There are mountains, rivers, and wolf kings

Chapter 49 Selling yourself to build a house?
In their eyes, the big house of Li Yulin's family is really magnificent. There is probably no house better than this in these ten miles and eight villages.

There were a lot of people coming, and the conversation was mixed. Many people were wondering where did Li Yulin get so much money to build a house?
"This house is really magnificent." A woman with a blue cloth scarf wrapped around her head said, her face couldn't hide her envy, and she was thinking about when one day she would be able to live in such a big house.

"No, my old man said, it costs at least six to seventy taels of silver to build this house! I've never seen so much silver." Another woman said.

"Hey, you don't know about that. I heard that Li Yulin found a good owner in the town, and the owner bought him with the money. Although he built a big house, he will be someone else's slave in the future!" Another mysterious Said.

"Is it true or not? Selling yourself for this house is too worthless! Although life is hard for us country people, we are free at any rate. If we sell it to others, we will not be able to be our own masters in the future!" Someone said with emotion!
"What you said is wrong. I heard that this Li Yulin hooked up with this widow who moved to our village sometime, so he got the money to build the house! The widow might have paid for the money! "

"Impossible... Where did this widow get so much money?"

"You don't know this. This widow is the concubine of a rich family. She did something wrong and came to our house to settle down. You said, the concubine of a rich family can save any money. Hundreds of thousands of taels? In our eyes, dozens of taels are nothing in the eyes of others. I heard that she committed a big crime of stealing people in a rich family. I guess the child she brought..." This person He couldn't help but said, as if what he had grasped was the absolute truth.

Hearing this, Li Haitang was so angry that she really wanted to go up and slap her a few times. This woman was too sloppy, and she looked like this was the truth.It's a big deal for one's own house to go to the beam today. This person should keep his mouth shut obediently when he comes to drink, instead of telling people to throw dirty water.

"Stop it, stop it..."

A sharp-eyed person saw Li Haitang approaching angrily, and hurriedly stopped the person who was describing it vividly.

The man didn't know why, and thought he was excited by what he heard.

Originally, he wanted to give her a big mouth, but Li Haitang is short, how could he hit an adult in the face?I had no choice but to pick up a wooden stick and hit the woman's waist hard.

"Ouch," a pig-killing voice yelled, and the excited woman howled, "Oh my god, it hurts me to death, who doesn't have eyes!"

"Aunt Yang, what's the matter with you? Just now I heard a stray dog ​​barking here. I was afraid of disturbing everyone's interest. Why don't you take a stick and come over to have a look." Li Haitang said sweetly.

Hearing this, the man immediately realized that Li Haitang was referring to him as the mutt. He was about to refute, but then he realized that as soon as he opened his mouth, he had confirmed the matter of the mutt. He could only smile awkwardly and say: " Haitang, you're blind, there are only a few aunts talking here."

Li Haitang nodded, thoughtfully: "I misread it? Aunts, if you see it, you have to avoid it. I heard that because this mutt is flying around, it will usually be full of hair. It was covered with mangy, and eventually became a mangy dog, disgusting and stinky!" As he spoke, he covered his nose and slapped it cooperatively.

"you you!"

"What's wrong with me? Aunt Yang, why is your face so pale? Are you sick? Or are you scared by a mangy dog?" Li Haitang continued to ask with a smile, with a harmless expression on his face, and his words were thoughtful.

The women who were here to listen to her talk quietly left, no one was still here, they always felt that the little girl Haitang meant something.

After all, the woman didn't say anything, and left in a hurry, not even caring about drinking.

Li Haitang knew this person, she was the daughter of Li Dani's old aunt, Li Haitang didn't think she said these things for no reason.I'm afraid Li Dani's credit is indispensable behind this. Taking advantage of the time when the beam is on the beam to add trouble to others, this kind of thinking is really vicious!
Mrs. Yang left in disgrace, and Li Haitang didn't have time to pursue it at the moment. It's about to be an auspicious time, and it's time to worship the heavens and worship the ancestors.The chicken, duck, fish, and raw pork that had been prepared earlier were put on the table. Li Yulin and another bricklayer took spirits and sprinkled them to worship the sky.

After worshiping heaven and earth, the girder that had been tied up with ropes was slowly dropped to the roof of the main house amidst the carpenter's auspicious words.

"Congratulations to the Lord for building a new house. Let me talk about the selection of pillars and beams. Wooden dragons are born on high mountains, and you are king when they grow in high mountains. The thick ones are used for the central pillars, and the straight ones are used for beams. The size and length do not need to be measured, and the square and round dimensions are correct. quite."

The carpenter finished his auspicious words, and the beam was firmly supported.

The bricklayer and the carpenter climbed onto the girder one after another, put a five-grain picking bag in the middle of the girder, and covered it with a red cloth. In the middle of the main beam, a pre-prepared red cloth bag containing five grains hung down, implying the five grains of the owner. Harvest.After everything was done, this person sat down by one end of the girder, one in the east and the other in the west.

Li Haitang was very excited about this scene. In her previous life, when she was a child, she wandered around the countryside. Whenever there was a beam, she would feast on it. Rich people still have to throw red envelopes. If you are lucky, if you grab a few red envelopes, it will be money.

Although today is the home of the beam, but with the principle of not letting the fat and water flow into the fields of outsiders, how much can be robbed!Small pancakes of cornmeal, and copper coins one by one, as much as you can grab!Li Dongmei and Li Dongsheng had already received Li Haitang's order, and even Gu Yongjia changed into coarse clothes and mixed in the crowd to get ready.

"Throw it here, throw it here." The voices one after another, no matter whether they can grab it or not, they are all shouting at the top of their throats.

Li Haitang is small and nimble, plus she has many times of experience in snatching pastries. Just look at her scurrying in the direction of the carpenter and bricklayer throwing things. The cloth bag hanging around her neck filled a lot of things in a short while. up.Did any children who snatched it look at her pitifully, but she also pretended not to see it, joking, this is the fruit of her own labor!

The things that are thrown are limited, mainly because the countryside is too poor, who is willing to throw everything out like this?Throw some meaning, just for fun.

It's the grown-ups' business to go on. Dad said in the morning that he doesn't have to do anything today, just eat and drink well.

"Haitang, you are really good, you have robbed so much." Zhao Xiaohua looked at Li Haitang enviously, and then looked at a small cornmeal pancake in her hand. Zhao Xiaohua felt that Li Haitang was brave.

"It's amazing. I've been quick with my hands since I was a child. It's become a habit. If I can grab more Dongsheng Dongmei, I can eat more! I'm so poor." Li Haitang said with a smile.

Zhao Xiaohua gave her a blank look: "Girls, please be gentle."

Li Haitang was noncommittal, smiled, and turned to look for Li Dongsheng and Li Dongmei.

(End of this chapter)