Chapter 42 Commencement of Construction
The aunt's actions were really fast enough, and two days later, not only did bricks, stones, wood and other house-building materials enter the site, but more than 20 craftsmen were also in place!
Usually to build a new house, the consul does not need too many craftsmen, just because the more people get the less money, but this time the new house of the splendid family is special, and it needs to be stepped up, and the consul is the aunt, the aunt and the aunt are eager to build a new house for the mother to move in, where to earn the niece's silver? Only by finding as many skilled craftsmen as possible, and offering extremely high wages, the craftsmen put aside their other work and got together and agreed with the main family: to build a new house before the New Year's Festival!
When the materials entered the field and the craftsmen took the footing, Tian naturally wanted to go over to take a look, and the old man Feng and Feng Liang also followed the past and made a big noise, saying that this house base was earned by the granddaughter of the Feng family, and it should be managed by the Feng family, and the Tian family could not be the master, Aunt Tian had already prepared, and prepared a generous gift to invite the village chief to come over to sit in town, and asked the eldest son-in-law to use an ox cart to bring Grandpa Tian, and Grandpa Tian was not noisy or noisy, only laughing Mimi stopped in front of Old Man Feng and Feng Liang, and said a bunch of sour words to the old couple and squeaked crookedly, all of which you regret It's too late. My second daughter is now starting to enjoy happiness, you two old immortals want to block her way, I don't agree!
The old couple was dragged out of the new house base by Grandpa Tian, and watched Tian's with the help of the village neighbors and Aunt Tian and Aunt Tian, digging up the foundation, but the old couple couldn't get involved at all, and they were so angry that they were half dead!
And Tian was also completely annoyed by the disturbance of Old Man Feng and Feng Liang, and in front of the neighbors of the village, he said that he would never return to Feng's house, and set up a grass shed at the base of his house to live, and by the way, he could cook and wash clothes for the craftsmen.
When the craftsmen heard this, they knew that the owner would not only pay the wages but also take care of the food, and they were very moved, and they said that they must do their best to work, and the construction period will only be completed in advance, and will not be delayed!
It just so happened that Guan Jie also returned to the village today, he and his brother Guan Mu helped take care of the work on the construction site, and when he heard Tian say that he would never return to the Feng family's yard, Guan Jie immediately discussed with his brother and sister-in-law: The two east wings of the Guan family belong to Guan Jie and have been empty, and he doesn't often go home in the iron shop in the town, so he let Tian's mother and daughter temporarily live in the east wing of the Guan family, and don't want rent.
Yu and Guan Mu naturally had no opinion, so Yu hurriedly went to Tian's and said that their front yard and backyard were spacious enough, and their mother and daughter could live in the front yard, so that the craftsmen could live in the backyard, and their own kitchen was big enough, which was most suitable for cooking a big pot of rice, as for the place to eat, build a simple shed in the front yard, and then let the craftsmen nail two large tables with wooden boards, and everything would be solved!
The new neighbor was enthusiastic and sincere, Tian was very happy, but he refused to live in the Guan family house in vain, and talked to Yu, and finally Yu had to accept some rent in order to make their mother and daughter live steadily, and should help Tian do things together when the time came.
The new house of the Splendid Family was built smoothly and smoothly!
On this first day, in addition to the craftsmen, there were also the village chief and the village neighbors who wanted to help, and there were enough young men in their sixties and seventies who were busy on the construction site, so in just one morning, not only the foundation of the house was dug up, but even the stone walls were built, and after lunch, the red bricks could be laid!
Although the three Jinxiu sisters did not go to the construction site, they were not idle at all, they learned that Old Man Feng and Feng Liang's and Feng Zaohua were dragged by Grandpa Tian and Aunt Tian on the foundation of the new house, and annoyed Tian and swore not to return to Feng's yard, the three sisters were excited, and summoned Liu Daniu, Liu Erniu and other seven or eight little girls, and moved out everything that could be moved away in the two thatched houses where the mother and daughter lived, and finally asked Jinyun to go to the construction site and call five or six young men. All the neatly stacked firewood and grass in the fence yard have been removed!
It's not that there is no one in the Feng family's yard to stop them, where can Feng Taohua, Liu Hua, Liu and Feng Yuzhen stop the seventeen or eighteen-year-old strong guy? The three brothers and sisters of the Tie family had a bit of brute strength, but they couldn't resist the temptation of eating, so Jinxiu threw them a few white-faced nests, plus two handfuls of sugar grains, and sent them away!
Moving out of the Feng family's yard, Jinxiu asked Jinyu to go to the Tian family and ask how to put all kinds of items in place, and she herself went to the town, saying that so many people helped build a new house, and she had to take care of her own food, so she wanted to go to the town to buy some food.
Jinxiu soon came back from the town and hired an ox cart, on which four or five large baskets were piled up, two baskets were dried fruits such as dried apricots and peaches, one basket was the fresh and tender vegetables that had just grown, a basket of dried vegetables, dried melons, and a basket of barrels of tea oil, large jars of tomato sauce, and chili sauce, all of which were produced by Dongtian!
It is estimated that tomatoes and peppers have not appeared in this Great Xia Dynasty - anyway, Jinxiu has been here for so long, I have never seen it, and there are them in the Dongtian vegetable garden, and Jinxiu does not want to cause too many doubts, so I can only make these two things into sauce, and then all the explanations will only be reduced to a simple single sentence: bought! As for the ingredients of these sauces, she can say that she doesn't know!
