After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the masonry workers were all in place, and the place became even more lively.

Knowing that they wanted to build the entire village, Yaren found them the largest group of bricklayers in the county, with more than sixty bricklayers in total.

In addition, the strong labor force of the Fang family will also help, adding up to a hundred or so people!

Starting from the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the green bricks saved for ten days are enough to last a few days.

Anyway, I am still shipping here every day.

The green bricks are delivered once and settled once, not all at once. I don’t know how much will be used in the end, and the estimated quantity may not be reliable.

Moreover, the green bricks cannot be fired at once, and transporting five trucks per day is already the limit. After all, it is not only their family, but also orders from others.

Several leading stewards among the craftsmen came over to inquire about the construction method of the Fang family's house.

After hearing their descriptions, they were all surprised.

Unexpectedly, this family is so old that every family has to build a brick house!

They originally thought that they would just build the patriarch's home and ancestral hall, and at most add clan schools.

The purpose of hiring so many craftsmen is to speed up the process so that it can be completed within a month.

Most of the villages here are like this. The tribesmen and villagers live in stone thatched houses. The only brick house is where the clan leader lives, and then there is the ancestral hall.

Of course, there are also private schools built with bricks and tiles in wealthy villages, but after all, they are in the minority.

Unless there is a wealthy family in the village that has ready-made scholars to teach, private schools will be established. Otherwise, they will be in the town. There are more people in the town, so more students can be admitted, and the environment is better.

But now they actually heard from the head of the Fang family that brick and tile houses would be built for all clan members, and the yards would be the same size.

The ancestral hall was left to the end, because the location of the ancestral hall had to be selected by a professional Feng Shui master, and they found a famous carpenter in the county to carve a shrine to hold the ancestor's tablet.

A large shrine requires exquisite carvings and complicated patterns, which cannot be carved in a short time.

The houses are built together, and there is no need to tell whose house it belongs to, since the layout is the same.

It will be allocated by the clan leader at that time.

It is built relatively close to the waterhole, so it will be convenient to get water in the future.

There are two rows built in total, with twenty yards in each row. Households are allocated as units. Those with a large number of people can live in two yards, and those with separate families can also be assigned to one yard.

Unsatisfied with living here, Fang Yunping calculated and found that he could still afford a few more apartments. No.

It will grow after the next generation has spoken, and there will be no need to build a separate house when you marry a wife and separate the family.

Of course, it cannot be said that they are always close to the water pool. After all, the water pool is in a corner, unlike a well that can be surrounded in the middle of the village.

So we had to go far and near, and when the time comes, allocate the nearby yards to the lonely families who have no strong labor at home, or those who have mobility difficulties in the family. In this way, they can come to fetch water themselves, saving the need for help from others.

As for those who are young and strong, or who plan to separate their families and live on their own, they will be allocated a place slightly further away from the water pool and closer to the entrance of the village.

This way, if something happens, the young people can still be vigilant and protect their clansmen.

Every two courtyards in two rows of houses will have an aisle in the middle. At least it can accommodate an oxcart. After collecting food, you will use an oxcart to pull it home. You don't have to go far to get water.

After the cowshed, they also need to build it properly. It is impossible for the cows to live in such a straw shed all the time.

Although it's not as cold here as in the north, it can snow and freeze cows to death.

But the winter wasn't very warm either, so they were lucky enough to avoid freezing rain and sunshine these days.

That night, several large fires were burned every day, so I didn't feel unbearable.

They lit a fire near the cowshed at night. The temperature during the day was fine, but at night it was dark and cold, which was actually quite difficult.

I heard from the bricklayers that the house must be built as quickly as possible, preferably before summer comes, otherwise the construction will have to stop during the rainy season.

During the rainy season here, it rains every day, every hour, and lasts for dozens of days.

Not only are the craftsmen unable to work, but the houses built in the rain are also unlivable. In the future, there will be heavy humidity, making living in them uncomfortable and weak.

Only then did everyone in the Fang family know that there is still a rainy season in the south.

It keeps raining, even if the sky is sunny, it will be sunny for a while every day, and there is no time to dry the clothes. If it is more uncomfortable in the south, the water vapor in the house will be heavier, and the quilt will squeeze out water.

Everyone shuddered when they thought of that situation.

At the same time, Pan Huo Kang's determination became stronger.

There were some young people who thought that after coming to the south, they no longer wanted to sleep on a heated bed and wanted to try the feeling of a wooden or bamboo bed, but now they have given up this idea.

If it really doesn't work, prepare a hot bed in one room and a bed in another room. If you don't want to sleep on the hot bed, just sleep on the bed.

In winter and the rainy season, it is better to sleep in a fire pit. Even if it is a bit hotter, at least it will dry out the quilt.

It is said that people here have moisture in their bodies, and they have to eat a lot of spicy food to get rid of it, otherwise they will develop large wet pimples on their bodies.

Fortunately, they haven't grown out yet, but I know it won't be easy.

The men are even more enthusiastic about building houses during the construction period. Women not only boil water and cook for the builders, but also occasionally help.

The younger children were looked after by the elders, while the elder children couldn't sit still and took the couple and Xiao Ling away into the nearby mountains and forests.

They have also learned the snake repelling formula. Even if it is spring and snakes come out for a walk, they are not afraid.

They have all tried it, letting the little spirits fly in the sky. If they see a snake, they will run there and recite it. Then they find that the snake slips away quickly, but it will not go too far.

It will stop when it is two feet away.

Then if they step forward and recite the mantra, the snake will continue to crawl forward or stop two feet away.

So they determined that as long as they recited the snake-repelling formula, they could keep the snake at least two feet away.

As long as snakes don't enter their bodies, they are not afraid of being bitten, and they are safe.

The children came up with a trick. They lined up and chanted a mantra before and after each, and changed it from time to time, so that the snake would never get close.

Then the remaining people dug wild vegetables and spring bamboo shoots from the mountains.

That's right, it's spring now, and the bamboo shoots have come out. It also rains occasionally at night, and there are a lot of mushrooms appearing on the mountains.

The masons were also very surprised that after so many days of building the house, it had not been watered by rain. This is God's mercy!

If it rains, they have no choice but to stop working. It's fine if it rains lightly, but if it rains heavily, they won't be able to work at all and can only stop working and rest.

And they have been working here for more than a month, and they haven't even experienced a single rain during the day!

But it’s not raining here. They go home to sleep at night. When they come back during the day, they find that the bricks of the houses on the ground are wet, which means it rained at night.

This is amazing.

And this allowed everyone in the Fang family to thank the gods again, and the good news also received some golden light of merit.

This time we got even more than usual, because the more than sixty masons listened to the Fang family's stories about their experiences along the way, and they also worshiped the gods in their hearts.

When working, if they encounter a brick thrown and fail to catch it, almost hitting their hands and feet, they will thank the gods for their blessing in their hearts.

In this way, the good news will gain the golden light of merit again.

As for why? Of course it was because Jiayin used his spiritual consciousness to help with the matter of not hitting the brick.

If it weren't for her, the brick would not only hit the hand, but also hit the head of the person below.
Chapter completed!