Ning Dachuan's face was not good, he glared at Liu, and said angrily: "Do you think I came up with it?" "It's not that I'm being forced by my mother.

When Liu heard this, he hurriedly said: "If you don't want to go out, then our family won't come out." Anyway, we have already split up, what are we doing if we want to build a house in three rooms? ”

Ning Dachuan was speechless, what else did he have to say about Liu's mother-in-law, she was stingy and selfish, mean and domineering, and there was a reason why her family didn't want to see her.

Ning Dachuan shook his head, took off his clothes and prepared to go to bed. Liu Shi followed and went to bed, she complained in a low voice, "Boss, don't think I'm stingy, look at our two sons, each of them has to study and marry a wife, we don't plan to do it, I don't know what to do in the future?"

Ning Dachuan turned over and sighed, although the Liu family was stingy and mean, but his heart was all about this family, hey, the family has a lot of expenses, the third child is there, why don't you cry tomorrow?

Ning Dachuan fell asleep after thinking about it, he was too tired during the day, copied a book of three character scriptures, and all kinds of bad things at home.

The next day, Ning Xue'er's family got up early, Zhang's went to weave, Ning Dazhuang and Ning Daniu went to the town to buy green bricks, and Ning Xue'er went down to the ground to see the growth of sweet potatoes.

Ning Xue'er stood on the ridge of the field, looking at the ten acres of sweet potatoes, thinking that she would rely on them for the Chinese New Year this year!

After carefully inspecting it, Ning Xue'er bent down and picked some sweet potato leaves and put them in the back basket.

On the country road, Ning Xue'er carried a basket on her back, held an oil-paper umbrella, stepped on the mud all the way, smelled the fresh air, and she seemed to have returned to the feeling of being in the countryside when she was a child.

When she got home, Ning Xue'er also sent some sweet potato leaves to Ding's family, she has a pig at home, and sweet potato leaves can not only be eaten by people, but also used to feed pigs.

Ding accepted it with a smile, and praised Ning Xue'er for having a heart. When he went back, Ding gave Ning Xue'er two eggs, and Ning Xue'er also smiled and thanked her. After returning home, Ning Xue'er began to prepare lunch, she was going to fry eggs, and then stir-fry a big bowl of sweet potato leaves, with a pot of white rice, this lunch is good.

At noon, Zhang held the white rice in his hand, frowning enough to catch mosquitoes. Ning Xue'er cautiously asked, "Mother, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Xue'er, our family is not as usual, this white rice is still less, tomorrow I will ask your father to go to the town to buy some miscellaneous grains and come back, let's eat together, fight hunger and save money."

"Oh," Ning Xue'er nodded silently, but tears flowed down her heart. She's so bad at mixing it that she can't even eat white rice.

As soon as noon passed, Ning Xue'er cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and went up the mountain with the basket on her back. The family had to build a house, and silver had to be used everywhere, so she had to work harder to collect firewood.

Passing by the door of Zhang Yisheng's house, Zhang Mitang called her timidly. Ning Xue'er smiled at her, and she ran out happily.

"Sister Xue'er, let's go up the mountain together." Zhang Mitang went up the mountain to see if there was any prey in the trap set up by Zhang Yisheng, and by the way, he picked up some firewood and went back. The two little girls are together, but they also have a companion.

Ning Xue'er followed Zhang Mi to see the traps first, those traps Zhang Yisheng made very hidden, and they were all covered with straw, if they weren't familiar, they wouldn't be able to find it at all.

However, I don't know if it's the cause of the rain, so I looked at three traps in a row, but I found nothing. The two little girls were a little depressed, but when they got to the fourth trap, they found that there was a wounded white rabbit inside. The rabbit was snow-white, and its front feet were bleeding from scraping the sharp bamboo, Zhang Mitang carefully picked it up and said happily: "I can eat meat again recently!" ”

Ning Xue'er smiled reluctantly and went to collect firewood.

In the evening, Ning Dazhuang and Ning Daniu were building bricks in the yard, and the green bricks they had just bought were to be put away. When Ning Xue'er got home, she put down the basket and went to cook. At noon, the rice was boiled in porridge, there were still three eggs left at home, and Ning Xue'er fried them all, and in addition, there were two crucian carp sent by Zhang Yisheng in the water tank, which also made her braised it.

After finishing the meal, Ning Xue'er squeaked, and Ning Dazhuang enthusiastically left Ning Daniu to eat. After Ning Da Niu tasted a few bites of food, he praised Ning Xue'er for her good skills. Ning Xue'er's eyebrows were crooked, "It's delicious, and the second uncle will come back later." ”

At the dinner table, while eating, Ning Daniu and Ning Dazhuang discussed the matter of building a house, Ning Xue'er silently picked up the rice and listened with her ears open.

"Da Zhuang, you mean to rebuild on the original site, but I see that your place is very narrow, and it was reluctant to build two thatched houses before, but this time you want to build three big tiled houses, so you can't put it down."

Ning Dazhuang sighed and said helplessly: "What can I do then?" The house is so big, the vegetable garden can't be moved, and the feng shui in other places is not good........." Because of this, Ning Dazhuang was also worried.

