Chapter 191 From now on, you will be my big brother
Shu Mingzhi held his face and smiled uglier than crying, "Pull some straw...am I not even worthy of having a quilt?"
"The kitchen floor is so dirty. Why don't you wash the quilt if it gets dirty?" Mrs. Shu gave him a disgusted look.
At this time, Yuan Nianyun interrupted with a blushing face: "Auntie, why don't I sleep in the kitchen? I..."
"No, you sleep on the bed, and I'll make the floor. I love making the floor the most!" Shu Mingzhi interrupted her quickly, "When I was fleeing from the famine, I made the floor every day. Don't tell me, I really miss you after not sleeping for a long time."
As he spoke, he yawned and stretched, "Ah~ I feel a little sleepy. Mom, do you have anything else to say? If nothing else, I'll go to the kitchen to make a bed."
Old Mrs. Shu said: "One last thing, tomorrow Mingxin and the old man will stay at home to work on the homestead. There are two less helpers in the store. You all should cheer up and don't make any mistakes."
Yuan Nianyun whispered: "Auntie, how about I go over and help tomorrow? I can't do cooking or anything like that, but I can still wash vegetables and dishes."
"And me, I've been idle at home all day without doing any work. I feel really bad all over, so I'd better be busy." Xu Ning hugged her arm and acted coquettishly, not treating herself as an outsider at all.
Mrs. Shu smoothed the messy hair from her forehead and said with a smile: "You two should stay at home and stay well!
A person has just crawled out of the sea and his body has not yet recovered. What should he do if he becomes tired and sick after doing some more work?
The other one has nothing wrong with his body, but your brother is always hanging around in front of the restaurant, what if he sees you?"
Some people want to help in the restaurant, while others want to stay at home, like Yan Yan.
The densely packed sea oysters and abalones hidden somewhere were waving to her. How could she sit still?
Mrs. Shu saw her inner restlessness and struck preemptively before she could open her mouth.
"A few kids continue to stay in the restaurant, trying to pry the oysters. Wait two more days. It's the 13th today and the 15th the day after tomorrow when the tide goes out. That's a good day to catch the sea!"
When Xiaotuanzi heard this, it seemed to be the truth.
Okay, let's wait another two days.
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The second day.
Shu Mingzhi was having a sweet dream of holding hands with his sweetheart when he was suddenly kicked awake by Mrs. Shu who had gotten up to cook. "Put your quilt away, get dressed and go to the village to collect vegetables."
Shu Mingzhi: "..."
Without his father around, his mother became even more irritable.
Tsk tsk, scary.
Shu Mingzhi dressed obediently and rolled up his bed. When he turned around, he found that his father was running out happily, wearing brand-new clothes, like a groom about to welcome his bride.
He stretched out his head and asked, "Dad, what are you doing?"
"Go to the village chief and measure the land!"
In just one sentence, the person had already disappeared.
The village chief drank a few glasses of wine yesterday and felt dizzy. He fell asleep when he returned home. He was sleeping soundly early in the morning when he was suddenly pulled out of bed by Old Man Shu holding his legs.
He was so angry that his face turned green.
"Shu Guangzong, be a human being! You won't even let me sleep peacefully so early in the morning. If someone else came here, I would have slapped him out!"
Complaining is complaining, but the things that should be done have not been left behind.
I found a rope, turned over the ruler, and finally measured it on the spot. It turned out that there were more than two acres of open space in total, which was more than enough to build a large yard with three entrances.
People in the village don't pay as much attention to the housing as people in the city. They don't need any garden rockery or gatekeeper's garden. The places where houses can be built are all built with bedrooms of the same size, and the free space is used as a vegetable plot.
Try to ensure that each person has a room, and even the small black beans, big yellow dogs and big hearts are not left behind. Dog kennels, donkey sheds, monkey dens, etc. are all arranged.
Moreover, the materials must be the best, including blue bricks and red tiles, and the floor must be paved with stone slabs to avoid stepping on mud when it rains.
The more the village chief listened, the more excited he became. Finally, he couldn't control his emotions and stretched out his arms to hug Shu Guangzong, "Third brother, no, from now on you are my eldest brother!
I admit that I spoke a little too loudly just now. Brother, please don’t take it to heart. If you have any good money-making projects in the future, please help me as much as possible."
Old Shu fell in love with this trick. He bared his big teeth after being praised and smiled so hard that his teeth couldn't even see his eyesight. "It's easy to say, easy to say. If I have the opportunity to make money in the future, I will definitely take you with me, hehehe..."
Qinshui County has just had a new county magistrate. With Yuan Song's past experience there, the new magistrate is quite reliable.
In the past, it took a lot of effort to complete the purchase and sale procedures, but now you only need to go to the Yamen, register the information, and then pay the money to claim the land title.
Qiongzhou has a vast territory and few people, so the land price is also cheap. Two acres of land cost less than ten taels of silver.
The moment he got the land deed, Mr. Shu was so excited that his hands were trembling and he wished he could sing a song in front of the government office.
"Have you seen all the ancestors of the Shu family? I, Shu Guangzong, will soon live in a real mansion!"
The old man held the thin paper in his hands and kissed it again and again. When he had finished kissing, he looked back and saw that the village chief was looking at the land deed with tears in his eyes. He was also too excited to control himself.
"Village Chief, why are you still crying?" Old Man Shu stepped forward and hugged his shoulders, comforting him sweetly: "It doesn't matter if we can't build a house now, there are so many opportunities to make money. If we work hard and save, we will be able to make money soon.
Save enough."
At this time, I heard the village chief say with snot and tears: "I didn't expect the housing land here to be so cheap. I will buy my land tomorrow and build a new house next year."
His family has a small population, so buying half an acre of land and building four or five rooms is enough to live in. Calculating this, it costs about thirty taels of silver.
The money I had not spent before, plus what I earned from going overseas some time ago, and the dozen or so cans of coconut oil and coconut milk at home... it is not a problem to piece it all together to make thirty taels.
The new house that he never dared to think about was obtained so easily. Do you think he can't be excited?
After listening to his analysis, Old Man Shu clapped his hands and said, "Don't tell me, according to your calculations, people in our village will be able to live in new houses in two years. That's a good thing! Come on, let's have a couple of drinks in the restaurant.
My treat!”
"That's a must! After dinner, I'll go with you to buy bricks and tiles. We can agree on the price and I'll just buy it next year."
The two entered the restaurant happily, ordered a few side dishes and a pot of soju, and drank happily.
Shu Mingxin didn't go. He bought two sesame cakes on the street and ate them while asking about the location of the county academy.
During this time, he has been thinking about finding an academy. However, the people in Qiongzhou are too poor to make ends meet. How can they have the money to send their children to study?
Since no one studies, naturally no one runs private schools or colleges. Therefore, there is only one academy in Qinyang County.
Moreover, it was not run by the government. It was built by a few local wealthy people to facilitate their children and grandchildren's study. Later, more students were recruited, and it gradually developed into an academy.
Since it is run by a rich man, the students there are naturally children from rich families. Children from ordinary families can only get into it by throwing money at it.
Shu Mingxin didn't like this kind of trend, but he couldn't find any other way, so he had to go there first to explore the situation.