"What are you looking for me?" Dong Xiaoman raised his face and looked at this woman with a big waist and a round waist, and he knew a little about her.

This woman is open-minded and works hard, what do you say, even if there is a contradiction, she will not hold a grudge after it is solved at that time.

"All the women in our valley are not idle eaters, and it stands to reason that rich families like you, Madame, should be served. If you don't work, I have nothing to say, after all, you are the one in charge. But I really can't watch it, and you're too capable of being a loser. Lai Xi'er kept talking in one breath, Dong Xiaoman was stunned: too loser? What's going on?

Dong Xiaoman squinted his eyes and looked at Lai Xi'er's closed mouth: "What do you mean?" ”

Lai Xi'er angrily pointed out Dong Xiaoman's defeat: "There are starving people outside, and it is easy for everyone to find a way to survive in the valley." Although your family has money, what is the use of buying those houses and shops that no one wants? It's all a disaster for this old man, isn't this a real loss-making deal? Besides, you are a woman who wears gold and silver all day long, how can you know how bitter it is to live in this world? ”

After speaking, he wiped his mouth again, and said unsatisfactorily: "Now I have bought those many girls to serve you, who do you say can't help with some work in our valley?" You're going to have to buy four dry meals outside, you already have so many at home. ”

Laixi'er's husband scolded: "That's not work, that's to protect Mrs. and Miss." ”

"That's even more wrong, I say, madam, if you stay in this valley well. There are food, drink, clothes and wear, what are you doing out of the valley? So if you are a loser, sooner or later you will lose this family! Erya standing beside Dong Xiaoman, she really couldn't listen to it. Eyebrows upside down and glaring.

"You two don't have anything to do, do you? Specifically running over to make people angry? What is Madame willing to do. Can you handle it? Erya's face was red. It's really hard to come here.

"Come to Xi'er?" Dong Xiaoman raised his eyes lightly, with a slight sneer on his face: "You say, why would the valley lord indulge me so much?" ”

Lai Xi'er was stunned, and she didn't know why. Maybe it's because a woman's life is different, but if you look closely, Dong Xiaoman is not quite the same as herself.

It seems that Mrs. is a few years older than herself, she is only in her early twenties this year, and Mrs. is said to be in her thirties. But her face was as delicate as a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, and if she looked closely, there was not even a single fine line at the corner of her eyes.

The fingers are white and tender, like shallots. gave birth to three children, and her figure is still like a big girl. Standing with the eldest lady, I can't tell that it's a mother and daughter, but like a pair of sisters.

"I'll tell you, I'm not like you. I have the ability to spend money, and I have the ability to earn money. Dong Xiaoman was reluctant to explain more, and glanced at Lai Xi'er contemptuously and turned to leave.

"This woman is really very, what does she do?" Dong Xiaoman left Lai Xi'er, who had a sluggish face, and asked Erya as he walked.

"Those who do farm work contribute just as much as men." Erya replied without thinking about it, it can be seen that Laixi'er is a capable woman.

"Transfer her away and go to Pingliang City to supervise the work. She's a real person. Being able to help but say these words to me is enough to see that she has a pure heart. wants her to be a housekeeper, which is more suitable than anyone else. ”

Dong Xiaoman's house in Pingliang City was all cleaned. Someone needs to do the rough work. The men lay the foundations, and the women did the odd jobs of carrying, cooking, and washing.

When Lai Xi'er was called over by Erya, she thought that Dong Xiaoman would take revenge on her and drive her family away. I didn't expect to give myself a new job, and the salary was a lot higher than before.

"Don't worry, I will not disappoint Madame's expectations." Lai Xi'er said bold words, but sighed in her heart that Mrs. is too good at spending money.

It's late autumn now, and the weather is so cold that the progress of building a house is slow. Slowly, Xi'er found that it was not slow at all, because the process of building a house was much faster than before.

This year, the income has not been good, and many people have no savings and no money. At this time, there is a job that can support the family, although the salary is pitiful, but it can provide food, which seems to be the biggest benefit.

For a while, in order to have a full meal, more and more people came to work here. At the end of the day, even in order to mix a bite of food, many people would rather not be paid.

Dong Xiaoman had hoarded a large amount of grain before this, and the harvest in the valley was also good. In addition, the people who work do not eat anything exquisite, and a bite of pickles in sorghum buns is a full meal. When the weather is cold, a pot of mutton soup on the shelf, not to mention how delicious it tastes.

Before the house was built, there was rumors in the north of the city about how generous the new official was. Working for their family is also getting more and more face-saving.

The most important thing in building a house is the material, and this material is even simpler. The wood and stone are all made of local materials, and nothing is spent.

Make the frame of the house out of wood, and put the mud into the frame of the wooden planks to make adobe bricks. Stone is used where it is needed, and almost all other places save a lot of money except for tiles, which cost money.

That's why so many people were asked to work part-time jobs in the first place, and someone had to work hard.

In the early winter, Dong Xiaoman's big hotel was built, sitting on dozens of houses facing south and shining. Facing this gate, a small two-storey building in the shape of a hollow zigzag, is the most imposing and extraordinary, and the bright colors are bright red as the wall paint, and even the roof is puffed open with shiny tiles.

