Chapter 45: The Appearance of Happiness

Early in the morning, Sun Xiangfu did not go to the office, but arrived at the Qujiangchi wharf not far from home, the entire Qujiang Pond is the territory under the jurisdiction of his fishery department, and this wharf is no exception.

Today, Sun Xiangfu wants to go back to Happy Village, not only to take his younger brothers and sisters to Chang'an, but also to get some good things.

When the clipper stopped at the wharf of Xiaohe Village, Sun Xiangfu almost didn't know the village, only to see hundreds of people busy on the small dirt hillside, and the villagers' original thatched houses were gone, replaced by brick houses like village houses.

"Xiangfu, you're finally willing to come back."

Sun Dali called to the bow of the boat, and then led the second brother Sun Deshou and the younger sister Sun Lili to set up a gangplank for the bow of the boat a little distance from the shore.

first had a big bear hug with the three of them, and Sun Xiangfu was shocked to realize that Sun Dali, this young man, was actually much stronger, and his younger brothers and sisters had also grown a little bigger.

"Big brother, come with us to see our new home." The little sister happily took Sun Xiangfu's hand, and ran to the village, not even the Uncle De who followed behind, but they lived in the Qin Mansion for a few days, so they naturally knew Uncle De, only Sun Dali's eyes were sharp, and he personally went to the boat to help Uncle De onto the gangplank.

"Vigorous! It's strong again, and I'll be your village chief's butler from now on, and there are some salute items and white stacks on the boat, so you can lead the servants and pick them to your public house! ”

In the happy village, people have followed Sun Xiangfu to call the white stack cotton, this year the whole village has put on a sheepskin jacket with cotton, naturally knows the beauty of this cotton, after the first snow in previous years, everyone did not dare to go out, no way, the linen cloth does not generate temperature, and can not resist the cold wind, but now it is different, with this kind of sheepskin jacket with cotton, even if the biggest snow in Guanzhong falls, everyone dares to go out to have fun, but Sun Dali still doesn't understand, how Uncle De became Sun Xiangfu's housekeeper.

Walking a big uphill, Sun Xiangfu immediately saw a neat brick house, there are more than 50 rooms, the villagers have no design ability, the house is almost a miniature version of the village house, in front of a wall yard, the center of the yard is a hall house with tables and chairs, the left and right sides are rooms, behind the hall is the kitchen, firewood house, thatched house, and the backyard composed of livestock sheds, the backyard also opens the door, straight to the dug eel pond.

Sun Xiangfu because of the identity of the village head, the acting village chief Sun Dali made his own opinion, built his house larger, the front and back yards are wide, there are six main houses, all the furniture in the house is made of good wood, but also painted, the walls and the ground are brushed with cement and lime, clean, tidy, bright, so that the first time to enter this kind of brick house Uncle De also feels very tall.

"If all the villages in the world are like happy villages, this Tang Dynasty will probably be ruled by the Great Empire."

As Second Brother Sun and Little Sister Sun looked at the room back and forth, Uncle De took the lead in sighing.

Sun Xiangfu also nodded in agreement, Sun Xiangfu only mentioned the matter of building a house before, but he didn't expect Sun Dali to implement it so well, but this is the result of more than 500 young craftsmen who spent more than a month, unlike when Sun Xiangfu led everyone to build a village house, what was lacking, and what was there to do in Happy Village now.

"There are still a few things to build, and after they are finished, the people in the village will be comfortable for the winter, and the first thing is to make a fire. The second thing is to install an indoor kettle. I will live in the village for the next two days, and you will ask the two brothers Wang Fu and Ma Lin and Zhang Quan to come over, first make a look, and then they will imitate it, remember, this skill cannot be passed around like building a house, you can ask them to accept some apprentices among the craftsmen, and in the future, they can also pull a lot of income to the village by doing this. ”

Sun Xiangfu said, Sun Dali nodded and wrote down, and when he put his daily belongings at home, Sun Xiangfu followed Sun Dali to the village house, where the ground and walls are now also painted with cement, and have become a temporary place for more than 500 craftsmen to rest and eat, as for the original residents of Happy Village, they are cooking in their new houses, and they have become a superior supervision class.

"Brother Dali, tell me about the situation in the village first!"

Sun Xiangfu glanced at the stuffed full warehouse, and then didn't go in, there are no other literate people in Happy Village, so he didn't do any account books with Ben, this time he followed Sun Xiangfu with not only Uncle De, but also a house slave named Zhang Hong in the account room, and he was responsible for helping the villagers in Happy Village to do accounts in the future, which is where Sun Xiangfu's hometown and vocational field are located.

"According to what you meant before, after the houseware and ironware were filled with the warehouse, I built a house for the villagers, and I did both things, as well as Xia Dou, and built two large warehouses behind the public house, and estimated that there were six or seven thousand stones.

