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The strong laborers who were busy in the new house greeted Xu Youliang and Dali one after another.

"Second, is that your brother-in-law? Why haven't I seen it before?"

"Yes, Uncle, he doesn't come here often, the road is too far away, he only comes every two years.

Dali, you have to be called Uncle Cao, have you heard of the four surnames in our village?Uncle Cao is one of them.

Thanks to Uncle Cao who has been guarding this large room.Without Uncle Cao, it would be impossible to build so fast, it all depends on him. "

Dali really knows that the surname Cao is the head of the family: "I heard that the uncles and brothers together have more than a hundred families. It is rare that they are not separated. It is said in other villages that none of the children born below are lost. In this ten-mile Hachimura is really a big family."

Dali's words are the greatest compliment to the head of the family.

Because every family looks similar in food, clothing, housing and transportation these days. They all eat bran and swallow vegetables and wear patched clothes.

But it can support more than a hundred people, and the children here are weak and sick from birth, and they can still be raised. None of them are thrown away by the shovel head, which fully represents the prosperity of the Cao family.The fact that the Cao family is not separated also shows that they are very united.

And holding a group is also a kind of strength. It depends on brothers when father and son fight tigers.

That's what the locals say.

Uncle Cao happily put tiles on the roof: "In the future, I will walk around more often, this time I will help you brother-in-law for a while, right? Come tomorrow after you finish your work, let me have a drink."

"Okay, thank you uncle."

Xu Youliang grabbed his brother-in-law again and introduced Wang Yusheng: "This is brother Yusheng. He grew up with my brother since he was a baby with naked legs. When my brother was around, they were better than me."

Wang Yusheng smiled and patted Dali on the shoulder and said, "My boy, this is really a serious in-law visit. Look at the next few houses that have relatives to help, and my aunt's real relatives have finally come."

Wang Yusheng's sigh was true. The five families who bought wasteland to build houses alone, since the rainy and windy day, many relatives have come to the village one after another to ask if they can help.Because everyone knows that Erdaohe guards the river and is busy building houses.

Like his family, his father-in-law came with his uncle and brother-in-law carrying all the rations.His relatives from other villages of Wang's cousins ​​are also in place.

For example, a few girls and uncles who were married out of the Wan family also came, and when they entered the village, they pulled their necks and shouted: "Father-in-law, are you okay at home?"

Even a handsome man, a son-in-law who came to the house, who was still clamoring for divorce a few days ago, was able to call two marginal relatives and said that he only needed to help the handsome man with the food, and then the handsome man would be responsible for cooking and adding extra food. Do collective work in the village.

Not to mention Uncle Lizheng's house.

Uncle Li Zheng's younger brother and his family were dragged into the village by Liu Jingdong's bullock cart as soon as they arrived in the town to help Aunt Pepper harvest autumn cabbage.In this season, regardless of whether you are a student or someone else who is so awesome, you have to go back to your hometown to collect cabbage first.

So there was really only the Xu family who bought a large piece of wasteland to build a house alone, and no one came to lend a hand.

If it hadn't been for the wind and rain, Capt. Zhao in the town was worried about the Xu family. He specially sent his men to the village to ask, only to find that the roof of the Xu family's new house had been lifted. They helped buy tiles and hired people to deliver two cars. However, if Wang Yusheng was to tell the truth, the Xu family had only relied on the second and fourth brothers to support them in the past few days, which really seemed weak.

But living in the village, no matter what kind of work you have to do, it is all manual, and you live like a human being. If there are few people and no one stretches out their hands, they will look pitiful.

Although the foundation and frame plastering of the walls are all done together, but for such a large house as the Xu family, just repairing the roof is enough for a few days.

A few days ago, Wang Yusheng had no choice but to put down his stall and came to help Xu Youyin with work.

Dali felt a little regretful after listening to it. It seems that he came late, and he would have brought Er Li a long time ago.

