When Man Bao fell asleep, Qian frowned and looked at Old Zhou, "Building seven rooms, are you serious, or are you coaxing Man Bao?"
"Of course I'm serious, will I lie to the child?" It's still such a big matter, Man Bao is so smart, what if the child learns badly
Old Zhou Tou had his own considerations, and said, "Didn't you say that the fourth brother's debts are going to be paid off?"
Qian gave a soft "hmm" and said, "It's not too bad."
No one thought that the random ginger planted by a few children would be so valuable.
The piece of wasteland that Zhou Zhoulang opened up one after another is not very big, only about six to seven cents, half of which are planted with yams, and the rest are planted with ginger.
The output of that small piece of ginger is huge. During this period, the ginger that the family went out every day was at least 40 catties, so I had a fixed income every day.
Others don't know, but Lao Wu and the others have to settle the accounts with her when they come back, and give her the fourth's share of the money after handing over the official business. The Qian family knows the family's accounts and everyone's account best except for Man Bao. of deposits.
I'm afraid even Wu Wulang and the others themselves don't know very well.
Before I knew it, the family had already saved a large sum of money.
There are seven masonry houses to be built...
Qian frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's not enough."
"It's almost there," the old Zhou said in a low voice: "The money saved last year, the money returned by the fourth child and the money saved successively this year, must be thirty-five taels?"
Qian said "Hmm".
Old Zhou Tou said: "Since the public has a lot of money, the boss must also have it in their hands. This house is built for them to live in. Manbao has paid for it, so they will naturally get a share. That's about the same. Yes. I reckoned in my heart that it is not only enough to build a house, but even the furnishings in the house are enough.”
Old Zhou Tou calculated: "Make a bed for each room, and those who are full of treasures have to add a better table and chair. We can buy them a set of quilts at most, and they can do the rest by themselves."
This sum of money has to be spent, so it seems that it is not enough, especially the bed, which is a big piece.
Old Zhou felt that his addiction to smoking had fallen again. He thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, isn't there still a lot of ginger in the field? It should be almost ready when it's sold out."
Qian glanced at him, "Did you forget to say goodbye to the fourth child?"
Old Zhou was almost dying of worry, and said, "Why don't you let him wait another year?"
"Nineteen next year."
Old Zhou sighed, "It's a bit old."
The couple didn't speak for a long time.
Old Zhou smacked and said, "Why don't you borrow some from Hexi?"
The harvest of Jiang in Zhou Xidi is not small. She also has to hand over a share to the public, but because she is a married woman, she may not have a share in the things in this family in the future, so the Qian family decides and only takes her 30% , and she took the rest by herself.
Of course, she also wants to distribute it to Man Bao and the others, but the proportion is also smaller. For the past ten days or so, she has been carrying a dozen or twenty catties of ginger every day, and the money she got back is quite a lot, so Lao Zhou estimated that her hand There should also be a deposit.
Seeing that he had figured everything out, Qian said, "Go and talk to her."
Old Zhou Tou muttered, "I'll go as I go."
But in the end, Mrs. Qian still didn't let Lao Zhoutou go. Except in front of Man Bao, he never said soft words in front of other children. Asking him to borrow money made not only uncomfortable for him, but also for the people who were borrowed.
However, there was still some time before building a house, and Qian only mentioned it to Zhou Xi, not asking for money right away.
Everyone in the village will help each other to build a house, and no wages are required, but that is when building a thatched house, which is simple, convenient and fast.
At most, stir the yellow mud and paste it on the earth wall to make it more cold-proof. Like the Zhou family who wants to build a stone house, they not only have to pack two meals a day, but also have to pay wages.
Even if the folks in the village get less, they will never be less than 18 Wen.
So wages are a sum.
They still have to buy stones or quarry them themselves, and this part of the wages has to be calculated separately, and there is no need to buy too much wood.
Because their koufen fields are basically mountainous land, and the trees on the mountainous land belong to them. Lao Zhoutou decided to go to the mountain tomorrow to see the trees. If he needed to buy them, he had to make an appointment with someone in advance.
The next day, before Lao Zhou went to see the tree, Man Bao went to the open space next door with his little hands behind his back, and walked up and down like a king patrolling his territory.
Xiaoqian, who had just made breakfast, couldn't find her. When she went out to look, she saw her pinching her waist and nodding. She didn't know what she was thinking, so she called out, "Man Bao, what are you looking at?" Well, come back for breakfast."
Man Bao looked at the large open space, nodded his head and said, "I'm looking at my future room, sister-in-law, I want a red tent, can you help me make it?"
"How can there be a red tent, your sister-in-law has lived for so many years, and she has only seen blue tents." Xiaoqian grabbed her back and said, "Don't look, there is no sign of any house."
She thinks that building a house is still far away, so Man Bao should obediently go to school first.
Xiaoqian escorted Manbao back to eat breakfast, put a small bookcase on her back and let her go to school.
Man Bao went bouncing around, and when he saw Bai Shanbao, he said, "My house is going to be built, and when I move into a new house, I invite you to warm the house."
Bai Shanbao cheered up and asked, "When will you enter the new house?"
When their family moved into their new house, Man Bao put a lot of candy in a bamboo basket for him, saying it was a house warming gift, and he decided to give her a gift when Man Bao entered the new house.
Man Bao said again and again: "Hurry up, hurry up!"
As soon as he got home from school that day, Man Bao ran to find old Zhou Tou and asked, "Father, when will my house be built?"
The old Zhou Tou who was drinking water almost choked, he said: "It's far away, Dad just went up the mountain to look at the trees today, and it's not enough to build a house. I have to buy some from someone, and I have to quarry stones to dig the foundation. Of...you are still young, live with us first, don't rush to move."
"How can I do that?" Man Bao shouted, "I've already made an agreement with my classmates, and they will come to warm my house next time when I go to sleep."
Old Zhou was stunned, he didn't expect his daughter's mouth to be so fast, and quickly said: "Why is Xiumu coming next time, and the house hasn't started construction yet. You tell them that it will take time to build a house, and after a while It's time to invite them."
"How long is a period of time." Man Bao said: "Isn't it very fast to build a house, and it will be built soon, Dad, no matter how slow you are, it will be finished in six or seven days, right?"
It's still six days and seven days... Old Zhou Tou shouted: "The foundation has not been dug in six days and seven days. At least you have to wait until the New Year before you can move into a new house."
"Father, your speed is too slow, I told my classmates..."
"Then tell them again."
"I'm so ashamed," Man Bao yelled, "All our classmates know about it, and they all said that they have prepared gifts and waited for me to invite them."