The stone family at the east entrance of the village is named because there is an ancient well and a stone mill in the house.

It is said that the ancient well and the stone mill are both treasures handed down from the ancestors, so the stone family until this generation, the ancient well and the stone mill continue to stay at home.

The Shi family is also a family with a great background, their ancestors are from Shangwa Village, and their ancestors have raised people, but it was a hundred years ago.

At that time, it was also the most glorious time for the Shi family, and the entire land of Shangwa Village, including the surrounding mountains and forests, and an area of nearly 1,000 acres, was the private land of the master.

It's a pity that the old man died directly due to illness.

The old man died too suddenly, and the ancestor of the Shi family was really flustered for a while, and then finally stood still, but there was no major development.

Their Shi family has never appeared more powerful than the old man, and the family property that the old man has worked so hard to save has also been sold off little by little with the unenterprising and wanton squandering of the descendants.

Including the land around Shangwa Village, it was eventually taken back by the county government and returned to the imperial court.

However, even so, their Shi family can still be regarded as a wealthy family in Shangwa Village.

Nearly 100 acres of fields and forests, all of which are good fields, every year when it comes to spring planting and summer harvest, summer planting and autumn harvest, the Shi family has to spend a lot of money and hire a number of short-term workers to help.

Labor in this day and age is not cheap.

Especially when planting in spring and harvesting in summer, planting in summer and harvesting in autumn, an adult labor force costs 50 yuan a day, which is still a package of food.

If you don't care about anything, you have to be more expensive.

The Li family heard others say that even so, after deducting some necessary expenses, the Shi family could still save dozens of silver dollars just by relying on these fields.

Hey, it's a big family.

Li Shi carried the basket and muttered in his heart.

I'm afraid that in the entire Shangwa Village, the family that is richer than the Shi family is also the Zou Lizheng family in the village, after all, Zou Lizheng's mother-in-law can weave, and the income is more than farming.

After thinking about it like this, the Li family stepped into the gate of the Shi family and entered this beautiful and atmospheric courtyard.

It is not the same as the wheat straw fence or wattle fence commonly used by other people in the village, and the yellow mud fence is different, and the courtyard wall of the stone family is made of cheap stone, and the wall yard is neat and tidy, about one foot wide and two zhang high.

Adults stand outside the wall and can't see what's going on inside the wall at all.

Li Shi looked at this beautiful courtyard wall, and his heart was very hot.

She secretly made up her mind in her heart that when she had money, she would also replace the wattle fence at home with this beautiful stone fence in front of her, how magnificent!

Of course, the stone family is not only magnificent in the walls, but also in the houses inside.

It's a complete brick house!

It is not a yellow mud house or straw house that is often built in the countryside, nor is it a splicing house with half yellow mud and half bricks, it is a serious brick and tile house!

Just this handwriting, the average dealer is not up to scratch.

For the villagers, building a house is a big deal.

Some poor farmers may not be able to build a decent brick house in their lifetime, most of them are yellow mud houses, broken and repaired, repaired and lived, really can't live, just pick up and rebuild a same.

After all, when a brick house is built, it costs a lot of money.

You have to get the bricks, tiles, sand, and stones you need, and you have to save the timber beams you need.

Counting the money for asking for work, the money for furniture, and the village banquet in Shangliang...... Wait and add a piece, I don't think about ten big bucks.

This still doesn't need to be built too well, if you want to build better, the room is more spacious, the cost is not counted.

Not to mention anything else, as far as the Li family's self-built house is concerned, most of the mud embryo and a small part of the brick and tile structure have been repaired and repaired over the years, and it will cost about 30 hangings.

This is because the wood is the family's hillside forest real estate, and the furniture is Zhao Fuxiang's own work, and it doesn't cost money.

It can be seen from this that the Shi family's spacious and bright more than ten large tile houses are so enviable.

That's a lot of money!

After the addiction, the Li family retracted his gaze, and said in his heart that although their old Zhao family was not as big as the Shi family, their life was not bad, as long as they worked hard, sooner or later they would live in these spacious and bright brick houses.

………

When Li and Chen entered the door, there was a lot of commotion.

The ladies of the Shi family naturally noticed the two of them.

"Oh, who did I say? It turned out to be Aunt Li, what wind blew you here? ”

It was the eldest daughter-in-law of the Shi family, Yu, who ran out to greet the Li family.

Yu's is not young, about thirty, she is tall, although her facial features are ordinary, but she looks straight, but her skin is slightly dark, and she looks bad, which makes people feel pity.

Yu didn't care, and greeted Li in the same tone.

She has been married for more than ten years, she speaks and does things very well, and her brain turns quickly, and she gets along well with the women in the village.

Therefore, when someone usually comes to the Shi family, if the mother-in-law Wang is not there, the eldest son and daughter-in-law of the Yu family will come out to entertain them.

After Li saw that it was Yu, he was also relieved.

OK.