I also brought back some pork, mutton, chickens and ducks, which were really bought in the town.
There was also a well in the courtyard of the Guan family, and when Tian and a few women started to make lunch, Jinxiu volunteered to fetch water, and poured four bamboo tubes of Dongtian spring water into the vat while people were not paying attention!
When Aunt Tian and her husband came early in the morning, the ox cart pulled three bags of multigrain noodles, two bags of sorghum rice, and two bags of rice, so at lunchtime, a few large baskets of multigrain noodles were steamed, plus two pots of sorghum rice, a pot of rice porridge, and all kinds of vegetables and meat, scrambled eggs with red jam, and green vegetable soup, all of which were placed in large wooden basins.
Who knew that when I got to the last time I ate, the pots and bowls were empty, not to mention the food, and there was not even any soup left!
Tian was stunned for a long time, and asked Yu and Aunt Liu repeatedly: Is the meal cooked too little? People are kind enough to help us, if we don't even have enough to eat, it's too unusual, right?
Yu's, Aunt Liu and Huang Po were also very puzzled when they helped cook the rice: why didn't they have any left?
At the end of the day, while the men were working, Yu and Aunt Liu personally ran to count three times, determine the number of people, come back to knead the dough, measure the rice and cook in the pot, Tian was afraid of errors, decided to cook twice as much rice than at noon, and the meat dishes were made according to the style and amount of noon, Jinxiu and Jinyu heard that someone in Xishan Village put the pond to collect fish, and ran to buy ten big fish back, each weighing five or six catties, so two more dishes were added to the dinner: braised fish pieces and tofu fish head soup.
As a result, what left several cooking women stunned happened again - there was no food left!
Tian's heart was stuffed, and Jinxiu comforted her mother, pointing out to her that the men who had a bulging stomach and a comfortable face were also secretly funny in their hearts: Dongtian's ingredients are delicious and you can't play with your life, they all hold up like that and desperately stuff food into their mouths, these people all have the potential to be foodies!
Fortunately, the food in the cave was easy to restrain and they would not be uncomfortable after walking a few steps.
In view of the fact that this group of people are too able to eat, the preserved fruits that Jinxiu "bought" back, Tian did not release them to swarm and rob them, but wrapped the preserved fruits with lotus leaves with a few women, tied the straw tightly, and everyone who participated in today's work had a share.
The people who came to help with the work ate and drank well by themselves, and they could also bring some small snacks back to taste for their families, all of them were very happy, and at the same time, they were also amazed by Tian's generosity today.
No one thought that Tian, who was sympathetic to the poor people in the village on weekdays, not only bought the base of the eight-acre house, but also surrounded the wall so wide. Where did this woman get her financial resources? It is absolutely not enough to rely on the dozens of taels of silver that the three daughters of the legend went up the mountain to sell the mountain goods, could it be her sister and brother-in-law who helped them?
Kind of! My sister and brother-in-law don't miss out every time they come to the ox cart, either rice grain or vegetables, alas! People are just lucky, they have such good relatives!
Think about the two meals I ate after a day of help today, such delicious and fragrant, I'm afraid I have never tasted such a taste in my life, even if I die, it's worth it!
Tian's new house is invited to eat, the project is smooth, the host and guests are happy, and the mood is extremely happy, but in the courtyard of the Feng family, there are chickens flying and dogs jumping, crying and scolding non-stop, until nightfall!
Old man Feng was dragged by Grandpa Tian for a whole day, and when he arrived at the meal, someone sent food to Grandpa Tian to eat, but no one sent it to Old Man Feng and Feng Liang's family, seeing that Grandpa Tian ate fragrantly, the men on the construction site were also a large piece of meat in their left hand, and a large white noodle in their right hand, gnawing on their mouths full of oil, Old Man Feng's saliva was dripping, his stomach was grumbling with hunger, but he hated, annoyed and heartache in his heart: these foods were all bought back by his granddaughter with silver, and his grandfather didn't eat a bite, all of them were cheap!
He asked Feng Liang to find the Tian family to eat, but he didn't expect that the Guan family was not the Feng family, and the women who helped the workers were more spicy than the other, not only did they not give them food, but they didn't even let Feng Liang's noodles see Tian's!
Feng Liang scolded and scolded for a while, but finally couldn't resist the hunger, left the old man, and went home to eat by himself.
When she returned home, she found that the thatched house in the west chamber was empty and empty, and even the firewood and grass piles in the fence yard had been removed, Feng Liang was shocked, scolded several people in the family, and hurriedly ran to report to Mr. Feng, Mr. Feng couldn't take care of Tian's new house, and hurriedly ran home to see: Sure enough, the house was empty, and all the neat things were moved, leaving behind some rags, and the three granddaughters were with Tian this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to return to Feng's house!
Old Man Feng thought of Jinxiu's luck, Jinyu's ability, and the big house that the Tian family was about to build, only to feel a hot current rushing to his head, his eyes were bloodshot, he ran to the fence silently and pulled out a wooden bar, turned around, and drove everyone in the family like a madman, slashing his head and face with all his strength, scolding while beating:
"What's the use of raising you? If you don't work for nothing, you can't look at the door! You can't stop anyone! My capable granddaughter let the Tian family abduct her, which of you can afford to pay for it? Which of you can afford to pay? ”