Chapter 254: Building a House (1)
Li Ziyu's family did not have an imperial calendar, so he went to the old village chief's house to check the imperial calendar of the Daye Dynasty, the fifth day of the second lunar month, it is advisable to break ground and start construction.
Li Ziyu didn't expect that there was also an imperial calendar here, which surprised her. And here it is called the imperial calendar, not the yellow calendar.
Although there is only a difference of one word, it shows that only the emperor is qualified to be responsible for promulgating this imperial calendar.
This imperial calendar is beautifully printed, and the papermaking technology here is still very advanced. The imperial calendar details the 24 solar terms and the 72 signs.
Five days is one wait, 365 days a year, and seventy-three waiting. In order to correspond to the 24 solar terms, it is stipulated that the three seasons are one solar term, and the year is 72 seasons.
Each candidate is corresponded to by a phenological phenomenon, which is called "waiting". The 72 zodiac signs include both abiotic and biotic. The former such as "the water begins to dry up", "the east wind thaws", "the rainbow begins to see", "the ground begins to freeze", etc.; The latter has animals and plants, such as "Hong Yan Lai", "Tiger Shijiao", "Ping Shisheng", "Bitter Vegetable Show", "Peach Shihua" and so on.
Each day is marked with good fortune and bad fortune, such as what is appropriate, what is taboo, and so on.
In ancient times, building a house was a major event, and breaking ground had to look at the day to see if it was an auspicious day. Even in modern times, some large companies have feng shui masters who have been able to read feng shui, and whenever they make big decisions, they will ask feng shui masters for good luck and evil.
Especially for construction companies, site selection, ground breaking, construction, and beam installation will inquire about good luck and evil.
The fifth day of the second lunar month is also the twelfth day of March in the twenty-sixth year of Jingtai in the solar calendar, and the solar term has passed the sting.
Therefore, Li Ziyu's family set the day of building a house on the fifth day of February.
So. She brought the news to Master Zheng and changed the day of construction to the fifth day of February. The young and middle-aged people in the village were also notified one by one, and a few women who helped with the cooking were also found.
Because there are too many people. The people in the village still went home to eat, and their daily wages were raised upwards to 50 wen a day.
Li Ziyu also discussed with the old village chief Zhao Qing, and asked him to find a few more young adults from other villages as small workers. Because the small workers in the other villages have to take care of the food, their wages are 30 wen a day.
The old village chief ran to two villages close to Yangcaogouzi Village and found more than 20 people. There are more than 40 people in the village, plus Master Zheng's construction team. The construction team is nearly 100 people.
The people who eat every day, plus the family members, Chai Bin and his wife, etc., there are sixty or seventy people. So. The woman who cooked, Li Ziyu, found five people.
Xiaohua Niang, Ga Zi Niang, He Dasen's daughter-in-law Li Xiaoyan, Wang Chunqiu's daughter-in-law Li Lanying and Aunt Yang. At home, Wang Qiuyue, aunt and Xiaoou assisted from the side, and three meals a day were enough to cope.
The wages of these women were also agreed, thirty wen a day, the same as those of small laborers from other places. That's a lot of money. I don't have that price anywhere.
Li Ziyu was thinking. These cooking jobs are not easy at all. Three meals a day is enough to be busy. And she has plenty of money now, and she doesn't care about this little money, and she can make them grateful.
Everything in the world can be bought with money, but the human heart cannot be bought with any amount of money. Li Ziyu just used a small amount of money to buy a good one from the villagers, and his reputation in the village could be better.
Aunt Yang came by herself, saying that she was doing her best. The reason is that after Uncle Yang took the ten pills, he was really completely cured. It's just that his body is still a little weak. It will be able to fully recover in a few days.
Aunt Yang's family didn't know how grateful Li Ziyu was, but the Zhuang family didn't know how nice it sounded. But I kept this love deep in my heart.
Because the construction workers are all young and middle-aged, they are afraid of gossip. Xiaohua Niang didn't let Xiaohua come out this time and detained her at home.
On the morning of the fourth day of the second lunar month, Wang Chunqiu and his younger brother Wang Chungang built five large stoves in the courtyard and placed all five pots. After setting it up, I lit it on fire and tried it.
Wang Chunqiu's craftsmanship in building a stove is really good, these five stoves, without the bellows that the fire is whirring, the fire is very fast.
Li Ziyu sighed, there were many talents in ancient times!
On the afternoon of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Master Zheng entered the village with a convoy of horses, ten cars, and thirty people, and the village immediately boiled again.
Five of the ten cars sat people, and five pulled luggage and tents, all of which were full.
The women of the village looked for all kinds of excuses to go out of the house, and in the streets they were talking in groups, either restrained or shy or obscure or wanton looking at the guests from afar.
Yes, these outsiders are from the capital. O capital, for those who have never been out of the ravine, it is a sacred and noble existence.
It's a place where the emperor stays, and even Hanako is more noble than people elsewhere.
And the children almost went crazy, and followed the carriage to the bottom of the hillside of Li Ziyu's house, chattering and laughing around the carriage.
Xiaowu, Xiaohu and Xiaolan at home have lost their enthusiasm for learning since their brothers went to school. It's just that I don't want to disappoint my sister, so I review what I learned every day. The main thing is that they have already learned, and it is boring to study repeatedly.
And Li Ziyu didn't assign them new homework, because Xiaoshan and Xiaowen would teach their younger siblings the new things they learned every day when they came back.
Listening to the excitement under the hillside, Xiao Wu ran out with Xiaohu and Xiaolan and played with the children in the village.
These children used to play together on the first day of the first lunar month, and they still remember it after not seeing each other for a month, so they are all strangers.
The old village chief and Chai Bin and his wife came over after lunch, and Chai Bin and the old village chief waited for the guests to come at the bottom of the hillside. I know that the construction team in the capital is coming over today, and Li Ziyu's family is a little girl in Li Ziyu, so it is not convenient to receive a group of men.
Wang Qiuyue entered the house and discussed with Ouyang Luo and Xiao Ou what dishes to cook for this reception banquet in the evening.
Li Ziyu, as the owner, must be greeted outside the door, which seems more sincere.
When Master Zheng and his entourage were about to reach the bottom of the hillside, Li Ziyu took the lead to greet them and greeted them warmly: "Master Zheng, you are very tired on the road, right?" It's been such a long journey, and everyone has worked hard! My niece is really sorry for this, and my niece is here to thank you! ”
Master Zheng jumped out of the first carriage and walked over laughing and said, "Miss Li is too polite. Your project here is what I have in mind, and it would be hypocritical to say that it is hard. Haha, I can't wait to get to work right away! ”
"Wherever and where, Master Zheng will put gold on his niece's face. Hehe, come on, Master Zheng, let me introduce you, this is Zhao Qing, the old head of our village, and this is Chai Bin, the housekeeper I invited. Grandpa, Uncle Chai, this is Master Zheng from the capital, you get to know each other, and you will all have to work for my family in the future. ”
Li Ziyu introduced them to each other, and the three of them were all old oilers, and they greeted each other politely.
Because there was still some time before dark, Master Zheng's team began to set up tents at Chai Bin's designated location.
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