Chapter 132 Su Chunlin enters the city
The fields had another good harvest. Shen Mu sold all the high-yielding grains at home and got one hundred and eighty taels. He then went to the town to buy old grains, which saved a lot of money.
The whole family worked hard for more than half a month, and finally finished their work and sat in the yard talking while it was still dark.
Huang Xinghua calculated the accounts and happily said to Shen Mu and Mrs. Chen: "I think our family can buy an acre of wasteland next door and start building a house. We will try to complete the house in the next two years and then we can marry the big dog." ”
Shen Dagou blushed and said, "Mom and dad, I have earned more than five taels this year, so you don't need to spend money to help me find a wife."
"Hahaha" the three adults laughed together.
Mrs. Chen said with a look of longing, "Okay! From now on, you will pay half of the money you earn to your family, and you will save the remaining half."
Although this is a bit unfair to her younger siblings, the eldest grandson and granddaughter were born the earliest and had the hardest time. Now that the family situation is much better, she also wants to make up for the two children as much as possible.
Huang Xinghua looked at Chenxiang, "Your mother said so, you must keep your dowry in the future."
Chenxiang looked up in surprise and quickly thanked her.
After the autumn harvest, the villagers who were supposed to rest had some extra money in their pockets, either thinking about getting married or planning to buy fields and build houses.
The threshold of village chief Shen Ying's home was almost broken by the villagers.
Under this situation, no one was still looking at Shen Yi's family.
Shen Yi took the opportunity to continue building a house, and completed the house next door in just half a month.
The two-acre yard is a huge space and is divided into two parts. The inner part is a two-entry yard that can accommodate people. The outer part is a spacious yard and three rows of houses on three sides. It looks like a thatched shed and does not look like it is inhabited. The place can be used as a workshop or to raise livestock.
Some villagers passed by and took a look inside. When they saw the house, they became more and more certain that Shen Yi wanted to raise pigs. Word spread that the yard next door to their house had really become a pigsty.
However, there were still some people gossiping behind his back, scolding Shen Yi for being a prodigal. A pigsty was actually better maintained than a house for people to live in. Who could be so miserable?
Many villagers held their breath and wanted to compete with the pigs, but they gritted their teeth and built large yards.
Shen Yi didn't know any of these things. At this moment, he was busy preparing to go to bed.
Mounting a beam was not a simple job, and he didn't want too many villagers to know about the situation at home, so he had to go to Dongmen Village to ask Su Chunlin and others for help.
Only when he arrived did he realize that Su Chunlin's family had just finished harvesting their food.
The whole family was so tired that they seemed to have shed layers of skin, and each one looked like a refugee.
"Father-in-law and mother-in-law?"
Facing Shen Yi's shock, Su Chunlin smiled like a fool, danced and said, "Son-in-law, guess how much grain our family has sold this year?"
Shen Yi raised his eyebrows, silently calculated an account in his mind, and said tentatively: "Two thousand six hundred taels?"
Su Chunlin's eyes widened immediately and his mouth opened wide, "You are too good! You guessed so accurately! This time, five of our family members were too busy to go to the fields, so we paid seven people for help to get the fields in time. The crops are harvested.
It's hard work, but with money in our pocket, we feel at ease, right? How's it going over there? "
Shen Yi smiled and said: "It's not as good as my father-in-law's side, but everything goes well. No, I bought another two acres of land next door, built a yard, and am preparing to install beams. I don't want to make any noise in the village, but I just want my father-in-law to He Yongnian came over to help me. It would be better if I could find two more people." Although Su Chunlin was puzzled, it didn't stop him from being happy. He immediately called Su Zhan over and said, "I'll go to your brother-in-law's house with me to help with the work later. By the way, call the three brothers from the Ye family, it’s easy to do things with many people.”
After Su Zhan went out, Su Chunlin explained to Shen Yi: "Ye An and his three brothers also made a lot of money this year, but since the two got married, they have completely separated. The youngest one will get married next year, and now all of them have If you work hard to make money, let them help you and give you some wages, they will definitely be happy. "
Shen Yi nodded and asked casually about the Ke family, "Father-in-law, will uncle come to sell sheep again this year?"
Su Chunlin's eyes brightened, "What's wrong? A pair of sheep in your family is not enough?"
Shen Yi twitched his lips and said: "Those two sheep are also old. I plan to sell them to the butcher and buy two more ewes and four rams. There are a lot of people working at home, so I will provide some sheep for everyone in the future." I need to drink milk, and I will give birth to a baby at the end of next month. I need to eat something good during the confinement period, and I need to prepare one for the Chinese New Year, which is not too much.”
Su Chunlin agreed, "I'll take care of this matter, and I'll make sure it's handled properly for you, but before that I have to go to the county town to see Yunyun, otherwise I won't be able to talk to Xiao Tai and her uncle if they ask me. "
At this moment, he already had a rough plan in mind.
That day, Su Chunlin and a group of people followed Shen Yi to Shenjiazhuang.
With so many people coming, Su Taishao had to prepare a table of good wine and food to entertain them.
Before dawn the next day, a group of people went to work next door.
The wood for the beams had been prepared a long time ago. Shen Yi went to the mountain to cut it. He left it to dry in the backyard for a long time and applied several layers of protective varnish. It looked like a good material for the beams.
Su Chunlin praised him very much. According to the division of labor, everyone worked together to install the main beams of each room. Shen Yi was putting cement behind them, making it difficult to be noticed.
So many houses have been finished with beams, and it's almost dark.
The remaining wood will need to be installed over the next two days.
Su Chunlin wanted to help Shen Yi do the rest of the work, but Shen Yi persuaded him to leave.
As soon as they left, Su Tai immediately ran into time and space and spent 10,000 virtual coins to buy a batch of tiles.
After Shen Yi delivers the goods every day, he will spend most of the day putting up the tiles. The speed is slow at first, but as he gets familiar with it, the speed immediately becomes much faster.
While the young couple was busy, Su Chunlin also took some wheat, peanuts and soybeans to the county seat.
As before, he first went to the back door of Bai Mansion to find Awang.
Awang still remembered him and asked Su Chunlin to wait in the side room without asking anything.
After a while, Su Chunsen, Wanshi and Suchuan came over one after another.
Su Chunlin exchanged greetings with them and hurriedly took out a bag each of the wheat, peanuts and soybeans he had brought. "The autumn harvest is over, and I have a lot of free time at home. I can just tinker with the rest slowly. No, I just have time." Come and see you."
Wan was worried, with a warm smile on her face, and asked: "Where is Xiaoyu? How is Xiaoyu's mother-in-law's family doing this year? Is the harvest okay? We couldn't go back to see her when she gave birth, or did she I only found out after my son-in-law came here to announce the good news."
Su Chunlin said hurriedly: "Everything is fine with Xiaoyu. Sister-in-law, don't worry. Their family has had a bumper harvest this year and they have made a lot of money. They have no worries about food and clothing. You don't know, but her son is quite chubby! He is only half a year old. It was difficult for me to hold her, but everyone laughed when I looked at her. She looked just like the doll in the New Year paintings, which was very lovable.
Su Sheng named the child Su Yongzhang. I heard that he got the name from a scholar in the town who was illiterate. The name was quite pleasant. ”