Dali was smart, and he didn't even think about asking Xu's parents why no one came from the other side of the room.

He didn't come, there was a reason for the appointment, he just wanted to help his brother-in-law.He looked at the window frames stacked together and didn't even bother to install them. There was indeed a lot of work.

And compared to Xu's second child who pretended to be a little calmer, as a brother-in-law, he had to look like the boss, Xu's fourth child, Xu Youyin, was obviously more enthusiastic about Dali.

Seeing someone, he grabbed Dali's arm and said:
"Brother Dali, come here, my second brother can't understand what's going on in the house, so I'll show you around. Second brother, go to the backyard and help my sister-in-law measure the size of the mule pen."

He also did not forget to send people to do some work.

Xu Youyin had a black and thin face like a mud monkey, and he laughed and grabbed Dali's arm and said, "No, I went wrong, that's not our house, that's Brother Yusheng's house. It's not our house any further, it's Mei's house." Sister Zhuang’s house. Which one do you guess is the rest? That’s right, the four houses in the middle are the most luxurious! On the right side of our house is a large house under the name of Uncle Li Zheng. Our house has the best location.”

Second Xu glared at his younger brother, telling him to keep a low profile.

In addition to the large new house owned by Uncle Li Zheng's house, it is already eye-catching to buy just these few houses in the village, and they always show off the fuss of their houses.

Speaking of buying wasteland in advance to build a house alone, in fact, no one from the Wang family, the Wan family, and the Meizhuang family spoke in advance.I didn't dare to say much at that time.

But they couldn't stop the three families from hearing that the Xu family and Liu Laozhu had made a move and bought a large piece of wasteland for no reason. They just gritted their teeth and didn't ask what they were going to do.

That's it, now that the news from the mutual market comes, there are a few powerful companies in the village who can only laugh angrily even if they are jealous, who made them not have that courage at the beginning.

But now that I want to buy it again, let alone the ambiguous attitude of the government, the land price here will increase several times.

I heard that other villages are also staring at it, and they all want to come here to buy land and build houses.Because even if the price is increased, it is much cheaper than the shops in the town.

If you want to do business in the town and divide the streets, you can only buy a small house in a busy market for more than a hundred taels, and the prices of shops in the market will also increase, but here you can build more than a dozen houses and rent them out. .

Xu Youyin didn't care. Such a big house stood there, and he couldn't hide it. Instead, he pretended to be low-key in front of the villagers and said that it would be hypocritical to build a big house if it was worthless and unhappy.

What's more, whose house is that?That was the home of his own mother, Hao Xianghua.

Hao Xianghua is born to occupy the middle, who dares to speak sour words!

If you really have something to say, then wait for his mother to come back, anyway, he doesn't dare to provoke others.The aunts and aunts in the village are all amazing.

This side vigorously found something strange: "Your new houses are all next to each other, isn't it a single family house?"

Xu Youyin explained that it was two different things from housing. On the day when the caravan came to eat, no matter how capable they were, they couldn't accommodate just one family, so they simply built them together from the very beginning.And the wall is next to the wall, isn't it cost-effective and warm.

"The mules and cattle pens, including the backyard, are also in a row like the houses. We only buy houses separately, and the backyards of each house will be separated in the middle like a pigpen. The rest even have thatched roofs. Etc. After finishing all the work inside the house, there will be a large collective fence around the four sides." That is a big job, and I can't take care of it right now.

When Dali approached and saw the four big houses of the Xu family, he was full of surprise.

Recently, people in their village always said that his sister really married into a wealthy family this time, and that it was all nonsense to say that she was not blessed.Because the Xu family was so poor before, if you look at it now, it can only show that his sister is lucky in life, and the poor family can live well.And there are some people whose in-laws were well-to-do before, but they got worse and worse after they married.

Every time Dali heard these words, he didn't take them seriously.On the one hand, he knew that the house and the foundation money were all left to his daughter by his brother-in-law, otherwise how would his sister and his brother-in-law have money?On the other hand, to be honest, he is always thinking about what kind of house can be built on the wasteland?It's nothing more than a few thatched huts.

