Chapter 38: Dim Sum

In one day's work, the children cleaned the weeds, and not only did the land where the house was built triple, but even the dirt road near the mountain was revealed.

Steward Cheng had to admire the diligence and hard work of several children, and even he became full of enthusiasm when he saw this new atmosphere, and then measured the amount with high interest, and said again: "This is more than ten acres!" In addition to building a house, it can accommodate at least five acres of land. ”

Wu Xingzhou was sincerely grateful to Steward Cheng for rushing back and forth for his family's affairs, and discussed with a smile on his face: "Uncle Cheng, Nuan Nuan wants to ask the people in the village to help build a house, do you say that each person has 60 wen a day, regardless of the food?" ”

Gaomen Village does not belong to a big village, naturally there are not many rich households, except for the Cheng family from outside, the other families are all authentic farmers, and a small part are tenants of the Cheng family.

"It should be no problem, next month is the right day for sowing, and after the New Year, many families are idle, and they are worried that they don't have enough food and want to go to the town to find a job. Take this opportunity to get to know the people in the village formally. "These children are busy with family affairs all day long, unlike the children in the village who run around casually, so naturally they don't have much opportunity to meet the people in the village. Steward Cheng really wanted to help a few children, and seeing that they would not be disrespected because he was a slave of the Cheng family, he liked it very much, and suggested: "It's better to take care of two full meals for forty wen a day, so that you can have the strength to work." Otherwise, in order to save money for a meal, it is very likely that someone will not be full, and the work will definitely be unsatisfactory. ”

"Don't ask a few aunts to help cook!" Wu Xingzhou frowned and thought about it seriously, "Build a greenhouse here to cook, and let the aunt bring her own pots and pans, we will count them in the salary, do you think this is feasible?" ”

Steward Cheng nodded approvingly, "Not bad, it's very thoughtful." "In the past, the people in the village used to borrow the dishes, chopsticks, tables and chairs from the villagers, remember the marks so as not to damage them, and send them some leftover meals when the matter was over. The martial artist has just arrived in Gaomen Village, and if they are not familiar with the place, if they do not act generously, it is very easy to attract misunderstanding and gossip. I didn't expect to see that Wu Xingzhou was relatively rough, and his mind was not weak, but he lacked experience.

"Turning over the small back mountain is Tongling Mountain, and there are many neat large mountain rocks under the mountain that can be used as walls. The mountain next to your house is called Shenhu Peak, and the trees are lush, which is very suitable for house beams and keels. Steward Cheng didn't know how much money the children had, so he simply said the price of burning bricks, "Ten yuan for green bricks and twenty yuan for green tiles, and you can ask the villagers to help you get the glutinous rice mortar, if it is a thatched roof, it will be cheaper." ”

"Nuan Nuan doesn't want to make thatched roofs and spires, she wants to build a courtyard house dominated by a three-story building."

"Small building courtyard?" Steward Cheng repeated in astonishment.

"Yes, Nuan Nuan is drawing drawings, and I will show Uncle Cheng when I finish drawing, please help us refer to it." Wu Xingzhou meticulously conveyed his warm words, and when he thought of his little sister and Qiu Zhidi going to the town post station to inquire about the news, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, maybe his father and mother came to the town and were also inquiring about them.

The reason why Steward Cheng was surprised was because when the Cheng family was there, Steward Cheng, as Master Cheng's servant, often accompanied the master to the capital, and he had some understanding of the housing structure in the capital. I didn't expect Wu Nuandong's knowledge to be extraordinary, and he also knew about three-story buildings. Steward Cheng immediately thought of the Wu family who had been brilliant in the capital for a while, could it be that Wu Nuandong was a side of the family in the capital? But when he thought of the embarrassed and helpless posture of the children when they entered the village, Steward Cheng naturally dispelled this unfounded idea. Even if it's a distant relative, anyone who is related to him will not be so helpless!

