Chapter 37: Additions

Now that they have bought a mountain and a house, they still have a total of about 30 taels of silver left, which also adds up to the three taels of silver that Li Bokang received in the county this month. Now they are renovating and renovating the house in the county, and then renting out the shop in front of the house.

Although the house in the back can also be rented out, she thinks that they may also go to the county to live for a period of time occasionally in the future, and if they rent it out, it will not be very convenient at that time. However, the house still looks very large, and it is possible to build a partition in the middle to divide the house from the yard into two. This is also possible, maybe it will be better to rent out at that time, and the rent will be a little more, and the house will not be wasted too much.

The house was quite large, with a spacious shop in front and a slightly smaller storeroom next to it. There are five main rooms in the back, two wings on the left and right, and the courtyard is fifty or sixty square meters. There is a well in the middle of the yard, and a well platform more than half a meter high is built around the well, and there is a manhole cover at the mouth of the well, and there is a gravel paved path next to the well, and the one at the end of the path should be the kitchen.

The original owner of this house basically moved everything away when he left, and there was not much left, and if they were to live in the future, they would have to add a lot of things. As for the most basic beds, chairs and benches, they had to buy their own, and other things, they still had to spend a lot of money to get the house out.

Then they went home for two days, and then brought a lot of things to the county to prepare for a long stay. They have to get the house done and then go back, and then Li Bokang will go again. Originally, she asked Li Bokang to go now, but he kept procrastinating and said that he must help her finish the affairs at home before going. She was not too persistent about this, so she didn't bother to persuade him, so he never went to the official school at home.

They brought a lot of things to the county this time, first of all, they ate rice, noodles, meat and vegetables, and the vegetables were some dried vegetables, and they couldn't harvest what they planted this year. In addition, they also brought some daily necessities such as quilts, cotton wool, clothes, sheets, and covers, and they also pulled the dry firewood.

A lot of firewood in the county is bought with money, although you can also cut it yourself, but the place where you cut firewood is far away, and it takes too much time and effort to go back and forth, plus they don't lack firewood at home, and they have a car to pull it by themselves. In addition to these, they had to hurry to buy beds and chairs after arriving in the county, as well as pots and pans for daily needs.

It is also said that the original owner of this house left two water tanks, a few broken bowls, some old chopsticks and baskets, and a few stools with missing legs, and there are really few things that can be used. By the way, there are two very broken boxes, so they have to buy everything now.

So the first thing she did after arriving in the county seat was to ask Li Bokang to go to the county to buy things, as for why Li Bokang went, because she had to clean up the house at home, and the house was too messy. And she also believes that Li Bokang will handle these things properly.

Indeed, Li Bokang is really attentive to these things, and he also knows that his family doesn't have much money, so when he buys things, he will compare them before buying, and he will bargain with others, and finally save some money. Of course, it doesn't mean that you want to buy the cheapest, and the material workmanship still needs to be considered.

He first went to the carpentry shop that sold beds to buy beds, tables, chairs, benches and cabinets, and he asked for a total of two beds, three sets of tables and chairs, and three cabinets according to what Yang Xue told him at home. Although he said that all the things he wanted were made of ordinary wood, he was a big customer because he wanted a lot of things, so the owner of the carpentry shop received him personally.

After the order was made, he said to the boss: "We are in a hurry, I don't know when you can do it?" The boss asked him, "This son, how long do you need to use it?" "The sooner the better, and if it can be done today, it can be shipped over today." "Childe laughed, how can so many things be done today, but if Childe is in a hurry, we will hurry up." The boss of the carpentry shop has also seen a lot of people, although Li Bokang is not particularly well dressed, but he still thinks that he is not like ordinary people, so his tone and attitude are very good.

Then Li Bokang asked again: "Can the boss give me an approximate time?" "Well...... Seven or eight days, although we have some good planks, but it is not enough, we still need to make fresh. The boss said with some embarrassment. Can the boss help us make the bed first, and also make a set of tables and chairs? Li Bokang asked again. That's fine, and it can be done tomorrow afternoon or the next morning. "Yes, then it will be troublesome to the boss, then I will come here the morning after tomorrow to get it, and then the boss can arrange someone to help deliver it." Of course, we can give additional money. In this way, the two of them said all this, and then Li Bokang paid half of the deposit and left.

After these large items were processed, the rest was convenient, and I went to the ironsmith shop to buy a pot, and I went to the grocery store to buy a bowl, chopsticks, and clay pot. After I took all these things home, I went out and bought oil, salt, spices and the like. After buying it, he remembered the barrel and basin he had forgotten and went to the carpentry shop to buy it, and this time he had everything he wanted, so he could just pay for it and take it away.

After all the things were bought, Yang Xue's house hadn't been cleaned yet, but it was almost the same. Li Bokang rolled up his sleeves again and began to help, and when he helped, he told her everything about today, and the matter of the bed. After telling her, he asked, "Then how are we going to stay tonight and tomorrow night, do we want to go back?" "Let's not go back, it'll be fine for two nights, anyway, it's summer now, and we have more to do." She thought for a moment and said.

After cleaning, it was also afternoon to start cooking, they didn't eat at noon today and they were really hungry, but fortunately the original owner of the house did not tear down the kitchen stove. I made a messy stew with the pot that Li Bokang bought today, stuffed a crockpot of rice, and the two of them ate today's meal on the stove.

During the meal, she said to Li Bokang: "By the way, Bokang, tomorrow you go and inquire about those who repair the house, and then invite the two of you to come back, we will build a wall in the yard, separate the yard, and then rent out the shop in front." "Okay, I got it." Li Bokang replied.

After eating, I started to lay the floor, isn't there a total of five main rooms, one is a kitchen, two bedrooms and a main hall. The main hall is in the middle of the two sides of the bedroom, there are two more on each side of the bedroom, one is the kitchen and the other is empty, see how to use it in the future. The two of them each live in one bedroom, and the bunk is also in the two bedrooms.

The next day, Li Bokang went out to inquire about someone after breakfast, and he didn't have any acquaintances in the county, so he went to the carpentry shop to ask, he thought that they should also know a lot of people who repair houses, and also look at the progress by the way. Sure enough, the owner of the carpentry shop knew a lot, and later introduced the two to him, and he also looked at the progress of the carpentry, and it was quite fast to make a table and a bed frame.