PFC Chapter 230
Chapter 230
Aunt Wu disagreed and insisted on keeping the things. She said with a deliberately stern face, "How can that be possible? You bought chickens for your sister Honghong to take care of her business, and you gave her seeds to grow watermelons to sell. I feel bad for giving you such a small amount. Take it now!"
Zhong Ruyi wanted to say something but Aunt Wu dropped her things and ran away, soon even her trace disappeared.
Liu Yu Niang laughed, "Little sister, since Hong Hong has asked Aunt Wu to bring it to you, you should accept it. You don't know how much money the villagers made from selling these water melons. Not to mention other families, even Wang Laizi has hired someone to repair his house. There are also several other families who have used the money from selling water melons to marry their sons."
"Who? Who's getting married with a new bride?" Zhong Ruyi's attention was immediately diverted.
"My cousin's youngest son, Zhong Dabao, got married last month, and my cousin's aunt even sent four pounds of pork to our home."
"Oh." Zhong Ruyi nodded and said nothing more. She put the two kilograms of brown sugar into the kitchen. She had no use for the remaining piece of cloth, which was light yellow in color.
She didn't know how to sew, and such a large piece of cloth would be wasted in her hands, so she asked Li Guihua to cut it into two pieces and give half to each of them.
Li Guihua was so happy that she got a piece of cloth for free and had already thought about what to do with it.
The two sisters-in-law had thought about what they were going to make, and when they took them out and looked at them after they were done, they both smiled.
Li Guihua made bellybands for everyone in the family, including the unborn baby in Liu Yu Niang's belly. Now that the weather is hot, it is perfect for wearing them when sleeping at night.
Liu Yu Niang made a set of clothes for Tiedan and the baby in her belly. She still remembered that the last time Tiedan wet the bed, she had to wash several clothes and had nothing to wear, so she took her bird for a walk all day.
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The issue of the homestead has been settled. Chen Dongzhi acted quickly. He found the village chief and bought the land. He also asked someone to transport the bricks and tiles back.
It was not until then that the villagers knew that he was going to build a new house, and everyone started talking about it.
"The boy from the Chen family is a hardworking man. Now he has married a capable girl from the Zhong family. His life will be prosperous in the future!"
"They haven't gotten married yet, don't talk about it so early, it would be bad if something happens."
"I don't know when the date will be. Have you asked Mrs. Wang?"
Mrs. Wang was the matchmaker invited by the Chen family to propose marriage. She was the one who facilitated the most good marriages in the surrounding villages.
"I asked, and they said they looked at three dates: one in two months, one at the end of the year, and one at the beginning of next spring. The Zhong family chose the one at the end of the year."
"That's still a few months away, and the wedding banquet is still to come."
No matter who builds a house in the village, the villagers will go to help.
Chen Dongzhi had already agreed with the young and middle-aged men in the village that they would pay him 80 cents a day, including one meal.
After the bricks were delivered, we chose a date and started construction.
However, Zhong Ruyi didn't have time to go and see, so Chen Dongzhi had to come over to ask which side should be kept as the kitchen and which side should be left empty as a warehouse.
She didn't have any big ideas, but seeing Chen Dongzhi's serious expression, she said, "Then I'll go back home tonight and think about it, and I'll tell you tomorrow."
After thinking about it all night, she drew the layout she wanted on paper.
The layout is somewhat similar to that of a siheyuan, with the main hall in the middle and rooms, kitchens and warehouses on the left and right sides.
As soon as the master got the blueprint, he hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Okay, do you want to use blue bricks for the exterior wall? I think we can just mix mud and sand with stones, and the cost won't be too high."
If blue bricks were also used for the exterior walls, it would be a considerable expense, and the master wanted him to save as much as possible.
Chen Dongzhi was not short of money. He had nearly one thousand taels of savings. This house was to be used for a long time. Since he had enough money, he would naturally use the best of it.
"Okay! Just do it according to what's written on the paper!" The master said nothing more and led the villagers to work enthusiastically.
When Zhong Ruyi is free, she will cook a pot of mung bean soup for them to cool down. Sometimes when she is not free, she will ask Cuicui to deliver it. The Jiang Rong sisters have already returned to the convenience store.
Aunt Zhao was invited to cook lunch every day. She was paid twenty cents a day and was very happy with it.
Just two days after the start of work, Chen Dongzhi had to go out on a escort mission. This time he would be away for ten days to half a month. He asked Mr. Zhong and Boss Zhong to supervise the house matters.
In fact, he didn't need to say it, Father Zhong and the Zhong family came more diligently than him. From the start of work in the morning, Father Zhong was always among the first few to arrive, if not the first.
The villagers had already picked all the watermelons, but the Zhong family would still bring a couple of watermelons over from time to time to quench their thirst.
It was either watermelon or mung bean soup, and fifty cents a day included a meal. The young people in the village worked very hard.
After more than a dozen people and more than a dozen days of hard work, the house took shape.
Zhong Ruyi didn't even have time to go there to raise the beams, as it was his father and eldest brother who were busy.
Last time, Mrs. Yu ordered pork jerky and meat floss. She thought that since a month had passed and there was no movement in the Yu Mansion, she thought that they must be difficult to sell outside.
But unexpectedly, just the day before yesterday, Mrs. Yu suddenly came to the village. Seeing her sitting leisurely under the grape trellis to enjoy the cool, she rolled her eyes in disappointment.
"You seem to be in a leisurely mood. I have been looking for you for a whole day and went to both of your stores but I didn't see you."
Zhong Ruyi quickly poured her some tea and asked Madam Yu to sit down. "What's wrong?"
Mrs. Yu drank a sip of tea leisurely. She looked anxious just now, but now she kept silent.
After waiting for her to finish her cup of hot tea, Zhong Ruyi finally waited for her to speak.
"The pork jerky and pork floss I bought from you earlier are all gone, and I want to make another batch."
Oh, so that's why.
Zhong Ruyi relaxed and even had the leisure to touch Yu Yunhe's head.
Mrs. Yu could be slow herself, but when she saw others being so slow, she got angry. "I came all the way here, and you won't agree to my request?"
"It's not that I don't agree, but how much do you want, ma'am? Or is it the same as last time?" Zhong Ruyi didn't think the matter was serious at this time.
She blinked and didn't react until Mrs. Yu said a number.
"How many did you say?"
Mrs. Yu was very patient. "The chili sauce is 800, the pork floss is 500, and the pork jerky? That's 500 too!"
Zhong Ruyi was shocked. "Why do you need so many? Can you sell them all at once?"
There were so many things. If Sun Tao were here, she would cry to death after hearing them. After that month, she said her hands were so sore that she couldn't even lift her chopsticks.
Madam Yu told her about the situation of the people from their family who had gone out to do business this month.
"I didn't intend to go to Jinzhou, I just happened to pass by. Who knew that the people there loved chili sauce so much that the dozen or so cans of chili sauce I brought were all sold out. Their people even wanted to follow me back to Yunzhou, saying they wanted to buy a large quantity of chili sauce. The weather there is cold and damp, and the locals love spicy food. Pork jerky and meat floss are also selling very well."
"How is it? Should we make more? There's not enough to sell. I went to your store this morning and there were a few cans of chili sauce left, and I bought them all."