"What other drawings will Nuan Nuan draw?" Since dispelling the suspicions of the Wu clan, Steward Cheng focused on Wu Nuandong, this kid is really too clever, and he even understands such a professional thing. It's not that it's so difficult to build a house, but after all, this kid is only six years old, and he usually helps Wu Xingzhou to control the big and small matters of the family, don't look at it, but Steward Cheng knows that whenever a major decision is made, Wu Nuandong will definitely have Wu Nuandong in it.

"Hmmm! I don't know very well, but I'll know when Nuan Nuan draws it! Wu Xingzhou smiled with a look of trust, as if there was nothing that his family Nuan Nuan would not do, and he was stunned that Steward Cheng also inexplicably believed in Wu Nuandong's 'talent'.

Wu Nuandong here was not idle, first went to Yamen with Cheng Zijing to transfer fifty acres of water depression land to the Cheng family, according to the price of the village chief, always five acres, and gave Cheng Zijing ten taels of silver, and paid one tael of deed tax and hard-earned money.

Wu Qiuzhi couldn't help but sigh a little, complaining that the taxes were high after the war, and this two pieces of silver were enough to buy five acres of barren land! As for the silver in Nuan Nuan's hand to buy the land, well, since Nuan Nuan wants to buy it, she can buy it, and the money is gone, and their brothers will earn it in the future.

It is this kind of natural attitude that spoils Wu Nuandong in the past, but fortunately, the current Nuan Nuan is Wu Nuandong who has lived for 30 years, otherwise their Nuan Nuan will be spoiled sooner or later and harm one party.

There was still no news in the station, and the two children were a little depressed, especially Wu Nuandong, who was eagerly looking forward to the reunion of grandpa and daddy soon, she wanted to tell them about the eldest brother in detail, and even wanted to practice martial arts to find the traces of the eldest brother. In the depths of her heart, the reason why Wu Chunxi's whereabouts are unknown is that in the final analysis, it is her responsibility, if she had been brave and worked hard, she could bring everyone into the Jade Mansion in time, maybe everything would have changed.

I have to say that Wu Nuandong has gone to the extreme in this regard, and the Yufu will only open the function of storing living things when the museum of all things is practiced to the third level, which is also one of the reasons why she practices diligently.

Fortunately, Wu Nuandong knew that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and it was impossible to build a martial arts master in a few days.

Wu Nuandong, who was sitting on the little donkey cart, obediently leaned on Wu Qiuzhi's not tall but warm and strong back, and said sweetly: "Third brother, let's buy some bone soup to drink?" "My brothers are young, and when they are growing up, they always eat dry food to keep up with nutrition. Just after winter, there are no vegetables in the market, and the wild vegetables are also dry, expensive and not fresh, far inferior to those wild vegetables in the Jade Mansion.

Wu Qiuzhi shook the whip, the little donkey walked more happily, all the way down, his driving skills have increased, no longer drive the car bumpy and unstable, and can also be distracted to reply to the little sister's words, he smiled, good-natured response: "Okay! "Since yesterday, Wu Qiuzhi has been cooking by himself, and the division of labor after that has also been clear, the brothers are busy covering the ground, and he is taking care of the little sister to do what he can.

"Nuan Nuan, can I make some snacks?" Cheng Zijing looked at the two extremely close siblings jealously on the side, and took the opportunity to ask for favor: "Nuan Nuan, is the dim sum I made delicious?" I'll make more if it's delicious? ”

"Brother Zijing, you're welcome, it's not good to eat too much dim sum, it's warm and small, and you will have a toothache." Wu Qiuzhi refused first, always feeling that Cheng Zijing was too attentive and ill-intentioned to his family Nuan Nuan, so as soon as he heard that Nuan Nuan wanted to go to the town to inquire about the news, Wu Qiuzhi volunteered to accompany him, intentionally or unintentionally beware of Cheng Zijing getting along with Nuan Nuan alone.

Cheng Zijing flattened his mouth in frustration, he used to be everyone's son, and his father often taught him a sentence, 'Ten fingers don't touch the spring water, and now I will make soup for Qing.'" You don't need to be proficient in everything, you can just get your hands on it. ’

So at the beginning, he only learned to make dim sum, all kinds of dim sum......