Father Ye picked up the cigarette gun in his hand and put it in his mouth twice, only to remember that the fire had already been extinguished, and glanced at Chen helplessly, but he didn't light it again.

coughed slightly self-deprecatingly, and silently put the cigarette gun back down, Father Ye shook his head at Ye Damin: "Our house has not been repaired since it was built, and the roof is just strengthened with thatch every year."

Since you have decided to trim it, you just have to fix it.

In addition, I plan to build one more room on each side of the main house, and it will definitely not work if I only invite Qi Da and Xie Er. ”

Chen frowned and looked at Father Ye: "I heard me right, you just said that you want to build two more houses?" ”

Father Ye took a sip of the cold tea on the table, his mouth full of bitterness made him frown, but his words were very resolute: "You heard it right, build two more houses." ”

After a pause, he saw that his wife and son were staring at him with burning eyes, and he had to explain a few more words: "Since you want to send their brothers to study, you must give them the whole study." In addition, haven't you always thought about taking that girl doll named Wanwan to the house, just like our family, if the doll comes, where do you plan to let her live? ”

Father Ye's words made Ye Damin's eyes seem to have a fire burning, and Chen was even more excited to grab Father Ye's hand and ask eagerly, "The master promised to let Wanwan come to our house?" ”

Daddy Ye showed a slightly mysterious smile on his face, but not only did he not give an accurate word, but he also shook his head, which made Chen very annoyed, and picked up the sole of his shoe on the small table and patted Daddy Ye's shoulder: "What's the matter with you old man, it's always like this, half of what you say is left half, which makes people's hearts scratch and itch!" ”

"I'm just assuming, it's you who have to think on the ground." Father Ye glanced at Chen and retorted: "In short, this time I have to build two more rooms no matter what." You don't want to think about it, Brother Qing is thirteen years old this year, and when the people looked at their daughter-in-law, they were almost this age. ”

As soon as Father Ye said this, Chen stopped talking.

The Ye family was considered a wealthy family in Shu back then, Ye Damin not only looked like a talent, but also a scholar, and someone came to visit him when he was about ten years old.

It's just that at that time, Daddy Ye was bent on changing the court by studying for the imperial examination, so he naturally didn't want Ye Damin to make a family appointment early.

It wasn't until Ye Damin admitted that he was not the material for the imperial examination that Father Ye asked Chen to start looking at his daughter-in-law for him.

Rao is like this, Ye Damin was only fifteen years old when he became engaged to the Wu family.

Seeing that Chen no longer spoke, Father Ye glanced at Ye Damin and confessed: "There are still a lot of bamboo and rattan at home, and you don't have to go into the mountains to cut bamboo and rattan tomorrow. In addition, the adobe should also be done quickly, and the yellow mud should be dug on the back slope, where the loess is the most suitable. ”

Ye Damin listened and nodded hurriedly, the words of cutting thatch and beating adobe were not difficult for him, although the family had fewer people, but his two young sons could also help, as long as everyone was diligent, it would not take a few days to prepare the materials for repairing and building a house.

After explaining to Ye Damin, Father Ye looked at Chen: "First take five taels of silver out to repair the house." ”

Daddy Ye's words made Chen almost jump up, one hand tightly protected his purse, and looked at Daddy Ye in disbelief: "Are you going to build a gold house or a silver house, but to repair the house and build two more earthen houses, where do you need five taels of silver?" ”

Father Ye was almost laughed at by Chen, and glared at Chen: "I want to build a gold and silver house, do you have that gold and silver?" There are only a few people in the family, and you say that you don't need to ask someone to help you build a house? Is it possible that you still want people to go hungry to build you a house and repair it? ”

"But it's enough to build a house and build two earthen houses, and hurry up for two days at most. How many people are you going to ask for help, and how many good meals do you need for five taels of silver? Even if you use white rice, white flour, big fish and big meat, you can't use two taels! ”

Father Ye was even more unhappy when he heard this, and glared at Chen again: "People come to help and don't want your salary, you have to let people eat well, and finally drink a small bar." ”

Although he knew that Father Ye was right, but when he thought of taking out five taels of silver, where was the Chen family willing to say: "We don't need to pay for asking people to help in the countryside, and I won't treat them badly when we eat and drink." Do you think it's enough to invite ten big men for two days? I prepare one pound of mixed noodles for each person every day to make six steamed buns, and then prepare half a pound of meat for each person...... You said that in the end, you will invite people to drink, and you will be done! Let's finally prepare half a catty of wine for each person, plus the vegetables in the backyard vegetable field, two taels of silver is only a lot more! ”

The best meat is only twenty-five wen a catty, ten people are half a catty each is five catties, two days is ten catties, and ten catties of meat are only two hundred and fifty wen.

A better piece of mixed noodles is 15 wen per catty, and 20 catties of mixed noodles in two days is 300 wen.

As for wine, countrymen only drink 20 wen a pound of wine during the New Year, and 5 catties of wine 100 wen.

Of course, since someone has been invited to repair the house and build a house, the family will have to work hard, and naturally they can't lose their own family's stomach, of course, even if you add your own family, one or two silver should be enough.

Five taels, this old man really dares to think!

She has less than eight taels of silver in her purse, and she takes out five taels to repair and build a house, and how can she send her two grandsons to school with less than three taels of silver?!

Chen's crackling and careful calculation made Father Ye a little unable to get off the stage: "You old woman, why are you so slammed the door!" ”

However, he also understood in his heart that it was not easy for the Chen family to be in charge, so after thinking about it, he softened and told him all about his plans: "I asked you to take five taels of silver, not to let you use it all for eating and drinking."

Since the newly built house is intended to be used as a study for Brother Qing'er and them, there must be tables, chairs and benches in the house.

The reader's study is not like what we use on weekdays, just make a few pieces by yourself, why do you have to ask Boss Chen to give them a decent set, do you say five taels of silver is more?

Okay, okay, Brother Qing'er, the cost of their school doesn't come from you, don't I still collect the ten taels of silver that my daughter-in-law brought back. ”

Father Ye's words finally made Chen breathe a sigh of relief, and he happily took out five taels of silver from his purse and put it aside.

Next, Father Ye listed a few necessary expenses for the family, and seeing that the purse was getting more and more deflated, Chen's face collapsed again, and his mouth was tightly pursed into a line.

But when he looked at the silver and the pile of copper coins, he found that none of the expenses were exempt.

Seeing his father and mother working so hard for this family, Ye Damin felt very embarrassed, and only said one sentence after opening his mouth a few times: "Dad, mother, I will work harder in the future." ”