As for the courtyard, it is also made of stone in a uniform square and spread in the middle of the courtyard. On both sides of the yard are neatly organized stables, with clean buckets and grass to provide for the horses' needs at any time.

In the small two-story building, as soon as you enter the door, there is a lobby for entertainers, and twenty or thirty square wooden tables in the middle are fan-shaped around a red drum. On either side of the hall near the wall, there are two wooden tables that can seat a dozen people side by side.

The red drum is flanked by a staircase leading to the second floor, while at the back of it is a wide gate that leads to the only exit to the backyard.

The back is divided into three levels of courtyards from left to right, from front to back, which are still the three parts of heaven, earth and people that Dong Xiaoman likes.

The herringbone room is divided into four levels. Spring, summer, autumn and winter four yards. The four gardens are all Chase shops. One room can accommodate up to 20 people. The price is the cheapest. It can accommodate up to 60 people, all of which are located on the second floor. Downstairs there is a common toilet, toilet, cafeteria, and storage area.

The storage office means that in this common place, if there are expensive items that can be exposed. You don't need to spend money, just a small wooden sign and a key, put the valuables in the wooden cabinet and lock them when you come, and return the original when you leave. Of course, if the wooden sign and the key are lost at the same time, it doesn't matter if someone pretends to take the store.

The house is divided into 12 small suites, named after the 12 flower fairies. Narcissus Garden, Peach Garden, Apricot Garden, Pear Garden, Peony Garden, Plum Garden, Lotus Garden, Rhododendron Garden, Cinnamon Garden, Chrysanthemum Garden, Lotus Garden and Rose Garden.

The twelve rooms are divided into four types when decorated. The first category is suitable for customers with children, the second category is for customers who like pen and ink, and the third category is for guests who have no special needs.

The first type of room type is a separate small suite, and each courtyard has a washroom to provide hot water at any time. The main room is the master room, the three rooms are connected, the middle is the living room, the east is the master room, and the west is the children's room. There are no details in the master room, and what you usually have at home is also complete here. In the children's room, there is a low couch for the maid and nurse, and there are also cradles and toys for the children.

The second type of room is also a separate small suite, and each courtyard still has only one small ear room that can provide hot water for washing. The three main rooms are all opened, the middle is the living room, the left side is surrounded by the bedroom, and the right side is the study. The three rooms are separated by a plum orchid bamboo chrysanthemum screen.

The three types of rooms are also separate small suites. There are both swings and sandbags for exercises. In Dong Xiaoman's words, it means that the facilities are perfect and you don't cook.

The Tianzi room is the presidential suite for future generations. There are still four luxury villas that are just detached.

Qinglong, White Tiger, Xuanwu, Vermilion Bird four single-family two into the large set of courtyards. The decoration is the same, there are two town house mythical beasts Pixiu and two red lanterns at the door.

The front yard of the courtyard is the outer yard, which provides a small kitchen for all male family members and nursing homes to live in and have a fixed subordinate use.

The main room is a living room and a study, and there is a soft couch for the master to place in it. On the left is the main wing room used by the male owner, and on the opposite side is the wing room used by the family and the guard. To the left of the gate is a kitchenette with hot water for the next person to eat. On the right side is the warehouse, which provides everything the owner could need.

The back house is an interior house decoration style that prefers poetic and picturesque feelings, and all the items used are all good objects. It is not inferior to the big restaurants in Beijing, and there is a small kitchen used by the female dependents alone, which can be said to be completely private.

The celestial room is in the middle, the ground room is in the east, and the herringbone room is in the west. They didn't bother each other, because at the T-junction that separates the three courtyards, a huge sign was deliberately made. Every other stretch of the road, there will be a sign to remind you of your location and exit.

"I'll be a good girl!" Standing in the middle of the inn, Lai Xi'er couldn't help but sigh.

"This is a palace, this money is lost, and it is spent like running water." What she said was right, Dong Xiaoman spent some food money at most to build a house in the early stage.

Later, the house was built, and the furniture here flowed out like the sea, especially the furnishings in the Tianzi room were not bargains.

The crowd watching couldn't help but sigh: "What are you doing when you buy that good thing?" Anyway, it's just a few days of work. ”

Dong Xiaoman said to Erlang with a smile while looking at the account book: "Outsiders think that we have spent a lot of money, if they see my record here, I am afraid that my jaw will drop in shock." ”

"Pots and pans can be used for a few dollars, not to mention that most of them are made of wood, which is very cheap." Dong Xiaoman didn't use the wood in his own mountains, he had people buy ready-made ones from the capital and transport them mixed with some seemingly exquisite bottles.

Here is scarce and expensive, but the capital is a large place, and the goods are cheaper than the three.

"Seven thousand taels, I spent a total of seven thousand taels to buy all the belongings." Dong Xiaoman looked at the account book beautifully, it is better to be born in ancient times, as long as you can do it yourself, you will never buy ready-made. (To be continued......)