The day has come to raise the house.

According to Xia Qingyun's meaning, it is better to choose a day than to hit the sun, and she really caught up with a good weather with a beautiful wind and sunshine.

Three incense sticks worshiped the land lord, and crackled a burst of artillery battles, and under the leadership of Xia Jianping, more than 50 strong laborers began to dig the foundation in full swing.

The drawings of the house were designed by Xia Qingyun himself.

The large quadrangle with three entrances and three exits, with the gentle slope of the terrain, sits in the north and faces south.

The gate is open to the east of the south wall, and there is a shadow wall built in front of the gate, and the outer courtyard has a row of inverted seats, and the car car room is in the southeast corner, which is connected to a small corner courtyard.

In the middle of the main courtyard, there are three rooms in the main house and three rooms in the east and west wings, which are connected by a verandah, which can not only shelter from the wind, rain and sun, but also take advantage of the shade, rest and enjoy the scenery in the courtyard.

The west ear room of the main house is planned as a study, and a hall is set aside on the east side to lead to the backyard.

The rest of the ear chambers were used as toilets and bathing places, and Xia Qingyun specially marked the passage to the water.

From the hall, it is the backyard, and there is only a row of back cover rooms in the backyard, and there are two corner courtyards connected to the east and west.

It's complicated to say, in fact, as long as the distance is measured and sprinkled with lime powder on the line, it is not difficult to construct according to the drawings.

According to Xia Qingyun's design, a septic tank was dug 50 zhang away from the downhill slope of the house, which was not only hygienic, but also could be soaked with manure to fertilize the tea garden.

In addition, on the west side of the house, about 20 zhang away, Xia Qingyun designed a large cross-courtyard, which was specially used as a workshop for processing tea in the future.

In this way, even the materials with labor, how can it be covered with 150 taels of silver, not counting the later stone carvings, wood carvings, furniture, etc.

One hundred taels of silver earned back from the emperor's house, and two taels were returned to Master Jin, and the daily expenses were spent more than one tael, and the land and mountains were spent fifty-five taels, and ten taels were set aside for labor costs, and the rest were all used to buy basic materials.

Before the silver of Bai Huahua could be heated, it was spent like flowing water, Xia Qingyun couldn't help but sigh, this is really self-made.

However, she is not worried at all, because she will soon get the next polder, and she is confident that she will get more tea orders from the Huangfu family.

The matter of the Xia family's house was a sensation in Beixi Village, and from the first day of construction, there were many onlookers, old and young, who were similar to rushing to the market, one after another.

Of course, Xia Jian'an and Xia Jianxi are indispensable among these people. The second aunt Wang and the third aunt Fang would come over to take a look almost every day.

The villagers talked a lot, and some said that the Xia family met a noble person and was transferred. Some say that Xia Qingyun will not die in a catastrophe, and there will be a blessing in the future. There are also rumors that Xia Jianping promised his eldest daughter to a big family in the town to be small, so he got a large sum of silver.

These words were heard in the ears of the Xia family, and they just laughed it off and didn't take it to heart.

But when the Wang and Fang clans heard this, their hearts were not happy. Why is their family eating and drinking spicy food now, buying land and building a new house, the brothers who put the old house do not pull, and the old lady is not filial, it is really a big unfilial piety!

Whenever they heard someone praise Xia Qingyun, they pursed their lips disdainfully, and said sourly: "How much ability can a girl's family have, how can she earn so much silver?" In my opinion, the money came from an unknown source, and it may not be clear how many dirty things were in it. ”

There was a long-tongued woman in the village who was good friends with them, and the more they spoke, the more unbearable they became.

Xia Qingyun didn't care when he heard it, the pure ones were self-purifying, so why bother to compete with these uninformed women. But her mother is not happy, how can she let these old ladies chew the root of their tongue indiscriminately to spoil the innocence of her daughter's innocence?

Don't look at the mother's usual soft temperament, she will never drop the chain at critical moments.

At the end of the day, my mother called five or six laborers, and each of them gave them ten extra copper plates. The men thanked each other with joy, and thought about going to the tavern at the head of the village for a good drink. But the mother's next words made them all dumbfounded.

"Big brothers, I'm sorry, you won't have to go to work from tomorrow onwards." The mother said tepidly.

"Aunt Xia, why is this? We did a good job, but we weren't lazy. ”

"Big brother, I didn't say you were lazy. It's just that forget it, they're all folks, so I won't say much. Go buy some wine and drink the ten pennies. ”

"Why the hell is that? Aunt Xia, you have to make your words clear, so that we can know that we are offended. ”

The mother smiled bitterly: "Where is there any offense, it is all from the villagers, what can I say?" In short, I didn't treat you badly, and after a tired day, go back early and rest. ”

The more the mother didn't say it, the more these people beat the drum in their hearts, and they had to ask her to make her understand.

Working in the Xia family's house, although he doesn't care about food, he can earn thirty copper plates a day, which is a rare good errand for people in Beixi Village.

What the countryside has is strength, and the coarse tea and light rice on weekdays are all grown in their own fields, and they don't cost much money at all. They all pointed to this job as a way to save a little more money.

Who knew that he was doing a good job during the day, but he was fired at night, and several people were anxious and angry, and they kept asking Aunt Xia.

The family waited for her mother to have dinner, and she didn't come back, so she asked Xia Huayun to find her.