"Fool!" Ning Daniu smiled, "We have a lot of land in the village, why don't you ask the village chief for a piece of it?" ”

"No, no." Ning Dazhuang shook his head, "The locations of those places in our village that don't need money are very poor, and we don't live there!" ”

It is true that there is a lot of wasteland in Caoqiao Village, but there are also many people. Every household in the village has already taken up all the good places, and the rest are either near the cemetery or at the foot of the mountain, both of which are deserted, and the average family would rather squeeze them than move them.

"Ahem, isn't that it, wrap it up on your brother and me, I'll ask you about it when I get back and help you find a good place." Ning Daniu patted his chest with confidence and said with an oath.

As a result, the next day Ning Daniu had good news, it turned out that the son of the old man Li in the village had made a fortune in the town, bought a house, and was going to take the old man Li to enjoy the blessings.

Ning Da was overjoyed, and immediately went to see the house with Ning Da Niu, the house was broken, but it couldn't stand the big yard of the Li family, although the Li family only had two thatched houses, but the vegetable gardens before and after added up to two acres of land. Ning Dazhuang's heart was moved. But as soon as he asked about the price, his heart was cold again.

A broken house and a yard actually cost twenty taels of silver, isn't this a robbery!

You must know that the price of fertile land is the highest, and it is only seven or eight taels of silver per acre, and the land of this old man Li's family can only live, and he can't grow grain, so why is it so expensive.

Ning Da went out beautifully, but came back dejected. Ning Daniu's face was not good-looking, and the deal he introduced was not successful, so he was naturally unhappy.

At noon, Ning Dazhuang quietly told Zhang about it. Zhang's face turned pale with fright, and he shook his head and said: "You can't buy it, you can't buy it, our family just has so much silver, if we want to buy this yard, what will we use to build a house!" ”

Ning Xue'er sat aside and carefully interjected, "Dad, why don't you go and bargain with the second uncle?" ”

Ning Dazhuang nodded, he had to do it.

In the second house, as soon as Ning Daniu entered the house, Ding asked, "Father, how are things?" ”

Ning Da Niu had a stinky face, and said angrily: "It's not good!" The third child is too expensive and refuses to buy it. ”

"Won't buy?" Ding was puzzled, she asked, "What price did you talk about with the third child?" ”

"Twenty taels!"

"Twenty taels?" Ding exclaimed, "You have no conscience, you even pit your own brothers, you ........."

Ding was so angry that he threw a handkerchief at Ning Da Niu, who took it and said with a smile: "Lady, I just want to get some oil and water." Look at it, the third child is building a house, I'm busy with everything, shouldn't I make some money? ”

"Then you can't ask for a price! The third child is not stupid, the broken house is fifteen taels, you want five taels more, can the third child agree? Ding glared and said angrily.

This husband is sleek, but his heart is too big and scares people away.

Ning Da Niu smiled embarrassedly, "Who knew that the third fool didn't fall for it this time!" ”

"How dare you say it!" Ding casually threw another handkerchief over, "The third child is not stupid, you can't bully him when you get along with him in the future, he is your younger brother, I see that Xue'er in their family is very capable, maybe we will count on her in the future." ”

"Okay, okay, got it. You've said this hundreds of times! Ning Da Niu responded impatiently, he felt that his ears were about to come out of calluses.

In the evening, Ning Dazhuang went to the second room again, he still had Xue'er roasted chestnuts in his hand, there was no way, who let himself ask for others.

knocked on the door and entered the house, after Ning Dazhuang sat down, he first pointed to the chestnut in his hand, "Second sister-in-law, give it to you to taste." ”

Ding Shile said: "It's all my own family, why are you so polite!" ”

Ning Dazhuang smiled and exchanged a few words of greeting, and then Ning Dazhuang asked tentatively: "Second brother, can Old Man Li's house be cheaper?" ”

Ding and Ning Da Niu were both stunned, they didn't expect Ning Da Niu to still be thinking about it.

"I don't know!" Ning Daniu shook his head, "However, if you sincerely want to, I'll help you ask again tomorrow." ”

"Then thank you, second brother, it's not too early, you guys should rest early." Ning Dazhuang got up and left.

A few days later, Ning Daniu brought news that the house of Old Man Li's house was at least fifteen taels, and they would not sell it if there was not a copper plate. Ning Dazhuang gritted his teeth and bought it, gave the silver, Ning Daniu helped with the formalities again, and the moment he got the title deed and the house deed, Ning Dazhuang's eyes were red, he was almost thirty years old, and he finally had his own land.

Zhang and Ning Xue'er were also happy. In any case, as long as you buy land, there is hope in the future. But when they thought of the money at home, everyone was worried again.

Now that there are fifteen taels left, how can I build a house? Zhang thought for a while and said, "In charge, why don't we slow down?" It's not too late to build it when you're rich! ”

Ning Dazhuang covered his head and said distressedly: "Where do we live if we don't build a house?" You can't live in a big house all the time. ”

"Afraid of what? Don't we still have two thatched huts? Although it is broken, it will be fixed and it will be lived. "Liu Shi took it for granted.

"Alas, you," Ning Dazhuang pointed at the Liu family, and explained helplessly, "First, it takes silver to repair the house, and second, if we want to repair the thatched house well, a little silver is not enough." ”