But at this time, I saw with my own eyes that the Xu family's house was obviously richer and richer than other houses. Wherever it looked like a yellow mud thatched house, there were blue bricks on the outer wall.Why is it so beautiful, it is completely different from what I imagined.

"Bricks cost a lot of money, right?" Dali didn't mean to ask for privacy, but he couldn't help but marvel.

Xu Youyin really took Dali as his own family.

Although his sister-in-law is always "mean" to him and has not prepared delicious food for him since his mother left, Youyin knows that this is the first time that his sister-in-law has taken over the management of things when his mother is not at home. He is afraid that the management will fail and disappoints his mother, and he wishes he could go back and give it back to his mother completely. .

Besides, sister-in-law didn't eat well either?
Then as the house became more and more expensive, and in the later stage, the expenses for buying fish were spent by the sister-in-law. Yu Qinniang was more stressed than the two brothers, so she really tightened her belt to live.

Yu Qinniang, the sister-in-law, didn't say anything.

So Xu Youyin didn't want to hide it from his sister-in-law's younger brother, and told the truth as if he was his own family:
"Don't mention it, at first our family budgeted two to three taels for bricks. Later, as the building was not enough, we bought several batches one after another.

This is the case with building a house. I always think that this should not be dealt with, and that should not be dealt with. Otherwise, it will be more troublesome to add it after moving in. Why not smash the wall and dismantle it?
Just like this, going back and forth until the end to collect accounts, it cost almost five taels of silver for only brick money. "

Xu Youyin didn't know the exact number.

At that time, Mrs. Xu hadn't left yet, so he only calculated in his heart and never asked carefully.

The only thing Xu Youyin wanted to ask out of curiosity was how much money his elder brother had left, and it was definitely not the amount that his mother told him to bury the tree.

He's not a fool. Does he not understand the finer bills? Does he not understand the gross bills?
In those days when my mother didn't leave, she added bricks, beams, timber, silver, and miscellaneous things. Every day, his mother took out some copper coins from her pocket to subsidize the house like squeezing blood from her fingertips. , You said it was strange or not.

This old lady must be hiding her mind from her brothers.Okay, let’s hide it. I know I want to leave it to your granddaughter, so why not give it to your granddaughter after earning money later?The little old lady was careful.Sometimes Xu Jiasan couldn't help laughing when talking about this in private.

At this time, Xu Youyin sighed after finishing speaking: "After the strong wind, I didn't pay any money. I owe Dashan brother two taels and I don't know what to do. I heard that it was because I didn't pay my salary last month, so I gave it to my family. Waqian. We can only wait for my mother and the others to discuss it when they get home, and see who of our three brothers goes out to earn money and pay back the debt."

It stands to reason that these words should make Dali's mood sink, that's called famine.

A few taels is like the tens of thousands of yuan in modern times. Here, farmers can't afford enough to eat by farming. How can they pay for the famine with so much money?
But when Dali walked into the middle room, he didn't know what to say or not to say.

It's really impossible to represent Xu Jiala's suffering from the famine, because he looks too rich.

It seems that owing the famine is more like... self-inflicted.This is too eye-catching.It was many times more decent than the restaurants he had seen in the town.

Just looking at the design of the middle room, the door is facing a long counter.

Xu Youyin said that half of the place is where his mother receives cash, and the other half is where his niece and uncle Lang Zhong sell medicine together.The guests pass by here after eating, and if necessary, they check out together, buy and leave. At present, there is a shortage of medicine cabinets that have not been finished.

Regarding this cabinet, Guan Ertu said too much, but he has to pay for the wood, money and food for hiring someone to open the cabinet. He will also take Xu Tianxin to learn how to recognize and grasp medicine, and then he will be tied with Xu Jiatianxin to stand in front of the counter and make a fortune. .It's just that the wood is still not in place.

