Coming out of Uncle Niu's house, Xiao Ding asked Xiao Fu to go home directly, and he walked towards the town.

The road was muddy after the rain, and the donkey cart could not walk, so Xiaoding had to walk to the town.

When he walked to Luoyun Village, he had just entered the village not far away, and Xiao Ding saw a person standing in a small courtyard, who was laboriously cleaning up the stagnant water in the courtyard with a shovel.

"Little girl......" Xiao Ding stopped, he recognized that person, it was the eldest sister Xiaoya, and walked towards the courtyard.

"Big brother, why are you here?" The little girl straightened up and tucked her hair behind her ears.

"I was on my way to town and passed by here. Are you cleaning up stagnant water? Xiao Ding asked.

"Well, it rained a little heavily last night, and there was water in the yard, and it all flowed into the house." Xiaoya said.

Xiao Ding looked at her family's two dilapidated houses, although they were adobe, but because of too many years, the walls had been crushed, and they looked like they were about to collapse at any time. In later generations, such a house is already a dilapidated house.

"Where's the joy? Isn't Laixi at home? Xiao Ding asked.

"It rained too much last night, and he didn't come back, probably staying at the second aunt's house." Xiaoya replied.

"Oh. Give me the shovel and I'll clean it up for you. Xiao Ding said and took the shovel from Xiao Ya's hand.

After a while, Xiao Ding dug a drainage ditch to drain the stagnant water in the courtyard to the outside of the courtyard.

"Big brother, you go inside and drink a glass of water!" When Xiaoya saw that Xiaoding had finished her work, she let Xiaoding go into the house to rest for a while.

"No, I'm going to town. When I come back later, you tell him that you don't have to go to your uncle tomorrow. You two pack up your things and go to my house together, I'm going to build a house, and let him do the doors and windows for me. ”

"Okay, no problem." The little girl replied.

Xiao Ding turned around to leave, saw Xiaoya's thin figure, and thought that she had not conceived a child after marrying Zhao Laixi for three years, so he turned back to Xiaoya and said: "Xiaoya, you can learn the exercises she practiced with Erniu when you have time, which can strengthen your body and be good for your body." ”

"Exercises?" Xiaoya was puzzled.

"Well, I learned it from a Taoist priest and taught it to her." Xiao Ding told the lie he told the second girl last time.

"Okay, I got it." Xiaoya said.

Step by step, I came to Luoxia Town, and walked for almost an hour and a half.

At the end of the street on the east side of the town, there is a very inconspicuous store, on which hangs a signboard with five big characters written "Yao Ji Brick and Tile Shop".

In fact, the brick kiln is not here, it is just a sales store, a place to do business.

Xiao Ding entered the store and looked at the brick and tile samples placed in the house, all of which were blue bricks and tiles, which were three or four times larger than the slabs and tiles of later generations.

Xiao Ding asked about the price. The shopkeeper's surname is Yao, and he heard that Xiaoding is going to build eight rooms, and there are many houses to build in the future, so he naturally gave Xiaoding the best price.

The people of this era are very simple, and there are profiteers and traitors, but they are all a minority. Most businessmen do business with integrity.

Xiao Ding felt that the price was acceptable, so he did not continue to bargain. Instead, he talked with Boss Yao about the amount of money and the output of Yao Ji brick kiln.

Boss Yao helped Xiao Ding calculate that using the green bricks of their brick kiln to build eight rooms would require at least tens of thousands of green bricks, plus the follow-up houses, the demand for green bricks and green tiles is extremely huge. And their brick kiln has a daily production capacity of only more than 1,000 green bricks.

"Then that's it......" Xiao Ding said, "first send me your inventory, and then the bricks produced by your brick kiln every day will be sent to Tian Dabao's house in Luoxia Village, and I will collect as much as I want." When the time comes, it will be settled at the price said today. Until I tell you you don't have to. ”

"Okay, absolutely no problem!" When Boss Yao heard Xiao Ding say this, he was naturally smiling and very happy.

After paying a part of the deposit, Xiao Ding left Yao Ji brick shop.

I looked at the sky, and it was almost noon. If you walk back to Huixia Village, it will take at least more than an hour, and it will be past noon when you get home. Xiao Ding thought about it, it was better to have lunch first and then go back. So he walked down the street.

As I walked, a shop named "Lee's Furniture Shop" appeared on the side of the road in front of me. Xiao Ding was stunned for a moment, wondering if this would be the home of Ergutian Erhua? I heard that the second aunt is a carpenter surnamed Li. If so, then Zhao Laixi must have learned the craft in it.

In fact, since Xiao Ding regained his memory, he felt a lot more estranged from the Tian family's relatives. Not to mention that there is no blood relationship, even if it is really a relative, he has no good impression of the Tian family when he drives out the Tian family.

It's just that if Zhao Laixi is inside, do you want to go in and take a look?

While hesitating, he saw that not far from the diagonal opposite of Li's furniture shop, there was a snack shop, the façade was not large, it should be selling some wontons and buns and other simple food.

I happen to be a little hungry, so I might as well go and eat first.

Thinking about it, I came to the snack shop, because it was still some time before noon, so there were not many people in the store.

The shopkeeper was a man and a woman, two young men, the man was about seventeen or eighteen years old, and the woman was slightly younger than the man by a year or two. Judging by the expressions of the two, it should be a small couple.

Seeing Xiao Ding walk in, the two hurriedly beckoned Xiao Ding to sit down. Xiao Ding asked for a plate of fried broad beans, a plate of fried pork slices, a bowl of shredded pork noodles and half a catty of soju, and sat there waiting.

After a while, fried broad beans and soju were brought first, and Xiao Ding slowly waited for the other two while eating and drinking.

He took a sip of soju and felt that the wine of this era was really not very tasty, not to mention the low alcohol content, and it had a slight sour taste. He looked at the other wine tables, and saw that the others seemed to be drinking very well, and thought to himself, the people here seemed to be used to this kind of wine.

was slowly eating and drinking, when suddenly three more people came in from outside the store. All three of them were about twenty-five or sixteen years old, and the first one was slightly fat, and his neck was almost as thick as his head.

When the male boss saw the three people come in, his face immediately became bitter. hurriedly stepped forward, forced a smile and said, "Third master, why are you so free to come to our shop?" ”

The thick neck of the three of them glared at the eyeballs and said sharply: "Don't talk nonsense, you haven't paid the monthly money this month, hurry up and pay it!" ”

The male boss was just a young man, and when he heard this, he almost cried. Hurriedly said: "Master, I just paid five taels of silver the day before yesterday, and this master came to collect it......" The young man said, gesturing to the slightly thin man behind his thick neck.

"How can five taels of silver be enough? Are you coaxing a child? Pay another ten taels, or I'll smash your store right away!" After glancing at the man beside him, he said sharply to the young man.

"Uncle, you can do it, my store has been open for less than a month, where can I give you so much silver? Look, can you ...... slowly?" The young man pleaded with a bitter face.

"Don't talk nonsense, you just say you can't pay it, right?" The thick neck interrupted the young man's words.

"Uncle, I really don't have that much money...... before he finished speaking, his thick neck slapped him. The young man's face suddenly swollen.