Chapter Seventy-Eight About the House

Yuan Anping was not familiar with building a house, not to mention that he didn't have time to keep an eye on it. Therefore, the only one who can help him take care of this matter is Uncle Yuan Gensheng.

Yuan Anping sat in the courtyard and talked to Yuan Gensheng: "Uncle, now that the weather is warmer, you should be able to move the ground, right?"

"Yes, you want to build a house, right?" Yuan Gensheng knew that the yard of Yuan Anping's house was a little old, mainly because some of them couldn't be opened, and now he had the money to take the opportunity to build a new house: "When do you plan to start construction?"

Of course, Yuan Anping wanted to build the house as soon as possible: "The sooner the better." Now that there are more and more children, there will be no place to teach if this continues. ”

When Yuan Gensheng heard him say this, he thought that Yuan Anping was planning to build a school: "Anping, it would be easy to build a school." If you can ask the village chief to help demarcate a larger area, the people in the village will definitely come to help. This way the house can be built much faster. ”

"It's not a school. Yuan Anping explained to him, "I don't have any fame now, if I build a school, I will be unknown." I'm planning to build a new house, and when the time comes, I'll build a few more rooms, and it's enough for the time being. The matter of the school, I will talk about it after I pass the exam. ”

Yuan Gensheng understood when he heard it: "There is still this concern, or you think about it thoughtfully." What are you going to build? Is there enough money, if it's not enough, I'll give you something. ”

"There's a lot of money, and I'm not going to build a good house, just a normal brick house. Yuan Anping showed him the picture he had drawn, "I want to build a courtyard with two entrances. I changed a piece of land a year ago, and it was enough to build a yard. It's just that I'm not familiar with how to build a house, and I have to ask your uncle to help me with this. ”

Yuan Gensheng took the drawing, because it was a three-dimensional drawing, he could see it. The courtyard is not small, and there are many rooms, Yuan Gensheng readily agreed: "Okay, I'll help you do this." You still have to teach the children every day, so if you have time to keep an eye on the house, leave it to me, and you don't have to worry about it. ”

Yuan Anping didn't thank him, and it was a little too foreign to say thank you for such a close relationship: "Okay, uncle, how much do you estimate how much it will cost to build this house?"

"I can't really estimate that. "Yuan Gensheng has never built a brick house like this," I asked someone. ”

"It doesn't have to be so troublesome. Yuan Anping took out a bag of silver, "Here are two hundred taels of silver, the uncle will take it first, and then ask me if it is not enough." ”

"It doesn't take so much, right?" Although Yuan Gensheng didn't know how much money would be used for such a courtyard, he felt that it would definitely not cost two hundred taels of silver, "The courtyard of the village chief's house is not small, but I haven't heard that it costs so much silver." ”

Yuan Anping felt that more was better than less, lest Yuan Gensheng secretly add money because he was embarrassed to ask him for money: "It doesn't matter if there are more, this time it's better to find people in the village to work, right? It will take a lot of time to build this yard, and they won't want to be paid, right?"

Yuan Gensheng shook his head: "It's all one village, what kind of money do you want, our village doesn't have such rules." The houses in our village are also built with the help of acquaintances, you help me this time, I will help you next time, it's like this. Besides, if you start building a house at this time, you can't delay the work in the field, and there should be many people who can help. ”

"If I build such a big house, it's not good for people to work in vain, right?" The houses in the village are built simply, the yard is not small, but there are not many rooms. Yuan Anping felt that the house he wanted to build was not small, and there were many rooms to build, so it would take a lot of time. People help work in vain, and there is always some reluctance.

Yuan Gensheng laughed when he heard him say this: "What kind of work is for nothing, you have to take care of the food." Besides, the people in our village are all thinking of you, helping to build a house, or a house for the children to teach, how can they not be happy. As he spoke, he couldn't help but admonish, "Anping, even if you have money, you can't pay them." There is no such precedent in our village, if you give money, what will you do if you let the people who build houses in the future? Some people's families have no easy way to take care of food, so how can they still have money to pay people for their work. ”

Yuan Anping nodded, building a house in the village is a process of mutual assistance. You help me this time, I'll help you next time. Also because of poverty, if you need to pay another labor fee, the house may not be built. He also thought about it, even if he had money, this rule could not be broken: "Uncle, I can't build a house, what should I do if I can't afford to do this?"

Yuan Gensheng smiled and said, "Look at you stupid, who will ask you to build a house." If you feel that you can't get upset, you can eat better, but don't go too far. Then he explained to him, "There are many people in our village who muttered about how much money you have, and it is not for nothing that their eyes are red." If you can't be generous, people will think that your family is very thick, and when the time comes, they will come to you to borrow money when they encounter anything. Do you borrow or not? If you borrow, you don't have a beginning or an end. At that time, even if you say that you don't have so much money to lend out, people will definitely not believe it, and it is easy to complain. Everyone can guess that the food of Yuan'an's family is good, and many people are of course grateful for Yuan'an's usual cooking for their children from time to time, but it does not prevent them from muttering in their hearts. muttered how rich Yuan Anping is and can be so generous.

Because Yuan Anping is either in class every day, or studying at home, he doesn't have much contact with the people in the village. Coupled with his current status as a gentleman, the people in the village always feel a sense of distance from him. thinks that Yuan Anping is a cultural person, and they can't mess around with cultural people. The older ones also greeted each other, and those of the same age didn't go to Yuan Anping because of this sense of distance.

Yuan Anping also noticed this phenomenon, and some sighed that the people here respected the learned, and also felt that it was not easy for him to make friends in the village. However, because he was often accompanied by children, coupled with the increasing academic tasks given to him by his grandson Lianjue, it did not make him feel lonely like snow in life.

Yuan Anping said that he was taught: "I understand. Uncle, I don't know a lot about the things in the village, so I'll leave this matter to you. I'm going to bother you with a little more thought. ”

"Look at what you said politely, I'm your uncle, and it's right to help you run the house. Leave this matter to me, and keep it for you. Looking at the current Yuan Anping, not only as a gentleman, but now he can build a big house, Yuan Gensheng is very pleased. Thinking that in two years, Yuan Anping will also handle his family affairs, and he will be more at ease at that time. In the future, after a hundred years, he will also have the face to see his second brother and his family. 166 Reading Network