Xia Huayun saw several strong men shouting around her mother from a distance, she didn't know why things were arguing, she chuckled in her heart, and rushed forward.

"Why are you bullying my mother!" He pushed the people away and protected his mother behind him.

"It's Huayun, don't get me wrong, we don't dare to bully Aunt Xia, we just want to ask why we won't be allowed to work tomorrow." One of them said.

Xia Huayun looked at her mother, and when she saw that her face was calm, she was relieved. He looked at the people in front of him, and he understood what was going on.

He said confidently, "Why don't you come?" You should go home and ask your mother-in-law about this. The money for the house is all earned by my eldest sister, and so is your wages. My eldest sister doesn't steal, second, doesn't rob, third, doesn't sell herself, the silver comes innocently, why do they chew the root of their tongue and be ruined? ”

Several people have always known the temperament of their mother-in-law, and when they heard Xia Huayun say this, their faces turned red and white, and they stopped talking in shame, and went home with their heads bowed.

"Mother, let's go, the food is going to be cold." Xia Huayun said while holding her mother's arm.

"Let's go, go home. This time, I also let them know that our Xia family is not easy to bully, and your sister's innocence can't let them be framed with empty words. ”

The mother knew in her heart that the more she didn't say the reason, the more angry these people became.

After all, it is a village, and when the words come out of her mouth, it is inevitable that someone will catch the handle and become suspicious in the future. Xia Huayun is only a half-sized child, and he is open-mouthed, and he is not only more credible when he speaks, but also more slap in the face.

Xia Qingyun knew about this, and was impressed by her mother, and admired it in her heart. This is called wanting to capture the old and indulging, knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, which is really clever.

The night in Beixi Village was a bit unpeaceful, and there were scolding and beatings from several families in the village, and those few women who were talking nonsense were beaten by their own men.

In the next few days, the Wang family and the Fang family went to the east and west houses in the village as usual, but they either ate the closed door or were treated coldly.

The two of them finally figured out the reason, jumped up and down angrily, and scolded Xia Qingyun's family and even the ancestors.

This annoyed Xia Jian'an and Xia Jianxi's wife, she regretted that she was confused for a while and separated the old family, leaving the two families who were lazy and lazy, and they usually had to cook by themselves if they wanted to eat a hot meal.

The old lady recalled the Wang and Fang families who were jumping at the door and scolding the street, scolding them with their heads and faces, and punished them for laundry, cooking, and yard cleaning at home, and they were not allowed to go out for half a month.

The troublesome mothers-in-law found Aunt Xia together, slipped off their relationship with the Wang family and the Fang family with a handful of snot and tears, and begged her to let her man go back to work.

Seeing this, Aunt Xia said with a smile: "It's all an old sister in the village, when did you hear me say that half of you weren't?" There is also a shortage of manpower on the construction site, and if the big brothers are willing to help, how can I not let them do it. ”

The mothers-in-law were agreed, thanked a thousand times, and happily went home to ask for credit.

Xia Qingyun secretly praised Niang's methods, it seems that it must not be wrong to hand over the tea garden to Niang to take care of in the future.

My mother and father got married early, and when they gave birth to their youngest daughter Xia Qiuyun, they were only in their early twenties, and now they are in their thirties, which is the time when they are in the prime of life, shrewd and capable.

In the past, due to malnutrition and overwork, his face was yellow and thin, and his hair turned gray early. After this period of conditioning and nourishing by the Seven Stars Spring Water in the Ruyi Treasure Pavilion, his skin was fair, his complexion was ruddy, and he looked much younger than women of the same age.

Xia Qingyun noticed that his father sometimes looked at his mother secretly, with pride and pity in his eyes. My father and mother are in the prime of life, and they are always crowded in a wooden house with their sister and brother, and the love between husband and wife has always decreased a lot.

Although she had never tasted love in her previous life, and she had never been in a relationship, how could she not understand the truth in this?

What's more, the three sisters and brothers are also older, and it is inevitable that there will be inconvenient times in the morning and evening. These are also one of the reasons why she is in a hurry to get up the house.

The foundation of the house was built faster than Xia Qingyun expected, which was of course due to the good management of his father and mother. Dad was always the first to come to the construction site, and he never spared any effort to work. My mother secretly observes every day, doing a good job, being lazy, keeping each in mind, and when calculating the salary, no one can say a word.

After ten days of hard work, the two courtyards with blue bricks and tiles began to take shape. The follow-up finishing and decoration is not urgent, and the stonemasons and carpenters have already said that they are all famous craftsmen in ten miles and eight towns.

The villagers received their wages, and they were both satisfied and felt a little regretful, if only they could work a few more days.

Xia Qingyun discussed with his father and mother, left the good work of these people, and then opened a tea garden on the mountain.

As soon as this news came out, it caused quite a stir in Beixi Village. Building a tea garden means that the Xia family has an industry, and they will not be able to hire some long-term workers in the future, so they work harder than one another, and they all hope to stay and work for a long time.

Xia Qingyun handed over the planning plan of the tea garden to his father and instructed him to turn it deep and carefully, which is not only conducive to improving the permeability and water retention of the soil, ripening the underlying soil, but also eliminating some pests.

The next day it was the day to send tea to Huangfu's family, she got up early in the morning as usual, took the packaged two catties of the best white peony, and set off with Xia Huayun.

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