This is not to blame the Li family, the Li family and the Wang family also have some small contradictions, it is not a big deal, that is, the two of them can't talk together, and they love to be tough when they meet, and now that the Wang family is not at home, the Li family can breathe a sigh of relief.

Just when Li was thinking like this, Yu had already come to the two of them, and Chen on the same side with a smile finished saying hello.

Yu's method is exquisite, and it will never make people feel uncomfortable.

At least Chen didn't feel that he had been neglected by Yu just now, but because Yu deliberately walked up to her to talk, she felt that the other party valued her very much.

Li and Yu greeted each other, "Your mother-in-law is not at home, it's not a coincidence, I'll buy two pieces of tofu, there are no vegetables at home, men are tired from work, and they can't be so bad every day." ”

"That's the reason, I don't know why, it's surprisingly hot these days, we are very uncomfortable staying at home, and it's not easy for the family to go out to make money," Yu continued, followed what Li said, and continued the topic.

While chatting, Yu led the two to the tofu room.

"By the way, two aunts, I won't tell you that there is not much tofu made at home today, and now there are eight pieces left, how many pieces do you plan to ask for?"

Yu Shi remembered that there was not much tofu ground at home today, so he directly reported the number of remaining pieces.

Not all eight pieces of tofu are sold, and the old and young masters of their Shi family have also gone out to work, so naturally they have to leave two pieces for the men in the family to make up for their bodies.

"Aunt Li, Aunt Chen, don't all these eight pieces of tofu sell, my mother-in-law specially explained before leaving, and set aside two pieces for the old and young masters at home to eat, and there are only six pieces that can be sold."

After Yu finished speaking, Chen directly grabbed his mouth and said, "Pillar daughter-in-law, I don't want much, one and a half is enough." ”

Yu's ......

Yu Shi looked embarrassed, "Aunt Chen, you want half a piece, we can't sell it." ”

Sell two pieces of tofu for a penny, you only need one and a half pieces, how can the money be calculated?

Yu Shi was choked by Chen's words, Xindao had never seen a person like Chen, and he took advantage of everything, which was really not enough.

And buy half a piece?

A copper plate can't be chopped open!

"Why not, before, when your mother-in-law was here, didn't she sell me half a piece, and she could sell it at the beginning, why can't you sell it now?"

Chen's words are justified and not ashamed at all.

Yu Shi was angry, and even spoke a little dissatisfied, "Aunt Chen, you can't say that, at that time, it was because half of the tofu was broken, and the mother-in-law was in charge, so she gave you the half of the tofu, and the half of the tofu didn't cost money at all, and now these tofu are all good, and the freshly ground tofu naturally can't be sold to you for half a piece." ”

Yu and Chen explained why.

Yu Shixin said that Chen's special mention of half a piece of tofu is really not enough!

What happened before, didn't you know when she wasn't at home?

It's not that her mother-in-law, Wang, was impatient with Chen's blocking and refusing to leave, so she gave half an extra piece to send people away.

As a result, this person still wants to come to this show now, which is shameless.

It's a pity that Chen made up his mind to take advantage of this half of the tofu, and let Yu's mouth wear out there, and he didn't change his words.

"Anyway, I don't care, the Wang family was able to sell it to me in the first place, why can't it now? I just want a piece and a half of tofu. ”

Chen is also relying on her old age and elders, how dissatisfied Yu is in her heart, she doesn't dare to shake her face, so she can only swallow her grievances in her stomach.

Yu's ......

Yu really wants to cry, it's true that she can usually speak and do things exquisitely, but the premise is that these people want face!

The Chen family is shameless in front of him, and even if the Yu family has a thousand words, it doesn't make sense.

What's going on!

"Okay, daughter-in-law of the pillar, you get me tofu first, adults and children are waiting for me to go back to cook, I'm also in a hurry at this time," Li Shi rolled his eyes and pointed to the few pieces of tofu the size of a woman's palm on the board, "I don't want much, this person doesn't want one and a half pieces, then wrap the remaining four and a half pieces for me." ”

As Li spoke, he handed the plate in the basket to Yu, "If you want money, I'll give you three cents, and I'll come and get the rest of the tofu next time." ”

"That half of the yuan is worth the account you blocked me today, how big a person, you have no face for the junior daughter-in-law, smack, don't be ashamed!"

Li even said sarcastically, not only Yu was stunned, but even Chen, who wanted to take advantage of half a piece of tofu, was also blinded.

Chen is not a person who suffers losses, and after reacting, he followed back,

"Heh, as long as you're generous, it seems that I'm faceless,"

"I don't have a face anymore, my mother's relatives are still living chic and free,"

"It's not as good as you, my brothers are dying of hunger, my nieces and granddaughters are going to be sold into slavery, and they pretend to be generous with me, phew!"

Li Shi glared at him murderously, "Chen, what did you say?" ”

Chen raised his head, "Hmph, Li's bend has spread all over the world, Li, what are you pretending!" ”