In Zhangjia Town, Shigou Village, there is a small brick-burning workshop in the village, and the bricks and tiles burned are strong and the price is low.

After inquiring, Song Qingyuan decided to place an order there.

When I went home and told Zhou about the situation, Zhou listened to it and frowned, "It takes half an hour for Shigou Village to come to us, and it is an hour to go back and forth, and it is inconvenient to take bricks and pull bricks......"

"Your third uncle is not at home, your father still has to send bean sprouts, your uncle has to sit in the hall, Dalang, Dalang has to prepare for the imperial examination."

"There is only one Erlang left in the family, this ......" Zhou said embarrassedly.

"We can hire someone." Song Qingyuan said, "I have inquired, the same amount of bricks and tiles, Shigou Village is much cheaper than our town, and after all the calculations, there is a difference of several taels of silver." ”

"These few taels of silver are enough for us to hire a car and hire people."

Song Qingyuan inquired about the price of hiring an ox cart, and even a person brought a cart for 30 wen a day. A man has ten wen a day, and many people in Songjia Village are willing to take this job.

Ten ox-carts and twenty laborers were hired for only half a tael.

"If you're not in a hurry, leave this matter to me......" Erlang interjected, "I can find an ox cart, I can also find a batch of free laborers, pull slowly, and toss back after a few more days." ”

Song Qingyuan understood that the ox cart that Erlang said was his own, and the free labor was the little brothers under him.

Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a while is a good method, but it is too slow.

Song Qingyuan's mind changed, "In this way, we can discuss with Shigou Village and let them deliver the ......."

"The brick-burning workshop in Shigou Village belongs to the village, there must be a lot of manpower, our order is large, they will deliver the goods, if you say it well, they should agree to ......"

After discussing, the next day, Song Qingyuan took Yinzi and Erlang to Shigou Village.

Sure enough, Song Qingyuan told him about the delivery, and Li Zheng of Shigou Village, that is, the person in charge of the brick-burning workshop, readily agreed.

The two sides made a note, the Song family paid 50 taels of silver, Shigou Village shipped after 15 days, and the remaining 80 taels were delivered after the goods arrived.

Song Qingyuan calculated that with the current sales of bean sprouts, it would be easy to hand over eighty taels when due.

Buying bricks and tiles is a major project to complete the construction of the house, and in terms of construction, Song Chengyi has also found a good person in the town, and he is a well-known construction team in ten miles and eight townships.

It is said that there are only four or five people in the construction team, who are good at building houses and are responsible for guiding the work, and the rest of the ordinary labor still has to be found in the village.

In this regard, the Song family has also said hello in the village, and the leveling work of the house base has also been completed, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

As soon as the bricks and tiles arrive, the new house of the Song family will be officially constructed.

............

As the days passed, the temperature also rose little by little, the Song family's fruit circle was completed, and the pond began to be built.

"Third Uncle should come back too......" Song Qingyuan muttered to himself.

Counting the days, Song Chengli has been gone for half a month.

If it weren't for Ye's saying that the people in the mountains would be poor and poor, they would not have reached the point of being extremely vicious, killing people and plundering.

I'm afraid that my family will be worried about it for a long time.

Putting down the book in his hand, Song Qingyuan looked out.

The moon outside the window is extraordinarily round, shining on the earth, putting a layer of warm light.

In the past few days, she has been studying the methods of raising fish and planting trees in "Qi Min's Technique", and she has kept every little detail firmly in mind.

However, it is shallow on paper, and if possible, it is still necessary to find someone who knows how to guide it.

Putting on his clothes, Song Qingyuan went to the study.

In the study, the lights were still flickering.

"Third brother, don't you rest so late?" Song Qingyuan Road.

"I'm watching for a while, why aren't you sleeping?" Saburo put down the book and asked.

"I couldn't sleep, I saw that the oil lamp was still on, so I came over." Song Qingyuan sat down beside San Lang, "Third brother, learning is not something that can be achieved overnight. ”

"Don't wait for the county test to toss yourself sick, the gains outweigh the losses." Song Qingyuan persuaded.

The closer to the exam, the later San Lang studied, and a few times when she got up at night, she found that the oil lamp in the study was still on, and even heard San Lang's light cough.

The next day, I boiled ginger soup for San Lang and persuaded him several times before the situation improved.

"Third brother, keep a normal heart, you are still young, don't worry." Song Qingyuan said.

San Lang shook his head with a smile, "I've been a little anxious lately...... I always think about not being compared to Brother Lang, and don't embarrass Mr. ”

"I'll adjust my mentality, don't worry!" San Lang patted Song Qingyuan's head.

This sister is always more mature than him, sees things more thoroughly than him, and is more indifferent than him.

............

The day after Song Qingyuan's chatter, Song Chengli finally returned.

Running all the way, Song Chengli was full of tiredness, but his spirit was good.

When everyone in the Song family saw Song Chengli return home, their hanging hearts finally let go.

Song Qingmo, Song Qingrong pestered Song Chengli's side like a little bee, and Zhou's stiff face finally had joy.

After reporting safety to the people in the family, Song Chengli finally remembered the ox cart that followed behind, "Mother, there are a lot of fruit trees dug this time, and most of them are mature trees, so I hired another ox cart in the mountains." ”

Song Chengli reported the situation to Zhou, "I bought fifty fruit trees, forty mature fruit trees, and ten small fruit trees, and it takes a year or two to bear fruit." ”

"There are mostly hawthorn trees, as well as a few pear trees, a few peach trees, and two jujube trees." Song Chengli said, glancing at the two daughters, it was his selfish intention to buy jujube trees.

The two daughters make jujube cakes to make money, and the family plants jujube trees, and the two daughters can also have income.

Song Chengli put his careful thoughts, carefully hidden, and continued, "The land in the mountains is not good, most of them are planted with trees, and the trees are cheap there, and fifty trees cost less than three taels of silver in total. ”

"It's also counting the ......money for hiring people to dig trees," Song Chengli said, "The people who came back with me this time are the people who sold my trees, and the conditions are good in the mountains." ”

"I saw that he had an ox cart at home, so I hired him, and he had experience in transplanting and planting fruit trees, and promised to help guide him."

"Plus the money for hiring an ox cart, you need to pay him 500 yuan." After Song Chengli finished speaking, he handed over the rest of the money to Zhou, took out 500 wen, and settled the account with the mountain man who was driving the ox cart outside.

Song Qingyuan listened silently and said secretly; It's really not expensive.

The long-distance delivery, coupled with technical guidance, is only 500 Wen in total, which is really a conscience price.

It seems that the manpower and material resources in the mountains are cheaper than those here.

When Song Chengli was talking to the men in the mountains, Erlang called someone, and the hired workers were not far away, and they were working on the other side of the pond.

Song Lao Liu was also very excited when he saw his two sons, and pulled his two sons to talk on the side.

The rest of the people drove two ox carts to the vicinity of the orchard and began to plant trees.

Fruit trees, naturally, the earlier they are planted, the better, and the longer they are out of the soil, the lower the survival rate, especially for mature fruit trees.

In order not to delay the return time of the men in the mountains, the Song family went to the village to call more than 20 people, plus the original ten people, plus the people of the Song family, everyone did it together.

Under the guidance of the men in the mountains, he did it in a hurry.

Planting trees at home is a big deal, Song Qingyuan, Song Qingrong, Song Qingmo and Song Qinglian, who don't like to go out, all ran out to see, Sun, Li, and Ye also followed.

"Y-you?" The man in the mountains had a thoughtful expression on his face.