Chapter 679: Evacuate a room
Humph, didn't Zheng Wenting's boy just throw 20 taels of silver to the village chief to get the village chief to agree to sell the piglet to him?
This time, he also threw twenty taels of silver to the village chief, but he didn't believe it. The servant of the prince of Prince Anjun couldn't compare to the servant of Zheng Wenting, the richest man in the world?
Isn’t it just money?
Humph, he has money too.
His master has a lot of money.
No less than Zheng Wenting.
Shengdi shook his head and walked out of the village chief's yard.
When he left, the village chief didn't notice. He stared at the banknote in his hand tightly and couldn't bear to look away. After confirming that the banknote in his hand was twenty taels of silver, he was so excited that the corners of his mouth were filled with excitement. It almost reaches the base of the ear.
Oh my god, it's been raining for the past two days, and a few Gods of Wealth actually came down with another twenty taels of silver. This... this is enough for his family to spend three or four years.
Oh my god.
Is this the God of Wealth from that way?
The village chief's heart was so excited that it almost jumped into his throat.
His face was red and he was in high spirits. He hurriedly went in and asked his wife, son, grandson and daughter to move the place for others. His family moved the two lower rooms where clutter was piled, and gave up the two main rooms and the two side rooms. come out.
At first, his daughter-in-law and daughter were a little unhappy.
"Dad, just move the two main rooms out, why do we need to move the side rooms." His daughter pouted, with a look of displeasure on her face.
Because she lived in the wing room, she lived in one room, and her second brother and nephew lived in another room.
There are two main rooms, one for the village chief and his wife, and one for his son and his daughter-in-law.
In addition, there is a hall, and meals are also eaten in the hall.
Opposite the wing is the kitchen, and next to the kitchen are two utility rooms, one of which is filled with sorghum and rice.
The other room was filled with farm tools and sundries, as well as potatoes, sweet potatoes, Chinese cabbage, pumpkins and other winter vegetables.
It's mid-October now. This is the season when the farmer's grain has just been collected at home. The two utility rooms are filled with grain that the family will need to eat for a year.
The sorghum rice was still on the ears, and before they had time to knock it off, it was piled up in half of the house. Looking at the house full of grain, his son and daughter-in-law were worried, "Dad, how and where are we going to sleep in this house?" Ah, there’s no room here, there’s not even a bed.”
The village chief looked worried.
But, twenty taels of silver.
Not to mention sleeping in the utility room, even if he didn't sleep, he would do it.
He thought for a moment and then said, "Boss, I think you have smoothed the tassels, put on two old quilts, and just made do with the tassels for a few days."
"Those people are just here to take shelter from the rain for a few days. When the rain stops, they will leave naturally and won't let you suffer for a few days."
The village chief said.
His daughter-in-law's face grew long, and his eldest son grimaced and agreed, "This is the only way."
Then, he asked curiously, "Dad, how much money was given to you to free up several rooms and let us sleep in utility rooms." "Don't worry, no matter how much money was given, you will also have a share of yours." When the second brother gets a wife, I will keep some for your sister, and the rest will be divided among your brothers.”
The eyes of the eldest son and his wife brightened up, and they looked at each other. The eldest son looked shy and tried to please the village chief, "Dad, is that a lot?"
"How much, it belongs to our whole family. I will plan this money, so you two don't have to worry about it. In short, your family will not suffer any loss." The village chief said with a smile.
I received a total of forty taels of silver, which was certainly a lot.
In their village, if you have five taels of silver, you can marry a daughter-in-law into a house. Three or four taels of silver is enough to prepare for your daughter's dowry. The rest, he keeps a few taels of silver with him and 20 taels of silver. The extra two taels of silver are just enough for his two sons, each of them has 10 taels of silver.
Or, build two new houses first. The second brother is now old enough to marry a wife, and his new house should be prepared. In the past, because he didn’t have enough money on hand, he planned to marry off his daughter first and then marry his younger daughter-in-law. This way , the house where the daughter lived was vacated, leaving it for the second son to marry a wife.
Now we have money. Twenty taels of silver can build two main houses. It just so happens that when the two sons separate, they will have more houses.
There are also grandchildren. In the future, he will have more grandchildren...
The village chief made careful plans in his mind, and his eldest son and daughter-in-law were happy. They hurriedly packed things, smoothed the tassels in the utility room, moved the quilt on the bed to the tassels, and tried to lie down on it. They were quite soft. And, it is much better than laying a floor.
When the village chief's daughter saw it, she became jealous and said, "Brother and sister-in-law, I want to sleep in this room, and you go and sleep next door."
On the ground next door, there were piles of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and cabbage. There was no room for paving. Moreover, the ground was full of dirt and bugs, so she didn't want to sleep on the ground.
The ears are quite warm and not hard, so they look good.
The village chief's daughter hugged her quilt and spread it next to the quilt of her elder brother and sister-in-law. No matter what they said, they could not drive her away.
The second child heard the muttering and came over to take a look. When he saw several quilts laid out, he shamelessly wanted to sleep here.
And he didn't even take the quilt, he lay directly on the boss's quilt.
The boss and his wife are still up there.
My sister-in-law is here and my brother-in-law is lying down. Is this ridiculous?
The eldest daughter-in-law quickly got up and ran out, her face turned red with anger.
It was the village chief who heard the sound of horse hooves at the door and suddenly woke up from his sweet dream. He rushed into the utility room and scolded the second son, "Use a few boards to build a wooden bed, and we can fool around for a few nights." That’s it.”
Then he looked at his daughter, finally unwilling to let her suffer with him, he said, "This room will be for their wives. Goudan is young and will sleep here, and the three of us will go there." Sleep on a wooden bed.”
This is quite reasonable.
The eldest brother lost his temper, and the second son did not dare to make trouble anymore, because a large and luxurious carriage stopped at the entrance of the yard.
The village chief quickly ordered his two sons, saying, "The nobles are here, hurry up and clear out the house first, and then build the wooden bed later."
Then, he raised a smile and hurriedly greeted him.
Under the warm welcome of the village chief, Xia Zihan and Chu Jingqi walked into the yard. The yard was tidy and tidy. It was not big and well regulated. Against the gate of the yard wall was a firewood room without a door. Inside Piles of straw and chopped firewood. The top of the firewood was covered with straw to avoid getting wet from the rain, and the top of the straw was also covered with a thick layer of woven straw curtains, so the straw below was dry so it didn't get wet.
Then there is a small vegetable field. There are no vegetables in the vegetable field. It may be because it is cold, so the vegetables have been dug out. After walking through the vegetable field, I saw two side rooms. There are also several small rooms opposite, one is the kitchen. The chimney on the roof is still smoking, and dinner must be cooking.
She seemed to smell the fragrance of sorghum rice.
(End of chapter)