around, the village head reminded in a low voice:

"The county magistrate learned that your family is orphaned and widowed, and the only house collapsed, he felt pity, and gave an extra tael of silver.

You keep it alive, if someone else asks, they will say it is a tael of silver. "

Su Mo understood, and the village chief's handwriting was probably indispensable.

"Thank you, village chief, I understand."

Chen Cihai's side was quickly fixed, but Su Mo's yard was in trouble. It collapsed like this and had to be rebuilt.

Rebuilding can't be done in a day or two, Su Mo gritted her teeth and asked them to help dig out furniture and other things.

Then he looked at the village chief with some embarrassment.

"You have also seen my situation. It will not work if it takes only ten days and half a month to rebuild. If you want to build a shed, you can do it if you can. I am afraid that the three children will catch the cold and get hot.

When I went to Huzhou Mansion this time, I also tried to earn some money. You can see if there is a spare yard in the village. I will rent it for a period of time and move back when the yard is completed. "

I had planned to repair the yard before, but I was so shy that I delayed it again and again. Now that it has collapsed like this, it is just time to rebuild a yard.

The village chief looked at Su Mo with a strange expression on his face.

"There is a yard, but it has not been repaired for a long time, and it has more or less collapsed this time, but your old house is still standing.

If you don't mind and are willing to move back, the money will still be at the original price. If the money is not enough, you can issue an IOU first. "

Su Mo was stunned for a moment, recalling in her mind.

Luoshan Village has a large population, and where there are people, there is business.

Some people are lucky, and after making a fortune, their family moves to the county town to settle down, and the yard in this country becomes vacant.

Some people's houses are dilapidated, or they have added children to their families, so they can't live in it, so they buy the unoccupied yard, and they can live in it with a little repair.

After all, it takes time and effort to rebuild a courtyard. Even an ordinary small courtyard made of yellow mud will cost seven or eight taels of silver for various expenses.

During the Yong Dynasty, the country was prosperous and the people were safe, so the price of goods was naturally not too high. Pork was about [-] Wen a catty, white rice was about [-] Wen a catty, salt and gold were more expensive, but under the control of the government, the highest was only [-] Wen a catty.

A tael of silver has great purchasing power for daily expenses.

If it is a self-sufficient family, the annual expenses of a family of four are only about four taels of silver.

Luoshan Village is special. Although they don't buy meat, they only buy rice and noodles, but because it is close to the sea, the annual house repairs, ship repairs, sea god sacrifices, etc. are miscellaneous. A family of four spends ten taels of silver a year.

This is also why the villagers in Luoshan Village can earn a lot of money by fishing, but they still live in a difficult life.

Whether it is time-consuming and laborious to spend seven or eight taels of silver to build a house, or the same seven or eight taels of silver to buy a house, you don't have to think about it and you know how to choose.

Originally, because he couldn't make ends meet, he had no choice but to sell the old house, and exchanged more than 20 taels of silver and this small courtyard.

The Gu family's old house is a brick and tile house, if it wasn't for the location, it would have been bought by those clan elders to live in.

But for Su Mo, that position couldn't be better.

The Gu family's old house, like this small courtyard, is close to the West Mountain. Strictly speaking, it is at the foot of the mountain.

Su Mo thought that at that time, the surrounding land could be turned over to grow vegetables and raise some chickens and ducks. It would be best to dig a small stream to flow down, take a section, and use bamboo to weave a fence to block it.

Raise a dozen or so freshwater fish, and touch some snails to scatter in the stream to raise. At that time, the food will be completely self-sufficient and save a lot of money.

Concentrating her thoughts, Su Mo decisively complied. Of course, there is no need for an IOU. She has money.

His eyes swept across the villagers who were helping to dig furniture, Su Mo was silent, hugged Gu Xingnian with his left hand, drew out his right hand to count, and said in a low voice:
"I don't want to hide it from you, this time I went to Huzhou Mansion and earned this amount.

So I plan to buy this yard directly, but my family is orphaned and widowed, and I am afraid that someone will take advantage of the money.

People's hearts are not old, who knows if someone will be jealous, murder and rob money, and hope you will do well, saying to the outside world that they bought it with an IOU. "

The village chief frowned, rubbed his crutches with his fingers, and said nothing.

When Su Mo saw this, he was a little uncertain. After thinking about it, he added another handful of firewood.

"I found the miscellaneous notes I told you about last time.

It's a pity that the store doesn't want to buy it.

I spent a long time talking about it, and finally persuaded the store to make it easier.

The shopkeeper borrowed me to browse for half a day, keeping all the improvement methods in my mind. "

She spoke as if panting, and said paragraphs, which made the village chief's face change back and forth, and finally he smiled angrily.

Acting both hard and soft, coercion and temptation, this Su family is worthy of being taught by a female teacher. He has been ignorant for many years, and his brain is still good.

"You've said it all, if I refuse, don't I know what's good or bad?"

The village chief straightened his back, so Su Mo could see the smile in his eyes, so he must have thought that the village chief was angry.

Su Mo smiled lightly, but didn't answer.

Instead, he said: "After the folks help dig out the furniture, I will take the three children to your house and settle down."

Listening to what his mother and the village chief's grandfather said, Gu Ping'an felt confused.

Gu Jinnian, on the other hand, had dim eyes, wondering what was going on in his mind.

Although the house collapsed, the cabinets and dressing table were not damaged, and the bamboo bed was fine, but the top of the canopy bed was smashed through, and a leg of the wash stand was broken.

The furniture was also stained with yellow mud, covering up the delicate patterns, making it look rustic.

The two iron pots on the kitchen side were also dug out, and the vat with rice noodles was also dug out without being broken.

In addition, several bamboo baskets were dug out, all of which Su Mo wove by himself.

The oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar in clay pots were not so lucky. The clay pots were broken, and the condiments were mixed in the soil, making it impossible to find them.

People who repaired the house voluntarily came to help, and they didn't accept money. Naturally, Su Mo wouldn't be so stupid as to be a leader at this time.

I thanked them in a friendly voice, watched them go, and silently remembered this feeling in my heart, thinking that when I moved to the old house, I would hold a banquet for two tables, saying it was to celebrate the joy of housewarming.

She really doesn't like to owe favors.

The villagers had almost left, and Gu Xingnian also woke up in Su Mo's arms.

It's just that she was frightened, and she was extremely dependent on Su Mo, holding her clothes tightly with both hands, refusing to let go no matter what.

Left and right Su Mo didn't intend to let the three children stay in the ruins. As for the furniture, as long as they were not careless, they would not move that kind of thought.

Su Mo hugged Gu Xingnian tightly, giving him a sense of security, and led Gu Ping'an and Gu Jinnian to the village chief's house.

The small courtyard was in ruins, so Su Mo converted it into silver and gave it to the village chief.

The village chief was a little reluctant to accept it at first. After all, the small courtyard of the Gu family collapsed because of a natural disaster.

Su Mo was not someone who wanted to take advantage of the moment, and his attitude was very tough. Seeing this, the village chief stopped talking and just followed what Su Mo said.

After paying the money, taking the deed and key, I went to the old house, and I must have a place to live tonight.

(End of this chapter)