Every time I ask when will it be given?So that Xu Laoer can lead the people in the village who are good at carpentry to open the cabinets quickly.

Guan Ertu said, "Wait for your mother to come back, so why not?"

On this side, Xu Youyin pointed to the left and right walls and introduced:
"At that time, there will be things hanging in these two places. For example, the shoes you asked your aunt to make will be displayed on the display. I will ask my aunt to make more, and people will wear them after they buy them. My mother said, if everything goes well." , We have a lot of snow here, a caravan will buy all the shoes when they are wet and change them. Think about it, the heat can take off your clothes, and you can’t bear it when you are impatient, and you can’t stand it, and you can’t save money. Buy it. There are pipes made by my second brother in coir raincoats, anyway, anyone in the village who knows how to do handicrafts will hang them here."

Dali was very touched that even Xu Youyin missed his family.

But he didn't have time to be polite, he touched the round tables vigorously and said, "There is a pot in the middle of the big table, and there are not wooden stools and chairs beside the table, but seats made of bricks?" Made of yellow mud and bricks.

It is set up in a half circle, with two sides facing each other, and there are horizontal ones inside. A table can seat twelve or three people, and the fish stewed dishes are stewed in the lively ground clamp pot.

Xu Youyin said: "Otherwise, can I spend more money on bricks? Just spend it on it. Throw a pine tree tower directly under the table to make a fire. If you don't burn firewood, or bury it, the vegetables in the middle pot are almost stewed, and the seats under their buttocks will burn." It’s like a heated kang, it’s all hot, including the partitions of the tables where their backs are leaning against, which is also made of a fluted wall, and it’s hot even if they lean against it.”

And like this, there are a total of ten large tables in two rows in this room, six tables have been placed with stone pots, and four embarrassing ones are still empty.

In Mrs. Xu's words, it's not that our family can't afford a pot, but that if those tables want to eat stir-fried vegetables, they come with more than ten dishes in one go, and they don't want to eat stewed fish, stewed chicken, stewed goose, etc. stewed in iron pots.In that case, the middle stick pot is even more in the way.

In short, at first glance, this room is used to entertain the big shopkeepers in the caravan and the like.

The big shopkeeper can afford to order expensive dishes individually, and can decide whether to buy medicine, shoes and souvenirs before leaving.

This is why the special products are displayed in this room, so that those who can make a decision can't do without seeing them.You can sell while chatting.It is also the only place in Erdaohe Village on this side of the wasteland that can entertain distinguished guests.

There is no need to be modest, cooking skills do not allow low-key, only the Xu family can entertain distinguished guests with good food and drink, these are the original words of Liu Laozhu flattering Mrs. Xu.

And the supporting facilities for the caravan shopkeepers are next to this room, and the next room is used to store goods.The Xu family was stunned to build a big house for stockpiling.For example, if you come to sell jewelry, they will specify that they will unload the car, and let their own people lock the door and guard the shift for meals.Having an empty room to store important goods is also a point that can compete with the shops in the town to retain customers.

Xu Youyin introduced vigorously: "In the room where the goods are piled up now, apart from my brother and your brother-in-law's unfinished wooden table, there are two large kangs. At that time, I thought that if the kangs were not piled up, people could live in them."

Dali said with admiration in his eyes: "If you don't worry, you can still live here with me and your belongings, even the accommodation fee is charged."

"Yes, but if the caravan really lives, my mother said that this side can only accommodate a limited number of people, unless each family in the village has vacant rooms to entertain. This is incomparable with the inns and restaurants in the town. I will study it later. Let’s go, I’ll show you the other two big rooms, the ground floor kang, those two rooms are where you eat big pot rice, there’s no cooking or fume, just cooking.”

Like noodles, dumplings, wontons, buns, porridge.

"Sell grass seed porridge?"

"Not for sale, my mother said to go high-end, and let the villagers cook the grass seed porridge in other houses."