Mountain People

    Gu Erniu originally sat quietly beside the audience, until Gu Mingde decided to build a brick house, and finally he became uneasy, screaming and jumping, jumping three feet high.

    "This monkey, I wonder how long he can pretend to be, but I didn't expect it to be broken all of a sudden." Zhao ruthlessly exposed Gu Erniu's old bottom, Gu Erniu didn't either. Angry, but still smiling.

    "Since our family is going to build a house, why don't you buy a piece of land in our village and get a house? It's not easy to get in and out of the mountains, and there are no people, so come and go, We always have to worry for a long time, afraid of what happens on the road."

    Gu Mingde sincerely hopes that Gu Shuixiu and his wife will move to the village to live in the village, take care of each other, and make life easier.

    Gu Shuixiu knew that Gu Mingde was kind, but the couple had other plans. Besides, the entire Cuizhu Mountain belonged to them, so it was unrealistic to say that they would move out.

    "Dad, you and your mother's kindness is in our hearts. It's just that we have finally built the house now. I really don't have this plan. , it just so happens that you haven't been there, how about letting you play?"

    "Okay, okay, let's go." Gu Erniu was too happy to find the north.

    "No hurry, I'll talk about this after the spring ploughing." Gu Mingde naturally wanted to see Gu Shuixiu's living environment, but it was still far away from the spring ploughing, so he didn't dare to give the two of them a ticket.

    The couple stayed at Gu's house for one night, only to find out the next morning that the sky was terribly gloomy and the frost was thicker.

    "Daddy, we'll be going back later, looking at the weather, it might snow tonight or tomorrow, and it won't be easy to go after the snowy mountain road, I still have me at home Big sister and two children, we can't stay too long."

    Zhao knew that the married daughter couldn't help but went into the kitchen to pack a large bag of food and put it in their basket.

    "Here are the pancakes I just baked in the morning. I'll save them to eat on the road, don't go hungry. In addition, this jar is pickled vegetables that were just pickled this year. If there are no fresh vegetables in winter, you can Eat soon."

    The Zhao family was reluctant to leave Gu Shuixiu and his wife, so they went all the way to the entrance of the village before heading back.

    One or two villagers looked at Zhao with envy when they saw it. If they had such a daughter and son-in-law, they would certainly do the same.

    Dong Chenghu led Gu Shuixiu to knock on the door.

    Hao was very happy to see the couple, and hurriedly welcomed them into the house and closed the door, pouring a cup of hot water for them.

    "You guys just came back from Caozi Village? Are you ready to eat?"

    Gu Shuixiu quickly grabbed Mrs. Hao, "Don't be troublesome, Auntie, our house is not too far from your place, this is not to go back to my mother's house to give some New Year's gifts, see the weather is not right, hurry up came back."

    Qin Chuan chuckled: "It's so dark today, I thought it was just dawn when I woke up, but my mother said it was almost noon."

    "You are blaming the weather by yourself!" Hao looked at Qin Chuan angrily.

    Qin Chuan stuck his tongue out and didn't plan to bother with Hao.

    Uncle Qin stared at the cold wind and entered the room. Seeing Dong Chenghu and his wife grinning, they said lovingly, "I just came back from the Yue family! Let's eat here today, I I just went to check the traps, just caught a litter of hares, and have dinner tonight."

    Uncle Qin couldn't help but keep the couple's meal for the couple, Dong Chenghu smiled helplessly, Gu Shuixiu simply took out the pancake that Zhao gave.

    "Auntie, warm up these pancakes too, and make less at night."

    Hao saw that it was a pancake, with a surprised smile on his face, "Yo, this is incredible, even if it's cold, you can still smell the fragrance, you wait, I'll heat it up. "

    Hao was busy in the kitchen, and Gu Shuixiu was not good at sitting in the room, so she simply went to help Hao.

    Leaving Dong Chenghu to speak with Uncle Qin.

    "Chenghu, Qin Shan got 30 taels of silver from your generous help. Uncle plans to build a brick house in the spring of next year, so that he can marry a wife. Uncle has no other intentions, just wants to let him Help me do the math, how much money would it cost to build a brick-and-mortar house?

    Now Dong Chenghu is in a dilemma. They build their houses from local materials, and they don't spend much money at all. How can he estimate the price at this moment?

    "Uncle, wait, I'll call Shuixiu over, she knows better than me about building a house."

    Gu Shuixiu was chatting with Hao in the kitchen when Dong Chenghu took her to the main room.

    Dong Chenghu conveyed the meaning of Uncle Qin, and looked at Gu Shuixiu with a curious expression.

    Gu Shuixiu thought for a while before she said, "Uncle, you and auntie are not outsiders, so I won't hide it from you. It stands to reason that we should build a two-story brick house that is smaller than ours. It would cost about seven or eight taels of silver, and if a high wall was built around it, it would cost about ten taels.

    We are in the deep mountains, this high fence is necessary for safety.

    But the problem now is that the blue bricks can only be bought in the town, and the cost of transporting the blue bricks to this deep mountain is higher than that of the bricks, which is not cost-effective.

    The bricks we used to build the house were all fired in our own kiln, so it can be said that it was built without a single copper plate. "

    Uncle Qin looked at Gu Shuixiu and Dong Chenghu in shock.

    "You burn it yourself? My darling, if you have this skill, you don't have to hunt. You can support your family by burning bricks, and maybe you can make a lot of money!"

    Gu Shuixiu smiled lightly and shook her head, "Uncle should have also noticed that the bricks we burned are not the same color as the bricks in the town."

    Uncle Qin nodded, "I've seen it. The bricks you burn are stronger and harder than the blue bricks in the town, and are more suitable for building houses in the mountains."

    "This has something to do with the raw materials of the bricks, which are only found in the mountains, so it is impossible for us to make a living with this stuff."

    Uncle Qin knew it was a secret when he heard it, and he didn't ask any further.

    "So, can Uncle buy bricks from you? Uncle is not a loss to you, you can tell me how much money." Uncle Qin looked businesslike.

    Gu Shuixiu naturally knew that it was hard to refuse. If they didn't help, the Qin family would not have to think about building a brick house.

     "Uncle, do you think this is successful? We will give you 70% of the price of bricks in the town, and we will use it to make up for the silver money for tiger hunting."

    Uncle Qin shook his head, "No, no, so you are at a loss, the quality of the bricks you burn is so good, the price must be much more expensive than the blue bricks, it is not bad that you confiscated more expensive, We can't take advantage of you, we will give it to you at the price of blue bricks."