Now the villagers have almost 800 jars of yellow eel loaches in their cellars, and there are at least 20,000 or 30,000 fish in the fishing grounds, all separated by fishing nets, which can be caught and eaten at any time. As for the situation of chicken farms and pig farms, you can go back and see for yourself, my mother and Zhao will tell you. Also, the wood, cement and bricks you need are piled up outside the cave over there.

By the way, I'm not sure what the vegetables are in the shed, but they're all alive now, and after the snow, I don't dare to leave the shed open, so why don't you go and see for yourself! ”

Sun Xiangfu nodded when he heard this, the development of Happy Village is basically advancing steadily, even if he has not given any support for more than a month, relying on some copper coins left over before and the output of the villagers' own fields, it has also been maintained, and after the surplus, the village will soon begin to have profits.

"Well, the basic construction of the village has been completed, and when I leave, I will take all the skilled craftsmen with me, and the rest of the labor, you ask them to build a cement road around the village to the fishing ground and Chaishan, and then raise and strengthen the dam of the fishing ground, and after doing this, they should also call it a day this year.

In addition, in winter, the food of each family can not be short, there must be fish and meat every day, I will teach you to beat tofu, bean sprouts, and if you can't finish eating, you can take it to the market to sell. ”

After making sure that Sun Dali remembered his words one by one, Sun Xiangfu turned to Uncle De and said, "Load all the furniture and iron tools built in the warehouse and bring them home!" The soybeans can pull 3,000 stones, and leave the rest to the villagers. Vigorously, you send some labor to Uncle De to load the ship. ”

As far as Sun Xiangfu said these things, it is really not a boat or two boats can be pulled, after all, the small river in front of the village can not run a thousand stone boats, after explaining this, he replaced the leather boots on his feet with clogs, went to the vegetable shed, opened the silk curtain, and saw a green inside, Sun Dali is right, these crops are basically alive.

Sun Xiangfu first identified these plants piece by piece according to the records, some of which can harvest seeds, he took the seeds himself, this is to compare the difference between the seeds that grow out of season and the seeds that grow in season, anyway, these seeds are bought in the shops in Chang'an, they are not rare, according to the amount of food of everyone, Sun Xiangfu picked seven or eight dishes, and will make them one by one in the kitchen to taste the taste, and the unpalatable ones are bound to be eliminated.

After getting these crops, a morning passed, Sun Xiangfu went home to cook, the younger brothers and sisters finally had a mouthful, a big grass carp weighing seven or eight pounds boiled in hot pot, the staple food is Sun Xiangfu's hand-rolled noodles with eggs, and the side dishes are those picked by Sun Xiangfu in the vegetable shed.

"Cool, in winter, you should eat like this."

Uncle De didn't want to serve at the table, but Sun Xiangfu insisted, and in the end, even Zhang Honghe and the two servants brought from home did not escape, plus Sun Dali and Sun Xiangfu's three brothers and sisters, the eight people sat around a table of eight immortals in the Sun family's hall, and they ate upside down.

"Well, everyone eats at a table to be lively, this hot pot is the main dish I greet relatives and friends when I get married, and the restaurant will be built in the future, which is also one of the main dishes." Sun Xiangfu clamped half of the fish head, and sucked a mouthful of fish brain marrow in the bowl.

"Big brother, you want to get married?" Sun Deshou was stunned when he heard this, and Xiaomei and Sun Dali also looked at him.

"Well, on the eighth day of the first month of next month, Brother Dali will take the whole village to Chang'an by boat to eat and drink. If you are drunk, you will live there, rest assured, our place is big enough. Sun Xiangfu rushed to the table with joy.

Hearing this, Sun nodded vigorously, his brother was out, his face was naturally bright, he scratched his head, and stammered, "My mother has been telling me these days, these days, there are many people who come to work in the village who want to marry their daughters to me, that is, it's ······."

"What's it?"

Sun Xiangfu smiled when he heard this, Happy Village is now rich for the surrounding villages, and these people who came to work in the village after Sun Xiangfu left intuitively thought that Sun Dali was the person in charge of this village, and naturally wanted to cling to him.

"It's just that the girls from several families are handsome, and Brother Dali doesn't know how to choose." The second brother Sun Deshou said Sun Dali's dilemma.

"Hahaha, what's there to consider, I'm married! Those female babies of farmers and craftsmen, where are they calling to be wives and concubines, and when they go to other people's homes to be wives, they may not be strong enough to be concubines like Brother Dali, marry a few more, give birth to a few more babies, and we will also have people in Happy Village in the future. ”

Sun Xiangfu laughed and patted Sun Dali's shoulder and said, this guy is now in his twenties, it's time to get married and have children, he went to the chicken farm in the afternoon, and he has to find his wife and said, the daughter-in-law is not afraid of much, but she is afraid that she will not be able to marry.

After a meal that had eaten a few people, Sun Xiangfu looked at several construction sites in the village in the afternoon, and then went to the direction of the fishing ground.