Xu Yinyin thought about it carefully and thought it seemed pretty good.
The most important thing was that when she got together with Dong Qinghua and other young sisters the next day, she asked about it.
The county lord is an official equivalent to the third rank. Generally, only the princess and the daughter of the princess can be named the county lord.
There were only three county heads in the current dynasty, and they were all members of the clan. There was no precedent for a commoner's daughter to be granted the title of county head.
How could she, a commoner woman, be given the title of county head so easily when there were those stubborn old ministers in the court?
So Xu Yinyin felt that this was really impossible. If she hit her head, she would still be unconscious for three days. Just think about it.
She didn't take it to heart. It was enough if she could take this heating pack and brush her face in front of the emperor. At most, she would be happy if the emperor rewarded her with another two hundred taels of gold.
Mr. Lin sent a letter, saying that the shops in the south are almost ready, and the caravan has been established to some extent. It is estimated that by the end of the year, a large amount of goods will be purchased.
Xu Yinyin discussed with Old Man Xu that it was time to expand the workshop.
The current workshop is built behind the Zhou family, diagonally behind their yard. If it needs to be expanded, there is no room further back, so it can only go to the front.
It would not be neat to choose a place to build another one, so we have to occupy the front house.
Old Man Xu and Xu Yinyin returned to the village together and discussed with Old Man Zhou, "Our two houses have to be moved to the front of the village. The open space there is enough to build two large yards. Brother, I will give you ten taels of silver for your yard."
You bought it, what do you think?"
Old man Zhou first looked at the open space where he entered the village. The land faced the sun and it was indeed a good place to build a house. It was bright and spacious.
When he turned around, he rolled his eyes at Old Man Xu, "His uncle, what you said is so outrageous. You want to pay ten taels for such a shabby house? You are probably trying to scare me to death.
This house was built with the help of the government. We don’t have to pay a penny for it. How can we ask for your money? I just moved all the belongings inside and pushed it out together!"
Old Man Xu had his own account. He knew that he would not ask for money, so he had already prepared it. "If it's not that person, can I just let you push it? A thatched house is also a house, isn't it?"
We are not outsiders, and I won’t be polite to you, big brother. I must have pushed for this yard of yours. You don’t want the money, so forget it. I bought the land in front of the village. Your name is written on the two acres of land.
In addition, when you build a house, I will be responsible for building you three rooms. If I push you away three rooms, I will give you three rooms back. If you don’t want this, then I will be angry?"
Old man Zhou's eyes widened, he opened his mouth again and again, and finally muttered, "Isn't it just that I still gave him money? What's the difference?"
Even if you buy that land as a homestead, it costs five taels of silver per acre.
Not giving money, but giving land deeds, and building three houses, isn't that the same thing? He still took advantage.
Old man Zhou was also convinced, but looking at his brother-in-law's serious expression, he knew his temper. If he still whined and refused, he would really be angry.
At that moment, he still took the land deed and said, "Sure, you said so, how about I not accept it?"
Seeing that he accepted it, old man Xu smiled.
He also knew how much money his uncle's family could save. He estimated that it would be almost enough to build a house, but it would not be possible if he had to add the money to buy land.
His family wanted to expand their workshop, which occupied the good yard where they lived, forcing them to build a new house. After all, he only lost a piece of land, and they had to spend a lot of money to rebuild the house.
Old man Xu said: "I thought that after this house is built, it will be the ancestral home. It will be passed down to the next generation, so I will just build a brick house. Yinyin drew a drawing, and I think it is quite good.
Okay, I plan to build it like this, brother, what do you think?"
He said and handed over the drawing.
Old man Zhou is illiterate, but he can still read pictures and is not a fool.
He saw that the house on the drawing seemed to be standing on top. The drawing really looked like a real house. He couldn't help but praise Xu Yinyin for a while before taking a closer look.
There is only a gate to enter, and there is a large courtyard in the middle. Then the left, right and the side opposite the gate are all the same layout, with three big houses at the beginning, followed by three more houses, separated by a small courtyard.
Yes, the small courtyard can be used for growing vegetables, flowers, etc. The courtyard in the middle is also quite spacious for hosting banquets.
As he watched, Old Man Xu was also telling him, "There are exactly three buildings built like this, so my three sons can live close to each other. It is convenient and spacious."
Old man Zhou listened and saw it clearly, and he liked it very much. He also had three sons, and they lived in separate houses, not separate families. It was a good idea to have them in this way, and they were close to each other.
"This is good, but..."
Old man Zhou's expression became hesitant. Even if his brother-in-law gave him three rooms, the family's money might not be enough to build it like this.
Old man Xu knew what he was hesitating about, and immediately said: "Brother, are you worried that bricks and tiles are too expensive? That's nothing. What I was about to tell you, I'll leave it in the city. I know the owner of a brick and tile kiln.
I'm familiar with it. He promised me that as long as I buy bricks and tiles, he can give me cheaper ones. The more I buy, the cheaper. I can also pull the bricks and tiles first and then settle the bill. We will see when the time comes. If you don't have enough money, brother, I will
Let me lend you some more."
When Old Man Zhou heard that it was cheaper and he could borrow money, he felt a lot relieved. He smiled sheepishly and said, "His uncle, then I am taking advantage of you."
"Why are you taking advantage? I'm afraid you won't repay the money you borrowed? A lot of people in your family are working in the workshop, so you can repay the money quickly!"
Old Man Xu waved his hands and didn't take it to heart, "Then let's talk about it. I have already contacted two teams of masons in the city. I will hire some handymen and we can start the work. I will find the bricks and tiles."
It was sent to me by someone, brother, just leave it in the village and focus on building the house. We can start tomorrow. If it is built early, we will try to spend the New Year in the new house!"
Old man Zhou felt very excited when he heard this, so he told the whole family about it that night.
Their family has not yet been divided. All the money earned will be kept by each house for himself, and the remaining half will be given to him as expenses for the household.
After receiving the wages for the ten months this year, Old Zhou already has twenty taels of silver in his hands alone, and he still has some in each house.
To build this house, everyone needs to live in it, so of course they have to work together, and the daughters-in-law are also in harmony, so they immediately handed over all the money in their hands, and started building the house first. After the house was built, the money would be saved later.
that is.
Old man Zhou estimated that the forty taels of silver was about the same.
There shouldn't be any need to borrow money from my brother-in-law. Once the construction is completed, I will receive wages again, and it may be enough to buy some household items by then.