If someone builds a house in Miaoqian Village, generally speaking, the ones who contribute the most labor are definitely their own family members.
But the Li family is different.
Although Li Qingzhi's health has improved a little, he is still very thin and has no strength.
Therefore, no one asked Li Qingzhi to work, and no one dared to let him do it.
With his physique... if he lifts something heavy, he might hurt his waist.
So, although it was Li Qingzhi's family that built the house, Li Qingzhi had it very easy. He didn't have to do anything, and his mother-in-law gave him special treatment every day.
If it were someone else's family, the helpers would definitely be dissatisfied and would say a few words, but no one would say anything about Li Qingzhi. After all, the food in the Li family was so good.
When you come to work at the Li family, you will not only be provided with enough rice, but you will also get meat to eat!
Building a house is not easy, but it is nothing for those who are used to working. What’s more, they can rest when they are tired, and no one rushes them at all.
The helpers came to the Li family every day to build the house. They worked enthusiastically and the rammed earth wall was completed very quickly. In just a few days, the wall was completed.
Jin Xiaoye prepared all kinds of wood needed for the roof. She had already calculated how many purlins and rafters their house would need, and she had prepared everything exactly.
The old master who knew how to build a house instructed everyone to build the roof and then lay tiles on it.
Many houses in Miaoqian Village do not have tiles on their roofs. Instead, people cover the rafters with bamboo mats and then cover the outside with woven straw, which serves as the roof.
This type of roof will rot after a long time and need to be renovated, but because of its low cost, many people still use it.
Jin Xiaoye also wanted to build a roof like this at first, but because Li Qingzhi brought home another fifty taels of silver... she gritted her teeth and stomped her feet, and bought back a lot of tiles.
After building the house, the next step was to build the stove, install doors and windows, etc. Jin Xiaoye also bought an octagonal table for dining, a desk, a wooden chair, a bed and a wardrobe.
Li Qingzhi felt that the house was still missing a lot of things, but Jin Xiaoye was reluctant to buy more because he was stingy with the money.
Li Qingzhi did not force it, as they did not have enough money to squander. By the time the Li family's house was finished, the weather had become much cooler, and it was also the Mid-Autumn Festival, a very important festival for the people of Daqi.
Li Qingzhi and his family planned to invite relatives to dinner the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival to celebrate their move into a new house. This meal was called "Shangliangjiu" in Miaoqian Village.
On the day of the banquet, early in the morning, Li Qingzhi took Li Laogen, Zhao Laosan, Zhao Xiaodou, Li Damao and Li Ermao to the county town - they were going to the county town to buy vegetables to entertain the guests.
Originally, Jin Xiaoye should have been in charge of this matter, but Jin Xiaoye had some small business to run this morning and could not spare the time. In addition, Zhao Laosan took the initiative to express his willingness to help, so Li Qingzhi and the others went to buy things.
At dawn, they set out from Miaoqian Village and arrived in Chongcheng County.
Li Damao and Li Ermao had followed Li Qingzhi to the county town many times before, so going to the county town was no longer strange to them, but it was the first time for Zhao Xiaodou to go to the county town.
When Zhao Laosan married into the Zhao family, the Zhao family owed a lot of debts because Zhao Laosan's wife's ex-husband was ill. Over the years, Zhao Laosan and his wife have been working hard to pay off the debts, and their family life has not been very good.